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AL Code § 12-17-215 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 2 - Supernumerary District Attorneys.|Section 12-17-215 - Compensation; Term of Office; Impeachment.

Section 12-17-215Compensation; term of office; impeachment. (a) The salary of each supernumerary district attorney shall be an amount equal to $500.00 less than the salary paid by the state to supernumerary circuit judges and shall be paid as other district attorneys' salaries are now paid, for the payment of which an appropriation is hereby made. Such supernumerary district attorney shall hold office during good behavior of such supernumerary district attorney and may be removed only by impeachment for the causes specified in the Constitution of Alabama. (b) The repeal of laws providing for supernumerary judges as provided in Section 12-17-40 shall not affect the compensation paid supernumerary district attorneys. The method for computing said compensation will continue with full force and effect as if the laws regarding supernumerary circuit judges were still in effect. (Acts 1969, No. 1050, p. 1965; Acts 1986, No. 86-320.)
AL Code § 12-17-216 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 2 - Supernumerary District Attorneys.|Section 12-17-216 - Oath of Office; Powers and Duties.

Section 12-17-216Oath of office; powers and duties. Supernumerary district attorneys shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for judicial officers and shall have and exercise all the duties, power and authority of district attorneys of the judicial circuits or circuit courts and shall, upon request of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Attorney General, conduct investigations, attend any regular, adjourned or special session of any circuit court in any of the judicial circuits of Alabama for the investigation of or the prosecution of any criminal case or the prosecution or defense of any case in which the state is interested. The Governor, any member of the Supreme Court or courts of appeals or the Attorney General may request a supernumerary district attorney to perform duties as those prescribed for assistant attorneys general, either in their respective offices or at such other places within or without the state as such officials may assign him. When on such special assignment at the request or designation of one of the aforementioned officials and performing duties as those prescribed for assistant attorneys general, the supernumerary district attorney shall have all the powers and authority of an assistant attorney general and shall be entitled to the same amount of sick leave and annual leave that accrues to an assistant attorney general; and, while performing such duties at the request of the Attorney General, he shall be designated as a special assistant attorney general. (Acts 1953, No. 474, p. 589, §2; Acts 1961, No. 629, p. 748, §1; Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 112, p. 150, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-217 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 2 - Supernumerary District Attorneys.|Section 12-17-217

Section 12-17-217Representation of clients in certain proceedings. Any person occupying the office of supernumerary district attorney shall not represent any client, other than the State of Alabama, himself or herself, or an immediate family member in any criminal, quasi-criminal, or civil forfeiture proceeding resulting from a criminal action where the State of Alabama is a party to the action, as court appointed counsel or as a public defender, eligible to receive funds or reimbursements from the indigent defense fund. Upon motion, the court shall enjoin any supernumerary district attorney from violating this section. (Act 2015-498, §30.)
AL Code § 12-17-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.|Section 12-17-220 - Powers of District Attorneys as to Employment, Compensation, etc., of Assistants, Investigators, etc., to Serve at District Attorney's Pleasure; Such Employees Not Covered by State Merit System Act; Supplementation of State Expenditures, etc., by Counties.

Section 12-17-220Powers of district attorneys as to employment, compensation, etc., of assistants, investigators, etc., to serve at district attorney's pleasure; such employees not covered by State Merit System Act; supplementation of state expenditures, etc., by counties. (a) The district attorney of each judicial circuit is hereby authorized to employ, in any manner as he or she shall determine necessary, assistant district attorneys, investigators, clerical, secretarial, and other personnel, who shall be paid from funds available for that purpose. Unless otherwise provided by local law for Talladega County, all of these employees shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney and shall not be considered employees under the State Merit System Act. (b) The district attorney is authorized to supplement the salaries of personnel employed within his or her office. (c) The district attorney is authorized to use funds available to him or her from all sources such as grants, appropriations, gifts, and other sources for the purposes stated in this section or for any other law enforcement purpose. (d) Counties are authorized to supplement state expenditures as they deem necessary and shall provide other financial support as required by laws in effect on September 30, 1977. (Acts 1977, No. 632, p. 940, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-479, p. 867, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-729, p. 1558, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-220.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.|Section 12-17-220.1 - Appointment of Investigators by District Attorney of Any Judicial Circuit.

Section 12-17-220.1Appointment of investigators by district attorney of any judicial circuit.  (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, the district attorney of any judicial circuit in this state may appoint a chief investigator and, from time to time, additional investigators who will each be a peace officer pursuant to Section 6-5-338. The chief investigator and other investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The chief investigator and any additional investigators shall meet the minimum standards for law enforcement officers and hold a current certification from the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. The chief investigator and other investigators shall have the same authority as deputy sheriffs and other law enforcement officers in this state. They shall be responsible to the district attorney and shall perform duties as assigned by the district attorney. (b) The Legislature may continue to enact local laws in the future or repeal existing local laws authorizing the appointment of investigators and providing for the powers of those investigators. This section shall not supersede existing local acts on June 9, 2011, or any local act enacted after June 9, 2011, providing for appointment of investigators by the district attorney in any county. Any district attorney appointing investigators pursuant to a local act may continue to appoint investigators according to that act until it is expressly repealed. Any investigator appointed pursuant to a local act of the Legislature may continue to exercise the powers and authorities provided in the local act until the local act is expressly repealed. Upon repeal of a local act authorizing the district attorney to appoint investigators and providing for the powers and authority of the investigators, the district attorney may appoint investigators pursuant to this section. (Act 2011-538, p. 980, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 12-17-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.|Section 12-17-221 - Submission to Office of Prosecution Services by District Attorneys of Estimates of Amounts Needed for Personnel and Office Expenses for Fiscal Year; Form and Contents Thereof; Submission to Legislature by Office of Prosecution Services of Unified Budget Request for Funding of Offices of District Attorneys.

