SB318 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

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

<p class="bill_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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to indigents; to amend Sections 15-12-21 and 15-12-22, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the rate of the fee paid to appointed indigent counsel for the representation of an indigent in a trial court or during an appeal to a rate of not lower than $125 per hour; to increase the caps on total fees indigent counsel may charge for representing an indigent to a level commensurate with the increase in the rate of fee paid for indigent representation during trial or appeal. </p>

Subjects

Indigents