Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-9-1-.06

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024

Section 355-9-1-.06 - Billing Standards

(a) Time recorded on a fee itemization submitted with a fee declaration form shall be in increments of 0.10 hours (six minutes), as follows:

1 to 6 minutes - 0.1 hours

7 to 12 minutes - 0.2 hours

13 to 18 minutes - 0.3 hours

19 to 24 minutes - 0.4 hours

25 to 30 minutes - 0.5 hours

31 to 36 minutes - 0.6 hours

37 to 42 minutes - 0.7 hours

43 to 48 minutes - 0.8 hours

49 to 54 minutes - 0.9 hours

55 to 60 minutes - 1.0 hours

(b) Opening, closing, and final billing of a case file will be paid a maximum of 0.5 hours in total. Should the total time for the aforementioned activities exceed 0.5 hours due to circumstances beyond the control of the attorney or for other reason, the attorney may petition the director to approve payment of time in excess of 0.5 hours.

(c) Time spent by qualified law clerk or paralegal working at the direction of appointed counsel must be billed at the paralegal rate of $20.00 per hour.

(d) An Attorney other than appointed comlsel may bill at the statutory rate on the indigent matter provided that;

(1) the attorney is working at the direction of appointed counsel;

(2) the attorney's assistance was required by circumstances beyond the control of appointed counsel and

(3) the name of the attorney must be noted on the fee declaration.

(e) In juvenile and youthful offender cases, names or any personally identifiable information of the child or parties to the matter must be redacted. Fee declarations containing this information, including uploaded supporting documents, will be denied and appointed counsel must re-file for payment.

(f) Non-overhead expenses in excess of $300.00 must be approved by court order in advance of being incurred. To be reimbursed, appointed counsel must submit a fee declaration supported by copy of court order, invoices and receipts. Non-overhead expenses may be billed on an interim basis. All reimbursement will be in accordance with Alabama Law and The State of Alabama Fiscal Policy and Procedure.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-9-1-.06

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 02, November 30, 2015, eff. 12/23/2015; operative 1/4/2016.

Author: C. Roberts

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-4-322(h).