Additional Court Costs - Certain Circuit, District, and Municipal Court Cases.

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Section 45-39-81.04

Additional court costs - Certain circuit, district, and municipal court cases.

(a) In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, additional court costs shall be charged and collected in each case as provided below by the clerk of the circuit court and district court of the county or by the clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Florence according to one of the following amounts as appropriate:

(1) In all misdemeanor drug or drug paraphernalia cases .......$25

(2) In all felony drug cases ....................................................$50

(3) In all other criminal cases not to include traffic cases ......$25

(b) All amounts collected, including the amounts collected by the clerk of a court, shall be remitted monthly to the Chief Accountant of the City of Florence General Fund Accounting Office to be deposited into the general operating fund of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force to be used solely to support drug enforcement efforts of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force.

(Act 2011-650, p. 1660, §1.)


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