HB180 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Proncey Robertson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Criminal procedure, crime victims' compensation, Lisa's Law, entity contract, with convicted felons, escrow account for benefit of crime victims created, procedure, Sec. 41-9-80.1 to 41-9-80.8, inclusive, added; 41-9-80 to 41-9-84, inclusive, repealed.

Description

Under existing law, individuals who are convicted of a felony may owe compensation to the victim of the crime under certain conditions.

Existing law also provides that when an individual who is indicted for or convicted of a felony in this state is paid or, by contract, is owed payment for the reenactment of the commission of the felony, by way of a movie, book, magazine division, or for the expression of the individual's thoughts, memoirs, or opinions regarding the commission of the felony, the money shall be deposited into an escrow account for the benefit of the victims of the crime.

This bill would repeal the existing law and would establish a procedure for collecting funds, other than child support and other exempt income, and property paid to a person convicted of a specified crime.

This bill would require a person who pays or contracts to pay an individual convicted of a specified crime to provide notice to the Board of Adjustment of the payment or intended payment and require the board to provide notice of the payment to all known crime victims.

The bill would authorize a crime victim or the Attorney General or Board of Adjustment, on behalf of the crime victim, to apply for civil compensation and other remedies relating to the crime.

This bill would authorize the Board of Adjustment to impose civil penalties for failure of a payor to report funds and property paid to an individual convicted of a specified crime and would establish a procedure for providing notice and hearing to the payor.

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Subjects

Criminal Law and Procedure