HB39 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

County jails, prisoners, commitments, sheriff report to clerk and presiding judge with certain time frame, include date and time of commitment, Sec. 14-6-15 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the sheriff of a county must report to the clerk of the circuit court of the county that a prisoner was committed to the county jail within 10 days of the prisoner being committed.

This bill would require the sheriff to report to the clerk and the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county that a prisoner was committed to the county jail no later than 9:00 A.M on the day following the commitment of the prisoner, and would require the date and time the prisoner entered the jail to be included in the report, in addition to the name and charges against the prisoner.

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Subjects

Jails