Section 45-15-231 - Operation of jail store; Sheriff's Department Fund(a) The Sheriff of Cleburne County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail store or a telephone system for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and telephone system shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population.(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sheriff's Department Fund in a bank located in Cleburne County. All proceeds collected under this section from the operation of the jail store shall be deposited by the sheriff into the Sheriff's Department Fund. All proceeds collected under this section from the operation of the jail telephone system shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund.(2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales, telephone usage fees, and transactions of the Sheriff's Department Fund and the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account, telephone usage fees, Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund, and Sheriff's Department Fund shall be audited at the same time other accounts of the sheriff are audited. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff and the county commission within 30 days of its completion.(c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail store and telephone system shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in Cleburne County, including office expenses, that are in the interest of the public.(d) The sheriff shall provide the Cleburne County Commission a yearly report due on September 30 detailing transactions, revenues, and expenditures of all funds derived from the operation of the county jail store and telephone system.(e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Department Fund and the use of the proceeds of the fund shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office.Ala. Code § 45-15-231 (1975)
Amended by Act 2024-433,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Act 2003-161, p. 467, §§1-3.