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AL HB567
Bill
Status
5/24/2011
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Boyd
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AI Summary
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Imposes a $25 docket fee in all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in Calhoun County courts (juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal).
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Distributes collected fees monthly with $20 going to the Calhoun/Cleburne Drug and Violent Crime Task Force; in municipal courts $2 to municipal court clerk and $3 to chief of police; in district and circuit courts $2 to circuit court clerk and $3 to Calhoun County Commission.
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Fee applies in cases where defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond is forfeited, a penalty is imposed, or an arrest warrant is issued.
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Fee cannot be waived or remitted unless the defendant proves to the sentencing judge an inability to pay within the reasonably foreseeable future.
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Task Force Board may expend collected fees for law enforcement expenses and task force operational costs.
Legislative Description
Calhoun Co., court costs, drug and violent crime reduction fee in all criminal cases in circuit, district, municipal courts, distrib. to municipal and circuit court clerks, chief of police, county commission, and Calhoun/Cleburne Drug and Violent Crime Task Force
Calhoun County
Last Action
Forwarded to Governor at 2:55 p.m. on May 24, 2011.
5/24/2011