Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB442 Compare Versions

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5	5		By Representative Wood (R) (N & P)
6	6		RFD: Local Legislation
7	7		First Read: 11-Apr-24
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	12	+	5 QDBF114-1 03/15/2024 THR (L)THR 2024-830
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14	14		First Read: 11-Apr-24
15	15		A BILL
16	16		TO BE ENTITLED
17	17		AN ACT
18	18		Relating to Calhoun County; to authorize the county
19	19		commission and the governing bodies of municipalities to
20	20		regulate halfway houses and other similar facilities; and to
21	21		provide for enforcement.
22	22		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
23	23		Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the following
24	24		terms have the following meanings:
25	25		(1) COURT ORDER. An order from a court to reside at a
26	26		facility.
27	27		(2) FACILITY. Any halfway house; substance abuse
28	28		rehabilitation treatment facility; sober living facility; or
29	29		any other facility that is housing any resident who: (i) is
30	30		enrolled in the facility by court order; or (ii) is supervised
31	31		by the Calhoun County Community Punishment and Corrections
32	32		Authority, Inc.
33	33		(3) HALFWAY HOUSE. Any group residence designed to
34	34		facilitate individuals in their readjustment to private life
35	35		following their release from institutionalization.
36	36		Section 2. (a) The Calhoun County Commission, by
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67	67		resolution, may regulate facilities in the county. The
68	68		governing body of a municipality, by resolution, may regulate
69	69		facilities in the municipality. The regulations may include,
70	70		but are not limited to:
71	71		(1) A permit requirement.
72	72		(2) Size requirements or limitations.
73	73		(3) Location requirements or limitations, including,
74	74		but not limited to, required minimum distances from other
75	75		specified locations.
76	76		(4) Limits on the number of tenants per room.
77	77		(b) Any resolution adopted pursuant to this section may
78	78		provide for a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars
79	79		($1,000) to be assessed per day, per resident for each
80	80		violation.
81	81		(c) Any resolution adopted pursuant to this section
82	82		shall provide for notice and a hearing before the assessment
83	83		of penalties.
84	84		(d) Any resolution adopted pursuant to this section may
85	85		be enforced by the respective governing body by an action
86	86		against the owner of the facility in the Civil Division of the
87	87		Circuit Court of Calhoun County.
88	88		(e) Any resolution adopted pursuant to this section
89	89		shall prohibit a registered sex offender from residing in any
90	90		facility that houses any resident who is enrolled in the
91	91		facility by court order or who is supervised by the Calhoun
92	92		County Community Punishment and Corrections Authority, Inc.
93		-	Section 3. This act is repealed on June 1, 2025.
94		-	Section 4. This act shall become effective on June 1,
	93	+	Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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126		-	House of Representatives
127		-	Read for the first time and referred
128		-	to the House of Representatives
129		-	committee on Local Legislation
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131		-	Read for the second time and placed
132		-	on the calendar:
133		-	0 amendments
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135		-	Read for the third time and passed
136		-	as amended
137		-	Yeas 19
138		-	Nays 0
139		-	Abstains 82
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