(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in criminal cases in any court of Cullman County, whether municipal, district, or circuit court, a fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such courts and deposited in a county fund for judicial administration or court administration. Three dollars ($3) of the monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be for the use of the Juvenile Probation Division of the Cullman County District Court. Five dollars ($5) of the monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be for the use of the Cullman County Sheriff’s office in connection with administrative duties performed for the courts.
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(b) Also, in addition to all other costs and charges in criminal cases in any court of Cullman County, including the charge imposed in subsection (a), an additional fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such courts. The monies derived from the charges herein prescribed shall be remitted to the juvenile probation fund to be used solely for juvenile programs and the juvenile probation officer’s expenses and subsistence.(c) The county governing body is hereby authorized to make expenditures from the fund to carry out the provisions and purposes of this section.(d) This section shall become retroactively effective to September 19, 1985.
