This bill pertains to the City of Lake View in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and introduces a provision that allows the municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear or failure to comply warrant upon the payment of a fee by the defendant. The bill specifies that the warrant recall fee cannot exceed one hundred dollars ($100) and must be paid by the defendant when the warrant is recalled. It is important to note that the recall of a warrant is at the sole discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate and is not mandated by this act.

The bill also outlines that all fees collected for warrant recalls are to be deposited into the City of Lake View Corrections Fund and allocated in accordance with Section 11-47-7.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975. The act is set to become effective on October 1, 2024. The bill has been enrolled and passed by the House on February 29, 2024, and by the Senate on May 8, 2024.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 11-47-7
Enrolled: 11-47-7