Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of First Council and First Mayor; Terms of Office
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each place upon the council to be filled in such second election; and these candidates shall be the ones who received the highest number of votes but who were not elected at the first election. The candidate or candidates for the council receiving the highest number of votes cast in the second election shall be elected, so that in the first and second elections only nine council members shall be elected. The terms of office of such candidates so elected shall commence immediately upon their election and qualification. The four such council members so elected receiving the largest number of votes in the first election, if at least four council members are elected thereat, shall hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which would give them a term of office most closely approximating four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. If four council members are not elected at the first election, then those who are elected at such second election and the council members receiving the highest vote at the second election sufficient to bring the total number of such council members to four, shall hold office as provided in the preceding sentence. The remaining five such council members so elected shall hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which would give them a term of office most closely approximating two years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The candidate for mayor receiving the largest number of votes for the office at the first election thereto, provided such candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for such office. If at the first election no candidate received a majority of the votes cast for the office of mayor at such election, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for the office of mayor; and these candidates shall be the two who received the highest number of votes for the office at the first election. In the election of the first council and first mayor and all subsequent elections held under this part, no vote shall be permitted by writing in a person’s name on the ballot and, further, no name shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to this part.
Ala. Code § 45-42-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-81
Section 45-42-81 Supervision Fee; Juvenile Court Services Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in juvenile cases in Limestone County, a one-time supervision fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) may be assessed in each juvenile court case at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court clerk and deposited into 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 fees shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Limestone County.

(c) Any funds appropriated from the fund shall be solely for juvenile programs, for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in Limestone County, to aid the functions of the juvenile court and for the benefit of the children of Limestone County. Any funds expended shall be authorized by the Limestone County Juvenile Court Judge.
Ala. Code § 45-47-230.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-230.03
Section 45-47-230.03 Additional Expense Allowance; Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2024, the Sheriff of Marion County shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings his or her total compensation to eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, or expense allowances provided by law.

(b) Beginning with the next term of office commencing after June 1, 2024, the expense allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be void, and the Sheriff of Marion County shall receive a total yearly salary of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), which shall be in lieu of any other compensation, salary, or expense allowance provided by law for the sheriff for the performance of his or her official duties.
Ala. Code § 45-5-140 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-140
Section 45-5-140 Assessment of Tax Against Owners of Forest Lands
Status: reserved

(a) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Blount County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.

(b)(1) After the Blount County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Blount County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Blount County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($0.10) per acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection.

(2) “Forest lands” as used in this section, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which under prevailing natural and economic conditions may be expected to support such a growth in the future, or which is being used or reserved for any purpose. “Forest lands” as used in this section, shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes nor shall it include any publicly owned lands.

(3) The finance charge or tax fixed as provided in this section shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes, and the owners of the “forest lands,” as herein defined, shall make report of the same to the Tax Assessor of Blount County, Alabama, at the time fixed by law for making return of the property of such property owned. Financial charges or taxes levied shall constitute a lien on the property against which they are charged or taxed in case of default in the payment of such financial charge or tax.

(c) The county governing body of Blount County is authorized to determine the area and owners thereof, and report the same to the Tax Assessor of Blount County who shall be authorized, after notice by mail to such owners, and hearing before the county governing body is requested by such owners, to place the financial charge or tax against the forest land as may be determined. It shall be the responsibility of the Tax Assessor of Blount County to establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to administer this section.

(d) The tax herein imposed shall be due and payable to the Tax Collector of Blount County, and shall, when collected, be paid to the Treasurer of Blount County. All monies collected in accordance with this section shall be spent in participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s forest fire protection program in Blount County.

(e) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized to remove such financial charge or tax after the county commission has determined that the financial charge or tax is no longer needed. The county commission shall hold public hearings to determine whether or not the financial charge or tax is still needed. Procedures for such public hearings shall be the same as those in subsection (c).
Ala. Code § 45-44-130.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-130.06
Section 45-44-130.06 Accountability for Equipment; Inventory
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to the county commission for all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by Macon County. The county commission shall establish necessary policies and regulations governing accountability and relief therefrom. The commission shall furnish the necessary storage and repair facilities for the tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment, and the county engineer shall keep on file in his or her office an up-to-date inventory containing a list of all tools, machinery, equipment, parts, and supplies owned by the county.
Ala. Code § 45-18-242.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-242.11
Section 45-18-242.11 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The custodian of the general funds of the county shall deposit the revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to this part into the county general fund to be used by the county commission for either the county jail or county courthouse or both, including the planning, designing, construction, renovation, improving, replacement, maintenance, financing, upkeep, and operation of the county jail or county courthouse, or both. The revenue may specifically be used to make lease payments for or debt service relating to the county jail or county courthouse, or both, and for the payment of, or to retire or to refinance any bonds, warrants, obligations, or other indebtedness used by or on behalf of Conecuh County which relates to any of the purposes of this section.

(b) Any actions taken or disbursements made prior to November 19, 2004, which are consistent with this section, are ratified, validated, and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-49-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-40
Section 45-49-40 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall apply to all counties having a population of not less than 300,000 nor more than 500,000 inhabitants, according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census.
Ala. Code § 45-28-84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-84
Section 45-28-84 Filing Fee for Mental Health Program
Status: in_force

(a) The Probate Judge of Etowah County shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for filing for record or for recording each and every instrument, paper, writing, document, or decree in his or her office, including each real estate instrument, real estate mortgage, warranty deed, power of attorney, quitclaim deed, judgment, timber deed, deed/executive deed, subordination agreement, agreement, land lease, partial release/release, affidavit, official bond, plat, oath of office, bill of sale, custodian bond, declaration of trust, financing statement, transfer, assignment, satisfaction, bond of indemnity, declaration of vacation, lis pendens notice, order approving trustees bond, and excerpts of minutes. This fee shall not apply to judicial matters filed in the probate court section of the Probate Court of Etowah County nor shall the additional fee apply to marriage licenses.

(b) By the tenth of the month following collection, all funds so collected shall be paid by the probate judge into the treasury of Etowah County and kept in a fund to be designated the Mental Health Fund. Not later than five days after the tenth of the month, all funds paid into the Mental Health Fund shall in turn be transferred to the governing board of the mental health center which was the first board incorporated in Etowah County under Chapter 51 of Title 22 for use in the benefit and furtherance of the mental health program in Etowah County, Alabama.

This section is cumulative. Nothing herein contained shall alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Probate Judge of Etowah County.
Ala. Code § 45-37-21.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-21.03
Section 45-37-21.03 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The following words or phrases, or the plural thereof, whenever they appear in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

(1) AGREEMENT. Any agreement between a wholesaler and a supplier, whether oral or written, whereby a wholesaler is granted the right to purchase and sell a brand or brands of wine sold by a supplier.

(2) ANCILLARY BUSINESS. A business owned by a wholesaler, or by a substantial partner of a wholesaler, the primary business of which is directly related to the transporting, storing, or marketing of the brand or brands of wine of a supplier with whom the wholesaler has an agreement; or a business owned by a wholesaler, a substantial stockholder of a wholesaler, or a substantial partner of a wholesaler which recycles empty beverage containers.

(3) DESIGNATED MEMBER. The spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of a deceased individual who owned an interest, including a controlling interest, in a wholesaler; or any person who inherits the ownership interest of the deceased individual in the wholesaler under the terms of the will of the deceased individual, or under the laws of intestate succession of this state; or any person who or entity which has otherwise by designation in writing by the deceased individual, succeeded the deceased individual in the business of the wholesaler, or has succeeded to the ownership interest of the deceased individual in the wholesaler pursuant to a written contract or instrument; and also includes the appointed and qualified personal representative and the testamentary trustee of a deceased individual owning an ownership interest in a wholesaler. Designated member also includes a person appointed by the court as the guardian or conservator of the property of an incapacitated individual owning an ownership interest in a wholesaler.

(4) GOOD FAITH. Honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade, as defined in and interpreted under the Uniform Commercial Code, Section 7-2-103.

(5) REASONABLE QUALIFICATIONS. The standard of the reasonable criteria established and consistently used by the respective supplier for Alabama wholesalers that entered into, continued, or renewed an agreement with the supplier during a period of 24 months prior to the proposed transfer of the business of the wholesaler, or for Alabama wholesalers who have changed managers or designated managers during a period of 24 months prior to the proposed change in manager or successor manager of the business of the wholesaler.

(6) RETALIATORY ACTION. Includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to continue an agreement, or a material reduction in the quality of service or in the quantity of products available to a wholesaler under an agreement, which refusal or reduction is not made in good faith.

(7) SALES TERRITORY. An area of exclusive sales responsibility for the brand or brands of wine sold by a supplier as designated by an agreement.

(8) SUBSTANTIAL STOCKHOLDER or SUBSTANTIAL PARTNER. A stockholder of or partner in the wholesaler who owns an interest of 25 percent or more of the partnership or of the capital stock of a corporate wholesaler.

(9) SUPPLIER. A manufacturer or importer of wine licensed by the board.

(10) TRANSFER OF THE BUSINESS OF THE WHOLESALER. The voluntary sale, assignment, or other transfer of all or control of the business or all or substantially all of the assets of the wholesaler, or all or control of the capital stock of the wholesaler including, without limitation, the sale or other transfer of capital stock or assets by merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or of the capital stock of the parent corporation, or of the capital stock or beneficial ownership of any other entity owning or controlling the wholesaler.

(11) WHOLESALER. A wholesaler of wine licensed by the board.

(b) Other words or phrases used in this part shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 28-3-1, as amended, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto, or substituted therefor, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-61.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-61.06
Section 45-52A-61.06 Board of Education - Compensation
Status: in_force

The compensation for the initial members of the board of education shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per month and thereafter the compensation of the members shall be established by the board.
Ala. Code § 45-18-81.32 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-81.32
Section 45-18-81.32 Liability of District Attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-44-244.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-244.06
Section 45-44-244.06 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of Macon County may adopt, promulgate, and enforce regulations relating to any matter or thing pertaining to the administration and enforcement of this subpart, including, but not limited to, provisions for the reexamination and corrections of returns as to which an overpayment or under payment is claimed or found to have been made, and the regulations so promulgated shall be binding upon all licensees and employers.
Ala. Code § 45-44A-40.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44A / Section 45-44A-40.03
Section 45-44A-40.03 Abatement of Nuisance
Status: in_force

After final action has been taken by the governing body on the overruling of any protests or objections with respect to any described piece of property, or in case no protests or objections have been received, the City Council of the City of Tuskegee, by motion or resolution, shall order the abatement of the nuisance by having the building removed. All necessary employees of the City of Tuskegee, agents, or independent contractors of the city are expressly authorized to enter upon private property for that purpose. A property owner shall have the right to have the building removed at his or her own expense providing the removal of the building is done prior to the arrival of the employees, agents, or independent contractors of the City of Tuskegee to do the same.
Ala. Code § 45-37-171.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-171.40
Section 45-37-171.40 Fees for Services - Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The Jefferson County Board of Health is hereby authorized to designate services rendered by the health department under its control for which fees may be charged and to establish the fees to be respectively charged for such services, subject to the disapproval of such fees by the Jefferson County Commission as provided in Section 45–37–171.42, which authority may be used or not used in accordance with this subpart as and to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the board of health. The services which may be designated pursuant to this subpart as services for which fees may be charged include, without limitation thereto all of the following:

(1) Inspection and certification services performed in connection with the administration and enforcement of public health and environmental laws and regulations.

(2) Health care services provided through outpatient clinics, home health care, or other service programs.

(3) The administration of tests to determine the incidence of disease in the population as a whole or among particular groups.

(4) The administration of vaccinations and inoculations against communicable diseases.

(5) The reproduction and certification of documents needed or requested by the public.

(b) Upon the designation of services and the establishment of fees therefor by the Jefferson County Board of Health in accordance with this subpart, the board of health is hereby authorized to charge and collect the fees so established for the services so designated. All fees established and collected pursuant to this subpart shall not replace, but shall supplement and be in addition to, any and all federal, state, and local funds otherwise provided to the Jefferson County Board of Health.
Ala. Code § 45-39-82.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-82.06
Section 45-39-82.06 Time for Application
Status: in_force

An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program at a time to be determined by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-21-130 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-130
Section 45-21-130 Employment of County Engineer; Qualifications; Requirements
Status: in_force

The Crenshaw County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body performing the functions of the county governing body in the county, shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama; and he or she shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the maintenance and construction of the Crenshaw County public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.37 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.37
Section 45-57A-63.37 Vested Powers
Status: in_force

All powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by Title 11, and the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to:

(1) Appoint and remove the city manager.

(2) Establish other administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions.

(3) Adopt the budget of the city.

(4) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants.

(5) Inquire into the conduct of any office, board, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs.

(6) Appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment of members contained in any statute or ordinance in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government set up by this part, and shall include power to remove any member of any board, commission, or body to the same extent as might be done by the governing body of the city at the time of adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government set up by this part and to appoint another in his or her stead. And wherever in any statute in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government the chief executive officer of the city is designated to act in any capacity ex officio, the mayor shall act.
Ala. Code § 45-2-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-10
Section 45-2-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Baldwin County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Baldwin 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. This inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is 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 § 45-31-84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-84
Section 45-31-84 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall apply only in Geneva County.
Ala. Code § 45-37-150.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-150.02
Section 45-37-150.02 Bingo Games - Permit Required
Status: in_force

(a) Any provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, no qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a bingo game until the sheriff issues a permit to the organization authorizing it to do so. In the event of any controversy concerning whether or not certain activity constitutes bingo for which a permit may be issued, the decision of the sheriff shall control. The permit described in this law is in addition to and not in lieu of any other permits or licenses which may be required by the county or any political subdivision thereof, and no bingo game shall be operated until such time as all requisite permits and licenses have been obtained, including any permit that may be required by any municipality having jurisdiction over the place where the bingo is proposed to be played. A permitholder may hold only one permit and that permit is valid for only one location. A permit is not assignable or transferable.

(b) Any municipality wholly or partially within Jefferson County may elect to establish a bingo control ordinance parallel to and similar to this article and containing the same restrictions and controls as specified herein, to be administered by the chief of police of such municipality who shall, in such event, if provided for in the municipal ordinance, exercise the same powers and duties with respect to games of bingo as are provided herein to be exercised by the sheriff, and in such event the chief of police shall be the primary, but not exclusive, enforcement officer to assure enforcement of the regulation of such games within the boundaries of such municipalities as herein provided. Any ordinance so adopted by such a municipality shall be at least as restrictive of the game of bingo as this article and no person, organization, or other legal entity who, or which, would not be so authorized hereunder shall be allowed to conduct bingo games under such municipal ordinances. Any fees for permits provided for in ordinances so adopted by a municipality shall be in lieu of the permit fees provided for otherwise in this article.
Ala. Code § 45-36-232.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-232.25
Section 45-36-232.25 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All sums collected under this subpart shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart, including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in making investigations and studies necessary to determine whether or not particular prisoners will be granted the benefits of this subpart, transportation of prisoners to and from their places of employment, matching any federal or state grants which may be available in relation to the purposes of this subpart, and investigation and screening of prisoners subject to this subpart. If at the end of any calendar year, there remains a surplus in the fund established in Section 45-36-232.23, the surplus shall be paid over to the General Fund of Jackson County, provided the presiding judge of the Thirty-eighth Judicial Circuit shall certify in writing to the Judge of Probate of Jackson County that in the judgement of the presiding judge such surplus, or any portion thereof, is in excess of an amount necessary to carry out this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-30-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-243
Section 45-30-243 Disposition of Privilege Tax on Production
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 to 40-20-13, inclusive, which are distributed to the county General Fund of Franklin County, or to the general fund of any municipality therein shall be distributed only one time in a four-year period or at any time when the proceeds equal ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of the money shall be distributed to the Franklin County Commission and expended at the discretion of the county commission.

(2) Thirty percent of the money shall be distributed to the city and county boards of education on an average daily attendance basis using the State Department of Education’s percentage distribution ratio for dividing funds between the Franklin County and Russellville City school systems.

(3) Five percent shall go to the county sheriff’s department for law enforcement purposes and for use in alcohol and drug abuse programs.

(4) Three percent shall be distributed by the county commission to the municipal and volunteer fire departments for fire protection purposes.

(5) Two percent shall be distributed by the county commission to the rescue squads and public libraries.

(6) Ten percent shall be used for additional construction and expansion of a countywide water system, this is the desire of the county legislative delegation to have a countywide water system.
Ala. Code § 45-20-71.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-71.20
Section 45-20-71.20 Individual Duties of Associate Members
Status: in_force

Except as herein otherwise provided, each member of the board elected or appointed pursuant to the authority herein contained is constituted and appointed director and supervisor of all the public roads within the district which he or she represents, and shall have the authority, with due recognition of the wage scale herein provided, to hire and discharge road crews, to supervise, inspect, superintend, appoint, and designate all public roads and bridges within his or her district and the work to be done thereon, and such authority shall be exclusive in such respect. Provided, however, that if the county hires and employs a county engineer or supervisor, then, during the period of such employment, the authority granted in this section is subordinated to the authority given by law to the county engineer or road supervisor. Each associate member, in the absence of an engineer or supervisor, shall file with the clerk of the board, at the time he or she takes office and on the first day of each October thereafter during his or her term, a complete inventory of the equipment and supplies in his or her district.
Ala. Code § 45-20-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-111
Section 45-20-111 Compensation - Poll Workers
Status: in_force

In Covington County, an election official who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount paid to each returning officer and each clerk ninety dollars ($90) for each day the returning officer and clerk work at the polls during any election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county commission, from time to time and upon unanimous adoption of a resolution, may increase the amount of the expense allowance provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-4-110.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-110.01
Section 45-4-110.01 Health Insurance for Board Members
Status: in_force

Beginning May 1, 1998, the Bibb County Commission may, by resolution, provide for the reimbursement of all or a portion of the cost of health insurance premiums for the members of the Bibb County Board of Registrars. Upon authorization by the resolution, the cost of reimbursement shall be paid from the county general fund in an amount not to exceed the amount of the county’s contribution toward health insurance coverage provided for each regular county employee. Reimbursement to each member of the Bibb County Board of Registrars shall be made on a quarterly basis upon presentation to the Bibb County Commission of evidence of payment of the member’s health insurance premiums.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.56 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.56
Section 45-49-249.56 Violations
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Mobile County in the business for which the tax is levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on the tax authorized in this subpart or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-35-21.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-21.01
Section 45-35-21.01 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer by Retail Licensees
Status: in_force

(a)(1) This section shall only apply in Houston County.

(2) Subsection (b) shall take effect on July 1, 2006.

(b)(1) The sale of draft or keg beer by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in Houston County outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county.

(2) Within the corporate limits of any municipality in the county, the municipal governing body may authorize the sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for on-premises consumption or off-premises consumption, or both.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-460 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-460
Section 45-37A-460 Ad Valorem School Tax
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the district ad valorem school tax presently being levied pursuant to Amendments 3, 325, and 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, in the school tax district in Jefferson County known as Tarrant City School District and consisting of all that part of Jefferson County within the corporate limits of the City of Tarrant, Alabama, (the Tarrant School District) from the rate of fifty-two cents ($.52) on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in the Tarrant School District to the rate of one dollar and twelve cents ($1.12) on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in the Tarrant School District (an increase of sixty cents ($.60) on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property, or six mills) is approved; such additional six mill tax to be levied and collected by the governing body of Jefferson County for each year beginning with the levy for the tax year October 1, 1994, to September 30, 1995, (the tax for which year shall be due and payable October 1, 1995) or such later year for which the required electorate approval may be obtained for the earliest possible levy and collection, and ending with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021, the tax for which year shall be due and payable October 1, 2021) for public school purposes; provided, that the aforesaid increased rate of such tax, the time it is to continue, and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the Tarrant School District, and voted for by a majority of those voting at a special election called and held in accordance with the law governing special elections.

(b) In implementation of Amendment 373 with respect to the proposed district ad valorem school tax increase in the Tarrant School District: (1) All action heretofore taken by the Jefferson County Commission in conducting the public hearing and proposing the tax increase (subject to approval to the Legislature of Alabama and the Tarrant School District electorate) at an increased rate of up to six mills and for a period of time beginning with the October 1, 1994, collection and ending with the October 1, 2021, collection or such shorter period for which the required approvals are obtained, is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and (2) if any proposal to levy the additional district ad valorem school tax at a rate not exceeding the six mill increase specified above for the period specified above or any shorter period included therein, is defeated at any special election, subsequent special elections may be held on the tax increase at the same or any lesser rate and for the same or any lesser period without an additional public hearing or Jefferson County Commission approval or further approval by the Legislature of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-42-260 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-260
Section 45-42-260 Authority to Zone County Property Outside Corporate Limits of Municipality
Status: in_force

(a) The Limestone County Commission may divide any territory at its discretion within the county, but outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county into business, industrial, and residential zones or districts including, but not limited to, zones or districts where blasting may be carried out and the terms and conditions under which blasting may be carried out and may provide the kind, character, and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the several zones or districts established and, from time to time, may rearrange or alter the boundaries of the zones or districts and may also adopt ordinances as necessary to carry into effect and make effective this section; provided, however, agricultural and forest property assessed for ad valorem tax purposes at current use value as defined in Section 40­7­25.1, shall be zoned as agricultural and forest property.

(b) Any zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may be enforced by the county commission by an action for injunctive relief in the Circuit Court of Limestone County.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.09
Section 45-2-120.09 Appeals from Disciplinary Actions
Status: in_force

(a) A classified employee shall have the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken against him or her. An employee on probationary status shall not have that right unless the employee had permanent status in some other position at the time of appointment to the probationary position. An employee desiring to appeal any disciplinary action directed against him or her shall first exhaust any administrative remedy as provided by policy of the commission. Upon exhausting any administrative remedy, the employee shall then file his or her appeal in writing with the personnel director within seven calendar days of the last final administrative action on the disciplinary action, and shall request a hearing before the personnel appeals board. Within seven calendar days after the receipt of the appeal, the personnel director shall file with the chair of the board and mail to the employee by certified mail a statement specifying the charges against the employee on which the disciplinary action was based. Upon the filing of the charges, the chair shall call a meeting of the board to be held within 30 days after the filing of charges to hear the appeal, and shall forthwith give notice by certified mail to the employee and the board of the time and place of the meeting. Notice must be given 10 days prior to the meeting. The board shall have the authority to continue the hearing from time to time as may be necessary. In preparing for and conducting the hearing, the chair and secretary of the board shall each have the power to administer oaths, to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, documents, and accounts pertaining to the grievance.

(b) Subpoenas issued as herein provided shall be served and the fees and allowances for the services thereof shall be the same as is provided by law for the service of subpoenas issued by the Circuit Court of Baldwin County. The fees and allowances in connection with the service of the subpoena issued at the request of the county commission upon request of the board shall constitute reasonable and necessary expenses of the board. Any subpoena issued at the request of the employee shall be served as aforesaid, but only after the employee shall have deposited sufficient security with the sheriff or other recognized officer as will guarantee payment of the fees and allowances for the service. Any person failing to obey any summons by either of the officers of the board without good cause, to be determined by the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, may be punished by the court in the same method and manner as is provided by law for contempt of the court, and any person failing to obey any order or subpoena of the court, may be proceeded against by the court as is by law provided in the case of contempt of the court. In addition, any employee of the county who fails to obey any of the orders or subpoenas may be disciplined as provided in this article.

(c) At the hearing before the board, the employee and his or her department head or supervisor shall each have the right to be represented by counsel, with the county commission authorized to employ legal counsel to represent the interest of the county, the hearing shall be governed by rules of practice and procedure as shall be adopted by the board, and in conducting the hearing, the board shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence. No informality of procedure in the conduct of the hearing shall invalidate any recommendation made by the board. At the conclusion of the hearing, and within five working days therefrom, the board shall recommend to the commission one of the following:

(1) That the disciplinary action taken against the employee be affirmed.

(2) That the disciplinary action be reversed and that the employee be reinstated with full back pay at the normal rate of pay that would have been in effect for the employee had he or she not been suspended without pay.

(3) That the disciplinary action be reduced and that the employee be reinstated either without or with pay for any time suspended without pay.

(d) The recommendation shall be in writing to the chair of the county commission, and the county commission shall act upon such recommendation at its next regular or special called meeting and shall vote their approval or disapproval of the action of the board or may modify if the modification is less stringent than the action of the board, with the action becoming a matter of its official and public records.
Ala. Code § 45-50-245.36 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-245.36
Section 45-50-245.36 Charge for Collection
Status: in_force

The designated collection agency shall charge and deduct from the proceeds of the tax levied an amount equal to the cost to the agency of making the collections not to exceed two percent of the total amount of tax collected. Following that deduction, the collection agency shall pay the remainder of the tax proceeds to Monroe County. The net proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this subpart shall be used for the purpose of paying costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, and operating a new jail in the county, including the acquisition of land and equipment, and for the payment of debt service on any indebtedness issued or incurred by the county or a public corporation for such purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-100.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-100.14
Section 45-37A-100.14 Civil Action Against Person Operating Vehicle
Status: in_force

Any person against whom a determination of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this article, and who actually pays the fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the fine actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and a reasonable attorney fee, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of a fine shall first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the fine, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be extinguished and no attorney fees or other damages shall attach to the reimbursement. Any cause of action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within two years from the date of the payment of the fine for a traffic signal violation, stop sign violation, or speeding violation.
Ala. Code § 45-38-141 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-141
Section 45-38-141 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) AUTHORITY. The Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this part.

(2) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority.

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

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

(5) COUNTY. Lamar County.

(6) DIRECTOR. A member of the Board of Directors of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority.

(7) FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE. All services involved in protecting property and life from fires, including, but not limited to, discovering, ascertaining, extinguishing, preventing the spread of or fighting fires, or inspecting property for fire hazards, or any part or combination thereof. The supplying of water for use in the rendition of fire protection service and the installation and maintenance of fire hydrants shall be deemed to constitute fire protection service.

(8) INCORPORATORS. The persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to this part.

(9) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of Lamar County.

(10) NEW TERRITORY. Any territory added, by amendment to the certificate of incorporation of an authority, to the area or areas in which that authority is authorized to render water service, fire protection service, or any thereof.

(11) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county or an agency, department, or instrumentality of the state or of a county or municipality.

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

(13) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A water system which is owned or operated by the United States of America, the state, a county, a municipality, a public corporation organized under the laws of the state, any combination of any thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more thereof or in which any one or more thereof or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more thereof holds a reversionary or remainder interest.

(14) SERVICE AREA. The geographic area or areas in which the authority is authorized by its certificate of incorporation or any amendment thereto to render water and fire protection service, or any thereof, which area may include not only territory located outside the boundaries of any municipality but also territory located within the boundaries of one or more municipalities.

(15) STATE. The State of Alabama.

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

(17) WATER SYSTEM. Land, plants, systems, facilities, buildings, and other property, or any combination of any thereof, which are used or useful or capable of future use in providing, furnishing, supplying, or distributing water, including, but not limited to, water supply systems, water distribution systems, reservoirs, wells, intakes, mains, laterals, aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purification plants, meters, valves, fire hydrants, and all necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all properties, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary or desirable by the authority for use in rendering water service.
Ala. Code § 45-10-60.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-60.03
Section 45-10-60.03 Expense Allowance; Salary
Status: reserved

(a) The coroner of Cherokee County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance so that the total compensation of the coroner including expense allowances and salary equals thirteen thousand five hundred dollars ($13,500) per year payable from the general fund of the county.

(b) Effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, subject to subsection (c), the annual salary of the coroner shall be thirteen thousand five hundred dollars ($13,500) per year payable from the general fund of the county and subsection (a) shall be repealed.

(c) Effective beginning one year after the beginning of the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, and thereafter, the county commission may increase the expense allowance and salary of the coroner provided that any salary increase shall be effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, thereafter.
Ala. Code § 45-24-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-242.03
Section 45-24-242.03 Statement of Sales and Withdrawals
Status: in_force

On or before the 20th day of each month after the commission has imposed the additional excise tax, each person upon whom the excise tax is imposed shall furnish to the 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 commission any additional information required by the commission and shall pay to the revenue commissioner 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 § 45-17A-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-70
Section 45-17A-70 Abatement of Weeds
Status: in_force

(a) All weeds growing upon streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the city limits of Sheffield, in Colbert County, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and any accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk or debris, or any unsightly or dangerous walls, or any abandoned construction of any kind or nature, or motor vehicles not in usable condition, or any debris of a burned building, or any abandoned or unused swimming pool, or any abandoned wells or cisterns, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the city governing body, and thereafter abated as provided in this section.

(b) Whenever any officer or employee of the City of Sheffield charged with the responsibility reports to the city governing body the existence of any condition enumerated in subsection (a), the city governing body may, by resolution, if the proof is satisfactory, declare the condition to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description thereof. No other description of the property shall be required. Any number of streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private property may be included in the same resolution.

(c)(1) After the passage of the resolution, the city governing body shall conspicuously post in front of the property on which or in front of which the nuisance exists, at not more than 100 feet in distance apart, at least two notices headed “Notice to Remove Public Nuisance.” The heading shall be in words not less than one inch in height and substantially in the following form:

“Notice is given that on the __________ day of __________, 2___, the city governing body passed a resolution declaring that a public nuisance exists upon or in front of the property on __________ (street) in the City of Sheffield, more particularly described in the resolution. The public nuisance must be abated by removal. The nuisance will be abated by municipal authorities and the cost of the removal shall be assessed upon the lots and lands from which or in front of which the public nuisance is removed. The cost shall constitute a lien upon the lots or lands until paid. Reference is made to the resolution for further particulars.

“All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of the public nuisance are notified to attend a meeting of the governing body of the City of Sheffield to be held (give date, time, location), when their objections will be heard and given due consideration.

“Dated this __________ day of __________, 2___.

“Name of City __________

“By __________, City Clerk”

(2) The notice shall be posted at least five days prior to the time for hearing objections by the city governing body. In addition, a notice shall be mailed to the owner of the property at least five days before the meeting at which objections will be heard. A notice mailed to the person last assessed for property taxes due on the property according to the records of the county tax assessor shall be conclusively presumed to be adequate and to comply with these requirements.

(d) At the time stated in the notices, the governing body of the city shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of the nuisance, and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the governing body, by motion or resolution, shall allow or overrule any or all objections, and, if the objections are overruled with respect to any piece of property described, the governing body shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal with respect to such piece of property, and the decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive.

(e) After final action has been taken by the governing body on the overruling of any protests or objections with respect to any described piece of property, or in case no protests or objections have been received, the city governing body, by motion or resolution, shall order the abatement of the nuisance by having the nuisance referred to removed, and all necessary employees of such municipality are hereby expressly authorized to enter upon private property for that purpose. Any property owner shall have the right to have any such nuisance removed at his or her own expense providing the same is done prior to the arrival of the employees of the city to do the same.

(f) The city shall keep an account of the cost of abating such nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by it or its employees, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the city governing body showing the cost of removing such on each separate lot, or in front thereof, or both; provided, that before the report is submitted to the governing body, copy of the same shall be mailed to the owner or owners of the property at least three days before the report shall be submitted to the governing body for confirmation.

(g)(1) At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the city governing body shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating the nuisance and thereupon make such modifications in the report as they deem necessary, after which by motion or resolution the report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating such nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land mentioned in the report shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land and as thus made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessments, respectively.

(2) After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be turned over to the appropriate official or employee of the city who is charged with the collection of taxes or assessments, whereupon it shall be the duty of that official or employee to add the amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes, and thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-2-21.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-21.31
Section 45-2-21.31 Applicability - Subject Matter
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed selling premises on Sunday of certain licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-35-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-242.03
Section 45-35-242.03 Repeal of Taxes Levied or Collected by Incorporated Cities or Towns
Status: reserved

After July 8, 1982, no incorporated city or town in Houston County, Alabama, shall levy or collect a privilege license or excise tax on any liquid motor fuel upon the business of selling, delivering, withdrawing from storage, or keeping in storage such fuels, on a quantity basis; provided, however, this shall not apply to the ordinary license to do business in the municipalities. All municipal privilege, excise, and/or license taxes on gasoline or gasohol now being levied or collected by any incorporated city or town in the county are expressly repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.043 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.043
Section 45-2-244.043 Suspension of Levy
Status: in_force

The county commission is hereby authorized to suspend the levy of the tax imposed pursuant to this subpart in the event annual increases in the ad valorem tax revenue and/or the offshore severance tax revenue received by the county in the period from October 1, 1991, to January 1, 1995, exceeds the amount of revenue collected pursuant to this subpart. In the event the levy of the tax is suspended, all expenses of taxpayer notification, unconsumed forms, and other actual and direct expenses of the Department of Revenue shall be paid by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-53-243.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-243.07
Section 45-53-243.07 Delinquency of Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be added to the amount of his or her tax a penalty of 25 percent, provided if in the opinion of the county commission a good and sufficient cause or reason is shown for the delinquency, the penalty may be waived. The annual rate of interest to be added to all taxes imposed under this part which are not paid by the prescribed due dates shall be at the same rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under the authority of 26 U.S.C.A. § 6621.

(b) The county commission may make returns for delinquent taxpayers upon such information as it may reasonably obtain and add to that the penalty prescribed by this part. If any person shall be delinquent in the payment of any tax imposed pursuant to this part, the county commission shall issue execution for the collection of the same, directed to any sheriff of the State of Alabama, who shall proceed to collect the same in the manner now provided by the law for the collection of delinquent taxes by the county tax collector and make return of such execution to the county commission issuing the same. The tax herein authorized to be levied and the penalties herein provided for shall be held as a debt payable to the county by the person against whom the same shall have been imposed or against whom the penalties shall have accrued. All taxes and penalties shall be a lien upon the property in the county and elsewhere in this state of the person against whom the tax shall have been imposed and the penalties shall have accrued.
Ala. Code § 45-25-250.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-250.02
Section 45-25-250.02 Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this article may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section.

(b)(l) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and which amendment may include:

a. A change in the name of the authority.

b. The addition to the service area of the authority of new territory lying within DeKalb County.

c. Provisions for the operation of a system or facility the operation of which is not then provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority and which the authority is authorized by this article to operate.

d. Any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.

e. Provisions for the addition to the service area of the authority of new territory lying outside DeKalb County, together with the related provisions referred to in paragraphs a, b, c, and d of subdivision (2).

(2) If any proposed amendment would add to the service area of the authority new territory any part of which lies within any county other than DeKalb County, such proposed amendment shall include, in addition to a concise legal description of the proposed new territory and any other matters permitted by the foregoing provisions of subdivision (1):

a. Provision for appointment of at least one director by the county commission of each county in which any part of the proposed new territory lies.

b. Provision for any change in the total number of directors that the board deems appropriate; provided, however, that in no case shall such total number of directors be less than three.

c. Provision for staggering the terms of office of the directors in the manner provided herein.

d. Any provision that the board deems appropriate for allocation of the assets of the authority, upon dissolution, among the counties in which the service area lies.

(3) If the proposed amendment makes provision for the operation of a system or facility not then provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority, such proposed amendment shall include, in addition to a concise legal description of the area or areas in which the authority proposes to render service from such system or facility, a provision for an appropriate change in the name of the authority. (c) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the board shall file a written notice with the county commission of each county in which any part of the authority’s then existing service area lies and with the county commission of each county in which any part of the proposed new territory lies. Such notice shall:

(1) State, in the event that it is proposed to make provision for the operation of a system or facility not then provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority, that the authority proposes to render service from such a system or facility (which shall be named), contain a concise legal description of the area or areas in which the authority proposes to render the service provided for by such system or facility and state that there is no public water system adequate to serve any area in which it is proposed that the authority will render such service.

(2) State, in the event that it is proposed to add any new territory to the service area of the authority, that there is no public water system adequate to serve any new territory in which it is proposed that the authority will render water service; provided, that in lieu of the statement required by the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, the application may state that the board of directors or similar managing body of the owner of the legal or equitable title to an existing public water system or garbage or sewer service, as the case may be, had adopted a resolution declaring its intention to convey to the authority its interest in such existing system or facility, or both, or a leasehold estate therein.

(3) State that the amendment will promote the public health, convenience, and welfare.

(4) If the proposed amendment provides for a change in the name of the authority, there shall be filed, together with the certificate required by the immediately preceding sentence, a certificate by the secretary of state showing that the proposed new name of the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation then in existence and organized under the laws of this state or so nearly similar to that of any other such corporation as to lead to confusion and uncertainty.

(d) The judge of probate shall promptly examine each such certificate and shall determine whether it is complete and regular on its face and whether the proposed amendment complies with this article. If the judge of probate shall find that each such certificate is complete and regular on its face and that the proposed amendment complies with this article, he or she shall enter and sign an order setting forth his or her finding and requiring each such certificate to be recorded, together with his or her order. Upon the filing for record of the order and each such certificate, the amendment to the certificate of incorporation shall become effective.

(e) If the proposed amendment effects a change in the name of the authority, the judge of probate shall promptly send a notice to the secretary of state advising him or her of such change.
Ala. Code § 45-34-82.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-82.13
Section 45-34-82.13 Funding
Status: in_force

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and 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 § 45-40-142.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-142.05
Section 45-40-142.05 Powers of Fire District as a Public Corporation
Status: in_force

Subject to any limitation or restriction adopted by the county association pursuant to Section 45-40-142.01, a fire district shall be a public corporation with powers that include, but are not limited to, all of the following as necessary to accomplish its purpose of providing fire protection and related emergency service:

(1) To sue or be sued in its own name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this part, and to defend civil actions.

(2) To adopt, use, and change a corporate seal.

(3) To adopt and amend bylaws for regulating its operations.

(4) To acquire, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, any real, personal, or mixed property.

(5) To enter into any contract, agreement, lease, or other instrument, or to take any other action that may be necessary or convenient.

(6) To borrow money or to assume the payment of debt obligations, and to pledge all or any part of its revenue, or to encumber all or any part of its property, for the purpose of securing payment of the principal or interest of any loan or obligation.

(7) To levy and collect a fire protection fee pursuant to Section 45-40-142.09.

(8) To hire attorneys and other contractors to provide services.

(9) To enter into an agreement of mutual assistance or cooperation with political subdivisions, entities, other fire districts or volunteer fire departments, or first responder and emergency medical service providers.

(10) To purchase insurance.

(11) To invest any funds that are in excess of those needed to maintain operations and satisfy obligations, in bonds of the United States, the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof, or in any interest-bearing account insured by the FDIC.

(12) To sell or donate any property that is obsolete or is no longer needed.

(13) To pay salaries to agents or employees subject to Section 45-40-142.07(c).
Ala. Code § 45-55-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-241
Section 45-55-241 Establishment of Consolidated Office
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Pike County, then immediately upon the occurrence of a vacancy there shall be established the office of County Revenue Commissioner in Pike County. If the office is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected. A revenue commissioner shall be elected at an election called for that purpose and every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve for a term of office of six years.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.03
Section 45-41-83.03 Alternative Sentencing Board - Composition
Status: in_force

The number of members comprising the board shall be seven, two of whom shall be nonpermanent members appointed by the Lee County Commission, and the remaining five being permanent members consisting of the presiding circuit judge for the 37th Judicial Circuit, a Lee County district judge appointed by the presiding circuit judge, the Lee County Sheriff, the District Attorney for the 37th Judicial Circuit, and the Lee County Circuit Clerk. If none of the permanent members is a minority, then the county commission shall appoint at least one nonpermanent member who reflects the racial, gender, geographic, economic, urban, rural, and ethnic diversity of Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-46-241.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-241.07
Section 45-46-241.07 Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this part to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Marengo County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector of such county into one county office.
Ala. Code § 45-48-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-230.01
Section 45-48-230.01 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The Sheriff of Marshall County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law for the sheriff on August 1, 2019, but shall expire and be null and void when the sheriff is granted any additional salary increase by law thereafter.
Ala. Code § 45-35-83.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-83.21
Section 45-35-83.21 Additional Filing Fee - Excluding Tag and License Functions
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall charge a special additional filing fee of three dollars ($3) for filing or for recording each and every instrument, paper, writing, or decree in his or her office, including, but not limited to, those related to personal property, a Uniform Commercial Code statement, each real estate, warranty deed, deed or executor deed, subordinate agreement, agreement, land lease, partial release or release, affidavit, marriage license, official bond plat, oath of office, bill of sale, custodian bond, declaration of trust, transfer, assignment, satisfaction, declaration of vacation bond to indemnify, lis pendens notice, order approving trustee bond, and excerpts of minutes. This special additional filing fee does not apply to the filing and recording of instruments and papers used in the tag and license functions of the probate office.

(b) The month following collection, all funds collected shall be paid into a special fund of the judge of probate to be earmarked for probate record accountability and preservation.

(c) This section is cumulative. Nothing herein contained shall alter or change an existing law relating to chargers and fees to be collected by the Judge of Probate of Houston County.
Ala. Code § 45-12-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-70
Section 45-12-70 Salary
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-187, §7, effective March 20, 2014.
Ala. Code § 45-27-82.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-82.27
Section 45-27-82.27 Treatment Programs; 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 agreed.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.182 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.182
Section 45-2-244.182 Exemptions
Status: in_force

There shall be exempted from the computation of any tax due hereunder all of the following:

(1) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of film or visual entertainment devices as defined by Section 45-2-244.160, to a lessee who charges, or proposes to charge, admission for viewing same.

(2) The gross proceeds accruing from any charge in respect of the use of docks or docking facilities furnished for boats or other craft operated on waterways.

(3) The gross proceeds accruing from any charge made by a landlord to tenant in respect to the leasing or furnishing of tangible personal property to be used on the premises of real property leased by the same landlord to the same tenant for use as a residence or dwelling place, including manufactured homes.

(4) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of tangible personal property to a lessee who acquires possession of the property for the purpose of leasing or renting to another the same property under a leasing or rental transaction subject to tax hereunder.

(5) The gross proceeds accruing from any charge made by a landlord to a tenant in respect to the leasing or furnishing of tangible personal property to be used on the premises of any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations leased or rented to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for consideration.

(6) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of tangible personal property which the county is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution or laws of the United States or under the constitution or laws of the state.

(7) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of nuclear fuel assemblies together with the nuclear material contained therein and other nuclear material used for or useful in the production of electricity and assemblies containing ionizing radiation sources together with the ionizing radiation sources contained therein used or useful in medical treatment or scientific research.

(8) The gross proceeds accruing from a transaction whereunder the lessor leases a truck or tractor trailer or semi-trailer for operation over public roads and highways, and such lessor furnishes a driver for each vehicle, and such transaction shall be deemed to constitute the rendition of service and not a “leasing or rental” within the meaning of this subpart.

(9) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of vehicles in interchange between regulated motor carriers on a per diem basis.

(10) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of all structures, devices, facilities, and identifiable components of any thereof acquired primarily for the control, reduction, or elimination of air or water pollution and the gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of all materials used or intended for use in structures built primarily for the control, reduction, or elimination of air and water pollution.

(11) The gross proceeds derived by the lessor, which term includes a sublessor, from the leasing or renting of tangible personal property when the lessor and lessee, which term includes sublessee, are wholly-owned subsidiary corporations of the same parent corporation or one is the wholly-owned subsidiary of the other, provided that the appropriate sales or use tax, if any was due, has been paid on such item of personal property, and provided further, that in the event of any subsequent subleasing of such tangible personal property to any person other than such sister, parent, or subsidiary corporation, any privilege or license tax due and payable with respect to such subsequent subleasing under the provisions hereof shall be paid.

(12) The gross proceeds accrued or accruing from any leases or rental contracts in effect before August 1, 2007, provided, however, that the exemption hereby afforded shall not apply to any renewal or extension of such leases or contracts and shall not apply to gross proceeds accruing after one year from August 1, 2007.

(13) The gross proceeds accruing from a transaction which involves the leasing or renting of vessels or railroad equipment engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or both.

(14) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or renting of aircraft replacement parts, components, systems, sundries, and supplies affixed or used on the aircraft and all ground support equipment and vehicles used by or for the aircraft to or by a certified or licensed air carrier with a hub operation within this county, for use in conducting intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce for transporting people or property by air. For the purpose of this subdivision, the words “hub operation within this county” shall be constructed to have all the following criteria:

a. There originates from the location 15 or more flight departures and five or more different first-stop destinations five days per week for six or more months during the calendar year.

b. Passengers or property, or both, are regularly exchanged at the location between flights of the same or a different certified or licensed air carrier.
Ala. Code § 45-22-90.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-90.01
Section 45-22-90.01 Commission and Fund Abolished
Status: in_force

(a) The Cullman County Community Development Commission is abolished.

(b)(1) The Community Development Fund within the Cullman County Treasury is abolished.

(2) Any remaining monies in the Community Development Fund shall be transferred to the Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-331.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-331.02
Section 45-37A-331.02 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) CITY. The City of Midfield, Alabama.

(2) CIVIL FINE. The monetary amount assessed by the city pursuant to this part for an adjudication of civil liability for a traffic signal violation, including municipal court costs associated with the infraction.

(3) CIVIL VIOLATION. There is hereby created a noncriminal category of state law called a civil violation created and existing for the sole purpose of carrying out the terms of this part. The penalty for violation of a civil violation shall be the payment of a civil fine, the enforceability of which shall be accomplished through civil action. The prosecution of a civil violation created hereby shall carry reduced evidentiary requirements and burden of proof as set out in Section 45-37A-331.05, and in no event shall an adjudication of liability for a civil violation be punishable by a criminal fine or imprisonment.

(4) COUNTY. Jefferson County in Alabama.

(5) MUNICIPAL COURT. The Municipal Court of the City of Midfield.

(6) OWNER. The owner of a motor vehicle as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue or the analogous department or agency of another state or country. The term shall not include a motor vehicle rental or leasing company when a motor vehicle registered by the company is rented or leased to another person under a rental or lease agreement with the company, in which event owner shall mean the person to whom the vehicle is rented or leased; nor shall the term include motor vehicles displaying dealer license plates, in which event owner shall mean the person to whom the vehicle is assigned for use; nor shall the term include the owner of any stolen motor vehicle, in which event owner shall mean the person who is guilty of stealing the motor vehicle.

(7) PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM. A camera system which is designed and installed to work in conjunction with an electrically operated traffic control device using vehicle sensors synchronized to automatically record, either by conventional film or digital imaging, sequenced photographs or full motion video of the rear of a motor vehicle while proceeding through a signalized intersection. The device shall be capable of producing at least two recorded images, at least one of which is capable of clearly depicting the license plate of a motor vehicle that is not operated in compliance with the instructions of the traffic control signal.

(8) TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed as defined in Section 32-1-1.1.

(9) TRAFFIC SIGNAL VIOLATION. Any violation of Section 32-5A-31, Section 32-5A-32, or Section 32-5A-35, or of any combination thereof, wherein a vehicle proceeds into a signalized intersection at a time while the traffic control signal for that vehicle’s lane of travel is emitting a steady red signal. A traffic signal violation shall be a civil violation as defined in this part.

(10) TRAINED TECHNICIAN. A sworn law enforcement officer employed by the city who alternatively:

a. Is a professional engineer in the field of civil engineering.

b. Has received instruction and training in the proper use of the photographic traffic signal enforcement system to be used by the city by the city’s traffic engineer or his or her designee.

c. Has been trained by the vendor installing the equipment. Under no circumstances shall the salary or other compensation of the trained technician be related to the number of notices of violation issued or amount of fines collected.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.24
Section 45-37-123.24 Appointment of Advisers and Allocation of Responsibilities
Status: in_force

The pension board may allocate responsibilities among the members of the pension board or may delegate responsibilities to third parties, or both. The pension board may employ, appoint, or contract with additional employees, administrators, managers, counsel, specialists, advisers, agents, including nonfiduciary agents, and other individuals as the pension board or the trustee deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the plan including, but not limited to, agents and advisers to assist with the administration and management of the plan, and thereby to provide, among such other duties as the pension board may appoint, assistance with maintaining plan records and the providing of investment information to the plan’s investment fiduciaries, and none of those individuals shall be subject to the Personnel Board of Jefferson County.
Ala. Code § 45-53-246.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-246.05
Section 45-53-246.05 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the tax levied herein, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 percent, shall be paid by the state Department of Revenue to the Perry County Commission on a monthly basis. The proceeds shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Seventy percent shall be distributed to the county general fund.

(2) Thirty percent shall be distributed to the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 45-9-233 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-233
Section 45-9-233 Inmate Commissary
Status: in_force

The county jail administrator for Chambers County shall operate and manage an inmate commissary at the Chambers County detention facility. Proceeds and profits derived by the inmate commissary shall be reinvested by the county jail administrator to operate and supply the county detention facility.
Ala. Code § 45-10-201.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-201.02
Section 45-10-201.02 Records
Status: in_force

The license commissioner’s office shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received from the state Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued. The commissioner shall report to the state Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner as other license issuers are required to do under general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that other license issuers are required to account for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-32-151 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-151
Section 45-32-151 Televised Racing Events and Pari-Mutuel Wagering Thereon
Status: in_force

Part 1, the racing act, to the contrary notwithstanding, the person now or hereafter licensed by the Greene County Racing Commission to conduct live greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering shall have the right, subject to the reasonable regulatory authority of the commission, to cause live greyhound racing events conducted at the racetrack in Greene County under the jurisdiction of the commission to be transmitted by television to racetracks located elsewhere in the State of Alabama and to locations in other states and foreign countries to be received at the Greene County Racetrack and there made available for public viewing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon.
Ala. Code § 45-42-82.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-82.40
Section 45-42-82.40 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The elected District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit or any staff employed by the district attorney.

(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT. As defined in subdivision (1) of Section 41–8A–1.

(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. As defined in subdivision (15) of Section 36–25–1, including, but not limited to, police personnel, sheriff personnel, district attorney investigator, Department of Human Resources personnel, parole and probation personnel, community corrections office personnel, and court referral office personnel, whether employed in the State of Alabama or elsewhere.

(5) OFFENDER. Any person charged with a criminal offense, including, but not limited to, any felony, misdemeanor, violation, or traffic offense, as defined by this code, which was allegedly committed in the jurisdiction of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit.

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

(7) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. As defined in subdivision (14) of Section 13A–1–2.

(8) SUPERVISION FEE. Any fee imposed by any agency providing supervision or treatment of an offender.
Ala. Code § 45-37-210.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-210.27
Section 45-37-210.27 Issuance and Filing of Court Order; Notice of Appeal
Status: in_force

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the court shall issue an order stating:

(1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and

(2) If so, the amount of the civil penalty assessed against the person, along with any other fees and costs of court.

(b) The orders issued under this section may be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County and shall operate as a judicial lien in the same manner and with the same weight and effect as any other civil judgment filed therein.

(c) A person who is found liable after an adjudicative hearing may appeal that finding of civil liability to the circuit court, by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the district court. The notice of appeal must be filed not later than the 14th day after the date on which the district court judge entered the finding of civil liability. The filing of a notice of appeal shall stay the enforcement of the civil penalty. An appeal shall be determined by the circuit court by trial de novo.
Ala. Code § 45-19-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-241
Section 45-19-241 Annual Licensure or Privilege Fee
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall apply only to Coosa County, Alabama.

(b) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:

(1) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct, or indirect to the person.

(2) LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE FEE. Any fee levied or imposed by this section and shall not include, or be in lieu of, any sales or use tax.

(3) PERSON. Any natural person, partnership, corporation, firm, association, trust, estate, or other entity.

(c) The purpose and intent of this section is both to equalize the burden of taxation by authorizing the county to impose a license or privilege fee upon persons now engaging in certain business that are not paying any license fee or tax to either the state or county for the privilege, and to generate additional revenue for the county by imposing an additional county license or privilege fee upon persons now engaging, or who may hereafter engage, in certain businesses.

(d) The governing body of the county is authorized to levy an annual license or privilege fee upon any person engaging in any business in the county. The license or privilege fee authorized by this section shall be in addition to any other license or privilege fee provided by law.

(e) The fee levied by this section shall be paid annually on October 1 for the succeeding year to the officer or employee of the county charged with the duty of collecting license or privilege fees or taxes payable to the county. Proceeds from the fee shall be deposited in the county general fund for the use of the county.

(f) The license or privilege fee levied by the governing body of the county on any person for engaging in any business shall be at a rate of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each business operating in the county. The governing body of the county is expressly authorized to set the rate of the license or privilege fee within the aforementioned limits for each type or category of business in the county. The rates of the license or privilege fee for each type or category of business shall be uniform throughout the county and shall be set forth in a schedule promulgated by the governing body of the county. The rate for each type or category of business shall be based upon the type, size, gross receipts or number of employees, or both, of the business and any other reasonable criteria that the governing body of the county may take into consideration.

(g) The governing body of the county is expressly authorized, from time to time, to prescribe all necessary or appropriate rules and regulations for the implementation and enforcement of this section.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or require a license or privilege fee for a church practicing the tenets of any religion.
Ala. Code § 45-40-130.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-130.03
Section 45-40-130.03 Requisitions
Status: in_force

The county engineer is designated as the person authorized to make written requisition upon the duly designated purchasing agency, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and ferries in Lawrence County.
Ala. Code § 45-57-244.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-244.31
Section 45-57-244.31 Levying a Recorded Roll Call Vote
Status: in_force

The Russell County Commission may levy after a recorded roll call vote, in addition to all privilege license taxes of every kind now or hereinafter imposed by law, which shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax on each person engaging or continuing within the county in the business of leasing or renting tangible personal property, and the tax shall be in the amounts to be determined by the application of the rates against gross proceeds as follows:

At a rate up to three percent set by a resolution, after a recorded roll call vote, of the county commission of the gross proceeds derived by the lessor or renter from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, provided the privilege or license tax on each person engaging or continuing within this county in the business of leasing or renting any automotive vehicle or truck trailer, semitrailer, or manufactured home shall be at the rate up to one and one-half percent of the gross proceeds derived by the lessor from the lease or rental of the automotive vehicle or truck trailer, semitrailer, or manufactured home; provided further, that the tax levied hereby shall not apply to any leasing or rental, as lessor, by the state, or any municipality or county in the state or United States of America or any agency or unit thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-47-81.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-81.02
Section 45-47-81.02 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges allowable to the Judge of Probate of Marion County shall be collected and shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.159 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.159
Section 45-51A-32.159 Transfer of Records
Status: in_force

All existing records related to board employees’ employment shall be transferred to the human resources department.
Ala. Code § 45-51-232.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-232.30
Section 45-51-232.30 Purchasing Procedures Using Credit Card
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “credit card” means a line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank.

(b) To provide for convenience in making purchases of tangible personal property or services approved by the sheriff, the Sheriff of Montgomery County may establish procedures to make certain purchases through use of a credit card issued to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff may adopt written policy and procedures governing the utilization of credit cards which, at a minimum, shall include each of the following:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7) The sheriff shall select the credit card provider or providers taking into consideration each of the following:

a. Whether the credit card issuer requires an annual fee for utilizing the card.

b. Whether the credit card issuer offers rewards or rebates based upon purchases made utilizing the account.

c. What interest rates, service charges, finance charges, or late fees will be assessed in the event a bill from the credit card issuer is paid late or the balance is not paid in full.

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

e. Any other consideration deemed relevant by the sheriff.

(c) In the event the credit card provides rewards or rebates based upon the use of the card, any rewards or rebates earned from the card shall be deposited in the Sheriff’s Fund of Montgomery County.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.73 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.73
Section 45-30-240.73 Tax Sales, Redemption Duties Transferred
Status: in_force

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

(b) 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 § 45-32-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-242.03
Section 45-32-242.03 Levy of Tax for Greene County Emergency Medical Authority
Status: in_force

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Greene County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of one and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund to be used for the support of the Greene County Emergency Medical Authority.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-62.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-62.17
Section 45-57A-62.17 Disability Determination
Status: in_force

When any firefighter or policeman is confined to his or her bed or is under the care of a physician for 15 days or more by reason of sickness or other disability not otherwise provided for, he or she shall be paid weekly, but not for more than 12 weeks, from the fund, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25); however, if the policeman or firefighter has been in the service of the department of which he or she is a member for a period of 10 years or more and the board determines at the end of 12 weeks that his or her disability is permanent, he or she shall be retired and paid in accordance with Section 45–57A–62.16. But no firefighter or policeman shall be paid any benefits or relief under this section if his or her sickness or disability was caused by dissipation, immoral conduct, or vicious habits, or if during the time of his or her disability he or she receives his or her regular compensation from the city.
Ala. Code § 45-42-162.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-162.11
Section 45-42-162.11 Powers of Commission
Status: in_force

All powers of the metropolitan-government including all powers vested in it by this part, the constitution, and the general and local laws of this state. The determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-49-43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-43
Section 45-49-43 License Required
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct, pursue, or carry on the business of purchasing second-hand gold or silver, whether in the form of jewelry, household articles or furnishings, personal effects, bric-a-brac, settings for gems, watches, flatware, service sets, or other articles of like kind within Mobile County without first paying to the license commission the license tax hereinafter prescribed, and procuring a license from the officer.
Ala. Code § 45-35-244.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-244.31
Section 45-35-244.31 Collection
Status: in_force

The municipal taxes may be collected by the Houston County Commission or its designee at the same time, in the same manner, and along with the collection by the Houston County Commission or its designee of taxes levied and collected for Houston County under the respective provisions of Subpart 1 and this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-24A-32.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24A / Section 45-24A-32.07
Section 45-24A-32.07 Appellate Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications:

(1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidence standard.

(2) If the person is adjudicated by the circuit court to be responsible for payment of the civil penalty, circuit court costs shall be owed by the person adjudicated responsible, with 100 percent of those court costs retained by the circuit court. Court costs in the circuit court shall be calculated as are court costs for criminal appeals from the municipal court, and in the event the circuit court finds the person appealing to not be responsible, no municipal court costs shall be owed to the city.

(3) Regardless of the civil nature of the proceedings, the circuit court, in its discretion and for its administrative convenience, may assign case numbers as for criminal appeals and place the appeals on criminal dockets in the same manner as criminal appeals from municipal court.

(4) The circuit court shall sit as trier of both fact and law in the civil proceedings in the circuit court.

(5) The city shall be responsible for providing an attorney to represent the city and to prosecute the civil proceedings in the circuit court.
Ala. Code § 45-46-90.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-90.07
Section 45-46-90.07 Charges for Use of Authority Facilities
Status: in_force

Docking fees, toll fees, rents, and other charges for the use of the port, docks, and related facilities owned or operated by the authority shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to do all of the following:

(1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving such facilities.

(2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued and obligations assumed by the authority, that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of such facilities as the principal and interest become due and payable.

(3) Create and maintain such reserve for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority hereunder or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds, the assumption of any obligation, or the acquisition of any such facilities.

(4) Make such annual payments, if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make.
Ala. Code § 45-32-242.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-242.02
Section 45-32-242.02 Levy of Additional Tax
Status: in_force

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Greene County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 14 mils on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund and shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Law Enforcement 1.5 mils

(2) Roads & Bridge 1.0 mils

(3) Economic Development 0.5 mils

(4) Youth Recreation (Reestablish parks, etc.) 0.5 mils

(5) Capital Improvements 1.0 mils

(6) Matching Fund for Grants 0.5 mils

(7) Ambulance Service 0.25 mils

(8) Public Library 0.25 mils

(9) School System Needs, Capital Improvement, Renovations and Maintenance 6.0 mils

(10) Volunteer Fire Department Association 2.5 mils
Ala. Code § 45-39A-11.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-11.05
Section 45-39A-11.05 Civic Center Authority - Revenue Bonds
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (e), the authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds as evidence of money so borrowed, which bonds shall be payable solely from taxes made payable to the authority by an act of the Legislature heretofore or hereafter adopted and from the revenues of the authority derived from the activities, operations, and enterprises in which the authority is hereby authorized to engage. As security for any money so borrowed, together with interest thereon, and any obligations incurred or assumed, the authority, in its discretion, may mortgage, pledge, or otherwise transfer and convey its real, personal, and mixed property, or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, including any franchises then owned or thereafter acquired, and all or any part of the taxes payable to the authority under any act of the Legislature heretofore or hereafter adopted and all or any part of revenues derived from the activities, operation, and enterprises in which the authority lawfully engages. In the resolution authorizing such revenue bonds or the mortgage given to secure the payment thereof, the authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have the power to agree with the several holders of such bonds and to make, enter into, and perform covenants and agreements as to any of the following:

(1) The custody, security, use, expenditure, or application of the proceeds of the bonds.

(2) The conduct, management, and maintenance of the properties held by the authority or of the activities, operations, and enterprises then or thereafter conducted by the authority.

(3) Insurance of the properties of the authority.

(4) Restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the authority to dispose, or to limit or regulate the use, of all or any part of the properties of the authority.

(5) The payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, the rank or priority of any such bonds as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturities of any such bonds.

(6) The use and disposition of any moneys of the authority, including taxes payable to the authority under any act of the Legislature heretofore or hereafter adopted and revenues derived or to be derived from the activities, operations, and enterprises of all or any part of the properties of the authority, including any part or parts theretofor constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements, or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired.

(7) Pledging, setting aside, depositing, or trusteeing all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the authority to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or the payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of the properties of the authority.

(8) The setting aside of the taxes payable to the authority under any act of the Legislature heretofore or hereafter adopted and/or use of the revenues or the moneys of the authority or reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application, and disposition thereof.

(9) The assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, liens, or other claims relating to any part of the properties of the authority or any obligations constituting, or which may constitute, a lien on such properties or any part thereof.

(10) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or upon the incurrence of indebtedness of the authority.

(11) Payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of such resolution or mortgage, of any covenant or agreement with the holders of the bonds.

(12) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or agreement with, or duty to, the holders of the bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds, the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced.

(13) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds, or any proportion of them, or any trustees therefor, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by any court of competent jurisdiction, which receiver may enter and take possession of the properties of the authority and operate and maintain the same and prescribe rates, rents, fees, or charges, and collect, receive, and apply all revenue arising from the operation of such properties in the same manner as the authority itself might do.

(14) Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in such resolution or mortgage is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.

(b) All such provisions of the resolution or mortgage and of such covenants and agreements, shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction. The circuit court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, shall have authority to appoint a receiver for the properties of the authority, upon the terms and conditions specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in any mortgage securing the payment of the principal and interest thereof. Any mortgage given as security for the payment of the bonds may contain such agreements as the authority shall deem advisable respecting the rights and duties of the parties to such instrument or for the benefit of whom such instrument is made, including the right to foreclose or to take possession without foreclosure. Revenue bonds issued under the authority of this section may be in such form and tenor, may bear such rate or rates of interest, and have such maturities and redemption privileges as the authority shall determine.

(c) Such bonds so issued may thereafter, from time to time, be refunded by the issuance or sale or exchange of refunding bonds at such times and in such forms and of such tenor, maturities, or rate or rates of interest as may be agreed upon by the authority and the holders of the bonds so refunded if such refunding is by exchange, and as may be determined by the authority if such refunding is by sale of refunding bonds. The authority may restrict the source of payment of such bonds and the security given therefor to whatever extent the authority shall deem advisable, but no such bonds shall purport to be effective to impose on the authority or its funds or property, any liability in excess of or inconsistent with the liability authorized to be incurred or assumed by this part, or any liability inconsistent with or prohibited by any provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Such borrowing may be effected by sale of such bonds at public sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the authority to be most advantageous, and the authority may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which the authority may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with any such financing. All such bonds shall be regarded as negotiable instruments. All bonds and interest payable thereon and all instruments executed as security therefor shall be exempt from all taxation under the laws of the State of Alabama. Neither the county nor any municipality of the county shall in any event be liable for any money so borrowed; and no indebtedness of the authority shall ever be held to be an indebtedness of the county or of any municipality of the county. The bonds provided for herein shall be issued in the name of the authority and shall be executed in such name by the chair of the board of directors, attested by the secretary of the board, and thereupon shall be impressed or printed the corporate seal. Coupons attached to the bonds may be executed solely by impressing or printing thereon the facsimile signature of the chair.

(d) The impressing or printing of a facsimile seal of the authority shall be sufficient; but no seal on the coupons shall be required.

(e) The power vested in the authority to pledge taxes required by this part to be paid to the authority or to pledge revenue of the authority shall not be construed as undertaking or purporting to empower the authority to pledge any tax or any revenue if such pledge is prohibited by any provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. It is expressly provided, however, that the authority shall have the power to pledge any tax paid to the authority or revenue of the authority, the pledge of which is authorized by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.57 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.57
Section 45-2-243.57 Hearing
Status: in_force

The county commission shall hear and pass upon all such objections to and protests against the proposed assessment under such reasonable rules and regulations as it may adopt.
Ala. Code § 45-2-82.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-82.40
Section 45-2-82.40 Supplemental Salary for Circuit and District Judges
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately upon April 27, 1981, all circuit judges for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall receive a supplemental salary payable in equal monthly installments from the Baldwin County General Fund in the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year. Such supplement shall be paid in lieu of all other supplemental or expense payments heretofore authorized by law.

(b) Immediately upon April 27, 1981, all district judges for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall receive a supplemental salary payable in equal monthly installments from the Baldwin County General Fund in the sum of five thousand four hundred dollars ($5,400) per year, such supplement shall be paid in lieu of all other supplemental or expense payments heretofore authorized by law.
Ala. Code § 45-11-120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-120
Section 45-11-120 Office of County Treasurer Abolished, and County Administrator Established
Status: in_force

(a) In Chilton County, the office of county treasurer is hereby abolished. The county commission is hereby authorized to appoint a county administrator that shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed by the county treasurer.

(b) Subject to the approval of the Chilton County Commission, the county administrator shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of clerks and assistants to adequately perform the duties of the office. The acts of the chief clerks shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county administrator.

(c) The Chilton County Commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county administrator and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.25
Section 45-37-123.25 Information from County, Personnel Board, or County’s Agent
Status: in_force

The county, the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, or the county’s agent, as applicable, shall supply full and timely information including, but not limited to, all payroll, service records, and personal history of members, to the pension board as the pension board may require in order to perform its duties hereunder. The pension board may rely upon the information as accurate and shall have no duty or responsibility to verify the information.
Ala. Code § 45-56-83.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-83.62
Section 45-56-83.62 Maintenance of an Improved Recording, Archiving, and Retrieval System
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate offices of Randolph County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall include the following:

(1) The acquisition of the equipment provided for in the definition set forth in this subpart of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system.

(2) Procedures for the continued recording, archiving, and retrieving of all instruments and records that will, after the effective installation date, constitute a part of the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system.

(3) The initial installation of the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be performed by a person or persons, firm, or corporation engaged in the records management business and experienced in setting up county records.

(b) The initial installation shall be supervised and inspected by a person who is experienced in handling records pertaining to abstracts or titles.

(c) Following its installation in the county, the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be maintained in the county and all real property instruments, general property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records as provided in this subpart, shall constitute a part of the system, that may be thereafter filed for record in the probate office of the county shall be in accordance with the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system. Each real property instrument and each personal property instrument shall be operative as a record from the time of its delivery to the judge of probate of the county, in accordance with existing law, including, without limitation, Section 12–13–43.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.072 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.072
Section 45-2-244.072 Special County Privilege License Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The county commission is hereby authorized with or without a referendum of the people, to levy and impose, 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. At its discretion, the county commission is hereby authorized to conduct a referendum election on the issue of an additional sales tax in any manner which it deems appropriate and the costs of such election shall be paid from the county general fund.

(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 § 45-24-82.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-82.21
Section 45-24-82.21 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings:

(1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property.

(2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real property instruments and personal property instruments in the probate office and, in the discretion of the judge of probate, of recording other instruments and documents, which system when completed, shall consist of the equipment necessary and suitable to record, archive, and retrieve records.

(3) PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to personal property only, as distinguished from real property, that may be now or hereafter required to be filed or titled for record in the probate office, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, without limitation, Sections 35-4-50 and 35-4-90.

(4) REAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to real property that may now or hereafter be filed for record in the probate office pursuant to the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes providing for the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of judgment, and plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate.
Ala. Code § 45-55-243.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-243.02
Section 45-55-243.02 Applicability of State Sales Tax Statutes
Status: in_force

The taxes levied in Section 45–55–243.01 shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, discounts, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions that are applicable to the taxes levied by the state sales tax statutes, except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided, including all provisions of the state sales tax statutes for enforcement and collection of taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-30-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-231
Section 45-30-231 Pay Telephones and Vending Machines
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Franklin County, Alabama, may retain the funds accruing from the pay telephones and vending machines located in the county jail in a special fund known as the Law Enforcement Fund which shall be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in the county. The fund shall be managed exclusively by the sheriff.

(b) The sheriff shall prepare an annual report detailing expenditures made during each fiscal year from the Law Enforcement Fund. A copy of the report shall be filed no later than 60 days after the close of each fiscal year with the county commission, the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county, and the county district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-27-72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-72
Section 45-27-72 Purchasing Agent
Status: in_force

(a) The Chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County shall serve as county purchasing agent without additional compensation. The county purchasing agent shall purchase for the county officials, the county offices, and every department of the county, all books, stationery, supplies, office equipment, printing and printing matter, blanks, forms, machinery, equipment, tools, materials, supplies, and contractual services needed by such county officials, offices, and departments. Subject to the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, the purchasing agent shall have authority to do all of the following:

(1) Establish standard specifications for supplies, equipment, and materials used by the county officials, offices, and departments.

(2) Operate a central storeroom.

(3) Require county officers, offices, and departments to prepare estimates of requirements.

(4) Transfer among the county officers, offices, and departments surplus supplies, equipment, and materials, or to sell surplus or obsolete items after receiving at least three competitive bids upon such surplus or obsolete items.

(5) Promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing the acquisition of supplies, materials, and equipment, or the disposal of surplus or obsolete personal property of the county.

(b) Supplies, materials, equipment, and services shall be furnished to the county officers, offices, and departments only upon written requisition setting forth the articles needed and signed by the officer for whose office the articles are requested. The requisitions shall state by items the articles that are desired and needed, that the articles are necessary, that the amount of the requisition is not excessive, and that no part of the articles will be used except in conducting the public business. The requisitions, with the purchase invoices attached, shall be kept on file in the office of the purchasing agent, in an orderly manner, as a permanent record subject to public inspection at all reasonable times.

(c) The purchasing agent shall keep a current inventory of all property owned or leased by the county, which inventory record shall show where such property is located and in whose possession or under whose control it is.

(d) Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the county purchasing agent shall execute a bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The bond shall be payable to Escambia County, with good and sufficient surety, and shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties. The bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county, and the premium thereon shall be paid by the county.
Ala. Code § 45-21A-10.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21A / Section 45-21A-10.10
Section 45-21A-10.10 Violations of State Statutes
Status: in_force

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this article if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Title 32, Chapter 5A, Article 8, including, but not limited to, Sections 32-5A-170 to 32-5A-178, inclusive, or any other municipal ordinance which embraces and incorporates the statutes contained in that article, and which occurred simultaneously with and under the same set of circumstances which were recorded by the automated photographic speeding enforcement system.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-10.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-10.01
Section 45-39A-10.01 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies within the corporate limits of the City of Florence.

(b) 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 city. The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for off-premises consumption in kegs by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the city only if such beverages are sold in kegs. The city council, by ordinance, may implement this section.

(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.
Ala. Code § 45-30A-50.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30A / Section 45-30A-50.03
Section 45-30A-50.03 Organization of Board
Status: in_force

The personnel program established by this part shall be administered by the board. The board shall consist of five members who are residents of the city and who shall be appointed by the governing body. No member of the board shall be employed by or be an official of the city, nor hold any elective public office. The composition of the board shall be designated as Place No. 1, Place No. 2, Place No. 3, Place No. 4, and Place No. 5. The person appointed as a member of the board in Place No. 1 shall serve a term of two years; the person so appointed for Place No. 2 shall serve a term of four years; the person appointed for Place No. 3 shall serve a term of six years. The initial person appointed as a member of the board in Place No. 4 shall serve a term of four years; and the person appointed for Place No. 5 shall serve a term of six years. Thereafter each term shall be for a period of six years. Vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the balance of the term by governing bodies. Members of the board shall receive compensation each month for their services on the board in an amount to be set by the city council. Members shall be entitled to receive their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board business and all such compensation and expenses shall be paid out of the general fund of the city. The board shall elect from its own members a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer. The board shall meet as often as necessary to carry out the purpose of this part, but shall meet at least once each quarter, however, the governing body shall have the right to control the appropriations to the board and to regulate the expenses of the board as it deems necessary. A majority of the members of the board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and no action shall be taken without the affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum present at a meeting. The board, with the approval of the governing body shall have the right to engage such full- or part-time personnel as shall be necessary to carry out this part.
Ala. Code § 45-33-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-71
Section 45-33-71 Performance of Work or Services on Private Property; Written Policy; Contract
Status: in_force

(a) The Hale County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, within Hale County, to go upon private property and perform work or services for churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations and to 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 Hale County services only when such services are not reasonably available to them at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. Upon May 17, 1981, 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 Hale 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 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 Hale County where such work, services, or material are not reasonably available from private enterprise at a reasonable cost.

(c) No work may be done by the Hale 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 to be performed shall be paid for prior to the commencement of any work and any material delivered shall be paid for prior to 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 Hale 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 § 45-4-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-81.01
Section 45-4-81.01 Additional Fee - District and Circuit Court Cases
Status: in_force

In Bibb County, there shall be a $2.00 fee, collected by the circuit clerk, added to each district and circuit court case, including traffic citations. These monies shall be deposited into a separate account and used to provide safety and security to county buildings and other structures. Any expenditure of these funds shall be approved by the county commission and may be expended in conjunction with the recommendation of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-44A-41.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44A / Section 45-44A-41.03
Section 45-44A-41.03 Hearing
Status: in_force

At the time stated in the notices, the governing body of the municipality shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of weeds, and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing the governing body, by motion or resolution, shall allow or overrule any or all objections, and if the objections are overruled with respect to any piece of property described the governing body shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal with respect to such piece of property, and the decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-65.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-65.05
Section 45-49A-65.05 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Fifty percent of the tax proceeds distributed to the City of Mobile pursuant to Section 28-3-281, shall be transferred by the city treasurer to the board to be deposited as provided in Section 45-49A-65.02.

(b) During the 1983 calendar year, tax proceeds shall be distributed in the following manner: Within 30 days after January 1, 1983, each association shall register youths according to Section 45-49A-65.04. Forty-five days after January 1, 1983, each association shall submit to the board a list of registrants. Thereupon the board shall prorate the total amount of tax proceeds for the per capita distribution according to the number of registrants of an association. In years subsequent to 1983, distribution of the tax proceeds shall be made in the manner as hereinafter set forth. On or before March 31 of each year, each association shall submit to the board a list of registrants. Thereupon the board shall prorate the total amount of tax proceeds for the per capita distribution according to the number of registrants of an association. During the month of April of each year, the secretary-treasurer of the board is authorized to distribute to each association which is a member of the board, the pro rata amount for each participant which they have registered in accordance with Section 45-49A-65.04.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.103 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.103
Section 45-37-123.103 Death Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member’s designated beneficiary is entitled to a preretirement joint survivorship pension, as described below.

(1) MARRIED MEMBER. If a married, active member dies, then the designated beneficiary may elect, on a form provided by the pension board, to be paid in one of the following forms:

a. One Hundred Percent Preretirement Joint Survivorship Pension. If the member was eligible for a deferred retirement benefit at the time of the member’s death, then the designated beneficiary may elect to be paid in the form of a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during the designated beneficiary’s lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment.

b. Refund. The designated beneficiary may elect a refund of the member’s employee contributions in accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b.

(2) UNMARRIED MEMBER. If an unmarried, active member dies, then one of the following shall apply:

a. Preretirement Joint Survivorship Pension. If a member becomes eligible for a deferred retirement benefit, then the member may elect, on a form provided by the pension board, a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during the designated beneficiary’s lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment. In the event the designated beneficiary dies before the member or in the event the member marries, any election of a preretirement joint survivorship pension automatically shall be revoked and the cost, as described in subdivision (c)(2), for the preretirement coverage shall cease to accumulate on the date of death of the designated beneficiary or the member’s date of marriage, as applicable.

b. Refund. Regardless of whether the member makes an election for the designated beneficiary to be paid in the form of a preretirement joint survivorship pension in accordance with paragraph a., upon the member’s death, the designated beneficiary can elect to be paid a refund of the member’s employee contributions in accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b. instead of being paid a preretirement joint survivorship pension.

(b) Timing of payments. In the event of an election of a preretirement joint survivorship pension, the payment shall begin as soon as administratively feasible after the pension board is notified of the death and the designated beneficiary’s completion of all forms required by the pension board . In any event, calculation of the amount of the death benefit shall be made as of the day after the date of death and any payments that do not occur as of the month following the date of death shall be included in future payments. In the event that a refund is to be paid, the payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible following the member’s death.

(c) Cost of preretirement joint survivorship pension.

(1) MARRIED MEMBERS.

a. On and After October 1, 1999. On and after October 1, 1999, the 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension shall be provided without additional charge with respect to a member who is married at the time of his or her death, and the cost of the benefit shall be borne by the system; however, in the event that a member designates a non-spousal beneficiary in accordance with subdivision (d)(1), the cost of the benefit shall be borne by the member’s designated beneficiary.

b. Prior to October 1, 1999. Prior to October 1, 1999, a 50 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension was provided to a member who was married at the time of his or her death, instead of 100 percent, and the members and their designated beneficiaries had an option to elect higher percentages under certain rules. Members and designated beneficiaries who elected a higher than 50 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension prior to October 1, 1999, shall be charged for the increased percentage according to actuarially-calculated costs, beginning with the date of the election through September 30, 1999.

(2) UNMARRIED MEMBERS. To the extent that a member who is not married at the time of his or her death previously elected payment of a preretirement joint survivorship pension for his or her designated beneficiary, the benefit otherwise payable to the member shall be actuarially reduced to reflect the election of a preretirement joint survivorship pension.

(d) Designated Beneficiaries.

(1) PRERETIREMENT JOINT SURVIVORSHIP PENSION FOR A MARRIED MEMBER. Unless otherwise elected in the manner prescribed below, the designated beneficiary of a preretirement joint survivorship pension of a member that is married at the time of his or her death shall be the member’s surviving spouse. Except, however, a member may designate a beneficiary other than the spouse if:

a. The spouse has waived the right to be the member’s designated beneficiary; or

b. The member has been abandoned, within the meaning of local law, and the member has a court order to such effect that has been received and approved by the pension board ; or

c. The member has no spouse.

(2) ALL OTHER DEATH BENEFITS. Except as provided in subdivision (1), a member, whether married or not, may designate any beneficiary, and may do so without the need of the consent of a spouse for a nonspousal beneficiary designation.

(3) FORMS. Designation of a beneficiary shall be made on a form provided by the pension board. A member may at any time revoke a designation of a beneficiary or change a designated beneficiary by filing written notice of revocation or change with the pension board on a form provided by the pension board. However, in the case of a preretirement joint survivorship pension, the member’s spouse shall again consent in writing to any change in designated beneficiary unless the original consent acknowledged that the spouse had the right to limit consent only to a specific designated beneficiary and that the spouse voluntarily elected to relinquish such right. For a spouse’s waiver to be valid, the signature of the spouse executing the form shall be notarized. This consent to waiver shall become irrevocable upon the death of the member.

(4) FAILURE TO DESIGNATE A BENEFICIARY OR LACK OF DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. In the event no valid designation of beneficiary exists, or if the designated beneficiary is not alive at the time of the member’s death, the death benefit shall be payable to the member’s spouse if there is a spouse, and if there is no spouse, to the member’s estate. If there is no estate, the death benefit may be interpleaded into a court of competent jurisdiction. Additionally, if the designated beneficiary does not predecease the member, but dies prior to the distribution of the death benefit, the death benefit shall be paid to the designated beneficiary’s estate. If there is no estate, the death benefit may be interpleaded into a court of competent jurisdiction.

(5) MORE THAN ONE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. In the event that more than one primary beneficiary is designated and a designated primary beneficiary dies, absent any direction on the beneficiary designation form to the contrary, the member’s benefit shall be divided equally among the remaining primary designated beneficiaries.

(6) DESIGNATION OF NONPERSONS AS BENEFICIARIES. A member may designate a nonperson as a beneficiary, for example, a trust or estate. In such event, the pension board may require additional documentation, for example, trust documents.

(7) LAPSE OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. Any beneficiary designation made by a member for a preretirement joint survivorship pension or refund shall automatically lapse upon the member’s election of a postretirement joint survivorship pension; at that time, the member shall complete new forms, to be provided by the pension board, to designate a beneficiary of any postretirement joint survivorship pension.

(8) EFFECT OF MARRIAGE OR DIVORCE UPON A BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. Except in the case of a preretirement joint survivorship pension, marriage or divorce does not change any previous beneficiary designation. In the case of a preretirement joint survivorship pension, if an unmarried member gets married, the member’s spouse shall automatically become the member’s designated beneficiary, which can thereafter be waived in accordance with subdivision (1).

(9) DISTRIBUTION FOR MINOR OR INCOMPETENT BENEFICIARY. In the event a distribution is to be made to a minor or incompetent designated beneficiary, then the pension board may direct that the distribution be paid to the legal guardian, or if none in the case of a minor designated beneficiary, to a parent of the designated beneficiary or a responsible adult with whom the designated beneficiary maintains residence, or to the custodian for the designated beneficiary under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act or Gift to Minors Act, if permitted by the laws of the state in which the designated beneficiary resides. Such a payment to the legal guardian, custodian, or parent of a minor designated beneficiary shall fully discharge the trustee, the county, the pension board, and the plan from further liability on account thereof. The pension board may require evidence of guardianship, existence of custodial accounts, or any other documentation that is deemed prudent to establish that payment shall be made properly.

(e) Other death benefits. Upon a member’s retirement or other termination of employment, any preretirement joint survivorship pension benefit coverage ceases. Any other benefits to be paid upon the death of a member or designated beneficiary, such as refunds, are governed by Section 45-37-123.104(4).

(f) Proof of death and marriage. The pension board may require proper proof of death and marriage and evidence of the right of any individual to receive the death benefit payable as a result of the death of a member as the pension board may deem desirable. Proof may include a certified marriage certificate, certified death certificate of the member, and affidavits of relatives, members, or other individuals knowledgeable of the fact of marriage. For common law marriages entered into before January 1, 2017 , proof shall include evidence of the existence of the marriage as may be required by law and also may require indemnification and hold harmless agreements. The pension board may require that unclear cases be adjudicated in an appropriate court proceeding. An unmarried member may be required by the pension board to sign an affidavit to certify that the member is not married. The pension board’s determination of death benefits and the right of any individual to receive payment shall be conclusive.
Ala. Code § 45-28-82.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-82.26
Section 45-28-82.26 Time for Application
Status: in_force

An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program at a time to be determined by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-4-120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-120
Section 45-4-120 Countywide Personnel System
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Bibb County may establish and administer a countywide personnel system based on principles of human resource management which shall include equity, fairness, and compliance with all applicable state and federal laws.

(b) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. All persons having the authority to hire, fire, and discipline employees for their department.

(2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. An individual who is assigned to an on-going position, full or part-time, authorized by the county commission and whose salary is paid with funds allocated by the county commission, regardless of the source of those funds, and who is required initially to complete a probationary period.

(3) COUNTY. Bibb County, Alabama.

(4) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of Bibb County or any succeeding governing system that may be established.

(5) DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Suspension without pay, demotion, or termination only.

(6) EMPLOYEE. Any individual who works for the county in a temporary, part-time, classified, or unclassified position whose salary is paid with funds allocated by the county commission.

(7) PART-TIME EMPLOYEE. An individual who works for the county on an on-going basis and is regularly scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week.

(8) TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. An individual who works for the county for a predetermined time period that is no more than six months.

(9) UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. An individual who works for the county and whose employment is the same as a classified employee except that the individual serves at the pleasure of an elected official.

(10) VACANCY. A position approved and funded by the county commission which is currently unoccupied.

(c) There is established a personnel system for Bibb County based on all of the following principles:

(1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees based on their ability, knowledge, and skills, including the open competition of qualified applicants for initial and subsequent appointment.

(2) Establishing compensation rates consistent with the principle of comparable pay for comparable jobs.

(3) Training employees, as needed, to assure quality job performance.

(4) Retaining employees on the basis of county needs, adequacy of performance, correcting inadequate performance when possible, and disciplining employees, including discharge, when the actions are in the best interest of the county.

(5) Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or age.

(d) All personnel activities required to create or administer the personnel system authorized by this section shall be based upon rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the county commission as necessary to implement this section. All county employees shall be hired, retained, and separated based on the rules, policies, and procedures. This personnel system shall apply to all employees except the following:

(1) Elected officials.

(2) Members of appointed boards and commissions.

(3) Volunteer personnel who receive no compensation from the county.

(4) Persons performing work under contract with the county and not carried on the payroll as employees.

(5) Persons whose employment is subject to the approval of the United States government or the State of Alabama.

(6) Other persons so designated by the county commission who meet the intent of this subsection.

(e) An individual’s employment with Bibb County is contingent upon all of the following:

(1) Availability of funds.

(2) Need for the work to be performed.

(3) Compliance by the employee with all rules, policies, and procedures established in accordance with this section.

(4) Completion of a satisfactory probationary period.

(5) Continued satisfactory job performance by the employee.

(f) The county commission may develop, implement, and administer a countywide personnel system that is consistent with this section. All rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement this section shall be approved by the county commission. The county commission may employ individuals to assist in the performance of those activities necessary to administer the county personnel system. The county commission may also grant special awards and incentives to employees in accordance with preestablished guidelines.

(g) Each county appointing authority may hire, fire, and discipline employees within their department. Appointing authorities shall include, but not be limited to, the county coordinator, the sheriff, the judge of probate, the tax assessor, the tax collector, and the county engineer. The county commission may also designate other appointing authorities. Appointing authorities shall supervise employees in their activities based on this section and the rules, policies, and procedures established by the county commission.

(h)(1) Hearings before the commission shall not be evidentiary hearings, or follow the formalities of a court of law, or require the rules of evidence be followed. All testimony shall be under oath. The county commission may subpoena witnesses and demand production of relevant documents. The county commission shall adopt its own rules regarding the guidelines to be used in its hearings and its rulings on hearings. The county commission may render decisions at the conclusion of a hearing and a decision shall be made within 10 calendar days of the hearing. All decisions shall be supported by factual findings based on the hearing, appropriate law, or the approved personnel rules, policies, and procedures. The decision of the county commission is binding on all parties. The decision of the county commission may uphold, reverse, or amend any prior action.

(2) The county commission shall hear all appeals from final personnel actions as requested by an affected and eligible employee. Eligible employees shall include classified employees and may include other employees as authorized by the county commission so long as the inclusion does not violate the intent of this section. The commission shall hear the appeals in accordance with guidelines established in the policies and procedures. Final action may be from administrative action; action based on the rules, policies, and procedures of the county; or disciplinary action. All appeals shall be made in good faith and timely filed. Willfully filing an appeal based on false facts or solely for the purpose of harassment may be the basis for disciplinary action.

(3) Only after all administrative remedies have been exhausted may an affected party take an appeal to the appropriate circuit court. The county commission shall maintain such records to sufficiently document its decision and actions in any matter.

(i) All classified employees shall be hired from a list of job applicants who meet the job related qualifications for the vacancy in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the county commission. Other employees shall be employed in accordance with procedures established by the county commission. The judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, and the county coordinator may employ one employee each to serve as a principle assistant to that department. These persons are unclassified employees and need not be hired from a list of applicants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, they shall meet the job qualifications for the position to which they are to be appointed. The county commission may authorize additional unclassified employees, but it is the intent of this section to keep these assistants to a minimum. If two or more elected offices or departments are combined, the elected official shall have no more than one unclassified employee unless so approved by the county commission.

(j) (1) Any employee may participate in city, county, or state political activities to the same extent any citizen of Alabama may. This activity may include endorsing a candidate and contributing to campaigns. Employees may join local political organizations, and state and national political parties. Employees may also support issues of public welfare, circulate petitions, and make contributions.

(2) No employee or elected county official shall use his or her official position or authority to influence the vote or political action of any employee nor shall any county funds, property, or time be used for any political activity. No employee or elected county official shall solicit political contributions or solicit work in any capacity in a campaign from any person who is a subordinate employee.
Ala. Code § 45-17-90.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-90.41
Section 45-17-90.41 Imposition of Tax
Status: in_force

The Colbert County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise taxes in an amount not to exceed two cents ($.02) per gallon on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within such counties and to require every distributor, retail dealer, or storer of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined to pay such excise taxes upon the selling, distributing, or withdrawing from storage for any use, gasoline, and motor fuel as herein defined in such counties; provided that excise taxes levied pursuant to the provisions of this subpart shall not be levied upon the sale of gasoline or motor fuel in interstate commerce, and provided further that if the excise tax imposed under this subpart upon the sale of such gasoline or motor fuel shall have been paid by a distributor or by retail dealer or storer, such payment shall be sufficient, the intention being that the taxes shall not be paid but once. The excise taxes imposed pursuant to the provisions of this subpart 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 taxes herein provided 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 taxes on the basis of their withdrawals or distributions. The taxes herein provided for 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, there shall not be levied any tax upon any gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined when used in essential governmental functions by the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, county governing agencies, municipalities, any other entity as determined by the county governing body to be exempted under existing state statutes, or boards of education. Provided, further, any user exempt from the state gasoline or motor fuel tax is hereby exempt from the tax levied pursuant to this subpart. Provided further, this tax shall not be levied in that portion of House District 18 lying in Colbert County.
Ala. Code § 45-19-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-232
Section 45-19-232 Operation of Jail Store and Telephone System; Law Enforcement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Coosa County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store and a telephone system for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and a telephone system shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population.

(b)(l) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Law Enforcement Fund in a bank located in Coosa County. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the Law Enforcement Fund.

(2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales and telephone usage and transactions of the Law Enforcement Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, which 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 pursuant to this section shall be expended for any lawful purpose by the sheriff for the operation of the office of the sheriff including, but not limited to, office equipment, communication equipment, salary supplements, expense allowances, training, the operation of the Coosa County Jail, and other expenses for the enhancement of law enforcement in the county.

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

(e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store and a telephone system in the county jail prior to May 22, 1997, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store and a telephone system in the county jail prior to May 22, 1997, shall be deposited into the Law Enforcement Fund created by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.31
Section 45-49-249.31 Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells, stores, or receives for the purpose in Mobile County, any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and smoking tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and smoking tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products.
Ala. Code § 45-37-232.80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-232.80
Section 45-37-232.80
Status: in_force

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

(1) EMERGENCY WRIT CONDITION. Any time, as determined by the sheriff, when more writs have been issued in the county than the sheriff can execute in a reasonable time after issuance.

(2) SPECIAL RESERVE DEPUTY. An individual appointed by the sheriff to serve writs under emergency writ conditions.

(3) WRIT. A lawful writ issued by the Circuit or District Clerk of the Tenth Judicial Circuit relating to the seizure or securing of real property located within Jefferson County.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-54 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-54
Section 45-17A-54 Insuring School Buildings and Property
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Muscle Shoals City Board of Education in Colbert County may insure school buildings and property under the jurisdiction of the board through the State Insurance Fund or with a private insurance company which, in the opinion of the board, provides the best coverage for the school buildings and property.
Ala. Code § 45-21-84.39 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-84.39
Section 45-21-84.39 Expiration and Repeal
Status: reserved

This subpart shall expire and shall be repealed July 1, 2027.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.136 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.136
Section 45-37-123.136 Qualified Section 415(M) Plan
Status: in_force

In order to yield the maximum benefit specified under this part, without regard to the § 415, Internal Revenue Code, limitations, a qualified plan under § 415(m), Internal Revenue Code, shall be established by the pension board in order to provide any additional benefit needed to, in the aggregate, yield such maximum benefit. Any § 415(m), Internal Revenue Code, plan established by the commission or pension board prior to the effective date of this part is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed. The pension board shall be authorized to establish, modify, or replace any § 415(m), Internal Revenue Code, plan, or other plan as may hereinafter be authorized by federal law, in order to provide any additional benefit needed to, in the aggregate, yield such maximum benefit.
Ala. Code § 45-23-130.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-130.08
Section 45-23-130.08 Expenditure of Funds; Appropriation by Commission
Status: in_force

The authority of the county engineer to expend funds shall be limited to the requisition for the expenditure of funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, ferries, or any other duties for Dale County as may be set aside and appropriated by the commission as hereinafter provided. It shall be the duty of the commission at some meeting in September of each calendar year, or not later the the first meeting in October following, by order or resolution spread upon the minutes, to fix and determine the amount of funds which will be available for the purpose of building, maintaining, and constructing public roads, bridges, and ferries of Dale County for the current fiscal year, beginning on October 1st, which amount, other than the salary of the county engineer, shall not be exceeded in the performance of duties required of the county engineer for that period. The commission is authorized from time to time within any period, to increase the amount so allowed to be expended by the county engineer during the period, when the authorization will not conflict with provisions of the general law under the Budget Act, Section 11-8-3. Immediately upon the passage and approval of this article, if funds are presently available and have not been set aside by the present county commission for the current fiscal year, it shall be the duty of the commission to set aside a sufficient portion of the balance of the funds for the maintenance of the roads, bridges, and ferries until the next meeting in September or October as provided by this article.
Ala. Code § 45-52-100.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-100.20
Section 45-52-100.20 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The Board of Education of Morgan County, by resolution duly adopted and entered upon the minutes of the board, may fix and provide for an annual allowance for expenses to be provided each member of the board. Such allowance shall not, however, exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the public school funds of the county. Such expense allowance when so fixed shall be in lieu of any and all other expense allowances heretofore provided by law for members of the county board of education. Provided, however, that each member of the board shall be reimbursed out of such school funds forty dollars ($40) per day, plus their actual expenses incurred, when they are out of the county on board business.
Ala. Code § 45-2-80.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-80.60
Section 45-2-80.60 Assessment for Persons Incarcerated in the Baldwin County Jail
Status: in_force

(a) In Baldwin County, additional court costs in the amount of up to twenty dollars ($20) per day to be set by the sheriff shall be assessed and collected against each person incarcerated in the Baldwin County jail. The court costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other court costs or other costs and charges imposed on persons incarcerated in the Baldwin County jail not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) The court costs imposed by this section shall be assessed against a defendant upon conviction, violation of probation, or order of commitment, by the appropriate court having jurisdiction. The sheriff shall notify the appropriate court on a regular basis of the exact amount of the assessment for entry on the docket sheet.

