Anti-Clustering law takes effect in Jefferson Co. Only!

There was no notice of this, and the statewide anti-clustering bill has stalled out in the House, so why am I only hearing about this now?

The senator responsible for this travesty is Sen. Priscilla Dunn. Here is her contact info:

State House:	Room 729 11 S. Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130 (334) 242-7793 Fax: (334) 353-9625
Home:	460 Carriage Hills Drive Bessemer, AL 35022 (205) 426-3795

http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-132/1277985654219030.xml&storylist=alabamanews

New sex offender rules take effect in Ala. county

7/1/2010, 6:34 a.m. CDT The Associated Press

(AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new law that limits the number of registered sex offenders living together in Jefferson County is in effect.

The law, passed by the Legislature in the recent session, bars landlords from housing more than one registered sex offender under one roof. It requires offenders who live in an apartment to reside at least 100 yards from each other.

The measure took effect Thursday.

Sgt. Jacob Reach, who oversees the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sex offender unit, says people already living at a facility housing multiple offenders will be grandfathered in under the law, but no new person can move into the facility.
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Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews

Oppose SB 48: Social Networking Ban

Since this bill has come out, the bill has changed somewhat.

The original bill read:

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Section 1. (a) It is unlawful for a convicted sex offender who is registered pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 20 of Title 15 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to access a commercial social networking website when the sex offender knows or should have known that the site permits minor children to become members or to create or maintain personal web pages on the commercial social networking website.

The bill apparently as currently written, as of May 10, 2010, now reads as follows:

Section 1. (a) It is unlawful for a convicted sex
offender who has been convicted of a sex offense where the
offender was over the age of 21 and the victim was less than
14 at the time of the offense who is registered pursuant to
27 Article 2 of Chapter 20 of Title 15 of the Code of Alabama
1975, to communicate with a minor child utilizing a commercial
social networking website access a commercial social
networking website when the sex offender knows or should have
known that the site permits minor children to become members
or to create or maintain personal web pages on the commercial
social networking website.

While the Senate struck down the social networking ban (Hopefully after my letter I had written in opposition to this bill), I am still wary because the definition of social networking ban is still too vague. Thus, I'd still be wary of this bill.

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACTIONViewFrameMac.asp?TYPE=Substitute&AMDSUB=119965-1&DOCNAME=119965-1.pdf&DOCPATH=searchableinstruments/2010RS/Printfiles&INST=SB48