HB623 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Artis McCampbellRepresentative
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Sumter Co., sheriff may operate jail store, distrib. for law enforcement purposes, audit, prior actions ratified and confirmed
Summary: HB623 lets the Sumter County sheriff run a jail store, create a dedicated Law Enforcement Fund, and use the profits to support local law enforcement, with audits and ratification of prior actions.
What This Bill Does
It authorizes the sheriff to operate a jail store for prisoners in the county jail and to deposit all profits into a new Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. The fund is tax-exempt, and all jail store transactions must be tracked and audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, with audit reports shared with the sheriff. Profits from the store can be spent at the sheriff’s discretion on law enforcement needs in Sumter County, and prior jail-store actions and proceeds are ratified and redirected into the new fund. The act becomes effective immediately after the governor approves it.

Who It Affects
The Sumter County Sheriff and authorized deputies/agents: permitted to operate the jail store and manage the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund, including deposits, accounting, and discretionary expenditure for law enforcement.
Sumter County residents and jail inmates: benefit from funding for local law enforcement activities and access to jail-store services, with accountability through required audits.

Key Provisions
Section 1 authorizes the sheriff to operate a jail store within the county jail to serve the needs of the jail population.
Section 2 creates the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund, requires tax-exempt deposits of all proceeds into the fund, and requires accounting of jail store transactions with audits by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Section 3 allows the sheriff to spend profits from the jail store on law enforcement purposes in Sumter County at the sheriff's discretion.
Section 4 ensures the fund does not replace or diminish other income sources for the sheriff's office.
Section 5 ratifies prior jail-store actions and requires existing proceeds to be deposited into the new fund.
Section 6 becomes effective immediately after the governor signs the act.

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Subjects: Sumter County