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HB174
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By Representatives Drummond, Clarke, Jones, Bracy, Shirey,
Brown
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 15-Feb-24
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First Read: 15-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
13A-11-61, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the
crime of discharging a firearm in certain circumstances; to
make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
existing code language to current style; 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 of
2022.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 13A-11-61, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง13A-11-61
(a) No person shall shoot or discharge a firearm,
explosive, or other weapon which that discharges a dangerous
projectile into any occupied or unoccupied dwelling or,
building or, railroad locomotive or, railroad car, aircraft,
automobile, truck , or watercraft in this state.
(b) Any person who commits an act prohibited by
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(b) Any person who commits an act prohibited by
subsection (a) with respect to an occupied dwelling or,
building or, railroad locomotive or, railroad car, aircraft,
automobile, truck , or watercraft shall be deemed guilty of a
Class B A felony as defined by the state criminal code, and
upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law .
(c) Any person who commits any an act prohibited by
subsection (a) hereof with respect to an unoccupied dwelling
or, building or, railroad locomotive or, railroad car,
aircraft, automobile, truck , or watercraft shall be deemed
guilty of a Class C felony as defined by the state criminal
code, and upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by
law."
Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
amends the definition of an existing crime.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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1, 2024.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Judiciary
................15-Feb-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
................28-Feb-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 84
Nays 0
Abstains 18
................23-Apr-24
John Treadwell
Clerk
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