HB560 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Court costs, fines and restitution, attachment to certain benefits and the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System, suspension of licenses for failure to pay, payment procedures revised, amnesty, Secs. 16-25-23, 36-27-28 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, certain pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are exempt from state or municipal taxes, levy, sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other related process.

This bill would provide that restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations in a felony criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject to this exemption.

This bill would allow the court and certain licensing authorities to revoke or suspend certain licenses, such as driver's licenses, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, concealed carry licenses, and other occupational, regulatory, or professional licenses if a person is delinquent in any criminal case in making certain payments to the court or has an outstanding writ of arrest or alias warrant.

This bill would allow a district attorney, or his or her designee, to accept credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards for payment of restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other court ordered financial obligations under certain conditions.

This bill would also require each county to have at least one amnesty period during the 2016 Fiscal Year for those individuals who have outstanding restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations ordered by the court in a criminal case or criminal cases for whom a writ or warrant was issued.

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Subjects

Court Costs