|
SB36
176863-1:n:04/13/2016:KBH/th LRS2016-1530 SB36 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 07-FEB-17
SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Fairness in Enforcement of Fines and Fees Act and would
require all courts within the State of Alabama and all municipal or other governmental entities
to comply with basic constitutional principles relevant to the enforcement of fines and fees,
including due process, equal protection, and right to counsel. This bill would prohibit a
person from being incarcerated for nonpayment of fines or fees without a prior indigency determination
and would provide the person with certain notifications. This bill would require a person
charged with a traffic violation or minor misdemeanor be provided with adequate information,
including the charges against him or her and the options he or she has for resolving the charges.
This bill would require a court to proportion all fines, fees, and costs imposed by the court
when a sufficient showing of indigency has been made...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB36.htm - 18K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB68
179196-1:n:08/16/2016:JET/cj LRS2016-2653 HB68 By Representative Sells RFD Judiciary Rd 1 07-FEB-17
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are certain aggravating circumstances listed for capital
offenses. This bill would include as an aggravating circumstance a victim of a capital offense
who was a law enforcement officer or prison or jail guard or was less than 14 years of age.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, 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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/HB68.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB172
180752-1:n:12/05/2016:FC/th LRS2016-3426 SB172 By Senator Albritton RFD Judiciary Rd 1 14-FEB-17
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum period of probation is limited to two years for
misdemeanor convictions and five years for felony convictions. Also under existing law, longer
periods are provided for certain repeat offenders convicted of driving under the influence
to be subject to ignition interlock requirements. This bill would further clarify the probation
limitations in Act 2015-185 and would further specify that the period of probation for a person
convicted of driving under the influence for the purposes of ignition interlock requirements
would be as provided specifically under the driving under the influence law. A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 15-22-54, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-185,
2015 Regular Session, relating to probation and providing the maximum periods of probation;
to specify that the maximum periods of probation for persons...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB172.htm - 11K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB254
180836-1:n:12/16/2016:PMG/tj LRS2016-3472 HB254 By Representative Weaver RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 16-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Nursing employs
investigators who investigate alleged violations of the Nurse Practice Act, including violations
involving drugs or controlled substances. The investigators do not have the power of law enforcement
officers and are not required to meet the minimum standards for law enforcement officers.
This bill would grant investigators of the Board of Nursing who meet the minimum standards
of the Alabama Peace Officers' Minimum Standards and Training Commission authority to exercise
the powers of law enforcement officers, except the power to make arrests, in investigating
alleged violations perpetrated by licensees of the Nurse Practice Act and the Alabama Uniform
Controlled Substances Act. This bill would also authorize the Board of Nursing to expunge,
for purposes of public disclosure, records of disciplinary...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/HB254.htm - 17K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB180
SB180 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 32-5A-191, Code
of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2016-259, 2016 Regular Session, relating to driving
under the influence; to provide for further consideration by a court of a defendant's prior
misdemeanor driving under the influence convictions; to require a court to consider all of
a defendant's prior felony driving under the influence convictions when that defendant is
convicted of a subsequent DUI; 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 Amendment
621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2016-259,
2016 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows:...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB180.htm - 32K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB9
179011-2:n:09/16/2016:FC/th LRS2016-2499R1 SB9 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Judiciary Rd 1 07-FEB-17
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a child who is age 16 or over and otherwise subject to the jurisdiction
of the juvenile court who is charged with certain acts which if charged as an adult would
be serious felony offenses is not subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, but charged
as an adult. Also, under existing law, any child age 14 or over may be subject to transfer
from the juvenile court to adult court under certain conditions. This bill would repeal the
provision described above relating to the automatic charging of 16 year old children as adults.
This would result in a child age 16 or older formerly charged as an adult for certain designated
offenses being subject to the initial jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The bill would also
provide that existing provisions relating to the continuing jurisdiction of the criminal courts
for defendants convicted before the repeal would...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB9.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB258
181593-1:n:01/27/2017:CMH/th LRS2017-330 HB258 By Representatives Greer, Mooney, Hanes, Butler,
Patterson, Wood, Ledbetter, Rowe, South, Faulkner, Hill, Nordgren, Lee, Crawford, Brown and
Fincher RFD Judiciary Rd 1 16-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are certain enumerated
capital offenses. This bill would include prosecutors as members of law enforcement and make
the murder of a prosecutor an enumerated capital offense. This bill would make a murder on
the campus of a school an enumerated capital offense. This bill would make a murder in a day
care or licensed child care facility an enumerated capital offense. This bill would make the
murder of a victim, juror, or associated family member in order to avenge, intimidate, or
retaliate an enumerated capital offense. This bill would make the murder of a family member
of a police officer, sheriff, deputy, state trooper, federal law enforcement officer, prosecutor,
or any other state or federal peace officer of any kind, or prison...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/HB258.htm - 12K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB251
Rep(s). By Representative Wood HB251 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 32-6-63, 32-6-65,
32-6-211, 32-7A-17, 40-12-253, 40-12-258, and 40-12-260 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to motor vehicle tabs and motor vehicle registration renewals; to update the validation decal
or device on metal license plates to include the year of expiration; to allow motor vehicle
registration receipts to be provided in a tangible or electronic format; to provide dealers
that are designated agents with the ability to issue temporary license tags to motor vehicles
that are to be permanently licensed in Alabama; to clarify that the renewal of motor vehicle
registration is not subject to the current identification requirements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 32-6-63, 32-6-65, 32-6-211, 32-7A-17, 40-12-253,
40-12-258, and 40-12-260, Code of Alabama 1975 are hereby amended as follows: §32-6-63. "For
the years during which the five-year metal license plates are not...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/HB251.htm - 36K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB215
182000-1:n:02/08/2017:LFO-HP*/jmb SB215 By Senator Livingston RFD Transportation and Energy
Rd 1 16-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill provides the issuance of a validation decal for metal license
plates to include both the year of expiration in addition to the month of expiration. This
bill also allows registration receipts to be presented in a tangible or electronic format.
This bill provides dealers that are designated agents with the ability to issue temporary
license tags to motor vehicles that are to be permanently licensed in Alabama. This bill also
clarifies that the verification requirement of a state issued identification, or department
approved federal identifying number only extends to the initial motor vehicle registration
and not to the subsequent renewal of the registration. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Sections 32-6-63, 32-6-65, 32-6-211, 32-7A-17, 40-12-253, 40-12-258, and 40-12-260 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to motor vehicle tabs and motor vehicle...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB215.htm - 37K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB234
SB234 By Senator Holtzclaw ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to alcoholic beverages; to amend Sections
28-3A-6 and 28-4A-3, Code of Alababma 1975, to clarify that manufacturers and brewpubs are
not required to maintain name, address, or other personal demographic information for certain
sales. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 28-3A-6 and 28-4A-3,
Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §28-3A-6. "(a) Upon applicant's
compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations made thereunder, the board
shall issue to applicant a manufacturer license which shall authorize the licensee to manufacture
or otherwise distill, produce, ferment, brew, bottle, rectify, or compound alcoholic beverages
within this state or for sale or distribution within this state. No person shall manufacture
or otherwise distill, produce, ferment, brew, bottle, rectify or compound alcoholic beverages
within this state or for sale or distribution within this state...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/searchableinstruments/2017RS/bills/SB234.htm - 14K - Match Info - Similar pages
|