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AL Code § 45-2-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-2-84Legislative intent. The purpose of this part is not only to promote the rehabilitation of offenders, but insofar as possible, to make the implementation of this part self-supporting. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this part pertaining to pretrial release shall be a guide to judicial officers in Baldwin County, as defined herein, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county because of his or her personal economic circumstances so long as his or her release shall not be contrary to the public interest and also shall serve the purpose of assuring the defendant's presence at the trial. It is not the intent of the Legislature that this part be so liberally construed as to allow the indiscriminate release of accused persons. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.01 - Powers and Duties of County Commission.

Section 45-2-84.01Powers and duties of county commission. (a) The Baldwin County Commission may implement this part. Upon implementation of this part, the Baldwin County Commission shall have the duty to generally superintend all administrative functions pursuant hereto, subject, however, to the provisions of duly promulgated rules by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. The Baldwin County Commission and the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may not direct any judicial officer in the exercise of his or her judicial function. (b) The Baldwin County Commission, by resolution and any necessary supporting interagency agreement, may delegate and assign the commission's duties to superintend, administer, and staff the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center and the programs developed pursuant to this part to the Sheriff of Baldwin County or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. (c) The Baldwin County Commission or its delegated agency may employ and dismiss personnel employed to carry out this part in the same manner as other employees except that the director, two department chiefs, and the financial officer shall be appointed or contract positions. (d) The director shall be appointed or contracted with by the Baldwin County Commission or its delegated agency. The Baldwin County Commission or its delegated agency may not appoint or contract with a director without the approval of a majority of the members of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. (e) The Baldwin County Commission or its delegated agency shall be the agency to apply for, receive, and administer any grant funds received from any government agency or private entity. (f) The Baldwin County Commission may contract with municipalities in the county for defendants in municipal jails to participate in programs pursuant to this part. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §2.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.03 - Release of Eligible Persons; Participation in Programs.

Section 45-2-84.03Release of eligible persons; participation in programs. (a) Any eligible person, who is within the jurisdiction of the Circuit or District Courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, may be released at the discretion of a judicial officer from the Baldwin County Jail pursuant to the terms of the pretrial release program developed pursuant to this part or upon conviction sentenced to the custody of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or placed in programs developed pursuant to this part. (b) An eligible person may be considered for participation in the programs developed pursuant to the provisions of this part upon an order of the court having jurisdiction of the eligible person, upon the motion of the eligible person, and upon motion of the district attorney. An eligible person may not be ordered by a judicial officer to be placed in the programs developed pursuant to this part unless the eligible person meets the criteria promulgated by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for admission into a program and there is space available for the eligible person. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §4.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.04 - Payment of Court Ordered Sums.

Section 45-2-84.04Payment of court ordered sums. Any eligible person who has been sentenced to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or a program pursuant to this part, granted probation or whose sentence has been otherwise suspended, and it is conditioned on the payment of court costs, fines, restitution, appointed attorney fee recoupment, or payment of any other court ordered sums, the eligible person may be ordered to report to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center for times the court deems sufficient for the periodic payment of the above sums, together with a daily supervision fee in an amount to be determined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board, but not less than one dollar ($1) to be paid to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund. The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board shall promulgate rules for the management and disbursement of monies ordered by the court to be paid to third parties. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §5.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.05 - Credit for Jail Time; Community Service; Violations of Terms and Conditions.

Section 45-2-84.05Credit for jail time; community service; violations of terms and conditions. (a) Any person who has been released from custody or sentenced under this part may be required by the court to report to the Baldwin County Jail during weekends or at the times or intervals of time as the court may direct. Jail time credit may be given for the time served and calculated in the customary manner. In no event shall the number of days in confinement exceed the number of days in the original sentence. Any person who has been ordered released or sentenced pursuant to this part may be required by the judicial officer as a condition of release or sentencing to perform community service hours for nonprofit entities, civil organizations, or government agencies as directed and supervised by the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center. (b) Any part of a day spent outside of jail or the custody of the Department of Corrections, but in the actual physical custody of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center shall be counted as a full day toward the serving of the sentence imposed unless otherwise provided by the court. If a person violates the terms and conditions laid down for his or her conduct, custody, and employment, he or she shall be returned to the sentencing court. The court may then deny the defendant pretrial release or if the defendant has been sentenced require that the balance of the sentence be spent in actual confinement at a jail or with the Department of Corrections and may cancel any earned reduction of his or her term. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §6.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.06 - Application for Pretrial Release; Payment of Fees, Etc.

