HB458 Alabama 2021 Session

Existing law provides that it is unlawful to take, capture, or kill, or attempt to take, capture, or kill any bird or animal protected by the laws of this state during nighttime hours, with exceptions

This bill would provide that existing law prohibiting the taking, capturing, or killing of animals would not apply to feral swine or coyotes hunted on privately owned or leased lands at nighttime during specified nighttime hunting season dates, provided the hunter has purchased an appropriate nighttime hunting license

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, 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 hunting; to amend Section 9-11-235, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide exceptions to existing law prohibiting certain types of hunting when done at nighttime, with an appropriate license, for certain kinds of animals; 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, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.