SB479 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tammy Irons
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Lauderdale Co., solicitor's fee, levy continued pursuant to 12-19-182, Code of Alabama 1975, Sec. Act 2009-611, 2009 Reg. Sess. repealed
Summary: This bill repeals Lauderdale County's 2009 law on the solicitor's fee and keeps collecting the solicitor's fee in Lauderdale County under general state law.
What This Bill Does
It repeals Act 2009-611, which described how the solicitor's fee was assessed, collected, and distributed in Lauderdale County. It requires the solicitor's fee to continue being collected in Lauderdale County, but now under the general rule in Section 12-19-182 of the Alabama Code. The changes take effect on September 1, 2011, aligning Lauderdale County's fee collection with general law rather than the repealed act.

Who It Affects
Lauderdale County government and the Lauderdale County solicitor's office, which will continue to collect and distribute the solicitor's fee in criminal cases under general law.
Criminal defendants in Lauderdale County (and others who owe the solicitor's fee), whose obligation to pay the solicitor's fee continues, now under the general law rather than the repealed Act 2009-611.

Key Provisions
Repeals Act 2009-611 (the Lauderdale County law governing the solicitor's fee in certain criminal cases).
Provides that the solicitor's fee shall continue to be collected in Lauderdale County pursuant to Section 12-19-182, Code of Alabama 1975 (general law).
Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month after approval by the Governor (September 1, 2011).

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Subjects: Lauderdale County