Section 45-2-84.06Application for pretrial release; payment of fees, etc. (a) Any person charged in Baldwin County for an offense, other than those enumerated in subdivision (5) of Section 45-2-84.02, may request and apply for pretrial release under this part. Employees of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or other persons designated by rules of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may investigate, evaluate, and recommend to a judicial officer the terms of the defendant's pretrial release pursuant to a pretrial release program developed by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. The defendant shall be notified prior to his or her release of all fees or other monies he or she will be responsible to pay if he or she participates in pretrial release pursuant to this part. (b) The judicial officer having jurisdiction of the defendant may order, as a condition of pretrial release pursuant to this part, that in addition to any fees charged by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board the defendant pay monies otherwise ordered by the court. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §7.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.07 - Periodic Reporting; Supervision Fee.

Section 45-2-84.07Periodic reporting; supervision fee. (a) In addition to all other conditions of release of a defendant pending trial as now or hereafter provided by law or rule of court, a judicial officer, as a condition of release, may require the defendant to report to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center on a periodic basis pending adjudication and require the defendant to pay the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund a reasonable supervision fee in an amount to be determined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board, but not less than one dollar ($1) per day, to cover the costs of supervision. (b) Any preadjudication monies that have been ordered by the court to be paid by the defendant may be paid to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund for management and disbursement as ordered by the court. For any monies ordered to be paid to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund for payment to third parties or the court, the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may establish a fee to be paid by the defendant for the administration and payment of monies to the court or third parties. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §8.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.08 - Rules and Regulations; Revocation Hearings.

Section 45-2-84.08Rules and regulations; revocation hearings. (a) The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may promulgate rules and regulations for establishing pretrial release programs, alternative sentencing programs, educational programs, intervention programs, treatment programs, supervision programs, and other programs to serve the courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit. (b) A person who has been released or sentenced pursuant to this part and who has violated a condition of release or sentencing shall be subject to revocation of release or subject to revocation of any other sentence imposed upon motion of the court, the district attorney, or the supervising officer of the defendant in the program in which he or she has been placed. A revocation hearing shall be conducted by the court as provided by the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure for bond revocation in cases of violation of terms of pretrial release and probation revocation in cases where conditions of sentencing have been violated. (c) The procedures and programs in this part shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bond and release procedures and sentencing procedures provided by law. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §9.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.09 - Failure to Report for Confinement.

Section 45-2-84.09Failure to report for confinement. Any person released under this part at any stage of the proceeding of his or her case, or ordered confined to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or other specified area of confinement, who willfully fails to report for confinement as ordered, shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which the person has been sentenced, and upon conviction, shall be subject to the punishment provided for escape therefrom. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §10.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.10 - Payment of Portion of Earnings; Payroll Deduction.

Section 45-2-84.10Payment of portion of earnings; payroll deduction. Any person released from jail or the custody of the Department of Corrections pursuant to this part or sentenced under the provisions of this part may be ordered to pay into the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund a sum in an amount to be determined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board, but not less than an amount equal to 20 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while released from jail or the custody of the Department of Corrections. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a defendant or granting a suspended sentence pursuant to the terms of this part, may require that the defendant establish a payroll deduction for the payment of any sums due pursuant to this part or that the employer pay the wages of the defendant directly to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund. All sums collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be paid over to and collected by the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center and deposited into the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund, which shall be established under the conditions and for the purpose set out in this part. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §11.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.11 - Administrative and Supervision Fees.

Section 45-2-84.11Administrative and supervision fees. The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may establish administrative and supervision fees to fund pretrial release programs, alternative sentencing programs, educational programs, intervention programs, supervision programs, treatment programs, and other programs to serve the courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit and may collect fees from any person placed in the programs developed pursuant to this part. The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board shall have the sole authority to establish fees to be charged. The director shall make recommendations to the board regarding the fees to be charged. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §12.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.12 - Waiver of Fees.

Section 45-2-84.12Waiver of fees. Any judicial officer of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, upon making a determination that the defendant is indigent and not able to be employed, may waive or defer any administrative or supervision fee, or a portion thereof, associated with a defendant's assignment to a program administered pursuant to the terms of this part. The court, in making this determination, should take into consideration that it is the intent of the Legislature that the programs established hereunder should strive to be self-supporting. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §13.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.13 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-2-84.13Disposition of funds. All sums collected pursuant to this part other than those collected under order of the court for the benefit of some other purpose or agency, shall be expended for implementation of this part, including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in the execution of this part, including supervision of the defendants, housing, feeding, medical care, and transportation of defendants committed to the program, matching any federal or state grants which may be available in relation to the purpose of this part, investigation and screening of prisoners subject to this part, the leasing, purchasing, or construction of buildings used as the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center, or any other purpose reasonably related to carrying out this part or in furtherance of the intent of this part. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §14.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.14 - Transport of Eligible Persons; Participants Not Deemed Government Agents or Employees.

Section 45-2-84.14Transport of eligible persons; participants not deemed government agents or employees. The Baldwin County Commission, its employees and agents, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, its agents and employees, or the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center, its agents or employees, may transport eligible persons to any job site within the county at the expense of the eligible person and shall not be liable for any damage or injury caused to the eligible person during the transportation. No eligible person in any programs pursuant to this part shall be deemed an agent or employee of the board, state, county, or sheriff while participating in programs under this part or while going to and from places of employment or other areas specified while in the program. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §15.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.15 - Exemption From Civil Liability.

Section 45-2-84.15Exemption from civil liability. The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board and the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center, its members, agents, and employees shall be exempt from civil liability for any act or omission occurring while acting in an official capacity under this part. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §16.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.16 - Punishment for Contempt.

Section 45-2-84.16Punishment for contempt. This part shall not interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of its power to punish for contempt. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §17.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.17 - Implementation by Resolution; Allocation of Funds; Personnel; Probation Officers.

Section 45-2-84.17Implementation by resolution; allocation of funds; personnel; probation officers. (a) The Baldwin County Commission may by resolution implement this part. The Baldwin County Commission upon passing a resolution to implement this part shall by the terms of the same resolution or by separate resolution provide for the method of operation of the part in accordance with terms set forth in Section 45-2-84.01. Upon implementation of this part by the Baldwin County Commission, the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board shall be deemed established. (b) The Baldwin County Commission, upon implementation of this part, may allocate funds to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund, as it deems necessary for the implementation, operation, and expansion of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center and programs established pursuant to this part. In allocating funds to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund, the Baldwin County Commission shall take into account the reasonableness of fees being charged and collected for the programs, as it is the intent of the Legislature that the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board charge and collect supervision fees so that programs under this part, whenever appropriate, will be self-supporting. (c) The Baldwin County Commission or its delegated agency authorized to generally superintend all administrative and operational functions pursuant to this part may employ and dismiss personnel, direct, regulate, and supervise personnel, obtain fidelity bonds for the faithful performances of duties, and create positions and set pay grades necessary for the implementation of this part and budget allocations. (d) Any personnel employed pursuant to this part responsible for supervision of defendants and designated as a probation officer as defined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board shall have the same authorities and powers vested in deputy sheriffs and other law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama and shall be required to meet the same qualifications as law enforcement officers. This authority shall be limited to carrying out the objectives of this part, taking into custody defendants charged with new crimes while placed in programs pursuant to this part, and things incidental thereto. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §18.)
AL Code § 45-2-84.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Pretrial Release and Community Corrections.|Section 45-2-84.18 - Fund Surplus.

Section 45-2-84.18Fund surplus. If, at the end of any calendar year, there remains a surplus in the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund, the surplus may be held by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board to be used to expand the provisions of this part or be paid over to the General Fund of Baldwin County Commission at the discretion of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board to be used to expand the services provided to defendants and victims in the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to, the sheriff, the district attorney's office, the law library, or any funds for the benefit of the court, court facilities, and equipment for indigent defense. (Act 2005-135, p. 229, §19.)
AL Code § 45-2-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 45-2-110 - Compensation - Board of Registrars.

Section 45-2-110Compensation - Board of registrars. In Baldwin County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided for by law, there may be paid to each member of the board of registrars a county expense allowance in the amount of forty dollars ($40) per day. The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as other county officials are paid. (Act 81-99, p. 118, §1; Act 84-633, p. 1285, §1; Act 2005-128, p. 214, §1; Act 2017-408, §1.)