HB648 creates a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Service of Process Serving Fund funded by a new $20 per-document service of process fee, with a portion kept by the circuit clerk and the rest used for process serving by the Sheriff.
It amends Section 45-2-231.90 to apply only to Baldwin County, establishes the Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund, and requires a $20 service of process fee per document in both civil and criminal divisions. Of each fee, $2 goes to the circuit clerk’s fund for the circuit clerk’s office operations (and juror mileage), and the remaining amount goes to the Sheriff’s Fund for process serving. The Sheriff may use these funds for law enforcement purposes, including contracting for process service, and the funds do not revert to the county general fund; the act takes effect immediately after governor approval.
Delivered to Governor at 2:13 p. m. on May 3, 2012.
Assigned Act No. 2012-329 on 05/10/2012.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 993
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 767
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Baldwin County Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature