HB620 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ken Johnson

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Steve HurstWayne JohnsonBecky NordgrenMac Buttram

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Sex offenders, convictions for certain felonies, service of term of imprisonment required without consideration of probation, parole, or good time credits, under certain conditions, Sec. 14-9-41 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a person convicted of a criminal sex offense involving a child 12 years of age or younger is not eligible to receive benefits of correctional incentive time to reduce his or her term of imprisonment.

This bill would require that a person convicted of a sex offense is not eligible to receive benefits of correctional incentive time if the victim of the offense is at least 12 years of age, but is less than 16 years of age and the person convicted of the offense is at least 10 years older than the victim.

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.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses