(a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County, Bessemer Division, commonly known as the Bessemer Cut-Off.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases in district and circuit courts, an additional fee of five dollars ($5). When collected by clerks of the district and circuit courts, 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.
(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.
Last modified: May 3, 2021