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AL HB21
Bill
Status
1/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Wallace
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AI Summary
HB21 Summary
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Prohibits more than one unrelated adult sex offender from residing in an unlicensed residential sex offender cluster, making violations a Class C felony.
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Authorizes county sheriffs to issue, renew, suspend, or reinstate licenses for residential sex offender clusters based on location, criminal history, public safety risk, sanitation, and community impact.
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Requires large clusters (5+ offenders) to have at least one monitor per 10 offenders, submit a monitoring plan, pay fees ($100 plus $20 per offender), and comply with Department of Mental Health rules.
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Grants the Department of Mental Health authority to promulgate rules regulating residential sex offender clusters.
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Repeals Section 13A-11-204 of the Alabama Code, Act 2010-515 relating to Jefferson County, and other laws regarding proximity restrictions between adult sex offenders' residences; effective January 1, 2014.
Legislative Description
Sex offenders, residence, sex offender clusters, licensing by sheriff, monitoring, regulation by Mental Health Department, penalties for violations, certain local and general laws repealed, Act 2010-515, 2010 Reg. Sess., repealed; Sec. 13A-11-204 repealed
Crimes and Offenses
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
1/14/2014