HB425 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip PettusRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), abolished, functions restore to agencies, depts, divisions from which derived, Secs. 29-7-14, 41-27-1 to 41-27-9, inclusive, repealed

Summary

HB425 would abolish the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and restore all its functions to the agencies and offices that held them before ALEA was created.

What This Bill Does

It repeals the statutes that created ALEA and transfers all of ALEA’s functions, powers, duties, records, funds, equipment, and personnel back to the offices, departments, divisions, and other entities they came from before January 1, 2015. The transfer must be completed within one year, after which ALEA would be abolished. The Code Commissioner would update the Alabama Code to reflect the pre-2015 structure, and the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage.

Who It Affects

• Agencies and offices that previously performed law enforcement functions (e.g., Department of Public Safety, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Marine Police Division, Department of Homeland Security, Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, law enforcement units of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the Alabama Forestry Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Public Service Commission, and the Department of Revenue) by regaining those duties and authority.
• ALEA employees, records, funds, equipment, and other resources, which would be transferred back to their former employing offices within one year.
• The Code Commissioner and state lawmakers, who must update statutory references and code provisions to reflect the pre-2015 organizational structure and abolish ALEA.
• The general public in Alabama, whose law enforcement services would be delivered by the pre-ALEA agencies rather than a centralized ALEA structure.

Key Provisions

• Repeals Section 29-7-14 and Article 1 of Chapter 27 of Title 41, which created ALEA and its structure.
• Transfers all ALEA functions, powers, authority, duties, records, funds, equipment, and personnel back to the offices, departments, divisions, and entities they existed within before January 1, 2015; requires completion within one year.
• Provides that ALEA shall be abolished one year after the Act’s effective date.
• Requires the Code Commissioner to conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975 to the pre-2015 units and entities, with changes made when appropriate.
• Sets the effective date as the first day of the third month following passage and approval (or when it becomes law by other means).

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Subjects

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency