Under existing law, a mayor is authorized to remit fines, commute sentences, and issue pardons for violations of municipal ordinances and for misdemeanors which are prosecuted in municipal court as violations of municipal ordinances.
This bill would limit that pardon power so that a mayor may not remit fines or costs relating to, commute sentences for, or pardon any conviction for domestic violence.
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 57
Hill motion to Table adopted Roll Call 56
Wadsworth Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Source: Alabama Legislature