§ 45-59-81 — Additional Fees on District and Juvenile Court Cases; Juvenile Court Services Fund

Alabama § 45-59-81

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 59: St. Clair County
• Art. 8: Courts
• Part 2: Court Costs

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(a)
In addition to all other costs and charges in district and juvenile court cases in St. Clair County, a fee of seven dollars ($7) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. When collected by the clerk of the court, the funds shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(b)
A monthly supervision fee may be assessed in juvenile court cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile office and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(c)
There is established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of proceeds from the court costs imposed by subsection (a). The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of St. Clair County.
(d) The court, after a hearing, may require any juvenile detained or the parents or guardians of the juvenile, to pay housing, maintenance, and medical costs associated with the detention of the juvenile. The costs shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day the juvenile is detained plus actual medical expenses incurred on behalf of the juvenile. The costs shall be taxed as court costs and be in addition to any and all other costs of the court and shall be remitted to the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(e) The funds appropriated from this fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs and for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in the county, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children of St. Clair County. The funds expended shall be authorized by the Juvenile Court Judge of St. Clair County and the St. Clair County Commission.

Legislative History

(Act 97–497, p. 887, § 1.)