HB567 creates a $25 drug and violent crime reduction fee in Calhoun County criminal cases to fund the local task force and related offices.
In Calhoun County, a $25 fee is added in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases across the county courts. The collected money is distributed: $2 to the municipal court clerk, $3 to the police chief, and $20 to the Calhoun/Cleburne Drug and Violent Crime Task Force for municipal cases; and $2 to the circuit court clerk, $3 to the Calhoun County Commission, and $20 to the Task Force for district and circuit cases. The fee applies when the defendant is found guilty, when a bond is forfeited, when a penalty is imposed, or when an alias or capias warrant is issued, and it is in addition to other fees and costs. It cannot be waived unless the defendant proves they cannot pay in the foreseeable future. The Task Force may use the money to pay its expenses. The act takes effect immediately after the Governor signs it into law.
Forwarded to Governor at 2:55 p.m. on May 24, 2011.
Assigned Act No. 2011-300.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 638
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 562
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature