Section 45-2-84 Legislative 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.01 Powers 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER. The entity, programs, or physical structure which shall provide the programs or custodial care for eligible persons released from custody prior to the adjudication of their case or sentenced to participate in programs […]
Section 45-2-84.03 Release 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.04 Payment 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.05 Credit 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. […]
Section 45-2-84.06 Application 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.07 Periodic 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.08 Rules 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.09 Failure 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.10 Payment 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.11 Administrative 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.12 Waiver 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.13 Disposition 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, […]
Section 45-2-84.14 Transport 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.15 Exemption 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.)
Section 45-2-84.16 Punishment 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.)
Section 45-2-84.17 Implementation 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 […]
Section 45-2-84.18 Fund 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 […]
