SB148 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Coroners and deputy coroners, duties, delivery of deceased's possessions to county treasurer, limitations on coroner's investigation, power and authority of peace officer, penalties, Secs. 15-4-2, 15-4-10 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the coroner examines the body of a deceased person and makes a report.

This bill would further provide for the duties of coroner and deputy coroner as to performing an autopsy, and obtaining possession of any objects, medical specimens, or articles that may be helpful in establishing the cause of death.

Existing law provides for the money and property of the deceased to be delivered to the county treasurer within 30 days by the coroner.

This bill would make it 90 days.

This bill would provide for limitation of a coroner's investigation.

This bill would provide penalties.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

Subjects

Coroners