HB466 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Nathaniel LedbetterRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Cherokee Co., sheriff, authorized to charge a fee for fingerprinting certain persons, distrib. of fee, retroactive effect
Summary: The Cherokee County Sheriff can charge up to $50 for fingerprinting for personal purposes, with the money going to the county’s Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund, and the act has retroactive effect.
What This Bill Does
The sheriff may charge a fingerprinting fee up to $50 for passport ID, employment, or other personal reasons, but not for law enforcement fingerprinting. The collected fees go into the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund in Cherokee County and must be used for law enforcement purposes. The act also retroactively validates fingerprinting fees charged before it became law. It becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it passes and is approved.

Who It Affects
Individuals who need fingerprinting for passport identification, employment, or other personal reasons may be charged up to $50 per service (fees do not apply to fingerprinting for law enforcement purposes).
Pistol permit applicants are exempt from the fingerprinting fee, and the collected fees go to the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund to support county law enforcement.

Key Provisions
Allows the Cherokee County Sheriff to charge a fingerprinting fee up to $50 for fingerprinting related to passport ID, employment, or other personal reasons; fingerprinting for law enforcement purposes is exempt; pistol permit applicants are also exempt from the fee.
Requires the collected fees to be paid into the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund in Cherokee County to be used for law enforcement purposes, available upon the sheriff's requisition.
Provides that fingerprinting charges and fee payments made before the act takes effect are ratified and validated.
Stipulates the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Cherokee County