SB181 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Animals, motor vehicles, persons prohibited from leaving unattended domestic animal in motor vehicle, civil and criminal immunity for rescuers, Secs. 13A-11-241.1, 13A-11-241.2, 13A-11-241.3 added; Secs. 13A-11-240 to 13A-11-246, inclusive, am'd.

Description

Under existing law, there is no prohibition against leaving an unattended domestic animal in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal.

Also under existing law, there is no specific provision that provides civil or criminal immunity to a person who rescues a domestic animal from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would prohibit any person from leaving an unattended domestic animal in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal.

This bill would provide civil and criminal immunity to any person who rescues an animal from an unattended motor vehicle.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

Subjects

Animals