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45BX3I-2
By Representative Bolton (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 13-Apr-23
2023 Regular Session
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Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Pickens County; to provide for a new court
cost to pay for service of process by the sheriff of documents
filed in the district and circuit courts in Pickens County;
and to deposit the proceeds into the Pickens County Sheriff's
Law Enforcement Fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall apply to Pickens County.
Section 2. (a)(1) In addition to all other court costs
authorized in Pickens County, a service of process fee of
twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be collected for service or
attempted service of process on each document requiring
personal service of process by the sheriff in all cases filed
or pending in the district court or the circuit court of
Pickens County.
(2) The service fee collected by the circuit court
clerk for a case filed or pending in either court shall be
distributed as follows:
a. Five dollars ($5) to the circuit clerk's Judicial
Administration Fund.
b. Twenty dollars ($20) to the Sheriff's Law
Enforcement Fund for the law enforcement purposes of the
sheriff's office.
(3) The State of Alabama, its political subdivisions,
and their instrumentalities are exempt from this cost.
(b) The fees deposited into the Sheriff's Law
Enforcement Fund are in addition to, and do not diminish,
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offset, or take the place of any other cost or fee that is
disbursed to the sheriff or the county jail.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 25-Apr-23.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 24-May-23 Passed
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