HB687 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mike Hill
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Shelby Co.,municipal judges and magistrates for municipal courts authorized to issue warrant recall fee for failure to appear for municipal ordinance or traffic violation, distrib. to municipal corrections fund
Summary: Allows Pelham's municipal court to charge a $100 warrant recall fee to recall failure-to-appear warrants for municipal ordinance or traffic violations, with the money going to the city’s Corrections Fund.
What This Bill Does
Authorizes a Pelham municipal magistrate or judge to assess a $100 warrant recall fee when recalling a failure-to-appear warrant arising from Pelham municipal ordinance violations or traffic violations. The fee is paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled, and the recall orders are discretionary rather than automatic. All collected fees go to the City of Pelham Corrections Fund and are allocated per the state code referenced in the bill. The act becomes effective immediately after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects
Defendants who have a failure-to-appear warrant for Pelham municipal ordinance or traffic violations and would be recalled (they pay $100).
The City of Pelham Municipal Court and the Pelham Corrections Fund, which receive and allocate the collected recall fees.

Key Provisions
Section 1(a): A municipal magistrate may assess a warrant recall fee to recall a failure-to-appear warrant arising from any Pelham municipal ordinance violation, notwithstanding other laws.
Section 1(b): The warrant recall fee is $100 and is paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.
Section 1(c): Warrant recall is discretionary; not all warrants must be recalled.
Section 2: Fees collected are deposited into the City of Pelham Corrections Fund and allocated in conformity with Section 11-47-7.1 of the Alabama Code.
Section 3: Any laws that conflict with this act are repealed.
Section 4: Effective immediately following passage and governor approval.

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Subjects: Shelby County