HB131 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would require any person, 18 years of age or older, to provide proof of being lawfully in the United States before receiving certain public benefits

This bill would provide exemptions

This bill would specify ways for an agency or political subdivision of the state to verify whether a person is lawfully present in the United States

This bill would authorize the Commissioner of Revenue to issue temporary emergency rules for additional forms of identification or waiver

This bill would provide penalties for violations

This bill would also provide for verification of the lawful presence of certain aliens through the federal Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) program, operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, 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

Relating to public benefits; to require any person age 18 or older to provide proof of being lawfully in the United States before receiving certain public benefits; to provide exemptions; to specify means of verification; to authorize the Commissioner of Revenue to issue temporary emergency rules for additional forms of identification or waiver; to provide penalties for violation; to provide for the verification of certain aliens through the federal Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) program, operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.