§45-27A-30.07. Costs and fees.

(a) An applicant may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) when applying for admittance into the program. The amount of this application fee shall be set from time to time by the municipal court. The application fee shall be in addition to the program fee, court costs, and other allowable costs listed in subsection (b).

(b) An offender may be assessed a fee when the offender is approved for admittance into the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to all of the following:

(1) The application fee set forth herein.

(2) Any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law, the municipal prosecutor, or the municipal court.

(3) Any costs of supervision, treatment, and restitution for which the pretrial diversion admittee may be responsible.

(c) Pretrial diversion program fees as established by this part may be waived or reduced due to indigency or reduced ability to payor for other just cause at the discretion of the municipal court.

(d) The following program fees shall be paid by offenders accepted into the pretrial diversion program and shall be based on the criminal offense or violation committed.

(1) Misdemeanor offenses excluding traffic: A fee up to six hundred fifty dollars ($650) as determined by the municipal court.

(2) Traffic offenses: A fee up to four hundred fifty dollars ($450) as determined by the municipal court.

(3) Violations: A fee up to three hundred dollars ($300) as determined by the municipal court.

(e) The collection of fees required by this part shall be under the supervision of the clerk of the municipal court.

(f) The municipal prosecutor shall be allowed without further legislative action to assess fees equal to those prescribed by the Alabama Legislature in the event a state pretrial diversion program is enacted after April 22, 2010. Any state pretrial diversion program may supersede this part, but may be construed to require further and additional penalties.

(Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §8.)