(a) A special recording fee of one dollar ($1) shall be collected by the Judge of Probate of Cullman County, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county, and no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of one dollar ($1) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county.
(b) The special recording fee of one dollar ($1) as provided for by subsection (a) shall, by the twentieth of the month following its collection, be deposited by the judge of probate into the treasury of Cullman County and kept in a special fund to the credit of the judge of probate. The special fund shall be expended by the judge of probate, at his or her discretion, for the general operations of his or her office.