HB668 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Richard Lindsey

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Cleburne Co., court costs in traffic cases, county commission authorized to levy additional in circuit, district, or municipal court, distrib.

Summary

Cleburne County can add up to 30 dollars in extra court costs for traffic cases to fund county services.

What This Bill Does

The county commission can pass a resolution to impose an additional fee of up to $30 on each traffic case filed in the circuit, district, or municipal court in Cleburne County. The extra fee is added to the existing costs and is not waived by the court unless all other fees and charges are waived. The collected fees go to the General Fund of Cleburne County; if a municipality within the county has its own court, the municipal court collects the fees for its General Fund instead.

Who It Affects

• Residents and defendants involved in traffic cases in Cleburne County who would pay an additional up to $30 per case.
• Cleburne County government (and any municipalities with a municipal court) that would receive the revenue to fund county or municipal services.

Key Provisions

• The Cleburne County Commission may impose by resolution an additional fee not to exceed $30 on each traffic case filed in the Circuit Court, District Court, or any municipal court in Cleburne County.
• The additional fee must be recorded as costs on the traffic case and cannot be waived by the court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges are waived.
• Collected fees go into the General Fund of Cleburne County; if a municipal court exists in the county, fees from municipal cases go to the municipality's General Fund.
• The act becomes effective immediately after its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Cleburne County