§ 13A-12-281 — Additional Penalties Prescribed

Alabama § 13A-12-281

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 12: Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
• Art. 5: Drug Offenses
• Div. 7: Demand Reduction Assessment Act

Text

(a) In addition to any disposition and fine authorized by Sections 13A-12-202, 13A-12-203, 13A-12-204, 13A-12-211, 13A-12-212, 13A-12-213, 13A-12-215, or 13A-12-231, or any other statute indicating the dispositions that can be ordered for such a conviction, every person convicted of a violation of any offense defined in the sections set forth above, shall be assessed for each offense an additional penalty fixed at one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a first offense and two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a second or subsequent offense.
(b) All penalties provided for in this division shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any fine authorized by law or required to be imposed pursuant to the provisions of the controlled substance statutes set forth in subsection (a) of this section, and nothing in this division shall be deemed to affect or suspend any other criminal sanctions imposed pursuant to these controlled substance statutes.

Legislative History

(Acts 1990, No. 90-655, p. 1271, §2; Act 2006-560, p. 1297, §2.)