(c) The revenues derived from the fees shall be credited on a monthly basis to a Law Enforcement Fund established by Part 3 of Article 23 to be used by the Sheriff of Baldwin County for the operation of the office of the sheriff including, but not limited to, office equipment, communication equipment, salary supplements, expense allowances, training, the operation of the Baldwin County jail, and other expenses for the enhancement of law enforcement in the county.

(d) In any case where the fees provided by this section are not paid, the district attorney of the county shall assist in the collection of the fees in the same manner as other court ordered monies and shall be entitled to the same fees.

(e) Any revenues derived from this section shall be in addition to any other funding for the operation of the sheriff’s office and shall not reduce any funding from any other source.
Ala. Code § 45-50-244.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-244.07
Section 45-50-244.07 Inspection of Reports or Returns
Status: in_force

All reports or returns filed with the agency under this part shall be available for inspection by the governing body of the county, or any duly designated representative, at reasonable times during business hours.
Ala. Code § 45-51-84.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-84.45
Section 45-51-84.45 Payment of Costs
Status: in_force

The costs of installation or enhancement of any system shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after the initial installation, any improved system installed pursuant to this sub-part.
Ala. Code § 45-57-245.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-245.07
Section 45-57-245.07 Resale or Reshipment Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) None of the provisions of this subpart shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution.

(b) This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesaler dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of the counties which are actually resold or reshipped.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-10.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-10.02
Section 45-41A-10.02 Use of Particular Terms and Phrases
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) The definitions set forth in Section 45-41A-10.01 shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Ala. Code § 45-47-250.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-250.06
Section 45-47-250.06 Additional Powers and Rights
Status: in_force

(a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights:

(1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes.

(2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority.

(3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity including, without limitation, the county or the State of Alabama.

(4) To loan or advance its funds to any person at such, if any, interest as the authority shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system, or any part thereof.

(5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems, or any part thereof.

(b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities the payment of the principal of and interest on which is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America.

(c) The authority shall be under no obligation to render service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise for any system of the authority within such municipality without payment of any fee, charge, or cost other than the cost of publication of the ordinance granting the franchise.

(d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4, commencing with Section 40-12-220, of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof.

(e) Any water system or any part thereof leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county whether the lease or sublease be by the authority or any private party including, without limitation, corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes including, without limitation, ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to such system or facility or any part thereof or any remainder or reversionary interest therein.

(f) The county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system from the authority or from any vendee or lessee or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all rights of the authority with respect thereto, upon mutual consent of the parties.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-80.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-80.01
Section 45-17A-80.01 Historic Preservation Commission and Architectural Review Board
Status: in_force

The governing body of Tuscumbia electing to enact an ordinance, pursuant to this part, to provide for the creation, protection, and enhancement of historic properties or historic districts, shall establish an historic preservation commission, hereinafter sometimes called the commission, and may establish one or more architectural review boards, hereinafter sometimes called the board, to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of that ordinance.
Ala. Code § 45-44-240.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-240.28
Section 45-44-240.28 Budgetary Operations and Functions
Status: reserved

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Macon County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any county, municipal, and any other ad valorem taxes collected in the county. Any funds retained pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the operation of the office of revenue commissioner subject to the approval of the budget for the office by the county commission in the same manner as the budget is currently approved.

(b) This section is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the revenue commissioner’s office in Macon County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are repealed. This section shall not affect the payment of commissions as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-18-82.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-82.50
Section 45-18-82.50 Purpose
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only in Conecuh County. The purpose of the subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Conecuh County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate, and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-38-241.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-241.26
Section 45-38-241.26
Status: in_force

Each person subject to the license tax provided for in Section 45-38-241.21 shall be allowed and may retain, out of the taxes levied by Section 45-38-241.21 and payable by such retailer, a discount equal to five percent of the first one hundred dollars ($100) of taxes levied, and two percent of taxes levied in excess of the first one hundred dollars ($100) levied hereby.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-64 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-64
Section 45-57A-64 Qualifications to Engage in Bail Bond Business for Release of Persons Held in Phenix City
Status: in_force

(a) Each person, company, or corporation, making bonds and charging therefor, within the City of Phenix City, for the release of persons held by the city shall be required as a part of the qualification to do business to post a cash deposit with the City of Phenix City or to take out a certificate of deposit payable to the City of Phenix City, in the amount of any bonds made by any such person, company, or corporation.

(b) The funds shall be held to guarantee the payment of all sums of money that may be due to the City of Phenix City by virtue of any judgment absolute being rendered against the person, company, or corporation as surety on any bond or bonds.
Ala. Code § 45-20-130.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-130.04
Section 45-20-130.04 Compensation of Engineer
Status: in_force

The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable from appropriate funds and in the same manner as the compensation of other county employees.
Ala. Code § 45-42A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42A / Section 45-42A-25
Section 45-42A-25 Ad Valorem Taxation
Status: in_force

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

(1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 650, S. 593, 1919 Regular Session.

(2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Second Special Session.

(3) CITY. Athens, Alabama.

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

(5) COUNCIL. Athens City Council.

(6) PROPERTY TAX. The ad valorem tax authorized in the first clause of the first sentence of Amendment 8 to be levied and collected on taxable property in the city, at the rate of 5 mills on each dollar of assessed value.

(b) The city presently levies and collects the property tax at a rate of fifty cents ($.50) on each one hundred dollars (5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 8. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the council in accordance with Amendment 373, the city proposes to increase (by 12 mills) the rate at which it may levy and collect the property tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar seventy cents ($1.70) on each one hundred dollars (17 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. Pursuant to subsection (1) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the council after a public hearing, the council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the property tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar seventy cents ($1.70) on each one hundred dollars (17 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, the increase of 12 mills on each dollar of assessed value to be paid over to the Athens City Board of Education and used for public school purposes.

The increase in the rate at which the property tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for that purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373.
Ala. Code § 45-48-241.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-241.70
Section 45-48-241.70 Financing of Office
Status: in_force

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Marshall County shall be responsible for the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of ad valorem taxes collected in the office. Any funds retained by the office pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the operation of the office of the Revenue Commissioner subject to approval of the budget for the office by the county commission in the same manner as the budget is currently approved.

(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to the office of the Revenue Commissioner of Marshall County.
Ala. Code § 45-45A-31.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45A / Section 45-45A-31.25
Section 45-45A-31.25 Program Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Following the decision of the city judge to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the program. The agreement shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) A voluntary waiver of the right of the offender to a speedy trial.

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

(3) An agreement to the conditions of the program established by the city attorney

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

(5) A waiver in writing of the right of the offender to a jury trial.

(6) A truthful and complete statement by the offender as to the involvement of the offender in the offense charged, which statement shall be admissible in any criminal trial.

(7) Submission of a written plea of guilty to the offense or offenses charged or agreed upon included offenses, together with an agreement as to whether the case is to be dismissed upon successful completion of the program, and an agreement, if there be any, as to the recommended sentence should a sentence be imposed.

(b) In addition to those requirements set forth in subsection (a), or as a condition of continued participation in the program, the city judge may require the offender to agree to any of the following terms or conditions:

(1) To participate in substance abuse treatment.

(2) To participate in an education setting to include, but not be limited to, K-12, college, job training, trade school, GED classes, or basic education courses.

(3) If appropriate, to attempt to learn to read and write the English language.

(4) To financially support his or her children or pay any court ordered child support.

(5) To refrain from the use of drugs or alcohol or frequenting places where drugs or alcohol are sold or used.

(6) To not commit any criminal offense.

(7) To refrain from contact with certain named persons or premises.

(8) To maintain or seek employment.

(9) To not leave this state without prior written consent of the probation officer or supervising agency or personnel.

(10) To maintain a residence approved by the probation officer or supervising agency or personnel.

(11) To attend individual, group, financial, chemical addiction, family, mental health, sex offender, or anger management counseling.

(12) To pay all court costs, fees, fines, and worthless checks, and obey any other lawful court order associated with the offense or offenses for which the offender has entered the program, or any other case.

(13) To refrain from the possession or use of any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as defined in Section 13A-1-2.

(14) To pay supervision fees and application fees pursuant to this subpart.

(15) To observe curfews or home detention or travel constraints as set out in agreement signed by the offender.

(16) To have restitution, court costs, fees, child support, and any other moneys withheld or garnished from the wages or salary of the offender or withheld from any Alabama income tax due the offender, or from any available insurance policy, or forfeited from any other real or personal property of the offender, and applied to the above.

(17) To be admitted to a drug or alcohol treatment program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse.

(18) To submit to periodic or random drug testing as part of the program and other terms and conditions related to substance abuse as the city attorney may direct.

(19) To waive in writing the right of the offender to a probation hearing in the event of termination or withdrawal from the program.

(20) To any other terms or conditions as the city judge or his or her designee and the offender may agree to in the above-stated agreement, it being the purpose of this subpart to allow the city judge broad discretion in designing a program specifically for each offender and his or her particular circumstances.

(21) When applicable, to be required to pay supervision fees to the agency or entity responsible for monitoring and verifying the compliance of the offender with the terms of the program set forth by the city judge. The fees shall be paid by the offender to the supervising entity in a timely manner.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.077 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.077
Section 45-2-244.077 Charge for Collections; Dispositition of Funds
Status: in_force

The county commission shall be authorized to charge an amount not less than two percent nor more than five percent of the special county tax collected in the county under this subpart for collecting the special county tax. In order to charge more than two percent of the special county tax for collecting the tax, the county commission and the Baldwin County Board of Education shall be required to agree upon such additional percentage for collection. Prior to any other distribution, two percent of all net revenues herein collected shall be appropriated to the Juvenile Court for Baldwin County to be used for drug interdiction and education programs; staffing; and the leasing, building, staffing, and operation of a home for juveniles; and one percent of all net revenues collected shall be appropriated to the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office to be expended for education and intervention programs, with emphasis on grades kindergarten through 12, aimed at the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct, bullying and other issues, and for other prosecution services. After the distribution to the Juvenile Court and District Attorney’s Office as provided in this section, the remaining net revenues arising from the taxes herein authorized to be levied shall be distributed as follows: (1) 40 percent shall be distributed to the Baldwin County Board of Education to be utilized exclusively for capital improvement, capital construction, and maintenance purposes; (2) five percent shall be distributed to Coastal Alabama Community College in Bay Minette and shall be used only in the county as other appropriations to the school are used; and (3) 55 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of the county to be expended as other county funds provided that not less than 20 percent of the proceeds shall be expended for road and bridge construction, capacity improvements, paving, resurfacing, and/or maintenance of roads and bridges. Should the county commission rescind or repeal the one percent sales tax the county commission enacted by Resolution #2017-046 on January 3, 2017, or should the collection of the one percent sales tax be discontinued for any reason, the percentages of the sales tax distributed to the general fund of the county and the Baldwin County Board of Education shall return to 40 percent for the general fund of the county and 55 percent for the Baldwin County Board of Education, unless the county commission, in its sole authority and without further condition, levies and collects a one percent sales tax, exclusively for public school purposes, as a replacement, or the Baldwin County Board of Education consents to such action by the passage of a resolution.
Ala. Code § 45-41-72.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-72.05
Section 45-41-72.05 Defects in Notice or Proceedings
Status: in_force

Any defect in the notice or proceedings before or subsequent to the notice, with respect to one or more interested persons, shall not affect the notice or proceedings, except insofar as it may touch the interest or property of that person or persons, and shall not avail any other person concerned therein. In the event of a defect, supplementary proceedings of the same general character, as those prescribed in this subpart, may be had in order to supply the defect.
Ala. Code § 45-28-231.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-231.25
Section 45-28-231.25 Use or Destruction of Unclaimed Property
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart to the contrary, any abandoned or stolen firearm that has been obtained by the drug enforcement unit and that has been unclaimed for a period of six or more months, as provided in this subpart, may be used by the drug enforcement unit at its discretion for law enforcement purposes or, if unlawful or not safe for use, in the discretion of the drug enforcement unit, destroyed.
Ala. Code § 45-43-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-230
Section 45-43-230 Expense Allowance; Additional Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Lowndes County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county as other county employees are paid. This expense allowance shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or other salary provided by law and may be treated as compensation for retirement contributions.

(b) Beginning with the next term of office, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county as other county employees are paid and, at that time, subsection (a) shall become null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-39-80.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-80.20
Section 45-39-80.20 Jury Strike System
Status: in_force

Upon the trial by jury in the circuit courts of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony not punished capitally, or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require two lists of all the regular jurors empaneled for the week who are competent to try the defendant to be made, and the district attorney shall be required to strike from the list the name of one juror, and the defendant shall strike one, and they shall continue to strike off names alternately until only 12 jurors remain on the list, and these 12 jurors thus selected shall be the jury charged with the trial of the case.