Under existing law the Board of Pardons and Paroles is responsible for the enhancement of public safety by providing effective supervision and rehabilitation to adult criminal offenders. This bill would reconstitute the Board of Pardons and Paroles as the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. This bill would reorganize the functions and duties of the bureau and would provide for the duties of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the bureau, which would be the body directly responsible for granting parole, pardons, parole revocations, remission of fines and forfeitures, and restoration of civil and political rights. This bill would delete duplicative language. This bill would transfer certain language relating to pardons and paroles to a new article within the Code of Alabama 1975. This bill would specify the duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles and would provide for the personnel of the bureau. This bill would update relevant cross-references in existing law. HB391 HB391 INTRODUCED INTRODUCED This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Introduced: 15-22-10