HB580 Alabama 2012 Session

Under existing law, Act 720 of the 1978 Regular Session, relating to the 25th Judicial Circuit and providing for additional court costs in the judicial circuit for a Public Defender Fund and office in the circuit was repealed by Act 2011-576, because the fund and the office were no longer operative

This bill would provide that any funds accruing after the fund was no longer operative or after the effective date of Act 2011-576 would be distributed to the circuit clerks in the counties and any prior distributions would be ratified

To amend Section 1 of Act 2011-576 of the 2011 Regular Session, repealing Act 720 of the 1978 Regular Session, relating to the 25th Judicial Circuit and providing for additional court costs in the judicial circuit for a Public Defender Fund and office, to further provide for the distribution to the circuit of certain funds accruing to the fund after the fund was no longer operative and retroactively ratifying any distributions to the circuit clerks prior to the effective date of this act.