Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB299 Compare Versions

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55 By Representative Easterbrook (N & P)
66 RFD: Local Legislation
77 First Read: 18-Feb-25
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16+TO BE ENTITLED
17+AN ACT
1618 Relating to Choctaw County; to provide for the
1719 assessment of additional court costs in certain civil,
1820 criminal, or quasi-criminal proceedings in the circuit court
1921 and district court and in any municipal court in Choctaw
2022 County; to provide that the costs, upon collection, shall be
2123 distributed to a special fund, designated as the "Jail Fund,"
2224 in the county treasury to be expended by the county for paying
2325 the costs of maintaining, repairing, and operating the county
2426 jail and jail complex and for paying any indebtedness incurred
2527 for the construction of the county jail and jail complex.
2628 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
2729 Section 1. (a) In Choctaw County, in addition to any
2830 court costs authorized to be collected, there shall be
2931 assessed an additional court cost of fifty dollars ($50) in
3032 all civil cases filed in the circuit court and district court,
3133 except in cases filed in the small claims court the additional
3234 court costs shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
3335 (b) In addition to any court costs authorized to be
3436 collected, there shall be assessed an additional court cost of
3537 fifty dollars ($50) in all criminal and quasi-criminal cases
36-brought in the circuit court and district court and in any
37-municipal court in Choctaw County.
38-(c) The court costs provided by this section shall not
39-apply to any filings by the district attorney or judge of
40-probate.
41-Section 2. All costs assessed pursuant to this act
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67+fifty dollars ($50) in all criminal and quasi-criminal cases
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69+municipal court in Choctaw County.
70+(c) The court costs provided by this section shall not
71+apply to any filings by the district attorney or judge of
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7173 Section 2. All costs assessed pursuant to this act
7274 shall be collected by the court clerk as other court costs are
7375 collected and distributed to Choctaw County for deposit in a
7476 special fund designated as the Jail Fund. All monies paid into
7577 the Jail Fund shall be expended by the county exclusively for
7678 the payment of the costs of maintaining, repairing, and
7779 operating the county jail and jail complex and for paying any
7880 indebtedness incurred for the construction of the county jail
7981 and jail complex.
8082 Section 3. This act shall be effective July 1, 2025,
8183 provided a local constitutional amendment applicable to
8284 Choctaw County authorizing additional court costs to be levied
8385 in the county has been ratified prior to that date.
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99-Speaker of the House of Representatives
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101-President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
102-House of Representatives
103-I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
104-was passed by the House 18-Mar-25.
105-John Treadwell
106-Clerk
107-Senate 09-Apr-25 Passed
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