SB318 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tom Whatley
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Indigents, increase the rate of fees an attorney can charge for representation of, Secs. 15-12-21, 15-12-22 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, appointed indigent defense counsel representing an indigent in a trial court or during an appeal is paid a fee based on the number of hours reasonably spent working on the case, computed at the rate of $70 per hour.
This bill would increase the rate of the fee paid to appointed indigent counsel for representation of an indigent in a trial court or during an appeal to a rate of not lower than $125 per hour.
This bill would also increase the caps on total fees indigent counsel can charge the state for representing an indigent to a level commensurate with the increase in the rate of fee paid for indigent representation in a trial or appeals court.
Subjects: Indigents

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund