HB422 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Kerry Rich
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Marshall County, court costs, deposit in Law Library fund, Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund, reestablished, deposits in separate bank accounts, use of funds, Act 426, 1973 Reg Sess., repealed and superseded
Summary: HB422 creates a new $10 per-case court cost in Marshall County to fund a dedicated Law Library, Judicial Technology, and Judicial Administration Fund and reestablishes the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund to support local courts.
What This Bill Does
It adds a $10 additional court cost in all Marshall County circuit and district court cases, including juvenile, family, and small claims cases. The collected money goes into the Marshall County Law Library, Judicial Technology, and Judicial Administration Fund and is kept in an FDIC-insured bank designated by the presiding circuit judge. The presiding circuit judge can spend these funds to establish and maintain the law library, improve judicial technology and data backups, and support court administration and operations, including salaries and other necessities as allowed by law. It also reestablishes the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund to support local court operations, with funds deposited and audited like other county funds, and it repeals prior related acts.

Who It Affects
Marshall County residents and litigants paying the new $10 court cost, which will increase costs in circuit, district, juvenile, family, and small claims cases.
Marshall County courts, including the presiding circuit judge and court staff, who will manage, receive, and use the funds to support the law library, judicial technology, and administration, and for local court operations.

Key Provisions
Establishes the Marshall County Law Library, Judicial Technology, and Judicial Administration Fund; imposes a $10 additional court cost in all Marshall County circuit and district court cases; funds are deposited in an FDIC-insured bank designated by the presiding judge and used to maintain the law library, improve technology, data backup, and support administrative needs.
Reestablishes the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund; docket fees collected after the act’s effective date are distributed monthly to this fund, held in an FDIC-insured bank, and used to support local court operations including salaries/benefits as needed; expenditures require written requests signed by the presiding judge and another judge.
Funds from both new and reestablished funds are audited like other county funds; existing funds are transferred to the new funds; any preexisting fees for funding the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund are continued and redirected as provided.
Act 426 of 1973 and Act 2008-505 are repealed; the act takes effect on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects: Marshall County