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AL HB637
Bill
Status
5/2/2013
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Todd
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AI Summary
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Municipal magistrates and judges in the City of Irondale, Jefferson County may assess a $100 warrant recall fee to defendants seeking to recall failure to appear warrants for municipal ordinance violations.
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Defendants must pay the $100 fee at the time the warrant is recalled.
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Warrant recall is discretionary and the municipal judge or magistrate has sole authority to decide whether to recall any warrant.
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All warrant recall fees collected by the City of Irondale Municipal Court shall be deposited into the City of Irondale Corrections Fund and allocated per Section 11-47-7.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
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The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Jefferson Co.,municipal judges and magistrates for municipal courts authorized to issue warrant recall fee for failure to appear for municipal ordinance or traffic violation, distrib. to municipal corrections fund
Jefferson County
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 2
5/7/2013