HB242 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Danny Crawford Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Description

Under existing law, a person is guilty of permitting livestock or animals to run at large in the State of Alabama upon the premises of another or public lands if they do so knowingly, voluntarily, negligently, or willfully.

This bill would provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits this same conduct but does not require the same mental state as state law.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Livestock, to provide municipal directives may not be inconsistent, defines inconsistent.