SB256 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the various clerks and registers of the circuit and district courts are required to collect fines, fees, and court costs and remit them to the appropriate agency, department, or fund as required by law.

This bill would require the clerks and registers of the circuit and district courts to forward all fines, fees, and court costs collected under state law to the State Comptroller.

This bill would require the State Comptroller to deposit those fines, fees, and court costs to the credit of the appropriate agency or fund.

This bill would require the State Comptroller to maintain and make available a monthly report of all fines, fees, and court costs collected by the clerks and registers of the courts.

To amend Section 12-19-22, Code of Alabama 1975 to require the clerks and registers of the courts to forward all fines, fees, and court costs collected under state law to the State Comptroller; and to require the State Comptroller to maintain and make available a monthly report of all fines, fees, and court costs collected by the clerks and registers of the courts.