SB554 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Roger Bedford, Jr.
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Crime stoppers programs, Crime Stoppers Advisory Board, established, duties, Crime Stoppers Grant Fund, established, facilitating office to manage grant money, statewide toll-free telephone service for criminal activity tips, authorized
Description: This bill would create the Crime Stoppers Advisory Board that would award grants for crime stoppers programs throughout the state.
This bill would establish the Crime Stoppers Grant Fund for depositing donations.
This bill would also: Provide grants for preexisting crime stoppers programs; make available grants for the establishment of new crime stoppers programs, rewards, and crime prevention educational programs; and provide certain protections for qualifying anonymous tip lines.
This bill would allow an agency to be selected to manage, collect, and distribute the funds.
This bill would establish a statewide toll-free telephone service for tips regarding criminal activity.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund