HB47 Alabama 2014 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Criminal Procedure, criminal surveillance, judge authorized to issue warrant for installation, removal, maintenance, use, and monitoring of tracking device upon written application of law enforcement officer or district attorney
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that any judge
authorized to issue a search warrant pursuant to
the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure may issue a
warrant for the installation, removal, maintenance,
use, or monitoring of a tracking device</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also establish the crime of
unlawfully installing a tracking device if any
person installs a tracking device without following
the procedures of the act and would provide certain
exceptions</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to criminal surveillance; to provide that
an authorized judge may issue a warrant for the installation,
removal, maintenance, use, and monitoring of a tracking
device; to provide for the crime of unlawfully installing a
tracking device; and in connection therewith would have as its
purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.
</p>
Subjects
Criminal Law and Procedure
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2014 | S | Pending third reading on day 27 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment |
| March 19, 2014 | S | Judiciary first Amendment Offered |
| March 19, 2014 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| February 4, 2014 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
| January 30, 2014 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 97 |
| January 30, 2014 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| January 15, 2014 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| January 14, 2014 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB47 Alabama 2014 Session - Introduced |