HB449 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rod Scott
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: John W. Rogers Merika Coleman Mary Moore Juandalynn Givan
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Jefferson Co., (Birmingham Division and Bessemer Division) solicitor's fee, excluding municipal court of the City of Birmingham from collection of the fees, Act 2009-612, 2009 Reg Sess. am'd
Summary: This bill amends Jefferson County law to exclude Birmingham's municipal court from the solicitor's fee in certain divisions, while continuing the fee in other courts.
What This Bill Does
It changes Act 2009-612 so that in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the Birmingham and Bessemer divisions, a solicitor's fee is assessed in all applicable courts except the municipal court of the City of Birmingham. The collected solicitor's fees are distributed monthly to the Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund in the respective division, and to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The fee amount is equal to all docket fees or court costs assessed upon a guilty verdict. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and governor's approval.

Who It Affects
Defendants in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the Birmingham Division and the Bessemer Division (excluding cases in the City of Birmingham's municipal court) who may be assessed the solicitor's fee.
The municipal court of the City of Birmingham, which is excluded from the solicitor's fee assessment.
The Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund in each division, which will receive monthly distributions of the collected fees.

Key Provisions
Excludes the municipal court of the City of Birmingham from the solicitor's fee assessment.
Keeps the solicitor's fee in place for juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the Birmingham and Bessemer divisions, except for the City of Birmingham's municipal court.
The solicitor's fee equals all docket fees or court costs assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and is distributed monthly to the Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund, and to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.
Effective date: the first day of the third month following passage and governor approval (or when it becomes law otherwise).

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Subjects: Jefferson County