SB181 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, there is no prohibition against leaving an unattended domestic animal in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal

Also under existing law, there is no specific provision that provides civil or criminal immunity to a person who rescues a domestic animal from an unattended motor vehicle

This bill would prohibit any person from leaving an unattended domestic animal in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal

This bill would provide civil and criminal immunity to any person who rescues an animal from an unattended motor vehicle

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, 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 animals; to amend Sections 13A-11-240, 13A-11-241, 13A-11-242, 13A-11-243, 13A-11-244, 13A-11-245, and 13A-11-246, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit any person from leaving an unattended domestic animal in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal; to add Sections 13A-11-241.1, 13A-11-241.2, 13A-11-241.3 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide civil and criminal immunity to any person who rescues an unattended domestic animal from a motor vehicle; 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.