SB350 Alabama 2021 Session

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1 Bill Summary
2 Bill Actions
3 Bill Calendar
4 Bill Text
5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Greg Albritton

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Bail bonds, fees, filing fee to be assessed on each defendant, authorize to pay filing fees by business check, money order, or cash, nonsubstantive technical revisions made to update existing code language, Sec. 12-19-311 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a filing fee is assessed on each bail bond executed by a defendant

This bill would provide for the filing fee to be assessed on each defendant, in lieu of each bail bond executed; would allow filing fees to be paid pursuant to a business check, money order, or cash; and would allow a surety to pay the bail bond posting fee simultaneously

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

To amend Section 12-19-311, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to bail bond fees; to provide for the filing fee to be assessed on each defendant, in lieu of each bail bond executed; to provide for alternative methods of payment; to allow a surety to pay the bail bond posting fee simultaneously; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Subjects

Bail Bonds

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
April 1, 2021	S	Pending third reading on day 19 Favorable from Finance and Taxation General Fund
April 1, 2021	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
March 18, 2021	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

Type	Link
Bill Text	SB350 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note	Fiscal Note - SB350 for Finance and Taxation General Fund