HB560 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, certain pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are exempt from state or municipal taxes, levy, sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other related process

This bill would provide that restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial obligations in a felony criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this state are not subject to this exemption

This bill would allow the court and certain licensing authorities to revoke or suspend certain licenses, such as driver's licenses, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, concealed carry licenses, and other occupational, regulatory, or professional licenses if a person is delinquent in any criminal case in making certain payments to the court or has an outstanding writ of arrest or alias warrant

This bill would allow a district attorney, or his or her designee, to accept credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards for payment of restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other court ordered financial obligations under certain conditions

This bill would also require each county to have at least one amnesty period during the 2016 Fiscal Year for those individuals who have outstanding restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or other financial obligations ordered by the court in a criminal case or criminal cases for whom a writ or warrant was issued

To amend Sections 16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that certain pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are subject to certain recovery action; allow the court and certain licensing authorities to revoke or suspend certain licenses; to provide for notice and hearing under certain conditions; to provide for restoration of the license; to allow a district attorney to accept credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards for the payment of certain court ordered financial obligations; to provide for an amnesty period for certain court ordered financial obligations during the 2016 Fiscal Year; and to amend Section 12-17-225.2, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the notice requirements to the district attorney relating to certain court ordered financial obligations.