SB207 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Motor vehicles, removal of child or incapacitated person from locked vehicle, immunity under certain conditions

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a licensed day care center, child care facility, program providing day care service to incapacitated persons, or child care service exempt from licensing, or an employee thereof, is prohibited from leaving a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm</p><p class="bill_description"> Also under existing law, there is no specific provision that provides criminal immunity to a person who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would prohibit any person from leaving a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide criminal immunity to a person who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide civil and criminal immunity to a public safety official who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to children and incapacitated persons; to prohibit any person from leaving a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm; to provide criminal immunity to a person who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle; and to provide civil and criminal immunity to a public safety official who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle. </p>

Subjects

Motor Vehicles