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AL SB34
Bill
AI Summary
SB34 Summary
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Amends Alabama Code Sections 12-14-15 and 12-14-32 to modify the authority of mayors and municipal court judges regarding fines, costs, and sentences.
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Authorizes mayors to remit court costs in addition to existing authority to remit fines and grant pardons for municipal ordinance violations.
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Authorizes municipal court judges to remit fines, court costs, fees, payments, and other charges when a defendant demonstrates inability to pay through a satisfactory showing of indigency.
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Removes the authority of mayors to commute sentences for violations of municipal ordinances.
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Clarifies that municipal court judges may issue arrest warrants for defendants who fail to appear in court and may hold such defendants in contempt of court for willful failure to appear, except for probation supervision-related failures.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Municipal courts, mayors and municipal court judges, mayor authorized to remit court costs imposed by municipal court judge, municipal court judges authorized to remit certain costs upon a showing of indigency, mayor's authority to commute sentences removed, municipal court judges authorized to issue arrest warrants and hold certain persons in contempt of court, Secs. 12-14-15, 12-14-32 am'd.
Court, Municipal
Last Action
Judiciary first Substitute Offered
2/1/2018