SB347 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Bobby D. SingletonSenator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Choctaw County, court cost in circuit court, district court, municipal court, district for county jail
Summary: SB347 would add a $50 court fee in Choctaw County for civil cases (circuit, district, small claims) and for criminal or quasi-criminal cases (circuit, district, municipal), with the proceeds deposited into a Jail Fund to pay jail costs and related construction debt.
What This Bill Does
It adds a $50 court cost in specified civil and criminal/quasi-criminal cases in Choctaw County. The court clerk collects these costs along with other court costs and deposits them into the county's Jail Fund. The Jail Fund is used exclusively to pay for maintaining, repairing, and operating the county jail and jail complex, and to pay any debt incurred for its construction. The measure takes effect only after a local constitutional amendment authorizing the extra costs is ratified.

Who It Affects
Civil and criminal/quasi-criminal litigants in Choctaw County courts (civil cases in circuit, district, and small claims; criminal/quasi-criminal cases in circuit, district, and municipal courts) who would pay an additional $50 fee.
Choctaw County government and the county jail system, which would collect and use the funds in the Jail Fund to cover jail costs and construction debt.

Key Provisions
Imposes an additional $50 court cost in all civil cases filed in Choctaw County circuit and district courts, including small claims.
Imposes an additional $50 court cost in criminal and quasi-criminal cases in Choctaw County circuit, district, and municipal courts.
All collected costs go to a Jail Fund in the county treasury and are expended exclusively for maintaining, repairing, and operating the county jail and jail complex, and for paying any indebtedness for construction of the jail.
Becomes effective upon ratification of a local constitutional amendment authorizing the additional costs in Choctaw County.

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Subjects: Choctaw County