SB377 would limit how many adult or unrelated juvenile sex offenders can live in a single residence or apartment in Jefferson County and impose civil penalties on owners who allow violations, with certain exceptions.
In a residence, no more than one adult or unrelated juvenile sex offender may live there if another offender is listed on the Jefferson County Sheriff's sex offender list. In apartment complexes, no more than one adult sex offender may reside unless there is a distance of at least 100 yards from any other offender's residence. Owners or lessees who knowingly permit violations face a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation, with penalties distributed to the Birmingham Police Department Sex Offender Unit and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Sex Offender Unit. The act provides exceptions for spouses or children of the owner/lessee and for lease applications or leases that include a signed statement that the lessee is not a convicted sex offender, and it becomes effective three months after passage and governor approval, applying only in Jefferson County.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Jefferson County Legislation
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 980
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 2
Source: Alabama Legislature