§ 45-58A-110 — Prisoner Transport Fee

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Municipal Court of the City of Pelham in Shelby County may assess a prisoner transport fee against a defendant for expenses incurred in transporting the defendant on a Pelham Municipal Court misdemeanor warrant from another municipal jail, county jail, or a state detention facility to the municipal jail for the City of Pelham.
(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 April 2, 2014. 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 Pelham, 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 Pelham Municipal Court for the prisoner transport fee shall be deposited into the City of Pelham General Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11–47–7.1.

Legislative History

(Act 2014–206, p. 604, §§ 1, 2.)