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AL SJR116

Joint Resolution

Status

Engrossed

5/16/2017

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2017

AI Summary

  • Requests the Alabama Department of Corrections to rename the Decatur Community Based Facility and Community Work Center to the North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center.

  • The facility opened in May 1981 in Decatur, Alabama and operates as a minimum custody facility managing inmates in work release and community work center programs across Morgan, Limestone, and Madison Counties.

  • Businesses and governmental agencies in multiple northern Alabama counties support and utilize the facility's work release and community work center programs.

  • The proposed name change would better reflect the facility's operational functionality and the geographic scope of its services across north Alabama counties.

  • Directs the Department of Corrections to place signs designating the facility by its new name.

Legislative Description

Corrections Dept., Decatur Community Based Facility and Community Work Center, name change requested

Resolutions, Designation

Last Action

Received in House of Representatives and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules

5/16/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules5/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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