Section 45-36-233 - Fees; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund(a) In Jackson 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 fifteen dollars ($15), which shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited into the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund.(b) The Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Jackson County in any bank located in Jackson County selected by the sheriff.(c) The Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Jackson 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 duties of the sheriff's office as the sheriff sees fit.(d) Any and all monies on August 1, 2001, in the current Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund created under Act 91-183 shall be transferred into the new Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund created by this section and the fund created under Act 91-183 shall become null and void. Any expenditures under Act 91-183 prior to August 1, 2001, are ratified and confirmed.(e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund as provided in this section and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the sheriff's office.Ala. Code § 45-36-233 (1975)
Act 2001-455, p. 595, §§1-5.