HB590 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Barbara Bigsby BoydRepresentative
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: Steve Hurst Randy Wood K.L. Brown
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Calhoun Co., circuit, district, and municipal courts, court costs, additional in certain cases, distrib. for drug courts
Summary: HB590 adds new court costs in Calhoun County for domestic violence, drug possession, and traffic cases and directs the money to fund county drug courts and related programs.
What This Bill Does
It imposes new court costs in circuit, district, and municipal courts in Calhoun County: $40 for domestic violence cases, $40 for drug possession cases, and $12 for all traffic cases. The clerk collects these costs when cases are decided, keeps $2 as administrative cost, and sends the rest quarterly to the Calhoun County Commission to be placed in a designated county treasury account for the Calhoun County Family and Juvenile Drug Court, Calhoun County Success Academy, and Calhoun County Adult Felony Drug Court. A committee of judges from the relevant drug courts determines how the money is divided among these programs and submits an annual budget to the county commission for next year’s appropriation; priority is given to programs with more participants. The act becomes effective immediately after governor approval.

Who It Affects
People who are defendants or otherwise involved in Calhoun County circuit, district, or municipal court cases and will be assessed the new court costs (domestic violence, drug possession, and traffic).
Calhoun County's drug court programs (Family and Juvenile Drug Court, Success Academy, and Adult Felony Drug Court) and the Calhoun County Commission that allocates and manages the funds.

Key Provisions
Adds a $40 court cost in domestic violence-related cases in Calhoun County courts.
Adds a $40 court cost in drug possession cases (including possession of controlled substances, marijuana first and second degree, trafficking, and possession of drug paraphernalia).
Adds a $12 court cost in all traffic cases.
Clerks collect costs upon conviction or dismissal; $2 is kept as administrative cost; the rest goes to a designated county account for the named drug court programs and related initiatives.
A committee of judges from the relevant drug courts determines how funds are divided among Calhoun County Family and Juvenile Drug Court, Success Academy, and Adult Felony Drug Court, with annual budgets submitted to the county commission for next year’s appropriation.
Funding decisions prioritize programs with more participants; the act takes effect immediately upon governor approval.

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Subjects: Calhoun County