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Section 15-22-36.2


Published: 2015

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Section 15-22-36.2

Section 15-22-36.2Implementation Task Force.

(a) There is hereby created the Implementation Task Force to guide and support the implementation of a statewide automated victim notification system in Alabama. The task force shall be composed of two representatives of victims' rights organizations designated by the Attorney General and at least one designee from each of the following: The Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Corrections, the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, the District Attorneys Association or a district attorney representative, the Attorney General, and any other entity or organization as deemed appropriate by a majority vote of the current representatives composing the task force. The task force shall elect a chair to function as the administrative head. The task force shall meet initially by March 1, 2012, at the call of the Attorney General. The task force shall meet not less than quarterly after January 1, 2012, until December 31, 2015, and otherwise at the call of the chair or a majority vote of the current task force representatives. Pursuant to this section and Sections 15-22-23 and 15-22-36, the task force shall be responsible for overseeing the development and integration of a process to automatically update victim information into the automated victim notification system on a continual basis. The task force shall also oversee a statewide public education and awareness campaign for the implementation of the automated victim notification system and shall be charged with confirming, by majority vote, that the automated victim notification system complies with the requirements of this section and Sections 15-22-23 and 15-22-36. Approval from the task force shall not be required for the validity of any action taken by any entity represented on the task force in the exercise of any of the power or authority granted to it by the Legislature. The task force shall be dissolved effective December 31, 2015.



(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall have authority to carry out the enforcement of this section and Sections 15-22-23 and 15-22-36.

(Act 2011-681, p. 2006, ยงยง2, 3.)