Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB573 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB573
4	4	EJQHM2C-1
5	5	By Representative Baker (N & P)
6	6	RFD: Local Legislation
7	7	First Read: 15-Apr-25
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12	12	5 EJQHM2C-1 03/12/2025 THR (L)ma 2025-1246
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14	14	First Read: 15-Apr-25
15	15	A BILL
16	16	TO BE ENTITLED
17	17	AN ACT
18	18	Relating to Escambia County; to amend Section
19	19	45-27-234, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
20	20	qualifications of the sheriff.
21	21	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
22	22	Section 1. Section 45-27-234, Code of Alabama 1975, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	"§45-27-234
25	25	(a) On or after May 18, 2020 Beginning June 1, 2025 , a
26	26	person an individual qualifying for election as Sheriff of
27	27	Escambia County or any person individual appointed to serve as
28	28	a sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum
29	29	qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications
30	30	required by law:
31	31	(1) The person individual is a citizen of the United
32	32	States.
33	33	(2) The person individual has been a resident of the
34	34	county for at least one year immediately prior to the
35	35	qualification date.
36	36	(3) The person individual has the qualifications of an
37	37	elector pursuant to state and federal law and the person has
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67	67	elector pursuant to state and federal law and the person has
68	68	been registered to vote in the county at least one year
69	69	immediately prior to qualifying.
70	70	(4) The person individual has been awarded a high
71	71	school diploma or a GED equivalent.
72	72	(5) The person individual is 25 years of age or older
73	73	prior to qualifying.
74	74	(6) The person individual has three or more years of
75	75	full-time prior service as a law enforcement officer having
76	76	the power of arrest, which service is certified by the Alabama
77	77	Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, and the
78	78	person has not been retired or separated from full-time active
79	79	law enforcement certified through the Alabama Peace Officers'
80	80	Standards and Training Commission for more than two
81	81	consecutive years one year from the date of qualifying, or in
82	82	the event the person individual has been retired or separated
83	83	from active law enforcement for more than two consecutive
84	84	yearsone year, the person individual has obtained a
85	85	recertification of full-time active law enforcement status as
86	86	a law enforcement officer from the Alabama Peace Officers'
87	87	Standards and Training Commission prior to the date of
88	88	qualifying. In addition, if the individual has ever retired
89	89	from active law enforcement, the individual has three or more
90	90	years of full-time post-retirement law enforcement service
91	91	prior to the date of qualifying.
92	92	(7) The person individual has never been convicted of a
93	93	felony criminal offense in this state or convicted of a
94	94	criminal offense in another jurisdiction where a conviction of
95	95	the offense would be considered a felony offense in this
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125	125	the offense would be considered a felony offense in this
126	126	state.
127	127	(b) Upon election, the sheriff of the county shall
128	128	attend annually a minimum of 12 hours of executive level
129	129	continuing education approved by the Alabama Sheriff's
130	130	Association, National Sheriff's Association, or any other
131	131	recognized executive level continuing education program
132	132	designed for law enforcement."
133	133	Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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