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HB300
HXQB386-1
By Representative Easterbrook (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 18-Feb-25
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5 HXQB386-1 01/09/2025 FC (L)ma 2025-92
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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 an additional fee on documents submitted for
recording in the Probate Court which are subject to a deed or
mortgage tax; and providing for the deposit of the funds in
the Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund for the operation of the
office of the judge of probate, including technology
improvements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The Judge of Probate of Choctaw County shall
assess and collect an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) per
instrument for all documents submitted for recording in
Probate Court which are subject to a deed or mortgage tax.
Section 2. The Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund is
created in the county treasury. The funds generated from the
additional recording fee levied by this act, and any interest
earned thereon, shall be deposited into the Choctaw County
Probate Judge Fund on a monthly basis and shall be used only
by the judge of probate, in his or her sole discretion, for
the operation of the office of the judge of probate,
including, but not limited to, the digitalization of records;
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including, but not limited to, the digitalization of records;
acquiring, updating, and replacing existing technology; and
otherwise for the use of the office of the judge of probate
for improvements of the recordkeeping in the office.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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