HB315 Summary

• Creates a new crime of misrepresenting the police jurisdiction of a municipality through the use of signs, markers, or other markings
• Establishes that public officials who knowingly instruct another person to misrepresent municipal police jurisdiction are guilty of the same violation
• Classifies misrepresenting police jurisdiction as a Class A misdemeanor
• Exempted from local expenditure requirements under Alabama's constitutional amendment provisions because it defines a new crime
• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor