(a) It is the legislative intent of this section that the Coffee County Commission may construct a jail or renovate existing property for a jail in New Brockton, Alabama, and that the jail shall be used by both county divisions of the judicial circuit encompassing Coffee County.
(b) The Coffee County Commission is authorized to construct a jail or renovate existing property into a jail and maintain the jail in New Brockton. At the time the new jail in New Brockton has been constructed or renovated and is ready for occupancy, any other jail or jails in the county shall cease to function and shall no longer be county jails. This section shall have no effect on city jails. The county commission shall not be obligated to construct or maintain a jail at any other locality within the county. Until the opening of the new jail in New Brockton, the present jails shall continue to function in their present capacity.
(c) The jail in New Brockton shall be used to house all persons ordered to jail within the county, regardless of which portion or division of the judicial circuit encompassing Coffee County has jurisdiction of the person.
(d) That portion of Act 164, Regular Session 1907, as amended (Acts of 1907, p. 279), which authorizes the construction and maintenance of a jail in Enterprise is repealed. That portion of Act 364, Regular Session 1851, as amended (Acts of 1849-51, p. 454), which authorizes the construction and maintenance of a jail in Elba is repealed. Any other local law which conflicts with this section shall be repealed insofar as the act conflicts with this section. If any portion of this subsection is declared invalid or unconstitutional, then this whole subsection shall be considered invalid or unconstitutional.
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