Currently, persons who are wrongly incarcerated may make a claim for and receive payments authorized by the Committee for Wrongful Incarceration, and no part of the payment may be received by any person other than the person authorized to receive the payment.
This bill would provide for legal fees not exceeding 25 percent of the amount awarded to the person receiving payment for a claim.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 723
Bedford motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 722
Bedford Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Marsh motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 484
Pittman Amendment Offered
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Unanimous Consent Granted to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair.
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Source: Alabama Legislature