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SB239
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By Senator Carnley (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 18-Mar-25
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First Read: 18-Mar-25
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Coffee County; to authorize the sheriff,
the county commission, and a municipality to contract for the
sheriff to provide police services for the municipality; and
to provide for the expenditure of funds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Any municipality within Coffee County
may contract with the Sheriff of Coffee County for police
services. The contract may include enforcement by the sheriff,
or his or her duly commissioned deputies, of all laws within
the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the
municipality, including municipal ordinances, and the arrest
or citation of any offenders as if the sheriff, or his or her
duly commissioned deputies, were duly constituted police
officers of the municipality.
(b) A municipality entering into a contract pursuant to
subsection (a) shall pay to the county treasury a sum
sufficient to provide the necessary manpower and equipment as
mutually agreed upon by the municipal governing body, the
sheriff, and the county commission.
(c) The county commission shall receive from the
municipality the funds paid under the contract for police
services and may expend funds for police services in the
municipality, including the police jurisdiction of the
municipality.
(d) Each contract between the sheriff and a
municipality shall be with the consent and approval of the
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municipality shall be with the consent and approval of the
sheriff and the county commission.
(e) The sheriff and his or her duly commissioned
deputies, in the performance of any duties carried out
pursuant to a contract with a municipality, shall retain the
legal and constitutional immunity afforded to each of them by
law.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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2025.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
SB239
Senate 01-Apr-25
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
the Senate.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Passed: 08-Apr-25
By: Senator Carnley
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