HB448 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Alan Harper
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Pickens County, court costs in criminal cases in district, circuit, and municipal court, drug enforcement fee increased, distribution, Act 2010-590, 2010 Reg. Sess., am'd
Summary: HB448 raises the drug enforcement fee in Pickens County criminal-related cases and specifies how the money collected is split among local law enforcement and a district attorney fund.
What This Bill Does
If passed, the bill changes the drug enforcement fee in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases across Pickens County courts (juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal). Fees become $27 for non-drug cases, $82 for misdemeanor drug cases, and $107 for felony drug cases. The money collected is distributed: $5 stays with the court clerk as an administrative fee; $10 per case in municipal courts goes to the municipality's law enforcement fund; $10 per case in circuit or district court goes to the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund; the remaining amount goes to the Drug Enforcement Fund run by the district attorney. The act becomes effective July 1, 2012.

Who It Affects
People involved in juvenile, traffic, criminal, or quasi-criminal cases in Pickens County courts, who will be charged higher drug enforcement fees depending on the case type.
Local government and law enforcement in Pickens County: court clerks (administrative fee), municipal police (fund for their law enforcement), and the Sheriff (Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund) as the money is collected and distributed.

Key Provisions
Sets drug enforcement fees for Pickens County as $27 (non-drug cases), $82 (misdemeanor drug cases), and $107 (felony drug cases) in juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts.
Distributes collected fees: $5 per case retained by the court clerk as administrative fee; $10 per case in municipal courts to the municipality's law enforcement fund; $10 per case in circuit or district court to the Pickens County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund; the remaining balance to the Drug Enforcement Fund established by the district attorney.
Amends Act 2010-590, Section 1, to apply these changes in Pickens County courts.
Effective date: First day of the third month after passage and governor's approval (July 1, 2012).

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Subjects: Pickens County