§45-16-81.01. Collection and use of additional fee; worthless check fee.

(a) In the Twelfth Judicial Circuit the fee authorized by Section 12-17-224 to be collected by the special services division of the district attorney's office shall be fifty dollars ($50). This fee shall be distributed by the division as follows: The amount collected by both counties of the circuit each month shall be totaled and 30 percent of the total shall be divided equally between the counties and shall be used for judicial compensation, prosecutor compensation, or other law enforcement purposes; 70 percent of the total shall be retained by the district attorney and may be used for law enforcement purposes and any other expenses of the district attorney's office as determined by the district attorney.

(b) In the Twelfth Judicial Circuit the special services division of the district attorney's office is authorized to collect up to ten dollars ($10) for each worthless check the division accepts by the person who wrote or negotiated the check and the fee shall be paid to the person who received the worthless check.

(Act 87-228, p. 326, §§1, 2.)