HB419 Alabama 2021 Session

Existing law provides various prohibitions on the authority of a person licensed by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board to engage in the sale, manufacture, transport, marketing, or production of certain goods

This bill would specify that a retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board may not sell, distribute, market, deliver, or display drug paraphernalia or non-conforming pharmaceuticals, and would provide criminal penalties for a violation

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 Alcoholic Beverages Licensing Code; to amend Section 28-3A-25, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the sale, distribution, marketing, or display of certain drug paraphernalia or non-conforming pharmaceuticals in certain circumstances; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; 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.