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HB96
L3QNAAA-1
By Representative Lamb (N & P)
RFD: Tuscaloosa County Legislation
First Read: 06-Feb-24
PFD: 05-Feb-24
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PFD: 05-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the City of Lake View in Tuscaloosa County;
to provide that the municipal judge or magistrate for the City
of Lake View may recall a failure to appear or comply warrant
upon the payment of fee by the defendant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of
Lake View in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, may assess a
defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in
order for a municipal judge or municipal magistrate to recall
a failure to appear warrant or failure to comply warrant
arising from any municipal ordinance violation or other
offense brought against the defendant in the municipal court
of the City of Lake View.
(b) The warrant recall fee shall not exceed one hundred
dollars ($100) and is to be paid by the defendant at the time
the warrant is recalled.
(c) This section shall not be construed or interpreted
to require the City of Lake View to recall a warrant that has
been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued
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been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued
solely in the discretion of the municipal judge or municipal
magistrate.
(d) All fees received by the City of Lake View
Municipal Court for a warrant recall fee shall be deposited
into the City of Lake View Corrections Fund and allocated in
conformity with Section 11-47-7.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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