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AL Code § 45-37A-270.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 27 - Irondale.|Part 1 - Courts.|Part 2 - Pretrial Diversion.|Section 45-37A-270.24 - Standards for Admittance.

Section 45-37A-270.24Standards for admittance. (a) The city prosecutor may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state, city, and of the offender can be met through the program. (3) The offender appears to pose no substantial threat to the safety and well-being of the community. (4) It appears the offender is not likely to be involved in further criminal activity if the offender complies with all conditions imposed pursuant to the program. (5) The offender will likely respond to rehabilitative treatment or counseling. (6) The need for restitution for the victim from the offender outweighs the interest of the state and city for incarceration of the offender. (b) The city prosecutor may waive any of the standards specified in subsection (a) if justice or special circumstances dictate. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-270.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 27 - Irondale.|Part 1 - Courts.|Part 2 - Pretrial Diversion.|Section 45-37A-270.25 - Admission Into Program.

Section 45-37A-270.25Admission into program. (a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the evaluation process of the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, education history, work record, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment or care prescribed or received, psychological tests taken, and any other information concerning the offender which the city prosecutor believes has a bearing on the decision whether or not the offender should be admitted to the program. (b) The city prosecutor may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview the city prosecutor deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this subpart. The offender shall provide the city prosecutor written consent to allow the city prosecutor to receive any educational, work, medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other records deemed necessary by the city prosecutor for the evaluation process. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37A-270.29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 27 - Irondale.|Part 1 - Courts.|Part 2 - Pretrial Diversion.|Section 45-37A-270.29 - Terms and Conditions.

Section 45-37A-270.29Terms and conditions. (a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the city prosecutor, and the agreement between the city prosecutor and the offender to the municipal court judge presiding over the affected case of the offender for approval. The offender shall also enter a plea of guilty to the charge or charges involved. If the municipal court judge rejects the agreement and guilty plea, any money paid by the offender in satisfaction of the application fee shall be refunded to the offender. The offender shall still be liable for any actual expenses already incurred by the city prosecutor or any agency or service provider in furtherance of the application and evaluation process and the same shall be deducted from any money so refunded to the offender. (b) Upon approval of the agreement and acceptance of the guilty plea, the court shall expressly retain jurisdiction of the case, any other provision of law notwithstanding, and may withdraw and file the case or otherwise place it on an administrative docket until such time as the court has been notified that the offender has fulfilled the terms of the agreement, has been terminated from the program, or has otherwise withdrawn from the program. Imposition of punishment by the court shall be deferred until the offender has successfully completed the program or is terminated from the program. (c) In the event the offender is terminated from the program, the municipal court judge shall impose appropriate punishment in the same manner as with any plea of guilty or finding of guilty and shall not be bound by the terms of agreement as to what punishment to impose. (d) Upon successful completion of the program by the offender, the city prosecutor shall notify the municipal court judge in writing of that fact together with a request that the court enter an order of disposition of the case pursuant to the agreement between the offender and the city prosecutor. (e) Regardless of whether the offender successfully completes the program or withdraws from or is terminated from the program, the offender shall still be liable for and required to pay any and all court costs and fees, restitution, victim’s compensation fund assessment, and any and all other fees and assessments, in the same manner as if the offender had not applied for entry into the program and had been found guilty of the offense or offenses involved. No costs, fees, restitution, or assessments shall be waived or remitted, absent an express agreement to that effect between the city prosecutor and the offender, without a finding by the municipal court judge that the offender does not have the reasonable ability to pay the same within the reasonably foreseeable future. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-270.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 27 - Irondale.|Part 1 - Courts.|Part 2 - Pretrial Diversion.|Section 45-37A-270.30 - Violations.

Section 45-37A-270.30Violations. (a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the city prosecutor may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion program. (3) Require the offender to adopt a new agreement as a condition of continued participation. (b) The city prosecutor may waive a violation for good cause shown why the offender should stay in the program. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-270.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 27 - Irondale.|Part 1 - Courts.|Part 2 - Pretrial Diversion.|Section 45-37A-270.31 - Liability for Conduct of Offender.

