12-12-52
Section 12-12-52 Receipt of guilty pleas in traffic infraction prosecutions by magistrates. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-17-251, magistrates may receive pleas of guilty in traffic infraction prosecutions, but may not receive pleas in matters involving: (1) Violations resulting in personal injury; (2) Operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated; (3) Reckless driving; (4) Felonies or indictable offenses; (5) Operation of motor vehicles without an operator's license or while the license is suspended or revoked; or (6) A defendant convicted of two or more previous traffic offenses in the preceding 12 months. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, ยง4-106.)...
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12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants. (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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45-7-82.22
Applicants for admittance. (a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in subsection (b) whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Alabama may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A person charged with any of the following offenses may apply for admission into the program: (1) A traffic offense. (2) A property offense. (3) An offense wherein the victim did not receive serious physical injury. (4) An offense in which the victim was not a child under 14 years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school official, or a correctional officer. (5) A misdemeanor, unless specifically excluded in this section. (6) A violation classified under this code. (c) The following offenses are ineligible for consideration for the pretrial diversion program: (1) Trafficking, distribution, or manufacturing of drugs. (2) Any offense involving the abuse of a child or an elderly person. (3) Any sex...
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40-17-350
Section 40-17-350 Transportation of motor fuel; inspections. (a) Each person operating a refinery or terminal in Alabama shall prepare and provide to the driver of every highway vehicle receiving motor fuel at the facility a shipping document setting out on its face the destination state as represented to the terminal operator by the shipper or the shipper's agent. Failure to comply with this subsection may result in a department imposed penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be multiplied by the sum of the current violation plus prior violations of this subsection. (b) Every person transporting motor fuel in Alabama in a highway vehicle other than in its supply tank shall carry on board a shipping document issued by the facility where the motor fuel was obtained. The shipping document shall set out on its face the state of destination of the motor fuel transported in the highway vehicle. Violation of this subsection...
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12-12-32
Section 12-12-32 Criminal jurisdiction generally. (a) Misdemeanors. The district court shall have exclusive original trial jurisdiction over prosecutions of all offenses defined by law or ordinance as misdemeanors, except: (1) Prosecutions by municipalities having municipal courts; (2) Any such prosecution which also involves a felony offense which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court, except as the district court is empowered to hold preliminary hearings with respect to felonies and to receive guilty pleas as provided in subsection (b) of this section; and (3) Any misdemeanor for which an indictment has been returned by a grand jury. (b) Felonies. (1) The district court may exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in prosecutions of offenses defined by law as felonies not punishable by sentence of death. (2) The district court shall have jurisdiction to hold preliminary hearings in prosecutions for felonies as...
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12-11-30
Section 12-11-30 Generally. (1) CIVIL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), exclusive of interest and costs, and shall exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with the district court in all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds six thousand dollars ($6,000), exclusive of interest and costs. (2) CRIMINAL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a felony charge; except, that the district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in felony cases not punishable by sentence of death. The circuit court may, on conviction of a defendant, upon a showing of inability to make immediate payment of fine and costs,...
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45-16-82.22
Twelfth Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A person charged with any of the following offenses may apply for admission into the program: (1) A traffic offense, other than driving under the influence (DUI), or a traffic offense charged to a commercial driver license holder, whether or not the holder was operating a commercial motor vehicle at the time of the offense. (2) A property offense. (3) An offense wherein the victim did not receive serious physical injury. (4) An offense in which the victim was not a child under 14 years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school official, or a correctional officer. (5) A misdemeanor other than one specifically excluded in this section. (6) A violation classified under this code. (c) The following offenses are ineligible for consideration for the pretrial diversion program: (1) Trafficking in or distribution of drugs, or both. (2) Any offense involving the abuse of a child or an elderly person. (3) Any sex...
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45-3-82.42
Attorney of the Third Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A person charged with any of the following offenses may apply for the program: (1) A traffic offense, other than driving under the influence (DUI) or a traffic offense charged to a commercial driver's license holder, whether or not the holder was operating a commercial motor vehicle at the time of the offense. (2) A property offense. (3) An offense wherein the victim did not receive serious physical injury. (4) An offense in which the victim was not a child under 14 years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school official, or a correctional officer. (5) A misdemeanor other than one specifically excluded in this section. (6) A violation classified under the Code of Alabama 1975. (c) The following offenses are ineligible for consideration for the pretrial diversion program: (1) Trafficking in or distribution of drugs, or both. (2) Any offense involving the abuse of a child or an elderly...
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15-23-17
Section 15-23-17 Assessment of additional costs and penalties; collection and disposition of additional assessments, etc. (a) In all criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings for the violation of laws of the state or municipal ordinances which are tried in any court or tribunal in this state, wherein the defendant is adjudged guilty or pleads guilty, or is adjudicated a juvenile delinquent or youthful offender, or wherein a bond is forfeited and the result of the forfeiture is a final disposition of the case or wherein any penalty is imposed, there is imposed an additional cost of court in the amount of two dollars ($2) for each traffic infraction, ten dollars ($10) in each proceeding where the offense constitutes a misdemeanor and/or a violation of a municipal ordinance other than traffic infractions, and fifteen dollars ($15) in each proceeding where the offense constitutes a felony , but there shall be no additional costs imposed for violations relating to parking of vehicles. The...
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32-5A-154
Section 32-5A-154 Overtaking and passing school bus or church bus; penalties and fines. (a) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway, on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. (b) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in...
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