Section 45-11-80

Section 45-11-80Additional costs and fees; Juvenile Court Services Fund; Judicial Administration Fund.

(a) In Chilton County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars ($5) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment or conviction in any inferior or municipal court of the county, in the Circuit Court of Chilton County, or the District Court of Chilton County, hereinafter filed in or arising in the Circuit Court of Chilton County, or the District Court of Chilton County, or brought by appeal, certiorari or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Chilton County, or the District Court of Chilton County, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk, or ex officio clerk, of the courts or the register of the Circuit Court of Chilton County, as the case may be. Such fees, when collected by the clerks or other collection officers of such court, shall be paid into the county fund to be used by the sheriff's department for salaries, equipment, and other expenses of the department.



(b)(1) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit and district court cases in Chilton County, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court in all cases except small claims cases and domestic relations cases. When collected by the clerk of the court, three dollars ($3) shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund and one dollar ($1) shall be remitted monthly to the Judicial Administration Fund.



(2) A monthly supervision fee may be assessed in juvenile court cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court, through the office of the clerk of the court, and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.



(3)a. There is established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of proceeds from three-fourths of the court costs imposed by subdivision (1). The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Chilton County.



b. The funds contained in the Juvenile Court Services Fund may be expended solely for juvenile programs and for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in the county, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, including, but not limited to, educational training for the court and staff, and for the benefit of the children of Chilton County. The funds expended shall be authorized by the Juvenile Court Judge of Chilton County.



(4)a. There is established a Judicial Administration Fund for the deposit of the proceeds from one-fourth of the court costs imposed by subdivision (1). The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility by the resident Circuit Court Judge of Chilton County.



b. The funds contained in the Judicial Administration Fund may be expended for increasing the efficiency of judicial administration in Chilton County, including, but not limited to, training and education enhancement of judicial personnel in Chilton County. The funds expended shall be authorized by the resident Circuit Court Judge of Chilton County.



(c)(1) In addition to any court costs and fees now and hereafter authorized in Chilton County, the Chilton County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) to be assessed and taxed as cost on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases, but excluding small claims cases, filed in circuit court, district court, or any municipal court in Chilton County. These fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.



(2) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the general fund of Chilton County to be used for operation and maintenance of the new county jail including, but not limited to, the cost of salaries for employees of the sheriff at the new county jail.

(Act 80-557, p. 866, §1; Act 96-618, p. 984, §§1-4; Act 2000-485, p. 920, §§1, 2.)