SB217 Alabama 2019 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Greg Albritton SenatorRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2019
- Title
- Courts, Alabama Court Cost Commission, established, const. amend.
- Description
This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish the Alabama Court Cost Commission and provide for its membership; require the commission to review all existing laws providing for the imposition of a court cost to determine if the court cost is reasonably related to the court system and if the amount imposed is reasonably related to the amount expended in adjudicating the matter in question; require the commission to provide a recommendation to the Legislature as to whether existing laws providing for a court cost or the distribution of a court cost should be amended, repealed, or left unchanged; and prohibit the introduction of legislation to propose a new or modify an existing court cost unless first submitted to the commission for review.
- Subjects
- Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
Governmental Affairs first Amendment Offered
Pending third reading on day 20 Favorable from Governmental Affairs with 1 amendment
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature