(a) In Conecuh County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff or his or her appointed agent.
(b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Conecuh County, or his or her appointed agent, in any bank located in Conecuh County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff's Fund. Ten dollars ($10) of each fee collected shall be paid into the county general fund on the last day of the month collected, and shall be spent by the county commission for the purpose of providing vehicles for the sheriff's department upon the request of the sheriff.
(c) Any and all monies on May 27, 1997 in the current sheriff's fund created under Act 81-482, shall be transferred into the new sheriff's fund created by this section. The sheriff's fund created under Act 87-482 shall become null and void on May 27, 1997.
(d) The sheriff's fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Conecuh County, or his or her appointed agent, and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public's interest and in the discharge of the sheriff's office as the sheriff sees fit.
(e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Fund as provided in this section and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.