HB578 Alabama 2021 Session

This bill would require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to issue not less than 40 licenses for paddlefishing on the Tennessee River, the Alabama River, and the Tombigbee River for a season to run from December to April 30

The bill would provide for the cost of the licenses, for the regulation of fishing for paddlefish by nets, for the processing of paddlefish roe, and for criminal penalties

Although this bill would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements and application under Amendment 621, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, because the bill defines a new crime or amends the definition of an existing crime

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 commercial fishing; to provide for the issuance of licenses to fish for paddlefish on the Tennessee River, the Alabama River, and the Tombigbee River and for the fishing season; to regulate the fishing for paddlefish on the Tennessee River, the Alabama River, and the Tombigbee River and for the processing of paddlefish roe by the fisherman; 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 as amended.