HB547 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

William Roberts

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Richard Baughn

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Walker Co., civil cases, solicitor's fee equal to fee for Fair Trial Transfer, distrib. for circuit clerk and district attorney, termination date set

Summary

HB547 creates a civil-case solicitor's fee in Walker County, directs most of it to the solicitor/DA fund and part to the circuit clerk, mirrors the civil docket fee, and sunsets the fee in 2014.

What This Bill Does

In Walker County civil cases in the district and circuit courts, a solicitor's fee is assessed. From each case, $12 goes to the circuit court clerk for the Circuit Clerks Fund, and the remainder goes to the solicitor's fund or district attorney's fund in the county (or the fund prescribed by law). The solicitor's fee amount is the same as the docket fee or civil court costs that are distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The fee may be spent by the circuit clerk or DA for expenses incurred and for legitimate law enforcement purposes in discharge of duties. The fee is collected until September 30, 2014, at which time it ceases and the act is repealed. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor.

Who It Affects

• Civil litigants in Walker County who file cases in the district or circuit courts, who would pay the solicitor's fee as part of civil case costs.
• Walker County circuit court clerk's office and the county solicitor's (or district attorney's) office, which receive and use the collected funds for office operations and duties.

Key Provisions

• In all civil cases in Walker County district and circuit courts, a solicitor's fee is assessed in each case.
• From each case, $12 goes to the circuit court clerk to be deposited into the Circuit Clerks Fund; the remainder goes to the solicitor's fund or district attorney's fund in the county (or the fund prescribed by law). The solicitor's fee shall equal the docket fee or court costs assessed in civil cases and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund.
• The solicitor's fee may be expended by the circuit clerk or the district attorney for payment of expenses incurred and for legitimate law enforcement purposes in the discharge of duties.
• The solicitor's fee in civil cases shall be collected until September 30, 2014, after which the fee ceases and the act is repealed.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Walker County