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SB177 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Rodger Smitherman
Session
Regular Session 2021
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

This proposed amendment would 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

This proposed amendment would 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as to whether existing laws providing for a court cost or the distribution of a court cost should be amended, repealed, or left unchanged

This proposed amendment would also prohibit the introduction of legislation to propose a new or modify an existing court cost unless first submitted to the commission for review

Relating to courts; to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish the Alabama Court Cost Commission and provide for its membership; to 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; to 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as to whether existing laws providing for a court cost or the distribution of a court cost should be amended, repealed, or left unchanged; and prohibit the introduction of legislation to propose a new or modify an existing court cost unless first submitted to the commission for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

Action Date Chamber Action
February 3, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Download SB177 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB177 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
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