HB372 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul Beckman
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Municipal courts, probation, Municipal Probation Reform Act established, authorized to contract with private probation entity, qualifications, registration requirements, employees, volunteers, requirement provided for, insurance coverage and contract requirements, procedures for revocation or suspension of registration, fines, Administrative Office of Courts authorized to monitor compliance
Description: This bill would establish the Municipal Probation Reform Act.
This bill would define terms and would allow a municipal court to contract with a private probation entity to provide probation services under certain conditions.
This bill would: Provide qualifications and registration requirements for a private probation entity; provide for the qualifications of employees, agents, or volunteers of a private probation entity; provide certain insurance coverage requirements and contract requirements for a private probation entity; provide procedures for the revocation or suspension of the registration of a probation entity and would impose fines; and authorize the Administrative Office of Courts to inspect and investigate a private probation entity to monitor the entity.
Subjects: Court, Municipal

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary