(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, any municipal governing body, by majority vote of the municipal governing body, may individually or jointly with one or more municipalities in the county levy and assess additional court costs and fees up to an amount not to exceed the court costs and fees in the district court of the county for a similar case on each case hereafter filed in any municipal court of the municipality or municipalities. The cost or fee shall not be waived by any court unless all other costs, fees, assessments, fines, or charges associated with the case are waived. The costs and fees when collected by the clerks or other collection officers of the courts, shall be paid into a special municipal fund designated as the corrections fund. The affected governing body shall allocate the funds exclusively for the purchase of land for, and the construction, equipment, operation, and maintenance of, the municipal jail or jails, other correctional facilities, if any, any juvenile detention center, or any court complex.
(b) The municipal governing body may appropriate other funds, space, and property sufficient to maintain and equip any municipal jail or court complex. The municipal governing body may also receive gifts, grants, and property for the use of the jail or court complex and may contract for services related to the construction, equipment, and maintenance of the jail or court complex.
(c) The municipal governing body or municipal governing bodies may provide for the implementation of this section with another governmental entity by entering into a contract pursuant to a resolution or ordinance for the construction and operation of joint municipal correctional facilities or a court complex and may adopt joint rules and regulations applicable to the jurisdiction of each entity relative to the correctional or court facilities.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-47-1 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Twelve-Month Renewable Loans.
Section 11-47-2 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Thirty-Year Loans.
Section 11-47-4 - Authority for Issuance of Bonds After Reorganization.
Section 11-47-5 - Execution of Contracts.
Section 11-47-6 - Contracts to Be Awarded to Lowest Responsible Bidder.
Section 11-47-7 - Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Jails, Morgues, Hospitals, Etc.
Section 11-47-8 - Removal of Prisoners From Municipal Jail to Another Jail.
Section 11-47-9 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Authorized.
Section 11-47-10 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Costs.
Section 11-47-12 - Provision of Building for Storage of Gunpowder, Etc.
Section 11-47-14 - Provision of Wharves and Landings and Improvement of Waterfronts Generally.
Section 11-47-16 - Establishment, Acquisition, Administration, etc., of Public Cultural Facilities.
Section 11-47-17 - Provision of Public Scales, Inspection of Weights and Measures, Etc.
Section 11-47-18 - Provision for Lighting, Sprinkling, and Cleaning of Streets.
Section 11-47-20 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Generally.
Section 11-47-21 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Leasing Thereof.
Section 11-47-22 - Exercise of Police Jurisdiction Over Hospitals, Poorhouses, Cemeteries, Etc.
Section 11-47-23 - Limitation Periods for Presentation of Claims Against Municipalities.
Section 11-47-25 - Acceptance of Credit Card Payments in Class 1 Municipalities.
Section 11-47-26 - Payment of Municipal Employees by Direct Deposit of Wages.