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AL Code § 12-18-163 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 7 - Judges' and Clerks' Plan for Retirement.|Section 12-18-163 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Admissibility of Evidence.

Section 12-18-163(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Admissibility of evidence.  Official copies of records or documents maintained on microfilm, microfiche, or other photo-reproductive material of archival quality by the Employees' Retirement System shall be admissible as primary evidence in any legal, judicial, or administrative proceeding or action for the purpose of proving the truth of the contents of the photo-reproduced copies of such records or documents, regardless of any rule of evidence or law relating to the proof of such matters, provided the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama certifies on such copies offered into evidence that the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama is not in possession of the original and that the copy is a true and correct representation of the original. (Act 2015-498, §15.)
AL Code § 12-18-164 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 7 - Judges' and Clerks' Plan for Retirement.|Section 12-18-164 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Relation to Other Laws.

Section 12-18-164(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Relation to other laws.  No other provision of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of Alabama or of any political subdivision thereof for pensions or retirement benefits for employees of the state shall apply to members of the plan established by this article, except as to provisions for coverage under the federal Social Security Act, as may be provided by state and federal laws. (Act 2015-498, §16.)
AL Code § 12-18-165 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 7 - Judges' and Clerks' Plan for Retirement.|Section 12-18-165 - (Effective November 8, 2016, Subject to Contingencies) Compliance With Qualification Standards.

Section 12-18-165(Effective November 8, 2016, subject to contingencies) Compliance with qualification standards.  The Board of Control is authorized to implement any new accounting procedures, funds, or administrative changes and to provide for the payment of benefits to members or beneficiaries of the plan as may be necessary to ensure the plan's compliance with the qualification standards required of public pension plans by the Internal Revenue Code of the United States. (Act 2015-498, §17.)
AL Code § 12-19-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-1 - State Responsibility for Operating Expenses of Unified Judicial System Generally; Supplementation of State Expenditures by Counties.

Section 12-19-1State responsibility for operating expenses of Unified Judicial System generally; supplementation of state expenditures by counties. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the operating expenses of the Unified Judicial System, exclusive of the expenses of probate courts and municipal courts, shall be paid by the state. Counties may supplement state expenditures as provided by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-101.)
AL Code § 12-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-2 - Continuation of Financial Support by Counties From January 16, 1977, Through September 30, 1977.

Section 12-19-2Continuation of financial support by counties from January 16, 1977, through September 30, 1977. (a) All counties shall continue from January 16, 1977, through September 30, 1977, to support court services within their respective counties at not less than the same level of expenditures for such court services during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976; provided, that the county level of expenditure for court services may be decreased to the extent and for individual items, formerly paid by the county, assumed by the state on January 16, 1977. (b) All authorized appropriations for court services of any kind, including but not limited to, county solicitors, assistant district attorneys and other prosecution and defense expenses, in effect on January 15, 1977, for county courts to be abolished and replaced by district courts and for circuit courts, shall continue to be provided by the counties from January 16, 1977, through September 30, 1977, for district and circuit court services. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-132.)
AL Code § 12-19-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-3 - Phasing of State Assumption of Financial Responsibility for Unified Judicial System.

Section 12-19-3Phasing of state assumption of financial responsibility for Unified Judicial System. The state assumption of financial responsibility for the Unified Judicial System shall be phased over three fiscal years as follows: (1) The state shall be responsible for the following beginning in the 1975-76 fiscal year: a. Salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals; b. Salaries and expenses of the Judicial Inquiry Commission, the Court of the Judiciary, the Judicial Compensation Commission, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System and the Judicial Conference; c. Salaries and expenses of circuit judges and supernumerary and retired justices and judges; d. Salaries, including supernumerary salaries and expenses, of court reporters paid by the State of Alabama; e. Salaries and expenses of the Administrative Office of Courts and the Department of Court Management; f. State contributions to judicial retirement, unless otherwise provided by law; and g. Salaries and expenses of public defender programs, to the extent currently funded by the state, instituted by local acts or by general acts of local application. (2) The state shall be responsible for the following beginning in the 1976-77 fiscal year: a. All items enumerated in subdivision (1) of this section; and b. Fees and expenses, from January 16, 1977, forward, of jurors, jury commissions and witnesses, salaries and expenses of district judges and salaries of circuit clerks and registers, and clerical office supplies. All forms, stationery and other printed court supplies may be purchased through the county purchasing agent or in the same manner in which the county purchases such supplies if the county has no purchasing agent, and the cost thereof shall be reimbursed to the county by the state from funds appropriated for such use. (3) The state shall be responsible for the following beginning in the 1977-78 fiscal year: a. All items enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (2) above; and b. Salaries of warrant-issuing magistrates and trial court administrators, expenses for operation of judicial offices and such other expenses and services for which provision is made within the unified judicial budget. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-103.)
AL Code § 12-19-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-4 - Provision and Maintenance by Municipalities of Courtrooms and Judicial and Clerical Facilities for Certain District Courts.

Section 12-19-4Provision and maintenance by municipalities of courtrooms and judicial and clerical facilities for certain district courts. Courtrooms and related judicial and clerical facilities for the district court shall be provided and maintained by the municipalities where the court shall sit other than at the county courthouse, said facilities to be with the approval of the Administrative Director of Courts. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-106.)
AL Code § 12-19-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-5 - Preparation of Budget Estimates as to State Expenditures for Trial Courts of Unified Judicial System.

Section 12-19-5Preparation of budget estimates as to state expenditures for trial courts of Unified Judicial System. The Administrative Director of Courts shall prepare budget estimates relating to state expenditures for the trial courts of the Unified Judicial System. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-102.)
AL Code § 12-19-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-6 - Payment by State of Salaries and Expenses of Personnel of Unified Judicial System.

Section 12-19-6Payment by state of salaries and expenses of personnel of Unified Judicial System. The salaries and expenses payable to personnel of the Unified Judicial System out of state funds shall be paid out of the State General Fund upon warrants drawn thereon. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-104.)
AL Code § 12-19-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-7 - Establishment and Filing of Special Procedures for Payment of Juror Fees, Witness Fees, Etc.

Section 12-19-7Establishment and filing of special procedures for payment of juror fees, witness fees, etc. The Administrative Director of Courts shall, with the advice of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, establish special procedures for the prompt payment of juror fees, witness fees and any other expenses necessary to the operation of the unified court system as may be provided by law or rule, which special procedures shall be filed with the state Comptroller. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-105.)
AL Code § 12-19-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-8 - Inventory of Equipment and Furniture Used in Operation of Trial Courts Other Than Municipal and Probate Courts; Submission of Inventory to County Commission for Approval, etc.; Finality of Decision of Administrative Director of Courts as to Items to Be Transferred to State.

Section 12-19-8Inventory of equipment and furniture used in operation of trial courts other than municipal and probate courts; submission of inventory to county commission for approval, etc.; finality of decision of Administrative Director of Courts as to items to be transferred to state. (a) The Administrative Director of Courts shall forthwith inventory all equipment and furniture utilized in the operation of circuit courts and all other trial courts, except probate courts and municipal courts. This inventory shall indicate the agency or office where the property is located, the type and classification of property, its age, its purchase cost and the government agency possessing title. The clerks and registers of the respective circuits and their administrative staffs shall provide assistance in the formulation of the inventory as requested by the Administrative Director of Courts. (b) The inventory shall be submitted to the county commission for approval. The county commission may object in writing to inclusion of any items in the inventory. (c) The determination of the Administrative Director of Courts as to the items to be transferred to the state shall be final unless modified by a court of competent jurisdiction. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-108.)
AL Code § 12-19-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 12-19-9 - Transfer to State of Title to County-Owned Equipment, Furniture and Supplies Utilized in Operation of Judicial System.

Section 12-19-9Transfer to state of title to county-owned equipment, furniture and supplies utilized in operation of judicial system. (a) The county-owned equipment and furniture used in the operation of the judicial system shall become the property of the state as follows: (1) On January 16, 1977, all county-owned equipment and furniture used by circuit judges and district judges, formerly judges of the courts of the county, other than that used by judges of probate and municipal courts, shall become the property of the state; and (2) On October 1, 1977, all remaining county-owned property used in the operation of the judicial system shall become the property of the state. (b) Supplies located in offices covered by the inventory shall become the property of the state on the date when the furniture and equipment in the office or agency becomes the property of the state. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-107.)
AL Code § 12-19-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-20 - Court Fees in Civil and Criminal Cases in Circuit and District Courts to Be Uniform; Fees Prescribed by Chapter Exclusive; Exceptions.

Section 12-19-20Court fees in civil and criminal cases in circuit and district courts to be uniform; fees prescribed by chapter exclusive; exceptions. (a) Court fees in civil and criminal cases in the circuit court and district court shall be uniform for each type of case and each court level. (b) The fees prescribed in this chapter shall be exclusive of all other fees, except that: (1) The Administrative Director of Courts may, pursuant to Supreme Court rule, set schedules of fees for payments to court-appointed officers for preparation of transcripts on appeal and for certification of court records; (2) Fees now or hereafter imposed by law on parties to civil actions and criminal defendants for support of law libraries, public defender services, work release programs and pretrial release programs shall be retained in the county collecting such fees, to be utilized for the purposes now or hereafter authorized by law; (3) Any fees for counsel, masters, receivers or other court-appointed officials and other items of expense assessed and fixed by rule of the Supreme Court under authority granted by law may be collected; and (4) Any fees assessed according to law for judicial administration or court administration funds may be collected and retained by the county collecting such fees. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-109.)
AL Code § 12-19-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-21 - Administrative Director of Courts to Prescribe Procedures for Collection and Distribution of Court Fees.

Section 12-19-21Administrative Director of Courts to prescribe procedures for collection and distribution of court fees. The Administrative Director of Courts shall prescribe procedures for the collection and distribution of court fees. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-132.)
AL Code § 12-19-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-22 - Assessment and Distribution of Fines, Costs and Fees in Cases Filed in Circuit or District Courts on or After January 16, 1977; Assessment and Distribution of Fines, Costs and Fees in Cases Filed Prior to January 16, 1977, in Circuit Courts and Courts Abolished; Transfer to Circuit Clerks of Costs, Fees, etc., Collected and in Possession on January 15, 1977, of Clerks of Courts Abolished.

Section 12-19-22Assessment and distribution of fines, costs and fees in cases filed in circuit or district courts on or after January 16, 1977; assessment and distribution of fines, costs and fees in cases filed prior to January 16, 1977, in circuit courts and courts abolished; transfer to circuit clerks of costs, fees, etc., collected and in possession on January 15, 1977, of clerks of courts abolished. (a) In all cases filed in the district or circuit court on or after January 16, 1977, fines, costs and fees shall be assessed and distributed according to this chapter. (b) In all cases filed prior to January 16, 1977, in the circuit court or courts abolished by Acts 1975, No. 1205, all fines, costs and fees shall be assessed and distributed according to law in existence on date of filings, including moneys collected on or after January 16, 1977. (c) All costs, fees and other funds collected by courts abolished by Acts 1975, No. 1205 and in the possession of clerks of such courts on January 15, 1977, shall be transferred to the circuit clerk of each county pursuant to rules of the Supreme Court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-133.)
AL Code § 12-19-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-23 - Fees Collected From Proceeds of Judicial Sale; Payment Into General Fund; Application of Section.

Section 12-19-23Fees collected from proceeds of judicial sale; payment into General Fund; application of section. (a) For each judicial sale in any district or circuit court in this state a fee, which shall equal one percent of the sales price, shall be collected from the proceeds of such sale prior to any other distribution therefrom. (b) The fee provided herein is in addition to any other fees or costs which may be authorized by law. Fees collected as herein prescribed shall be remitted to the State General Fund. (c) This section shall apply to any judicial sale in any district or circuit court in this state made on or after October 1, 1984, provided the case was filed after January 15, 1977, and provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any judicial sale in any probate court in this state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-635, p. 1201; Acts 1981, No. 81-675, p. 1099, §2; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-732, p. 68, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-25 - Applicability.

Section 12-19-25Applicability. (a) The increase in fees provided in this act shall in no instance operate to increase the municipal share of the docket fees collected in municipal ordinance cases in the district and circuit courts; any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Except for law library fees, the fees and costs prescribed in this act for circuit and district courts shall be exclusive of all other fees and costs that are prescribed by general law for such courts. (c) The fees and costs provided herein shall be assessed and collected in all civil cases or proceedings filed on or after August 5, 1983 and in all criminal cases wherein the defendant is adjudicated guilty or pleads guilty or where a bond is forfeited and the result of the forfeiture is a final disposition case on or after August 5, 1983. (Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §§19-21.)
AL Code § 12-19-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 2 - Costs, Fees, Fines, etc., Generally.|Section 12-19-26 - Administrative Fee for Periodic Payments; Payment to General Fund; Notice of Fee.

Section 12-19-26Administrative fee for periodic payments; payment to General Fund; notice of fee. (a) There is hereby imposed an administrative fee of $1.00 to be collected by the clerks of the circuit and district courts and the registers of the circuit courts for the receipt and disbursement of each periodic payment made to their offices under any order, decree or judgment of the circuit or district court which provides for periodic and continuing payments of alimony, child support, or court-ordered restitution, except for payments received from a responding state pursuant to Sections 30-4-80 through 30-4-98. Said fee shall be collected from the individual responsible for the periodic payments at the time each payment is receipted through the office of the clerk or register, whether such payment is collected for the benefit of a private individual or the state, including any department or agency thereof and whether the duty to collect such payments is imposed upon the clerk or register by statute, court rule or order of the court. Provided, however, that in the event the obligor fails to submit sufficient funds to cover the fee and the required payment at the time such payment is made, then said fee shall be deducted from the proceeds of the payment prior to any other distribution thereof, except in cases arising under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as amended, and the obligor shall be in default to the obligee for the amount so deducted. Said fee shall be remitted to the State General Fund. (b) The clerks of the circuit and district courts and the registers of the circuit court shall provide written notice to each person who is currently under an obligation to make periodic payments as provided in subsection (a) if such obligation will continue beyond September 30, 1984, advising them of the administrative fee prescribed herein for the receipt and disbursement of each such payments. Said notice shall be served by first-class mail at the last known address of the obligor, and the date of mailing shall be noted on the case action summary of the underlying case for which said payments are being made. Said fee to become due and payable for any payment as prescribed in subsection (a) made on or after October 1, 1984. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-732, p. 68, §§2, 3.)
AL Code § 12-19-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 5 - Fair Trial Tax.|Section 12-19-250 - Imposition; Assessment, Collection.

Section 12-19-250Imposition; assessment, collection. (a) There shall be levied and imposed a tax in the amount of sixteen dollars ($16), to be called the "fair trial tax," in each and every criminal case in any municipal court. (b) The fee shall be automatically assessed in each case upon conviction or adjudication and shall be collected as other costs are collected. (c) The fees charged and collected in the municipal courts pursuant to this section shall be distributed in accordance with Section 12-19-251.1. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 60, p. 85, §1; Acts 1971, No. 2421, p. 3853; Act 99-427, p. 759, §1.)
AL Code § 12-19-250.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 5 - Fair Trial Tax.|Section 12-19-250.1 - Imposition of Additional Fee on Every Case; Charge and Collection; Distribution to Fair Trial Tax Fund.

Section 12-19-250.1Imposition of additional fee on every case; charge and collection; distribution to Fair Trial Tax Fund. Repealed by Act 99-427, p. 759, §12, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 10, 1999. (Acts 1981, No. 81-716, p. 1203; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §15.)
AL Code § 12-19-251 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 19 - Court Finances.|Article 5 - Fair Trial Tax.|Section 12-19-251 - Remittance Into Fair Trial Tax Fund.

Section 12-19-251Remittance into Fair Trial Tax Fund. When the fair trial tax is collected in circuit or district court, the clerk or register of the court, or the judge if there is no clerk or register, shall remit the receipts monthly to the State Treasury to be paid into a fund to be called the "Fair Trial Tax Fund." (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 60, p. 85, §3; Acts 1971, No. 2421, p. 3853; Act 99-427, p. 759, §1.)