HB365 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Criminal sex offenders, only one adult or juvenile sex offender may reside in a residence, only one adult may reside in an apartment complex under certain conditions, civil penalties, exceptions

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Existing law restricts a sex offender from living and from being employed within 2,000 feet of property on which a child care facility or school is located</p><p class="bill_description"> Existing law also restricts a sex offender from residing within 2,000 feet of a former victim</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would prohibit more than one unrelated sex offender from residing at the same residence. This bill would also provide that no adult sex offender may reside in any residence unless there is a distance of at least 100 yards from the residence of any other adult sex offender</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for civil penalties to be assessed against a lessee of property who intentionally allows a violation to occur</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide an exception for a sex offender who is a resident of a treatment center that is a licensed health care facility or is a halfway house or treatment center approved by the Board of Pardons and Paroles</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To prohibit more than one adult or unrelated juvenile criminal sex offender from residing in a residence; to provide that no more than one adult criminal sex offender may reside in an apartment complex unless there is a distance of at least 100 yards from the residence of any other offender; to subject the owner or lessee who permits a violation to a civil penalty; and to provide exceptions. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses