This bill pertains to DeKalb County and amends Section 45-25-250.17 of the Code of Alabama 1975, specifically concerning the distribution of funds from certain filing and recording fees collected by the county. The bill outlines changes to the appropriation of these funds, which are collected under Resolution 92-1013-05, adopted by the DeKalb County Commission on October 13, 1992.

The amendment includes the deletion of language that previously allocated one-half of the accruing funds to the Etowah-DeKalb Cherokee Mental Health Board, Inc., doing business as CED Mental Health Center, for the employment of mental health professionals. Instead, the new insertion specifies that one-half of the funds will be appropriated annually by the county commission for the purpose of employing mental health professionals in DeKalb County. The other half of the funds will continue to be appropriated annually to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office to employ school resource officers in city and county schools within the county. The act is set to become effective on October 1, 2024, and was passed by the House on April 11, 2024, and by the Senate on April 25, 2024.