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12-25-10
Section 12-25-10 Comprehensive discretionary sentencing plan. Before or during the 2003 Regular
Legislative Session, the commission shall review the present sentencing structure, including
laws, policies, and practices, and recommend for consideration in the 2003 Regular Session
changes to the criminal code, criminal rules of procedure, and other aspects of sentencing
necessary to accomplish a comprehensive discretionary sentencing plan for all felony offenses
consistent with the purposes and objectives of this article. (Act 2000-596, p. 1192, §10;
Act 2002-503, p. 1304, §1.)...
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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. (a) Any
person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor chemical
violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements
of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by this
article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article to have a listed
precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this article, and knowingly
or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense under this subsection
shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20-2-188,
a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes or attempts to solicit another
or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical
or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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12-25-9
Section 12-25-9 Duties. The commission shall have the following responsibilities: (1) To review
state sentencing structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and recommend changes
to the criminal code, criminal rules of procedure, and other aspects of sentencing necessary
to accomplish the purposes and objectives of this article. (2) To review the overcrowding
problem in county jails, with particular emphasis on funding for the county jails and the
proper removal of state prisoners from county jails pursuant to state law and state and federal
court orders, and to make recommendations for resolution of these issues to the Governor,
Legislature, Attorney General, and Judicial System Study Commission before the 2002 Regular
Legislative Session. (3) To make recommendations to the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General,
and Judicial System Study Commission concerning the enactment of laws relating to criminal
offenses, sentencing, and correctional or probation matters. (4) To...
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12-25-34
Section 12-25-34 Development and adoption of the voluntary sentencing standards. (a) Statewide
voluntary sentencing standards shall be developed and presented to the Legislature in stages
over a three-year period as follows: (1) By July 31, 2003, the commission shall develop and
distribute to all sentencing judges a reference manual analyzing historical sentencing practices
by duration of sentence and disposition of felony offenders in Alabama. The reference manual
shall indicate those types of offenders historically most likely to be sentenced to punishments
other than active incarceration where alternatives to active incarceration are available.
(2) Concurrently with the development and distribution of the reference manual, the commission
shall develop and begin testing worksheets and voluntary sentencing standards in selected
circuits for selected felony offenses. (3) The commission shall develop and present the initial
voluntary sentencing standards to the Legislature before or...
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12-25-34.2
Section 12-25-34.2 Presumptive sentencing standards. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) AGGRAVATING FACTORS. Substantial
and compelling reasons justifying an exceptional sentence whereby the sentencing court may
impose a departure sentence above the presumptive sentence recommendation for an offense.
Aggravating factors may result in dispositional or sentence range departures, or both, and
shall be stated on the record by the court. (2) DEPARTURE. A sentence which departs from the
presumptive sentence recommendation for an offender. (3) DISPOSITION. The part of the sentencing
courts presumptive sentence recommendation other than sentence length. (4) DISPOSITIONAL DEPARTURE.
A sentence which departs from the presumptive sentence recommendation for disposition of sentence.
(5) MITIGATING FACTORS. Substantial and compelling reasons justifying an exceptional sentence
whereby the sentencing court may impose a departure sentence...
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16-6A-8
Section 16-6A-8 Governor's Educational Reform Commission - Additional powers and duties. In
addition but not limited to the powers and duties otherwise specified in this chapter, the
commission shall have the following duties: (1) To study and make recommendations to the Governor
and the Legislature concerning mechanisms for increasing financial support of public education;
(2) To study and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the state
funding formula, including consideration of incentive plans to increase local support; (3)
To study and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning capital outlay
needs of public education in the state; (4) To study and make recommendations to the Governor
and Legislature concerning the development of summer camp programs for public school students;
(5) To study and present recommendations to the Governor and Legislature concerning mathematics,
science, and other critical needs areas; (6) To study and...
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41-9-1061
Section 41-9-1061 Purposes, duties. (a) The commission shall study the conditions, needs, issues,
and problems of the criminal justice system in Alabama as it affects girls and women by conducting
walk through inspections of each of the women's correctional facilities and female youth facilities
and shall have unimpeded access to all documents of public record produced, used, and maintained
by entities of the criminal justice system to assess the needs of the beneficiary population
and to assess the impact of the commission's recommendations. (b) The commission shall conduct
beneficiary panels and focus groups to assess needs of the beneficiary population to ensure
the responsiveness and accountability of the criminal justice system. (c) In conducting such
study, the commission shall study best practices regarding women victims and offenders in
Alabama and other states and shall elicit views from experts in the field of criminal justice,
drug treatment, and domestic violence. (d) The...
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16-5-8
Section 16-5-8 Review, coordination, establishment, etc., of programs; transfer of credits;
Articulation and General Studies Committee. (a)(1) The Commission on Higher Education is authorized
to review periodically all new and existing programs and units of instruction, research, and
public service funded by state appropriations at the state universities and colleges and to
share with the appropriate governing board, through the president of the institution, and
state Legislature, its recommendations. (2) As a part of its program review process, the commission
shall enforce, monitor, and report on minimum degree productivity standards for all existing
programs of instruction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.
Productivity standards shall be based, primarily, but not exclusively, on the annual average
number of degrees conferred during a five-year period for senior institutions and a three-year
period for two-year institutions, as verified by the...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate
Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the
earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended
since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled
movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction
over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact
have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision
expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification
requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and
a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming
recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and
entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and
encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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