Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB263 Compare Versions

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3	3	AGIDSQ-1
4	4	By Representative Wadsworth
5	5	RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
6	6	First Read: 06-Apr-23
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11	11	5 AGIDSQ-1 03/21/2023 ANS (L)cr 2023-875
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13	13	SYNOPSIS:
14	14	Under existing law, a person is guilty of
15	15	promoting prison contraband if the person intentionally
16	16	and unlawfully introduces contraband into a detention
17	17	facility or if the person is confined to a detention
18	18	facility and obtains or possesses contraband.
19	19	Also under existing law, a statute, rule,
20	20	regulation, or order may define what items constitute
21	21	"contraband".
22	22	This bill would allow a detention facility to
23	23	adopt a policy to further define what items constitute
24	24	"contraband" for purposes of banning certain items from
25	25	detention facilities.
26	26	Under existing law, the crimes of promoting
27	27	prison contraband in the first, second, and third
28	28	degree limit their application to inmates under certain
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30	30	This bill would further define the crimes of
31	31	promoting contraband in the first, second, and third
32	32	degree to apply to juveniles under certain
33	33	circumstances.
34	34	This bill would also make nonsubstantive,
35	35	technical revisions to update the existing code
36	36	language to current style.
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66	66	Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
67	67	2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect
68	68	would be to require a new or increased expenditure of
69	69	local funds from becoming effective with regard to a
70	70	local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3
71	71	vote unless: it comes within one of a number of
72	72	specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected
73	73	entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or
74	74	provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for
75	75	the purpose.
76	76	The purpose or effect of this bill would be to
77	77	require a new or increased expenditure of local funds
78	78	within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill
79	79	does not require approval of a local governmental
80	80	entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective
81	81	because it comes within one of the specified exceptions
82	82	contained in the amendment.
83	83	A BILL
84	84	TO BE ENTITLED
85	85	AN ACT
86	86	Relating to crimes; to amend Sections 13A-10-30,
87	87	13A-10-36, 13A-10-37, and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to
88	88	allow a detention facility to adopt a policy to further define
89	89	what items constitute "contraband" for purposes of banning
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119	119	certain items from detention facilities; to further define the
120	120	crimes of promoting contraband in the first, second, and third
121	121	degree to apply to juveniles under certain circumstances; to
122	122	make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
123	123	existing code language to current style; and in connection
124	124	therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement
125	125	of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the
126	126	meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
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128	128	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
129	129	Section 1. Sections 13A-10-30, 13A-10-36, 13A-10-37,
130	130	and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as
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132	132	"§13A-10-30
133	133	(a) The definitions contained in Section 13A-10-1 are
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136	136	(b) The following definitions are also applicable to
137	137	this article:
138	138	(1) (2) CUSTODY. A restraint or detention by a public
139	139	servant pursuant to a lawful arrest, conviction , or order of
140	140	court, but does not include mere supervision of probation or
141	141	parole, or constraint incidental to release on bail.
142	142	(2) (3) DETENTION FACILITY. Any place used for the
143	143	confinement, pursuant to law, of a person:
144	144	a. Charged with or convicted of a criminal offense ; or.
145	145	b. Charged with being or adjudicated a youthful
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178	178	(3) (4) PENAL FACILITY. Any security correctional
179	179	institution for the confinement of persons arrested for,
180	180	charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense, including ,
181	181	but not limited to , the following security facilities: the
182	182	state penitentiary and any branch thereof of the state
183	183	penitentiary, or any county or city jail.
184	184	(4) (1) CONTRABAND. Any article or thing which a person
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186	186	obtaining or possessing by statute, rule, regulation ,
187	187	detention center policy, or order."
188	188	"§13A-10-36
189	189	(a) A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband
190	190	in the first degree if he or she does either of the following :
191	191	(1) He intentionally Intentionally and unlawfully
192	192	introduces within a detention facility, or provides an inmate
193	193	or juvenile with, any deadly weapon, instrument, tool , or
194	194	other thing which item that may be useful for escape ;.
195	195	(2) Being a person confined in a detention facility, he
196	196	intentionally and unlawfully makes, obtains , or possesses any
197	197	deadly weapon, instrument, tool , or other thing which item
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199	199	(b) Promoting prison contraband in the first degree is
200	200	a Class C felony."
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233	233	following:
234	234	(1) He intentionally Intentionally and unlawfully
235	235	introduces within a detention facility, or provides an inmate
236	236	or juvenile with, any narcotic, dangerous drug or controlled
237	237	substance as defined in the "Alabama Controlled Substances
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239	239	(2) Being a person confined in a detention facility, he
240	240	intentionally and unlawfully makes, obtains , or possesses any
241	241	narcotic, dangerous drug, or controlled substance as defined
242	242	in Chapter 2 of Title 20 of this Code.
243	243	(b) Promoting prison contraband in the second degree is
244	244	a Class C felony."
245	245	"§13A-10-38
246	246	(a) A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband
247	247	in the third degree if the person he or she does any of the
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249	249	(1) He or she intentionally Intentionally and unlawfully
250	250	introduces within a detention facility, or provides an inmate
251	251	or juvenile with, any contraband or thing which item that the
252	252	actor knows or should know it is unlawful to introduce or for
253	253	the inmate or juvenile to possess.
254	254	(2) Being a person confined in a detention facility, he
255	255	or she intentionally and unlawfully makes, obtains, or
256	256	possesses any contraband.
257	257	(3) He or she intentionally Intentionally introduces
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290	290	currency or coin which that the actor knows or should know is
291	291	unlawful to introduce or the possession of which is not
292	292	authorized by an inmate by the written policy of the
293	293	Department of Corrections.
294	294	(4) Being a person in the custody of the Department of
295	295	Corrections, he or she obtains or possesses any currency or
296	296	coin, the possession of which is not authorized by the written
297	297	policy of the Department of Corrections.
298	298	(b) Promoting prison contraband in the third degree is
299	299	a Class B misdemeanor.
300	300	(c) Any currency or coin contraband found on or in the
301	301	possession of any inmate in any state detention facility
302	302	operated by the Department of Corrections, the possession of
303	303	which is not authorized by the written policy of the
304	304	Department of Corrections, shall be confiscated and liquidated
305	305	after notice and a hearing as provided by departmental policy
306	306	and the proceeds shall be deposited in the general operating
307	307	fund of the department."
308	308	Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
309	309	or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
310	310	local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
311	311	and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
312	312	Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
313	313	amends the definition of an existing crime.
314	314	Section 3. This act shall become effective on the first
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