HB170 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jack Williams

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

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

Description

Currently, there is no statewide law authorizing a magistrate or judge of a municipal court to assess a warrant recall fee against a defendant in order to recall a failure to appear warrant.

This bill would allow magistrates and judges of a municipal court to assess such a warrant recall fee of $100 to be paid when the warrant is recalled.

This bill would provide that the proceeds of the fee would be deposited in the municipal corrections fund.

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Subjects

Municipalities