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AL SB511

Bill

Status

Passed

6/9/2011

Primary Sponsor

J.T. Waggoner

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2011

AI Summary

  • Amends Act 2009-612 to modify solicitor's fee distribution in Jefferson County's Birmingham and Bessemer Divisions for juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases.

  • Allocates $3 from each case to the circuit clerk's fund or, if originating in municipal court, $3 to the municipal court clerk's fund for office operations.

  • Directs remaining fee amounts to the Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund in the division where the case originated.

  • Requires solicitor's fees to be no less than the docket fees or court costs assessed upon adjudication of guilt in criminal cases and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval (Senate passed June 1, 2011; House passed June 9, 2011).

Legislative Description

Jefferson Co., (Birmingham Division and Bessemer Division), solicitor's fee equal to fee for Fair Trial Tax Fund, distrib. for circuit court clerk, municipal court clerk, and district attorney's office, Act 2009-612, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Jefferson County

Last Action

Delivered to Governor at 1:52 p.m. on June 9, 2011

6/9/2011

Committee Referrals

Jefferson County Legislation6/1/2011
Local Legislation No. 25/24/2011

Full Bill Text

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