Title 41 — Title 41

The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is hereby created within the Executive Branch of State Government to coordinate public safety in this state. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be comprised of the following: (1) The Department of Public Safety. (2) The State B…

Contractors Requested by State Department or Agency; Policies. (a) Pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 92-544, the states may conduct a nationwide criminal history background check on state employees and contractors for the purpose of determining whether an employee or con…

of Driver’s License, Identification Card, Etc. (a) January 1, 2018, each person who applies for a new driver’s license, nondriver identification card, or vessel license, or a learner’s license or permit, or the renewal of any of the above licenses, cards, or permits, may provide …

Excessive Force by Law Enforcement Officers. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The preservation of human life is of the highest value in this state. (2) It is of utmost importance that law enforcement agencies implement policies and practices to prohibit t…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “sexual assault” is as defined in Section 15-23-121. (b) By the first day of April of each year, every law enforcement agency, as defined in Section 15-5-62, shall report all of the following information for the prior calendar year t…

(a) The position of Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is created. The secretary shall serve as the appointing authority and executive head of the agency and the appointing authority and department head of the Department of Public Safety and State Bureau of Inv…

Advisor. The Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency may appoint a designee as the Homeland Security Advisor under subsection (d) of Section 41-27-2. The Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and econom…

(a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall establish general policies for the Department of Public Safety and the State Bureau of Investigations. (b) The secretary shall coordinate efforts within the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the entities t…

The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall have the authority to apply for any grants and to accept any lawful gifts or donations. History: (Act 2016-151, §2(b).)

Corrections. The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in coordination with the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, shall have the authority to promulgate rules to establish a program by January 1, 2018, to issue a nondriver identification card to a re…

(a) Act 2021-246 shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Concealed Carry Permit Act. (b)(1) No later than October 1, 2022, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop, create, maintain, and administer a state firearms prohibited person database and shall…

Prohibited Person Database. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall enter an order for involuntary commitment received by a judge of probate, pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, or by a circuit judge pursuant to Section 15-16-44, into the state firearms prohibited person datab…

(a) There is hereby created the Public Safety Fund in the State Treasury. The fund consists of all monies appropriated for support of the functions of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Public Safety, and the State Bureau of Investigations, i…

For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) MANDATORY MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE LAW. Chapter 7A of Title 32. (3) MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENT. An incident involving the driver of a …

Insured at Time of Incident. (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop procedures for the agency to review each motor vehicle incident to determine if the driver of a motor vehicle involved in the incident was given a citation for failure to comp…

(a) If the agency determines that the motor vehicle the driver was driving at the time of the motor vehicle incident was not in compliance, the agency shall issue the assessment of a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, three hundred do…

The agency shall provide by rule a hearing procedure and procedures for the administrative resolution of the notice of assessment. The rules shall provide that the hearing shall be conducted by a driver license hearing officer or other hearing officer appointed by its agency. The…

If after a hearing, a person is found to be driving a motor vehicle in violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law, the civil penalty shall be final. If the civil penalty is not paid within 15 days, the person’s driver’s license shall be suspended for 90 days…

The driver’s license of a person assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this article shall not be reinstated unless the civil penalty is paid. History: (Act 2016-361, §6.)

All civil penalties collected pursuant to this article, after the collection, shall be deposited in the Highway Traffic Safety Fund on a monthly basis. After the deduction of the actual and necessary expenses of administering this article, the net proceeds shall be distributed as…

Any driver assessed a civil penalty for a violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law shall not thereafter be subject to a criminal penalty for the same violation. History: (Act 2016-361, §7.)

The provisions of this article are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict herewith. History: (Act 2016-361, §9.)

(a) The State Bureau of Investigations is hereby created in the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. The bureau shall succeed to and be vested with all powers of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. A reference in any law to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation shall be deemed a …

of Department; Highway Patrol Division; Marine Police Division. (a)(1) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, after consultation with the Governor, and shall hold office at the pleasure of t…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the public roads and highways which is self-propelled. (3) NONCO…

Dispute Resolution Process. (a) Subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall establish rules governing the use of towing and recovery services for nonconsensual towing directed by the agency of commercial motor vehicles as de…

(a) If a towing and recovery service violates a rule adopted by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency as required in Section 41-27-61, the agency may administer any disciplinary action provided for by agency rules governing rotation towing services, including the assessment of…

Rules required to be adopted pursuant to this article shall be adopted by the agency no later than November 1, 2017. History: (Act 2017-321, §4.)

(a) For the purposes of this article, the term “legacy agency” means an existing agency, department, or division that is being reorganized or abolished under this article. (b) Unless otherwise provided in this article, all positions created by this article shall be in the classif…

Any and all authority, power, duties, or other responsibilities contained in any law or rule relating to any legacy agency as provided in this chapter shall be applicable to, and under the authority and power of, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the Secretary of Law E…

Any law enforcement officer employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be entitled to the immunity set forth in Section 6-5-338. History: (Act 2013-67, p. 130, §8.)

(1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) CAPITOL AREA. Any of the following locations: a. The Downtown Capitol Area. b. The Alabama Governor’s Mansion and all real property situated between Cromwell Street and Finley Avenue and between Court Street and Perry Street…

photograph or otherwise record images of, a Capitol area for the purpose of committing a criminal offense. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony. History: (Act 2026-270, §2.)

area in a manner that interferes with the operations of a Capitol area or causes a disturbance to a Capitol area. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony. History: (Act 2026-270, §2.)

knowingly use a UAS within 250 horizontal feet and 250 vertical feet of the perimeter of any site of the construction or improvement of state property within a Capitol area. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and is a Class B misdemeanor …

UAS in the vicinity of a Capitol area. (2) A violation of subdivision (1) is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and is a Class B misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. (b) None of the following persons shall be subject to the prohibition in subdivision (a)(1): (1)…

in violation of this article, including all of the following measures: (1) Jamming, to the extent consistent with federal law and regulations, including those of the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Hacking. (3) Physical capture. (4) Any other reasonable mitigation measure …

may establish procedures for temporarily designating a location as a Capitol area. (b) The secretary, in consultation with the Governor, the Alabama Legislative Council, and the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, may establish by rule permitting procedures for the use of a …

Personnel. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities merged with another state entity or abolished and the functions of which are transferred to another state agency by this chapter shall be transf…