HB148 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Allen TreadawayRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Gardendale, municipal judges and magistrates for municipal courts, authorized to issue warrant recall fee for failure to appear for municipal ordinance or traffic violation, distrib. to municipal corrections fund

Summary

HB 148 lets Gardendale's municipal court charge a warrant recall fee up to $100 when recalling a failure-to-appear warrant, with the money going to the city's corrections fund.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes a municipal judge or magistrate in Gardendale to assess a warrant recall fee of up to $100 to recall a failure-to-appear warrant from municipal ordinance violations. The defendant must pay the fee at the time the warrant is recalled. The city is not required to recall warrants; recalls are at the discretion of the judge or magistrate. All collected fees go into the City of Gardendale Corrections Fund and are allocated under state code. The act becomes effective immediately after the governor signs it.

Who It Affects

• Defendants who have a failure-to-appear warrant for Gardendale municipal ordinance or traffic violations, who would need to pay a recall fee to have the warrant recalled.
• Gardendale Municipal Court and the City of Gardendale, which would receive and allocate the collected recall fees to its Corrections Fund.

Key Provisions

• A Gardendale municipal judge or magistrate may assess a warrant recall fee to recall a failure to appear warrant arising from municipal ordinance violations, up to $100.
• The fee must be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.
• The City of Gardendale is not required to recall every warrant; recall decisions are at the discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate.
• Fees collected are deposited into the City of Gardendale Corrections Fund and allocated in accordance with state code.
• The act is severable and takes effect immediately after passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Jefferson County