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Alabama House Bill HB339

Alabama 2022 Regular Session

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11 1 HB339
2-2 215582-3
2+2 215582-1
33 3 By Representative Estes
44 4 RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
55 5 First Read: 15-FEB-22
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10-4 A BILL
11-5 TO BE ENTITLED
12-6 AN ACT
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14-8 Relating to impersonating a peace officer; to
15-9 include federal peace officer in the definition of peace
16-10 officer; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose
17-11 or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
18-12 local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the
19-13 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890,
20-14 now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation
21-15 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.
22-16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
23-17 Section 1. Section 13A-10-11, Code of Alabama 1975,
24-18 is amended to read as follows:
25-19 "§13A-10-11.
26-20 "(a) For the purposes of this section, a peace
27-21 officer includes a federal peace officer.
28-22 "(a) (b) A person commits the crime of impersonating
29-23 a peace officer if he falsely pretends to be a peace officer
30-24 and does any act in that capacity.
31-25 "(b) (c) Impersonating a peace officer is a Class C
32-26 felony."
33-Page 1 1 Section 2. Although this bill would have as its
34-2 purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
35-3 expenditure of local funds, the bill is excluded from further
36-4 requirements and application under Amendment 621, as amended
37-5 by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
38-6 Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
39-7 as amended, because the bill defines a new crime or amends the
40-8 definition of an existing crime.
41-9 Section 3. This act shall become effective on the
42-10 first day of the third month following its passage and
43-11 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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46-House of Representatives3
47-Read for the first time and re-4
48-5 ferred to the House of Representa-
49-6 tives committee on Public Safety
50-and Homeland Security..............7 .......15-FEB-22
51- 8
52-Read for the second time and placed9
53-on the calendar....................10 .......02-MAR-22
54- 11
55-Read for the third time and passed12
56-as amended.........................13 .......09-MAR-22
57-14 Yeas 101, Nays 0, Abstains 0
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14+8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, for the purposes of the
15+9 crime of impersonating a peace officer, the
16+10 definition of a peace officer does not include a
17+11 federal peace officer.
18+12 This bill would revise the definition of
19+13 peace officer for that purpose to include a peace
20+14 officer of the federal government.
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60-16 Jeff Woodard
61-17 Clerk
62-18
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22+16 A BILL
23+17 TO BE ENTITLED
24+18 AN ACT
25+19
26+20 Relating to impersonating a peace officer; to
27+21 include federal peace officer in the definition of peace
28+22 officer.
29+23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
30+24 Section 1. Section 13A-10-11, Code of Alabama 1975,
31+25 is amended to read as follows:
32+26 "§13A-10-11.
33+Page 1 1 "(a) For the purposes of this section, a peace
34+2 officer includes a federal peace officer.
35+3 "(a) (b) A person commits the crime of impersonating
36+4 a peace officer if he falsely pretends to be a peace officer
37+5 and does any act in that capacity.
38+6 "(b) (c) Impersonating a peace officer is a Class C
39+7 felony."
40+8 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
41+9 first day of the third month following its passage and
42+10 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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