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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-37A-270

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Municipal Court of the City of Irondale in Jefferson County may assess a prisoner transport fee against a defendant for expenses incurred in transporting the defendant on an Irondale Municipal Court misdemeanor warrant from another municipal jail, county jail, or a state detention facility to the municipal jail for the City of Irondale.
(2) The fee provided in this section may be assessed in all criminal cases by the municipal judge when a transport is required as described in subdivision (1), and may be collected only when a defendant is adjudicated guilty or pleads guilty on or after May 22, 2013. The prisoner transport fee shall be collected from the defendant as court costs and other fees are collected.
(3) Assessment of a prisoner transport fee by the municipal court is permitted only when transport of a defendant is required from outside the police jurisdiction of the City of Irondale, but within the State of Alabama.
(4) If assessed pursuant to this section, a prisoner transport fee for transportation expenses incurred shall be determined by the municipal court at the time a defendant is adjudicated guilty or pleads guilty. The fee shall be based on the total distance that the defendant is transported, according to the following schedule:

Distance Transported Transport Fee Charge
Less than 39 miles round trip $100
40 miles to 99 miles round trip $200
100 miles to 200 miles round trip $250
Greater than 200 miles round trip $300
(b) All fees received by the City of Irondale Municipal Court for the prisoner transport fee shall be deposited into the City of Irondale General Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11-47-7.1.
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