HB129 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris EnglandRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Pardons and Paroles Board, probation and parole officers to provide probationers with periodic compliance incentive status updates, recommendation for unsupervised status for certain probationers under certain conditions, Sec. 15-22-54 am'd.; Act 2010-753, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Summary

HB129 would require probation and parole officers to give probationers periodic compliance updates and would allow automatic review and possible transfer to unsupervised probation after two-thirds of the probation term if in good standing.

What This Bill Does

It requires probation and parole officers to provide all probationers with periodic status updates on their compliance. For probationers serving more than a year, it allows an automatic compliance incentive review after two-thirds of the probation period. If the probationer is in satisfactory compliance (including paying fines, costs, and restitution), they can be recommended for and transferred to unsupervised probation, while the court retains jurisdiction and can continue to oversee or modify terms as needed.

Who It Affects

• Probationers under supervision, who would receive periodic status updates, may be eligible for an automatic review, and could be transferred to unsupervised probation if in good standing.
• Probation and parole officers (and the courts) who supervise probationers, conduct updates and reviews, and decide on transfers and related actions.

Key Provisions

• Probation and parole officers must provide all probationers with periodic compliance incentive status updates for the duration of each probationer's period of probation or suspension of sentence.
• A probationer with a probationary sentence longer than one year is entitled to an automatic compliance incentive review after completing two-thirds of the probation period or suspended sentence.
• If the probationer demonstrates satisfactory compliance (including current payment of court-ordered fines, costs, and restitution), the officer shall recommend transfer to unsupervised probation and the court may transfer the probationer to unsupervised status.
• Upon receipt of a formal compliance incentive report, the court automatically transfers the probationer from supervised to unsupervised probation; the court retains jurisdiction and can revoke, transfer back, or terminate probation early.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses