Ala. Code § 45-52-235.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-235.01
Section 45-52-235.01 Additional Service of Process Fees; Law Enforcement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges required by law to be paid and collected in civil cases filed or pending in the Circuit Court or the District Court of Morgan County, there shall be collected by the clerk of the circuit or district court and remitted as provided in this section, the following:

(1) An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) at the time of the issuance of a summons or alias summons in a civil action where personal service of the summons or alias summons is required or requested by the plaintiff.

(2) An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for each defendant service fee, witness subpoena, attachment, garnishment, or execution which is required to be paid and collected pursuant to Sections 12-19-73, 12-19-74, and 12-19-75.

(3) An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for each writ, order, notice, or other legal process other than those described in subdivisions (1) and (2) for each person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity on which the writ, order, notice, or other legal process is required or requested to be personally served by the Sheriff of Morgan County. In the event the request or direction for personal service is made by the court or other lawful authority on its motion, the clerk of the courts shall charge the fee as court costs and the fee shall be collected at the conclusion of the case as other court costs are collected from the party who is ordered by the court to be responsible for the payment of the court costs.

(b) In addition to all other fees, charges, or costs levied or authorized to be collected by law, the Sheriff of Morgan County is authorized to charge and collect up to thirty dollars ($30) for each summons, subpoena, writ, or other civil process arising out of a civil or criminal action pending outside Alabama where the sheriff is requested to personally serve the summons, subpoena, writ, or other civil process. All fees collected by the sheriff under the authority provided by this subsection shall be deposited in the law enforcement fund referred to in subsection (c).

(c) The fees collected by the clerk pursuant to subsection (a) shall be segregated and distributed on a monthly basis to the Sheriff of Morgan County who shall cause the same to be deposited to a law enforcement fund to be established in a bank in Morgan County and to be utilized exclusively for law enforcement purposes and to discharge the duties of the office of sheriff in such a manner as the sheriff in his or her discretion shall determine is in the public interest. On a monthly basis, the sheriff shall distribute to the Morgan County Commission for deposit to the Morgan County General Fund an amount equal to 20 percent of the funds distributed to the sheriff by the clerk pursuant to this section and 10 percent of the fees collected by the sheriff during the preceding month as authorized by subsection (b).

(d) The establishment of the law enforcement fund and use of the proceeds arising under this section shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or for the operation of the office of sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-81.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-81.06
Section 45-49A-81.06 Applications for Pensions and Relief
Status: in_force

The City Council of the City of Prichard, Alabama, shall hear and decide all applications for pensions and relief under this part, and the decision upon such application shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review or reversal except by such city council. The city council shall cause a complete and separate record to be kept of all its meetings and proceedings under this part. Provided, however, that in the event of a willful, fraudulent, or discriminatory interpretation of the terms of this part by the city council, the same shall be subject to review by the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, with the right of appeal to either party.
Ala. Code § 45-46-90.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-90.15
Section 45-46-90.15 Freedom of Authority from State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This article is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any inland commercial or industrial facility or any dock or port facilities or any other facilities or other property used in connection with or related to commerce on the inland waterways traversing Marengo County or any municipality in the county, or the issuance of any bonds, mortgages, and deeds of trust, or trust indentures. The authority, all property of the authority, and the fees, tolls, rents, and other charges for the use of such property or for any services therefrom, shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of, and all regulation and supervision by, the Alabama Public Service Commission. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.
Ala. Code § 45-25-160.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-160.03
Section 45-25-160.03 Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Status: in_force

The distribution of the share of in-lieu-of-taxes payments of T.V.A. for DeKalb County shall be as follows:

(1) DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall be appropriated the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. Beginning October 1, 2013, the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall receive the following appropriations:

a. Fiscal year 2013-2014, the first seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

b. Fiscal year 2014-2015, the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

c. Fiscal year 2015-2016, the first one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000).

d. In the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016, and beyond, the amount appropriated to the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall remain at one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), unless otherwise specified by local act of the Legislature.

(2) Of the amount remaining after the distributions described in subdivision (1), 37 percent shall be distributed to the county and city boards of education on a per pupil basis as determined by the student enrollment of the respective school systems at the end of the first 40-day enrollment period.

(3) Of the 63 percent remaining after the distributions described in subdivisions (1) and (2), seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be appropriated to the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority.

(4) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) are made, sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars sixty seven cents ($16,666.67) shall be distributed in equal monthly installments to the Animal Adoption Center Fund held by the DeKalb County Commission.

(5) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) are made, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) shall be distributed to the county general fund for the purpose of operating an emergency communications program whereby the county may make mass emergency responses to the residents of the county.

(6) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) are made, 50 percent of the remaining amount shall be distributed to the county general fund and 50 percent of the remaining amount shall be distributed between the municipalities on the basis of population according to the most recent federal decennial census.

(7) For municipalities that employ an animal control officer, a pro rata share of the amounts transferred to the county’s Animal Control Center Fund pursuant to subdivision (4), on the basis of population according to the most recent federal census, shall be added to the municipalities’ monthly distribution under subdivision (6), so long as the municipality employs an animal control officer.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-10.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-10.17
Section 45-41A-10.17 Freedom of the Authority from State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This part is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the part by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this part, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certification of incorporation, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority. The authority shall hold a public hearing before approving or obligating the expenditure of any tax revenues received by the authority from the city, any county, the state, or federal governments. Such notice shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in Lee County, Alabama, and the notice shall be published not less seven days prior to the hearing.
Ala. Code § 45-36-243.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-243.03
Section 45-36-243.03 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than three years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as will clearly show the amount of sale of withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel, as herein defined, made in such county taxed under this part.
Ala. Code § 45-9-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-242.20
Section 45-9-242.20 Granting of Exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) Chambers County may henceforth grant county ad valorem exemptions, including real estate, equipment, and supplies for any manufacturing firm or facility that purchases or leases property for site location in the county, as that location is defined by the county tax assessor, and upon the terms and conditions as hereinafter provided for.

(b) There shall be a five-year period of exemptions from payment of county ad valorem taxes for any manufacturing firm or facility that purchases or leases property for site location in Chambers County.

(c) In order to qualify for the ad valorem tax exemptions, including real estate, equipment, and supplies, provided for in subsection (a), the manufacturing firm or facility must file an application with the county tax assessor. The application shall be subject to the approval of the Chambers County Commission and recorded by the tax assessor upon approval.

(d) The exemption period shall be measured from the date that the qualified firm purchases or leases the manufacturing site real estate. At the end of the exemption period such property shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner as other property within the county.
Ala. Code § 45-9-84.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-84.50
Section 45-9-84.50 Remote Access of Records by Computer; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only in Chambers County.

(b)(1) The judge of probate of the county may charge and collect an additional fee for the remote access of records in the office of the judge of probate by computer. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into the special fund of the judge of probate and used for the maintenance of the improved recording system in the office including, but not limited to, the maintenance and operation of the remote access to the recording system specifically provided for in this section.

(2) Any fees collected by the judge of probate prior to June 6, 2007, are for the remote access to records in the office by computer and the expenditure of any funds prior to June 6, 2007, for the operation of the office of the judge of probate are retroactively ratified and confirmed.

(c)(1) The judge of probate of the county may charge an additional processing fee relating to any negotiable instrument or other financial transaction returned from the financial institutions for lack of sufficient funds in the account of the maker or drawer. The fee charged pursuant to this section shall not exceed the fees merchants may charge for a worthless check. Any fees received pursuant to this subsection shall be retained by the judge of probate and used for the operation of the office, including the support of elections in the county and the training of poll workers. The fees may be used specifically to reimburse any account in the office of the judge of probate which received a negotiable instrument or other financial instrument which was not collectable.

(2) Any fees collected or expended by the judge of probate prior to June 6, 2007, in accordance with subdivision (1) are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-42-200.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-200.04
Section 45-42-200.04 Transfer of Duties from Tax Assessor and Tax Collector
Status: in_force

The county license commissioner shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in such county, which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor and tax collector. The commissioner shall also issue all motor vehicle license tags and driver’s license, collect for and issue all other licenses for exercising any right or privilege for which a license is now or hereafter may be required by law to be paid to the State of Alabama or the county, except marriage licenses, and may perform all the duties required by the general law of judges of probate relative to notations on license stubs of the transfer of ownership of motor vehicles, and the replacement of lost or mutilated license tags and driver’s licenses, and the notation of change of location of business on privilege licenses and stubs. The Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Limestone County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on such motor vehicles, and the judge of probate is hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to issuance of motor vehicle licenses, driver’s licenses, and privilege licenses and all other licenses except marriage licenses.
Ala. Code § 45-29-80.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-80.20
Section 45-29-80.20 Judicial Administration Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Judicial Administration Fund is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties. The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account under the supervision of the presiding circuit court judge.

(b) The Judicial Administration Fund in this circuit shall consist of any fees, donations, grants, leases, rentals, bequests, or funds from any other source, either public or private, relating to the purposes provided in subsection (c).

(c) Any funds in the Judicial Administration Fund of this circuit shall be expended for increasing the efficiency of judicial administration in each of the counties in this circuit to include, but not be limited to, equipment and equipment repairs, supplies, employment of personnel, training, educational enhancement of judicial personnel, or any other lawful use related to judicial operations.

(d) Any funds expended from this Judicial Administration Fund shall be authorized by the presiding circuit court judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-22-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-70
Section 45-22-70 Associate County Commissioner
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2020-161 EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

The office of Associate County Commissioner in Cullman County shall hereafter be a full-time position and any person serving in such capacity shall devote full-time service to the duties and responsibilities of the office. An associate commissioner shall be entitled to the annual salary he or she is receiving on May 22, 2013, or as otherwise provided by general law, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasury.
Ala. Code § 45-57-82.47 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-82.47
Section 45-57-82.47 Offender’s Payment
Status: in_force

All fees paid to the district attorney by offenders pursuant to this subpart shall be paid into the District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund. The funds shall be used to pay any costs associated with the administration of this program or for any other lawful purpose of the district attorney’s office including, but not limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, uniforms, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel costs, service contracts, or professional services.
Ala. Code § 45-2-260.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-260.01
Section 45-2-260.01 Regulation of Subdivisions; Application of Certain Setback Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) The Baldwin County Commission is authorized to regulate the minimum size of lots located or to be located in subdivisions of land situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county and is authorized to regulate the planning and construction of all public streets, public roads, and drainage structures located or to be located in subdivisions of land situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county, including the power to require the filing and posting of a reasonable surety bond with the county commission by the developers of such subdivisions to guarantee the actual construction and installation of approved proposed public streets, public roads, and drainage structures before the sale or offering for sale of any lots from such subdivision to the public. The county commission may require the developers of all proposed subdivisions of lands situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county to submit the plat of such proposed subdivision to the county commission for approval before such plat is filed for record in the office of the judge of probate.

(b)(1) If any such public street, public road, or drainage structure is erected, constructed, or maintained in violation of this section or any regulations made pursuant thereto, the county may institute appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, or maintenance, or to require such erection, construction, or maintenance to conform to the regulations prescribed therefor.

(2) Notwithstanding any authority otherwise conferred by this section, after June 15, 1973, once a subdivision has been approved in accordance with the subdivision regulations applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval, the county commission shall have no authority to impose, by amendment to any subdivision regulations, zoning regulations, or otherwise, any new or additional front, side, rear, or wetland setback requirements on any lot contained within a previously approved subdivision which would increase the setback requirements or impose a more restrictive setback requirement on the use of the lot.
Ala. Code § 45-42-170.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-170.04
Section 45-42-170.04 Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Limestone County Commission.

(b) The Limestone County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Limestone County Commission in the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this subpart. In any action pursuant to this subsection, the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama, is authorized to assess all costs of abating the public nuisance declared by this subpart, including attorney’s fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance.
Ala. Code § 45-49-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-231
Section 45-49-231 Theft of Dog
Status: in_force

Any person who picks up a dog wearing a collar and name plate bearing the name and address of the owner of the dog shall make contact with the owner and deliver the dog to the owner, or return the dog to the place where the dog was picked up. If the person fails to carry out this section, he or she shall be subject to arrest and prosecution for the crime of theft as provided in Chapter 8 of Title 13A.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-232
Section 45-37A-232 Warrant Recall Fee
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Homewood, Alabama, may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant arising from any municipal ordinance violation against the City of Homewood.

(b) The warrant recall fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and is to be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to require the City of Homewood to recall a warrant that has been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued solely in the discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate.

(d) All fees received by the City of Homewood Municipal Court for the recall fee shall be deposited into the City of Homewood Corrections Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11-47-7.1
Ala. Code § 45-6-82.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-82.22
Section 45-6-82.22 Assessment and Collection of Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only in Bullock County.

(b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle ad valorem tax assessment and collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-57-82.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-82.40
Section 45-57-82.40 Administrative Fee as Condition Precedent to Participation in Pretrial Diversion Program
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the District Attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program.

(2) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney for the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama in Russell County, or any of his or her staff.

(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT. Any activity pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction or enforcement of the criminal law including, but not limited to, police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or apprehend criminals, activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction and related agencies, including prosecutorial and defender services, activities of corrections, probation, or parole or community correction authorities and programs relating to the prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile delinquency or alcoholism, narcotic and drug addiction, and domestic violence.

(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. As defined in Section 36–25–1.

(5) OFFENDER. Any person charged with a criminal offense including, but not limited to, any felony, misdemeanor, violation, traffic offense, or violation of a municipal ordinance which offense was allegedly committed in the jurisdiction of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit.

(6) PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM or PROGRAM. A program that allows the imposition of certain conditions of behavior and conduct by the district attorney or by a designated agency for a specified period of time upon an offender which would allow the offender to have his or her charges reduced, dismissed without prejudice, or otherwise mitigated should all of the conditions be met during the time frame set by the district attorney.

(7) PUBLIC OFFICIAL. Includes all elected and appointed government officials as well as all employees of any federal, state, county, or municipal agency including, but not limited to, schools, colleges, and universities.

(8) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. As defined in Section 13A–1–2.

(9) SUPERVISION FEE. Any fee imposed by any agency providing supervision or treatment of the offender.
Ala. Code § 45-34-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-241
Section 45-34-241 Procedure for Sale and Redemption of Lands
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to Henry County.

(b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, as amended, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the tax collector of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties.
Ala. Code § 45-48-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-71
Section 45-48-71 Single Member Districts
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority of Section 11-3-1.1, the Marshall County Commission shall adopt a plan of four single member districts for the election of the county commission and shall submit the plan to the United States Justice Department by July 1, 1993, for preclearance. The initial terms shall be staggered as follows: One commissioner from District 1 or District 2 shall be elected for a six year term of office in 1994 and one commissioner from District 3 or District 4 shall be elected for a six year term of office. The remaining commission members shall be elected for terms of office of four years each. The county commission shall draw lots to determine the two districts with initial terms of office of four years, and the two districts with initial terms of office of six years. Thereafter, successors shall serve terms of office of four years each.
Ala. Code § 45-46-242.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-242.21
Section 45-46-242.21 Levy of Tax; Exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Marengo County may levy, in addition to all other taxes including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a one cent ($.01) privilege license tax against gross sales or gross receipts.

(b) The gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.15
Section 45-29-90.15 Statutory Mortgage Lien
Status: in_force

Any resolution of the board of directors, or trust indenture, under which bonds may be issued pursuant to this article may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the facilities and other property, including any after-acquired property, out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The resolution of the board of directors, or the trust indenture, may provide for the filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Fayette County of a notice containing a brief description of such facilities or other property, a brief description of such bonds, and a declaration that the statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto, upon such facilities and other property, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. The judge of probate shall receive, record, and index any such notice filed for record in his or her office. The recording of such notice, as herein provided, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.76 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.76
Section 45-28A-42.76 Participation in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: reserved

(a) The City Council of the City of Gadsden, Alabama, and the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden may elect by resolution to have the employees of the fire and police departments of Gadsden participate as a local unit in the Employees’ Retirement System and to transfer to that system all assets and liabilities of the fund and any other funding required by the Employees’ Retirement System for such participation pursuant to Section 36-27-6.

(b) Upon the date of acceptance by the Employees’ Retirement System of the members of the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement System of the City of Gadsden as members of the Employees’ Retirement System, any provisions of Sections 45-28A-42.50 to 45-28A-42.75, inclusive, relating to the establishment of a Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden, which are in conflict with Section 36-27-6, are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-44-150.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-150.10
Section 45-44-150.10 Licensing Powers
Status: in_force

After granting of a license to operate a greyhound race track, the racing commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw annual licenses for all persons connected with the greyhound dog race track, including gate keepers, announcers, ushers, starters, officials, drivers, dog owners, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen, exercise people, veterinarians, valets, sellers of racing forms or bulletins, and attendants in connection with the wagering machines, pursuant to such rules and regulations as the racing commission may adopt and upon the payment of a license fee as shall be fixed and determined by the racing commission in accordance with the position and compensation of such person. Any such license may be revoked by the racing commission, for good cause, and any person whose license is revoked shall be ineligible to participate in such occupation connected with racing unless the license is returned by the racing commission with permission to operate thereunder. The racing commission may deny or revoke any such license to any person who has been refused or denied a license by any other state racing commission or racing authority. Any person aggrieved shall be entitled to a hearing before the racing commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-251.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-251.50
Section 45-37A-251.50 Demolition of Unsafe Structures by the City of Hueytown
Status: in_force

The city shall have authority, after notice as provided in this subpart, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, foundations, abandoned or unused swimming pools, or abandoned wells or cisterns when they have been found by the governing body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause.
Ala. Code § 45-11-235.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-235.30
Section 45-11-235.30
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank.

(2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account authorized by law to be expended at the discretion of the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office.

(b) To provide for convenience in making purchases of tangible personal property or services approved by the sheriff, the Sheriff of Chilton County may establish procedures to make certain purchases through the use of a credit card or debit card issued to the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office.

(c) The sheriff shall adopt written policies and procedures governing the use of a credit card or debit card, which, at a minimum shall include each of the following:

(1) A monetary limit on the amount of any individual purchase which may be made with a credit card or debit card.

(2) A monetary limit on the total monthly amount that may be purchased with a credit card or debit card taking into consideration the monetary limit of the discretionary fund used.

(3) Procedures to ensure that the sheriff, or his or her designee, has sole access to any credit card or debit card, credit card or debit card numbers, access codes, or security codes.

(4) Procedures to keep accurate records of all purchases made with a credit card or debit card which shall be periodically reviewed during required audits.

(5) Procedures to ensure that all credit card or debit card bills are carefully reviewed by the sheriff each month to make sure that no unauthorized charges appear on the bill.

(6) Procedures to ensure that all credit card or debit card bills are paid in full on a timely basis each month to avoid service charges, late fees, or interest payments.

(d) The sheriff shall select a credit card or debit card provider or providers, taking into consideration each of the following:

(1) Whether the credit card or debit card issuer requires an annual fee for using the card.

(2) Whether the credit card or debit card issuer offers rewards or rebates based upon purchases made using the account.

(3) The interest rates, service charges, finance charges, or late fees that will be assessed in the event a bill from the credit card or debit card issuer is paid late or the balance is not paid in full.

(4) Whether penalties or fees will be assessed against the sheriff in the event he or she decides to terminate the credit card or debit card.

(5) Any other consideration deemed relevant by the sheriff.

(e) In the event a credit card or debit card provides rewards or rebates based upon the use of the card, any rewards or rebates earned from the card or cards shall be deposited in the discretionary account of the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office.

(f) The sole purpose of this section is to provide the Sheriff of Chilton County with a more efficient method of making payment for authorized purchases of tangible property or services. Nothing in this section shall authorize the Sheriff of Chilton County to expend funds in excess of those otherwise validly appropriated under law. Nor shall anything in this section authorize the Sheriff of Chilton County to establish a debt of the Chilton County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-41-140.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-140.03
Section 45-41-140.03 Financial Charge - Collection and Disposition
Status: in_force

The financial charge herein imposed shall be due and payable to the Tax Collector of Lee County, and shall, when collected, be paid to the Treasurer of Lee County. All monies collected in accordance with this part shall be spent in participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s forest protection program in Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-18-244.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-244.02
Section 45-18-244.02 Collection of Tax; Stamps
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in the business in Conecuh County for which the tax is levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided, to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or absorb, or advertise directly or indirectly, the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

(1) The State Department of Revenue or, as otherwise provided by resolution of the county commission, the Conecuh County Tax Collector shall collect all taxes levied pursuant to this part at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected.

(2) The tax levied herein shall be paid by affixing stamps that are required for the payment of the tax imposed by Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive.

(3) The department shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of the tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive. The department may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax levied that it does relative to the collection of the state tax, as long as it is authorized and directed to do so under the resolution adopted by the commission.

(4) In accordance with Section 40-25-2(q), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available for affixing to tobacco products, packages, and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing county tobacco stamps, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the commissioner and adopted by the department under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22, Title 41.

(5) The department may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the same force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-20.01
Section 45-49A-20.01 Appropriate City Officials; Notice
Status: in_force

The term appropriate city official, as used in this article shall mean any city official or city employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the City of Chickasaw as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article to the appropriate city official. Whenever the appropriate city official shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in any such city is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, such official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgagees of record notice by personally serving upon such person, firm, association, corporation, or mortgagee a copy of the notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of such building or structure, or to demolish the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall be not less than 60 days, or suffer such building or structure to be demolished by such city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. In the event that personal service is returned not found after not less than two attempts, notice may be given by registered or certified mail. The mailing of registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. Notice of such order, or a copy thereof, prior to the delivery or mailing of the same as required by the immediately preceding sentence, shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, provided that if there is no entrance notice may be posted at any location upon such building or structure.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.120
Section 45-49A-63.120 Appointment of Board
Status: in_force

(a) The board is responsible for the general administration of the plan and for carrying out the plan. The board shall consist of (i) three members to be elected from the uniformed officers in the city’s police department by the uniformed officers in that department, (ii) three members to be elected from the uniformed officers in the city’s fire department by the uniformed officers in that department, (iii) two persons, who must be city residents, at least age 21 and not receiving any salary from the city for services as an employee of the city and not related beyond the limits of the nepotism law for state service as prescribed in Section 41-1-5, to any active employee of the city fire department or police department, appointed by the city council or like governing body of the city, and (iv) the city’s finance director. All board members, except the finance director, shall serve three year terms. The person serving as finance director shall serve as a board member as long as he or she remains in that position. Any member of the board may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the secretary of the board.

(b) The mayor or like governing body of the city shall appoint, subject to the merit system of the city and subject to the approval of the board, an executive secretary to the board. The secretary shall be responsible for maintaining all records required by this plan, shall keep and maintain records of retired members containing a full and complete history and record of the board’s action in retiring the members, including the member’s name, dates of entering service in the city’s police or fire departments, periods of employment, written requests from members desiring retirement, dates of retirement, the reasons for such retirements, and other such information as the board may require, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The mayor or like governing body of the city may appoint from time to time, subject to the merit system of the city, an assistant to the executive secretary. The city shall pay the salary of the secretary and any assistant to the secretary appointed pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-22
Section 45-23A-22 Television Cable System
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to the City of Daleville in Dale County.

(b) The municipal corporation of the City of Daleville in Dale County shall have the right to establish, purchase, construct, maintain, and operate a television cable system and to furnish television cable service to their residents and residents of surrounding territory.

(c) The municipal corporation is authorized to construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire television lines or cables for the furnishing of television service from any point in this state or any other state to the municipal corporation and surrounding territory.

(d) For the purposes of this section such municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law.

(e)(l) In payment for the purchase, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of the television cable system, the municipal corporation may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law.

(2) Such municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful payment of the principal and interest of all debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred or issued by it for the construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of a television cable system may execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon any or all of such system and all property used in connection therewith, including the franchise or any part thereof.

(3) Such mortgage or deed of trust may contain such terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the municipal corporation and holders of such bonds or securities issued by such municipal corporation as may be determined and agreed upon by the governing body of the municipal corporation and persons, firms, or corporations owning such debts, bonds, or securities.

(4) Such mortgages may provide that in the event of the foreclosure of such mortgage or deed of trust, that the purchaser at such foreclosure sale may acquire the right, privilege, and franchise of operating such system as may be so sold or conveyed, and such purchaser or his or her vendee may have the right, authority, and privilege to carry on and operate such system in the same manner on the same terms and to the same extent as the municipal corporation is authorized to operate until the municipal corporation may redeem such system from such mortgage sale.

(5) Such mortgage or deed of trust may provide that during the ownership of the system by the municipal corporation, its control of the service of the system shall not be diminished or interfered with by the grant of any other franchise for the operation of any other plant or system for similar purposes; and that such rates and changes shall be established and maintained as are sufficient to meet the costs of operation and maintenance; and such municipal corporation may pledge all of the receipts, earnings, and revenues from the operation of the system for the payment of the debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by such mortgages or deeds of trust.

(f) The municipal corporation furnishing television cable service pursuant to this section shall have the right to require any person furnishing television cable service to the public in this state to interconnect the television cable, lines, facilities, or systems furnishing such service with, or otherwise make available such cables, lines, facilities, or systems to the municipal corporation’s television cable, lines, facilities, or system in order to provide a continuous line of communication for the municipal corporation’s subscribers. In the event such person and the municipal corporation shall be unable to agree upon the terms and conditions of such interconnection, including compensation therefor, the Alabama Public Service Commission, upon the request of the municipal corporation, shall establish such terms and conditions which shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory.

(g) The municipal corporation shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this section and in effectuating the purposes of this section.

(h) For the transaction of business pursuant to this section, the municipal corporation shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to such business.
Ala. Code § 45-2-234.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-234.06
Section 45-2-234.06 Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board - Creation; Composition
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be established the Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board. The board shall hear all appeals from final action as requested by an affected employee of the sheriff’s office, other than an appointed employee.

(b) The Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board shall be composed of five persons. The members of the board shall be appointed as follows: Two members shall be appointed by the sheriff and two members shall be selected by the classified employees using the procedure provided in Section 45-2-234.07. The fifth member shall be selected by the other four members of the board within 30 days after the four members of the board are selected and take office. In the event the four members of the board cannot agree on a fifth member within 30 days, then the fifth member shall be selected as follows: The members appointed by the sheriff shall nominate one person and the members selected by the classified employees shall nominate one person. From these two nominees, the fifth member of the board shall be selected by lot.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.09
Section 45-8A-22.09 Salaries
Status: in_force

The salary to be paid each civil service employee and each grandfathered employee shall be determined by his or her appointing authority; but in every case the salary paid shall be within the pay plan and pay rules and regulations established by the board and shall be no more than the board approves. It shall be unlawful for any official or employee to draw or issue any warrant on the city treasury for the payment of salary to any civil service employee or grandfathered employee covered by the provisions of this subpart unless the warrant is in an amount authorized by the board to be paid such employee. A sum paid as salary contrary to the provisions of this section may be recovered in an action brought by any resident of the city against the official or employee who draws or issues the warrant, or against the sureties on his or her bond.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.61
Section 45-49-249.61 Rulemaking Authority; Notice
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Commission may adopt rules to effectuate the purposes of this subpart and conform to the provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 40. On October 1, 2019, the Mobile County Commission shall publish a notice to all tobacco wholesalers and retailers consistent with Act 2014-262, effective October 1, 2014, and the State Department of Revenue memo to all tobacco wholesalers and retailers of June 11, 2014.
Ala. Code § 45-3-82.48 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-82.48
Section 45-3-82.48 Self-Improvement Programs; Testing
Status: in_force

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program that the offender be admitted to a drug, alcohol, violence, or any other self-improvement or self-help program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives deemed by the district attorney to be in the best interest of the offender and society. The district attorney may require the offender to submit to periodic or random drug or other testing as a part of the pretrial diversion program and require other terms and conditions related to substance abuse, domestic violence, or the offense charged as the district attorney may direct. The offender shall pay the costs of all services unless otherwise approved by the district attorney after considering the offender’s ability to pay.
Ala. Code § 45-23-240.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-240.41
Section 45-23-240.41 Duties; Commission and Fees
Status: in_force

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in the county and issue applications for certificates of title on vehicles, which have heretofore been performed by the tax collector and the judge of probate. The Tax Collector and the Judge of Probate of Dale County are relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on such motor vehicles. The tax assessor shall receive the commission and fees now allowed the tax collector and judge of probate for performing these functions, and such fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such tax shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.229 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.229
Section 45-37A-51.229 Eligibility for Survivor’s Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) The surviving spouse of the deceased or participant described in Section 45-37A-51.228 shall be eligible to receive a survivor’s benefit. The next foregoing sentence shall apply to a spouse married to the retiree or participant at the time of such retiree’s or participant’s death, regardless of whether the marriage occurred before or after the retiree’s or participant’s departure from service. The surviving spouse shall continue to be eligible to receive the monthly survivor’s benefit until he or she shall die or remarry, whichever shall first occur. If a survivor’s benefit ceases because the survivor remarries, in the event the marriage is terminated by annulment, divorce, or death of the survivor’s spouse, then on such termination the survivor shall be eligible to receive the survivor’s benefits.

(b) In the event the deceased retiree or participant should not be survived by his or her spouse or in the event the spouse should fail to qualify hereunder, a survivor’s benefit shall be payable to the child or children of the deceased retiree or participant. No survivor’s benefit shall be payable to such child if married or over age 18, except that with respect to an unmarried child or children who shall continue to be a student regularly attending school, benefits shall continue to be payable until they attain age 23. The exclusion of a child over age 18 from the benefit shall not apply to a child who is an unmarried disabled child within the definition of disabled child contained in the sentence next following. As herein used the term disabled child means a son or daughter, regardless of age, who becomes disabled prior to attaining age 18 and afflicted with a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or impairments, by reason of which impairment or impairments the son or daughter has been unable, and continues to be unable, to engage in any substantial gainful activity.
Ala. Code § 45-28-243.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-243.02
Section 45-28-243.02 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

In Etowah County, the portion of the tax proceeds collected pursuant to Section 40-26-1 which is distributed to the county commission pursuant to Section 40-26-20, to be used for the promotion of tourism, recreation, and conventions, shall be distributed to the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Authority. Immediately upon the full payment of all debts of the authority in existence as of October 1, 2022, all revenues referenced in this section shall be held in the county treasury until otherwise directed by unanimous consent of the members of the legislative delegation.
Ala. Code § 45-40-233.79 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-233.79
Section 45-40-233.79 Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission is created. The commission shall be comprised of nine members as follows: the Chair of the Lawrence County Commission; the Sheriff of Lawrence County; the District Attorney of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit; a circuit judge from the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit appointed by the presiding judge of the circuit; a district judge of Lawrence County to be appointed by the presiding judge of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit; an individual appointed by the City Council of the City of Moulton; an individual appointed by the City Council of the City of Courtland; the officer in charge of the Alabama Probation and Parole Office in Lawrence County; and the Circuit Court Clerk of Lawrence County.

(b) The commission may implement this subpart and generally superintend all administrative functions pursuant to the same, subject to rules adopted by the Circuit and District Judges of Lawrence County. The commission may not direct any judicial officer in the exercise of his or her judicial functions. The commission, subject to any applicable laws pertaining to the employment and dismissal of county employees, may employ and dismiss personnel, except judicial officers, and may direct and supervise the personnel. All personnel employed by the commission who have been certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall have the same authority and powers as are vested in deputy sheriffs and all other peace officers of this state. The personnel shall be responsible to the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission and shall perform all duties assigned by that commission.

(c) The commission may contract with one or more individuals or nonprofit corporations to serve as executive director for purposes of administering this subpart. The contractor shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall operate all of the programs authorized by the commission in accordance with the fiscal procedures generally applicable to the operation of instrumentalities of this state with full public disclosure and accountability. The commission shall be subject to periodic audits in accordance with applicable requirements of law and shall comply with all laws and rules relating to the disbursement and expenditure of public funds.

(d) The commission shall continually review all activities conducted under its purview and shall recommend to the Legislature any changes that the commission deems to be appropriate under the law to carry out the purposes of this subpart.

(e) No agreement for the merger of the work release program with any similar program operated by the Department of Corrections or any other department, agency, or bureau of the state shall be effective without the approval of the commission.

(f) The commission may apply for, receive, and administer any grants or funds from the United States government or any agency thereof; the State of Alabama or any agency thereof; or any private or quasi governmental foundation, corporation, firm, or agency if the grants or funds are available for the uses and purposes for which the commission is organized. All funds received by the commission shall be deposited to the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund, and shall be disbursed by the Lawrence County Commission upon vouchers submitted by the commission’s chair or the executive director designated by the commission.

(g) The commission shall elect a chair from among its membership and shall adopt rules for conducting its affairs. All meetings of the commission shall be in the Lawrence County Courthouse and shall be held at the call of the elected chair. The chair shall be required to call a meeting of the commission upon the request in writing of any four members of the commission.

(h) The commission may establish, operate, and fund alternative sentencing programs, education programs, intervention programs, and treatment programs such as pretrial release programs, supervised electronic detention programs, domestic violence offender programs, court referral programs, driver safety programs, and other programs to serve the courts of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit and may collect fees from any defendant ordered by the courts to complete a program administered by the commission. The authority to establish the fees to fund the programs shall rest exclusively with the commission. All fees collected shall be transmitted to the Lawrence County Commission for deposit into the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund and shall be expended in accordance with this subpart. Notwithstanding the establishment of the fees, any judge of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit may waive the payment or collection of any administrative fee, or any portion thereof, associated with a defendant’s assignment to a program administered by the commission. Any defendant who, upon court order, enrolls in any education program, intervention program, or treatment program administered by the commission, at the time of enrollment, shall be notified of any fees associated with the program and shall be notified of the location and cost of any equivalent program offered in Lawrence County. Any program that meets applicable certification criteria and fully satisfies the order of the court shall be deemed equivalent. Enrollment in equivalent programs in lieu of programs administered by the commission shall be at the discretion of the defendant.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.07
Section 45-41-260.07 Election for Coverage
Status: in_force

Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by the commission pursuant to Section 45-41-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations provided by the commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Lee County until the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election have signified by their vote that they desire the authority of the commission, its master plan, and the zoning regulations to apply to their beat. The election must be held not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after a petition seeking the election is filed in the office of the judge of probate. The petition shall be signed by at least 15 percent of the electors who reside within the beat and who own real estate located in the beat. Notice of the election shall be given by three weeks’ publication and posting notice in two public places within the beat. The cost of the election shall be paid from the General Fund of Lee County. The ballot shall be so worded as to give the voter the opportunity to vote either Yes or No as to whether the voter wishes the authority of the commission, its master plan, and the zoning regulations to apply to the beat. Only those qualified electors residing outside of the municipal limits and in the unzoned portion of a beat may vote or sign a petition calling for the election in the beat concerned. If a statement to this fact is not on the ballot and the petition, the ballot and petition shall be invalid. Boundaries of the established area approved for zoning by the qualified electors shall not be changed. Any property which is legally zoned as provided herein shall remain zoned and subject to the zoning authority of Lee County and the Lee County Planning Commission even if beat lines are changed to remove the property from the beat in which it was located at the time zoning became effective. Elections for the same beat shall not be held any more often than every 730 days. Notwithstanding the approval at any election of the extension of the authority of the commission and its zoning regulations to the beat, applications for preliminary subdivision plats which substantially comply with subdivision regulations and which were filed and pending prior to the certification by the judge of probate of a petition for a zoning election as provided for herein shall vest in the applicant the right to proceed with the application process before the commission, and upon approval of the preliminary plat, the right to develop and complete the subdivision according to the plat without application of the zoning regulations to the plat; and any successor in interest to the land made the subject of the plat shall have the right to use and develop the land in accordance with the plat and subdivision restrictions without the application of the zoning regulations to the land.
Ala. Code § 45-20-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-180
Section 45-20-180 Limitations on Political Signs, Advertisements, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Political signs, markers, and advertising on the rights-of-way of county controlled highways are prohibited in Covington County except those official signs or markers placed thereon by Covington County or under the authority of that governmental entity. No political sign, marker, or poster may be attached to any official sign or marker placed by the county or on any utility pole or tree on the rights-of-way of a county highway.

(b) Any person violating this section shall upon conviction be guilty of violating Section 23-1-6.
Ala. Code § 45-36-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-82
Section 45-36-82 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The jury commission of Jackson County shall receive compensation of twenty dollars ($20) per day for up to a maximum of 60 days. The compensation shall be the total compensation, salary, and expense allowance received by the jury commission.

(b) The clerk of the Jackson County jury commission shall receive compensation of twenty dollars ($20) per day for up to a maximum of 75 days. The compensation shall be the total compensation, salary, and expense allowance received by the clerk of the jury commission.
Ala. Code § 45-3-84.67 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-84.67
Section 45-3-84.67 Fees and Commissions
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall receive for the assessing and collecting of state and county ad valorem taxes and sales taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles the same fees charged and commissions fixed by law to be paid to tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue commissioners, or license commissioners for like services. All fees and commissions, including those charged for ad valorem taxes and sales taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles in all municipalities in Barbour County shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-28-231.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-231.01
Section 45-28-231.01 Service of Process; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Etowah County may contract with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process for any document other than a warrant for arrest.

(b) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in district and circuit courts of Etowah County shall collect a service of process fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) per case for each party requiring personal service of process by the sheriff which shall be paid into the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund.

(c) The Sheriff of Etowah County may use the monies generated by this section at his or her discretion for any lawful purpose.

(d) The monies generated by this section shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income for the sheriff.

(e) The district attorney and grand juries shall be exempt from payment of the fees provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-32-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-242
Section 45-32-242 Levy of Tax for General Purposes
Status: in_force

In Greene County, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, the county commission is hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable property. Thirty-five percent of the tax shall be earmarked to the county general fund to be used for general county purposes; and 65 percent of the tax shall be distributed to the county board of education. The additional ad valorem tax imposed by this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as existing ad valorem taxes are collected.
Ala. Code § 45-51-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-242
Section 45-51-242 Short Title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Greater Montgomery Act.
Ala. Code § 45-26-81.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-81.41
Section 45-26-81.41 Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED BY ACT 2020-37 and 38 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. IT IS NOW SECTION 45-26-242.20.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.21
Section 45-57A-63.21 Title; Council-Manager
Status: in_force

The municipal government of any city proceeding under this part shall be known as the council-manager form of government. Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this part and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as the council. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this part, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.37 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.37
Section 45-35A-54.37 Candidates Prohibited from Paying, Etc., to Solicit Votes
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or associate commissioner, or for any other person in his or her behalf, to hire or pay, or agree to pay, any person to solicit votes at the polls on election day, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to accept such hire, or make such contract for pay, to solicit votes for any candidate for mayor or associate commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-20
Section 45-17A-20 Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday
Status: in_force

The governing body of the Town of Cherokee in Colbert County, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday, as determined by the governing body, by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Town of Cherokee serving the general public in the town.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-112.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-112.16
Section 45-8A-112.16 Civil Service Appointees; Dismissals
Status: in_force

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules or regulations who wilfully violates this part, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance thereof, shall be dismissed from employment with the city and may not be reappointed for two years.
Ala. Code § 45-24-243.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-243.04
Section 45-24-243.04 Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied by this part, shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer because of the sale or admission. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or person paying the admission fee the amount required to be added to the sale or admission price. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax levied by this part to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of any portion of the tax.
Ala. Code § 45-35-232.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-232.34
Section 45-35-232.34 Houston County Commission Authorized to Provide Funding, In-Kind Service, or Other Aid
Status: in_force

Houston County through the Houston County Commission is authorized to provide, in its sole discretion, any funding, in-kind service or other aid of any type deemed necessary by the Houston County Commission to the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission for the purpose of effectuating the purposes of this subpart. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this act shall not be construed to require Houston County or the Houston County Commission to provide funding, in-kind service, or other aid to the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission for the purpose of effectuating the purposes of this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-39-82.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-82.07
Section 45-39-82.07 Costs and Fees
Status: in_force

(a) An offender may be assessed an application fee when he or she is approved for the program. The amount of the fee for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, assessments for crime victim’s compensation fund, Department of Forensic Science assessments, drug, alcohol, or anger management treatments required by law, restitution, costs of supervision, or treatment. A schedule of payments for any of these fees may be established by the district attorney.

(b) The amount of the application fee shall be determined by the district attorney and may not exceed the following amounts for each case for which the offender makes application for acceptance into the pretrial diversion program:

(1) Felony offenses: Up to nine hundred dollars ($900).

(2) Misdemeanor offenses: Up to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).

(c) An applicant may not be denied access into the pretrial diversion program based solely on his or her inability to pay. Pretrial diversion program fees as established by this part may be waived or reduced for just cause, including indigency of the applicant, at the discretion of the district attorney. Any determination of indigency of the offender for the purposes of pretrial diversion fee mitigation shall be made by the district attorney. In the event the offender is determined to be indigent, a periodic review of the offender’s indigency status may be conducted by the court to determine if the offender is no longer indigent. If the offender is determined to be indigent by the district attorney, nothing in this part shall prohibit the offender from being placed on a payment plan wherein the entire victim restitution, court costs, fines, fees, and pretrial diversion fees are collected in total.

(d) Application fees required by this part shall be collected by the district attorney’s office. All pretrial diversion program fees shall be deposited in a

timely manner by the district attorney into the District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund as described by this part. The district attorney shall make the deposits in a timely manner pursuant to commonly accepted accounting practices. The District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund shall be subject to regular audits by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 45-40-233.82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-233.82
Section 45-40-233.82 Exercise of Judicial Powers
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt or for any crime committed under the laws of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-42-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-180
Section 45-42-180 Regulation of Advertisement Signs on Right-of-Way of County
Status: in_force

(a) No person or business entity shall erect a sign, any portion of which is on the right-of-way of Limestone County without obtaining approval.

(b) Any person or business entity who fails to secure approval from the county commission for the erection of an advertisement sign in violation of this section, upon conviction, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) Each municipality in Limestone County may regulate by ordinance advertisement signs along any street or road in the municipality.

(d) This section shall not be interpreted to conflict with any state or federal law regulating advertisement signs. Nor shall this section apply to signs or markers designating or marking the location or presence of underground utility or telecommunication facilities.
Ala. Code § 45-40A-10.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40A / Section 45-40A-10.07
Section 45-40A-10.07 Exemption from Alabama Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

For the transaction of business pursuant to this article, the municipal corporation shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to the business.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.271 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.271
Section 45-51A-33.271 Petition for Change of Form of Government
Status: in_force

Such change, however, shall first be initiated by petition and submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at an election and shall receive at such election a majority of the votes “yes” or in favor thereof in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided in Sections 45-51A-33.01 to 45-51A-33.04, inclusive, except that the proposition on the ballot shall be changed to reflect the proposed form of municipal government to be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as may be under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the council under the mayor-council form of government shall terminate.
Ala. Code § 45-36-252.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-252.16
Section 45-36-252.16 Auditing
Status: in_force

The Jackson County Water Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Jackson County Commission and the operations of the County of Jackson.
Ala. Code § 45-40-141.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-141.05
Section 45-40-141.05 Eligibility of Volunteer Fire Departments
Status: in_force

In order to be an eligible volunteer fire department for purposes of this part, a volunteer fire department shall be certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines and a member in good standing of the Lawrence County Firefighters and Rapid Responders, Inc.
Ala. Code § 45-37-122.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-122.07
Section 45-37-122.07 Employment Rules
Status: in_force

The county commission, by a four-fifths vote, has the option to use the county personnel board or to separately promulgate rules that conform to antidiscrimination policies of the Jefferson County Personnel Board or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or both.
Ala. Code § 45-40-73 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-73
Section 45-40-73 Annexation of Land
Status: in_force

In addition to all other requirements of law, no municipality whose corporate limits or boundaries include lands outside of Lawrence County may annex lands within Lawrence County, or otherwise extend its corporate limits or boundaries in Lawrence County, without the consent of the Lawrence County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-55-100.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-100.01
Section 45-55-100.01 Expenses of Legal Counsel
Status: in_force

Any city or county board of education in Pike County may expend funds to pay the actual expenses of their legal counsel while attending legal seminars and workshops pertaining to developments in school law.
Ala. Code § 45-15-130.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-130.06
Section 45-15-130.06 Office Space and Equipment
Status: in_force

The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-16-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-180
Section 45-16-180 Clowers Bridge
Status: in_force

(a) The bridge over White Water Creek on Highway 167 in Coffee County is hereby officially designated “The Clowers Bridge.”

(b) The Coffee County Commission is authorized to accept funds from private sources to pay for the preparation and erection of signs designating the bridge. The county commission is also authorized to pay funds to the State Department of Transportation as compensation for the cost of preparing and erecting the signs as provided in Section 23-1-8.1.
Ala. Code § 45-22-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-60
Section 45-22-60 Compensation; Office Space and Automobile; Expenses; Assistant Coroner
Status: in_force

(a) Effective for the term of office beginning after the 2022 General Election, the Coroner of Cullman County shall receive an annual salary of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000), to be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. The salary in this subsection shall be the total compensation paid to the coroner, subject to the adjustments provided in subsection (b).

(b) In addition to the salary provided in subsection (a), the salary of the coroner shall be increased by any uniform increases in compensation granted equally to all county employees by the Cullman County Commission. In addition, the coroner may participate in the county health insurance plan provided to county employees under the same terms as county employees.

(c) The Cullman County Commission shall provide the coroner with office space and a county automobile for use in the performance of his or her duties.

(d) The Cullman County Commission shall reimburse the coroner for any actual expenses for supplies used in the performance of his or her duties. The benefits and expenses provided in this subsection shall be in addition to any other compensation or expense allowances provided by law.

(e) The coroner may employ an assistant coroner, and the salary of the assistant coroner shall be paid out of the salary of the coroner.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.01
Section 45-27-60.01 County Medical Examiner
Status: in_force

(a) The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama.

(b) The county medical examiner shall be appointed by the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified candidates submitted by a nominating committee consisting of all of the following individuals:

(1) The Chair of the Escambia County Commission, or his or her designee.

(2) The Escambia County District Attorney, or his or her designee.

(3) The Sheriff of Escambia County, or his or her designee.

(4) The chief medical examiner of the Department of Forensic Sciences, or his or her designee.

(c) The nominating committee shall submit a list to the director at least 90 days before the end of a term.

(d) The appointment shall establish the county medical examiner as an agent of the Department of Forensic Sciences with the same liability coverage as provided to Merit System employees of the State of Alabama.

(e) The county medical examiner shall serve a term of six years beginning the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January in the same manner and cycle as the Escambia County District Attorney.

(f) The first county medical examiner appointed after October 1, 2025, shall serve until the expiration of the district attorney term ending on January 20, 2029.

(g) If a vacancy occurs during a term, the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences shall appoint an interim county medical examiner within 14 days of the vacancy. The nominating committee shall submit a list to the director within 90 days of the vacancy, after which the director shall make an appointment to serve the remainder of the term.

(h) The Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences may waive the requirement that the county medical examiner be a physician when appointing an interim county medical examiner.
Ala. Code § 45-48-70.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-70.07
Section 45-48-70.07 Vacancies Filled
Status: in_force

Each district of Marshall County shall be entitled to one associate commissioner on the commission at all times, and should any vacancy occur, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the place which is vacant.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.19 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.19
Section 45-35A-54.19 Grants for Use, Etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Conferring of Rights; Extension or Enlargement of Rights
Status: in_force

No grant of any franchise or lease or right of user, or any other right in, under, upon, along, through, or over, the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of any such city shall be made or given, nor shall any such rights of any kind whatsoever be conferred upon any person, firm, or corporation, except by resolution or ordinance, duly passed by the board of commissioners at some regular or adjourned meeting, and published as above provided for; nor shall any extension or enlargement of any such rights or powers previously granted, be made or given except in the manner and subject to all the conditions herein provided for as to the original grant of same.
Ala. Code § 45-39-82.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-82.03
Section 45-39-82.03 Standards for Admission
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether an offender may be admitted into the pretrial diversion program, it shall be appropriate for the district attorney to consider any of the following circumstances:

(1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the offense was committed.

(2) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the pretrial diversion program.

(3) It is determined the needs of the community and of the offender can be met through the pretrial diversion program.

(4) The offender appears to pose no substantial threat to the safety and well-being of the community or law enforcement.

(5) The offender is not likely to be involved in further criminal activity.

(6) The offender will likely respond to rehabilitative treatment.

(7) The expressed wish of the victim not to prosecute.

(8) Undue hardship upon the victim.

(9) Whether the victim or the offender has medical, psychiatric, or vocational difficulties that would impede the administration of justice.

(10) Whether there is a reason to believe that the victim or offender will benefit from and cooperate with a pretrial diversion program.

(11) The impact of criminal charges or prosecution upon the victim, witnesses, or the community.

(b) The district attorney may waive any of the standards specified in subsection (a) if justice or special circumstances dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-43
Section 45-41A-43 Ad Valorem Taxation for Education Purposes
Status: in_force

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 650, 1919 Regular Session.

(2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session.

(3) CITY. Opelika, Alabama.

(4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(5) COUNCIL. Opelika City Council.

(6) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX. The special ad valorem tax for the support and furtherance of education authorized in Amendment 8 and elections held in the city on July 19, 1948, and December 10, 1968, and May 9, 1989, and levied and collected on taxable property in the city.

(b) The city presently levies and collects the special school tax at a rate of fifty cents ($.50) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 8. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the council in accordance with Amendment 373, the city proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the special school tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar ten cents ($1.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (11 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the council after a public hearing, the council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the special school tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar ten cents ($1.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (11 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special school tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of Amendment 373.
Ala. Code § 45-32-244.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-244.04
Section 45-32-244.04 Report of Business Address
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after the effective date of the levy of the tax, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in the county shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45–32–244.01 to the county commission, showing the place and post office address at which he or she is engaged in the business of distributor or storer or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel within the county, which information shall be entered by the county commission on a book kept for that purpose, and should such distributor, storer, or retail dealer move his or her place of business from one business address to another, such distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall within 30 days thereafter notify the county commission of such removal giving the former place and post office address and also the place and post office address to which his or her place of business has been removed. After the tax imposed under this part has become effective, no person shall become a distributor, storer, or seller of gasoline or motor fuel in the county until he or she shall have made such reports to the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.09
Section 45-2-261.09 Assessment of Uniform Zoning Fee
Status: in_force

The county commission may levy upon the owner of any real property located within any planning district in which a majority of the qualified electors have voted in the affirmative in an election described in Section 45-2-261.07, a uniform zoning fee not in excess of ten dollars ($10) per parcel of real property per year. Upon the levy the Tax Assessor of Baldwin County shall assess the uniform zoning fee on the real property subject to the uniform zoning fee within the planning district. The assessment shall be collected by the Tax Collector of Baldwin County on annual ad valorem tax bills and non-payment of the assessment shall constitute a lien on the assessed property. The uniform zoning fee shall not be assessed for more than two years. The Tax Collector of Baldwin County shall collect the fee and the proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in the General Fund of Baldwin County to be expended exclusively for the purpose of administering the master plan and zoning and planning ordinances and regulations promulgated under this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-54.69 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-54.69
Section 45-37A-54.69 Contracts
Status: in_force

Contracts of the authority shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair of the authority and attested by the secretary of the authority. Except for bonds, it is not required that the seal be impressed or printed on contracts. It is further provided hereby that, except for bonds, the authority may provide by resolution for a different form for the execution of contracts, and for the execution thereof by an officer or agent other than the chair and secretary. But in no event shall a contract, irrespective of its form and of the persons executing the same, be binding unless such contract was authorized or ratified by the authority.
Ala. Code § 45-20-83.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-83.25
Section 45-20-83.25 Costs
Status: in_force

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special indexing fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the cost of operating and maintaining, after the initial installation, any improved system installed pursuant to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.07
Section 45-41-83.07 Relation to Work Release and Rehabilitative Programs
Status: in_force

Regardless of the authority granted to the board, the authority of the Lee County Sheriff to continue to conduct a work release program for persons detained or sentenced to the custody of the Lee County Sheriff may not be abrogated or curtailed in any manner without the prior approval of the Lee County Sheriff. The Lee County Sheriff may also require that any program participant who is ordered to complete any rehabilitative programs operating in the Lee County Detention Facility or otherwise operating under the authority of the sheriff be assessed a reasonable fee for participation in those programs.
Ala. Code § 45-11-234 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-234
Section 45-11-234 Operation of Jail Store; Inmate Telephone Service; Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Chilton County, or the authorized agent of the sheriff, may operate a jail store and an inmate telephone system for prisoners within the confines of the county jail.

(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund in a bank located in Chilton County selected by the sheriff. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund. All jail store and telephone system transactions shall be accounted for in the fund.

(2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales and telephone usage fees and transactions of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account and Sheriff’s Law Enforcement 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 within 30 days of its completion.

(c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail store and the telephone system shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in the interest of the public as the sheriff sees fit.

(d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and the use of the proceeds shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the jail.

(e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store or the inmate telephone system in the county jail prior to April 30, 2009, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store or the inmate telephone system in the county jail prior to April 30, 2009, shall be deposited into the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund created by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-29-82.65 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-82.65
Section 45-29-82.65 Program Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements:

(1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial.

(2) Agree, in writing, to the tolling, while in the program, of periods of limitations established by statutes or rules of court.

(3) Waive in writing his or her right to a jury trial.

(4) Provide a statement as to his or her involvement in the offense charged, which statement shall be admissible in any criminal trial.

(5) Agree, in writing, to the conditions of the pretrial diversion program established by the district attorney.

(6) If there is a victim of the crime, agree in writing to a restitution agreement within a specified period of time and in an amount to be determined by the district attorney taking into account circumstances of the offender and victim.

(b) Pretrial diversion program records or records related to pretrial diversion program admission, with the exception of the statement of the applicant concerning his or her involvement in the crime charged, shall not be admissible in subsequent proceedings, criminal or civil. Communications between pretrial diversion program counselors and defendants shall be privileged unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines there is a compelling public interest that the communications be revealed.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.80
Section 45-20-242.80 Vehicle Use Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The Covington County Tax Collector or county tax collecting official shall collect any applicable municipal and/or county use tax authorized by general or local law for the local taxing jurisdiction in which the purchaser resides, or, if a business, the business location, on any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or house trailer purchased from dealers doing business outside the State of Alabama and from licensed Alabama dealers where municipal and county sales taxes were not collected at the time of purchase.

(b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county tax collector or county tax collecting official shall remit all county and municipal use tax receipts collected hereunder directly to the appropriate county or municipal tax recipient as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-100.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-100.13
Section 45-37A-100.13 Criminal Violations
Status: in_force

No fine may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this article if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Article 2, commencing with Section 32–5A–30, Chapter 5A, Title 32, including, but not limited to, Sections 32-5A-31, 32-5A-34, and 32-5A-35, or any other municipal ordinance which embraces and incorporates the statutes contained in that article, and which occurred simultaneously with and under the same set of circumstances that were recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system, the photographic stop sign enforcement system, or the photographic vehicle speed enforcement system.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.62
Section 45-37A-52.62 Council to Be Judge of Qualifications of Its Members
Status: in_force

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for such purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts.
Ala. Code § 45-28-150.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-150.11
Section 45-28-150.11 Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection
Status: in_force

(a) On or before April 15th, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15th of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the sheriff a copy of the records required in Section 45-28-150.10 relating to the operation of bingo sessions in the previous calendar year. The records for the preceding one year required by Section 45-28-150.10 shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement agency, the sheriff, or the county revenue office or their duly authorized representatives during reasonable business hours.

(b) The location at which bingo is being conducted or at which an applicant or permit holder intends to conduct bingo shall be open to inspection during regular business hours by the sheriff or any law enforcement agency.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-50.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-50.05
Section 45-17A-50.05 Civil Service Board - Minutes; Examination of Records; Clerical Assistance
Status: in_force

The board shall keep minutes of its meetings and a record of all business transacted by it. Its records, except those which the rules of the board require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be open for inspection by any resident of the city at all reasonable times upon reasonable request. No duplication of records shall be allowed; records shall be examined on city premises and shall not be removed from city premises. The city shall furnish clerical assistance as needed by the board and shall act as the custodian of the records of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-45-83.71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-83.71
Section 45-45-83.71 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that court-ordered restitution to crime victims, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, court costs required by law, fines levied against criminals for wrongful conduct, and other court-ordered sums payable to the state or to the crime victims be paid in full and that cost of collection be borne by the person who is responsible for payment.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-51.32 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-51.32
Section 45-35A-51.32 Court Proceedings
Status: in_force

Orders of the personnel board may be enforced by mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, or other appropriate proceedings, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any person or city official directly interested, within five days, may appeal to the Circuit Court of Houston County from any order of the board by filing notice thereof with the board, whereupon the board shall certify to a transcript of the proceedings before it and file the same in the court. The findings of fact by the board, duly set forth in the transcript, if supported by substantial evidence adduced before the board, after notice to the interested party or parties and after affording such parties an opportunity to be heard, shall be conclusive on any appeal. The issues on such appeal shall be made up under the directions of the court and within 30 days after such transcript is filed in court; and the trial thereof shall proceed on the evidence contained in such transcript, if it appears that the evidence was taken after such notice and opportunity to be heard. If upon such appeal, the court finds that the ruling, order, or action appealed from is unlawful or unreasonable, within the meaning of this part, it shall have power to vacate or modify the same.
Ala. Code § 45-39-221.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-221.11
Section 45-39-221.11 Dissolution of Tourism Board
Status: in_force

At any time when the tourism board does not have any debt outstanding, and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by the tourism board that are then outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the tourism board should be dissolved; provided, however, that no such resolution may be adopted except upon the affirmative vote of not less than four directors, with such vote having been taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minutes of the board. After the adoption of the resolution by the board, and only if the governing bodies of the county and the City of Florence each adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon their respective minutes, approving the dissolution of the tourism board, then, upon the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county of a certified copy of each such resolution, the tourism board shall thereupon stand dissolved; and in the event that it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its assets and property, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibition to the contrary, shall thereupon vest in the City of Florence. In no event may the tourism board be dissolved hereunder except upon the adoption of appropriate resolutions by the board and by the respective governing bodies of the county and the City of Florence.
Ala. Code § 45-32-246.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-246.04
Section 45-32-246.04 Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The taxes levied by this part shall be collected by the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama, at the same time and along with the collection by that department of taxes levied and collected for the State of Alabama under the provisions of the state sales tax law and the state use tax law, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. All reports now required to be made to the Commissioner of Revenue hereunder shall, on request made to the Department of Revenue, be made available for inspection by the Greene County Commission or its designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours. The State Department of Revenue shall prepare and distribute such reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary for the collection of the county taxes levied by this part, and shall have all the authority and duties in connection with such taxes as are now given by law to the Department of Revenue or the Commissioner of Revenue in connection with the collection of the state sales and use taxes provided for by the state sales tax law and the state use tax law, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Revenue to pay into the State Treasury all taxes collected under this part; and on or before the tenth day of the following month, the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of special taxes collected under this part for the use and benefit of Greene County during the calendar month immediately preceding the month of making such certificate. Whereupon, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant on the State Treasury, payable to Greene County, in an amount equal to the amount so certified by the Commissioner of Revenue as having been collected for the use of Greene County and paid into the State Treasury.

(b) The State Department of Revenue shall charge Greene County for collecting the special taxes levied by this part such amount of percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and Greene County governing body, but such charge shall not, in any event, exceed 10 percent of the total amount of special county taxes collected hereunder within the county. Such charge for collecting the special taxes shall be deducted once each month from the special sales and special use taxes collected before certifying the amount of special sales and special use taxes due Greene County for that month.
Ala. Code § 45-4-83.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-83.10
Section 45-4-83.10 Pretrial Diversion Program Fund
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. Except for the twenty-five dollars ($25) payable to the circuit clerk pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 45-4-83.07, fees paid by offenders pursuant to Section 45-4-83.07 shall be placed into the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the Pretrial Diversion Program fund to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for other law enforcement purposes. Costs associated with program administration shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, uniforms, professional or business attire, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel services, service contracts, and professional services. The district attorney may pay for services or programs for an offender while the offender is in the pretrial diversion program if special circumstances and justice dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-48-231.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-231.40
Section 45-48-231.40 Fundraising
Status: in_force

(a) In Marshall County, the sheriff may conduct fund-raising events including, but not limited to, rodeos and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff.

(b) The provisions of this section are remedial and curative and any actions taken by the sheriff in conformance with subsection (a) are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.136 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.136
Section 45-37A-51.136 Powers and Duties of the Board
Status: in_force

The board shall have such powers as are necessary for the proper administration of the system including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) To prescribe procedures to be followed by participants, and their beneficiaries, in filing applications for benefits and for the furnishing of evidence necessary to establish employees’ rights to such benefits.

(2) To make determinations as to the rights of any participant or their beneficiaries applying for or receiving benefits, and to afford any such individual dissatisfied with any such determination the right of a hearing thereon.

(3) To develop procedures for the establishment of credited service of participants; and, after affording participants an opportunity to make objection with respect thereto, to establish such service conclusively in advance of retirement.

(4) To retain and pay from the fund the services of a consultant and actuary.

(5) To receive and pay from the fund periodic, not more often than once a year, actuarial valuations of the plan.

(6) To retain and pay from the fund the services of investment advisors.

(7) To retain and pay from the fund the services of an accountant or auditor.

(8) To obtain from the city, the plan consultants, and actuaries, if any, and from the participants, such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the plan and pay from the fund any reasonable expense incurred in connection therewith.

(9) To retain and pay from the fund the services of such additional professional counsel as the board may deem necessary for the proper management and administration of the system.

(10) To provide rules and procedures for the administration of pension loans.

(11) To retain and pay from the fund the services of such additional medical professional as the board may deem necessary for the proper administration of disability or death benefits for the system.

(12) To retain and pay from the fund such other services as the board may deem necessary for the proper management and administration of the system.

(13) To waive the requirement for reimbursement of any overpayment of benefits for any retiree or survivor provided that such overpayment was not due to any negligence, misinformation, or wrongful conduct on the part of such retiree or survivor.
Ala. Code § 45-2-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-241
Section 45-2-241 Consolidation of Unified System
Status: in_force

(a) At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Baldwin County, then immediately upon the occurrence of a vacancy there shall be established the office of County Revenue Commissioner in Baldwin County. If the office is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected. A revenue commissioner shall be elected at an election called for that purpose and every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve for a term of office of six years.

(b) The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation, the collection of the taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments for and the collection of taxes.

(c) Subject to the approval of the county commission, the county revenue commissioner shall within the policies and procedures of the county commissioner appoint and fix the duties of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of the deputies shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner.

(d) Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in a sum fixed by the county commission, giving as security thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned, as other official bonds are conditioned, and shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate. The cost of the bond shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on a warrant of the county commission and shall be a preferred claim against the county.

(e) The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performance of a duty imposed by law on the officers and transferred to and imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive a minimum salary as provided by Section 40-6A-2, payable in the manner prescribed by the county commission, out of the county general fund with the exact amount to be set by resolution of the county commission prior to the county revenue commissioner taking office.

(g) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Baldwin County are abolished effective on the last day of the term to which they are elected, or on an earlier date, as is prescribed in subsection (a), if a vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Baldwin County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one county office.
Ala. Code § 45-18-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-90
Section 45-18-90 Applicability
Status: in_force

This article shall only apply in Conecuh County.
Ala. Code § 45-55-130.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-130.14
Section 45-55-130.14 Work on Private Property; Violations
Status: in_force

The county commission is prohibited from authorizing or performing any work on private property. Any violation of this part shall be punishable by a civil fine of not more than file hundred dollars ($500).
Ala. Code § 45-41A-41.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-41.04
Section 45-41A-41.04 Notice of Violation
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty under this part, the city shall first mail via first class United States mail a notice of violation to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system while committing a traffic signal violation. The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the traffic signal violation is recorded to:

(1) The owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(b) A notice of violation issued under this part shall contain the following:

(1) A description of the violation alleged.

(2) The date, time, and location of the violation.

(3) A copy of recorded images of the vehicle involved in the violation.

(4) The amount of the civil penalty to be imposed for the violation.

(5) The date by which the civil penalty must be paid.

(6) A statement that the person named in the notice of violation may pay the civil penalty in lieu of appearing at an administrative adjudication hearing.

(7) Information that informs the person named in the notice of violation:

a. Of the right to contest the imposition of the civil penalty in an administrative adjudication.

b. Of the manner and time in which to contest the imposition of the civil penalty.

c. That failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability is an admission of liability.

(8) A statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding for the imposition of a civil penalty.

(9) A statement that failure to pay the civil penalty within the time allowed shall result in the imposition of a late penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) for each month after the issuance of the order imposing the civil penalty.

(10) Any other information deemed necessary by the department or the city.

(c) A notice of violation under this part is presumed to have been received on the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is placed in the United States mail.

(d) The civil penalty imposed shall be paid within 30 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed.

(e)(1) It shall be within the discretion of the trained technician to determine which of the recorded traffic signal violations are prosecuted based upon the quality and legibility of the recorded image. In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, the city may mail a warning notice to the owner.

(2) Under no circumstances shall the salary or other compensation of the trained technician be related to the number of notices of violation issued or amount of fines collected.
Ala. Code § 45-54-50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-50
Section 45-54-50 Office Abolished
Status: in_force

In Pickens County, the office of constable shall be abolished, pursuant to Section 36–23–1. All assets, money, property, real or personal, equipment, and supplies of the office shall be transferred to the county commission for use or disposition as deemed proper for the county.
Ala. Code § 45-32-150 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-150
Section 45-32-150 Creation; Composition; Public Records
Status: in_force

The Greene County Racing Commission is hereby created and established and is vested with the powers and duties specified in this part, and all other powers necessary and proper to enable it to execute fully and effectually the purposes of this part. The official name of the commission shall be Greene County Racing Commission, the same being sometimes referred to herein as the racing commission or the commission. The commission shall consist of three persons who shall be appointed by the Governor. Each such member shall hold office for a term of eight years from the effective date of the appointment; provided, however, the term of office of the present three commissioners shall expire three years after their last appointment. If a vacancy occurs for any reason, then that position shall be filled for the unexpired term and that commissioner shall be chosen in the same manner as other commissioners are appointed. All books, records, maps, documents, and papers shall constitute public records, and be available for copying, examination, and inspection during all normal business hours by any agency, official, or personnel.
Ala. Code § 45-39-200.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-200.20
Section 45-39-200.20 Copying Fee
Status: in_force

The county license commissioner is hereby authorized to charge one dollar ($1) per page or fraction of a page, to be paid into the county general fund, for copying any document or instrument which is on record in his or her office and, if such copy is to be certified, he or she shall charge an additional fifty cents ($.50) for certifying the same.
Ala. Code § 45-21A-10.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21A / Section 45-21A-10.07
Section 45-21A-10.07 Identity of Owner or Vehicle
Status: in_force

In the event the evidence produced by an automated photographic speeding enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this article. If, however, a notice of violation is issued, to the degree constitutionally allowed, those issues related to the identity of the vehicle or its owner shall affect the weight to be accorded the evidence and shall not affect its admissibility.
Ala. Code § 45-45-235.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-235.04
Section 45-45-235.04 Cost-of-Living Increases
Status: in_force

Those persons eligible under subsections (a) or (b) of Section 45-45-235 and 45-45-235.02 who may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff shall be entitled to receive a cost-of-living increase as the remuneration of the office of sheriff increases from which the supernumerary sheriff elected to vacate. The cost-of-living increase allowed the supernumerary sheriff shall be equal to the percentage of any cost-of-living increase granted to the sheriff in office.
Ala. Code § 45-21-240.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-240.05
Section 45-21-240.05 Collection and Disposition of Funds; Compensation of County Revenue Commissioner
Status: in_force

The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed by law on any such officers and hereby transferred to and imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for performance of the duties of his or her office, the revenue commissioner shall receive a salary of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year, payable in 12 monthly installments.
Ala. Code § 45-28-244 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-244
Section 45-28-244 Taxes Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The Etowah County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to levy either a county gasoline tax that would remain in effect indefinitely in all areas of the county in an amount not to exceed two cents ($0.02) per gallon on gasoline and motor fuel and substitutes therefor or to levy a one cent ($0.01) county sales and use tax in all areas of the county that would only be in effect from its date of imposition until December 31, 1995, at which time such sales and use tax would expire and no longer be in effect.

(b) Should the county commission choose to impose a gasoline tax under subsection (a), such tax shall be levied on persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, and associations engaged in the business of selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage, for any purpose whatever, gasoline, motor fuels, and substitutes therefor anywhere in Etowah County. Such gasoline and motor fuel taxes levied under this section shall be administered, collected, and enforced by the State Department of Revenue in the same manner and subject to the same penalties and exemptions therefrom as any existing state gasoline and motor fuel taxes are presently being administered by such department. The county commission shall enter into a contract with the State Department of Revenue for the collection and enforcement of any county gasoline taxes imposed under this section.

(c) Should the county commission choose to impose a sales and use tax in the county that would expire on December 31, 1995, such tax shall parallel the state sales and use taxes including exemptions therefrom and enforcement penalties therefor. The county commission shall enter into a contract with the State Department of Revenue for the collection and enforcement of any countywide sales and use taxes imposed under this section.

(d) It is the intent of this section to allow the county commission to have a choice between levying either a countywide gasoline tax or a countywide sales and use tax. Under no circumstances shall this section be construed so as to authorize the levying of both gasoline and sales and use taxes. When the county commission makes its choice public, it shall be deemed to have exercised all taxing authority conferred upon it by this section.

(e) The net proceeds from whichever tax the county commission chooses to levy under this section shall be deposited into a special fund of the county to be used only for the principal and premium, if any, of and interest on any bonds, warrants, or other certificates of indebtedness issued by the county to finance the construction and maintenance of a county jail and the renovation of the existing county courthouse, or for the leasing by the county of a county jail and county courthouse from the Etowah County Public Building Authority or from any other entity.

(f) The penalty for delinquent payment of a tax or any other violations related to a tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be the same as the penalty prescribed by law for violations of the state tax paralleling the county tax imposed under this section.

(g) The levy heretofore by the county commission of all taxes pursuant to subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, irrespective of any irregularity in the proceedings with respect to the levy thereof, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and all taxes so levied shall be deemed to have been duly and legally levied and are hereby ratified and validated in all respects.
Ala. Code § 45-39-92.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-92.11
Section 45-39-92.11 Continuation of Prior Authority
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this part that the Shoals Industrial Development Authority created pursuant to Act 86-244, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 372) and Act 86-231, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 341), continue in existence as the Shoals Economic Development Authority. All assets, property, papers, furniture, equipment, office supplies, bank accounts, investment portfolios, books, and any rights, duties, functions, liabilities, or obligations of the Shoals Industrial Development Authority on July 25, 1995, shall become the property and obligations of the Shoals Economic Development Authority. Persons employed by the Shoals Industrial Development Authority on July 25, 1995, shall become employees of the Shoals Economic Development Authority without any interruption in employment or change in status.
Ala. Code § 45-14-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-242
Section 45-14-242 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part applies to Clay County.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.61
Section 45-28A-42.61 Mandatory Retirement
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall have the power and authority and it is hereby made mandatory that it shall retire from service in the police and fire departments of any city to which this subpart applies any member thereof, who has attained the age of 65 years, and the board of trustees shall direct the payment to such retired member, monthly, from the fund, the amount of money hereinafter provided for his or her particular position, office, salary, or class of work.
Ala. Code § 45-10-234.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-234.04
Section 45-10-234.04 Claim of Property
Status: in_force

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff. The sheriff may require the owner to pay a pro rata share of the costs, if any, of publication of notice of the sale of the property.
Ala. Code § 45-4-60.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-60.04
Section 45-4-60.04 Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths
Status: reserved

Repealed Act 2015-321 effective June 3, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-17-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-100
Section 45-17-100 Insuring School Buildings and Property
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Colbert County Board of Education may insure school buildings and property under the jurisdiction of the board through the State Insurance Fund or with a private insurance company which, in the opinion of the board, provides the best coverage for the school buildings and property.
Ala. Code § 45-52-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-83
Section 45-52-83 Creation and Composition; Authority, Duties, Functions
Status: in_force

(a) The Jury Commission of Morgan County provided for by Chapter 2 of Title 30, Code of Alabama 1940, as presently constituted is hereby abolished.

(b) Hereafter, the Jury Commission of Morgan County shall be composed of the circuit court judges of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama who reside in Morgan County, the judge of the County Court of Morgan County, and two qualified electors of the county who are reputed for their fairness, impartiality, integrity, and good judgment, appointed by the Governor. The two appointive members of the jury commission shall hold office for terms to run concurrently with the term of the Governor. They shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall not during their tenure in office hold any other public office by appointment or election or perform any other public duty under the federal, state, county, or municipal government which carries with it any compensation whatsoever.

(c) The ex officio members of the Jury Commission of Morgan County shall not be entitled to any remuneration whatever for the performance of their duties as jury commissioners. The appointed members of the commission shall be entitled to compensation at a rate of fifteen dollars ($15) a day for each day’s service, but not exceeding an annual amount to be determined by the county governing body. The commission is authorized and empowered to employ a clerk to serve under the direction of the commission and to perform the duties incumbent upon such clerk under the general laws of the State of Alabama as prescribed in Section 12-16-37.

(d) The jury commission of Morgan County provided for in this section shall have all the authority, perform all the duties, and perform the same functions as a jury commission provided for under the general laws in Article 2, commencing with Section 12-16-30, of Chapter 16, Title 12.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102.21
Section 45-49-102.21 School Council - Creation; Composition
Status: in_force

Each public school in a pilot program shall form a school council which shall be composed of three parent representatives, two teachers, and the principal or administrator. These six members shall select a seventh member who shall not be a relative of any other member of the school council. The seventh member need not be a parent, but shall be an individual interested in the participating school. The parent representatives on the school council shall not be relatives of any employee of the school. Any vacancy on the school council shall be filled by the remaining members for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Ala. Code § 45-4-83.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-83.14
Section 45-4-83.14 Advisory Board
Status: in_force

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views. It shall be the district attorney’s decision who will comprise the board and when or if it should meet.
Ala. Code § 45-39-243.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-243.10
Section 45-39-243.10 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any tax received under authority of this part shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after its receipt to the county general fund. Provided however, the proceeds of the tax received under authority of this part within the corporate limits of the City of Florence shall be distributed by the county in the following manner:

(1) Seventy-five percent of the taxes shall be distributed to the City of Florence.

(2) Twenty-five percent of the taxes shall be distributed to the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.16
Section 45-8A-22.16 Dismissal for Violations
Status: in_force

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules or regulations who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this subpart, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance thereof, shall be dismissed from service under the system and shall not be reappointed for two years.
Ala. Code § 45-33-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-10
Section 45-33-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Hale County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Hale County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978.

(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end:

(1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter.

(2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable.

(3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment.

(4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law.

(5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application.

(c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-57-71.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-71.03
Section 45-57-71.03 Adopting Resolution Approving Assessments
Status: in_force

After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement, the assessment book shall be delivered to the county commission for its consideration and if the commission is satisfied that assessments have been properly made, it shall adopt a resolution approving the assessments against the property owners as set out in the assessment book, finding that approval of at least three-fourths of the property owners has been obtained and directing that the book be delivered to the revenue commissioner of the county, who shall give notice by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in Russell County, or of general circulation therein, that the assessment roll or list has been delivered to the official and is open for inspection in his or her office.
Ala. Code § 45-37-210.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-210.23
Section 45-37-210.23 Towing and Impounding of Vehicle; Release of Impounded Vehicle; Lien; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) A traffic enforcement officer who observes a violation of this part, or who obtains proof of a violation through the use of an automated photographic or video traffic enforcement system, may cause a motor vehicle operated in violation of this part to be towed and impounded at the registered owner’s expense as follows:

(1) On a first violation, for a period of 10 days.

(2) On a second violation, for a period of 20 days.

(3) On a third or subsequent violation, for a period of 30 days.

(b) The traffic enforcement officer making the impoundment shall direct an approved towing service to tow the vehicle to the garage of the towing service, storage lot, or other place of safety and maintain custody and control of the vehicle for the required amount of time. Thereafter, the registered owner or authorized agent of the registered owner may claim the vehicle by paying all reasonable and customary towing and storage fees for the services of the towing company. The vehicle shall then be released to the registered owner or an agent of the owner.

(c) Any towing service or towing company removing the vehicle at the direction of a traffic enforcement officer in accordance with this part shall have a lien on the motor vehicle for all reasonable and customary fees relating to the towing and storage of the motor vehicle. This lien shall be subject and subordinate to all prior security interests and other liens affecting the vehicle whether evidenced on the certificate of title or otherwise. Notice of any sale or other proceedings relative to this lien shall be given to the holders of all prior security interests or other liens by official service of process at least 15 days prior to any sale or other proceedings.

(d) Subject to the requirements of this part, the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 32, relating to the impoundment and sale of abandoned motor vehicles, shall apply to any person in possession of a motor vehicle impounded pursuant to this section.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this part to the contrary, a person who is adjudicated to have not committed a violation of this part shall not be required to pay any reasonable and customary towing and storage fees for the services of the towing company. All reasonable and customary towing and storage fees shall be paid to the towing company by the governing body employing the traffic enforcement officer who directed the vehicle to be towed as required by subsection (b).
Ala. Code § 45-32-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-241
Section 45-32-241 Consolidation of Unified System
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only in Greene County.

(b) The purpose of this section is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner.

(c) At the expiration of the current term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If the office of county revenue commissioner is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector, the tax assessor or the tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term of office for which he or she was elected. The county revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election and every six years thereafter and shall serve for a term of office of six years.

(d) The county revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed by the tax assessor and the tax collector of the county. The official acts of the employees of the county revenue commissioner shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner.

(e) Before entering upon the duties of office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Section 279 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in a sum fixed by the county commission secured by a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate. The cost of the bond shall be paid out of the general fund of the county on a warrant of the county commission and shall be a preferred claim against the county.

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall receive the minimum salary provided by Section 40–6A–2, payable in the manner prescribed by that section.

(g) The office of the tax assessor and the office of tax collector shall be abolished effective on the last day of the term to which they are elected, or on an earlier date as provided in this section if a vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector.

(h) If either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector becomes vacant before the expiration of the term of office and before the time of the election provided by this section the remaining officer shall serve in an acting capacity for the vacant office without additional compensation until the remaining provisions of this section become operative or have no further effect. If subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, become operative, the remaining officer shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected.
Ala. Code § 45-45-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-100
Section 45-45-100 Salary
Status: in_force

The members of the Madison County Board of Education shall each receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments of one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
Ala. Code § 45-32-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-242.04
Section 45-32-242.04 Additional Tax for Educational Purposes
Status: in_force

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Greene County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of three mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund for educational purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-40-130.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-130.06
Section 45-40-130.06 Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) payable to Lawrence County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and for the faithful accounting of all monies or property of the county, which may come into his or her possession or custody. The bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized and qualified to do business in Alabama, and be approved by the county commission. The premiums thereon shall be paid by the county.
Ala. Code § 45-51-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-20
Section 45-51-20 Refusal by Wholesale Licensee to Sell to Retail Licensee; Remedies
Status: in_force

(a)(1) This section shall only apply to specified licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board operating in Montgomery County.

(2) The purpose of this section is to regulate the liquor traffic in Montgomery County pursuant to Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(b) No holder of a wholesaler license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall refuse to sell to a holder of a retail license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or to provide a service to a holder of a retail license, if the same service is provided to other holders of a retail license.

(c)(1) A person or business entity may bring an action for a declaratory judgement for a determination of any controversy under this section.

(2) A person or business entity, upon proper application to a court, may obtain injunctive relief against any violation of this section.

(3) These remedies are not exclusive and this section shall not be construed as abolishing any other available cause of action.
Ala. Code § 45-21A-10.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21A / Section 45-21A-10.04
Section 45-21A-10.04 Jurisdiction of Brantley Municipal Court; Hearings; Liability; Evidence and Procedure; Defenses
Status: in_force

(a) The Brantley Municipal Court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this article and to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this article.

(b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the imposition of the civil fine by submitting a request for a hearing on the adjudication of the civil violation, in writing, within 15 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed. Upon receipt of a timely request, the city shall notify the person of the date and time of the adjudicative hearing by U.S. mail.

(c) Failure to pay a civil penalty or to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability in the full amount of the civil fine assessed in the notice of violation.

(d) The civil fine shall not be assessed if, after a hearing, the Brantley Municipal Judge enters a finding of no liability.

(e) If an adjudicative hearing is requested, the city shall have the burden of proving the speeding violation by a preponderance of the evidence. The reliability of the automated photographic speeding enforcement system used to produce the recorded image of the violation may be attested to by affidavit of a trained technician. An affidavit of a trained technician that alleges a violation based on an inspection of the pertinent recorded image or video is admissible in a proceeding under this article and is evidence of the facts contained in the affidavit.

(f) The notice of violation, the recorded and reproduced images of the violation, regardless of the media on which they are recorded, accompanied by a certification of authenticity of a trained technician, and evidence of ownership of a vehicle as shown by copies or summaries of official records shall be admissible into evidence without foundation unless the municipal court finds there is an indication of untrustworthiness, in which case the city shall be given a reasonable opportunity to lay an evidentiary foundation.

(g) All other matters of evidence and procedure not specifically addressed in this article shall be subject to the rules of evidence and the rules of procedure as they apply in the small claims courts of this state, except that on any appeal to Crenshaw County Circuit Court for trial de novo the evidence and procedures shall be as for any civil case in the circuit court except as otherwise provided in this article.

(h) A person who is found liable for the civil violation after an adjudicative hearing or who requests an adjudicative hearing and thereafter fails to appear at the time and place of the hearing is liable for court costs and fees as set out herein in addition to the amount of the civil fine assessed for the violation. A person who is found liable for a civil violation after an adjudicative hearing shall pay the civil fine and costs within 10 days of the hearing.

(i) Whenever payment of a civil fine is owed to the city, the amount of the civil fine as set by ordinance may not be increased, decreased, or remitted by the municipal court, and the liability may be satisfied only by payment.

(j) It shall be an affirmative defense to the imposition of civil liability under this article, to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, that:

1. The operator of the motor vehicle was acting in compliance with the lawful order or direction of a police officer.

2. The motor vehicle was being operated as an authorized emergency vehicle under Sections 32-5A-7 and 32-5-213, and that the operator was acting in compliance with that chapter.

3. The motor vehicle was stolen or being operated by a person other than the owner of the vehicle without the effective consent of the owner.

4. The license plate depicted in the recorded image of the violation was a stolen plate and being displayed on a motor vehicle other than the motor vehicle for which the plate had been issued.

5. The person who received the notice of violation was not the owner of the motor vehicle at the time of the violation.

(k) To demonstrate that at the time of the violation the motor vehicle was a stolen vehicle or the license plate displayed on the motor vehicle was a stolen plate, the owner must submit proof acceptable to the hearing officer that the theft of the vehicle or license plate, prior to the time of the violation, had been timely reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(l) Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, a person who fails to pay the amount of a civil fine or to contest liability in a timely manner is entitled to an adjudicative hearing on the violation if:

1. The person files an affidavit with the hearing officer stating the date on which the person received the notice of violation that was mailed to the person, if not received by the 10th day after same is mailed as set out in Section 45-21A-10.03.

2. Within the 15 days of the date of actual receipt, the person requests an administrative adjudicative hearing.
Ala. Code § 45-49-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-30
Section 45-49-30 Mowa Band of the Choctaw Indian Commission of Mobile County, Alabama
Status: in_force

There is created and established in Mobile County a commission to be known as the Mowa Band of the Choctaw Indian Commission of Mobile County, Alabama, hereinafter referred to as the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-52-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-111
Section 45-52-111 Qualified Electors
Status: in_force

(a) The board of registrars in Morgan County shall have authority to omit and remove from the list of qualified electors in the county the name of any person who fails to vote at least once in six years in any general election, primary election, municipal election, or special election held in the county.

(b) It shall be the duty of the board of registrars in the county to notify each person whose name shall be removed from the list of qualified electors pursuant to subsection (a), by first class mail or postal card addressed to his or her last known address as shown by the records of the board.

(c) Any qualified elector in the county whose name shall be omitted or removed from the list of qualified electors shall be entitled to have his or her name restored to the list of qualified electors by reregistering in the same manner as initial registration; provided, however, no person shall be registered or reregistered by the board of registrars as an elector within 21 days prior to an election.

(d) Within 10 days after any election held in the county, the Judge of Probate of Morgan County shall certify a poll list of the election to the board of registrars of each person voting in each election and it shall be the duty of the municipal clerk in each municipality of the county to certify a poll list of the election to the board of registrars of each person voting in a municipal election within 10 days after an election.
Ala. Code § 45-28-234.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-234.16
Section 45-28-234.16 Expenses Under Part
Status: in_force

All reasonable, necessary, and ordinary expenses incurred in the implementation of this part shall be paid by the county out of the county treasury, subject to the budgetary approval of the county commission as otherwise required by state law.
Ala. Code § 45-39-245.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-245.09
Section 45-39-245.09 Provisions Governing Time and Manner of Collection
Status: in_force

In event the taxes herein levied are being collected by and paid to the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County under this subpart, the taxes herein levied shall be due and collectible at the times and manner and as set out in the aforesaid Act 100 of the 1959 Second Special Session of the Legislature and Articles 11, 11A, and 11B of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, and amendments thereto, and all of the methods and provisions given to the State of Alabama as to the collection of the taxes under the provisions of the aforesaid Act 100 of the 1959 Second Special Session of the Legislature and Articles 11, 11A, and 11B of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, and amendments thereto, are given hereby to Lauderdale County and the City of Florence as to the taxes hereby levied.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-64.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-64.12
Section 45-49A-64.12 Proceeds from Sale of Bonds
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The fiscal, engineering, legal, and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds.

(2) In the case of bonds issued to pay costs of acquiring or constructing all or any part of a transit system interest on such bonds (or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for acquisition or construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay such acquisition or construction costs) prior to and during such acquisition or construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such acquisition or construction.

(3) In the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority, any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded.
Ala. Code § 45-9-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-243
Section 45-9-243 Annual License or Privilege Fees
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only to Chambers County, Alabama, and to no other county.

(b) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: “the county” means Chambers County, Alabama; “person” includes any natural person, partnership, corporation, firm, association, trust, estate, or other entity; “business” includes all activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect to such person; “license or privilege fee” shall not include any sales or use tax.

(c) The purpose of this section is to equalize the burden of taxation by authorizing the county commission to impose a license or privilege fee upon persons now engaging in certain businesses without paying any license fee or tax thereon to either the state or county and to generate additional revenue for the county by imposing an additional license or privilege fee upon persons now engaging or who may hereafter engage in certain businesses and pay license or privilege fees to the state or county.

(d) The county commission is hereby authorized to levy an annual license or privilege fee upon any person for engaging in any business in the county. The license or privilege fee hereby authorized shall be in addition to any other license or privilege fee which is currently authorized or may hereafter be authorized.

(e) The fee hereby levied shall be paid annually on October 1 for the succeeding year to that officer or employee of the county chargeable with the duty of collecting license or privilege fees or taxes payable to the county, and shall be deposited in the county general fund for the use of the county.

(f) The license or privilege fee levied by the county commission on any person for engaging in any business shall be at a rate of from ten dollars ($10) to one hundred dollars ($100) for each business conducted in the county. The county commission is expressly authorized to set the rate of the license or privilege fee within the limits herein provided for each type or category of business in the county. The rates of the license or privilege fee for each type or category of business shall be uniform throughout the county and shall be set forth in a schedule promulgated by the county commission in which the rate for each type or category of business is dependent on the type, size, gross receipts and/or number of employees of the business and/or number of employees of the business and/or such other reasonable criteria as the county commission shall determine.

(g) The county commission is hereby expressly authorized to prescribe all necessary or appropriate rules and regulations for the implementation and enforcement of this section, including all rules and regulations as may be necessary by reason of any alteration of law in relation to this section.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or require a license or privilege fee for practicing the religious tenets of any church.
Ala. Code § 45-41-141.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-141.18
Section 45-41-141.18 Effect of Special Election
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held under this part shall approve the authorization of

(1) The levy of a financial charge within the district in which such special election was held,

(2) An increase in the maximum rate at which such financial charge shall be authorized to be levied,

(3) An extension of the period of time during which such financial charge shall be authorized to be levied, or

(4) Both such an increase in the maximum rate of such financial charge and such an extension of such period of time during which such financial charge shall be authorized to be levied (whatever the case may be),

(b) The commission may proceed to levy such financial charge, and such financial charge may be collected, in accordance with this part. Otherwise such financial charge may not be so levied or collected or (in the case of a previously authorized or approved financial charge) may not be levied or collected at a rate in excess of, or for a period of time longer than, that previously authorized by the qualified electors of such district.
Ala. Code § 45-37-170.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-170.25
Section 45-37-170.25 Meetings; Officers; Compensation; Quorum
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as may be practicable after completion of the incorporation, the board of directors shall hold their first meeting, elect a chair, a vice chair, secretary, and treasurer of the board, set a regular time and place for meetings of the board, and attend to such other matters as may be appropriate.

(b) Directors, unless otherwise authorized by resolution adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of Jefferson County and the City of Birmingham, shall serve without compensation, except reimbursement for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, such expenses to be reimbursed from such funds as may be available to the authority. No director shall be legally liable for actions taken by, or as a member of, the board, except to the authority.

(c) The quorum necessary for the board of directors to hold valid meetings and to take valid action or transact business shall be six members.
Ala. Code § 45-26-246.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-246.06
Section 45-26-246.06 Severability
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2023-87, effective May 2, 2023.

This part shall not be applied in a manner to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. If a provision of this part is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-31-231.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-231.21
Section 45-31-231.21 Operation of Board
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt written procedures of operation and administration and shall elect one of its members as chair on an annual basis. Meetings shall generally be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.

(b) Any rules, regulations, or policies adopted by the board shall be written upon the minutes of the board, and shall be acknowledged and signed by each member of the board a minimum of 30 days before the rules, regulations, or policies are implemented or utilized for any inmate pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.50
Section 45-28A-42.50 Applicability
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only to the City of Gadsden, Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-57-245.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-245.03
Section 45-57-245.03 Proceed from Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual cost of collection not to exceed five percent shall be paid by the state Department of Revenue to the Russell County Commission to be used for the purposes of fire protection and for Funding the Phenix City/Russell County Council for Abused and Neglected Children and the Task Force for Senior Citizens located in Russell County. These funds shall be payable on a monthly basis and shall be expended solely for the purposes of funding the Phenix City/Russell County Council for Abused and Neglected Children; the Task Force for Senior Citizens located in Russell County; and paid and volunteer fire departments in order to encourage a strong firefighters network in Russell County. The proceeds paid by the state Department of Revenue to the Russell County Commission shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Two and one-half percent to the Phenix City/Russell County Council for Abused and Neglected Children.

(2) Two and one-half percent to the Task Force for Senior Citizens located in Russell County.

(3) Ninety-five percent to the volunteer fire departments and municipally supported fire departments in Russell County as determined by the Russell County Commission in consultation with the Russell County Volunteer Fire Department Association on an equal basis, share and share alike.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the contractual agreements shall be considered as a contract between the county and an independent contractor. It is the further intent of the Legislature that the volunteer fire departments and municipally supported fire departments shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a private capacity for the actions of the fire departments.
Ala. Code § 45-43-246.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-246.62
Section 45-43-246.62 Levy of Tax; Exemption
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Lowndes County shall levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a one cent ($.01) privilege license tax against gross sales or gross receipts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of the tax authorized to be levied upon each person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of selling at retail machines used in mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property, and any parts of such machines or any motor vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer shall be an amount determined by the county commission. Provided, however, when any used motor vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or used vehicle, the amount of the tax determined by the county commission shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle sold less the credit for the used vehicle taken in trade.

(b) The gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-42-243.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-243.03
Section 45-42-243.03 Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed by this part shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time and along with the collection by the department of taxes levied and collected for the State of Alabama under Act 100 1959 Second Special Session (Acts 1959, p. 298), and Article 11 of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as the article had been last amended on September 1, 1959, and as it existed on that date, and all reports now required to be made to the Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama, on request of the Department of Revenue, shall be available for inspection by the chair of the county governing body of Limestone County, or his or her designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours. The State Department of Revenue shall prepare and distribute such reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary for the collection of the additional taxes herein imposed, and shall have all the authority and duties in connection with such additional taxes as are now given by law to the department for the collection of state sales and use taxes under Act 100 1959 Second Special Session (Acts 1959, p. 298), and Article 11 of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as the article had been last amended on September 1, 1959, and as it existed on that date. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Revenue to pay into the State Treasury all collections of taxes made hereunder, and on or before the first day of the following month the Commissioner of Revenue shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of special taxes levied and collected under the authority of this part for the use and benefit of Limestone County during the calendar month immediately preceding the making of such certificate to the State Treasurer; whereupon it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant on the State Treasury, payable to the custodian of the county school funds of Limestone County for the amount so certified by the Commissioner of Revenue as having been collected for the use and benefit of Limestone County and paid into the State Treasury. The State Department of Revenue shall charge Limestone County for collecting the taxes levied by this part a percentage of the taxes to be computed on the basis that the total cost of collecting the state’s sales and use taxes bears to the total of state sales and use taxes collected for each fiscal year ending September 30. Such charge for collecting such taxes shall be deducted once each year from the special sales and special use taxes collected in the month of September of each year before certifying the amount of special sales and special use taxes due Limestone County for such month.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.174 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.174
Section 45-57A-63.174 Continuity of Offices, Departments, Boards, or Agencies
Status: in_force

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continued to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, board, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with this part, apply to the office, department, board, or agency provided for by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-27-245.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-245.03
Section 45-27-245.03 Provision of State Use Tax Statutes Applicable
Status: in_force

The taxes levied by this subpart shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, discounts, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions that are applicable to the taxes levied by the state use tax statutes except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided including all provisions of the state use tax statutes for enforcement and collection of taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-42.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-42.04
Section 45-37A-42.04 Notice of Violation
Status: in_force

(a) The city or its designee shall mail a notice of violation by U.S. mail to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system, photographic stop sign enforcement system, or photographic vehicle speed enforcement system while committing a traffic signal violation, stop sign violation, or speeding violation. The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the traffic signal violation, stop sign violation, or speeding violation is recorded to:

(1) The owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(b) A notice of violation issued under this part shall contain the following:

(1) Description of the violation.

(2) The date, time, and location of the violation.

(3) A copy of a recorded image of the vehicle.

(4) The amount of the fine to be imposed for the violation.

(5) The date by which the fine must be paid.

(6) A statement that the person named in the notice of violation may pay the fine in lieu of appearing at an administrative hearing.

(7) Information that informs the person named in the notice of violation:

a. Of the right to contest the imposition of the fine in an administrative hearing.

b. Of the manner and time in which to contest the imposition of the fine.

c. That failure to pay the fine or to contest liability is an admission of liability.

(8) A statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding for the imposition of a fine.

(9) In the case of a motor vehicle rental or leasing company, the procedure for transferring liability to the renter or lessee and a request for the name, address, and driver’s license number of the renter or lessee.

(10) A statement that failure to pay the fine within the time allowed shall result in the imposition of a late penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25).

(11) Any other information deemed necessary by the city or its designee.

(c) A notice of violation under this part is presumed to have been received on the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is placed in the United States mail.

(d) A fine imposed pursuant to this part shall be paid within 30 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed.

(e) It shall be within the discretion of the trained technician to determine which of the recorded traffic signal violations, stop sign violations and speeding violations are to be enforced based upon the quality and legibility of the recorded image.
Ala. Code § 45-54-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-82
Section 45-54-82 Real Estate Deed Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) In Pickens County, any real estate deed, presented for filing and recording in the office of the judge of probate, shall contain, on the face of the instrument, the name and complete address of the person to whom the ad valorem tax notice on the real estate should be delivered by the taxing authorities of the county. The form of the statement shall be substantially as follows:

“Ad valorem tax notice, regarding the subject real estate, should be delivered to:

“NAME____________________________________________

“FULL ADDRESS___________________________________”

(b) The judge of probate shall refuse to accept for filing and recording any instrument which does not comply with this section.

(c) Failure to comply with this section by the judge of probate, his or her agents, servants, or employees, or any other person, shall be construed to be a ministerial failure and shall in no wise affect the validity of the real estate deed involved; nor shall the failure impose any civil or criminal liability on the judge of probate, his or her agents, servants, or employees.
Ala. Code § 45-39-221 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-221
Section 45-39-221 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein:

(1) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution adopted by the governing body of the City of Florence or the county, in accordance with this part, that authorizes the organization of the tourism board.

(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the tourism board.

(3) CODE. This code and all amendments thereto and, with respect to any particular title, chapter, article, division, section, or other portion thereof, any act of the Legislature or other code preceding such portion of this code or subsequently replacing the same.

(4) COUNTY. Lauderdale County, Alabama.

(5) COUNTY LODGING TAX. That certain tax levied pursuant to Part 5, commencing with Section 45-39-244, of Article 24 of this chapter.

(6) DIRECTOR. A member of the board.

(7) FLORENCE. The City of Florence, Alabama.

(8) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to the county, its county commission, and, with respect to a municipality, its city or town council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body.

(9) LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of the state.

(10) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated municipality located wholly within the county.

(11) PLANNING JURISDICTION. A municipality’s planning jurisdiction but excludes any portion of the planning jurisdiction located outside of the county.

(12) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(13) TOURISM BOARD. The public corporation organized pursuant to this part.

(b) The terms herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion hereof in which any such word is used. The definitions set forth herein shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are used in the singular or plural. Whenever used herein any pronoun or pronouns shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.224 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.224
Section 45-37A-52.224 Publicity of Records
Status: in_force

All records and accounts of every office, department, or agency of the city shall be open to inspection by any citizen, any representative of a citizens’ organization, or any representative of the press at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the mayor, except records and documents the disclosure of which would tend to defeat the lawful purpose which they are intended to accomplish.
Ala. Code § 45-44-231.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-231.41
Section 45-44-231.41 Definitions
Status: in_force

Certain terms, as used in this subpart, shall have the following meaning:

(1) BOARD. The county rehabilitation board composed of the probate judge, the district attorney, the sheriff, the circuit judge, the superintendent of education, the head of the ministerial conference, the juvenile probation officer, the probation officer, the Chair of the Macon County Commission, the mayors of all towns and cities within Macon County, the president of each public school parent-teacher association, the president of the county civic association, a representative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Also, a social worker and a physician, preferably a psychologist or a psychiatrist, shall be appointed by the legislative delegation. Also, four residents of Macon County: One adult male, one adult female, one minor male, and one minor female shall be named by the legislative delegation representing Macon County. The senator, or the representative or representatives of Macon County, shall individually or jointly convene persons named in this section and shall preside over the meetings. The four Macon County residents’ term of office as members of the board shall end when the term of office of the appointing authority ends. Any vacancy in the positions filled by the four residents shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(2) INMATE. A prisoner, either male or female, convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of confinement in the county jail.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.224 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.224
Section 45-37A-51.224 Involuntary Retirement
Status: in_force

(a) In the event a participant shall be involuntarily retired after having completed 20 or more years of credited service prior to attaining the age of 60 years, such participant shall be entitled to a monthly retirement benefit equal to the product of the final average salary multiplied by the applicable percentage rate determined at the date of termination, multiplied by such participant’s years of credited service. Should the participant be involuntarily retired prior to attaining age 60 his or her entitlement to the monthly retirement benefit, at this retirement date, shall additionally require that within 60 days of the involuntary retirement the agency governing tenure of service of city employees certify in writing to the board that such employee has not contributed by his or her own fault or misconduct to the separation from service. Should such certification not be made within the prescribed time, the monthly retirement benefit thus determined shall commence upon his or her attainment of age 60. However, should such employee, prior to attaining age 60 and prior to the commencement of his or her benefits, withdraw such employee’s own contributions to the system, he or she shall forfeit his or her right to the monthly retirement benefits.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, for all participants who first become participants on or after July 1, 2017, in the event a participant is involuntarily retired after having completed 20 or more years of credited service prior to attaining the age of 62 years, the participant shall be entitled to a monthly retirement benefit equal to the product of the final average salary multiplied by the applicable percentage rate determined at the date of termination, multiplied by the participant’s years of credited service. If the participant is involuntarily retired prior to attaining age 62, his or her entitlement to the monthly retirement benefit at this retirement date shall additionally require that within 60 days of the involuntary retirement the agency governing tenure of service of city employees certifies in writing to the board that the employee has not contributed by his or her own fault or misconduct to the separation from service. If that certification is not made within the prescribed time, the monthly retirement benefit thus determined shall commence upon his or her attainment of age 62. If the employee, prior to attaining age 62 and prior to the commencement of his or her benefits, withdraw the employee’s own contributions to the system, the employee shall forfeit his or her right to the monthly retirement benefits.

(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the monthly retirement benefit shall neither commence nor be payable during any period when such involuntarily retired participant shall refuse or fail to accept employment by the city at a rate of compensation equal to that he or she was receiving at the time such retiree was involuntarily retired or separated.
Ala. Code § 45-8-120.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-120.04
Section 45-8-120.04 Categories of Service
Status: in_force

All employees and positions covered by this article shall be assigned by the board, in coordination with the county commission and the responsible appointing authority, to one of the following categories of service: (a) classified service, (b) part-time service, or (c) temporary service. Assignments shall be made in accordance with the definitions established in Section 45-8-120.02.
Ala. Code § 45-28-82.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-82.30
Section 45-28-82.30 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All fees paid to the district attorney by offenders pursuant to this subpart shall be paid into the District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund. The district attorney shall disburse 10 percent to the Sheriff of Etowah County to be deposited into the Law Enforcement Fund, and 10 percent, if the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit has one, to an approved child advocacy center. The remainder of the funds shall be used to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for any other law enforcement purpose. Costs associated with program administration shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, uniforms, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel services, service contracts, or professional services. The district attorney may pay for services or programs for an offender while the offender is in the pretrial division program if special circumstances and justice dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-18-81.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-81.34
Section 45-18-81.34 Advisory Board
Status: in_force

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views. It shall be the district attorney’s decision who will comprise the board and when or if it should meet.
Ala. Code § 45-39-92.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-92.45
Section 45-39-92.45 Failure to Report
Status: in_force

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required in this subpart or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the Lauderdale County Commission, within the time required for making such reports, or shall fail to pay the tax imposed within the time fixed for the payment thereof, the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for each offense as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-55-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-231
Section 45-55-231 Pistol Permit Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In Pike County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A–11–75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff.

(b) Ten dollars ($10) of each fee collected under this section shall be paid to the county treasury and the remaining ten dollars ($10) of each fee shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Pike County, or agents of the sheriff, in any bank located in Pike County into a fund known as the sheriff’s fund.

(c) The sheriff’s fund provided for by this section shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Pike County or appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit.

(d) The establishment of the sheriff’s fund, as provided in this section, and the use of funds shall not diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-45-100.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-100.01
Section 45-45-100.01 Expense Allowances
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the Madison County Board of Education shall hereafter receive from public school funds of the county, an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300) per month, which shall be in lieu of any expense allowances heretofore provided by law for such board members.

(b) In the discretion of such board of education, each member thereof may also receive reimbursement for any actual expenses incurred when traveling outside the county on business of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-34-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-80
Section 45-34-80 County Salary Supplement
Status: in_force

Each court reporter of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to receive an additional annual county supplement in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000). The compensation shall be in addition to any compensation or allowances currently payable to the court reporters. The total compensation paid by Houston County shall not exceed seven thousand dollars ($7,000).
Ala. Code § 45-30-250 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-250
Section 45-30-250 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) AUTHORITY. The Franklin County Water Service Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this article.

(2) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Franklin County Water Service Authority.

(3) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(4) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description of a particular geographic area by metes and bounds, reference to government surveys, recorded maps or plats, municipal, county, or state boundary lines, well-defined landmarks, other monuments, or any combination of the foregoing.

(5) COUNTY. Franklin County.

(6) DIRECTOR. A member of the Board of Directors of the Franklin County Water Service Authority.

(7) INCORPORATORS. The persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to this article.

(8) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of Franklin County.

(9) NEW TERRITORY. Any territory added, by amendment to the certificate of incorporation of an authority, to the area or areas in which that authority may render water service.

(10) PERSON. Any natural person, public or private corporation, municipality, or county, or any agency, department, or instrumentality of the state or of a county or municipality.

(11) PROPERTY. Real and personal property and interests therein.

(12) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A water system owned and operated by the United States of America, the state, a county, a municipality, a public corporation organized under the laws of the state, or any combination thereof; or any agency or instrumentality or combination thereof, or any of the foregoing that holds a reversionary or remainder interest in a public water system.

(13) SERVICE AREA. The geographic area or areas in which the authority is authorized by its certificate of incorporation, or any amendment thereto, to render water service, including territory located within or without the boundaries of one or more municipalities.

(14) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(15) WATER SERVICE. The providing, furnishing, supplying, or distribution of water and the performing of all of the functions and activities reasonably incidental to the operation of a water system.

(16) WATER SYSTEM. Land, plants, systems, facilities, buildings, and other property, or any combination thereof, that are used or useful or capable of future use in providing, furnishing, supplying, or distributing water, including, but not limited to, water supply systems, water distribution systems, reservoirs, wells, intakes, mains, laterals, aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purification plants, meters, valves, fire hydrants, all necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all properties, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary or desirable by the authority for use in rendering water service.
Ala. Code § 45-56-83.67 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-83.67
Section 45-56-83.67 Additional Special Transaction Fee; Payment to Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

Effective May 6, 1998, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every transaction occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate. This amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The additional fee shall be paid into the special fund of the judge of probate as created in Section 45–56–83.66.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-100.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-100.15
Section 45-37A-100.15 Compensation of Trained Technician
Status: in_force

Under no circumstances shall the salary or other compensation of the trained technician be related to the number of notices of violation issued or amount of fines collected.
Ala. Code § 45-49-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-171
Section 45-49-171 Fees
Status: in_force

The Board of Health of Mobile County is hereby authorized to charge and collect any fee it deems necessary and proper for any service rendered by its officers, employees, or agents in the performance of duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or resolution of the county or State Board of Health. The Board of Health of Mobile County may fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of the service rendered. Any fee schedule fixed pursuant to this section shall not go into effect until adopted by the County Commission of Mobile County. The schedule of fees fixed by the board of health and adopted by the county commission may be increased by the board from time to time as is necessary to reflect cost of living increases in pay of Mobile County merit system classified personnel employed by the board as may hereafter be authorized by the Personnel Board of Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-20-233 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-233
Section 45-20-233 Receipt of Badge and Pistol Upon Retirement
Status: in_force

(a) Any individual employed by the Covington County Sheriff’s Office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the office.

(b) This section shall have retroactive effect to any action taken prior to May 22, 2013.
Ala. Code § 45-49-81.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-81.20
Section 45-49-81.20 Supplemental Salary - Register and Clerk
Status: in_force

The salaries of each the Register of the Circuit Court and the District Court Clerk of Mobile County, Alabama, of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, may be supplemented by the County of Mobile which makes up the judicial circuit in an amount up to six thousand dollars ($6,000) per annum. The supplemental salary shall be paid upon the availability of funds and the approval of the county commission. The amount shall be paid in the same manner as is paid other county employees, and shall be paid from the general fund of the county of the judicial circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-12-72.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-72.02
Section 45-12-72.02 Centralized Road System; Work Plan of County Engineer and Annual Budget
Status: in_force

The Choctaw County Commission shall establish a centrally located shop and centralized road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county commission may vote to establish a second shop location when the county engineer recommends an additional location is needed to facilitate the economical use of equipment and funds. The county engineer shall at the first regularly scheduled meeting of the county commission in July make recommendations for a yearly work plan and present an annual budget. The commission at its regular meetings shall discuss needs as they arise and vote on all issues that might affect the county.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-51 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-51
Section 45-17A-51 Compensation of Utilities Board
Status: in_force

The compensation of the chair of the Utilities Board of the City of Muscle Shoals shall be one hundred five dollars ($105) per month and the compensation of the members of the board shall be seventy dollars ($70) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-52.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-52.22
Section 45-35A-52.22 Loans, Sales, Grants, Etc., of Money, Property, Etc., to Authority by Counties, Municipalities, Etc
Status: in_force

For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the city, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state, upon such terms and with or without consideration, may, as it may determine, do all of the following:

(1) Lend or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority.

(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, any interest therein, and any franchise.

(3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this part and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient in connection with aiding and cooperating with the authority in its efforts to revitalize and redevelop the central business district of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.12
Section 45-27-60.12 Death Investigation Reports
Status: in_force

The county medical examiner shall maintain the reports of death investigations conducted by the Escambia County Medical Examiner and a copy shall be forwarded to the Department of Forensic Sciences. These reports, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Escambia County, with or without testimony by the county medical examiner or Department of Forensic Sciences officials, provided, any person preparing a report given in evidence pursuant to this article may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the cause.
Ala. Code § 45-27-231.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-231.21
Section 45-27-231.21 Sale of Perishable Property
Status: in_force

If abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds from the sale shall be held for a period of six months for the owner. During this period, the proceeds shall be paid to the owner upon demand, less any cost of recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale. If the proceeds are not claimed within six months, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of the property, the net funds shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Escambia County.
Ala. Code § 45-45-31.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-31.04
Section 45-45-31.04 Classification and Preservation of Records; Disposal of Records; Building for Retention of Records
Status: in_force

The county records commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which county records shall be permanently preserved because of their historical value, and which records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after they have been microfilmed. No record of the probate office or circuit court shall be destroyed unless otherwise permitted by law. The commission shall classify the different types of records accordingly. No county official shall cause any county records to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of without first obtaining the approval of the county records commission. Before destroying any records, the disposal of which by a county official has been approved by the commission, such records shall be offered to the Huntsville Public Library, State Department of Archives and History, the local historical association, and the Huntsville Burritt Museum in such order as the records commission may determine. The Madison County Board of Commissioners is required to expend the county general funds found to be necessary to build, lease, or remodel a suitable building to retain old records. The building shall conform to standards for this type of building as recommended by the United States Bureau of Standards.