Section 45-37A-270.31Liability for conduct of offender. In no event shall the city prosecutor or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program, unless the event was foreseeable. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §12.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331 - Short Title; Adoption of Procedures.

Section 45-37A-331Short title; adoption of procedures. (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Midfield Red Light Safety Act. (b) The City of Midfield, Alabama, may, by ordinance adopt the procedures set out in this part.  (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.01 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-37A-331.01Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Accident data establishes that vehicles running red lights have been and are a dangerous problem in Midfield, Alabama. (2) Studies have found that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method for detecting red light violations and is very effective in reducing the number of red light violations and decreasing the number of traffic accidents, deaths, and injuries. (3) Current Alabama law provides that failing to stop and remain stopped at a traffic control signal which is emitting a steady red signal is a criminal misdemeanor. Under Alabama law one who commits such a misdemeanor is subject to prosecution only if the misdemeanor was witnessed by either a duly empowered police officer or other witness who makes a verified complaint to a sworn magistrate. (4) Many jurisdictions, including the City of Midfield, have adopted laws that allow the use of automated photographic traffic enforcement, and the Legislature finds that it should adopt legislation that would implement a program for automated photographic enforcement of traffic signal violations, which the Legislature finds is consistent with this part. (5) By allowing a program for use of automated traffic cameras in traffic signal enforcement by the city, the Legislature hopes to both decrease the rate of traffic signal violations and learn more about the effectiveness and fairness involved in the use of the automated systems. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.03 - Utilization of Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement System.

Section 45-37A-331.03Utilization of photographic traffic signal enforcement system. (a) The city is authorized to utilize an automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may occur within the corporate limits of the city as provided in this part. A civil fine assessed under this part shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and municipal court costs shall be assessed in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for a municipal criminal traffic control device violation prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Sections 32-5A-31, 32-5A-32, or 32-5A-35, or any combination thereof. Court costs collected pursuant to this part shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution of municipal court costs for misdemeanor violations. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the municipal court in connection with notices issued under this part to be paid to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Criminal Justice Information System Automation Fund as compensation for record keeping and transaction processing with respect to violation notices issued under this part. (b) The city shall cause a sign to be posted at each of a minimum of 10 roadway entry points to the city to provide motorists with notice that photographic traffic signal enforcement systems are in use. The sign shall comply with this requirement if it states substantially the following: "AUTOMATED CAMERAS USED IN RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT," or if it otherwise gives sufficient notice. (c) Prior to operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, the city shall make a public announcement and conduct a public awareness campaign of the use of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system a minimum of 30 days before using the devices. The city may place photographic traffic signal enforcement systems at locations without public notice of the specific location, may change locations without public notice, and may install and move as needed decoy devices designed to resemble photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. (d) The city shall post signs warning of the use of an automated red light photographic device within 60 yards of every intersection at which such a device shall be used. Each sign shall be placed at least 10 feet from the edge of the road or street and shall have reflective light material. The reflective signs shall be placed not lower than six feet and not higher than eight feet. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.04 - Notice of Violation.

Section 45-37A-331.04Notice of violation. (a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty under this part, the city shall first mail a notice of violation by first class United State mail to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system while committing a traffic signal violation. The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the traffic signal violation is recorded to: (1) The owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue. (2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of Revenue. (b) A notice of violation issued under this part shall contain the following: (1) Description of the violation alleged. (2) The date, time, and location of the violation. (3) A copy of recorded images of the vehicle involved in the violation. (4) The amount of the civil penalty to be imposed for the violation. (5) The date by which the civil penalty shall be paid. (6) A statement that the person named in the notice of violation may pay the civil penalty in lieu of appearing at an administrative adjudication hearing. (7) Information that informs the person named in the notice of violation: a. Of the right to contest the imposition of the civil penalty in an administrative adjudication. b. Of the manner and time in which to contest the imposition of the civil penalty. c. That failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability is an admission of liability. (8) A statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding for the imposition of a civil penalty. (9) A statement that failure to pay the civil penalty within the time allowed shall result in the imposition of a late penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25). (10) Any other information deemed necessary by the department or the city. (c) A notice of violation under this part is presumed to have been received on the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is placed in the United States mail. (d) The civil penalty imposed shall be paid within 30 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed. (e) It shall be within the discretion of the trained technician to determine which of the recorded traffic signal violations are prosecuted based upon the quality and legibility of the recorded image. In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, the city may mail a warning notice to the owner. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.06 - Order of Municipal Court; Judicial Review.

