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AL HB561
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Wallace
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 13A-12-27 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to increase the penalty for possession of a gambling device from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony.
- Applies to manufacturing, selling, transporting, placing, possessing, conducting or negotiating transactions involving slot machines or other gambling devices with intent to use them in unlawful gambling activity.
- Excluded from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements regarding local expenditures because the bill defines a new crime or amends an existing crime definition.
- Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Gambling devices, possession, penalty increased, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd.
Crimes and Offenses
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism
4/27/2011
Committee Referrals
Economic Development and Tourism4/27/2011
Full Bill Text
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