Under existing law, a county is generally responsible for the necessary expenses of a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, except that a municipality is responsible for the expenses if the child is being cited or detained for an alleged violation of an ordinance of the municipality.
This bill would provide that a municipality would be responsible for half of the housing, maintenance, and medical care expenses of a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court if the child resides in a municipality the population of which is at least 15 percent of the total population of the county.
This bill would also provide that the law enforcement agency in whose custody a child is initially held or detained would be responsible for all transportation costs of the child throughout the period in which the child is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
County and Municipal Government second Amendment Offered
County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1010
Third Reading Passed
Williams motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Williams motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1001
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Source: Alabama Legislature