HB590 Summary

• Imposes $40 additional court cost in Calhoun County circuit, district, and municipal courts for all domestic violence cases, including violation of protection from abuse and stalking cases.

• Imposes $40 additional court cost for all drug possession cases, including controlled substance possession, marijuana possession (first and second degree), trafficking, and drug paraphernalia possession.

• Imposes $12 additional court cost in all traffic cases in Calhoun County courts.

• Court clerk retains $2 from each cost as an administrative fee, with remaining proceeds collected quarterly and remitted to Calhoun County Commission for allocation to the Dependency Drug Court, Juvenile Drug Court, and Adult Felony Drug Court.

• Requires a committee composed of judges overseeing the three drug courts to determine fund allocation with priority given to programs with greater participant numbers, and to submit annual budgets to the county commission.