Section 12-17-221Submission to Office of Prosecution Services by district attorneys of estimates of amounts needed for personnel and office expenses for fiscal year; form and contents thereof; submission to Legislature by Office of Prosecution Services of unified budget request for funding of offices of district attorneys. (a) Each district attorney shall submit to the Office of Prosecution Services 60 days prior to each general session of the State Legislature a written report containing an estimate in itemized form showing the amount needed for personnel and office expenses for the year beginning October 1,1978, and each fiscal year thereafter. Each district attorney shall calculate his estimated budget according to the population and case load of his judicial circuit. Each such estimate shall itemize the expenditures required for the district attorney submitting it for his assistants as follows: (1) Salaries of assistant district attorneys; (2) Salaries of secretarial and clerical staff; (3) Salaries of investigators; and (4) Salaries for any other personnel or other law enforcement expenses. (b) The form of such reports shall be prescribed by the Office of Prosecution Services and shall be uniform. (c) The Office of Prosecution Services shall, based upon the various budgets submitted to it by the district attorneys pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, compile and submit to the State Legislature a unified budget request for the funding of the office of district attorney of the several judicial circuits in the manner consistent with other state agencies. (Acts 1977, No. 632, p. 940, §2.)
AL Code § 12-17-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.|Section 12-17-222 - Applicability of Division to Deputy District Attorney of Bessemer Cutoff of Tenth Judicial Circuit.

Section 12-17-222Applicability of division to deputy district attorney of Bessemer cutoff of tenth judicial circuit. The elected deputy district attorney of the tenth judicial circuit (the Bessemer cutoff) shall be, for the purpose of this division, considered a district attorney. (Acts 1977, No. 632, p. 940, §3.)
AL Code § 12-17-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 3 - Assistants, Investigators, and Other Personnel; Budget Procedures.|Section 12-17-223 - Construction of Division.

Section 12-17-223Construction of division. The provisions of this division are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict herewith. (Acts 1977, No. 632, p. 940, §4.)
AL Code § 12-17-225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225 - Purpose.

Section 12-17-225Purpose. It is the purpose of this legislation to ensure that court-ordered restitution to crime victims, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, court costs required by law, fines levied against criminals for wrongful conduct, and other court-ordered sums payable to the state or to the crime victims be paid in full and that cost of collection be borne by the person who is responsible for payment. The Legislature of this state further recognizes that the district attorneys of the various judicial circuits are mandated by law to represent the people of the state, and a strong public policy dictates that restitution, court costs, fines, and other court-ordered sums be enforced within each judicial circuit by the district attorneys in conjunction with the circuit clerks and local courts. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.1 - District Attorneys Authorized to Establish Division.

Section 12-17-225.1District attorneys authorized to establish division. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each district attorney may establish a special division designated the "restitution recovery division" for the administration, collection, and enforcement of court costs, fines, penalty payments, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, or like payments in civil or criminal proceedings ordered by the court and payable to the state or to crime victims, or judgements entered which have not been otherwise vacated, or judicial relief given from the operation of the order or judgement. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §2.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.2 - Court or Clerk of Court to Notify District Attorney When Payments to State or Victim Are in Default.

Section 12-17-225.2Court or clerk of court to notify district attorney when payments to state or victim are in default. The court or the clerk of the court shall notify the district attorney in writing when any bail bond forfeitures, court costs, fines, penalty payments, crime victims' restitution, or victims' compensation assessments or like payments in any civil or criminal proceeding ordered by the court to be paid to the state or to crime victims have not been paid or are in default and the default has not been vacated. Upon written notification to the district attorney, the restitution recovery division of the office of the district attorney may collect or enforce the collection of any funds that have not been paid or that are in default which, under the direction of the district attorney, are appropriate to be processed. In no event shall a court or court clerk notify the district attorney in less than 90 days from the date the payments are due to be paid in full. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §3.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.3 - District Attorney Authorized to Take Lawful Steps to Require Compliance.

Section 12-17-225.3District attorney authorized to take lawful steps to require compliance. After notification as provided in Section 12-17-225.2, the district attorney may take all lawful steps necessary in order to require compliance with the court-ordered payments, including any of the following: (1) a petition for revocation of probation; (2) a show cause petition for contempt of court; (3) any other civil or criminal proceedings which may be authorized by law or by rule of court. In addition, the district attorney may issue appropriate notices to inform the defendant of the noncompliance of the defendant and a warning of the penalty for noncompliance. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §4.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.4 - Collection Fee.

