Ala. Code § 45-46-70.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.06
Section 45-46-70.06 Clerk
Status: in_force

The board of revenue shall elect a clerk, and fix his or her compensation, and employ such other clerical assistance as may be necessary, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of revenue to attend the meetings thereof and issue all notices required by it. The clerk, under the direction of the board of revenue, shall keep the minutes and records of the proceedings thereof, in well bound volumes provided for that purpose, the records to be kept in the office of the board of revenue, and to be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the citizens of the county and other interested persons; and the clerk shall perform such other duties and matters as may be required of him or her by the board of revenue. The compensation of the clerk and of all other clerical assistants shall be fixed by the board of revenue and their terms of office shall be at the pleasure of the board of revenue. That before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the clerk shall take the same oath as the members of the board of revenue are required to take, and shall give a good and sufficient bond, with good and sufficient surety, payable to the County of Marengo, in such amount as may be fixed and prescribed by the board of revenue, which bond shall be filed with and approved by the Judge of Probate of Marengo County, with conditions faithfully to discharge the duties of such office during the time he or she continues therein or discharges any of the duties thereof, the premium on the bond to be paid out of the county treasury on certificate or warrant signed by the president or president pro tem of the board of revenue. The clerk shall keep a record of every warrant, claim, draft, or certificate issued by or under the authority of the board of revenue, showing the date, amount and to whom and for what issued, and shall countersign the same, and shall also keep a record of all notes, bonds, contracts, or agreements made, given, or issued by or in the name of Marengo County, showing the date, amount, object, and purpose thereof, and to whom given and for what purpose made or issued, and countersign the same; and the clerk, under the direction, supervision, and control of the board of revenue, shall also install and keep a general set of books showing the true and correct financial condition of Marengo County and the income thereof, the source from which derived, how or in what way the same is paid out and expended, and an itemized account of each fund handled, expended, or controlled by the board of revenue and in what way the same is paid out and disbursed; and at the September meeting each year of the board of revenue the clerk shall make up and file with it a detailed estimate and statement of the income from each fund for the coming fiscal year, and a detailed statement of the fixed expenses and charges against each of the funds.
Ala. Code § 45-22-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-243
Section 45-22-243 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the state.

(2) COUNTY. Cullman County in the State of Alabama.

(3) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year.

(4) MONTH. A calendar month.

(5) QUARTERLY PERIOD. The period of three months ending on the last day of each March, June, September, and December.

(6) REGISTERED SELLER. The person registered with the State Department of Revenue pursuant to the state use tax statutes or licensed under the state sales tax statutes.

(7) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(8) STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Department of Revenue of the state.

(9) STATE SALES TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state sale tax statutes.

(10) STATE SALES TAX STATUTES. Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Division 1, and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(11) STATE USE TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state use tax statutes.

(12) STATE USE TAX STATUTES. Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in Article 2 and all other statutes of the state which expressly apply to or purport to affect the administration of Article 2, and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(b) Except where another meaning is clearly indicated by the context, all definitions set forth in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes shall be effective as definitions of the words, terms, and phrases used in this subpart. All words, terms, and phrases used herein, other than those hereinabove specifically defined, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes and shall have the same scope and effect that the same words, terms, and phrases have where used in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes.
Ala. Code § 45-11-247.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-247.08
Section 45-11-247.08 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

Effective beginning with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, the Chilton County Commission may appropriate principal and interest from the trust account established in Section 45-11-247.06 for the maintenance and repair of the county jail as follows: For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, the Chilton County Commission may appropriate from the account an amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to be carried over from year to year for the maintenance and repair of the county jail; and for each fiscal year thereafter, the county commission may appropriate from the account additional amounts not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year for the maintenance and repair of the county jail until the funds in the account are exhausted.
Ala. Code § 45-25-83.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-83.01
Section 45-25-83.01 Renewal of Business Licenses by Mail
Status: in_force

The Judge of Probate of DeKalb County is authorized to renew Alabama business licenses by mail. The Judge of Probate shall mail notices during the month of September of each year stating the amount of the license if purchased by mail. The Judge of Probate may charge a fee of up to two dollars $2 for all business licenses that are issued by mail. These fees shall be deposited into a special fund kept by the judge of probate and expended for the general operations of the probate office.
Ala. Code § 45-24-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-230.01
Section 45-24-230.01 Salary Increase
Status: in_force

Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Dallas County shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The salary increase provided herein shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-50-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-243
Section 45-50-243 Ad Valorem Tax Authorized
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) COMMISSION. Monroe County Commission.

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

(4) COUNTY. Monroe County, Alabama.

(5) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any public corporation the directors or members of which are appointed by the commission and which issues obligations to provide funds to construct a jail for lease to the county.

(6) SECTION 215. Section 215 of the Constitution.

(7) SPECIAL TAX. The special ad valorem tax for necessary public buildings, bridges, and roads authorized in Section 215 and levied and collected on taxable property in the county.

(b) The county presently levies and collects the special tax at a rate of twenty-five cents ($.25) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (2.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Section 215. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment 373, the county proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to sixty-five cents ($.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may increase the rate at which the county levies and collects the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to sixty-five cents ($.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value; provided that the proceeds attributable to the increase in the rate of levy may be used only for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of a jail in the county and for the payment of debt service on any obligations incurred by the county or a public corporation for such purpose. The county shall discontinue the levy of three of the additional mills upon the earlier of (1) the September 30 of the year in which all such obligations incurred by the county or by a public corporation have been paid, or (2) the tax year for which the special tax becomes due and payable on October 1, 2023. The remaining one of the additional mills shall thereafter be used solely for the purpose of operating and maintaining the jail.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special 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 county who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373.
Ala. Code § 45-53-245.35 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-245.35
Section 45-53-245.35 Application of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, adopting rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this subpart shall apply to the tax levied under this subpart. The state Revenue Commissioner and the department shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this subpart that are imposed on the commissioner and department by the state sales and use tax statutes. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes that are made applicable by this subpart to the tax levied under this subpart, and to the administration and enforcement of this subpart, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this subpart as if fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-37-41.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-41.05
Section 45-37-41.05 Facility Requirements
Status: in_force

A tanning facility shall perform each of the following:

(1) Have an operator present during operating hours who is sufficiently knowledgeable in the correct operation of the tanning devices to inform and assist each customer in the proper use of the devices.

(2) A tanning facility shall post a warning sign in any area where a tanning device is used. Posting this sign does not absolve the facility of any liability. The sign shall state:

“DANGER, ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

“Follow these instructions:

“a. Avoid frequent or lengthy exposure. As with natural sunlight, exposure can cause eye and skin injury or allergic reactions. Repeated exposure can cause chronic sun damage characterized by wrinkling, dryness, fragility, and bruising of the skin, or skin cancer.

“b. Wear protective eyewear. FAILURE TO USE PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR CAN RESULT IN SEVERE BURNS OR LONGTERM INJURY TO THE EYES.

“c. Ultraviolet radiation from sunlamps will aggravate the effects of the sun. Therefore, do not sunbathe before or after exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

“d. Using medications or cosmetics can increase your sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. Consult a physician before using a sunlamp if you are using medications, have a history of skin problems, or believe you are especially sensitive to sunlight. Women who are pregnant or on birth control medication who use this product can develop discolored skin. IF YOU DO NOT TAN IN THE SUN, YOU WILL NOT TAN BY USING THIS DEVICE.”

(3) Perform each of the following duties before each use of a tanning device:

a. Sanitize properly the tanning device equipment, including, without limitation, handrails, headrests, and bed surfaces.

b. Provide a customer with properly sanitized protective eyewear that protects the eye from ultraviolet radiation and allows adequate vision to maintain balance.

(4) Show each customer how to use suitable physical aids, such as handrails and floor markings, to maintain proper exposure distances recommended by the manufacturer.

(5) Use a timer on each tanning device which is accurate for any and all selected time intervals to plus or minus 10 percent.

(6) Limit each customer to the maximum exposure time recommended by the manufacturer of the tanning device.

(7) Maintain the interior temperature of the tanning facility below 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

(8) Display the permit of the facility in a public area of the tanning facility.

(9) Report any injury or any complaint of injury to the department on forms prescribed by the department and provide a copy of the report to the complainant. The department shall send to the United States Federal Food and Drug Administration a copy of any report of an injury occurring in a tanning facility.
Ala. Code § 45-32-244.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-244.01
Section 45-32-244.01 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

The county commission is hereby authorized to levy, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise tax on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within the county at the rate of two cents ($.02) per gallon and to require every distributor, retail dealer, or storer of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined to pay such excise tax upon the selling, distributing, or withdrawing from storage for any use, gasoline and motor fuel as herein defined in such county; provided that the excise tax levied pursuant to this part shall not be levied upon the sale of gasoline or motor fuel in interstate commerce, and provided further that if the excise tax levied pursuant to this part upon the sale of such gasoline or motor fuel shall have been paid by a distributor or by retail dealers or storers, such payment shall be sufficient, the intention being that the tax shall not be paid but once. The excise tax levied pursuant to this part shall apply to persons, firms, corporations, dealers, or distributors storing gasoline or motor fuel and distributing the same or allowing the same to be withdrawn from storage, whether such withdrawal be for sale or other use, provided that sellers of gasoline or motor fuel and its substitutes paying the tax herein authorized may pay the same computed and paid on the basis of their sales as hereinafter required, and storers and distributors shall compute and pay such tax on the basis of their withdrawals or distributions. The tax herein authorized shall be in addition to any and all excise or other taxes imposed on gasoline or motor fuel or any device or substitute therefor, or on the business of selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose, gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined; however, such tax shall not be levied by the county commission upon any gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined when used in essential governmental functions by the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, or county governing agencies, municipalities, and boards of education.
Ala. Code § 45-40-233.75 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-233.75
Section 45-40-233.75 Disposition of Funds. (Amended by Act 2026-312)
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2026-312, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR AMENDED LANGUAGE.

All amounts collected and deposited in the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart including, but not limited to (i) paying salaries and other expenses involved in conducting investigations and studies necessary to determine whether particular defendants will be granted the benefits of this subpart; (ii) administration required to carry out this subpart; (iii) transportation of defendants to and from their places of employment; (iv) matching any federal and state grants that may be available in relation to the purposes of this subpart; and (v) implementation and administration of the treatment, rehabilitation, education, intervention, and pretrial diversion programs created pursuant to Section 45-40-233.79 as determined to be required by law or consistent with the purposes of this subpart. If at the end of any calendar year there is a surplus in the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund, the surplus shall be paid to the General Fund of Lawrence County if a majority of the commission members, by affirmative vote, decide at a duly convened meeting of the commission that the surplus, or any portion thereof, is in excess of an amount necessary to carry out this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-331 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-331
Section 45-37A-331 Short Title; Adoption of Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Midfield Red Light Safety Act.

(b) The City of Midfield, Alabama, may, by ordinance adopt the procedures set out in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-52-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-171
Section 45-52-171 Board of Health Fees
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Morgan County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under this section by the county health department shall be subject to approval by the Morgan County Commission prior to implementation. The health department may charge and collect such fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

(2) No person shall be denied any service because of that person’s inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on one’s ability to pay.

(b) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations.

(c) All fees collected pursuant to this section are appropriated to the respective health department which collected such fees.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.03
Section 45-27-60.03 Death Investigation Training
Status: in_force

The county medical examiner shall complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic Sciences may provide the training.
Ala. Code § 45-49-22.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-22.02
Section 45-49-22.02 Notice; Qualified Voters; Conduct of Elections
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Commission shall cause notice of any election held pursuant to this subpart to be given to the voters of Mobile County by causing a written notice to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county at least 30 days before the election. The notice shall state that the election is being called pursuant to, and shall be conducted in accordance with, this subpart (identifying the same by its act number and the session of the Legislature in which it was adopted) and shall further state the date on which the election shall be held and the question that shall appear on the ballot. Only qualified voters of Mobile County shall be entitled to vote in any such election. Any election held pursuant to this subpart shall be conducted by the officers provided by law to conduct countywide elections in Mobile County, and the elections shall be conducted and the results thereof canvassed, tabulated, certified and declared in the manner provided by law for countywide elections in the county. The entire costs of any election held pursuant to this part shall be paid out of the General Fund of Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-17-81.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-81.18
Section 45-17-81.18 Substance Abuse Treatment Program; Drug Testing
Status: in_force

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse. The district attorney may require the offender to submit to periodic or random drug testing as a part of the pretrial diversion program of the offender and other terms and conditions related to substance abuse as the district attorney may direct. The offender shall pay the costs of all services unless otherwise approved by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-49-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-111
Section 45-49-111 Instruction of Election Officials
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction in each state Senate district in Mobile County for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at the polling places. The sheriff shall notify such election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school of instruction, and shall also publish notice at least 48 hours before the same is to be held.

(b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting machine is used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection with the machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized instructor to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person as an election official to fill a vacancy among the election officials.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-270.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-270.31
Section 45-37A-270.31 Liability for Conduct of Offender
Status: in_force

In no event shall the city prosecutor or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program, unless the event was foreseeable.
Ala. Code § 45-15-82.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-82.05
Section 45-15-82.05 Vehicle Information Required for Assessment
Status: in_force

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the case of a used car brought into the state from a state which provides that upon sale or transfer of the motor vehicle the tags are either surrendered to an appropriate authority or subsequently reissued by the seller, the judge shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to an individual, firm, corporation, or association, living or operating in this state. If such tag number or bill of sale or certificate of title is not furnished, the vehicle will be presumed to have been in the state the entire year for which taxes are being assessed. Those motor vehicles brought into the state during any tax year and new motor vehicles for which licenses have never been issued that have been sold from the stock of a dealer during any tax year, shall be subject to taxation as if they had been held or owned in the state on the first day of October.
Ala. Code § 45-25-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-240
Section 45-25-240 Election; Consolidation of Offices; Deputies, Clerks, and Assistants; Duties
Status: in_force

(a) After September 30, 1997, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in DeKalb County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1996, and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day of October next after his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified.

(b) The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments for and the collection of taxes. Such commissioner shall also perform certain licensing duties as prescribed for the tax assessor in Sections 40-25-240.20 to 40-25-240.26, inclusive.

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

(d) Before entering upon the duties of such office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama, and execute a bond in such sum as may be 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 required herein shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on warrant of the county commission, and shall be a preferred claim against the county.

(e) The county 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 or the tax collector of the county are now or hereafter may be by law authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty hereby imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive such annual salary, from time to time, as may be provided by law.

(g) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector of DeKalb County are abolished effective the first day of October, 1997.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to promote the public convenience in DeKalb County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one office.
Ala. Code § 45-41-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-20.01
Section 45-41-20.01 Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies in Lee County.

(b) The sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays is authorized within the areas of Lee County that are outside of the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn and Opelika. The governing body of Lee County may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in the aforementioned areas after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(c) The governing body of Lee County shall hold a referendum in the areas of Lee County that are outside of the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn and Opelika to determine if alcoholic beverages may be sold on Sundays. If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in favor of the question, then the sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays shall be authorized.

(d) The referendum shall be held in conjunction with the general election to be held in November 2006. Costs of the referendum shall be paid by the governing body of the county. If a majority of the voters voting thereon do not vote in favor of the question, a subsequent referendum or referenda may be held.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-13.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-13.13
Section 45-39A-13.13 Violations
Status: in_force

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence, violate this part, and who shall be found guilty after a trial before the civil service board shall be dismissed from the service of the city, and shall not be subject to reappointment for two years. Any officer or employee of the city other than those holding office under the civil service rules, who shall wilfully or through culpable negligence, violate this part, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), unless same be otherwise provided therein, and the office so held by such person, by force of such conviction, shall be rendered vacant, and such person shall not again be allowed to hold any office or place of employment under the city thereafter for two years. Any other person who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence violate this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction be punished by a fine in the sum of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
Ala. Code § 45-25-160.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-160.01
Section 45-25-160.01 Use of Mechanical or Facsimile Devices for Signatures
Status: in_force

In DeKalb County, any county officer or such other person who is designated to draw warrants or checks on the county treasury or depository, is also authorized to use mechanical or facsimile devices for signatures on such warrants or checks.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-160 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-160
Section 45-37A-160 Establishment of Pretrial Diversion Program
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the City of Fultondale may establish a pretrial diversion program for any defendant within the jurisdiction of the municipal court.

(b) All discretionary powers endowed by a common law and provided by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the City of Fultondale shall be retained.

(c) The pretrial diversion program shall be under the direct supervision and control of the city and the city may contract with any agency, person, or corporation for services related to this article. The city may employ necessary persons to accomplish this article and those persons shall serve at the pleasure of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-6-240.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-240.01
Section 45-6-240.01 Performance of Duties Regarding Real Estate Sales for Failure to Pay Taxes and Subsequent Redemptions
Status: in_force

All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding real property sales for failure to pay taxes and subsequent redemptions heretofore performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-15-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-241
Section 45-15-241 Lodging Tax Levied
Status: in_force

In Cleburne County, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount herein prescribed against every person within the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms or lodgings, or accommodations to a transient in a hotel, motel, inn, condominium, house, tourist court, or another place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration. The amount of the tax shall be equal to six percent of the charge for the rooms or lodgings, or accommodations including the charge for use of rental of personal property and services furnished in the room or rooms within Cleburne County and three percent of the charge within the city limits of Heflin.
Ala. Code § 45-48-111.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-111.02
Section 45-48-111.02 Designation and Consolidation of Voting Places
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (b), the county governing body of the county shall have the authority to designate a voting place in each ward and precinct within the county and shall have the authority to consolidate the polling places to make maximum use of voting machines and to facilitate their use. The order so designating voting places shall state the location of the voting place or places within the ward or precinct for which the voting place is designated. A copy of this order shall be posted at each courthouse door.

(b) Except as herein expressly provided, in designating voting places and consolidation of voting places, the county governing body shall be subject to all other laws applicable to the governing body of a county regarding the change or establishment of the districts of a precinct including, but not limited to, Article 6, Chapter 1, Title 17, Code of Alabama, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.117 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.117
Section 45-8A-22.117 Termination of Employment; Return of Contributions; Participation in the Plan Ceased
Status: in_force

In the event a participant terminates employment with the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter for any reason prior to becoming eligible for a benefit from the plan, the participant shall be entitled to receive all his or her participant contributions, without interest, made to the plan pursuant to Section 45-8A-22.109 and shall have no further claim to benefits from the plan, and his or her participation in the plan shall cease as of the date of termination. If the participant subsequently becomes employed by the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or as a sworn firefighter, he or she shall be treated as a new participant and accrual of benefits shall begin as of the date of his or her reemployment, unless otherwise allowed by applicable law to repay such participant contributions to the plan and continue participation in the plan.

All other contributions made to the plan pursuant to Section 45-8A-22.109, including the City of Anniston contributions, are never returned to a participant who terminates employment or a participant’s beneficiary. All such contributions shall remain in the trust, except such contributions that are returned to the City of Anniston to correct certain errors, e.g., inclusion in the plan of an ineligible individual or the overpayment of contributions to the trust, etc.
Ala. Code § 45-44-130.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-130.04
Section 45-44-130.04 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 set from time to time by the county commission, payable to Macon County, conditioned on the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, and for the faithful accounting of all monies or property of Macon 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 commission. The premiums shall be paid by the county.
Ala. Code § 45-10-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-81.01
Section 45-10-81.01 Juvenile Court Services Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In Cherokee County, a probation supervision fee may be assessed at the discretion of the judge of the juvenile court when a juvenile is placed on probation and subject to supervision by the court in any juvenile court case. The supervision fee shall be collected by the clerk of the juvenile court and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.

(b) There is established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of the fees described in subsection (a). The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Cherokee County.

(c) Any funds in the Juvenile Court Services Fund may be expended solely for juvenile programs, for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in Cherokee County, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children of Cherokee County. Any expenditure of the funds shall be authorized by the Cherokee County Juvenile Court Judge.
Ala. Code § 45-31A-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31A / Section 45-31A-70
Section 45-31A-70 Designation of Garrett Street
Status: in_force

In the Town of Malvern, Garrett Street is hereby designated as follows: That the portion and section of the street known as Depot Street in the Town of Malvern between Church Street and Main Street in the town be renamed Garrett Street and that the point where the renamed Garrett Street intersects with Main Street shall be and it hereby is the center of the Town of Malvern from which such directions as are required for a center point shall be made.
Ala. Code § 45-39-243.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-243.04
Section 45-39-243.04 Reports to the Commission
Status: in_force

Within 30 days, after the effective date of the levy of the tax authorized by this part, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-39-243.02 to the Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, which information shall be entered by the Lauderdale County Commission on a book kept for that purpose. Should the distributor, storer, or retail dealer move his or her place of business from one business address to another the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall within 30 days thereafter notify the Lauderdale County Commission of the 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 moved. 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 Lauderdale County until he or she shall have made such reports to the Lauderdale County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-22-81.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-81.02
Section 45-22-81.02 Jail
Status: in_force

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

(b) In addition to all other costs and charges in the circuit and district courts in Cullman County, the following additional court costs and fees shall be levied and assessed:

(1) For traffic violations, the sum of ten dollars ($10) per case.

(2) In all other district and circuit court cases, the sum of thirty dollars ($30) per case, except in conservation cases and negotiating worthless negotiable instrument cases.

(3) For issuing alias warrants, bondsman processes, alias summons, special process servers, and garnishments, the sum of five dollars ($5).

(4) For issuing a subpoena in circuit and district courts, the sum of two dollars ($2) per subpoena.

(c) The additional court costs levied pursuant to this section shall be used only for the financing, design, construction, and equipping of a new county jail in Cullman County and shall expire on September 30, 2022.
Ala. Code § 45-39-241.61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-241.61
Section 45-39-241.61 Revenue Commissioner - Designation; Compensation; Election
Status: in_force

(a) In Lauderdale County, the combination of the offices of tax assessor and tax collector authorized by a resolution by the county commission, pursuant to Section 45-39-241.60, is hereby designated as the office of revenue commissioner. The revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary, paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund, which shall not be less than the minimum salary established by law.

(b) For the time period of September 30, 1984, until November 14, 1984, the Governor shall appoint a person to hold the office of revenue commissioner. A new term of office shall begin November 14, 1984. A primary election shall be held for the new term of office of the revenue commissioner at the same time and in the same manner as primary elections for other state and local candidates are held in 1984. The general election for the new term of office of the revenue commissioner shall be held on November 13, 1984, and such term shall end September 30, 1991, the term of office being six years. The next election shall occur at the time of the general election to be held in the year 1990.
Ala. Code § 45-18-120.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-120.04
Section 45-18-120.04 Merit System Board - Creation; Composition; Oath
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Merit System Board of Conecuh County, appointed by the Conecuh County Commission. The members of the merit system board serving on May 19, 2004, shall serve until the first meeting of the county commission after the general election in 2004. On that date, the board shall be abolished and a new merit system board shall be appointed by the Conecuh County Commission and be composed of five members appointed as follows: One member appointed by the county commission from a list of three nominees by the county road department, one member appointed by the county commission from a list of three nominees by the county employees employed at the county courthouse, and three members appointed by the county commission. The members of the board shall serve terms to expire on the date of the first county commission meeting after the election of the county commission at the General Election in 2008 and every four years thereafter. No person may be appointed to the board unless the person is a resident and elector of Conecuh County and over the age of 21 years.

(b) Members of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term of the vacant position in the same manner as original appointments. The county commission shall have power to establish rules and regulations governing the removal of members of the board. The members of the board shall elect a chair and secretary from among their number. Any member of the board who becomes a candidate or is elected or appointed to another public office of profit, vacates his or her office as a member of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-32-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-71
Section 45-32-71 Funding for Clerks and Office Equipment
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Greene County is hereby authorized to increase the clerk hire allowances given the tax assessor, tax collector, and the judge of probate. Any increase provided for by this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.

(b) The County Commission of Greene County is also hereby authorized to provide additional monies to the above mentioned county officers for the purpose of furnishing office equipment. Any monies provided for additional office equipment pursuant to this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-27-247.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-247.09
Section 45-27-247.09 Violations
Status: in_force

A person who violates this subpart or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the county governing body of Escambia County, Alabama, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and each day his or her violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.03
Section 45-51A-33.03 Second Election Not Called Within Two Years
Status: in_force

If the mayor-council form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided.
Ala. Code § 45-37-240.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-240.20
Section 45-37-240.20 Election Procedures
Status: reserved

(a)(1) Those deputy or assistant county officials serving in the branch offices in the City of Bessemer in Jefferson County maintained as required by Act No. 490, H. 1566, Regular Session, (General Acts of Alabama 1915, p. 549), hereinafter listed, in lieu of being appointed by the principal county officers, shall be elected and nominated in the same manner that the circuit judges sitting at Bessemer and the deputy district attorney of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County are nominated and elected, as follows, by the qualified voters of the territory over which the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit sitting at Bessemer has and exercises jurisdiction, and each of such officials shall at the time of his or her election and during his or her term of office reside within the territory from which he or she is elected.

a. The assistant tax collector shall be elected at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every six years thereafter.

b. The assistant tax assessor shall be elected at the first general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every six years thereafter.

c. The deputy treasurer shall be elected at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every four years thereafter.

(2) The duties and compensation of such officials shall be the same as heretofore provided by law.

(3) Each principal county officer may summarily remove his or her deputy or assistant elected as prescribed above only if he or she has good and valid reasons for believing that such deputy or assistant is guilty of one of the offenses for which the principal may be impeached, and if he or she does remove such deputy or assistant, the principal officer shall immediately notify the judge of probate of the county of the vacancy and the judge of probate shall call a special election to be held not less than 30 nor more than 45 days thereafter, to fill such vacancy.

(b) The section is cumulative, and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating county offices and officers of Jefferson County, and particularly those provisions of law requiring, providing for, or in any way relating to the branch office system of the county; nevertheless all laws, or parts of laws which directly conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-13-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-231
Section 45-13-231 Jail Canteen; Inmate Telephone System; Sheriff’s Jail Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Clarke County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail canteen and inmate telephone system within the confines of the county jail to serve the needs of the jail population. After the costs and operating expenses are deducted from the income, excluding any income from fees paid for the boarding and feeding of prisoners, the net revenues shall be deposited in the Sheriff’s Jail Fund.

(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sheriff’s Jail Fund in a bank located in Clarke County.

(2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail canteen and inmate telephone system sales and transactions and the Sheriff’s Jail Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail canteen and inmate telephone system account and 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 canteen and inmate telephone system shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for salaries, equipment, and supplies for the county jail and other law enforcement purposes in Clarke County that are in the interest of the public.

(d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Jail 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 office.

(e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail canteen and inmate telephone system in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail canteen in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, shall be deposited into the Sheriff’s Jail Fund created by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-51-220 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-220
Section 45-51-220 Hunting Preserve - License Required
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a hunting or shooting preserve commercially in Montgomery County on which artificially propagated birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, harvested, or otherwise recovered, may do so upon obtaining a hunting preserve license and complying with this article and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources governing the operation of hunting preserves.
Ala. Code § 45-17-241.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-241.01
Section 45-17-241.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used herein, the words and terms defined in this section shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them. “County” means Colbert County. The term “effective date of the act” means the first day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which this part is adopted.
Ala. Code § 45-36-221 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-221
Section 45-36-221 Casting Light from Motor Vehicle for Hunting
Status: in_force

(a) In Jackson County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, on any highway, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an apparent attempt or with intent to locate deer or other wildlife. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles.

(b) Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
Ala. Code § 45-53-20.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-20.02
Section 45-53-20.02 Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday in Perry County by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of Alabama.

(b)(1) The governing body of any municipality within the county, by ordinance adopted by a simple majority, may authorize and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages within the corporate limits of the municipality on Sunday, after 2:00 p.m., in the same manner as permitted on other days of the week.

(2) The County Commission of Perry County, by resolution adopted by a simple majority, may authorize and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages within the unincorporated areas of the county on Sunday, after 2:00 p.m., in the same manner as permitted on other days of the week.

(c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the county and municipalities located therein, and this section is not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to, repeal any existing power or authority of the county or municipalities now permitted under the general laws of the state, or under any local or special act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 45-2-242.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-242.40
Section 45-2-242.40 Classification of Property
Status: in_force

(a) Residential property located in Baldwin County shall include single-family dwellings and the underlying lot which is destroyed or damaged to the extent that the dwelling is uninhabitable. The property shall retain its classification as residential property while the dwelling is being rebuilt or restored to an inhabitable state for a period not to exceed 24 months from the date of the destruction or damage. If the destroyed or damaged dwelling is not rebuilt or restored to an inhabitable state as the owner’s single-family dwelling within 24 months from the date of the destruction or damage or the property is converted at any time to a use other than as the owner’s single-family dwelling, the property shall lose its classification as residential property.

(b) The owner may request an extension not to exceed an additional 24 months upon submission of proof that the work necessary to rebuild or restore the destruction or damage could not be contracted or if contracted could not be completed within 24 months from the date of the destruction or damage.
Ala. Code § 45-27-84.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-84.09
Section 45-27-84.09 Confinement of Tribal Fugitive in County Jail
Status: in_force

The law enforcement officer or person executing the warrant of arrest or the agent of the tribe to whom the tribal fugitive may have been delivered, if necessary, may confine the tribal fugitive in a jail of the county and the keeper of the jail shall receive and safely keep the tribal fugitive in accordance with any applicable Memoranda of Understanding between the tribe and the county.
Ala. Code § 45-43-246.63 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-246.63
Section 45-43-246.63 Payment and Reporting
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart may be collected by the State Department of Revenue, or a private firm under contract with the county commission, at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected. On or prior to the date the tax is due, each person subject to the tax shall file with the collection agency a report in the form prescribed by the collection agency. The report shall set forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all the sales and gross receipts of all business transactions. The report shall also include items of information pertinent to the tax as the collection agency may require. Any person subject to the tax levied by this subpart may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event the person defers reporting them, the person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the preceding month, and shall pay the tax due at the time of filing the report. All reports filed with the collection agency under this section shall be available for inspection by the county commission or its designee.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.190 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.190
Section 45-51A-33.190 Number Established
Status: in_force

There shall be established nine council districts to be designated respectively as district number 1, district number 2, district number 3, district number 4, district number 5, district number 6, district number 7, district number 8, and district number 9, which districts shall have as nearly as is reasonable, the same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts shall be as specifically described and set forth in Appendix One of Acts 1973, No. 618.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.84
Section 45-8A-22.84 Proof of Marriage
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-10-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-70
Section 45-10-70 Powers and Duties; Compensation
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the term of office of the President of the Cherokee County Commission, the office, power, and duties of such officer shall be invested in the chairman of the commission. The Judge of Probate of Cherokee County shall be the chairman and shall have all the duties and powers of that officer as prescribed by Sections 11-3-1 through 11-3-26, all of which relate to the county commission. Such duties shall be in addition to any and all other duties prescribed by law for the Judge of Probate of Cherokee County for which he or she shall receive a total salary as chairman and judge of probate in the sum of at least forty thousand dollars ($40,000) in accordance with Section 12-13-20.
Ala. Code § 45-56-83.66 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-83.66
Section 45-56-83.66 Special Recording and Filing Fee; Payment to Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

Effective immediately after May 6, 1998, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and UCC that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and, in the discretion of the judge of probate with respect to other instruments and documents in the probate office. On and after that date, no instrument or document, or both, shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or UCC, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. Any, all, or none of the special recording fee may be charged, in the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees so collected shall be paid into a special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system or other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate, or both. The fee may be adjusted from time to time by the Randolph County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-16-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-230.01
Section 45-16-230.01 Expense Allowance; Expiration
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Coffee County shall receive an expense allowance of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county as other county employees are paid. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation or benefits granted to the sheriff.

(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowance paid to the sheriff as provided in subsection (a) is null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-50-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-20.01
Section 45-50-20.01 Classification of Municipalities as Wet or Dry
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant to authority to regulate the liquor traffic granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of an incorporated municipality located in Monroe County with a population of not less than 5,000 inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option election as provided by this article.
Ala. Code § 45-44-260.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-260.02
Section 45-44-260.02 Jurisdiction of Planning Commission
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to all areas of the county outside the boundaries of municipal corporations, unless a municipality expressly requests by resolution to have the jurisdiction of the planning commission extend into its corporate area.
Ala. Code § 45-37-84.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-84.01
Section 45-37-84.01 Salary of Chief Clerk of Probate Court
Status: in_force

In Jefferson County, where the chief clerk of the probate court appointed pursuant to Section 12-13-40, is also serving in a civil service position with the probate court, the chief clerk shall receive a salary in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year for the appointed position. The salary shall be paid from the general fund of the county in equal monthly installments and shall be in addition to any other salary, allowances, or benefits the chief clerk receives, now or in the future, by virtue of holding a civil service position with the probate court.
Ala. Code § 45-24-240.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-240.01
Section 45-24-240.01 Electronic Filing of Business Property Tax Returns
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of Dallas County for the Dallas County Tax Assessor and Dallas County Tax Collector to provide for the electronic filing of business property tax returns, including payment of any taxes due, subject to the approval of the Dallas County Commission.

(b)(1) The Dallas County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector, upon approval of the Dallas County Commission, may establish procedures for electronic filing for the reporting, assessment, and payment of business personal property taxes pursuant to Title 40. A complete business personal property tax return filed electronically shall be in the format prescribed by the tax assessor and tax collector and shall contain the same information as a business personal property tax return filed on paper. The timely filing and electronic signature requirements shall be provided generally in conformance with existing procedures for electronic filing of other electronic tax returns.

(2) Commencing for any business personal property tax return filed on or after October 1, 2024, the Dallas County Tax Assessor and the Dallas County Tax Collector may require any business personal property tax return filed with the office of the Dallas County Tax Assessor and Dallas County Tax Collector to be filed electronically for any of the following returns, as approved by the county commission:

a. For any business engaged in the leasing of personal property.

b. For any business with personal property assets of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.

c. For any business personal property tax return that is prepared for filing by any professional or other third party tax preparer.

(3) The tax assessor and tax collector may grant exemptions from subsection (b) for good cause.

(4) The Dallas County Tax Assessor and the Dallas County Tax Collector shall conduct training sessions and otherwise assist any taxpayer in the procedures for the electronic filing pursuant to this section.

(c) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any laws relating to the operation of the office of the Dallas County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. Any law in direct conflict with this section is superseded.
Ala. Code § 45-21-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-83
Section 45-21-83 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) In Crenshaw County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission of the county an expense allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, as salary, compensation, or expense allowance, make the total paid to such members equal to twenty-five dollars ($25) per day. If the amount paid to such members as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease.

(b) The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be paid only when the members of the jury commission actually attend meetings.
Ala. Code § 45-46-242.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-242.26
Section 45-46-242.26 Charge for Collection; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The department, or other entity, shall charge Marengo County for collecting the tax levied under this subpart in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the commissioner, or other entity, and the Marengo County Commission. The charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the tax collected in the county. The charge may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the tax before certification of the amount of the proceeds due Marengo County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue, or other entity, shall pay into the State Treasury all amounts collected under this subpart, as the tax is received by the department or other entity on or before the first day of each successive month. The commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount collected and paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of Marengo County during the month immediately preceding the certification. The Comptroller shall issue a warrant each month payable to the County Treasurer of Marengo County in an amount equal to the certified amount which shall be paid into the county general fund. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this subpart shall be distributed on a periodic basis to be determined by the county commission, but not less than annually, as follows:

(1) Seventeen percent shall be distributed to the three school systems in the county, payable to the City of Demopolis Board of Education, the City of Linden Board of Education, and the Marengo County Board of Education. Each board of education or school system shall receive a percentage of the disbursement or payment with the percentage being calculated based on the average enrollment for the preceding year for the combined three school systems.

(2) One and one-half percent shall be distributed to the volunteer fire and rescue squads, to be equally divided between the volunteer fire departments and the volunteer rescue squads within the county.

(3) Sixteen and one-half percent shall be distributed to the incorporated municipalities within the county based on the population of each municipality as it relates to the total population of all municipalities.

(4) Seventeen percent, but not greater or less than the amounts ordered under the judgment set out in Civil Action No. CV-2002-067, shall be distributed pursuant to the order to address the medical needs, health, and welfare obligations imposed on the county by Article 10, commencing with Section 22-21-290, of Chapter 21, Title 22.

(5) Forty-eight percent shall be retained by the county commission for its use for the benefit of the county and its residents through the general fund through renovation and maintenance of county buildings and facilities, and through the repair and improvement of the county road systems.
Ala. Code § 45-29-200 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-200
Section 45-29-200 Abolition of License Inspector; Transfer of Duties
Status: in_force

In Fayette County, notwithstanding Section 40-12-10, and any other general or local law of this state effective at the expiration of the current term of county license inspector, no person shall be appointed to the position of county license inspector of or for Fayette County. The position of county license inspector in the county is hereby abolished and the powers, duties, and functions of the office shall henceforth be vested in and performed by the sheriff of the county. All fines, fees, and penalties heretofore paid to the license inspector for the performance of his or her duties of office shall be paid into the general fund of the county to be utilized to aid the elderly citizens of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39-82.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-82.13
Section 45-39-82.13 Funding
Status: in_force

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-130.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-130.10
Section 45-8A-130.10 Register of Persons Eligible and Available
Status: in_force

The board shall make and keep a register of all persons eligible and available for appointment to each class of position in the service of the city, ranked according to ability; it is provided, however, that no examination shall be given and no register kept for positions to be filled by persons designated by the board as common laborers. Layoffs available for reemployment shall be placed at the head of the proper present and subsequent eligible registers in the inverse order of their terminations. Employees who voluntarily terminate their services may be granted reemployment status upon proper eligible registers under such circumstances and in such manner as may be provided for the board’s rules and regulations, subject, however, to stipulations of this section concerning layoffs. Persons desiring appointment may file applications with the board, and the board shall, from time to time, conduct examinations to test the ability of such applicants. All qualified applicants shall be subject to limitations specified by the board as to age, residence, health, height, weight, habits, moral character, and other factors pertinent to ability to discharge the duties of the position, open to all citizens of the United States. Examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate to those matters which test the ability of the person examined to discharge intelligently the duties of the position for which he or she applies. In no case shall an appointment be made from an eligible register which is more than two years old, and no eligible register shall be the result of more than one examination.
Ala. Code § 45-2-21.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-21.06
Section 45-2-21.06 Referendum - Ballot
Status: in_force

The question on the ballot shall be:

“Do you favor approving the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption on Sunday under the same license authority applicable to other days of the week on the premises of establishments, including, but not limited to: Restaurants, hotels, premises of golf courses, lounges, retail beer licenses, and other licensed premises of licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the State of Alabama as currently defined by Title 28 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as of September 1, 2003, and by the establishments hereafter licensed? Yes _____ No ____.”
Ala. Code § 45-34-82.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-82.09
Section 45-34-82.09 Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions
Status: in_force

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which the district attorney will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner or what charges the defendant will plead guilty to and the sentence the offender will receive. If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular offense and receive a specific sentence, this agreement concerning the offense and sentence shall be approved by an appropriate circuit or district judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit prior to admission of the offender in the pretrial diversion program.

(b) As a condition of being admitted to the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney may require the offender to agree to any of the following terms or conditions:

(1) Participate in an education setting to include, but not be limited to, K–12, college, job training school, trade school, GED classes, or adult basic education courses.

(2) If appropriate, attempt to learn to read and write.

(3) Financially support his or her children or pay child support.

(4) Refrain from the use of alcohol or drugs or frequenting places where alcohol or drugs are sold or used.

(5) Refrain from contact with certain persons or premises.

(6) Maintain or seek employment.

(7) Attend individual, group, or family counseling.

(8) Pay approved restitution to a victim if any is due.

(9) Pay court costs and fines.

(10) Pay supervision fees and application fees pursuant to this part.

(11) Observe curfews or home detention or travel constraints as set out in the offender’s agreement.

(12) Enter into an agreement with the district attorney to have restitution, court costs, fines, fees, or child support either withheld or garnished from the wages or salary of the offender and applied to the above.

(c) The offender shall be subject to other terms or conditions as the district attorney and the offender may agree to in the written agreement of the offender, it being the purpose of this part to allow the district attorney broad discretion in designing a program specifically for each offender and circumstances of the offender.
Ala. Code § 45-21-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-171
Section 45-21-171 Collection and Disposition of Fees; Ability to Pay
Status: in_force

(a) In Crenshaw County, the county board of health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county health department shall be subject to approval by the respective county commission prior to implementation. The county health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the State Examiners of Public Accounts.

(b) No person shall be denied any service because of that person’s inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on one’s ability to pay.

(c) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations.

(d) All fees collected by the county health department pursuant to this section shall be deposited directly to the general fund of the county, and those fees are hereby appropriated to the use of the county health department which collected such fees.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.13
Section 45-35A-54.13 Meetings of Board - Enactment of Resolutions, Bylaws, or Ordinances
Status: in_force

No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise, appropriating any money for any purpose, providing for public improvements, enacting any regulations concerning the public comfort, the public safety, or public health, or of any other general or permanent nature, shall be enacted except at a regular or adjourned public meeting of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-25-242.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-242.45
Section 45-25-242.45 Violations
Status: in_force

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline in the 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 governing body of the county, 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 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense.
Ala. Code § 45-41-240.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-240.07
Section 45-41-240.07 One-Stop Motor Vehicle Registration, Etc., System; Mail-Order Procedures; Licensing, Assessment, and Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the commencement of the office of county revenue commissioner, there shall be a one-stop motor vehicle registration, assessment, and licensing system under the jurisdiction, direction, and supervision of the county revenue commissioner.

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the county revenue commissioner relating to the assessment, licensing, and registration of motor vehicles shall include the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle title registration, processing, and transfer; motor vehicle ad valorem tax assessment and collection; motor vehicle license and license tag issuance; collection of any fees or monies due and remitting the proper amounts due to the state and to the county; enforcement of laws relating to these functions; and the collection of penalties and assessments imposed for violations of laws relating to these functions. The county revenue commissioner shall be responsible for all local motor vehicle license issuance and taxation duties and responsibilities pertaining to Lee County by law, including without limitation: Title 32, Chapter 6, Article 2, commencing with Section 32-6-51; Chapter 8, Title 32; Article 5, commencing with Section 40-12-240, Chapter 12, Title 40; and Article 3, commencing with Section 40-23-100, Chapter 23, Title 40, as the laws may be amended and superseded from time to time.

(c) The county revenue commissioner may mail-order process the renewal, issuance, and distribution of license tags and may collect a mail fee charge in an amount which the county commission shall determine from time to time to be appropriate in order to cover the overhead and expenses of mail renewal, issuance, and distribution. The mail order procedure authorized by this subsection for the payment of ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, additional, and alternative to the procedures now provided by law. Any owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and to receive the tag in person without the payment of the additional fee for mail processing.

(d) All duties required by law of the license inspector and judge of probate, with reference to the licensing, assessment, and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed and the judge of probate are relieved of all duties and responsibilities in connection with the licensing, assessment, and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles. The Department of Revenue shall furnish the county revenue commissioner with all forms and materials necessary for the licensing, assessment, and collection of the taxes.

(e) The county revenue commissioner shall collect the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to a license inspector, tax assessor, tax collector, or judge of probate for the licensing, assessment, and collection of state and county ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles. The fees, charges, penalties, and commissions collected by the county revenue commissioner shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-34-60.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-60.03
Section 45-34-60.03
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In addition to any compensation paid to the coroner by law, the Henry County Commission may furnish the county coroner and the deputy coroner with a vehicle to be used for official duties of the office of the coroner, subject to regulation by the county commission. The vehicle shall be equipped with equipment deemed necessary for the coroner to carry out official duties, including, but not limited to, a stretcher and a radio.

(2) Fuel, oil, and repairs to the county issued vehicle shall be provided at the county’s expense. The county commission may provide the coroner and the deputy coroner with a county issued gas card to cover the cost of fuel used in the performance of the official duties of the coroner and the deputy coroner.

(b) The Henry County Commission may reimburse the coroner and the deputy coroner for expenses related to attending state mandated training or continuing education.
Ala. Code § 45-57-150.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-150.12
Section 45-57-150.12 Ineligible Applicants
Status: in_force

(a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is revoked for a violation of this article or a rule adopted under this article, is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation.

(b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45–57–150.14 or any other gambling offense is ineligible to serve as an officer or a permit holder, or to participate in conducting bingo for a period of one year after the conviction becomes final. If the person is licensed pursuant to this article, the person shall forfeit the permit and is ineligible to apply for the issuance or reissuance of the permit for a period of one year from the date of conviction.

(c) If the permit is revoked, in addition to other penalties which may be imposed, the sheriff may declare the violator ineligible to conduct a bingo game or apply for a permit under this article for a period not exceeding one year.

(d) The permit holder shall return its permit to the sheriff on or before the effective date of a revocation or forfeiture. Whether returned or not, the permit shall not be valid beyond the effective date of the revocation or forfeiture.
Ala. Code § 45-2A-80.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2A / Section 45-2A-80.05
Section 45-2A-80.05 Power and Authority of Board
Status: in_force

The municipal corporation shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this article and in effectuating the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-50.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-50.01
Section 45-17A-50.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them:

(1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The city council and mayor, who shall appoint all heads of departments, and the civil service board, who shall appoint all other covered employees, as established by state law, city ordinance, or other legal requirement.

(2) BOARD. The civil service board created by this part.

(3) CITY. The City of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

(4) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.

a. Any individual, including the head of a department, employed in the service of the city in a department on a regular basis for at least 32 hours in his or her established workweek or the equivalent hours for a public safety individual who is assigned to work a work period pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

b. Those individuals employed by the city on May 15, 2001, who have previously completed the required probationary period shall be employees in the covered service and shall be awarded regular status in the service. Those individuals who are currently employed in the city service on May 15, 2001, but have not completed the probationary period required by this part shall be required to complete the requirement pursuant to this part before being granted regular status in this service. These individuals shall be given credit for previous service to determine eligibility for being designated regular status employees in this service.

c. Individuals employed by the city in temporary or part-time positions shall not be covered by this part. The conditions of employment for the individuals shall be established by the mayor and council. Temporary and part-time individuals may not be moved directly into the service as established by this part, but may apply, along with other noncovered individuals, for any vacancy which exists in the service.

(5) DEMOTION. The reassignment of a covered employee to a position of a lesser class involving less responsibility and less complex duties.

(6) FLSA. Fair Labor Standards Act.

(7) HEAD OF DEPARTMENT. Any individual designated by the city council as head of a major activity or department.

(8) PART-TIME EMPLOYEE. That category of service in which the individuals are employed on an on-going basis but are normally scheduled to work less than 32 hours in the established workweek, or the equivalent hours for those public safety individuals who are assigned to work a work period in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

(9) PROBATIONARY STATUS. A condition of employment in which covered employees serve the completion of the established probationary period and the approval for regular status by the appointing authority.

(10) PROMOTION. The reassignment of a covered employee to a higher job class involving definite and defined increase in duties and responsibilities and a corresponding increase in remuneration.

(11) REASSIGNMENT. The promotion or demotion of a covered employee.

(12) REGULAR STATUS. A condition of employment that covered employees are afforded upon completion of the established probationary period and approval by the appointing authority.

(13) TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT. The category of service in which individuals are employed in either full-time or part-time positions for a period of no more than 180 calendar days. If warranted, employment in the temporary service may be extended by the appointing authority for an additional 90 calendar days.

(14) WORK PERIOD. The period of time established by the city for public safety employees in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

(15) WORKWEEK. A seven calendar day period as established in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Ala. Code § 45-44-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-81
Section 45-44-81 Law Library
Status: in_force

In any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed, whether at law or in equity in any circuit or district court in Macon County, there is hereby authorized to be charged a tax of one dollar ($1) which tax shall be in addition to all other court costs heretofore authorized to be charged. The costs taxed under this section shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected; and when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers of such courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall be by them paid over to the treasurer or depository of Macon County for deposit in the county treasury. The sums so paid over to the county treasurer or depository shall be maintained in a separate fund in the county treasury, designated as the Macon County Law Library Fund. Such fund shall be administered by a committee composed of five members consisting of the state senator from Macon County, the member of the House of Representatives whose district comprises the largest portion of Macon County, the judge of probate as chair, one member to be selected from the county bar and one member to be a resident of Macon County. One of the foregoing shall serve a two-year term and one shall serve a three-year term. Thereafter, each shall serve a three-year term. Such terms shall begin on January 1 and terminate on December 31, with one committee member’s term ending on December 31, 1984. The initial and subsequent committees shall be appointed by the district and circuit judges of the county. The committee shall expend funds from the Macon County Law Library Fund for establishing, maintaining, equipping, and operating a law library in the courthouse of Macon County, such funds to be expended, in the discretion of the committee, to provide furniture, fixtures, supplies, and equipment for the library, and to keep the same in a good state of maintenance and repair; to establish, enlarge, expand, and improve the library and its facilities and equipment; to provide books, reports, and periodicals for the library, and to pay the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary and proper, in the opinion of the committee, to operate the library. The committee shall be authorized to appoint the register or the clerk of the circuit court to be librarian or such other person as the committee deems qualified. The committee herein created shall draw warrants on the county treasury in making expenditures for the purposes contemplated in this section and shall indicate on the warrants the fund against which the warrants are drawn. The items of costs above referred to shall be designated as law library fees. On or before the tenth day of each month, the clerks or other collecting officers of the respective courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall pay over to the county treasurer or depository all amounts collected as law library fees prior to the first day of the month. The management of the law library is vested in the committee herein created, and all books, periodicals, reports, and personal property purchased with the funds produced by this section shall be the property of Macon County, Alabama; provided, however, that the committee may from time to time sell or exchange such books, reports, periodicals, and personal property as may be necessary to keep the library up to date and apply the proceeds of the sale thereof upon the purchase of other books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library. The committee may accept any gift or loan of any books, reports, periodicals, and other property for public use in the library upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated by the donor or lender thereof and as may be agreeable to the committee.
Ala. Code § 45-29-120.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-120.03
Section 45-29-120.03 Merit System
Status: in_force

All employees to whom this article applies shall be governed by merit system rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, layoffs, and terminations prescribed in this article, administered by the merit system board, the creation of which is provided for in Section 45-29-120.04. Presently employed persons shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of such an employee for cause in the manner hereinafter provided and such employees shall be subject to this article.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-71.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-71.11
Section 45-8A-71.11 Civil Service Board - Vacancies in Positions; Appointment from Eligible Register
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-228, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-34-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-230.01
Section 45-34-230.01 Employees
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds which the Sheriff of Henry County has discretion to spend for any purpose, including, but not limited to, any discretionary fund of the sheriff, may be expended for compensation for employees of the sheriff as provided pursuant to policy of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.10
Section 45-8-150.10 Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection of Records and Bingo Location
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15, respectively, occurring one year after January 1, 1997, and on or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the governing body which issued the permit and with the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission, a copy of the records required in Section 45-8-150.08 relating to the operation of bingo sessions in the previous quarter of the calendar year in which bingo games were operated by the qualified organization. Copies of the records shall be maintained by the governing body and the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission, and shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement agency. For good cause shown, the governing body or the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission may require the permit holder to file with the governing body the records at intervals more frequent than quarterly.

(b) The records required to be kept pursuant to Section 45-8-150.08 shall be open to inspection by the sheriff, the district attorney, the governing body which issued the permit, members of the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission, any law enforcement agency, or the duly authorized representatives of any of these, during regular business hours. Upon the request of the governing body of the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission, the State Auditor, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, or a certified public accountant appointed by the governing body or the commission shall examine and conduct an audit of the records, accounts, and transactions related to the operation of bingo of a permit holder.

(c) 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, district attorney, or any law enforcement agency, or their duly authorized representatives.
Ala. Code § 45-10-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-71
Section 45-10-71 Salaries; Travel Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) The President of the Cherokee County Commission shall be entitled to an annual salary of nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,600). Such annual salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(b) The associate members of the Cherokee County Commission shall be entitled to an annual salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000). Such annual salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) The president and associate members of the Cherokee County Commission, in addition to the salaries provided for in this section, shall be entitled to an allowance in the amount provided for in Section 36-7-22, per mile and any actual and necessary expenses for meals and lodging for travel out of the county in the performance of their official duties. Such additional allowance for out of county travel shall be based on the actual receipts for reimbursement and shall be drawn on warrants on the county treasury in the same manner now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-35-140.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-140.01
Section 45-35-140.01 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments and associations which receive funds pursuant to this article are organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-49-120.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-120.26
Section 45-49-120.26 Corrupt Practices
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under this part or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this part and the rules.

(b) No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit, or accept any money, service, or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service.

(c) No employee of the department, examiner, or other person shall defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in his or her right to examination, eligibility, certification, or appointment under this part, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service.

(d) Anything in this part which might be construed to the contrary not- withstanding, no person whether employed on September 15, 1939, in the classified service as defined in this part, or who applies for appointment to any position in the classified service after September 15, 1939, shall be allowed to fill any position within the classified service, or allowed to continue to hold such position, if the person is related by blood or marriage within the fourth degree to the public officer who is or would be his or her superior, or so related to any member of any board or body, constituting the appointing authority over such position, and the personnel board and personnel director shall administer this part accordingly. The commission of any such corrupt practice shall be a misdemeanor punishable as such in the county.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.102 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.102
Section 45-2-244.102 Levy of Additional Sales Tax Paralleling State Sales Tax; Exemptions
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby levied and imposed with the county, in addition to all other taxes, including municipal gross receipts license taxes now imposed by law, a special county privilege license tax paralleling the state sales tax, such privilege license tax to be determined by the application of rates against gross sales or gross receipts, as the case may be, and within specified areas at the rate of one percent of the gross proceeds of sales or receipts.

(b) There are exempted, however, from the provisions of this section and from the computation of the amount of the tax imposed in this section, the gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempted under the state sales tax statutes from the computation of the amount of the state sales tax.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.91 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.91
Section 45-51A-33.91 Statement of Candidacy
Status: in_force

(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor may become a candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated, a statement in writing of his or her candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by one-fourth of one percent of the registered voters of the city endorsing the candidacy of the candidate and by an affidavit taken and certified by the judge of probate or by a notary public that the person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to be a candidate. The statement shall be filed no earlier than the fourth Tuesday in August and no later than the second Tuesday in September preceding the election, and shall be in substantially the following form:

“State of Alabama, ________ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of ________, in the State and County, and reside at ________ in the City of ________, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in the city at the election for the office to be held on the ________ day of October next and that I am duly qualified to hold the office if elected thereto and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at the election. Signed ________; subscribed and sworn to before me by the ________ on this ________ day of ________, 2___ , and filed in this office for record on that day. ________, Judge of Probate.”

(b) The statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in an amount equal to three hundred dollars ($300) which qualifying fee shall be paid over by the judge of probate to the general fund of the city; provided, however, that if a person desiring to qualify as a candidate cannot afford to pay the qualifying fee, he or she may submit, in lieu of the fee, a signed affidavit to that effect accompanied by a petition requesting his or her candidacy signed by not less than one fourth of one percent of the registered voters qualified to vote in the mayoral election, as determined by the judge of probate. At every election all ballots to be used by voters shall be printed and prepared by the election commission or other body or official charged by law with the duty of conducting elections and at the expense of the city, and shall contain the names of all candidates directly underneath the words ‘For Mayor.’ No names shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have been candidates according to provisions as above set forth; no ballot shall be used at any election except the official ballot prepared by the election commission or other body or official charged by law with the duty of conducting elections, except that the names of candidates may be suitably placed on voting machines if such machines are used to conduct the election. No primary election shall be held for the nominations of candidates for the office of mayor and candidates shall be nominated only as hereinabove provided.
Ala. Code § 45-18-81.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-81.20
Section 45-18-81.20 Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

(a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit may establish a pretrial diversion program.

(b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the District Attorney of the Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit shall be retained.

(c) The pretrial diversion program shall be under the direct supervision and control of the district attorney and the district attorney may contract with any agency, person, or corporation for services related to this division. The district attorney may employ necessary persons to accomplish this division and these persons shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-11-161 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-161
Section 45-11-161 Reimbursement; Duties of Judge of Probate and Tax Collector; Relief from Personal Liability; Fee for Worthless Instruments
Status: in_force

(a) The Chilton County Commission shall reimburse the office of judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses of Chilton County for any monetary loss, up to a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), per annum, arising or caused by error if the mistake or omission was caused without the personal knowledge of the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses; including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, negotiable instruments, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. The reimbursement payments shall be made from the county general fund.

(b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses to insure that the employees of the respective office exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission. The judge of probate or tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses shall make a good faith effort to collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss.

(c) This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses or by any clerk, or any employee of the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses.

(d) Neither the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses nor any official, any clerk, or any employee of the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses, shall be personally liable for worthless checks, drafts, negotiable instruments, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent, if the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses makes a good faith effort to collect on the worthless instruments or other written orders for money.

(e) In cases arising out of acceptance of a worthless or forged check, draft, negotiable instrument, money order, or other written order for money or its equivalent the judge of probate or tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses may charge a fee equal to the amount allowed a merchant by general law for each worthless or forged check, instrument, or other written order for money. The proceeds thereby generated shall be deposited into the operating account of the judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses and shall be disbursed by that officer for the loss in collecting the charge.
Ala. Code § 45-11-247.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-247.01
Section 45-11-247.01 Levy of Tax Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Chilton County may levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a one cent privilege license tax against gross sales or gross receipts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount authorized to be levied pursuant to this part shall not be levied against the sale of automobiles, farm machinery, boats, and machinery used for manufacturing, which are exempt from the provisions of this part.

(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 part.
Ala. Code § 45-1-82.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-82.05
Section 45-1-82.05 Program Requirements; Records
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) While in the program, the applicant shall agree, in writing, to the tolling of periods of limitations established by statutes or rules of court.

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

(4) If there is a victim of the crime, agree in writing to pay restitution, if any, due the victim 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.

(5) Voluntarily execute in writing a permission to search and seize illegal contraband or substances.

(b) The district attorney’s pretrial diversion program records, along with the records relating to pretrial diversion programs admission, are confidential records and shall not be admissible in subsequent proceedings, criminal or civil. Communications between pretrial diversion program counselors and offenders shall be privileged unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines there is a compelling public interest that the communications be submitted to the court for an in camera review.
Ala. Code § 45-37-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-10
Section 45-37-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Jefferson County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Jefferson 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 § 45-37A-51.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.13
Section 45-37A-51.13 Severability
Status: in_force

In the event that any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, idea, or other part, portion, or provision of this subpart is held unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this subpart; it being hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature that should any part or portion whatsoever of this subpart be held unconstitutional the remainder shall be in full force and effect, and that the Legislature would have passed this subpart without such invalid portion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing it is hereby expressly declared and provided that if every provision of this subpart excepting the enacting clause and the provisions requiring contributions from the salaries of firemen and policemen and matching contributions from funds of the city to be paid into the fund created by this subpart should be held invalid or inoperative, then in that event the enacting clause and the provisions requiring contributions from the salaries of firemen and policemen and requiring matching contributions from the city shall remain in force and effect so as to establish a supplemental pension fund out of which there can hereafter be made provision for paying to the firemen and policemen out of the supplemental fund such additional benefits as it may hereafter be established can be paid from the supplemental fund on a sound actuarial basis.
Ala. Code § 45-27-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-241
Section 45-27-241 Procedure for Sale and Redemption of Lands
Status: in_force

In Escambia County the procedure for redeeming lands sold for taxes shall be the same as provided in Article 5 of Chapter 10, Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and performed by the probate judge shall be transferred to and be performed by the tax collector, and the probate judge shall be relieved of all such duties.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.62
Section 45-2-261.62 Planning and Zoning Advisory Committee Established; Composition; Purpose and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the Fort Morgan Planning and Zoning Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to as the planning and zoning advisory committee, to be composed of the following members: Two members appointed by the Baldwin County Commission from a list of not less than four nominations by the Fort Morgan Civic Association, Inc.; and three members appointed by the Fort Morgan Civic Association, Inc. All members shall be residents and registered voters in the Fort Morgan District. All members shall serve a term of four years and may be reappointed to succeeding terms. Members shall serve until a replacement is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled by the original appointing authority. Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses in the performance of their duties by the county. A member may be removed for cause by his or her original appointing authority.

In addition, the committee shall include the following nonvoting ex-officio members:

(1) The Mayor of Gulf Shores, or his or her designee.

(2) The member of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature representing all or a majority of the district.

(3) The member of the Baldwin County Commission whose district includes all or a majority of the district.

(b) The planning and zoning advisory committee shall adopt bylaws to administer this subpart. The planning and zoning advisory committee shall select a chair and may create other offices. The term of the chair shall be two years with eligibility for reelection. The planning and zoning advisory committee shall hold one regular meeting each six months or upon call of the chair and shall keep a record of its actions, all of which shall be a public record. The planning and zoning advisory committee shall be subject to the Alabama Open Meetings Act and other requirements of this subpart. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.

(c) The purpose of the planning and zoning advisory committee shall be to make recommendation to the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission concerning any proposed changes to zoning ordinances or regulations or the master plan, or variances thereto, related to the Fort Morgan Zoning District.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-61.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-61.05
Section 45-57A-61.05 Vacancy
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. A member may not be appointed by the city council to fill the vacancy on the board of education. If the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 30 days, the city superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education, who shall fill the vacancy by appointment. A person filling a vacancy on the board shall reside in the district in which the vacating member represented.
Ala. Code § 45-48-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-231
Section 45-48-231 Expenditures; Disposal of Property; Violations
Status: in_force

For the time period from the end of the primary election for the election of a sheriff for the next term of office until January of the next year when the sheriff takes office for the new term, the sheriff serving the remainder of his or her term shall not spend more than one-twelfth of the amount budgeted or appropriated for the operation of the office of sheriff during any one calendar month unless approved by the Marshall County Commission or unless a state of emergency has been declared. During this time, the sheriff may not dispose of any equipment belonging to the Office of Sheriff of Marshall County unless approved by the Marshall County Commission. Any sheriff who wilfully violates this section shall be personally liable to Marshall County for the amount of any unauthorized expenditures.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.18
Section 45-8A-20.18 Earnings of the Authority
Status: in_force

The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of the authority, then any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing shall be paid to the city.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-80
Section 45-23A-80 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies in the corporate limits of the Town of Newton.

(b) Subject to subsection (d), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the town. The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the town only if such beverages are sold in kegs.

(c) All ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages.

(d) The governing body of the town shall hold a referendum to determine if draft or keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption. If a majority of the voters voting thereon in the municipality vote in favor of the question, then the sale of draft or keg beer for on-premises consumption shall be authorized.

(e) The referendum shall be held on the date of the next regular municipal election following May 16, 2008. Costs of the referendum shall be paid by the municipality. If a majority of the voters voting thereon do not vote in favor of the question, a subsequent referendum or referenda may be held. A second or subsequent referendum shall not be held within 12 months following a referendum which fails to be approved by the voters of the town.
Ala. Code § 45-39-241.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-241.60
Section 45-39-241.60 Consolidation of Offices
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Lauderdale County, by resolution of such commission passed not later than April 1, 1984, may combine the offices of tax assessor and tax collector in the county, effective September 30, 1984.
Ala. Code § 45-24-210 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-210
Section 45-24-210 Issuance Fee for License Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority granted in Amendment 138 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, in addition to all other issuance fees currently provided by law, the county officer charged with the duty and responsibility of issuing motor vehicle license tags and plates in Dallas County shall assess and collect an issuance fee of seventy-five cents ($0.75) on each tag or plate issued. The proceeds from the first twenty-five cents ($0.25) of the additional issuance fee shall be credited to the Dallas County Legislative Delegation Office established by Section 45-24-190. The proceeds from the remainder of the issuance fee shall be deposited in the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-22-100.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-100.03
Section 45-22-100.03 Compensation of Commissioners
Status: in_force

The members of the Cullman County Commission on Education shall receive from the public school funds of the county seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) a day for attending commission meetings, and actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred. They shall not be allowed payor expenses for more than 24 days in anyone year.
Ala. Code § 45-56-242.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-242.24
Section 45-56-242.24 State Department of Revenue Administration and Collection
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the county shall administer and collect the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected, or shall cause those taxes to be administered and collected by the state Department of Revenue or a private collection agency at the same time and in the same manner as the state sales tax and state use tax are collected, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of Sections 11–3–11.2 and 11–3–11.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the governing body of the county or other collection agency shall have the same rights, remedies, power, and authority, including the right to adopt and implement the same procedures, as would be available to the state Department of Revenue if the taxes herein authorized were being administered, enforced, and collected by the state Department of Revenue. The governing body may retain or may pay to the state Department of Revenue or a private collection agency, as a fee for the cost of collecting the taxes, an amount not to exceed five percent of the proceeds of the taxes so collected. If the governing body of the county or the state Department of Revenue administers and collects the taxes, the amount retained by the governing body or paid to the state Department of Revenue as a collection fee shall not exceed the actual cost of collection, or an amount that does not exceed five percent of the proceeds of the taxes collected, whichever amount is less.

(b) With respect to the taxes herein authorized to be levied and imposed by it, the county shall be deemed to be a self-administered county, as that term is defined in Section 40–2A–3.
Ala. Code § 45-45-11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-11
Section 45-45-11 Compensation of Certain County Officers
Status: in_force

(a) On July 1, 1984, the salaries, supplements, and expense allowances of certain officers of Madison County, Alabama, shall be as follows:

(1) The county coroner shall receive an annual salary of eight thousand four hundred dollars ($8,400).

(2) The judge of probate shall receive an annual salary of thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) beginning January 15, 1985.

(3) The tax assessor and the tax collector shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ($28,500) with annual salary adjustments being tied to the yearly average for the consumer price index since the last adjustment in their salaries. The tax officials shall continue to receive expense allowances as now provided by law.

(4) The circuit clerk shall receive an annual county salary supplement of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(b) The salaries, salary supplements, and expense allowances prescribed herein shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund on warrants processed in the usual manner and shall be in lieu of any other annual salaries, salary supplements, and expense allowances heretofore provided by law for such county officers.
Ala. Code § 45-31-231.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-231.27
Section 45-31-231.27 Employment Status of Inmate
Status: in_force

No inmate granted privileges pursuant to this subpart shall be deemed to be an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the board, state, county, or municipality while working in the community or while going to and from employment or other specified areas, or while on furlough.
Ala. Code § 45-30-160 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-160
Section 45-30-160 Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Status: in_force

In Franklin County, the payments made to the county commission as authorized in Section 40-28-2, shall be distributed by the county commission as follows:

(1) Each local government shall first receive the same amount of funds which it received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, provided, however, that in any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, that the total Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes distributed to Franklin County by the state is in an amount less than the amount that all governments in Franklin County received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, each local government shall receive an amount of Tennessee Valley Authority funds which shall be in the same proportion that all levels of government in Franklin County received in Alcoholic Beverage Control Board funds in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979.

(2) Any funds distributed to Franklin County by the State of Alabama as payments in lieu of taxes from the Tennessee Valley Authority in any fiscal year which are in excess of the amount which all levels of government in Franklin County received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979 shall be distributed as follows: 40 percent of such payments shall be disbursed on the same formula as school funds according to the State Department of Education’s Current Expense Ratio are apportioned to the Franklin County Board of Education and the Russellville City Board of Education; 60 percent of the payments shall be distributed to the county general fund and on a pro rata basis to the general funds of the City of Russellville, the City of Phil Campbell, the City of Red Bay, the City of Vina, and the City of Hodges, with each city receiving the amount that its population, according to the latest federal census, bears to the entire population of the county, and the general fund of the Franklin County Commission receiving the amount that the population of the county outside the cities bears to the entire population of the county, according to the latest federal census.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-10.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-10.02
Section 45-49A-10.02 Filing of Certificate
Status: in_force

The certificates of incorporation with the documents attached shall be filed with the Judge of Probate of Mobile County and with the Secretary of State, who shall forthwith receive and record the same. When such certificate is so filed the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, vested with the rights and powers herein granted.
Ala. Code § 45-41-240.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-240.05
Section 45-41-240.05 Performance of Duties; Salary
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 or tax collector of the county is authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary as determined by the county commission, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-9-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-83
Section 45-9-83 Salary Supplement
Status: in_force

Commencing June 1, 1984, the judge of the District Court for Chambers County shall receive an annual supplemental salary payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of Chambers County in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-2-41.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-41.08
Section 45-2-41.08 Irreparable Injury; Temporary Injunction
Status: in_force

In any action brought against a grantor under this part, any violation of this part by the grantor may be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an irreparable injury to the dealer in determining if temporary injunctions should issue.
Ala. Code § 45-5-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-110
Section 45-5-110 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County, upon approval by the Blount County Commission, shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid as prescribed by general law for the payment of other compensation and expenses of the members of the board of registrars. The portion of the compensation of the board of registrars which is not paid by the state shall be paid from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-44-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-242.03
Section 45-44-242.03 Statement of Sales and Withdrawals
Status: in_force

On or before the 20th day of each month after the county commission has imposed the additional excise tax, each person upon whom the excise tax is imposed shall furnish to the county commission on forms prescribed by it a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals of gasoline or motor fuel made by that person during the preceding month. Each person shall furnish to the county commission any additional information required by the county commission and shall pay to the tax collector an amount of money equal to the excise tax due under this part. The statement made by the distributor, retail dealer, or storer shall be sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths and any false statement sworn to shall constitute perjury and, upon conviction, the person so convicted shall be punished as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-6-82.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-82.20
Section 45-6-82.20 Fees
Status: in_force

(a) In Bullock County, the judge of probate shall, in lieu of the fees prescribed by the general law for the following services, charge and collect for his or her services the following fees:

(1) Probate of will of not more than five pages, whether contested or not, with three copies of letters and including partial or final settlement when not more than 10 pages. An additional charge of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for a will over five pages in length and for partial or final settlements in excess of 10 pages in length shall be made. ............ $50

(2) Granting of Letters of Administration with three certified copies of Letters of Administration. ........................... $50

(3) Final settlement of administration of an estate when not more than 10 pages. When over 10 pages, an additional charge of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page. ............................... $50

(4) Partial or final settlement of guardianship. ............ $50

(5) Each additional certified copy of Letters of Testamentary, Letters of Administration, or Letters of Guardianship. .............. $3.50

(6) Proceedings in filing and granting petition of adoption, including one certified copy of decree for petitioner, one certified copy for the Department of Human Resources and one copy to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. This fee shall apply to each child adopted. ................ $50

(7) Proceedings in legitimations, fee to apply to each child. ...... $25

(8) Proceedings in change of name. .................. $25

(9) Each certified copy of a marriage certificate. ............. $10

(10) Proceedings appointing notary public and recording. ........... $15

(11) Recording the change of ownership of an automobile or other motor vehicle as provided in Section 40-10-260. .................. $5

(12) All deeds, mortgages, affidavits, and miscellaneous documents. .... $5

(13) Uniform Commercial Code forms. ................. $15

(14) Releases. ........................ $5

(15) Judgments. ...................... $7.50

(16) Mortgage satisfaction. ............. $3.50

(17) Hearing pertaining to mental illness. ................. $50

(18) Filing of claims against estates. ........................ $3.50

(19) Making of any certified copy. ........................... $3.50

(20) Issuing of marriage certificates. ......................... $10

(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Judge of Probate of Bullock County shall continue to charge and collect the fees which are prescribed by general law for services which he or she renders.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.44
Section 45-57A-63.44 Induction of Council into Office; Meetings of Council
Status: in_force

The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at ten o’clock in the morning on the first Monday in November next following its election, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once each month. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.64 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.64
Section 45-49A-63.64 Cost-of-Living Increases
Status: in_force

The board, after consultation with its actuary and other advisors, may from time to time grant such cost-of-living increases in the benefits being paid to all retired members, or certain classes of retired members, as the board deems prudent, but only if such increases would have no material adverse impact on the funded status of the plan.
Ala. Code § 45-24-82.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-82.26
Section 45-24-82.26 Special Recording Fee - Real Property, Personal Property, and Ucc Instruments
Status: in_force

A special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and UCC instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and with respect to other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate and on and after the date, no instrument or document shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or UCC instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. Any, all, or none of the special recording fee may be charged at the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees so collected shall be paid into the general fund of the county. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the county commission for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system and other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-51.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-51.11
Section 45-35A-51.11 Compensation Plan
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare and recommend to the board, after consultation with the appointing authority and other officers, a uniform compensation plan for all employees in the classified service. The plan shall include, for each class of positions, a minimum and maximum rate not inconsistent with such rate or rates as may be fixed by law, in other specific instances. The director, in establishing such rates, shall give consideration to the experience in recruiting for positions in the classified service, the prevailing rates of pay for comparable services in public and private employment, living costs, maintenance or other benefits received by employees, and the financial condition of the city. Such compensation plan shall take effect when approved by the board, and may be thereafter modified or revised at the pleasure of the board. Each employee in the classified service shall be paid initially at the minimum rate fixed in the compensation plan for the class of positions in which he or she is employed, and the raising or lowering of the pay of an individual, within such limitations, shall be done upon request of the appointing authority, with a similar recommendation by the director, and the approval of the city manager. The foregoing provisions may be relaxed by the board in fixing the compensation of persons employed by the city on August 7, 1947.
Ala. Code § 45-57-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-241
Section 45-57-241 Increasing Rate Taxable Property Is Levied and Collected
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Russell County is authorized by applicable provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for public buildings, bridges, or roads (herein called the special tax) at a rate of forty cents ($0.40) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (4 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the county commission is authorized to increase the rate at which the special tax is levied by an amount which shall not exceed, for any tax year of the county, sixty-five cents ($0.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6 1 ⁄2 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(b) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and a resolution heretofore adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may increase the rate at which the special tax is levied and collected by an amount which shall not exceed, for any tax year, sixty-five cents ($.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6 1 ⁄2 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. (c) The limitation on the maximum rate of the special tax contained in subsection (b) shall not be construed to prohibit a subsequent increase in the rate at which the special tax may be levied pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any subsequent amendment to the constitution authorizing an increase in the rate at which the special tax or ad valorem taxes in general are authorized to be levied.

(c) The limitation on the maximum rate of the special tax contained in subsection (b) shall not be construed to prohibit a subsequent increase in the rate at which the special tax may be levied pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any subsequent amendment to the constitution authorizing an increase in the rate at which the special tax or ad valorem taxes in general are authorized to be levied.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing within the county who vote on the proposed increase at an election called and held for such purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(e) This act shall be inoperative and void unless it shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of Russell County who vote thereon at a referendum election held for such purpose. The election shall be held and conducted as nearly as may be in the same way as elections on amendments to the Constitution, and shall be held on the same day as the next election in the county next following final passage of this act. On the ballots to be used at the election, the proposition to be voted on shall be stated substantially as follows:

‘‘Do you favor the local law authorizing the county commission to increase ad valorem taxes for public buildings, roads, and bridges? Yes ( ) No ( ).’’

(f) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are affirmative votes, this act shall be in full force and effect immediately thereafter. If a majority of the votes cast are in the negative, the act shall have no further effect. The judge of probate of Russell County shall certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State immediately after the returns have been certified.
Ala. Code § 45-49-30.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-30.03
Section 45-49-30.03 Composition
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall be composed of seven members, five of whom shall be Choctaw Indians residing in Mobile County. The two additional members may or may not be Choctaw Indians but shall be residents of the county. All members of the commission shall be elected by the Choctaw Indians of Mobile County and shall serve four-year terms of office.

(b) All members of the commission shall hold their offices until their successors are nominated and qualified. Any vacancy occurring on the commission shall be filled with temporary appointment by the Mobile County Commission until the vacant seat on the commission is filled. The Mobile County Commission shall appoint a chair of the commission from among the members of the commission, subject to ratification by the full commission. The commission shall elect its own secretary.
Ala. Code § 45-42A-24.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42A / Section 45-42A-24.01
Section 45-42A-24.01 Weeds May Be Declared a Public Nuisance and Abated
Status: in_force

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury on a person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or a growth of grass or weeds, including plants of no value, undesirable, and usually of rank growth; or grass, shrubs, and undergrowth, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height, may be declared to be a public nuisance and abated as provided in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-54-243.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-243.05
Section 45-54-243.05 Exceptions
Status: in_force

This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of the county which are actually resold or reshipped.
Ala. Code § 45-2-220.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-220.01
Section 45-2-220.01 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that Baldwin County has a legal obligation to create and maintain records which document its work and to make those records accessible to the public. The Legislature further finds that the current storage facilities and method of providing access to those records are inadequate to meet the needs of the county government and the citizens of Baldwin County.
Ala. Code § 45-22-130.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-130.01
Section 45-22-130.01 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

Any unexpended monies remaining in the fund required by law to be maintained by the State Department of Transportation for use in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County shall be paid over to the county governing body of Cullman County except as otherwise provided by this article. Thereafter all funds and monies designated by law for the use in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County may be entitled, whether from the proceeds of the state gasoline tax, the motor vehicle license tax, or other state tax, or any federal aid accruals, or from any other source whatsoever, shall be paid to the county governing body of Cullman County by the appropriate county or state official.
Ala. Code § 45-8-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-83
Section 45-8-83 Juvenile Court Services Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Monthly supervision fees assessed in juvenile court cases may continue to be assessed in the manner as currently assessed by law at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fees shall be collected by the juvenile court clerk’s office and deposited into the Juvenile Court Services Fund.

(b) There is hereby established a “Juvenile Court Services Fund” for the deposit of the juvenile court supervision fees and any monies received for the benefit of the Juvenile Court Volunteer Program or the Juvenile Probation/Dependent Child Services by legislative appropriation or by grant, gift, or contribution by the county, municipalities, organizations, or individuals. The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Presiding Family and Juvenile Court Judge of Calhoun County.

(c) Any monies, fees, etc., deposited in this fund shall be disbursed solely for the administration, implementation, and maintenance of juvenile court programs, for the training and education of the juvenile court staff, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children of Calhoun County. The expenditure of funds shall be authorized by the Presiding Family and Juvenile Court Judge of Calhoun County. At the end of each fiscal year, a report shall be made to the county commission on receipts to and expenditures from the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-2-222 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-222
Section 45-2-222 Lease of Oil, Gas, and Mineral Rights
Status: in_force

(a) On roads where Baldwin County owns the oil, gas, and mineral rights, the Baldwin County Commission is authorized to lease the oil, gas, and mineral rights on the right-of-way of the county roads on a competitive basis in the same manner as provided by the competitive bid laws applying to county purchases.

(b)(1) Any funds accruing from the leasing of the oil, gas, and mineral rights of the county road system as provided in this section shall be used to build and maintain public boat launching ramps in the Mobile North River Delta Region of Baldwin County from the Bay Bridge North to the Baldwin County line.

(2) After one such ramp is built such funds may be used to construct, repair, or maintain public launching ramps in any part of Baldwin County, to provide for the acquisition of property for and the construction, repair, and maintenance of public parks, recreational areas, water access areas, and access roads thereto within the county, upon official acceptance at the discretion of the county commission. Provided, however, the county commission shall first cause the fund to be restored to the balance, determined by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, before transfer of revenues for other purposes; thereafter, the fund shall maintain a balance of at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000), including interest, in the fund designated for construction of roads to public parks.
Ala. Code § 45-28-121.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-121.06
Section 45-28-121.06 Probational Period
Status: in_force

All original and promotional appointments shall be for a probationary period of 12 months during which the employee may be rejected by the appointing authorities at any time without right of appeal or hearing in any manner.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.121
Section 45-51A-32.121 Abolition of Position or Employment
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-337, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025.
Ala. Code § 45-41-244.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-244.50
Section 45-41-244.50 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The following words, terms, and phrases as used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the state.

(2) COUNTY. Lee County in the State of Alabama.

(3) COURTHOUSE COMPLEX. Those buildings and structures comprising the county courthouse in Opelika, Alabama, as the buildings and structures may from time to time exist.

(4) COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements, repairs, and renovations to the courthouse complex.

(5) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year.

(6) JUSTICE CENTER. A new building or structure (or group thereof) designed for use by the county and its agencies as a jail, criminal justice center, and place for holding court, or any thereof, with appurtenant office and other ancillary facilities.

(7) MONTH. A calendar month.

(8) PUBLIC BUILDING SECURITIES. An issue of bonds, warrants, or other securities hereafter issued by the county, or any agency or instrumentality of the county (such as a county public building authority), for the purpose of financing all or a portion of

a. The costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping a justice center (including land acquisition costs), or

b. The costs of making courthouse improvements, or

c. Both the costs referred to in paragraph a and those referred to in paragraph b.

(9) QUARTERLY PERIOD. The period of three months ending on the last day of each March, June, September, and December.

(10) REGISTERED SELLER. The person registered with the State Department of Revenue pursuant to the state use tax statutes or licensed under the state sales tax statutes.

(11) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(12) STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Department of Revenue of the state.

(13) STATE SALES TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state sales tax statutes.

(14) STATE SALES TAX STATUTES. Division 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Division 1 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(15) STATE USE TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state use tax statutes.

(16) STATE USE TAX STATUTES. Article 2, commencing with Section 40-23-60, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in Article 2 and all other statutes of the state which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Article 2 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(b) Except where another meaning is clearly indicated by the context, all definitions set forth in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes shall be effective as definitions of the words, terms, and phrases used in this subpart. All words, terms, and phrases used herein, other than those hereinabove specifically defined, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes and shall have the same scope and effect that the same words, terms, and phrases have where used in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes.
Ala. Code § 45-13-233.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-233.01
Section 45-13-233.01 Service of Process Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the district and circuit courts of Clarke County shall assess a reasonable service of process fee for service or attempted service of process on each document requiring personal service of process by the sheriff. (b) The fee authorized in subsection (a) shall not be assessed if a judge finds that payment of the fee will create a substantial hardship. A verified statement signed by the individual requesting service and approved by the judge attesting the substantial hardship shall be filed with the clerk of the court. (c) Each official designated by law to collect fees pursuant to subsection (a) shall remit the fees collected to the Clarke County Commission. (d) The county commission shall deposit one-half of each fee collected pursuant to this section in the Circuit Clerk’s Fund and remit one-half of each fee collected pursuant to this section to the sheriff’s office for law enforcement purposes in the county. (e) The proceeds of the fees collected pursuant to this section shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income for the county or the sheriff’s office. (f) The district attorney and a grand jury shall be exempt from payment of the fees provided for in this section.

(b) The fee authorized in subsection (a) shall not be assessed if a judge finds that payment of the fee will create a substantial hardship. A verified statement signed by the individual requesting service and approved by the judge attesting the substantial hardship shall be filed with the clerk of the court.

(c) Each official designated by law to collect fees pursuant to subsection (a) shall remit the fees collected to the Clarke County Commission.

(d) The county commission shall deposit one-half of each fee collected pursuant to this section in the Circuit Clerk’s Fund and remit one-half of each fee collected pursuant to this section to the sheriff’s office for law enforcement purposes in the county.

(e) The proceeds of the fees collected pursuant to this section shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income for the county or the sheriff’s office.

(f) The district attorney and a grand jury shall be exempt from payment of the fees provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.87 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.87
Section 45-2-243.87 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

Any impact fees collected within a political subdivision shall be used only for governmental infrastructure purposes. Any impact fees collected pursuant to this subpart shall be expended or contracted to be expended within five years of the collection of the fees unless the development or the expenditure or contracting for expenditure of the fees is delayed by an Act of God or litigation. Any impact fee not expended or contracted for within five years unless subject to an exception as provided above shall be refunded to the developer.
Ala. Code § 45-35-160 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-160
Section 45-35-160 Liability for Monetary Loss
Status: in_force

(a) The Houston County Commission shall reimburse the office of the license commissioner, judge of probate, or revenue commissioner from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, arising or caused by error, if the mistake or omission was caused without their personal knowledge, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent.

(b) It shall be the duty of the license commissioner, probate judge, or revenue commissioner to insure that their employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the official or any clerk or employee of their office.
Ala. Code § 45-31-242.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-242.06
Section 45-31-242.06 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

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 Geneva County Commission to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Geneva County; and more specifically, for the benefit of those volunteer fire departments being certified by the Forestry Commission of the State of Alabama or any association or group composed of such volunteer departments certified by the Forestry Commission. These funds shall be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and shall be expended solely for purposes of fire protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer firefighters network in Geneva County, Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-12.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-12.04
Section 45-39A-12.04 Board of Education - Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Florence City Board of Education as provided in this part shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the board of education shall end.

(b)(1) Upon assumption of office of the initial elected members of the board of education, these members shall have the powers, authority, duties, and responsibilities as are otherwise provided by law for members of city boards of education as set forth in Chapter 11, commencing with Section 16-11-1 of Title 16.

(2) At the first meeting after the board takes office, and every year thereafter, the board shall by majority vote of those voting, select a chairand vice chair from among its members. The vice chair shall preside over meetings of the board in the absence of the chair.

(3) All property, records, supplies, and equipment of the prior board of education shall be vested in the board created by this part.

(c) The establishment of the board of education as provided in this part shall not affect or impair any of the following:

(1) Existing rights or privileges of employees of the board including, but not limited to, employment, personnel, salary, and retirement rights and privileges.

(2) Existing contractual obligations of the board of education.

(3) Existing civil and criminal actions.
Ala. Code § 45-2A-80.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2A / Section 45-2A-80.03
Section 45-2A-80.03 Bond Issue Authorized
Status: in_force

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

(b) 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, lease, 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.

(c) Such mortgage or deed of trust may contain such terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the utilities board 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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 charges 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.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.83
Section 45-57A-63.83 Publication of Notice of Public Hearing
Status: in_force

At the meeting of the council at which the budget proposal and budget message are submitted, the council shall determine the date and time of the public hearing on the budget proposal, and shall cause to be published a notice of the place and date, not less than seven days after the date of publication nor later than 15 days prior to the beginning of the next budget year, at which the council shall hold a public hearing. Publication shall be made at least once in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the city.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-41.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-41.22
Section 45-28A-41.22 Residency of Board Members
Status: in_force

A member shall reside in the City of Gadsden and in the district the member represents during the entire term of office. If the boundaries of a city council district change, the corresponding board of education district shall automatically change accordingly for the next election of the city board of education. If redistricting places an incumbent board member outside of his or her district, the member shall nevertheless continue to serve the remainder of the term to which he or she was elected or appointed.
Ala. Code § 45-46-90.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-90.11
Section 45-46-90.11 Proceeds from the 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; provided, however, site preparation grants for industrial development shall not be included as a part of such costs and expenses. 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 any facility, 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 the 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 § 45-21-130.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-130.07
Section 45-21-130.07 Office Space and Equipment
Status: in_force

The board shall furnish the county engineer with an office at the courthouse, or elsewhere, at the county seat, and all necessary office supplies, and shall furnish him or her with necessary transportation in connection with his or her duties under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-16-130.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-130.06
Section 45-16-130.06 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 with necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.135 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.135
Section 45-51A-33.135 Emergency Appropriations
Status: in_force

At any time in any budget year, the council, pursuant to this section, may make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditures, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such appropriation may be made by the council voting affirmative votes by a majority of the council members present, but only on the recommendation of the mayor. The total amount of all emergency appropriations made in any budget year shall not exceed five per centum of the total general fund operating appropriations made in the budget for that year.
Ala. Code § 45-44-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-70
Section 45-44-70 Performance of Work or Services on Private Property; Written Policy; Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The Macon County Commission, within Macon County, may go upon private property and perform work or services for churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations and sell materials to churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations subject to this section.

(b) It is the intent of this section to make available to the citizens of Macon County services only when such services are not reasonably available to them at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. Upon May 19, 1980, and during the month of January each year thereafter, the county commission shall investigate the availability of work, services, and material from private enterprise in the various areas of Macon County and shall enter upon the minutes of the county commission the results of such investigation. The county commission shall thereafter adopt a written policy governing the doing of such work or services and the sale of such material. The policy shall include a description of the work and services which shall be performed and the materials to be sold and a limitation upon the areas in which such work or services shall be performed and in which materials shall be sold to those areas in which such work, services, or material are not reasonably available at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. The policy shall include a provision that such work, services, or materials are available to all citizens of Macon County where such work, services, or material are not reasonably available from private enterprise at a reasonable cost. The written policy adopted by the county commission shall be published annually in a newspaper of general circulation in Macon County in the type normally used for news stories.

(c) No work may be done by the Macon County Commission upon private property unless the county commission has no present need for the use for public county purposes of the existing personnel and equipment necessary to perform such work and unless the county commission and the proper fund in the county treasury are justly compensated for work or services performed and for the materials used or sold. In determining just compensation for work or services performed and for materials used or sold, all indirect costs including, but not limited to, overhead, management, and depreciation shall be included.

(d) Before any work or services are performed on private property or material is sold to churches, schools, individuals, or nonprofit associations or corporations, a written contract shall be signed by the party for whom the work or services are to be performed or to whom the material is to be sold stating the work to be done or material sold, the amount to be paid for such work or services or material, or the rate by which the amount to be paid for such work, services, or materials shall be computed. Such contract shall be a public document available for inspection by any interested party. The work or services performed shall be paid for at the time it is completed and any material delivered shall be paid for at the time the material is delivered. The name of each church, school, individual, or nonprofit association or corporation for whom work or services are performed, or to whom material is delivered, shall be entered upon the permanent minutes of the Macon County Commission at its next regular meeting following the completion of the work or the delivery of the material, along with a description of the work performed or material delivered and a statement of the price paid to the county for the work performed or material sold.

(e) No work shall be performed for any church, school, individual, or nonprofit association or corporation under this section including labor, materials, equipment use, or any other cost or expense that exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any 12-month period.

(f) This section shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict herewith.
Ala. Code § 45-45-233.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-233.23
Section 45-45-233.23 Earnings; Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund
Status: in_force

Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-45-233.20 shall pay to the county a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pursuant to this subpart, may require that the prisoner establish a payroll deduction for the payment of any sums due hereunder. All sums so collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be paid over to and collected by the Madison County Commission and deposited to a separate fund to be known as the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-37-91.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-91.02
Section 45-37-91.02 Convention and Visitors Bureau
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established in the county a public corporation for the purposes herein specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the bureau.

(b) Subject to the conditions and qualifications hereinafter stated, the name of the corporation shall be Greater ___________ Convention and Visitors Bureau. In the blank space shall be inserted the name of the largest city.

(c) The board of directors of the bureau may choose some name other than that above specified at any time it elects to do so; provided, however, that if the board of directors chooses any other name there shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a copy of the resolution of the board of directors stating the name adopted by the bureau, which resolution shall be followed by a certificate signed by the chairman of the board of directors stating the date on which the resolution was adopted and stating that the copy of the resolution preceding the certificate is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors.
Ala. Code § 45-34-100.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-100.23
Section 45-34-100.23 Transition of Offices
Status: in_force

This subpart shall not affect the duties, rights, and responsibilities of the present members of the Henry County Board of Education, but the board members shall continue to hold and discharge the duties of the office as now incumbent upon them and as may be incumbent upon them by law, until their successors shall be elected and qualified under this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-42A-24.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42A / Section 45-42A-24.04
Section 45-42A-24.04 Weed Lien
Status: in_force

When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the city, but a redemptioner or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which a weed lien has been made, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the weed lien.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-64.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-64.06
Section 45-49A-64.06 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of six directors. Each director shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial term of office of three of the directors elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 a.m., on the second anniversary of the date of the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation of the authority. The initial term of office of the remaining directors elected by the governing body of the municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 a.m. on the fourth anniversary date of such filing. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. Each election of a director, whether for a full term or to complete any unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality, during his or her tenure as such officer, shall be eligible to serve as a director. Each director shall be a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for re-election. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.

(b) Each director shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses for out-of-county travel actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Each director, except the chair of the board, shall be compensated in an additional amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. The chair shall be compensated in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.120
Section 45-8A-23.120 Fiscal Year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on the first day of each October and shall end on the last day of each September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this part, the term budget year shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
Ala. Code § 45-45-121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-121
Section 45-45-121 Personnel Board Created; Composition; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) In Madison County, there is hereby created and established a personnel board to hear and decide appeals filed by employees who are covered under this part as provided in Section 45-45-121.02.

(b) The personnel board shall consist of three members: One to be appointed by the sheriff of the county; one to be appointed by the county governing body; and one to be appointed as a joint appointee by the county tax assessor, the county license director, the county tax collector, and the judge of probate, with the county commission having the authority to break any tie vote as between the tax assessor, license director, tax collector, and judge of probate. Members of the personnel board may be replaced at any time during their term by appointment of a new member in the manner set forth in this subsection.

(c) No later than July 13, 2022, members of the personnel board shall be selected and appointed in the manner provided in subsection (b) and shall replace any existing members of the personnel board upon appointment. Members of the personnel board shall be appointed for a term of three years from their date of appointment; provided, however, that in order to establish and maintain staggered terms of office, the initial term of the member selected jointly by the tax assessor, license director, tax collector, and judge of probate shall be two years, and the initial term of the member appointed by the sheriff shall be one year. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the initial appointment.

(d) The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the county. No person shall be appointed to the board who holds any salaried public office or employment with the county, nor shall any member, while a member of the board or for a period of one year after he or she has ceased to be a member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the county or any county elective office.

(e) The board shall meet as specified in Section 45-45-121.01, to carry out the business of the board and hear any appeals under this part. The members of the board shall receive fifteen dollars ($15.00) per diem for each meeting of the board they attend. The board may not meet in excess of 10 days per year; provided, however, that the time consumed by the personnel board in hearings conducted under subsection (c) of Section 45-45-121.06, shall not be counted as a part of the 10 days.
Ala. Code § 45-52-234.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-234.22
Section 45-52-234.22 Failure to Remain Within Confinement
Status: in_force

Any individual released under Section 45-52-234.20, or ordered confined under Section 45-52-234.21, who willfully fails to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement or to return to the place of confinement as ordered shall be subject to conviction and punishment for escape as provided in Section 14-8-42.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-41.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-41.03
Section 45-41A-41.03 Utilization of Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement System
Status: in_force

(a) The city is empowered to utilize a photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may occur within the corporate limits of the city as provided in this part. A civil fine assessed under this part shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and municipal court costs shall be assessed only in contested cases in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for a municipal criminal traffic-control device violation prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Sections 32-5A-31, 32-5A-32, and 32-5A-35, or any combination thereof. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected in connection with notices issued under this part. Court costs collected pursuant to this part shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution of municipal court costs for misdemeanor violations. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the Opelika Municipal Court in connection with notices issued under this part to be paid to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and deposited in the State Treasury as compensation for record keeping and transaction processing with respect to violation notices issued under this part.

(b) The city shall cause a sign to be posted at each of a minimum of five roadway entry points to the city to provide motorists with notice that photographic traffic signal enforcement systems are in use. The sign shall comply with this requirement if it states substantially the following: “AUTOMATED CAMERAS USED IN RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT,” or if it otherwise gives sufficient notice.

(c) Prior to operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, the city shall make a public announcement and conduct a public awareness campaign of the use of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system a minimum of 30 days before using the devices. The city may place photographic traffic signal enforcement systems at locations without notice of the specific location, may change locations without public notice, and may install and move as needed decoy devices designed to resemble photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.

(d) The city shall post a sign or signs at each intersection at which a device is located informing motorists that a photographic traffic signal enforcement system is in operation at the intersection.
Ala. Code § 45-48-85.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-85.27
Section 45-48-85.27 Procedures Governing Noncollectible Negotiable Instruments
Status: in_force

(a) In Marshall County, when a negotiable instrument, such as a check or draft, given for a motor vehicle license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate, or his or her designee, shall notify the maker or drawer of the negotiable instrument, in writing, that payment of the negotiable instrument was refused by the drawee and that if the maker or drawer does not pay the holder thereof the amount due thereon, within 10 days of the mailing of the notice to the maker or drawer, then the motor vehicle license shall be subject to being retrieved or voided by the judge of probate without further notice. Written notice by regular mail to the address printed on the instrument or given by the maker or drawer at the time of issuance shall be conclusively deemed sufficient and equivalent to notice having been received by the person making, drawing, uttering, or delivering the instrument.

(b) If the maker or drawer of the instrument fails to timely pay the amounts due pursuant to subsection (a), then the judge of probate shall notify the license inspector who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question.

(c) In the event the motor vehicle license cannot be retrieved, the license inspector shall state this fact in writing to the judge of probate and the statement shall constitute authorization for the judge of probate to void the motor vehicle license.

(d) Once the motor vehicle license has been voided, the judge of probate shall receive credit for the cost of the motor vehicle license, sales and use tax, and the issuance fee. The appropriate state office or offices shall mark all pertinent records pertaining to the void license accordingly and upon inquiry by any law enforcement agency or officer shall notify the agency or officer that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law.

(e) The provisions of this section are supplemental and cumulative and the remedies provided in this section are in addition to any other criminal or civil penalty provided by law for the negotiating of worthless negotiable instruments.

(f) In addition to any other applicable immunity protections, the judge of probate or any of his or her employees, agents, or assigns who comply with this section shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for all actions taken pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-111.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-111.02
Section 45-8A-111.02 Use of Phrases
Status: in_force

The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein:

“Herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used.

The definitions set forth in Section 45-8A-111.01 shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Ala. Code § 45-38-240.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-240.30
Section 45-38-240.30 Transfer of Duties
Status: in_force

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

(b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of probate.

(c) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding real property sales for failure to pay taxes and subsequent redemption heretofore performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-9-245.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-245.02
Section 45-9-245.02 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Chambers County may levy, in addition to all other taxes presently levied, an additional sales and use tax not to exceed the highest municipal rates collected in the county. These additional rates shall be as follows: General sales, sales and use tax rate of a rate equal to the highest municipal rate collected on April 14, 2006; automobile sales and use rate of two percent; agricultural machinery sales and use tax of two percent; and manufacturing machine sales and use tax rate of two percent. Except as herein provided, these rates shall apply only in the areas in the county outside the corporate limits of Lanett, Valley, LaFayette, Waverly, and Five Points as determined on April 14, 2006. These rates shall also apply to the area of the county which constitutes the police jurisdiction for a municipality located outside the county provided the municipality has a sales and use tax in effect in the police jurisdiction in the county on April 14, 2006. The additional sales and use tax rates in the county outside the corporate limits of Lanett, Valley, LaFayette, Waverly, and Five Points, as determined on April 14, 2006, but within the respective police jurisdiction of Lanett, Valley, LaFayette, Waverly, or Five Points, shall be only one-half the corresponding municipal rates of the municipality having jurisdiction. 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 part.
Ala. Code § 45-11-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-10
Section 45-11-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Chilton County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Chilton 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 § 45-37-121.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-121.16
Section 45-37-121.16 Leave of Absence
Status: in_force

(a) All permanent employees who have held regular full-time positions under the jurisdiction of this section for one year and less than 12 years, shall be allowed an annual vacation with pay at the rate of one work day per month of service not to exceed 12 work days vacation; regular full-time employees with 12 years to 25 years full-time service shall be allowed an annual vacation with pay at the rate of one and one-half work days per month of service not to exceed 18 days vacation per year; and regular full-time employees with 25 years service or more shall be allowed two work days for each month of service not to exceed 24 days vacation with pay per year. Such vacation allowance shall be cumulative, not to exceed 40 work days. For the purpose of computing vacation allowance sick leave, each period of seven days, excluding holidays, shall be considered as containing five work days, irrespective of the number of days the employee would normally be on duty. In computing vacation for any person hereunder, in addition to the period for which such person has been employed by the county or city for which he or she works at the time of the computation, there shall be included the following periods of employment: (1) the period such person worked at the county courthouse, or any branch thereof, while employed by the state of any agency or board of the state, provided that while such person was so employed his or her position with the state, or state agency or board, was made subject to the countywide civil service law through the adoption or amendment of this or any previous part establishing a countywide civil service system; and (2) the period during which such person worked at the county courthouse, or any branch thereof, while employed by the state or any agency or board of the state provided his or her work and duties for the state, or the state agency or board were confined within the territorial limits of the county, and provided further that his or her employment with the county or with some municipality thereof commenced simultaneously with the cessation of his or her employment by the state or by the state agency or board. The time for such vacation shall be determined by the appointing authority except that the employee, if a vacation has not been allowed him or her during the calendar year, may demand that he or she be given a vacation not exceeding 12 work days. An appointing authority shall not require an employee to forfeit his or her vacation allowance as punishment for improper behavior, in lieu of imposing upon such employee a suspension without pay as provided in Section 45-37-121.19. Employees who resign in good standing or who are separated from the service without fault or delinquency on their part shall be allowed credit for vacation earned. Any employee who is dismissed for cause shall forfeit all vacation allowances. The rules and regulations shall contain provisions for granting permanent employees sick leave with pay and for leave without pay, consistent with progressive personnel practice; provided however, that any permanent employee shall, upon retirement or termination in good standing after five years of service, be entitled to receive payment for 50 percent of his or her accrued and unused sick leave at the time of his or her retirement or termination and all such payments shall be made at the same rate as his or her regular pay. At the time of retirement or termination the payment shall not exceed 50 percent of 60 days.

(b) Provided, further, that it shall be optional with each appointing authority whether such provisions shall be applicable to its employees.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.12
Section 45-2-84.12 Waiver of Fees
Status: in_force

Any judicial officer of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, upon making a determination that the defendant is indigent and not able to be employed, may waive or defer any administrative or supervision fee, or a portion thereof, associated with a defendant’s assignment to a program administered pursuant to the terms of this part. The court, in making this determination, should take into consideration that it is the intent of the Legislature that the programs established hereunder should strive to be self-supporting.
Ala. Code § 45-41-244.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-244.27
Section 45-41-244.27 Cost of Collection
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall charge Lee County for collecting the special county taxes levied such amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the revenue commissioner and the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of the county, 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 for the county may be deducted each month from the special sales and special use taxes collected before certifying the amount of the proceeds thereof due Lee County for that month. The revenue commissioner shall pay into the State Treasury all county taxes collected under this subpart, as such taxes are received by the Department of Revenue; and on or before the first day of each successive month, commencing with the month following the month in which the department makes the first collections hereunder, the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under this subpart and paid by him or her into the State Treasury for the benefit of Lee County during the month immediately preceding the making of such certificate. Provided, however, that before certifying the amount of the taxes paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of Lee County during each month, the commissioner may deduct from the taxes collected in the month the charges due the department for the collection of taxes for the county. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant each month payable to the custodian of the public school funds of Lee County, in his or her official capacity, in the amount equal to the amount so certified by the revenue commissioner as having been collected for the use of the county. The custodian of public school funds for Lee County shall deposit the revenue derived from the taxes levied herein in the public school funds of the county; and the net proceeds derived from the taxes levied by this subpart shall be used for general school purposes in that part of Lee County outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City.
Ala. Code § 45-15-240.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-240.04
Section 45-15-240.04 Facilities and Equipment
Status: in_force

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.
Ala. Code § 45-49-171.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-171.45
Section 45-49-171.45 Authority to Bring Suit
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Indigent Care Board shall be authorized and empowered to bring and prosecute any suits in its name, as agent for the County of Mobile, against any person whose cost of hospitalization, in whole or in part, has been paid by the board to the provider of medical care or the hospital, within the statutory period fixed by law.