HB177 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ron Johnson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Misdemeanor non-traffic violations, issuance of electronic uniform non-traffic citation and complaint (eUNTCC), summons and complaint process or notice to appear in court

Summary

HB177 would create an electronic uniform non-traffic ticket system (eUNTCC) to issue certain misdemeanor non-traffic offenses and related summons/complaints, with a 24-hour magistrate hearing option.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes officers to issue an electronic eUNTCC for offenses listed in Rule 20, Appendix B and transmit it to court, or process it like a normal ticket. It provides for a summons or notice to appear and gives arrested individuals the right to a hearing within 24 hours before a magistrate; if using an eUNTCC, the hearing can be with any magistrate in the state. It includes bond procedures where accepted eUNTCC copies count as bond, and if someone refuses the eUNTCC, they must be taken before a magistrate; failing to timely appear after bond is a misdemeanor.

Who It Affects

• People arrested for misdemeanor non-traffic offenses enumerated in Rule 20, Appendix B (they may receive an eUNTCC, have a 24-hour hearing, and use the bond processes described).
• Law enforcement officers and the court system (they gain new duties to issue, process, and manage eUNTCCs, and enforce bond and appearance rules, with potential misconduct penalties for violations).

Key Provisions

• Establishes the electronic uniform non-traffic citation and complaint (eUNTCC) for offenses listed in Rule 20, Appendix B.
• eUNTCC can be electronically transmitted to the court and processed like other tickets; may be printed at the violation site.
• Arrested individuals have a right to a hearing within 24 hours before a magistrate; if using an eUNTCC, the hearing can be before any magistrate in the state.
• Bond provisions: accepting a written copy of the eUNTCC constitutes bond to appear; refusing to accept the eUNTCC copy is treated as refusing bond and requires immediate magistrate contact.
• Willful failure to appear after bond is a misdemeanor.
• Some offenses are exempt from the eUNTCC process (accidents with injury or death, DUI, and suspected felonies) and must proceed to a magistrate.
• Officers violating this section can be charged with misconduct in office and removed from duty.
• Laws that conflict with this act are repealed, and the act becomes effective on the first day of the first month after passage.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses