Ala. Code § 45-2-243.56 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.56
Section 45-2-243.56 Objections or Defenses to Proposed Assessments
Status: in_force

The owner or owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of the repair, maintenance, or improvement may appear at any time on or before the date named in the notice or at the meeting and file in writing with the clerk of the county commission or in his or her office any objections or defense to the proposed assessment against the property or to the amount thereof, and persons who do not file objections or protests in writing against such assessment shall be held to have consented to the same.
Ala. Code § 45-3-120.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-120.10
Section 45-3-120.10 Political Activity
Status: in_force

Any employee may participate in city or state political activities to the same extent that any citizen of Alabama may so participate. 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.
Ala. Code § 45-16-243.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-243.02
Section 45-16-243.02 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the tax collected pursuant to this part shall be distributed as follows:

(1) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise shall be distributed to the City of Enterprise. The proceeds distributed to the City of Enterprise shall be held in a separate fund or account and used for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs as determined by the City Council of the City of Enterprise.

(2) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of any other municipality shall be distributed to the municipality for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs in the municipality.

(3) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of any municipality and all proceeds from the tax collected in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be deposited in the Coffee County General Fund to be used for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs as determined by the Coffee County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-36-252.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-252.08
Section 45-36-252.08 Planning, Development, Operation, Etc., of Water, Sewer, or Garbage System
Status: in_force

For the purpose of securing water, sewer, or garbage service or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water, sewer, or garbage systems, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(1) Appropriate, lend, or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority.

(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including, but without limitation, any water, sewer, or garbage system, any interest in any thereof and any franchise.

(3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water, sewer, and garbage systems.
Ala. Code § 45-50-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-81.01
Section 45-50-81.01 Additional Court Costs; Judicial Administration Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any court costs now authorized in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of Monroe County, there shall be assessed and collected an additional court cost of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) in all civil and criminal cases, including traffic cases in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of the county.

(b) The additional court costs shall be paid to the Presiding Circuit Judge’s Judicial Administration Fund and may be used for the operation of the office.

(c) Nothing in this section shall impair the authority of a circuit or district judge to waive or to remit the court costs and fees assessed pursuant to this section upon the sworn and valid showing of substantial financial hardship.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the assessment and collection of the additional court cost pursuant to this section not diminish or take the place of any other source of funds for the office of the presiding circuit judge.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.12
Section 45-37A-51.12 Refund of Contributions for Certain Participants
Status: in_force

It is hereby provided that the provisions of those sections of Act 929 as amended by Act 1272, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 2141), hereinafter in this section specified shall apply (except as hereinafter provided) to the supplemental pension system in the same manner in which the same provisions of the sections hereinafter specified apply to the general retirement and relief system established by Act 929. The sections of Act 929 (including any amendments thereof heretofore made) which shall apply to this supplemental pension system are the following sections of Act 929: Article VI, Section 16 (entitled Termination of Employment Ineligibility - Return of Contributions); Section 17 (entitled Payment of Return of Contributions); Section 18 (entitled Designation of Severance Beneficiary); Article V, Section 6 (entitled Refund of Erroneous Contributions); Article VII, Section 1 (entitled Liabilities of Employee Members to Fund); Section 2 (entitled False Representations); Section 3 (entitled Exemptions); Section 4 (entitled Members in Armed Forces); and Section 24 (entitled Repeal and Amendment Reservation); the provisions of Article IV, Section 8 (entitled Re-employment) provided, however, that anything in Section 18 (or any other section) of Act 929 to the contrary notwithstanding, contributions made by any deceased employee member to the supplemental pension system during his or her life shall not be payable to any person if anyone receives any benefit under Act 929 on account of the death of such deceased employee member. In the event of the death of any such fireman or policeman where no benefits are to be received under Act 929 as provided in the last clause of the last preceding sentence, and further where no benefits are payable to his or her widow or child or children under the supplemental pension system, then contributions made by such fireman or policeman to the supplemental pension system less one half of the disability benefits paid such fireman or policeman under Section 45-37A-51.06 together with contributions made by such fireman or policeman to the board of managers of the general retirement and relief system created by Act 929, and which shall be received by the board of managers of the supplemental pension system by virtue of being designated as severance nominee as provided in Section 45-37A-51.11, shall be paid to the severance nominee, if any, designated to receive return of contributions made by such fireman or policeman under the supplemental pension system, and if no such severance nominee is designated, then to the relatives of the fireman or policeman as provided in Section 18 of Act 929. In the event pension benefits accrue and will be payable to a widow or child or children under Section 45-37A-51.11, creating the supplemental pension system, then contributions made to the board of managers of the general retirement and relief system subject to return shall, anything contained in Act 929 or in the act creating the supplemental pension system to the contrary notwithstanding, be paid to the board of managers of the supplemental pension system. It is intended that Section 18 of Act 929 shall be adopted by reference only to the extent that it does not conflict with, nor shall it in any event be applied so as to conflict with or to be contrary to, provisions of the two last preceding sentences of this section. Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no return of contributions to anyone, subsequent to a retirement by a fireman or policeman under Section 45-37A-51.07 or a service retirement under Act 929 theretofore made to the supplemental pension fund by such fireman or policeman so retired. Any contributions, returnable to anyone hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of any unpaid indebtedness due to either or both this supplemental pension fund and a pension fund established under Act 929 by the employee member making such contributions and there shall be paid by this supplemental pension system to the pension fund established under Act 929 the amount of any unpaid indebtedness due it by such employee member and not payable from contributions made by such member to the pension fund under Act 929 because of the insufficiency of the amount of such returnable contributions. Any provision of this section notwithstanding, any fireman or policeman who retires with 30 years of credited service under the general retirement and relief system before having accrued 20 years of credited service under the supplemental pension system shall be entitled to a return of contributions, less one-half of any disability payments made.
Ala. Code § 45-53-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-100
Section 45-53-100 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing on June 1, 1997, the members of the Perry County Board of Education shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the public school fund of the county.

(b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent members of the Perry County Board of Education, the annual salary for the members of the Perry County Board of Education shall be increased by two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) and an annual expense allowance of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) shall be provided, payable in equal monthly installments from the public school funds of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall become null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-42-170.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-170.03
Section 45-42-170.03 Licensing and Operation of Junkyards
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45­42­170 but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license to do so from the county commission through the county license commissioner or other like official. No license shall be granted except for those junkyards which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the highway. The operation of an unlicensed junkyard required to be licensed pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance.

(b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards within the limits defined in this subpart, and may revoke the licenses at any time a junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this subpart, and shall charge a license fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100) payable each fiscal year. This license fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23­1­244. All licenses issued under this subpart shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Licenses may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-26-141.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-141.06
Section 45-26-141.06 Establishment of Districts
Status: in_force

The association may, after approval by a majority vote of member departments in good standing, establish and define the boundaries of one or more districts within the boundaries of the county for purposes of collection and distribution of the fire protection fee. Upon creation of a district or districts, the association shall, within a reasonable period of time, file in the office of the judge of probate a description or map clearly showing the boundaries of the districts. Municipalities may establish their own districts at the discretion of the governing body of each municipality. Municipal districts shall include the corporate limits and police jurisdiction unless the governing body of the municipality elects not to provide fire protection services in the police jurisdiction and notifies the association, in writing, for purposes of collection and distribution of the fire protection fees. Any area within the corporate limits of the City of Prattville and any area in the police jurisdiction served by the fire department of the City of Prattville shall be excluded from this part.
Ala. Code § 45-51-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-242.04
Section 45-51-242.04 Redistricting of Council Districts
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any redistricting of city council districts necessitated by any annexation, herein provided for, shall not occur until after publication of the 1980 Decennial Federal Census. Within six months after the publication the mayor shall submit to the council a recommended plan for redistricting the council districts.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.04
Section 45-37A-51.04 Membership
Status: in_force

(a) The following shall be members of the supplemental pension system hereby created: Members of the fire department or police department of the city who belong to the general retirement and relief system, created by Act 929 on whose account the city makes no contribution or pays no tax, to the United States of America under the federal Social Security Act.

(b) As used in this subpart these terms have the meanings here given them:

(1) ACT 556 CREDITABLE SERVICE. A member’s service with the city during the period while the salary deductions of Section 45-37A-51.05 applied to him or her and also his or her service with the city during any period while salary deductions did not apply to him or her, provided he or she exercises the option subsection (d) or (e) accords him or her to have his or her service during the last mentioned period counted as Act 556 creditable services.

(2) BENEFIT. A benefit payable under this subpart to a member or to any person because of such person’s relation to a member.

(3) DEPENDENT. A person receiving a benefit on account of such person’s relation to a member.

(4) MEMBER. A member of the pension system established by this subpart.

(5) NONCREDITABLE SERVICES. A member’s service with the city during any period while the salary deductions of Section 45-37A-51.05 did not apply to him or her, provided however, that his or her service during such period shall not be considered noncreditable service after he or she has exercised the option subsection (d) or (e) accords.

(c)(1) It is the intention of the Legislature that this subsection shall not result in the reduction of any benefit payable to a member retiring prior to the date on which this subsection becomes applicable to the city or in the reduction of any benefit payable to the dependent of any such member, and shall be applicable only to those members who became members of the system after January 1, 1973. To achieve such intention it is hereby provided that this subsection shall not apply to any benefit the payment of which begins prior to the date whereon this subsection becomes applicable. All benefits the payment of which begins after the date whereon this subsection becomes applicable shall be subject to this subsection.

(2) In determining the amount of any benefit subject to this subsection, with the aforementioned exceptions, the board of managers shall consider only Act 556 creditable service as defined in subsection (b).

(d)(1) As used in this subsection these terms have the meanings herein given them:

a. FUTURE MEMBER. One who becomes a member subsequent to the effective date of this subsection.

b. LIABILITY FOR DEFICIENCY OF SALARY “DEDUCTIONS.” Liability to the fund resulting from his or her converting his or her noncreditable service to Act 556 creditable service under this option.

c. PRESENT MEMBER. A person who is a member on the effective date of this subsection.

d. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION. The date whereon this subsection becomes applicable to the city.

d. THIS OPTION. The option for which this subsection provides.

(2) A member’s liability for deficiency of salary deductions shall be the sum of the following:

a. The amount which such member would have paid to the fund during all the period of his or her noncreditable service if during all of that period his or her salary had been that of a firefighter, in the case of a fireman or that of a patrolman, in the case of a policeman, at the time such noncreditable service accrued, and if such salary had been subject to the salary deduction provided for herein; and

b. Interest at the rate of six percent per annum on each separate salary deduction such member would have paid to the system had he or she been a member during all his or her noncreditable service, which interest shall be calculated for the period beginning on the dates on which the respective salary deductions would have been paid, had he or she been subject to the salary deduction provisions during all his or her noncreditable service, and ending on the date whereon the member discharges his or her liability for salary deductions by payment or executes the promissory note, provided for below, evidencing such liability.

(3) A present member shall exercise this option by doing one of the following not later than the ninetieth day subsequent to the effective day of this subsection: (i) by paying the fund in full the amount of his or her liability for deficiency of salary deductions which amount shall be determined in the manner below prescribed in this subsection, or (ii) by delivering to the board of managers a promissory note executed by him or her payable to the order of the fund evidencing his or her obligation to pay to the fund the amount required to discharge his or her liability for deficiency of salary deductions, which note shall provide for the interest and maturity date below prescribed. A future member shall exercise this option not later than the ninetieth day subsequent to the day on which he or she becomes a member of the system by discharging his or her liability for the deficiency amounts or executing the promissory note evidencing his or her liability within that period.

(4) The governing body of the city shall prescribe the rate of interest which the promissory note will require the member to pay on the unpaid balance of his or her liability for deficiency or salary deductions and shall prescribe the installments in which the note shall be payable, the last of which installment shall be payable not more than five years subsequent to the date whereon the note is executed.

(5) The city shall pay to the fund an amount equal to any amount contributed by a member under this subsection.

(e) New participants. Credit for service with the county or other municipality and with the city as a temporary employee. In the event a member employee becoming a participant, herein on or after July 1, 2007, shall have, prior to becoming a member, been employed (i) by the county under a merit system applicable to the county, (ii) by any other municipality in the county under the merit system applicable to such municipality, or (iii) by the city under the merit system applicable to the city as a temporary employee, he or she may receive credit for the prior service by paying to the city director of finance within 90 days after becoming a member an amount to be determined as follows:

(1) There shall first be determined the higher of the salary paid the member each month of the prior service by the city or by the county or such other municipality; or the amount which such member would have paid to the fund during all the period of his or her prior service if during all of that period his or her salary had been that of a firefighter, in the case of a fireman or that of a patrolman, in the case of a policeman, at the time such noncreditable service accrued, and if such salary had been subject to the salary deduction provided for herein.

(2) There shall then be computed the contribution which would have been deducted if the member had received such salary from the city as a member hereunder, the contribution and deduction being determined in accordance with this subpart on the date he or she became a member in the system.

(3) There shall then be determined the total of deductions at the rate of 10 and one-quarter percent to 15 percent based upon the rate of total of all contributions to be paid determined by the current actuarial evaluation for the year for a newly hired employee from the date they would have been made if the member had received such salary as a participant to the date he or she actually became a member in the system calculating each separate salary deduction such member would have paid to the system had he or she been a member during all his or her prior service, which interest shall be calculated for the period beginning on the dates on which the respective salary deductions would have been paid, had he or she been subject to the salary deduction provisions during all his or her prior service, and ending on the date whereon the member discharges his or her liability for salary deductions by payment.

(4) The total of all of the contributions which would have been made plus interest at the rate of six percent per annum as both are determined in this section, shall be the amount payable.

(5) The member desiring credit for service with the county or other municipality and with the city as a temporary employee shall pay the total actuarial percentage of contributions plus interest for the cost of the credited service benefit.

(6) The new participant is limited to purchasing a maximum of five years service.

(7) Any time purchased may not be used for the purposes of acquiring rights under the DROP plan.

(8) As used in this subsection these terms have the meanings herein given them:

a. FUTURE MEMBER. One who becomes a member subsequent to the effective date of this subsection.

b. LIABILITY FOR DEFICIENCY OF SALARY DEDUCTION. Liability to the fund resulting from his or her converting his or her prior service to this subpart creditable service under this option. The present member desiring such credit shall exercise the option set forth in this subsection no later than the ninetieth day after September 1, 2007 or if a future member subsequent to September 1, 2007, then by the ninetieth day upon which he or she becomes a member of this system.

c. PRESENT MEMBER. A person who is a member on the effective date of this subsection.

d. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION. The date whereon this subsection becomes applicable to the city.

e. THIS OPTION. The option for which this subsection provides.
Ala. Code § 45-15-241.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-241.03
Section 45-15-241.03 Application of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state lodging tax; and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this part when applied to the tax levied by this part, shall apply to the levied tax. The Commissioner of Revenue and the Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the district taxes levied as imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable to this part, to the taxes levied, and to the administration of this part are incorporated herein by reference and made a part as if fully set forth.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.184 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.184
Section 45-8A-23.184 Accounting Control of Purchases
Status: in_force

All purchases made by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, board, or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department, board, or agency a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services for which the contract or order is to be issued.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.51 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.51
Section 45-20-242.51 Privilege License and Excise Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The special county taxes levied pursuant to this subpart shall be privilege license and excise taxes in substance as follows:

(1) Upon every person, firm, or corporation (not including the State of Alabama or the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or ABC stores) engaged or continuing within the county in the business of selling at retail any tangible personal property whatsoever, including merchandise and commodities of every kind and character (not including, however, bonds or other evidence of debt or stocks), an amount equal to one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of the business except where a different amount is expressly provided herein. Any person engaging or continuing in business as a retailer and wholesaler or jobber shall pay the tax required on the gross proceeds of retail sales of such businesses at the rates specified, when his or her books are kept so as to show separately the gross proceeds of sales of each business, and when his or her books are not so kept he or she shall pay the tax as retailer, on the gross sales of the business.

(2) Upon every person, firm, or corporation engaged or continuing within the county in the business of conducting or operating places of amusement or entertainment, billiard and pool rooms, bowling alleys, amusement devices, musical devices, theaters, opera houses, moving picture-shows, vaudevilles, amusement parks, athletic contests, including wrestling matches, prize fights, boxing and wrestling exhibitions, football and baseball games (including athletic contests conducted by or under the auspices of any educational institution, or any athletic association thereof, or other association whether such institution or association be denominational, a state, county, or a city school, or other institution, association, or school), skating rinks, race tracks, golf courses or any other place at which any exhibition, display, amusement, or entertainment is offered to the public or place or places where an admission fee is charged, including public bathing places, public dance halls of every kind and description, conducted or carried on within the county, an amount equal to one percent of the gross receipts of any such business.

(3) Upon every person, firm, or corporation engaged or continuing within the county in the business of selling at retail machines or machinery used in mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property, and the parts of such machines or machinery, attachments, and replacements therefor which are made or manufactured for use on or in the operation of such machines or machinery, and which are necessary to the operation of such machines or machinery, and are customarily so used, an amount equal to one-half of one percent of the gross proceeds of the sale of such machines or machinery, attachments, parts, and replacements therefor.

(4) Upon every person, firm, or corporation engaged or continuing within the county in the business of selling at retail any automotive vehicle or truck trailer and semitrailer, an amount equal to one-half of one percent of the gross proceeds of the sale of the automotive vehicle or truck trailer and semitrailer. Provided, that where any used automotive vehicle or truck trailer or semitrailer is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment of the sale of a new or used vehicle, the tax levied herein shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle sold less a credit for the used vehicle taken in trade.

(5) An excise tax may be imposed on:

a. The storage, use, or other consumption in the county of tangible personal property purchased at retail, for storage, use, or other consumption in the county, at the rate of one percent of the sale price of such property, regardless of whether the retailer is or is not engaged in business in the county or in this state, except as provided in paragraphs b. and c.

b. The storage, use, or other consumption in the county of any new or used automotive vehicle, truck trailer or semitrailer purchased at retail for storage, use, or other consumption in the county, at the rate of one-half of one percent of the sales price of such automotive vehicle, truck trailer, or semitrailer. Where any used automotive vehicle or truck trailer or semitrailer is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or used vehicle, the tax levied shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the difference in the price of the new or used vehicle sold less a credit for the used vehicle taken in trade.

c. The storage, use, or other consumption in the county of any machines or machinery used in mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property, including the parts of such machines or machinery, attachments, and replacements therefor which are made or manufactured for use on or in the operation of such machines or machinery, purchased at retail for storage, use, or other consumption in the county, at the rate of one-half of one percent of the sales price of such machines or machinery or the parts, attachments, or replacements therefor.

(b) There shall be exempted from the levy of such taxes the gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are exempted under the state sales tax statutes from the computation of the amount of the state sales tax. And there shall also be exempted from the levy the storage, use, or other consumption of property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is exempted under the state use tax statutes from the state use tax. Subject to these exemptions, every person storing or using or otherwise consuming in Covington County tangible personal property purchased at retail shall be liable for the tax imposed, and the liability shall not be extinguished until the tax has been paid by such person; provided, however, that a receipt from a registered seller given to the purchaser of any property to be used, stored, or consumed in Covington County shall be sufficient to relieve the purchaser from further liability for the tax to which such receipt may refer. The term “registered seller” means the person registered with the State Department of Revenue pursuant to the state sales tax statutes. The term “state sales tax statutes” means Chapter 23 of Title 40, which levies a retail sales tax for state purposes and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed therein. The term “state use tax statutes” means Article 2 of Chapter 23, Title 40.

(c) For the purpose of this subpart, the location of the place of business of the seller shall determine the liability of the seller for the tax levied under the subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-49-235.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-235.09
Section 45-49-235.09 Failure to Appear
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this part, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law.

(b) Failure to appear after notice of the appearance date shall be prima facie evidence that the failure to appear was willful. Whether the person was warned when released of the penalties for failure to appear, shall be a factor in determining whether the failure to appear was willful. The district attorney or any assistant district attorney, shall initiate prosecution for violation of this section by making affidavit for a warrant to be issued by any officer authorized to issue warrants. The person who failed to appear shall be arrested and shall be brought before a judicial officer in the county as are other misdemeanor prosecutions.

(c) A defendant may be convicted under this section, even if he or she has not received actual notice of the appearance date, if: (1) reasonable efforts to notify the defendant have been made; and (2) the defendant, by his or her own actions, has frustrated the receipt of actual notice.
Ala. Code § 45-32-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-170
Section 45-32-170 Board of Health Fees
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the respective health department which collected such fees.
Ala. Code § 45-57-244.36 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-244.36
Section 45-57-244.36 Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who fails to pay the tax herein levied within the time required by this subpart, in addition to the tax, shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax due, together with interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof, from the date at which the tax herein levied became delinquent, that is, due and payable, the penalty and interest to be assessed and collected as part of the tax. Provided the county commission, if a good and sufficient reason is shown, may waive or remit the penalty of 10 percent or a portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-42-162.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-162.09
Section 45-42-162.09 Duties of Mayor and Commission
Status: in_force

The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the commission and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law. A mayor pro tem shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote of the commission at its first meeting following its election. The mayor pro tem shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the mayor pro tem. Any vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the commission at a meeting of the commission within 30 days following the date of the vacancy. The election of a new commissioner shall require the affirmative vote of at least five members. A vacancy in one of the district commission seats shall be filled by a person who shall reside within the district from whence the vacancy arose.
Ala. Code § 45-1-235.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-235.04
Section 45-1-235.04 Claim of Property
Status: in_force

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasonable expenses incurred in the recovery of the property, its maintenance, storage, and a pro rata share of the costs, if any, of publication of notice of the sale of the property.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-500.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-500.02
Section 45-37A-500.02 Increase to Ad Valorem School Tax
Status: in_force

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

(1) ALABAMA CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended.

(2) CITY. The City of Trussville, Alabama.

(3) CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Trussville.

(4) SCHOOL BOARD. The Trussville City Board of Education.

(5) SCHOOL FUNDING PROPOSAL. The proposal to increase the rate at which the Special School Tax is authorized for levy and collection to a maximum rate, for any tax year of the city, which is equal to one dollar ninety-nine cents ($1.99) on each one hundred dollars (19.9 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, an increase of up to one dollar twenty-nine cents ($1.29) on each one hundred dollars (12.9 mills on each dollar) of assessed value to be used for public school purposes.

(6) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX. The ad valorem tax authorized by Section 216.04 of the Alabama Constitution and an election held in the city on February 25, 2014, to be levied and collected on taxable property in the city at the rate of seventy cents ($0.70) on each one hundred dollars (7 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(b) The city presently levies and collects the special school tax at the rate of seventy cents ($0.70) on each one hundred dollars (7 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the city council after a public hearing in accordance with Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution, and at the request of the school board, the city has made and adopted the school funding proposal.

(c) Pursuant to Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution and a resolution adopted by the city council after a public hearing, the school funding proposal is hereby approved and the city council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the special school tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar ninety-nine cents ($1.99) on each one hundred dollars (19.9 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, an increase of up to 12.9 mills on each dollar of assessed value to be used for public school purposes.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special school tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution.
Ala. Code § 45-3-171.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-171.20
Section 45-3-171.20 Hearings on Unsafe Structures; Orders; Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with the objections to the finding by the city governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the city governing body until a determination thereon is made by the city governing body. The hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request. In the event that no hearing is timely requested, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be demolished. The demolition may be accomplished, at the option of the city, by the use of its own forces or it may provide by contract for the demolition. Compliance with the competitive bid laws are not required. The city shall have authority to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition.

(b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 10 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the clerk of the city and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein. The clerk of the city shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the clerk of the court a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body in proceedings, and trials shall be held without jury upon the determination of the governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance.
Ala. Code § 45-46-231.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-231.01
Section 45-46-231.01 Service Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other fees imposed by law, an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be assessed for delivery by the sheriff of any summons or other pleadings filed in all civil and criminal cases in the circuit court or district court of the county.

(b) The fee imposed by this section shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.

(c) The fee imposed by this section, when collected by the sheriff, shall be paid into the Marengo County General Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-43-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-40
Section 45-43-40 Branch Banking
Status: in_force

Any bank, either incorporated or unincorporated, whose principal place of business is located in Lowndes County shall have the power to establish, to maintain, and to operate within the limits or boundaries of the county one or more branches or branch banks, branch offices, branch agencies, additional offices, or branch places of business for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, lending of money, and the conduct of a general banking business, provided that such bank, before establishment of any such branch or branches, shall first secure the written consent of the State Superintendent of Banks.
Ala. Code § 45-45-110.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-110.02
Section 45-45-110.02 Meeting Days
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Registrars of Madison County shall meet at the county courthouse for the purpose of registering voters on the first Monday in each month, and may also meet an additional 220 days in each calendar year any place in the county that it may select.

(b)(1) At any meeting of the board applications for registration shall be taken from persons residing anywhere in the county. The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Madison County, or the governing body of any city in Madison County, in its discretion, may employ clerical assistants for the board, fix their compensation, and provide for the payment thereof from the general fund of the county or city.

(2) The board shall meet for the purpose of purging the lists of registered voters and holding hearings thereon at the times now prescribed by law. In addition, the board may purge names from the lists of registered voters at any time the board is in session provided a hearing is held in case the person whose name is proposed to be stricken from the registration lists has become a nonresident of the county or has been convicted of any offense mentioned in Section 182 of the Constitution, and written notice of the hearing and the date thereof is given by the board to such person by first class mail at his or her last known address at least 30 days before any election and a copy of the notice is forwarded to the sheriff of the county for personal service upon such person within at least five days after receipt thereof by him or her, which service must be returned by the sheriff within 10 days after receipt thereof by him or her.

(c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not inconsistent herewith.
Ala. Code § 45-52-30.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-30.03
Section 45-52-30.03 Barbers’ Commission - Compensation of Members; Office Space, Furnishings, Etc.; Records; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the commission shall receive as full compensation for each day actually spent in the work of the commission the sum of ten dollars ($10) per day and his or her actual and necessary expenses thereby incurred. The commission shall appoint and at its pleasure discharge, a secretary and a treasurer and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to discharge the duties imposed by this article. The treasurer so appointed shall be required to enter into a bond to be approved by the commission in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) conditioned to pay any shortage or loss of funds on hand by the treasurer during his or her term of office or at the time that he or she is holding office. The commission shall outline the duties and fix the compensation of the treasurer.

(b) The commission shall obtain such office space, furnishings, and other proper conveniences as shall be reasonably necessary for carrying out this article. The principal office of the commission shall be located in the City of Decatur. The commission shall adopt a seal with such design as it may prescribe, engraved thereon, by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. The commission shall make appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the office of the commission and for the purpose of carrying out this article. In addition thereto, the commission is empowered to make reasonable inspection of the barbers and barber shops of Morgan County to the end that they observe proper methods of sanitation and sterilization in and about the conduct of their business.

(c) Copies of all records and papers in the office of the commission duly certified and authenticated by its seal shall be received in evidence in all courts with like effect as the original. All records kept in the office of the commission under authority of this article shall be open to public inspection under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the commission. All fees and charges collected by the commission under this article, shall be paid into the treasury of the commission; the funds shall be used and kept exclusively in the hands of the treasurer of the commission, and shall be used under the direction of the commission, not inconsistent with this article. Funds may be disbursed by an order of the commission on a check being drawn by the treasurer against such funds, as may be on hand, and approved by the chair for the purpose of paying all expenses incurred by the commission, including the compensation of members and their employees and their assistants and the treasurer, provided the total expenses for every purpose incurred shall not exceed the total fees and charges collected and paid into the treasury of the commission, and all monies remaining in the separate fund at the end of the fiscal year not expended as herein provided, shall become a part of the funds of the commission and shall be retained by the commission and may be deposited in any bank or savings account or otherwise.
Ala. Code § 45-24-82.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-82.30
Section 45-24-82.30 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

Any and all revenues generated, either directly or indirectly, due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be paid directly into the general fund of the county. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-41-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-243
Section 45-41-243 Taxes and Fees Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The Lee County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to levy, at their discretion, and collect or provide for the collection of additional taxes and fees outside the city limits of Auburn and Opelika as follows:

(1) A cigarette tax.

(2) A beer tax.

(3) A soft drink tax.

(4) A solid waste disposal fee or a garbage fee on residents of the county who do not contract for private garbage disposal. Such fee shall be collected by use of the property tax books. Any owner of rental property shall pay the fee on any property he or she owns. Mobile home owners shall pay the fee at the time they buy their tags or decals.

(b) The county commission is also authorized and empowered to adjust filing fees and license fees in the county.

(c) The revenue from the taxes and the increase in fees herein authorized shall be deposited into the county general fund to be used in the manner prescribed by the county commission.

(d) Before imposing any tax or fee provided for in subsections (a) and (b), the county commission shall publish a copy of the proposed tax or fee in the Opelika-Auburn News, the Auburn Bulletin, and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer at least 30 days prior to its enactment. The county commission is further authorized to conduct public hearings and conduct advisory referendum elections on any profound tax or fee provided for in subsections (a) and (b).
Ala. Code § 45-40-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-245
Section 45-40-245 Applicability
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only to Lawrence County.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.08
Section 45-8-150.08 Bingo Games - Equipment; Prize and Conduct Limitations
Status: in_force

(a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented at a reasonable rate by the permit holder, except as otherwise provided in this article.

(b)(1) Prizes awarded by any organization for the playing of bingo games during a bingo session shall not be less than 50 percent of the gross receipts in cash or gifts of equivalent value during the bingo session.

(2) The maximum amount of prize money that may be paid in any one week for all games during the week shall be not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(c) A permit holder shall display its bingo license conspicuously at the location where the bingo game is conducted.

(d) In any advertisement for bingo, the permit holder shall indicate the purposes for which the net proceeds will be used by the permit holder.

(e) A permit holder shall conduct bingo games only at the single location specified in the application of the permit holder. Any video or audio broadcast of bingo from that location shall be performed in accordance with all state and federal laws relating to the broadcasting of gambling events, and any proceeds received by the permit holder as a result of the broadcast shall be considered part of the gross proceeds of the bingo session which is broadcast.

(f) A permit holder shall not conduct more than six bingo sessions during any one calendar week and no session shall exceed 10 hours.

(g) The same organization shall not be issued a permit more than once annually and no session shall exceed 10 hours.

(h) No person under the age of 19 years shall be permitted to play, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, any game or games of bingo conducted pursuant to any permit issued pursuant to this article. No person under the age of 19 years shall be permitted to conduct or assist in conducting any game of bingo or other related activity in the location where the bingo games are conducted.
Ala. Code § 45-38-141.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-141.15
Section 45-38-141.15 Validity of Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this part, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorporated, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed, the attempted incorporation of such public corporation with respect to which such a certificate of incorporation has been filed shall be and hereby is validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity in the procedure for incorporation of such corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(1) The failure of the judge of probate in whose office such certificate of incorporation was filed to examine such certificate of incorporation or to enter an appropriate order with respect thereto.

(2) The inclusion in the certificate of incorporation of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to such corporation.
Ala. Code § 45-54-242.84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-242.84
Section 45-54-242.84 Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing within the county a business that is subject to the tax levied in Section 45–54–242.82, shall add to the sales price or admission fee, and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee, the amount due by the taxpayer on the sale or the admission. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the additional tax levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or person paying the admission fee the amount of tax required to be added to the sale or admission price and collected from the purchaser. Also, it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount of the tax collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the tax or any portion of the tax.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.04
Section 45-35A-54.04 Duties of City Manager and Mayor
Status: in_force

If a city manager for such city is not employed the mayor and president of the city commission shall devote his or her full time to the duties of the office. If a city manager is employed then the mayor and president of the city commission shall devote such time daily as may be necessary to perform the duties of the office, and each associate member of the commission shall devote such time daily as may be necessary to perform the duties of the office. The mayor shall have general supervision and control of all other offices and of the affairs of the city and shall have such rights, powers, and responsibilities as may be prescribed by duly enacted ordinances and resolutions of the board of commissioners, and as provided by the laws of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-40-140.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-140.02
Section 45-40-140.02 Hearing; Determination of Amounts
Status: in_force

The need for a financial charge or tax to provide forest fire protection within the county shall be determined by the county commission after a public hearing is held thereon. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by the county commission for a period of two consecutive weeks by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in Lawrence County. The advertisement shall indicate the date, time, and place of the hearing, the manner proposed to finance the fire protection program, and the part of the cost of the program that is proposed to be paid by the owners of forest lands. Any person owning forest land in Lawrence County may appear in person or by attorney at such time and place and make defense against the financial charge or tax or the amount thereof. After the hearing the county commission shall determine whether or not a need exists for such a charge or tax; and if a need is found to exist for such financial charge or tax, the county commission shall determine the amount of the financial charge or tax and enter on the minutes of the county commission an order fixing the financial charge or tax.
Ala. Code § 45-55-81.75 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-81.75
Section 45-55-81.75 Payment of Costs
Status: in_force

The initial installation costs 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 subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-45-201.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-201.02
Section 45-45-201.02 Director - Salary
Status: in_force

The salary of the director of the department shall be in the same amount and payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Madison County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector.
Ala. Code § 45-36A-105.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36A / Section 45-36A-105.03
Section 45-36A-105.03 Expiration of Terms for Board of Education Members in 2029 or 2031; Elections
Status: in_force

The terms of office of members of the Scottsboro City Board of Education set to expire in either 2028 or 2030 shall be extended by one additional year to expire in either 2029 or 2031, respectively. Successors to the offices of members of the city board of education shall be elected on the fourth Tuesday in either August 2029 or August 2031, in the year the term of the member expires, and every six years thereafter.
Ala. Code § 45-2-220.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-220.02
Section 45-2-220.02 Department of Archives and History Established; Fees and Costs
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby establishes the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History to facilitate the preservation, conservation, and accessibility of the records of Baldwin County through the operation of the Baldwin County Archives. The Baldwin County Department of Archives and History shall be a separate department of the Baldwin County government under the control of the county commission.

(b) Two dollars ($2) remaining from each three dollar ($3) additional recording fee and up to two dollars ($2) from each additional recording fee imposed by the county commission, as levied and collected pursuant to Section 45-2- 220.05, shall be paid and credited to the special funds as hereinafter described.

(c) In Baldwin County, the Baldwin County Commission may impose, by resolution of the county commission, additional court costs in an amount not to exceed three dollars ($3) which shall be assessed and collected in each criminal and civil court case in the circuit court. The court costs required by this part shall be in addition to all other court costs provided by law.

(d)(1) The filing fees and court costs required by this part shall be collected by the judge of probate and the clerk of the circuit court and shall be paid and credited to the special funds as hereinafter described.

(2) The judge of probate and the circuit clerk shall retain 10 percent of the filing fee and court costs collected by each of them and the proceeds so collected shall be deposited by the official collecting the fee and costs into two separate special funds established in a bank located in Baldwin County to be used by either or both of them for any of the following purposes:

a. Developing, implementing, or operating, or any combination thereof, an improved indexing and records management program.

b. Purchasing or upgrading equipment.

c. Necessary operations.

(3) The remaining balance shall be paid to the Baldwin County Commission and credited to a special fund to be used exclusively for establishing and operating an archives in Baldwin County.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that expenditure by the circuit clerk and judge of probate shall be used for facilitating the establishment of the archives as it relates to documents and other items in their respective offices which will become part of the archives.
Ala. Code § 45-2-22.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-22.08
Section 45-2-22.08 Compensation for Violation; Arbitration
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided for in this part, a supplier that has amended, modified, cancelled, terminated, or refused to renew any agreement; or has caused a wholesaler to resign from any agreement; or has interfered with, prevented, or unreasonably delayed, or where required by this part, has withheld or unreasonably delayed consent to or approval of, any assignment or transfer of a wholesaler’s business, shall pay the wholesaler reasonable compensation for the diminished value of the wholesaler’s business, including any ancillary business which has been negatively affected by the act of the supplier. The value of the wholesaler’s business or ancillary business shall include, but not be limited to, any good will. Provided, however, nothing contained in this part shall give rise to a claim against the supplier or wholesaler by any proposed purchaser of wholesaler’s business.

(b) Should either party, at any time, determine that mutual agreement on the amount of reasonable compensation cannot be reached, the supplier or the wholesaler may send by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice to the other party declaring its intention to proceed with arbitration. Arbitration shall proceed only by mutual agreement by both parties.

(c) Not more than 10 business days after the notice to enter into arbitration has been delivered, the other party shall send written notice to the requesting party declaring its intention either to proceed or not to proceed with arbitration. Should the other party fail to respond within the 10 business days, it shall be conclusively presumed that the party shall have agreed to arbitration.

(d) The matter of determining the amount of compensation may, by agreement of the parties, be submitted to a three-member arbitration panel consisting of one representative selected by the supplier but unassociated with the affected supplier; one wholesaler representative selected by the wholesaler but unassociated with the wholesaler; and an impartial arbitrator.

(e) Not more than 10 business days after mutual agreement of both parties has been reached to arbitrate, each party shall designate, in writing, its one arbitrator representative and the party initiating arbitration shall request, in writing, a list of five arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association or its successor and request that the list shall be mailed to each party by certified mail, return receipt requested. Not more than 10 business days after the receipt of the list of five choices, the wholesaler arbitrator and the supplier arbitrator shall strike and disqualify up to two names each from the list. Should either party fail to respond within 10 business days or should more than one name remain after the strikes, the American Arbitration Association shall make the selection of the impartial arbitrator from the names not stricken from the list.

(f) Not more than 30 days after the final selection of the arbitration panel is made, the arbitration panel shall convene to decide the dispute. The panel shall conclude the arbitration within 20 days after the arbitration panel convenes and shall render a decision by majority vote of the arbitrators within 20 days from the conclusion of the arbitration. The award of the arbitration panel shall be final and binding on the parties as to the amount of compensation for the diminished value.

(g) The cost of the impartial arbitrator, the stenographer, and the meeting site shall be equally divided between the wholesaler and the supplier. All other costs shall be paid by the party incurring them.

(h) After both parties have agreed to arbitrate should either party, except by mutual agreement, fail to abide by the time limitations as prescribed in subsections (c), (e), and (f), or fail or refuse to make the selection of any arbitrators, or fail to participate in the arbitration hearings, the other party shall make the selection of its arbitrator and proceed to arbitration. The party who has failed or refused to comply as prescribed in this section shall be considered to be in default. Any party considered to be in default pursuant to this subsection shall have waived any and all rights the party would have had in the arbitration and shall be considered to have consented to the determination of the arbitration panel.
Ala. Code § 45-16-84.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-84.04
Section 45-16-84.04 Qualifications for Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

Any individual elected or appointed as the Judge of Probate of Coffee County after June 1, 2025, shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state.
Ala. Code § 45-43-247.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-247.02
Section 45-43-247.02 Tobacco Stamps
Status: in_force

The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-50.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-50.01
Section 45-37A-50.01 Board Established; Composition
Status: in_force

An elected board of education for the City of Birmingham is established. The board shall be called the Birmingham City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of nine members, with one member being elected from each of the nine city council districts by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in the district.
Ala. Code § 45-27-244.39 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-244.39
Section 45-27-244.39 Implementation
Status: in_force

The implementation of this subpart shall become effective when the county commission receives a letter from the tax collector stating that all equipment is in place and the tax collector is ready to commence collection of the taxes pursuant to Section 45-27-244.30.
Ala. Code § 45-49-20.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-20.02
Section 45-49-20.02 Prohibited Entertainment, Attire, and Conduct
Status: in_force

The following types of entertainment, attire, and conduct are prohibited upon any premises of a licensed establishment within the unincorporated area of Mobile County:

(1) The employment or use of any person, in any capacity, in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages while the person is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing, as to expose to view any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, or of any portion of the male or female pubic hair, anus, cleft of the buttocks, vulva, or genitals.

(2) Live entertainment where any person appears in the manner described in paragraph a. or where the persons perform, or the person performs, acts of or acts which simulate any of the following:

a. Sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual act which is prohibited by law.

b. The caressing, licking, kissing, or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals.

c. The displaying of the male or female pubic hair, anus, vulva, or genitals.

(3) The holding, promotion, sponsoring, or allowance of any contest, promotion, special night, event, or any other activity where patrons of the licensed establishment are encouraged or allowed to engage in any of the conduct described in this section; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to the premises of any performance house, museum, or theater which derives less than 20 percent of its gross annual income from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Ala. Code § 45-2-41.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-41.03
Section 45-2-41.03 Termination, Modification, Etc., of Dealership Agreement - Good Cause Required
Status: in_force

No grantor, directly or through any officer, agent, or employee, may terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or amend or modify a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.
Ala. Code § 45-39-82.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-82.11
Section 45-39-82.11 Violations; Waiver
Status: in_force

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender in the program. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the district attorney to terminate him or her from the pretrial diversion program including the reason for the termination.

(b) The district attorney may waive a violation for good cause shown why the offender should stay in the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-55.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-55.01
Section 45-39A-55.01 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the Town of St. Florian, by ordinance adopted by a simple majority, may authorize and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages including permission to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages within the corporate limits of the municipality on each day of the week in the same manner as permitted on other days of the week.

(b) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the Town of St. Florian, and this section is not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to repeal any existing power or authority of the Town of St. Florian now permitted under the general laws of the state or under any local or special act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 45-39-221.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-221.02
Section 45-39-221.02 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) The tourism board shall have a board of directors composed of five directors, two of whom shall be elected by the governing body of the City of Florence, two of whom shall be elected by the governing body of the county, and one of whom shall be elected jointly by the governing body of the City of Florence and the governing body of the county. Each director shall be 21 years of age or older and shall be a resident and qualified elector of the county. Both of the directors first so elected by the governing body of the City of Florence after the organization of the tourism board shall be elected for an initial term of six months. Both of the directors first so elected by the governing body of the county after the organization of the tourism board shall be elected for an initial term of 18 months. The director first so elected jointly by the governing body of the City of Florence and the governing body of the county after the organization of the tourism board shall be elected for an initial term of 42 months. Thereafter the term of office of each director elected by the governing body of the City of Florence, the governing body of the county, or jointly by the governing body of the City of Florence and the governing body of the county shall be four years.

(b) If, at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected or appointed, the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor shall be so elected or appointed. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, whether by death, resignation, incapacity, disqualification, or otherwise, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected or appointed by the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who vacated his or her position on the board. Any director shall be eligible for reelection or reappointment.

(c) Each director shall serve as such without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties as a director.

(d) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. Whenever any notice is required by the bylaws of the tourism board to be given of any meeting of the board, a waiver thereof in writing, signed, whether before or after the meeting, by the person or persons entitled to notice, shall be the equivalent to the giving of notice. Any matter on which the board is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special, or called meeting. All resolutions adopted by the board shall constitute actions of the tourism board, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing and signed by the secretary of the tourism board and shall be recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the tourism board, under the seal of the tourism board, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 45-18-90.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-90.09
Section 45-18-90.09 Contracts with Other Authorities; Grants
Status: in_force

The board may enter into contracts with and accept grants from any other authority organized pursuant to the laws of this state or federal laws. Contracts with or grants from another authority, including, but not limited to, any authority authorized to issue general obligation bonds of this state, shall not constitute the extension of the state’s credit in violation of Amendment No. 58 or any other provision of this constitution or the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 45-57-83.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-83.40
Section 45-57-83.40 Recording Fee
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 57-8.00 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and Section 12–19–90(d), in Russell County, a recording fee shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for each marriage license issued. No instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate, and no marriage license shall be issued, unless the recording fee is paid.

(b) The county commission, by resolution, may establish the recording fee in an amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10). The recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any instrument in the probate office or for issuing any marriage license.

(c) All recording fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited by the judge of probate in an account in a bank or other financial institution doing business in Russell County. The account shall be maintained and managed by the judge of probate for the purpose of modernizing the records and record keeping of the probate office, and the funds in the account may be spent at the discretion of the judge of probate.

(d) The recording fees collected may not be used to offset the cost to the county general fund for the general operation of the probate office unless the judge of probate, at his or her sole discretion, declares the funds, or some portion thereof, to be in excess of the amounts needed for the purpose of modernization.

(e) The fees collected under this section shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 45-56-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-231
Section 45-56-231 Record of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Randolph County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s office. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, and the serial or other identifying number of the property. The records shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

(b) All abandoned or stolen property recovered by the sheriff’s office shall be stored in a suitable place to protect the property from deterioration.
Ala. Code § 45-50-245.35 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-245.35
Section 45-50-245.35 Applicability of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, promulgating rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this subpart shall apply to the tax levied under this subpart. The agency shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this subpart that are imposed on the State Department of Revenue by the state sales and use tax statutes. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes that are made applicable pursuant to this tax to the tax levied under this subpart, and to the administration and enforcement of this subpart, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this subpart as if fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-40-141.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-141.08
Section 45-40-141.08 Volunteer Fire Department Personnel; Liability of County Employees
Status: in_force

The personnel of volunteer fire departments and emergency medical technicians that are members of volunteer fire departments funded as provided for in this part shall not be considered employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a private capacity for the actions of the personnel of volunteer fire departments and emergency medical technician units.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.71
Section 45-30-240.71 Disposition of Proceeds
Status: in_force

In order that Franklin County might be able to purchase and maintain a unified and modern computerized system for county records, the proceeds from that fee prescribed in Section 40-4-5, to be limited to one dollar thirty-five cents ($1.35) per transaction, on transactions performed by the county tax assessor shall be distributed annually as follows:

(1) The first thirty-five cents ($.35) of such proceeds shall go into the county general fund for the needs as determined by the county commission.

(2) Six thousand dollars ($6,000) of the remaining proceeds shall go to the tax assessor as an expense allowance for performing the duties of such office, to be paid in equal monthly installments.

(3) The next nine thousand dollars ($9,000) of such proceeds shall be deposited in the county general fund.

(4) The next twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) of such proceeds shall be used for the upkeep and maintenance of the computer system, and thereafter.

(5) The remainder of any and all such funds shall remain in the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-31-84.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-84.07
Section 45-31-84.07 Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions
Status: in_force

(a) Following the decision of the city attorney to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the city attorney and 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 attorney 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 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 city attorney or supervising agency or personnel.

(10) To maintain a residence approved by the city attorney 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 part.

(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 attorney or his or her designee and the offender may agree to in the above-stated agreement, it being the purpose of this part to allow the city attorney 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 attorney.

The fees shall be paid by the offender to the supervising entity in a timely manner.

(22) Community service with an approved community service, charitable, or nonprofit organization. The prosecutor shall compile a list of approved organizations for each participant. Participants who wish to complete this requirement with an organization not on the prosecutor’s list shall have any such organization pre-approved by the prosecutor.

(c) If the city attorney denies an applicant admission into the program, the denied applicant shall have the right to appeal the denial to the municipal court judge. The municipal court judge shall be vested with the authority to approve an applicant in cases wherein the municipal court judge determines that denial was not appropriate and that approval would be in the best interest of justice.
Ala. Code § 45-37-21.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-21.08
Section 45-37-21.08 Transfer of Business of Wholesaler
Status: in_force

(a) Upon written notice of intent to transfer the business of the wholesaler, any individual owning or deceased individual who owned an interest in a wholesaler may transfer the business of the wholesaler to a designated member, or any other person who meets the nondiscriminatory, material, and reasonable qualifications and standards required by the supplier for Alabama wholesalers. The consent or approval of the supplier shall not be required of any transfer of the business of the wholesaler, including the assignment of the rights of the wholesaler under the agreement, to a designated member or shall not be withheld or unreasonably delayed to a proposed transferee, other than a designated member, who meets such nondiscriminatory, material, and

reasonable qualifications and standards. Provided, however, the supplier shall have the burden of proving that the proposed transferee fails to meet such qualifications and standards which are nondiscriminatory, material, and reasonable and consistently applied to Alabama wholesalers by the supplier. Provided, such designated member or transferee shall in no event be qualified as a transferee without the prior written approval or consent of the supplier, where such proposed transferee shall have been involved in any of the following:

(1) Insolvency filing of any voluntary or involuntary petition under any bankruptcy or receivership law, or execution of an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

(2) Revocation or suspension of an alcoholic beverage license by the regulatory agency of the United States government or any state, whereby service was interrupted for more than 61 days.

(3) Conviction of a felony under the United States Code, or the laws of any state which reasonably may adversely affect the good will or interest of the wholesaler or supplier.

(4) The involuntary termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance by a supplier of an agreement for good cause.

(b) The supplier shall not interfere with, prevent, or unreasonably delay the transfer of the business of the wholesaler, including an assignment of the rights of the wholesaler under the agreement, if the proposed transferee is a designated member, or if the transferee other than a designated member meets such nondiscriminatory, material, and reasonable qualifications required by the supplier for Alabama wholesalers. Where the transferee is other than a designated member, the supplier may in good faith and for good cause related to the reasonable qualifications refuse to accept the transfer of the business of the wholesaler or the assignment of the rights of the wholesaler under the agreement. The supplier shall have the burden of proving that it has acted in good faith and that there was good cause for failure to accept or consent to the transfer of the business of the wholesaler or the assignment of the rights of the wholesaler under the agreement. (Act
Ala. Code § 45-49-140.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-140.10
Section 45-49-140.10 Service Charges - Levy and Collection. (Amended by Act 2026-103)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-103, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds of a service charge which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The service charge shall be levied upon and collected from persons and properties served by the system. Such charge shall be a personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the system, and to secure the collection of the charge there shall be a lien against the property in favor of the district, which lien shall be enforceable by sale thereof in the same manner in which the foreclosure of a municipal assessment for public improvements is authorized.

(b) A property owner who owns a structure, used solely as a residence, which at the time of its original construction was situated on a county line, may avoid the payment of a service charge which is based upon the presence of such structure, if all of the following:

(1) Between January 1, 1990, and December 28, 1990, such structure was not assessed for taxes in Mobile County.

(2) Between January 1, 1990, and December 28, 1990, any homestead exemption was not claimed for such structure in reduction of taxes assessed in Mobile County.

(3) The property owner furnishes proof to the district, of an agreement between such property owner and another district or municipality located in the county within whose boundaries the remaining portion of the structure is located, to provide fire fighting and emergency medical services to such property owner’s property so long as the structure is existent.

(4) The property owner furnishes to the district all of the following:

a. An irrevocable waiver of liability absolving the district from any and all liability for failure to respond to calls for fire fighting or emergency medical services to any portion of such owner’s property contiguous to the aforesaid structure.

b. An agreement that any service charges imposed with respect to future construction on the property shall constitute a lien upon the entire property located within the district, including the property upon which the residence is situated.

(c) Subsection (b) may be applied retroactively in respect of unpaid service charges if (1) in the opinion of the board of trustees the waiving of previously imposed service charges will have no significant impact on the financial viability of the district; and (2) the district has long term debt outstanding, the aggregate amount of which is such that retroactive waiver for all properties covered by subsection (b) is no more than one-tenth of one percent of the amount of such long term debt then outstanding.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-11.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-11.03
Section 45-39A-11.03 Civic Center Authority - Powers; Officers, Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The power of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors; however, the board may delegate to one or more of its members or its officers, agents, and employees such duties as it may deem proper. The board of directors shall elect a vice chair of the board, who shall serve as chair in the event of the chair’s absence. The board of directors shall also elect a treasurer and a secretary. The same person may serve as secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may or may not be a member of the board. The treasurer shall act as custodian of all the funds, from whatever sources derived, received by the authority. The treasurer shall deposit the monies in a separate account or accounts in one or more bank or banks or trust companies which are duly qualified and doing business in the State of Alabama; provided, however, that the authority may by resolution or by trust indenture securing the issuance of bonds then authorized designate a fiscal agent or trustee who shall be a bank or trust company duly qualified to do business in the State of Alabama and upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such exceptions, if any, as may be specified in such resolution or trust indenture may authorize the fiscal agent or trustee to receive and disburse all funds applicable to payment of the sums.

(b) The treasurer of the authority shall execute a fidelity bond with a company authorized to write such bonds in the State of Alabama being surety thereon, which bond shall be in an amount approved by the board of directors of the authority.

(c) Contracts of the authority shall be executed in the name of the authority by the chair of the board of directors and attested by the secretary of the authority. Except for bonds, it is not required that the seal be impressed or printed on contracts. It is further provided hereby that, except for bonds, the board of directors may provide by resolution for a different form for the execution of contracts, and for the execution thereof by an officer or agent other than the chair and secretary. But in no event shall a contract, irrespective of its form and of the persons executing the same, be binding unless such contract was authorized or ratified by the board of directors.

(d) The authority shall have authority to hire an architect or architects and enter into contracts for their services in designing and supervising the construction of any building, civic center, auditorium, arena, convention hall, music hall, art museum, places of recreation, art exhibits, office buildings, and other structures that it shall desire to construct.
Ala. Code § 45-28-121.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-121.12
Section 45-28-121.12 Violations
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 45-2-80.81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-80.81
Section 45-2-80.81 Costs Taxes in Cases Filed in the Circuit Court or Juvenile Court
Status: in_force

In order to provide a special fund for the creation and maintenance of the library and for the purposes of judicial administration as further specified in this subpart, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, juvenile court case, proceeding on a forfeited bond bail, or a proceeding on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment of conviction in any district or municipal court to each circuit court or to the juvenile court hereinafter filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the Circuit Court or to the Juvenile Court of Baldwin County. The costs shall be collected as other costs in cases are collected by the clerk of the court and shall be paid to the Baldwin County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-29-82.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-82.70
Section 45-29-82.70 Pretrial Diversion Program Fund
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall establish a pretrial diversion program fund. All fees paid by offenders pursuant to this subpart to the district attorney shall be placed into the pretrial diversion program fund. The district attorney shall disburse 20 percent of the funds to the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit Judicial Administration Fund; the remainder of the funds shall be used to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for other law enforcement purposes. Costs associated with program administration shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, uniforms, professional or business attire, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel services, service contracts, and professional services. The district attorney may pay for services or programs for an offender while the offender is in the pretrial diversion program if special circumstances and justice dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-56-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-20
Section 45-56-20 Alcoholic Beverages
Status: in_force

(a) The Randolph County Commission, by ordinance of the county commission, may regulate the distance from a church or school that a licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may be located in the unincorporated area of the county. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall not apply to any licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board operating pursuant to a license granted before January 30, 2014, or to a licensee operating lawfully pursuant to the ordinance before any change in the location or the establishment of a school or church affecting the operation of a licensee pursuant to the ordinance. Any distance pursuant to the ordinance shall be specified from the property line of the licensee to the property line of the church or school.

(b) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may be enforced by a civil penalty levied by the Randolph County Commission not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day of violation after notice and a hearing before the county commission. In addition, the ordinance of the county commission may be enforced by injunctive relief in the Circuit Court of Randolph County.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.262 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.262
Section 45-8A-23.262 Investigations by Council or City Manager
Status: in_force

The council, the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, or agency or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
Ala. Code § 45-17-81.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-81.20
Section 45-17-81.20 Pretrial Diversion Program Fund
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for other law enforcement purposes. Costs associated with program administration shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, uniforms, professional or business attire, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel services, service contracts, and professional services. The district attorney may pay for services or programs for an offender while the offender is in the pretrial diversion program if special circumstances and justice dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-37-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-70
Section 45-37-70 Salaries
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to Jefferson County and to no other county.

(b) As used herein these terms have the meanings hereby given them:

(1) COUNTY. Jefferson County.

(2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Jefferson County, Alabama.

(c) Commencing at the next term of office, and commencing at the beginning date of each successive term of office thereafter, the annual salary of the president of the county commission is hereby fixed at sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($67,500).

(d) Commencing at the next term of office and commencing at the beginning date of each successive term of office thereafter, the annual salary of each of the four associate county commissioners of the county commission is hereby fixed at an amount which is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) less than the annual salary of the president of the county commission.

(e) All salaries provided for in this section shall be paid in the manner and at such times as county employees are paid.

(f) The annual salary of the president of the county commission and the annual salary of the four associate county commissioners now in effect shall remain the same until the expiration of the present terms of their respective offices.
Ala. Code § 45-41-236 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-236
Section 45-41-236 Police Jurisdictions of Municipalities Located Partially in Lee County
Status: in_force

In Lee County, the police jurisdiction of any municipality whose corporate limits are located partially in Lee County with exception of Notasulga, Alabama, shall not extend beyond the corporate limits of the municipality.

This section shall affect the authority of a municipality located partially in Lee County only in Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-33-50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-50
Section 45-33-50 Office Abolished
Status: in_force

In Hale County, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 36 is abolished.
Ala. Code § 45-31-130.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-130.07
Section 45-31-130.07 Accountability for Equipment; Inventory
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by the county, and he or she shall be accountable to the commission for the same at all times. The commission shall establish necessary policy 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, at all times, an up-to-date inventory containing a list of all tools, machinery, equipment, and supplies belonging to the county.
Ala. Code § 45-29-120.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-120.16
Section 45-29-120.16 Coverage
Status: in_force

All employees to which this article applies shall be covered by the merit system by one year from May 10, 1993.
Ala. Code § 45-45-243.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-243.01
Section 45-45-243.01 Disposition of Funds - Senior Citizens’ Prescription Drug Program
Status: in_force

The first twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) received by the Madison County Commission, pursuant to paragraph t. of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of Section 28-3-190, from the excise tax on beer shall be distributed monthly by the county commission to fund the Senior Citizens’ Prescription Drug Program in the county.
Ala. Code § 45-49-242.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-242.02
Section 45-49-242.02 Real and Personal Property Owned and Used by Nonprofit Businesses and Corporations as Community Centers, Recreational Facilities, Etc
Status: in_force

In Mobile County, all real and personal property owned and used as incorporated and nonprofit community centers, incorporated and nonprofit ball parks, and incorporated and nonprofit recreational facilities by nonprofit businesses and corporations is hereby exempted from county ad valorem taxation.
Ala. Code § 45-22-120.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-120.09
Section 45-22-120.09 Disciplinary Action Against Employees
Status: in_force

Any employee may be dismissed, suspended without pay, or demoted by the commission for, but not limited to, any violation of this article or whenever the good of the service will be served thereby or the employee’s work, performance, conduct on the job, or insubordinate attitude so warrants; provided, however, that no employee may be suspended without pay for more than 15 working days at anyone time or for more than 30 working days in anyone year; and provided further, that no employee shall be dismissed, suspended without pay, or demoted for political considerations other than those enumerated in Section 45-22-120.13. Any person appointed to a position who shall have secured his or her certification therefor through fraud shall be removed by the commission and shall not thereafter be eligible for examination for or appointment to any position in the county service except by unanimous consent of the commission. Elected officials of the county shall carry out this section as such provisions shall relate to employees in their respective offices. The commission may authorize any department head or other supervisory employee to carry out this section, provided, however, that any action to terminate shall only be with the prior written order of the commission. The fact and extent of any other disciplinary action taken by any department head or other supervisory personnel shall promptly be reported to the commission and a record of the same shall be kept in the personnel file of the employee affected by such disciplinary action.
Ala. Code § 45-2-22.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-22.02
Section 45-2-22.02 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 deceased individual’s ownership interest in the wholesaler under the terms of the deceased individual’s will, 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 wholesaler’s business, or has succeeded to the deceased individual’s ownership interest 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 wholesaler’s business, 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 wholesaler’s business.

(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 a 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 WHOLESALER’S BUSINESS. 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 § 45-41-72.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-72.08
Section 45-41-72.08 Payment of Costs and Expenses
Status: in_force

The costs and expenses of materials and labor used in the construction, repair, maintenance, or improvement of the public improvements, which are assessed by the county commission against property pursuant to this subpart, shall be paid to the county tax collector at the time or times as determined by the county commission, and shall be paid by the tax collector into the county treasury.
Ala. Code § 45-49-121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-121
Section 45-49-121 Merit System
Status: in_force

(a) On or before September 1, 1980, all full-time employees of the Mobile Housing Board shall be placed under the classified service of the merit system of Mobile County’s Personnel Board.

(b) The personnel director of the county shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to place any such full-time employees, who are not presently in such classified service, under such system.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-331.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-331.04
Section 45-37A-331.04 Notice of Violation
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(1) Description of the violation alleged.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) It shall be within the discretion of the trained technician to determine which of the recorded traffic signal violations are prosecuted based upon the quality and legibility of the recorded image. In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, the city may mail a warning notice to the owner.
Ala. Code § 45-37-170.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-170.02
Section 45-37-170.02 Removal or Demolition of Unsafe Structures
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Jefferson County shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when the same are found by the county commission to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause.

(b) The term appropriate county official as used in this section shall mean any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this section. Whenever the appropriate county official of Jefferson County shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in Jefferson County is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, such official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgagees of record, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the tax collector’s office, notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of such building or structure, or to demolish the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall not be less than 60 days or suffer such building or structure to be demolished by the county and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of such certified or registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. Notice of such order, or a copy thereof, shall, within three days of the date of mailing, also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, provided that if there is no entrance such notice may be posted at any location upon such building or structure.

(c)(1) Within the time specified in such notice, but not more than 60 days from the date such notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in such building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the county commission, together with his or her objections to the finding by the county official that such building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming a public nuisance. The filing of such request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the county official until determination thereon is made by the county commission. Upon holding such hearing, which hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after such request, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, the county commission, after the expiration of 60 days from the date such notice is given, shall determine whether or not such building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance. In the event that it is determined by the county commission that such building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the county commission shall order such building or structure to be demolished. Demolition may be accomplished by the county by the use of its own forces, or it may provide by contract for such demolition. The county shall have authority to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from such demolition.

(2) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at such hearing, within 10 days thereafter, may appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the appropriate county official and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein. The appropriate county official, upon receiving notice, shall file with the clerk of the court a copy of the findings and determination of the county commission in the proceedings and trial shall be held without jury upon the determination of the county commission that such building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance.

(d) Upon demolition of such building or structure, the appropriate county official shall make a report to the county commission of the cost thereof, and the county commission shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in such demolition and assessing the same against the property. The proceeds of any monies received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of demolition. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at such meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of such costs or the amounts thereof. The appropriate county official shall give notice of the meeting at which the fixing of such costs are to be considered by first class mail to all entities having an interest in the property whose address and interest is determined from the tax collector’s records on the property or is otherwise known to the official. The fixing of costs by the county commission shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and thus made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes and shall continue in force until paid. A certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county. Upon such filing, the tax collector of the county shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax and remit that amount to the county.

(e) The county commission shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land where such demolition or removal has taken place, purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where any such assessment is made against such lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person or persons authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the county for such assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to such assessment. Such assessment shall then be added to the tax bill of the property, collected as a tax, and remitted to the county.

(f) This section shall be cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which the county commission may have under any other law.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.08
Section 45-8A-20.08 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 45-8A-20.19) specified in its certificate of incorporation;

(2) To sue and be sued in its own name and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;

(3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;

(5) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to refinance existing indebtedness on, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of the authority may deem necessary in connection therewith, regardless of whether or not any such projects shall then be in existence;

(6) To lease to others any or all of its projects and to charge and collect rent therefor, and to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof;

(7) To sell, exchange, donate, or convey and to grant options to any lessee to acquire any of its projects and any or all of its properties whenever its board shall find any such action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the authority was organized;

(8) To issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers;

(9) To mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection therewith, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any thereof;

(10) To execute and deliver, in accordance with the provisions of this section and Section 45-8A-20.09, mortgages and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either;

(11) To finance (by loan, grant, lease, or otherwise), construct, erect, assemble, purchase, acquire, own, repair, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, modify, maintain, extend, improve, install, sell, equip, expand, add to, operate, or manage projects and to pay the cost of any project from the proceeds of bonds, or any other funds of the authority, or from any contributions or loans by persons, corporations, partnerships (limited or general), or other entities, all of which the authority is hereby authorized to receive and accept and use;

(12) To issue and use the proceeds thereof for the purpose of paying, or loaning the proceeds thereof to pay all or any part of the cost of any project and otherwise to further or carry out the public purpose of the authority and to pay all costs of the authority incident to, or necessary and appropriate to, furthering or carrying out such purpose;

(13) To make application directly or indirectly to any federal, state, county, or municipal government or agency or to any other source, public or private, for loans, grants, guarantees, or other financial assistance in furtherance of the authority’s public purpose and to accept and use the same upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by such federal, state, county, or municipal government or agency or other source;

(14) To enter into agreements with the federal government or any agency thereof to use the facilities or the services of the federal government or any agency thereof in order to further or carry out the public purposes of the authority;

(15) To contract for any period with the State of Alabama state institutions or any city, town, municipality, or county of the state for the use by the authority of any facilities or services of the state or any such state institution, city, town, municipality, or county, or for the use by any state institution or any city, town, municipality, or county of any facilities or services of the authority, provided such contracts shall deal with such activities and transactions as the authority and any such political subdivision with which the authority contracts are by law authorized to undertake;

(16) To extend credit or make loans to any person, corporation, partnership (limited or general), or other entity for the costs of any project or any part of the costs of any project, which credit or loans may be evidenced or secured by loan agreements, notes, mortgages, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, security agreements, assignments, or such other instruments, or by rentals, revenues, fees, or charges, upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall determine to be reasonable in connection with such extension of credit or loans including provision for the establishment and maintenance of reserve funds, and, in the exercise of powers granted hereby in connection with any project, the authority shall have the right and power to require the inclusion in any such loan agreement, note, mortgage, deed to secure debt, trust deed, security agreement, assignment, or other instrument of such provisions or requirements for guaranty of any obligations, insurance, construction, use, operation, maintenance, and financing of a project, and such other terms and conditions, as the authority may deem necessary or desirable;

(17) To acquire, accept, or retrain equitable interests, security interests or other interests in any real property, personal property or fixtures by loan agreement, note, mortgage, deed to secure debt, trust deed, security agreement, assignment, pledge, conveyance, contract, lien, loan agreement, or other consensual transfer in order to secure the repayment of any monies loaned or credit extended by the authority;

(18) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of, such officers, employees, and agents, including but without limitation to engineers, attorneys, contractors, consultants, and fiscal advisors, as the board shall deem necessary for the conduct of the business of the authority;

(19) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable;

(20) To make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted hereunder;

(21) To require payments in lieu of taxes to be made by the lessee of the project to either the authority or the city;

(22) To receive and use the proceeds of any tax levied by a municipal corporation to pay the costs of any project or for any other purpose for which the authority may use its own funds pursuant to this part;

(23) To encourage and promote the improvement and revitalization of the downtown development area and to make, contract for or otherwise cause to be made long-range plans or proposals for the downtown development area in cooperation with the city or Calhoun County;

(24) To exercise any power granted by the laws of the State of Alabama to public or private corporations which is not in conflict with the public purpose of the authority; and

(25) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers conferred by this part.

(b) All projects of the authority shall be located wholly within the corporate limits of the city and shall be in the downtown development area, which area shall be established by an ordinance of the city governing body.
Ala. Code § 45-33-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-242.04
Section 45-33-242.04 Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Status: in_force

All laws, rules, and regulations of the State Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40–25–1 to Section 40–25–28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this subpart as fully as if set out herein.
Ala. Code § 45-12-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-240
Section 45-12-240 Consolidation of Offices and Powers; Oath; Compensation
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall receive a salary of not less than the minimum salary provided by Section 40-6A-2, payable in the manner prescribed by that section. The exact amount of the salary of the county revenue commissioner shall be set by resolution of the county commission prior to the county revenue commissioner taking office.

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

(h) If either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector becomes vacant before the expiration of the term of office and before the November 1996 general election, the remaining officer shall serve in an acting capacity for the vacant office without additional compensation until the remaining provisions of this section become operative or have no further effect. If subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, become operative, the remaining officer shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected.
Ala. Code § 45-20-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-100
Section 45-20-100 Superintendent of Education
Status: in_force

In Covington County the county board of education is authorized to appoint a superintendent of education at the expiration of the term of the present superintendent. The superintendent shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the county board of education.
Ala. Code § 45-49-101.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-101.02
Section 45-49-101.02 Civil Enforcement of Violations
Status: in_force

Any county or city board of education located in Mobile County may authorize a process of civil enforcement of a school bus violation pursuant to the procedures set out in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-32-150.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-150.18
Section 45-32-150.18 Eligibility of Applicants and Licensees
Status: in_force

No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practices, shall be eligible as an applicant for any license or permit to operate a race track or a race meeting under this part, or to be connected therewith in any capacity and any association or corporation which has an officer, director, stockholder, executive, or employs any person who engages in such practices shall likewise be ineligible as a licensee, and the commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such matters in entertaining any such applications and otherwise in administering this part.
Ala. Code § 45-11-81.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-81.40
Section 45-11-81.40 Salary
Status: in_force

Effective beginning the next term of office after March 15, 2018, the Judge of Probate of Chilton County shall receive an annual salary of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any other salary, compensation, or expense allowance previously provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-36-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-100
Section 45-36-100 Election of Superintendent and Board Members
Status: reserved

(a) The Jackson County Superintendent of Education and several members of the Jackson County Board of Education shall hereafter be elected by only those qualified electors in the county who are residing outside the city limits of Scottsboro, Alabama.

(b) Any candidate for a seat on the Board of Education of Jackson County shall be a resident of the district which he or she seeks to represent and any candidate for county superintendent of education shall reside in Jackson County.

(c) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with all other laws relating to the Jackson County Superintendent of Education and County Board of Education. However, all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this section are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-57-140.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-140.03
Section 45-57-140.03 Volunteer Fire Departments; Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Status: in_force

The purposes and uses of the funds generated by this article are to enable all participating eligible volunteer fire departments in Russell County to lower their ISO ratings and to provide fire protection services and emergency medical services to the residents of the county. All eligible volunteer fire departments shall attain and maintain an ISO rating of 8/10 or below within two years after the effective date of this article. If a department fails to maintain the minimum ISO rating, then the Russell County Commission may consider consolidating that department into the remaining eligible departments and distribute its funds based on the eligible residences and commercial buildings to the acquiring departments.
Ala. Code § 45-52-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-110
Section 45-52-110 Compensation of Board of Registrars
Status: in_force

The chair and each member of the Morgan County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to a daily salary allowance from the county in the amount of thirty-five dollars ($35) per day for each day’s attendance upon business of the board. The amounts shall be paid out of the county general fund and in addition to any compensation of registrars paid out of the State Treasury and shall be paid in accordance with Morgan County Alabama Personnel Policies and Procedures.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.35 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.35
Section 45-51A-32.35 Assistance of City Attorney
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the city attorney of the city to give advice to the board of trustees in all matters pertaining to the duties of the board of trustees and the management of the fund, whenever requested to do so, and he or she shall represent and defend the board of trustees as its attorney in all suits and actions at law or in equity that may be brought against it, and shall bring all suits and actions in its behalf that may be required or determined upon by the board of trustees; and the board of trustees shall have the authority to employ such other counsel as it may see fit in such matters, and to pay out of such fund reasonable attorney’s fees to such counsel as it may employ as aforesaid.
Ala. Code § 45-39-245.47 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-245.47
Section 45-39-245.47 Use of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The entire proceeds derived by the county from the taxes herein authorized to be levied, including any income derived from the investment of such proceeds, shall be paid over and deposited, promptly upon receipt thereof, into a separate and distinct fund or account of the county, which shall be accounted for as other county funds. The governing body of the county shall cause all such proceeds, less the cost of collection provided for in Section 45-39-245.44, and any other expenses that may be lawfully payable by such governing body out of such proceeds, to be transferred and deposited, not more than 30 days after receipt thereof by the county, into the Shoals Economic Development Fund; and such proceeds shall thereafter be applied and used by the committee and the authority only for the purposes, and otherwise in compliance with all the requirements, specified, or to be specified, in Subpart 2, commencing with Section 45-17-91.20, of Part 2 of Article 9 of Chapter 17 of this title.
Ala. Code § 45-45-180.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-180.02
Section 45-45-180.02 Performance of Road-Related Services on Private Property; Compensation
Status: in_force

In no case may county personnel or equipment be permitted to perform road related services on private property where a present public need exists for the county equipment and personnel. Moreover, the personnel and equipment necessary to perform such work on private property shall not be permitted to do so unless the Madison County Commission is to be properly compensated for the road related services performed and for the road construction materials used or sold. In determining proper compensation for road related services performed and for road construction materials used or sold, all indirect costs including, but not limited to, overhead, management, and depreciation shall be included. All moneys derived from payments to the Madison County Commission for work or services performed and materials used or sold shall be expended for those purposes, and no other, set forth in Amendment 354 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, for moneys derived from the sources set out therein.
Ala. Code § 45-1-80.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-80.01
Section 45-1-80.01 Service of Process Serving Fund
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall only apply to Autauga County.

(b) The Autauga County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund is created and hereinafter referred to in this section as the fund.

(c) The Sheriff of Autauga County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process.

(d)(1) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Autauga County, a service of process fee of twenty dollars ($20) per document is imposed and shall be paid into the fund.

(2) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Autauga County, a service of process fee of twenty dollars ($20) per document is imposed and shall be paid into the fund.

(3) The court official designated in Autauga County by law for the respective courts shall collect the service of process fee designated in subdivisions (1) and (2) and remit the fees collected to the sheriff for deposit in the fund.

(e) The sheriff may use the monies generated by this section for law enforcement purposes in Autauga County, as the sheriff sees fit, including contracting with or entering into a contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for service of process of documents from the civil or criminal division of the district or circuit court. The funds shall not revert to the general fund of the county at the end of the fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 45-43-246.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-246.04
Section 45-43-246.04 Receipts; Quarterly Returns
Status: in_force

Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in Lowndes County, which storage, use, or other consumption is not exempted from the tax imposed, shall at the time of making such sale or, if the storage, use, or other consumption of such tangible personal property in Lowndes County is not then taxable under this subpart, at the time such storage, use, or other consumption becomes taxable hereunder, collect the tax from the purchaser, and shall give to the purchaser a receipt therefor in the manner and form prescribed by the State Department of Revenue. On the twentieth day of the month following the close of each quarterly period provided for in Section 45-43-246.03, each registered seller shall file with the State Department of Revenue a return for the preceding quarterly period in such form as may be prescribed by the department, showing the total sales of the tangible personal property sold by such registered seller, the storage, use, or other consumption of which became subject to the tax imposed during the then preceding quarterly period; and each return shall be accompanied by a remittance of the amount of the tax required to be collected by such registered seller during the period followed by the return; provided, that any registered seller may defer collecting the tax with respect to credit sales until collection of the proceeds of such sales and may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, but shall thereafter collect the taxes along with collection of credit sales and shall include in each quarterly report all credit collections made during the preceding quarterly period, and shall omit the taxes with respect thereto at the time of filing such report or return. Any person who has paid to a registered seller the tax with respect to the use, storage, or other consumption of tangible personal property in Lowndes County need not file a report or make any further payment of the tax, but each person who purchases tangible personal property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is subject to the tax imposed, and who has not paid the tax due with respect thereto to a registered seller, shall report and pay the tax as required by Section 45–43–246.03.
Ala. Code § 45-42-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-171
Section 45-42-171 Schedule of Fees; Rulemaking Authority; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Health of Limestone County may annually fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered, pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or of the county or State Board of Health. Any fee schedule fixed pursuant to this section shall be effective upon approval of the county commission.

