SB148 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ben H. Brooks
Republican
Co-Sponsor: Rusty Glover
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Mobile Co., municipal courts, solicitor's fee, distrib. to municipal general fund for law enforcement purposes
Summary: SB148 would require solicitor's fees collected in Mobile County municipal courts to be deposited into each municipality's general fund and used to support local law enforcement.
What This Bill Does
If passed, the solicitor's fees from juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in Mobile County's municipal courts would be distributed to the municipality where the case originated. The funds would be used by that municipality for law enforcement purposes. The act references the fee amount described in Act 2010-438.

Who It Affects
Municipal governments in Mobile County that collect solicitor's fees and receive them into their general funds for law enforcement
Residents of Mobile County whose local law enforcement would be funded by these redirected solicitor's fees

Key Provisions
Section 1: Solicitor's fees in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the county's municipal courts shall be distributed on collection to the municipality's general fund where the case originated, to be used for law enforcement.
Section 2: Repeals any conflicting laws or parts of laws.
Section 3: Takes effect immediately after passage and approval by the Governor (or when it becomes law).

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Subjects: Mobile County