Section 45-37-233 - Pistol permit fee(a) This section shall be known as the Pistol Permit Reduction Act of 1999 for Jefferson County.(b) In Jefferson County, the total fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol as provided by Section 13A-11-75 shall be seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) per year. The fee shall be paid by the sheriff to the county treasurer and the county treasurer shall distribute the seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) as follows: (1) Four dollars fifty cents ($4.50) shall be distributed to the retirement system established by Article 12.(2) Fifty cents ($.50) shall be distributed to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Fund.(3) Two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) shall be distributed to a fund in the county treasury designated the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation Office Fund to be further distributed as provided herein. Any amounts previously distributed and not expended pursuant to this subdivision shall be transferred to the fund. Any amounts in the fund over one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) on April 10, 2014, shall thereafter be distributed to the public school systems in the county to be used for the operation of the public schools, including, but not limited to, being used for school security, on a pro rata basis based on the number of school students in each school system, including the City of Gardendale School System, to the total number of students in the county based on enrollment numbers for the 2013-2014 school year as reported to the State Department of Education. Notwithstanding the distribution provided in the preceding sentence, in the event the City of Gardendale School System has not been officially separated from the Jefferson County School System at the time of any distribution provided for therein, the portion of the funds that would have been distributed to the City of Gardendale School System based on the distribution formula provided therein shall be distributed to the City of Gardendale to be used only for the operation of the Gardendale School System upon separation.
The remaining balance in the fund and any amounts accruing pursuant to this subdivision after the distribution provided in the preceding sentence or the portion needed thereof shall be spent for the operation of a legislative office located in Birmingham.
Ala. Code § 45-37-233 (1975)
Act 99-594, p. 1363, §§1, 2; Act 2014-454, § 1.