By Senator Steele
Enrolled, An Act,
| SYNOPSIS: | This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Legislature to regulate and alter the costs and charges of court in Hale County and provide for the distribution of the revenue for the purpose of planning, designing, constructing, financing, furnishing, equipping, and operating a new county jail and for general county purposes. |
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to assess an additional fee on civil and criminal cases, with certain exceptions, in Hale County with the proceeds to be used for planning, designing, constructing, financing, furnishing, equipping, and operating a new county jail and for general county purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this act are fulfilled:PROPOSED AMENDMENT
In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Hale County, the Hale County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including domestic relations and traffic cases, but excluding small claims cases, filed in the circuit court, district court, or any municipal court in Hale County. These fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.
The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Hale County to be used by the commission for the planning, designing, construction, financing, furnishing, equipping, and operation of a new county jail and for general county purposes.
Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Amendment 555 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the election laws of this state.
Section 3. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment:
"Relating to Hale County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to assess an additional fee on civil and criminal cases, with certain exceptions in Hale County with the proceeds to be used for planning, designing, constructing, financing, furnishing, equipping, and operating a new county jail and for general county purposes.
Proposed by Act _________"
This description shall be followed by the following language:
"Yes ( ) No ( )."