Ala. Code § 12-15-114.1

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.
Section 12-15-114.1 - Concurrent jurisdiction for criminal offenses committed by children on military installations
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over a military installation of the United States Department of Defense located within this state in a matter relating to a violation of federal law by a child, as defined in Section 12-15-102, Code of Alabama 1975, within the boundaries of that military installation, if both of the following criteria are met:
(1) The United States Attorney or the United States District Court for the applicable district in this state waives exclusive jurisdiction.
(2) The violation of federal law is also a crime under state law.
(b) When concurrent jurisdiction has been established pursuant to subsection (a), the juvenile court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over any case involving a child who is alleged to be delinquent as the result of an act committed within the boundaries of a military installation which is a crime under state law.(b) When concurrent jurisdiction has been established pursuant to subsection (a), the juvenile court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over any case involving a child who is alleged to be delinquent as the result of an act committed within the boundaries of a military installation which is a crime under state law.

Ala. Code § 12-15-114.1 (1975)

Added by Act 2024-327,§ 1,2, eff. 10/1/2024.