HB742 Summary

• Imposes an additional court cost fee of $50 in each case filed in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit circuit and district courts in Mobile County.

• Requires the court clerk to remit collected fees monthly to the Mobile County Law Library Fund in the county treasury.

• Allows the presiding circuit judge to expend funds for operation of the county law library and other uses authorized by local or state law.

• Applies to all cases filed 14 days after the act's effective date but excludes municipal courts in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.