§45-23-81. Municipal court costs.

(a) This shall apply only in Dale County.

(b) This section is enacted pursuant to Amendment 326 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and is not intended to authorize court costs greater than the total court costs authorized under existing law pursuant to Section 11-47-7.1.

(c) In lieu of any court costs and fees authorized pursuant to Section 11-47-7.1, any municipal governing body in the county, by majority vote of the municipal governing body, may levy and assess court costs and fees up to an amount so that the total court costs in the municipal court do not exceed the court costs and fees in the district court of the county for a similar case on each case hereafter filed in the municipal court of the municipality or municipalities. The costs or fees authorized pursuant to this section shall not be waived by the court unless all other costs, fees, assessments, fines, or charges associated with the case are waived. The costs and fees, when collected by the clerks or other collection officers of the courts, shall be paid into a special municipal fund designated as the "Corrections and Law Enforcement Fund" and shall be used for the operation and maintenance of the municipal jailor jails, including contract fees for incarceration of municipal inmates in county owned facilities, other correctional facilities, if any, any juvenile detention center, or any court complex or for general law enforcement purposes. Any balance remaining of existing costs and fees deposited into the "Corrections Fund" prior to December 1, 2001, shall be transferred to the "Corrections and Law Enforcement Fund" created by this section.

(Act 2001-908, p. 760, §§1-3.)