HB644 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, a secondary metals recycler is prohibited from entering into cash transactions in excess of $50 for the purchase of a catalytic converter

Also under existing law, a secondary metals recycler is prohibited from purchasing certain metal property, including a catalytic converter, unless the seller of the catalytic converter provides a signed statement stating that he or she is the rightful owner of the property or has been authorized to sell the property

This bill would provide certain requirements for the purchase, possession, and sale of certain used, detached catalytic converters, 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 crimes and offenses; to add Section 13A-8-37.3 to the Code of Alabama 1975, and to amend Sections 13A-8-31.1 and 13A-8-37.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide requirements for the purchase, possession, and sale of certain catalytic converters; 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.