HB803 Summary

• Amends Section 8 of Act 2003-225 to establish mandatory fee schedules for pretrial diversion program participants in Houston and Henry Counties within the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.

• Sets base program fees ranging from $200 (violations) to $850 (felony offenses), plus misdemeanor offenses at $500 and traffic offenses at $300.

• Establishes additional fees distributed to specific entities including county clerk offices, arresting agencies, Department of Forensic Sciences Dothan Lab, district attorney, county commissions, Southeast Alabama Child Advocacy Center, and Wiregrass Angel House.

• Allows district attorney discretion to waive or reduce fees for just cause and permits the district attorney to raise fees without further legislative action if a state pretrial diversion program is enacted.

• Requires circuit clerk to collect all fees and disburse them timely to designated entities, with collected fees to support operations, law enforcement, and related activities.