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SB7RLT4NMY-1 ENGROSSED: SB7 NPKFTT8-2 By Senator Elliott RFD:
County3/26/2024 and: Municipal Government First Read:
06-Feb-24THR PFD:1ST PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY AMENDMENT TO SB7 OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BEDSOLE 2 4 Replace lines 22 through 29 on pages 1 and 2 with the following:
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Section 1.
(a)(1) A sheriff and county commission or a local chief of police and city council may contract with a nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooling entities, to provide school resource officers, as defined in Section 16-1-44.1, Code of Alabama 1975.
(2) No party may enter into a contract pursuant to subdivision (1) unless the applicable governmental entities already provide a school resource officer to each public K-12 school in the entity's jurisdiction.
(3) Any contract created pursuant to subdivision (1) shall be automatically void if the applicable government entities stop providing a school resource officer to any Page 1 SB7 Engrossed public K-12 school in the entity's jurisdiction.
(b) Any contract created pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the nonpublic school must fully reimburse the county commission or city council for the full salary, benefits, and all other costs associated with each school resource officer made available through the contract.
(c)(1) A nonpublic school shall provide proof of occurrence-based liability insurance, which shall be primary coverage, in an amount no less than, and with coverage consistent with, the liability insurance carried by the county commission or city council.
(2) The insurance policy shall name the county commission, the sheriff, and his or her deputies or the municipality, the chief of police, and his or her officers as additional insureds.
(4) If the nonpublic school fails to have the insurance coverage required by this subsection in full force during the entire term of the contract, the nonpublic school shall assume liability for all acts taken by a school resource officer within the line and scope of the private employment.
(d) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of waiving any immunity or statutory cap on damages to which a county commission, city council, sheriff, chief of police, or deputies or officers are entitled.
ThisNotwithstanding any provision of this act shallto becomethe effectivecontrary, Junean 1,off-duty 2024.law enforcement officer, in his or her personal capacity, may contract with or be employed by a nonpublic school, including a private, church, parochial, or religious school, offering instruction in grades K-12, as well as a Page 1 RLT4NMY-1 :
Page3/26/2024 2: SB7 Engrossed Senat4 Read for the first time and referred ................06-FEB-24 to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government Read for the second time and placed ................07-Feb-24 on the calendar:
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PageSection 33.
Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, a sheriff or chief of police may provide security, traffic control, and other similar services on the campus or other property of a nonpublic school, including a private, church, parochial, or religious school, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as a home-schooling entity.
Section 4.
This act shall become effective June 1, Page 2