HB715 creates a Perry County civil-case solicitor's fee equal to the civil docket fee/court costs that go to the Fair Trial Tax Fund, with the money split between the Circuit Clerk and local solicitor/DA funds for local use.
The bill imposes a new solicitor's fee in all Perry County civil cases in the circuit and district courts. The fee is collected with case costs and distributed monthly: $5 goes to the Perry County Circuit Clerk, and the remaining amount goes to the local solicitor's fund or district attorney's fund (or another county fund later prescribed by law). The solicitor's fee is set to be the same amount as the docket fee or court costs distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The district attorney can spend their portion for expenses or lawful law enforcement, and the Circuit Clerk's portion can be spent at the Clerk's request for lawful purposes. The act takes effect immediately after governor approval.
Further Consideration
Marsh Carry Over to the Call of the Chair Granted
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
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 996
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 Local Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature