HB545 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: David FaulknerRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Homewood, 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: HB545 lets Homewood's municipal judges charge a $100 recall fee to recall a failure-to-appear warrant, with the money going to the City Corrections Fund.
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes Homewood municipal judges or magistrates to assess a $100 warrant recall fee when recalling a failure-to-appear warrant from a municipal ordinance violation. The defendant must pay the fee at the time the warrant is recalled. The decision to recall a warrant is discretionary and not mandatory. All collected fees go into the City of Homewood Corrections Fund and are allocated under state law, with the act taking effect immediately after gubernatorial approval.

Who It Affects
Defendants who have a failure-to-appear warrant for a Homewood municipal ordinance violation, who would owe a $100 recall fee when the warrant is recalled.
City of Homewood's Municipal Court and the City Corrections Fund, which will receive and allocate the collected recall fees.

Key Provisions
A municipal judge or municipal magistrate may assess a $100 warrant recall fee for recalling a failure-to-appear warrant arising from a Homewood municipal ordinance violation.
The $100 recall fee must be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.
Recalling a warrant is not mandatory; it is at the discretion of the judge or magistrate.
All recall fees collected are deposited into the City of Homewood Corrections Fund and allocated per Section 11-47-7.1 of the Code.
The act becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, and its provisions are severable.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Homewood