HB291 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would require each courthouse, shopping mall, and each business establishment within a shopping mall to have at least one functional video camera in operation at all times

This bill would define the term "shopping mall" as used in this act

This bill would also require each courthouse, shopping mall, and business establishment within a shopping mall to store and maintain each video recording for 60 days

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama 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, 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 Amendment 621. If this bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity unless approved by the local entity or until, and as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue

Relating to security cameras; to require each courthouse, shopping mall, and each business establishment within a shopping mall to have at least one functional video camera in operation at all times; to require each courthouse, shopping mall, and each business establishment within a shopping mall to store and maintain each recording for 60 days; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose and effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama 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.