SB116
SB116 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel appointed to represent an
indigent defendant may collect is based on the degree of severity of the original charge or
the type of case to which the counsel is appointed. Under existing law, where the original
charge is a Class A felony, appointed counsel may collect a maximum of $4,000 for legal services.
This bill would authorize the court or the Director of Indigent Defense Services to waive
the $4,000 maximum in certain cases where the original charge was a Class A felony. This bill
would require a court waiving the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver.
This bill would also require the director to submit a memo to the state Finance Director explaining
the reasons for any waiver granted by the director. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to indigent defense services; to authorize
the court or the Director of Indigent Defense Services to...
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HB243
182399-1:n:02/15/2017:JMH/th LRS2017-750 HB243 By Representative Beckman RFD Judiciary Rd 1
16-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel appointed to represent
an indigent defendant may collect is based on the degree of severity of the original charge
or the type of case to which the counsel is appointed. Under existing law, where the original
charge is a Class A felony, appointed counsel may collect a maximum of $4,000 for legal services.
This bill would authorize the court or the Director of Indigent Defense Services to waive
the $4,000 maximum in certain cases. This bill would require a court waiving the limit to
enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver. This bill would also require the director
to submit a memo to the state Finance Director explaining the reasons for any waiver granted
by the director. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama
1975, relating to indigent defense services; to authorize the court...
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SB74
SB74 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel may collect when appointed
to represent an indigent client in a juvenile case is $2,500. This bill would authorize the
trial court to certify a fee in the amount of up to $5,000 in certain juvenile dependency
cases for guardians ad litem representing children. This bill would require a court waiving
the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to indigent defense services;
to authorize the trial court to certify a fee of up to $5,000 in certain juvenile dependency
cases for guardians ad litem representing children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §15-12-21.
"(a) If it appears to the trial court that an indigent defendant is entitled to counsel,
that the indigent defendant does not expressly waive the right to...
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HB182
181994-1:n:02/08/2017:JMH/th LRS2017-510 HB182 By Representative Weaver RFD Judiciary Rd 1
09-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel may collect when appointed
to represent an indigent client in a juvenile case is $2,500. This bill would authorize the
trial court to certify a fee in the amount of up to $5,000 in certain juvenile dependency
cases for guardians ad litem representing children. This bill would require a court waiving
the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to indigent defense services;
to authorize the trial court to certify a fee of up to $5,000 in certain juvenile dependency
cases for guardians ad litem representing children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §15-12-21.
"(a) If it appears to the trial court that an indigent...
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SB318
184110-1:n:03/15/2017:MA/cj LRS2017-712 SB318 By Senator Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation General
Fund Rd 1 15-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, appointed indigent defense counsel representing
an indigent in a trial court or during an appeal is paid a fee based on the number of hours
reasonably spent working on the case, computed at the rate of $70 per hour. This bill would
increase the rate of the fee paid to appointed indigent counsel for representation of an indigent
in a trial court or during an appeal to a rate of not lower than $125 per hour. This bill
would also increase the caps on total fees indigent counsel can charge the state for representing
an indigent to a level commensurate with the increase in the rate of fee paid for indigent
representation in a trial or appeals court. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to indigents;
to amend Sections 15-12-21 and 15-12-22, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the rate of the
fee paid to appointed indigent counsel for the...
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HB212
Rep(s). By Representative Brown HB212 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 34-13-1, as amended
by Act 2016-265, 2016 Regular Session, and Sections 34-13-3, 34-13-8, 34-13-10, 34-13-11,
34-13-20, 34-13-21, 34-13-23, 34-13-25, 34-13-26, 34-13-29, 34-13-31, 34-13-51, 34-13-52,
34-13-53, 34-13-54, 34-13-55, 34-13-56, 34-13-57, 34-13-70, 34-13-71, 34-13-74, 34-13-91,
34-13-110, 34-13-111, 34-13-112, 34-13-113, 34-13-115, 34-13-116, 34-13-120, 34-13-121, 34-13-130,
34-13-131, 34-13-132, and 34-13-134, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 34-13-56.1,
34-13-117, 34-13-120.1, and 34-13-123 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama
Board of Funeral Service and the Funeral Service Practice Act; to provide further for definitions;
to provide further for the membership of the board; to change the name of the executive secretary
of the board to the executive director of the board; to include the grandchildren of the decedent
in the priority list of those persons eligible to act as...
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HB341
182254-5:n:03/01/2017:PMG/th LRS2017-561R3 HB341 By Representatives McMillan, Shiver, Davis,
Greer, Faust and Gaston RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 02-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under
existing law, the Home Builders Licensure Board licenses and regulates persons who engage
in home building and private residential construction when the costs of a project exceed $10,000.
This bill would revise the minimum cost of a project that brings a homebuilder under the jurisdiction
of the Home Builders Licensure Board from $10,000 to $1,000. This bill would revise definitions.
This bill would authorize the board to collect costs relating to hearings for disciplinary
actions. This bill would increase administrative fines for a violation. This bill would allow
the cap on the payment amount to an aggrieved homeowner from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund
when the homeowner is injured due to a violation committed by a licensee, to be set by rule.
This bill would also authorize the board to revoke the...
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HB580
185115-2:n:04/25/2017:KMS/tgw LRS2017-1656R1 HB580 By Representative Boothe RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 02-MAY-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Licensure
for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is responsible for licensing and regulating
the practices of engineering and land surveying in the state. This bill would create the State
Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors, would transfer the authority for licensing
and regulating land surveyors from the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors, and would
rename the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as the State
Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers. This bill would require the Executive Director
of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to transfer
all property, records, files, and other information relating to the...
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SB150
181375-1:g:01/17/2017:EBO-DHC/jat SB150 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation General
Fund Rd 1 09-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill makes appropriations for the ordinary expenses of
the executive, legislative and judicial agencies of the State, for other functions of government,
for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive,
legislative and judicial agencies of the State, for other functions of government, for debt
service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The monies in Section 2 are appropriated from the
named funds for the 2018 fiscal year to the state agencies indicated, as the amounts to be
used to pay the expenditures of the named agencies, and are in lieu of all monies appropriated
for these purposes in other sections of the Alabama Statutes. For the...
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HB488
181871-1:n:02/28/2017:PMG/cj LRS2017-462 HB488 By Representative Wood RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 11-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Licensure
for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors licenses engineers and land surveyors in the
state. This bill would provide legislative intent with regard to the board and the practice
of engineering and land surveying. This bill would revise definitions. This bill would provide
more detail in the law with regard to violations, penalties, and disciplinary actions and
reorganize sections of the law. This bill would add two public members to the board and provide
for their qualifications. This bill would revise the level of funds in the Professional Engineers
and Professional Land Surveyors Fund that triggers a transfer of funds to the General Fund.
This bill would also provide for further functions and responsibilities of the board. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the State Board of Licensure for...
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