SB37 Alabama 2010 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Hinton MitchemDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2010
- Title
- Jails, jailors or other persons having custody of a person charged with a felony or DUI, required to determine the citizenship and lawful status of the defendant, defendant to be considered a flight risk if not in lawful status
- Description
Existing law does not specifically require verification of the citizenship status of a person charged with and confined for a felony or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances.
This bill would require the jailor or other officer having custody of a person charged with and confined for a felony or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances to determine the citizenship status of the person.
This bill would provide time limitation for the verification.
This bill would require notification to certain entities.
This bill would provide, for the purpose of determining the granting of or issuance of bond, a rebuttable presumption that certain persons are flight risks.
- Subjects
- Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability first Amendment Offered
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature