(a)(l) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit court, district court, and juvenile court cases in Cullman County, a fee ranging from five dollars ($5) to five hundred dollars ($500) may be assessed at the discretion of the judge upon the adjudication or dismissal of the case and collected by the clerk of the court and shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Day Treatment Fund of the Cullman County Commission.
(2) Further, a monthly supervision fee not to exceed forty dollars ($40) per month may be assessed in juvenile cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge and collected by the clerk of the court and shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Day Treatment Fund of the Cullman County Commission.
(3) There is established a Juvenile Day Treatment Fund for the deposit of the assessment fees and supervision fees provided in subdivisions (l) and (2). The fees shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank selected by the Cullman County Commission.
(4) Any money appropriated from this fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs and subsistence of the juvenile court services staff in Cullman County, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children and families of Cullman County.
(b) This section shall become retroactively operative and effective to January 1, 1993.
Last modified: May 3, 2021