HB735 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment for Covington County authorizing a $12 law library fee to be assessed as court costs in all civil, criminal, and other proceedings filed in circuit court, inferior court, municipal courts, and other county courts.

• Collected fees shall be deposited into a separate county law library fund and expended by circuit court judges for establishing, maintaining, equipping, and operating a law library and administering courts in the circuit.

• Court clerks and collecting officers must remit all collected law library fees to the county treasurer or depository by the 10th day of each month.

• Replaces and renders inoperable Act 1983-68 regarding court costs in Covington County as of the amendment's effective date.

• Ratifies and confirms all prior local laws regulating court costs and charges in Covington County and all actions taken or payments made under those laws.