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LE0XWW-1
By Representative Estes (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 16-May-23
2023 Regular Session
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Lamar County; to authorize the county
commission to set certain fees to be charged by the sheriff
for personal service of documents in the civil division of the
district and circuit court; to authorize the county commission
to set the per day charge for feeding municipal inmates in the
county jail; to authorize the county commission to set a fee
for fingerprinting individuals by the sheriff's office for
non-law enforcement purposes; and to provide for the
distribution of the proceeds from the fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall apply only in Lamar County.
Section 2. (a) The Lamar County Commission may levy an
additional fee for the personal service of process by the
sheriff or his or her deputies or agents of documents filed in
the civil division of the district and circuit court in the
county as follows:
(1) For the personal service of process of civil papers
in the courts of Lamar County or from any other county in the
state, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(2) For the personal service of process by the sheriff
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of civil papers sent to the sheriff for service from a court
outside of the state, the fee shall be seventy-five dollars
($75).
(b) The fees shall be collected by the appropriate
court clerk and shall be forwarded to the Lamar County General
Fund. Fifty percent of the proceeds shall be distributed to
the office of the sheriff to be used to defray the costs of
personal service and for the operation of the office of
sheriff.
Section 3. The Lamar County Commission may set the
amount the sheriff charges for the feeding of municipal
inmates in the county jail. After the effective date of this
act, the county commission shall set the amount the
municipality pays at five dollars ($5) per day for municipal
inmates held in the county jail. The county commission may
each fiscal year review the amount of the payment and may
adjust the amount to reasonably cover increases in the
expenses by the sheriff. All proceeds from the fees shall be
deposited in the municipal feeding account of the sheriff's
office.
Section 4. The Lamar County Commission may authorize
the sheriff to charge a fee for fingerprinting individuals for
non-law enforcement purposes, such as for passport
identification or employment purposes. The proceeds from the
fees shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund
and used for any law enforcement purpose.
Section 5. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
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the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.57