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HB703 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021
HB703 Alabama 2012 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2012
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Bail bonds, fees collected by person issuing, fee paid upon adjudication of case, distrib. to Unified Judicial Systems, Solicitor's Fund, court clerks and sheriff
Description

Under existing law, a defendant is released on bail after posting bond and a bonding company charges a fee for assisting a defendant with bail.

This bill would require a bail bond filing fee on each bond executed to be paid by the bondsman or surety and a fee on all bonds to be paid by the bondee with the fees to be distributed to the court clerk's fund, the law enforcement fund of the sheriff or municipality, the Solicitor's Fund, the State General Fund, and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.

Subjects
Bail Bonds

Bill Actions

Ways and Means General Fund first Amendment Offered

Pending third reading on day 22 Favorable from Ways and Means General Fund with 2 amendments

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature