§45-28-232. Fees; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund; disposition of funds.

(a)(1) In Etowah 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 ten dollars ($10), which shall be collected by the sheriff.

(2) Any and all monies collected under subdivision (1) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Etowah County in any bank located in Etowah County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund.

(3) The Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subdivision (2) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Etowah 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.

(4) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in this subsection 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.

(b)(1) In Etowah 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 increased by ten dollars ($10) in addition to any fee provided by subsection (a).

(2) Any and all monies collected under subdivision (1) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Etowah County in any bank located in Etowah County, selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and shall be used to fund the sheriff’s school resource officer program or if that program is discontinued, school safety by the sheriff’s office.

(3) The additional pistol permit fee provided in this section and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.

(c)(1) In Etowah County, there is currently being paid by the Etowah County Commission to the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund created by subsection (a), a portion of certain monies received by the Etowah County Commission from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

(2) Any and all monies paid to the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund from sources identified in subdivision (1) shall continue to be paid to the fund and used in a manner consistent with the uses provided for by subsection (a).

(Act 87-644, p. 1149, §§1-4; Act 2004-446, p. 791, §§1-3; Act 2010-573, p. 1156, §§1, 2.)