HB397INTRODUCED Page 0 HB397 YF1C6N6-1 By Representative Ledbetter (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 02-Apr-24 1 2 3 4 5 YF1C6N6-1 03/04/2024 FC (L)ma 2024-1015 Page 1 First Read: 02-Apr-24 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to DeKalb County; to amend Section 45-25-250.17 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the distribution of funds accruing from certain filing and recording fees accruing to the county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 45-25-250.17 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง45-25-250.17 Beginning with the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the DeKalb County Commission shall appropriate annually funds accruing from the filing and recording fees levied by Resolution 92-1013-05, adopted by the county commission on October 13, 1992, as follows: (1) One-half of the funds accruing shall be appropriated annually to the Etowah-DeKalb Cherokee Mental Health Board, Inc., doing business as CED Mental Health Center, to be used to employ by the county commission for the purpose of employing mental health professionals in DeKalb County. (2) One-half of the funds accruing shall be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB397 INTRODUCED Page 2 (2) One-half of the funds accruing shall be appropriated annually to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office to be used to employ school resource officers in the city and county schools in the county." Section 2. This act shall become effective on October 1, 2024. 29 30 31 32 33