HB636 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Patricia Todd
Democrat
Co-Sponsor: Dickie Drake
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Irondale, municipal court, prisoner transport fee authorized for transporting defendants on misdemeanor warrants from another municipal jail
Summary: HB636 allows Irondale's municipal court to charge a distance-based prisoner transport fee to defendants transported on misdemeanor warrants from outside Irondale to its jail.
What This Bill Does
If transport is required from outside Irondale's police jurisdiction but within Alabama, the Irondale Municipal Court may assess a prisoner transport fee for expenses of moving the defendant to Irondale's jail. The amount is determined at adjudication using a distance-based schedule: under 39 miles round trip = $100; 40–99 miles = $200; 100–200 miles = $250; more than 200 miles = $300. The fee is collected as court costs only if the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty. All collected fees go to the City of Irondale General Fund.

Who It Affects
Defendants transported on Irondale misdemeanor warrants from outside Irondale's police jurisdiction (but within Alabama) to Irondale's jail; they may owe a transport fee based on distance, payable only if they are guilty or plead guilty.
The City of Irondale, via its General Fund, receives and allocates the collected prisoner transport fees.

Key Provisions
authorize the Irondale Municipal Court to assess a prisoner transport fee against a defendant transported on an Irondale Municipal Court misdemeanor warrant from outside Irondale’s police jurisdiction to Irondale’s municipal jail.
establishes a distance-based fee schedule: less than 39 miles round trip = $100; 40–99 miles = $200; 100–200 miles = $250; greater than 200 miles = $300.
the fee is collected as court costs only when the defendant is adjudicated guilty or pleads guilty and only after the act becomes law.
fees collected are deposited into the City of Irondale General Fund and allocated under the existing statute (11-47-7.1).
the act takes effect immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor.
provisions are severable and repeal conflicts with other laws are included.

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