SB412 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the Board of Pardons and Paroles is responsible for determining whether an offender should be pardoned or paroled, as well as supervising offenders on parole or probation

This bill would create the Division of Probation and Parole within the Department of Corrections for the purpose of supervising offenders on probation or parole and would transfer the duties, responsibilities, papers, funds, property, employees, and other effects of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as they relate to the supervision of offenders on probation or parole, to the Department of Corrections

Relating to probation and parole supervision; to amend Sections 12-23A-2, 12-25-37, 12-25-38, 14-1-1.2, 15-18-71, 15-18-74, 15-18-76, 15-18-77, 15-20A-20, 15-20A-39, 15-22-1.3, 15-22-2, 15-22-24, 15-22-28, 15-22-30, 15-22-33, 15-22-35, 15-22-36, 15-22-36.1, 15-22-36.2, 15-22-37, 15-22-51, 15-22-53, 15-22-56, 15-23-72, 36-21-2, and 41-9-1060 of the Code of Alabama, 1975, related to probation and parole supervision; and to create the Division of Probation and Parole within the Department of Corrections, as well as transfer the duties, responsibilities, papers, funds, property, employees, and other effects of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as they relate to supervision of offenders on probation or parole, to the Department of Corrections.