SB262 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Courts, magistrates, fees and costs, authorized to assess, duties, use of electronic communication for notification purposes authorized, Secs. 12-14-51, 12-19-150 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases may be assessed by a judge upon conviction</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would allow magistrates to assess the fees and other costs upon conviction</p><p class="bill_description"> Existing law provides for the duties of a municipal court magistrate</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would give a magistrate the discretion to use electronic communication to notify defendants of any legal process required by the court in lieu of other forms of notification required by law</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide a municipal court magistrate with absolute judicial immunity under certain conditions</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to magistrates; to amend Section 12-14-51, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the duties of a municipal court magistrate; to further authorize the use of electronic communication with a defendant in lieu of other forms of notification; to provide the magistrate with absolute judicial immunity under certain conditions; and to amend Section 12-19-150, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the assessment of fees in criminal cases, to provide that a magistrate may assess fees in the criminal cases over which he or she presides. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses