HB703 Alabama 2012 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Blaine GalliherRepublican - 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
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Source: Alabama Legislature