HB153 Alabama 2023 Session

This bill would make it a crime to place an electronic tracking device on the property of another person without the consent of the owner and would provide for penalties

This bill would prohibit a person from placing an electronic tracking device on the property of another in violation of an established court order and would provide for penalties

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, 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 HB153 INTRODUCED 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