HB275 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ronald BoltonRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the City of Northport in Tuscaloosa County; to provide for a warrant recall fee to allow a municipal judge or municipal magistrate for the City of Northport to recall, under certain conditions, a failure to appear warrant.

Summary

HB275 lets Northport's municipal court charge a warrant recall fee of up to $100 to recall certain warrants, with the money going to the city's Corrections Fund.

What This Bill Does

If passed, a municipal judge or magistrate in the City of Northport may assess a warrant recall fee up to $100 when recalling a failure to appear or failure to comply warrant arising from a municipal offense. The recall is at the judge's or magistrate's discretion and is not required for warrants that have already been issued. The fee must be paid by the defendant at the time of recall, and all collected fees go into the City of Northport Corrections Fund for allocation under state law. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it is enacted and approved by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Defendants in the City of Northport Municipal Court who have warrants for failing to appear or failing to comply with an order; they would pay up to $100 to recall the warrant.
• The City of Northport and its Municipal Court (including judges and magistrates); they would collect and manage the recall fees, which go into the City Corrections Fund.

Key Provisions

• Allows the City of Northport's municipal judge or municipal magistrate to assess a warrant recall fee up to $100 to recall a failure to appear or failure to comply warrant arising from municipal offenses.
• The fee must be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.
• The recall of warrants is discretionary; the City is not required to recall warrants that have already been issued.
• All warrant recall fees are deposited into the City of Northport Corrections Fund and allocated under Section 11-47-7.1(a).
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

City of Northport, to authorize municipal court to assess warrant recall fee