HB582 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mack N. ButlerRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Custodial sexual misconduct, crimes further defined, community corrections program, alcohol or drug abuse court referral and treatment program included, Secs. 14-11-30, 14-11-31 am'd.

Summary

HB582 expands custodial sexual misconduct to cover more employees and settings, clarifies the related definitions, and adjusts funding and timing rules.

What This Bill Does

It broadens who is considered an employee by defining government workers and certain contractors in custody settings. It expands the custodial sexual misconduct crime to cover sexual conduct by an employee with someone under the supervision or custodial authority of community corrections or alcohol/drug treatment programs. It keeps the crime as a Class C felony. It states that, despite potential local funding implications, the bill is exempt from local expenditure approval requirements, and it specifies when the law would take effect after passage.

Who It Affects

• Employees of state, county, or municipal governments (including contractual employees) who supervise, care for, or have authority over people in custody.
• People who are in the custody of or under the supervisory, disciplinary, or custodial authority of community corrections and punishment programs or alcohol/drug abuse court referral and treatment programs.

Key Provisions

• Defines 'employee' to include government employees and certain contract workers who care for or supervise pretrial or sentenced persons in custody.
• Expands the custodial sexual misconduct crime to include an employee engaging in sexual conduct with a person under the supervision, disciplinary, or custodial authority of a community corrections and punishment program or an alcohol or drug abuse court referral and treatment program.
• Maintains custodial sexual misconduct as a Class C felony.
• Provides that the bill, though it may involve new local expenditures, is exempt from Amendment 621 local-funding approval requirements because it creates or amends a crime.
• Sets the effective date as the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval (or it becomes law otherwise).

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses