SB467 Summary

• Authorizes the City of Alabaster in Shelby County to establish a discretionary pretrial diversion program for offenders charged with misdemeanors, violations, or traffic offenses in the city's jurisdiction.

• Admission to the program is at the sole discretion of the city prosecutor, subject to municipal judge approval, with certain offense categories (violence resulting in officer injury, eluding police, weapons/child victims, DUI with serious injury, public official corruption) rendering offenders ineligible.

• Participants must enter written agreements including voluntary waivers of speedy trial and jury trial rights, guilty pleas, restitution obligations, and may be required to complete substance abuse treatment, education programs, maintain employment, submit to drug testing, perform community service, and pay application fees up to $5,000.

• Application fees range from $250 for violations to $5,000 for DUI offenses, collected by the municipal court clerk and allocated to the city's general fund; fees may be waived or reduced for indigent offenders.

• Upon successful program completion, charges are dismissed per the agreement; termination results in court imposing appropriate punishment without being bound by prior agreement terms, and offenders remain liable for all costs and restitution regardless of outcome.