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HB456
Y8DM662-2
By Representative Jackson (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 19-Mar-25
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First Read: 19-Mar-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Clarke County; to authorize the sheriff to
collect reasonable fees for certain services; and to provide
for the distribution of the fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) The Sheriff of Clarke County may charge
and collect a reasonable fee for services, including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
(1) Fingerprinting.
(2) Reports.
(3) Copies of various requested records.
(4) Photo identification cards.
(5) Funeral duties.
(6) Court-ordered ankle monitors.
(b) The sheriff may not charge a fee authorized in
subsection (a) to any of the following:
(1) A law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer
requesting a service for law enforcement purposes.
(2) An individual applying for a pistol permit.
(3) The district attorney or a grand jury requesting a
service for a law enforcement, investigatory, or prosecutorial
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service for a law enforcement, investigatory, or prosecutorial
function.
(c)(1) The sheriff shall remit the fees collected
pursuant to this section periodically to the Clarke County
Commission.
(2) The county commission shall deposit all monies
collected pursuant to subdivision (a)(6) in the Sheriff's
Fund, created pursuant to Section 45-13-232, Code of Alabama
1975, for law enforcement purposes in the county.
(d) The proceeds of the fees collected pursuant to this
section shall not diminish or take the place of any other
source of income for the county or the sheriff's office.
Section 2. (a) In addition to all existing charges,
fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or
other appropriate court official in the district and circuit
courts of Clarke County shall assess a service of process fee
of fifty dollars ($50) for service or attempted service of
process on each document requiring personal service of process
by the sheriff.
(b) The fee authorized in subsection (a) shall not be
assessed if a judge finds that payment of the fee will create
a substantial hardship. A verified statement signed by the
individual requesting service and approved by the judge
attesting the substantial hardship shall be filed with the
clerk of the court.
(c) Each official designated by law to collect fees
pursuant to subsection (a) shall remit the fees collected to
the Clarke County Commission.
(d) The county commission shall deposit one-half of
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(d) The county commission shall deposit one-half of
each fee collected pursuant to this section in the county
general fund and deposit one-half of each fee collected
pursuant to this section in the Sheriff's Fund, created
pursuant to Section 45-13-232, Code of Alabama 1975, for law
enforcement purposes in the county.
(e) The proceeds of the fees collected pursuant to this
section shall not diminish or take the place of any other
source of income for the county or the sheriff's office.
(f) The district attorney and a grand jury shall be
exempt from payment of the fees provided for in this section.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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1, 2025.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Local Legislation
................19-Mar-25
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................20-Mar-25
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 19
Nays 0
Abstains 78
................01-Apr-25
John Treadwell
Clerk
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