HB24 Alabama 2023 Session

Under existing law, loitering is a violation

This bill would prohibit an individual from loitering on a public roadway or in the right-of-way of a public roadway

Under existing law, a pedestrian soliciting employment, business, or contributions or distributing articles on a highway is a violation

This bill would remove this prohibition

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 withing one of a number of specified examples; 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 HB24 INTRODUCED contained in the amendment

Relating to crimes and offenses; to prohibit an individual from loitering on a public roadway or in the right-of-way of a public roadway; to remove the prohibition on a pedestrian soliciting employment, business, or contributions or distributing articles on a highway; to provide criminal penalties for violations; 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 Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama 2022.