Section 12-17-225.4Collection fee. After a matter has been transferred to a district attorney under Section 12-17-225.2, a court shall assess a collection fee of 30 percent of the funds due which shall be added to the amount of funds due. Any amount collected pursuant to this division shall be distributed as follows: (1) Seventy-five percent of the collection fee shall be distributed to the county district attorney's fund to be expended for lawful purposes for the operation of the office of the district attorney. Funds provided to the district attorney by this division shall not reduce the amount payable to the district attorney under any local act or general act or reduce or affect the amounts of funding allocated by law to the budget of the district attorney. The funds shall be audited as all other state funds are audited. (2) Twenty-five percent of the collection fee shall be distributed to the circuit clerk's fund which shall be kept and maintained by the circuit clerk in a separate account to be used for the operation of the office of the clerk to include, but not be limited to, equipment purchases, education, and other office related expenses including personnel. Funds retained by the circuit clerk shall not reduce the amount payable to the circuit clerk under any local act or general act or reduce or affect the amounts of funding allocated by the Administrative Office of Courts to the budget of the circuit clerk. The funds shall be audited as all other state funds are audited. The Legislature may, by local law, adjust the distribution in this section. The remainder of the fees, fines, penalties, charges, court costs, and bail bond forfeitures after the deduction for collection shall be disbursed as provided by law on a monthly basis. (3) This division shall not affect the right of the office of the district attorney to proceed with the prosecution of any violation as currently provided by law. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §5.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.5 - Amnesty Period.

Section 12-17-225.5Amnesty period. There shall be an amnesty period of 60 days after August 7, 1995 during which any person may voluntarily pay in full any duly assessed court costs, fines, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, penalty payments, restitution, or like payments in default. Commencing with the sixty-first day after August 7, 1995, the enforcement and collection procedures provided in this division shall be implemented. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §6.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.6 - Costs, Bail Bond Forfeitures, Restitution, and Other Court-Ordered Charges Considered Civil Judgement.

Section 12-17-225.6Costs, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, and other court-ordered charges considered civil judgement. In addition to the provisions of this division, all court costs, fines, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, and restitution, and other court-ordered charges, including the collection fee of a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, shall be considered civil judgements which can be recorded and enforced in the manner provided by law. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §7.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.7 - Contracting With Private Collection Agency Allowed.

Section 12-17-225.7Contracting with private collection agency allowed. Any district attorney and the Administrative Office of Courts in this state shall be allowed to contract with a private collection agency under the same terms and conditions as set forth in this division. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §8.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.8 - Provisions of Division Are Supplemental.

Section 12-17-225.8Provisions of division are supplemental. The provisions of this division are supplemental to any procedures for the enforcement and collection of any court-ordered sums or forfeitures. The provisions of this division are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict with this division. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §10.)
AL Code § 12-17-225.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 4 - Restitution Recovery Division.|Section 12-17-225.9 - Local Legislation to Supersede Division.

Section 12-17-225.9Local legislation to supersede division. Any county which currently has local legislation pertaining to restitution recovery shall supersede this division. (Acts 1995, No. 95-725, p. 1548, §11.)
AL Code § 12-17-226 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 6 - District Attorneys.|Division 5 - Pretrial Diversion Program.|Section 12-17-226 - Definitions.

Section 12-17-226Definitions.  For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATION FEE. A fee imposed by the district attorney as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program. (2) COMMUNITY SERVICE. Work imposed as a condition of a pretrial diversion program that is intended for the common good of the community or to assist in restoration of the victim. Community service should further serve to rehabilitate an offender.  (3) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The district attorney of the judicial circuit or his or her designee, so designated to fulfill the goals, purposes, and objectives of this division. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. As defined in Section 41-8A-1 or 36-25-1, whether employed in this state or elsewhere. (5) OFFENDER. Any person who has been charged with a criminal offense, including, but not limited to, any felony, misdemeanor, violation, or traffic offense, as defined in the Code of Alabama 1975, which was alleged to have been committed in the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama.  (6) PRETRIAL. The term includes, but is not limited to, any moment within or during the disposition of a criminal or quasi-criminal action. (7) PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM or PROGRAM. A voluntary option that allows an offender, upon advice of counsel or where counsel is waived in a judicial process, to knowingly agree to the imposition by the district attorney of certain conditions of behavior and conduct for a specified period of time upon the offender which would allow the offender to have his or her charges reduced, dismissed without prejudice, or otherwise mitigated, should all conditions be satisfied during the time frame set by the district attorney as provided in the agreement. (8) RESTITUTION. As defined by Section 15-18-142, and may also include, but not be limited to, any extraordinary cost incurred during the investigation or prosecution by a law enforcement agency or the district attorney. (9) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. As defined in Section 13A-1-2. (10) SUPERVISION FEE. Any fee other than the administration fee imposed by any agency providing supervision or treatment of an offender. (Act 2013-361, p. 1290, §1.)