SB453 Alabama 2014 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Del Marsh SenatorRepublican - Co-Sponsor
- Arthur Orr
- Session
- Regular Session 2014
- Title
- Victims' Compensation Act, to ensure that victims obtain a pro-rata share of court-ordered restitution collected before other distributions are made, Sec. 12-17-225.4 am'd.
- Description
Under current law, a collection fee is added to the total amount of funds due for court-ordered restitution after a matter has been transferred to the district attorney for collection purposes. The total amount of the collection fee is distributed to the district attorney and the circuit clerk before any other distributions are made.
This bill would provide for specific distribution of the total amount collected by the district attorney for court-ordered restitution and would ensure that victims obtain a pro-rata share of any collections.
- Subjects
- Courts
Bill Actions
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 863
Third Reading Passed
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
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature