HB734 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan Harper

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Pickens Co., solicitor's fee, authorized in all criminal cases where court costs are assessed, waiver prohibited unless other costs waived, Act 2007-277, 2007 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Summary

HB734 requires the solicitor's fee to be collected in all Pickens County criminal cases where court costs are assessed and prohibits waiving the fee unless all other costs are waived.

What This Bill Does

It expands the collection of the solicitor's fee to cover all criminal cases in Pickens County where court costs are assessed, including cases with guilty verdicts, bond forfeitures, penalties, or alias/capias warrants, or any other costs, regardless of guilt. The fee is added on top of other costs and is not a substitute for them. The fee cannot be waived or remitted unless all other court costs and charges are waived. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it passes and receives the Governor's approval.

Who It Affects

• Criminal defendants in Pickens County in any case where court costs are assessed will owe the solicitor's fee in addition to other costs.
• The Pickens County solicitor's office and local courts will collect the fee in qualifying cases and enforce the waiver rule that the fee cannot be waived unless all other costs are waived.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 2 of Act 2007-277 to require the solicitor's fee be collected in all criminal cases where court costs are assessed (guilty, bond forfeiture, penalty, alias or capias, or other costs).
• The solicitor's fee is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other fees or costs.
• The solicitor's fee cannot be waived or remitted unless all other court costs and charges are waived.
• Effective date: the first day of the third month following passage and Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Pickens County