HB229 creates new service-of-process fees in Choctaw County and funds the Sheriff’s Office through a dedicated Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund, with an effective date tied to a constitutional amendment.
The bill imposes two new fees for serving court documents: $25 for in-state civil matters and $50 for matters involving service outside Alabama. The collected money goes into a new Choctaw County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund to support law enforcement activities (like training, equipment, vehicles, etc.), and is separate from the sheriff’s normal budget. Court clerks collect these fees and must deposit them into the new fund, and certain groups (district attorney, law enforcement, grand juries, and Choctaw County) are exempt from paying the fees. The act becomes effective only after a constitutional amendment authorizing the county to fix court costs is ratified.
Delivered to Governor at 5:48 p.m. on March 22, 2016.
Assigned Act No. 2016-104.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 461
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
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 86
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