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AL HB637

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/2/2013

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Todd

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2013

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Defendants must pay the $100 fee at the time the warrant is recalled.

  • Warrant recall is discretionary and the municipal judge or magistrate has sole authority to decide whether to recall any warrant.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Local Legislation No. 25/7/2013
Jefferson County Legislation4/18/2013

Full Bill Text

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