Section 29-4-4 Security personnel - Responsibilities; powers.

Section 29-4-4

Security personnel - Responsibilities; powers.

(a) Security personnel employed by the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be responsible for the security of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth floors of the Alabama State House, such other areas within the Alabama State House as are used by the Legislature, and such other areas in accordance with Section 29-1-19.

(b) The security officers employed under this chapter shall have the powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise those powers only in the areas designated in subsection (a).

Every department, agency, and bureau of the State of Alabama shall assist in any manner requested by the Legislature in assuring the security of the areas of the Alabama State House designated in subsection (a).

(Acts 1997, No. 97-658, p. 1249, §3.)