HB274 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, the degrees of receiving stolen property offenses vary depending on the value of stolen property

This bill would provide that receiving, retaining, or disposing of a stolen firearm, which does not exceed a certain value, is subject to specific criminal penalties

This bill would also provide for technical revisions of the receiving stolen property crimes

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 receiving stolen property; to amend Sections 13A-8-16, 13A-8-17, 13A-8-18, 13A-8-18.1, and 13A-8-19, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that receiving, retaining, or disposing of a stolen firearm is a criminal offense; to provide for technical revisions; 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.