This bill relates to Blount County in Alabama and proposes the implementation of a new court cost to fund hazardous duty payments to employees of the sheriff's office. The bill states that if approved by a majority of the voting qualified electors of Blount County, a fee will be taxed in civil cases, criminal cases, and small claims division cases. The fee collected will be paid into a special fund designated as the Sheriff's Department Hazardous Duty Fund and will be used to pay hazardous duty payments to nonclerical employees of the sheriff's office who perform hazardous duties. The bill also specifies that the fee cannot be waived unless all other fees associated with the case are waived. The sheriff will certify employees who have engaged in hazardous duty, and the county commission will disburse an equal amount to each employee from the Hazardous Duty Fund. The bill also includes provisions for the timing and intervals of hazardous duty payments.

Section 2 of the bill states that Section 1 will only become operative if approved by a majority of the qualified electors of Blount County in an election. The election will be held in conjunction with the next regularly scheduled election in the county, and the question on the ballot will ask voters if they favor the adoption of the act to provide hazardous duty pay to nonclerical employees of the Blount County Sheriff's Office. If a majority of the votes are "Yes," Section 1 of the act will become operative immediately. If the majority of the votes are "No," the act will be repealed. The results of the election will be certified to the Secretary of State by the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The bill becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor or its otherwise becoming law.