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AL HB752
Bill
Status
3/23/2010
Primary Sponsor
Robert Ward
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AI Summary
HB 752 Summary
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Creates Section 12-19-182 of Alabama Code to assess an additional $10 fee in all municipal, district, and circuit court criminal cases, bond forfeiture proceedings, and upon issuance of arrest warrants.
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Distributes collected fees between the Alabama DNA Database Fund and Citizenship Trust with varying amounts by fiscal year: FY 2010 ($5 DNA/$5 Trust), FY 2011 ($6 DNA/$4 Trust), and FY 2012+ ($9 DNA/$1 Trust).
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Exempts parking ticket violations and small claims cases from the additional fee requirements.
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Requires court clerks to remit fees by the 10th day of the following month and appropriates amounts generated to the Department of Forensic Sciences and Citizenship Trust for fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
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Amends Section 36-18-32 to delete amendments made by Act 2009-768 and becomes effective immediately upon passage and Governor approval.
Legislative Description
Court costs in criminal cases, additional in municipal, district, and circuit courts, distrib., appropriation, Sec. 12-19-182 added; Sec. 36-18-32 am'd.; Act 2009-768, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.
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Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Government Appropriations
3/23/2010