HB426 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the Electronic Security Board of Licensure licenses installers of alarm systems and electronic access control systems and traditional locksmiths

This bill would further provide for definitions, including the definition of locksmiths, and would further provide for the regulation of electronic security systems and for the operation of the board

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 the Electronic Security Board of Licensure; to amend Sections 34-1A-1, 34-1A-2, 34-1A-3, 34-1A-4, 34-1A-5, 34-1A-6, 34-1A-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for definitions, including the definition of locksmiths, and to further provide for the regulation of electronic security systems and for the operation of the board; 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.