HB493 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve HurstRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Talladega County, Juvenile Justice Fund Committee dissolved, further provide for expenditure from fund, Act 90-430, 1990 Reg. Sess., am'd.
Summary: HB493 dissolves the Juvenile Justice Fund Committee and clarifies how Talladega County can spend money from the Law Library Fund and Juvenile Justice Fund.
What This Bill Does
It changes what each fund can be spent on: the Law Library Fund may pay for books, reports, periodicals, and operations as directed by the presiding circuit court judge; the Juvenile Justice Fund may pay expenditures only as authorized by the Juvenile Justice Fund Committee. It dissolves the Juvenile Justice Fund Committee and specifies who is on it for directing expenditures. It allows temporary use of the Law Library Fund to pay remaining salaries of court attendants and the Juvenile Justice Fund to pay salaries of juvenile court specialists until those positions are funded from other court funds at the 2002-2003 level, at which point the temporary provision ends; the act becomes effective immediately after governor approval.

Who It Affects
Talladega County government officials and offices responsible for administering the two funds (presiding circuit court judge, district attorney, sheriff, chair of the county commission, Director of the Talladega Department of Human Resources, juvenile court judge, circuit clerk) for expenditures.
Court system staff affected by the salary provisions (court attendants and juvenile court specialists) who may have some of their salaries paid from these funds during the interim period.

Key Provisions
Dissolution of the Juvenile Justice Fund Committee.
From the Law Library Fund, expenditures are limited to purchase and maintenance of books, reports, periodicals, and operations as directed by the presiding circuit court judge of Talladega County.
From the Juvenile Justice Fund, expenditures are limited to those authorized and directed by the Juvenile Justice Fund Committee (composed of the specified county and court officials) for any juvenile justice or enforcement purposes.
Immediately upon the effective date, the Law Library Fund may be used to pay the remainder of salaries of court attendants and the Juvenile Justice Fund may be used to pay the salaries of juvenile court specialists until these positions are funded from other court funds at the same level as in 2002-2003, at which time this provision ends.
The act becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects: Talladega County