§ 12-14-111 — Annual Collection of Data; Written Report

Alabama § 12-14-111

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 12: Courts
• Ch. 14: Municipal Courts
• Art. 6: Collection of Data, Municipal Fines and Fees

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(a) The Administrative Office of Courts shall annually collect the following data from each municipal court:
(1) The total court cases for the fiscal year, established by the court management system.
(2) The total amount of municipal revenue collected by the municipal court and the amount dispersed to each receiving entity.
(3) The total expenditures by the municipal court, including annual salaries for the judge or judges, court clerk, and magistrate or magistrates.
(4) The total annual operating budget for the municipal court.
(5) The total annual operating budget for the municipality.
(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the municipal court clerk shall provide and certify the data required by this section to the Administrative Office of Courts.
(c) The Administrative Office of Courts, not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year, shall submit to the Legislature, the Attorney General, and the Governor, a written report summarizing the data and an aggregation of the monthly reports required by Section 12-1-19, collected from municipal courts. The report, as well as the individual municipal data and a list of any municipal court that failed to respond within 60 days of the due date, shall be made available on the Administrative Office of Court’s website.

Legislative History

(Act 2022-425, §2.)