§30-6-11. Disposition of funds.

Commencing October 1, 1999, and thereafter, in addition to any and all other fees collected for any marriage license, the probate judge shall collect thirty dollars ($30) which shall be forwarded to the district attorney of the judicial circuit of his or her county. The funds shall be designated only for the purposes of this chapter, and forwarded monthly to the office for distribution on a formula, pursuant to Section 30-6-7 and this chapter. Provided, however, no unspent and unencumbered funds generated by this chapter shall revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury at the end of the fiscal year. Any such unspent and unencumbered funds shall be returned to the respective judicial circuits from which they were generated. The district attorney shall use the funds exclusively for the purposes of establishing, maintaining, or funding, or any combination thereof, of domestic violence shelters. The funds shall be used for the establishment or maintenance of a domestic violence shelter within 12 months of the end of the fiscal year during which they were collected. If funds collected pursuant to this chapter have not been expended for the purposes of establishing or maintaining a domestic violence shelter within the time period designated in this section, those funds shall revert to the office for distribution to certified domestic violence facilities according to the formula established by the office pursuant to Section 30-6-7 and this chapter.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §11; Acts 1987, No. 87-596, p. 1035, §2; Act 99-589, p. 1344, §1.)