SB47 Alabama 2011 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Pardons and Paroles Board, notification of victims, procedures changed, supplying contact information for notification, victims authorized to choose not to be notified, Implementation Task Force established for statewide automated victim notification system, Sec. 15-22-36.2 added; Secs. 15-22-23, 15-22-36 am'd. (2011-20727)

Description

Under existing law, the Board of Pardons and Paroles may not approve or order any pardon, parole, or remission of fine or forfeiture, restoration of civil and political rights, furlough, leave, or early release of a person convicted of certain offenses, which is the board's primary statutory function, unless the victim, under certain conditions, has been given at least 30 days' written notice by certified United States mail.

This bill would provide for changes in notification of victims and these changes would be adopted for all board hearings, including pardon hearings.

This bill would provide the opportunity for all victims, including those named in the indictment and otherwise, as well as any victim representative or other interested individual desiring notice, to supply contact information, and unless another specific mode of notification is requested, the board would provide notice via email under certain conditions.

This bill would also provide for notification to the board of a victim's choice to "opt out" of notification, which may be in writing or through e-signature.

This bill would create the Implementation Task Force to support the implementation of a statewide automated victim notification system, and would provide for members, meeting times, and dissolution of the task force on a certain date.

To amend Sections 15-22-23 and 15-22-36 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the meetings and authority of the Board of Pardons and Paroles; to provide for changes in notification of victims; to provide for victims and other persons to supply contact information for notification purposes; to allow victims to opt-out of notification under certain conditions; and to add Section 15-22-36.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Implementation Task Force to support the implementation of a statewide automated victim notification system.

Subjects

Pardons and Paroles Board