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HB299
K8MM5AU-1
By Representative Easterbrook (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 18-Feb-25
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First Read: 18-Feb-25
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 Choctaw County, 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,
except in cases filed in the small claims court the additional
court costs shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
(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
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fifty dollars ($50) in all criminal and quasi-criminal cases
brought in the circuit court and district court and in any
municipal court in Choctaw County.
(c) The court costs provided by this section shall not
apply to any filings by the district attorney or judge of
probate.
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 be effective July 1, 2025,
provided a local constitutional amendment applicable to
Choctaw County authorizing additional court costs to be levied
in the county has been ratified prior to that date.
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