Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB170 Compare Versions

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4	4	By Senator Barfoot
5	5	RFD: Veterans and Military Affairs
6	6	First Read: 05-Apr-23
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11	11	5 O29QMM-1 04/04/2023 THR (L) THR 2023-1352
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13	13	SYNOPSIS:
14	14	Under existing law, loitering is a violation.
15	15	This bill would prohibit an individual from
16	16	loitering on a public roadway maintained by the state
17	17	or in the right-of-way of a public roadway maintained
18	18	by the state.
19	19	Under existing law, a pedestrian soliciting
20	20	employment, business, or contributions or distributing
21	21	articles on a highway is a violation.
22	22	This bill would remove this prohibition.
23	23	Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
24	24	2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect
25	25	would be to require a new or increased expenditure of
26	26	local funds from becoming effective with regard to a
27	27	local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3
28	28	vote unless: it comes withing one of a number of
29	29	specified examples; it is approved by the affected
30	30	entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or
31	31	provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for
32	32	the purpose.
33	33	The purpose or effect of this bill would be to
34	34	require a new or increased expenditure of local funds
35	35	within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill
36	36	does not require approval of a local governmental
37	37	entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective
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67	67	because it comes within one of the specified exceptions
68	68	contained in the amendment.
69	69	A BILL
70	70	TO BE ENTITLED
71	71	AN ACT
72	72	Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections
73	73	13A-11-9 and 32-5A-216, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit an
74	74	individual from loitering on a public roadway maintained by
75	75	the state or in the right-of-way of a public roadway
76	76	maintained by the state; to remove the prohibition on a
77	77	pedestrian soliciting employment, business, or contributions
78	78	or distributing articles on a highway; to provide criminal
79	79	penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would
80	80	have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or
81	81	increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of
82	82	Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama 2022.
83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
84	84	Section 1. Sections 13A-11-9 and 32-5A-216, Code of
85	85	Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
86	86	"§13A-11-9
87	87	(a) A person commits the crime of loitering if he or
88	88	she does any of the following:
89	89	(1) Loiters,or remains, or wanders about in on a
90	90	public place for the purpose of begging roadway maintained by
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121	121	by the state.
122	122	(2) Loiters or remains in a public place for the
123	123	purpose of gambling.
124	124	(3) Loiters or remains in a public place for the
125	125	purpose of engaging or soliciting another person to engage in
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127	127	(4) Being masked, loiters, remains, or congregates in a
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129	129	(5) Loiters or remains in or about a school, college,
130	130	or university building or grounds after having been told to
131	131	leave by any authorized official of the school, college, or
132	132	university, not having any reason or relationship involving
133	133	custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other
134	134	specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having
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137	137	(6) Loiters or remains in any transportation facility,
138	138	unless specifically authorized to do so, for the purpose of
139	139	soliciting or engaging in any business, trade, or commercial
140	140	transactions involving the sale of merchandise or services.
141	141	(7) Loiters or remains in any place with one or more
142	142	persons for the purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a
143	143	dangerous drug.
144	144	(b) A person does not commit a crime under subdivision
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146	146	masquerade party, or is participating in a public parade or
147	147	presentation of an educational, religious, or historical
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178	178	(c) Sodomy in subdivision (a)(3) is defined as in
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180	180	(d) Dangerous drug in subdivision (a)(7) means any
181	181	narcotic, drug, or controlled substance as defined in Chapter
182	182	2 of Title 20 and any schedule incorporated therein.
183	183	(e) Loitering is a violation. A second or subsequent
184	184	violation of this section in the same jurisdiction is a Class
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186	186	(f)(1) Prior to making an arrest for a violation of
187	187	subdivision (a)(1), a law enforcement officer may instruct any
188	188	person in violation of subdivision (a)(1) to immediately and
189	189	peaceably exit the public roadway maintained by the state or
190	190	the right-of-way of the public roadway maintained by the
191	191	state.
192	192	(2)a. Prior to making an arrest for an initial
193	193	violation of subdivision (a)(1), a law enforcement officer may
194	194	offer to transport any person in violation of subdivision
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196	196	housing, if applicable.
197	197	b. If a person accepts an offer made pursuant to
198	198	subdivision (1), a law enforcement officer may transport the
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200	200	(g) Any actions undertaken by a law enforcement officer
201	201	pursuant to this section shall be subject to Section 36-1-12. "
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204	204	of soliciting a ride.
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235	235	of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the
236	236	occupant of any vehicle, nor for the purpose of distributing
237	237	any article, unless otherwise authorized by official permit of
238	238	the governing body of the city or county having jurisdiction
239	239	over the highway.
240	240	(c)(b) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a
241	241	street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching
242	242	or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked
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244	244	(d)(c) No person shall fish from a bridge, viaduct, or
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247	247	the city or county having jurisdiction over the highway or
248	248	from the State of Alabama in the case of state highways. The
249	249	authorizing authority shall erect and maintain appropriate
250	250	signs giving notice that fishing is allowed."
251	251	Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
252	252	or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
253	253	local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
254	254	and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
255	255	Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
256	256	amends the definition of an existing crime.
257	257	Section 3. This act shall become effective on the first
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