SJR74 Summary

• Creates the Alabama Municipal Fees and Fines Study Task Force to examine state law and municipal authority regarding costs, fees, and fines for law violations and to recommend needed legislative changes.

• Task force composition includes 13 members: Governor appointee, Chief Justice appointee, Lieutenant Governor appointee, legislative members, Judiciary Committee chairs, and four municipal professionals appointed by the Alabama League of Municipalities, plus an Alabama Law Institute representative as chair.

• Task force must hold organizational meeting within 60 days and ensure membership reflects the state's racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity.

• Legislative members receive standard compensation and travel expenses; non-legislative members serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for meeting expenses.

• Task force must submit findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature by the third legislative day of the 2023 Regular Session, after which it dissolves.