§45-27-233. Fees; disposition of funds.

(a) In Escambia County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the fee for issuing the described pistol permit to a person aged 65 or older shall be fifteen dollars ($15).

(c) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) and subsection (b) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Escambia County in any bank located in Escambia County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriffs Law Enforcement Fund. The fund shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts at the same time other accounts of the sheriff are audited.

(d) The Sheriffs Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subsection (c) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Escambia County or his or her appointed agent and shall be exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public's interest and in the discharge of the sheriff's office as the sheriff sees fit.

(e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.

(Act 2003-320, p. 781, §§1-5.)