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HB491
TV38999-1
By Representative Easterbrook (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 25-Apr-24
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First Read: 25-Apr-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Choctaw County; to provide for the
assessment of additional court costs in certain civil,
criminal, or quasi-criminal proceedings in the circuit court
and district court and in any municipal court in Choctaw
County; to provide that the costs, upon collection, shall be
distributed to a special fund, designated as the "Jail Fund,"
in the county treasury to be expended by the county for paying
the costs of maintaining, repairing, and operating the county
jail and jail complex and for paying any indebtedness incurred
for the construction of the county jail and jail complex.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) In addition to any court costs
authorized to be collected, there shall be assessed an
additional court cost of fifty dollars ($50) in all civil
cases filed in the circuit court and district court, including
the small claims court, in Choctaw County.
(b) In addition to any court costs authorized to be
collected, there shall be assessed an additional court cost of
fifty dollars ($50) in all criminal and quasi-criminal cases
brought in the circuit court and district court and in any
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brought in the circuit court and district court and in any
municipal court in Choctaw County.
Section 2. All costs assessed pursuant to this act
shall be collected by the court clerk as other court costs are
collected and distributed to Choctaw County for deposit in a
special fund designated as the Jail Fund. All monies paid into
the Jail Fund shall be expended by the county exclusively for
the payment of the costs of maintaining, repairing, and
operating the county jail and jail complex and for paying any
indebtedness incurred for the construction of the county jail
and jail complex.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on the
ratification of a local constitutional amendment applicable to
Choctaw County authorizing additional court costs to be levied
in the county.
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