(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall implement a system of active and passive electronic monitoring that identifies the location of a monitored person and that can produce upon request reports or records of the person’s presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area, the person’s departure from specified geographic limitations, or curfew violations by the offender. The Director of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may promulgate any rules as are necessary to implement and administer this system of active electronic monitoring including establishing policies and procedures to notify the person’s probation and parole officer or other court-appointed supervising authority when a violation of his or her electronic monitoring restrictions has occurred.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A felony10 years to lifeup to $60,000
Class C felony1 to 10 yearsup to $15,000
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-6 and Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-20A-20

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles or a court may require, as a condition of release on parole, probation, community corrections, court referral officer supervision, pretrial release, or any other community-based punishment option, that any person charged or convicted of a sex offense be subject to electronic monitoring as provided in subsection (a).
(c) Any person designated a sexually violent predator pursuant to Section 15-20A-19, upon release from incarceration, shall be subject to electronic monitoring supervised by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as provided in subsection (a), for a period of no less than 10 years from the date of the sexually violent predator’s release. This requirement shall be imposed by the sentencing court as a part of the sentence of the sexually violent predator in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 13A-5-6.
(d) Any person convicted of a Class A felony sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, upon release from incarceration, shall be subject to electronic monitoring supervised by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, as provided in subsection (a), for a period of no less than 10 years from the date of the sex offender’s release. This requirement shall be imposed by the sentencing court as a part of the sex offender’s sentence in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 13A-5-6.
(e) Anyone subject to electronic monitoring pursuant to this section, unless he or she is indigent, shall be required to reimburse the supervising entity a reasonable fee to defray supervision costs. The Board of Pardons and Paroles, the sentencing court, or other supervising entity shall determine the amount to be paid based on the financial means and ability to pay of the person, but such amount shall not exceed fifteen dollars ($15) per day.
(f) The supervising entity shall pay the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency a fee, to be determined by the center, but not exceeding ten dollars ($10) per day, to defray monitoring equipment and telecommunications costs.
(g) It shall constitute a Class C felony for any person to knowingly alter, disable, deactivate, tamper with, remove, damage, or destroy any device used to facilitate electronic monitoring under this section.
(h) The procurement of any product or services necessary for compliance with Act 2005-301, including any system of electronic monitoring, any equipment, and the building of a website, shall be subject to the competitive bid process.
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