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HB88
3LD4VZV-1
By Representative Starnes
RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 24-Jan-25
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PFD: 24-Jan-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would specify that the probation and
parole officers of the Board of Pardons and Paroles are
law enforcement officers.
This bill would also make nonsubstantive changes
to conform to existing law.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Board of Pardons and Paroles; to amend
Section 36-21-40, Code of Alabama 1975, to specify probation
and parole officers are law enforcement officers; and to make
nonsubstantive changes to conform to existing law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 36-21-40, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง36-21-40
As used in this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings , respectively,
unless the context clearly indicates the contrary :
(1) FUND. The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and
Training Fund provided for in Section 36-21-47.
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Training Fund provided for in Section 36-21-47.
(2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards
and Training Commission established by Section 36-21-41.
(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The state Department of
Public SafetyAlabama State Law Enforcement Agency , the Alabama
Board Department of Corrections, the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, the police department of each incorporated city or
town, the department of each sheriff of the state, including
all deputy sheriffs, the Enforcement Division of the State
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the
Public Service Commission , and each public agency in the state
charged with the enforcement of any laws and the officers or
employees of which have power as such officials or employees
to make arrests. The term does not include the National Guard
or any military organization.
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A policemanpolice officer,
deputy sheriff, deputy constable and, or other official who
has the authority as such official to make arrests. The term
includes Alabama state troopers or members of the state
Department of Public Safety, enforcement officers of the
Public Service Commission, and the Alabama Board Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency, the Department of Corrections, and the
Board of Pardons and Paroles .
(5) STATE. The State of Alabama."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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