Under existing law, certain persons may not purchase firearms in this state. This bill would create the Voluntary Alabama Firearms Do-Not-Sell List which would allow an individual to suspend his or her ability to purchase a firearm by voluntarily adding his or her name to the list. This bill would provide for the application for addition to and removal from the Voluntary Alabama Firearms Do-Not-Sell List. This bill would provide certain actions that may not be taken in regard to an individual's status on or request to be added to or removed from the Voluntary Alabama Firearms Do-Not-Sell List. This bill would also provide penalties for certain violations. Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose. The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the section. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the section.

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Introduced: 27-1-2