SB394 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, a law enforcement officer who investigates a traffic accident must file a uniform accident report within 24 hours of the officer's completion of the investigation

This bill would require every fatality resulting from a traffic accident to be investigated by a county, municipal, or state law enforcement officer certified as a traffic homicide investigator by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)

This bill would provide that if a fatality resulting from a traffic accident occurs in a county or municipality that does not have a certified traffic homicide investigator, a neighboring county or municipality may provide a certified traffic homicide investigator for the investigation at no cost to the other county or municipality and would provide that if a certified traffic homicide investigator is not provided by a neighboring county or municipality, ALEA shall provide a certified traffic homicide investigator at no cost to the county or municipality

This bill would provide general training requirements for the certification of a traffic homicide investigator

This bill would also provide the Secretary of ALEA with rulemaking authority to implement this act

To require every fatality resulting from a traffic accident to be investigated by a law enforcement officer certified as a traffic homicide investigator by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; to provide that if a fatality resulting from a traffic accident occurs in a county or municipality that does not have a certified traffic homicide investigator, a neighboring county or municipality may provide a certified traffic homicide investigator for the investigation at no cost to the other county or municipality, and that if a certified traffic homicide investigator is not provided by a neighboring county or municipality, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall provide a certified traffic homicide investigator at no cost to the county or municipality; to provide general training requirements for the certification of a traffic homicide investigator; and to provide the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency with rulemaking authority to implement this act.