Section 45-37A-331.06Order of municipal court; judicial review. (a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and, if so (2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with the fees and costs of court provided for herein. (b) The orders issued under this section may be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, and shall operate as a judicial lien in the same manner and with the same weight and effect as any other civil judgment filed therein. (c) A person who is found liable after an adjudicative hearing may appeal that finding of civil liability to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the municipal court. The notice of appeal shall be filed not later than the 14th day after the date on which the municipal court judge entered the finding of civil liability. The filing of a notice of appeal shall stay the enforcement of the civil fine penalty. An appeal shall be determined by the circuit court by trial de novo. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.07 - Appellate Procedures.

Section 45-37A-331.07Appellate procedures. (a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidence standard. (2) If the person is adjudicated by the circuit court to be responsible for payment of the civil fine, circuit court costs shall be owed by the person adjudicated responsible, with 100 percent of those court costs retained by the circuit court. Court costs in the circuit court shall be calculated as are court costs for criminal appeals from the municipal court, and in the event the circuit court finds the person appealing to not be responsible, no municipal court costs shall be owed to the city. (3) Regardless of the civil nature of the proceedings, the circuit court, in its discretion and for its administrative convenience, may assign case numbers as for criminal appeals and place the appeals on criminal dockets in the same manner as criminal appeals from municipal court. (4) The circuit court shall sit as trier of both fact and law in the civil proceedings in the circuit court. (5) The city shall be responsible for providing an attorney to represent the city and to prosecute the civil proceedings in the circuit court. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.08 - Identifying Owner of Vehicle.

Section 45-37A-331.08Identifying owner of vehicle. In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this part. If, however, a notice of violation is issued, to the degree constitutionally allowed, those issues related to the identity of the vehicle or its owner shall affect the weight to be accorded the evidence and shall not affect its admissibility. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.09 - Late Fees; Record of Civil Violations.

Section 45-37A-331.09Late fees; record of civil violations. The city may provide by ordinance that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil fines that are authorized in this part. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudication of civil violation made under this part shall be listed, entered, or reported on any criminal record or driving record, whether the record is maintained by the city or an outside agency. An adjudication of civil violation provided for in this part shall not be considered a conviction for any purpose, shall not be used to increase or enhance punishment for any subsequent offense of a criminal nature, shall not be considered a moving violation, and shall not be used by any insurance company to determine or affect premiums or rates unless an accident occurred due to the violation. The fact that a person is held liable or responsible for a civil fine for a red light violation shall not be used as evidence that the person was guilty of negligence or other culpable conduct, and any evidence generated by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system may only be used as evidence in other proceedings if it is or becomes admissible under the rules of evidence applicable therein. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.10 - Statistical Data.

Section 45-37A-331.10Statistical data. The city shall adopt the procedures authorized by this part, shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems in reducing traffic control device violations and intersectional collisions, and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.11 - Control Devices and Timing.

Section 45-37A-331.11Control devices and timing. The placement of control devices and timing of yellow lights and red light clearance intervals, adopted by the city, shall conform to the most recent edition of the Traffic Engineering Handbook. It shall be presumed that the city is in compliance with this section unless the contrary is shown by a preponderance of the evidence. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §12.)
AL Code § 45-37A-331.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 33 - Midfield.|Part 2 - Traffic.|Part 1 - Red Light Safety.|Section 45-37A-331.12 - Criminal Violations.

Section 45-37A-331.12Criminal violations. No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this part if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Article 2, commencing with Section 32-5A-30, Chapter 5A, Title 32, including, but not limited to, Sections 32-5A-31, 32-5A-34, and 32-5A-35, or any other municipal ordinance which embraces and incorporates the statutes contained in that article, and which occurred simultaneously with and under the same set of circumstances which were recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §13.)