SB48 Alabama 2010 Session

Existing law requires the names of convicted sex offenders to be placed on a registry

This bill would prohibit any person who is required to register as a convicted sex offender from accessing a commercial social networking website and would provide criminal penalties for violations. This bill would also provide that for purposes of determining jurisdiction, the offense under this act would be committed if the transmission that constitutes the offense originates in this state

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

To prohibit a registered sex offender from accessing certain social networking sites on the Internet; to provide penalties for violations; to provide for jurisdiction; 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.