(a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases in district court, an additional fee of seven dollars ($7) and in circuit court, an additional fee of two dollars ($2). When collected by the clerk of the district court, five dollars ($5) of the fee collected in each case shall be remitted monthly to the program director of the Treatment to Alternative Street Crime (TASC), who shall deposit the funds in a special fund known as the TASC Fund, and two dollars ($2) of the fee collected in each case in the district and circuit court shall be remitted to the Birmingham Division Law Library Fund.
(2) The TASC Fund shall be maintained by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with the director of the TASC program having the authority to draw upon the funds.
(3) The appropriation from the funds shall be strictly limited to TASC programs endorsed by the director of the TASC program and approved by the presiding criminal court judge.
(4) The presiding circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall administer the Birmingham Division Law Library Fund, disburse the funds, and appoint librarians and assistants as are necessary for the proper operation of the library. The presiding circuit judge may appoint an advisory committee to the law library.
Last modified: May 3, 2021