(b) The Limestone County Board of Health is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary and proper for the administration of this section. Such regulations shall include but not be limited to the furnishing of services without charge to documented indigent residents, or persons of the county, and matters pertaining to payment of the fee for personal health services, permits, and inspections.

(c) All fees and receipts collected shall be paid over to the county health officer of Limestone County and deposited in a depository of the county and shall be expended for the support, maintenance, and operation of the public health services in the county.

(d) Funds collected under this section may be utilized to match funds from other available sources.
Ala. Code § 45-39-40.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-40.15
Section 45-39-40.15 Practice Requirements
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to practice barbering except in a bona fide established barbershop or school of barbering wherein the requirements of laws as to proper and sanitary practices of barbering are complied with. Provided that nothing contained herein shall apply to any school or class operated by a public school board of education or public trade school.
Ala. Code § 45-8-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-245
Section 45-8-245 Sales Tax on Spirituous and Vinous Liquors
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the authority granted in Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, in Calhoun County, there is hereby levied and shall be collected a sales tax at the rate of five percent upon the wholesale and retail price, excluding taxes, of spirituous or vinous liquors sold at retail or wholesale in the county by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, its stores, or its successors or assigns. The county tax herein levied shall be collected by the board, its successors, or assigns, from the wholesale and retail purchaser at the time the wholesale or retail price is paid. The tax shall be collected as are other taxes on alcoholic beverages and deposited into the county general fund to be distributed to the Calhoun County district attorney’s office, district attorney fund, for the operation of the office. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may withhold five percent of the tax collected under this section for costs for administration and collection not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-82.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-82.01
Section 45-17A-82.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(3) CITY. The City of Tuscumbia, Alabama.

(4) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.

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

b. Those individuals employed by the city on June 7, 2007, who have previously completed the required probationary period and been granted standing in the civil service system in accordance with Act 829 of the 1969 Regular Session (Acts 1969, p. 1510) are employees in the covered service and shall be awarded regular status in the service. Those individuals who are currently employed in the city service as civil service employees in accordance with Act 829 on June 7, 2007, but have not completed the probationary period required by this part, shall be required to complete the requirements pursuant to this part before being granted regular status in this service. These individuals shall be given credit for previous service to determine eligibility for being designated regular status employees in this service.

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

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

(6) FLSA. Fair Labor Standards Act.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(14) WORK PERIOD. The work period or workweek established by the city council for employees of the city in compliance with the FLSA, and such adjustments and changes the city council, from time to time, may make in the work period or workweek for all or some departments and their employees.
Ala. Code § 45-46-70.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.12
Section 45-46-70.12 Oaths
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the discharge of their duties each member of the board of revenue shall take the same oaths that are now required by law to be taken by the members of the Court of County Commissioners of Marengo County.
Ala. Code § 45-39-30.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-30.05
Section 45-39-30.05 Role of Lead Agency
Status: in_force

The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of all council activities.
Ala. Code § 45-35-150.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-150.02
Section 45-35-150.02 Bingo Games - Permits
Status: in_force

(a) No qualified organization or club shall be permitted to operate a bingo game unless the sheriff of the county first issues a permit to the organization or club authorizing it to do so. The permit described in this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business licenses which may be required by law, and no bingo game shall be operated until all required licenses have been obtained. A permit holder may hold only one permit and that permit is valid for only one location. The location may not be a location where any other permit holder conducts bingo sessions. A permit is not assignable or transferable.

(b) Any qualified organization or club desiring to obtain a permit to operate bingo games in a calendar year shall apply to the sheriff, on forms provided by that office, and shall pay an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100). Renewal applications shall also be filed with the sheriff. The sheriff shall refuse to grant a bingo permit to any applicant who fails to fully provide the information required by this subsection. Each applicant for a permit shall prove its length of existence and the ownership of real property in Houston County for at least the five years immediately preceding the application and provide the following information:

(1) The name and home address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a corporation, association, private club, or other similar legal entity, the names and home addresses of each of the officers of the organization or club, as well as the names and addresses of the directors, or other persons similarly situated, of the organization or club.

(2) The names and home addresses of each person who will be operating or promoting the bingo game.

(3) The names and home addresses of persons, organizations, clubs, or other legal entities that will act as surety for the applicant.

(4) The location at which the applicant will conduct the bingo games. Bingo games shall be held only on the premises wholly owned by a qualified permit holder.

(5) A statement showing the convictions, if any, for criminal offenses, other than minor traffic offenses, of each of the persons listed in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) above.

(c) Permits may be amended upon resubmission of application, surrender of permit, and payment of a twenty-five dollar ($25) fee.
Ala. Code § 45-42-200.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-200.01
Section 45-42-200.01 Seal; Oath; Bond
Status: in_force

The county license commissioner shall have an official seal of office and shall maintain a permanent office in the county. Before commencing the duties of his or her office, the county license commissioner shall take the oath prescribed by Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and shall execute bond in such penal sum as prescribed by the county governing body, giving as surety thereon a bond issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds, shall be approved by the county commission, and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Limestone County. A certified copy of such bond shall be furnished by the judge to the Comptroller. All premiums on the bond shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-49-30.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-30.05
Section 45-49-30.05 Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall meet quarterly, and at any other such time that it shall deem necessary. Meetings may be called by the chair or by a petition signed by a majority of the members of the commission. Ten days’ notice shall be given in writing prior to the meeting date.

(b) Five members of the commission must be present to constitute a quorum.

(c) Proxy vote shall not be permitted.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.70
Section 45-8A-22.70 Contributions to Fund
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-41.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-41.07
Section 45-41A-41.07 Appellate Review
Status: in_force

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 fine, 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 § 45-31-130.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-130.05
Section 45-31-130.05 Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable to Geneva County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and for the faithful accounting of all monies or property of the county, which may come into his or her possession or custody. The bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized and qualified to do business in Alabama, and be approved by the commission. The premiums thereon shall be paid by the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.22
Section 45-37-123.22 Powers and Duties of the Pension Board
Status: in_force

(a) The pension board shall be responsible for the general administration and proper operation of the plan, and shall administer the plan for the exclusive benefit of the members and their designated beneficiaries, subject to the specific terms of the plan. The pension board shall administer the plan in accordance with its terms and shall have the power and discretion to construe the terms of the plan and the act and to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration, interpretation, and application of the plan. Any determination by the pension board shall be conclusive and binding upon all individuals. The pension board may establish procedures, correct any defect, supply any information, or reconcile any inconsistency in any manner and to such extent as shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the plan; provided, however, that any procedure, discretionary act, interpretation, or construction shall be done in a nondiscriminatory manner based upon uniform principles consistently applied and shall be consistent with the intent that the plan shall continue to be deemed a qualified plan under the terms of 26 U.S.C. § 401(a) and shall comply with the terms of the act and all regulations issued pursuant thereto. The pension board shall have all powers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the pension board’s duties under the plan.

(b) The pension board shall be charged with the duties of the general administration of the plan as set forth under the terms of the plan, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) To determine all questions relating to the eligibility of employees to participate or remain a member hereunder and to receive benefits under the plan.

(2) To compute and certify the amount and the kind of benefits to which any member shall be entitled hereunder.

(3) To maintain all necessary records for the administration of the plan.

(4) To interpret the provisions of the plan and to make such rules for regulation of the plan and the administration of any benefit provided as are consistent with the act and applicable law.

(5) To establish rules and regulations for the administration of plan funds and for the transaction of the plan’s business including, without limitation, the suspension or reinstatement of benefits to missing participants or missing beneficiaries.

(6) To exercise any investment discretion in a manner designed to accomplish specific objectives related to the plan’s long-term and short-term liquidity needs.

(7) To prepare and provide active members with an annual estimated benefit statement notifying them of their estimated benefits.

(8) To prepare and provide retired members with a one-time notification of their benefit payment amounts, and to provide retired members with periodic notification of cost-of-living benefit increases which may be awarded by the pension board in any form, lump sum, or otherwise.

(9) To determine the validity of, and take appropriate action with respect to, any divorce decree, or other judicial order presented to the pension board.

(10) To assist any member regarding the member’s rights, benefits, or elections available under the plan.

(11) To, by written agreement or designation, appoint at its option an investment manager, qualified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 80b-1 through 80b-21, investment adviser, or other agent to provide direction regarding any or all of the plan assets. The appointment shall specifically identify the plan assets with respect to which the investment manager or other agent shall have authority to direct the investment.

(12) To establish an investment policy.

(13) To establish a privacy policy for the protection of a member’s personal information, subject to applicable law.

(14) To hold an annual meeting of the members at least once per calendar year and provide at least seven days’ written notice of the meeting to all members on the retirement system website or at either their place of work, last known address, or by electronic mail.

(15) To determine appropriate rules and regulations to determine how much service per calendar year is equivalent to one year of service, in accordance with Section 45-37-123.84.

(16) To develop rules and regulations, amend the plan, subject to Section 45-37-123.150, and provide for increases in benefits, subject to Section 45-37-123.151.

(17) Notwithstanding any provisions of the plan to the contrary, to amend the plan in order to comply with federal law, and any amendment shall be given full effect under Alabama law.

(18) To purchase insurance coverage in such forms and amounts as may be determined by the pension board.

(19) To provide employees of the system with health, dental, vision, and other forms of insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, tuition reimbursement, and any other benefits as determined by the pension board.

(20) To provide members of the system with voluntary life, disability, and other forms of insurance, the cost of which is paid by the member.

(21) To conduct meetings and business in person or by video conference, telephone conference, or electronic communication.

(22) To participate in emergency relief programs of the United States, the State of Alabama, and their departments, agencies, and instrumentalities.

(23) To recover costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in actions in which the pension board seeks to recover funds of the system erroneously paid to members, beneficiaries, and third parties.

(24) To authorize the plan to defend and indemnify the pension board and each of its individual members, employees of the system, and the system as a legal entity separate and distinct from the plan from any claim, action, or judgment connected with or arising from any decision, act, or omission undertaken within the scope of its or their official capacity in furtherance of the purposes for which the system is established to the extent allowed by applicable law and 26 U.S.C. § 401(a).

(25) To interplead funds into a court of competent jurisdiction when the pension board cannot determine the owner of said funds or for any other reason allowed under applicable law.

(c) Failure of the pension board to follow any provisions or procedures in the plan shall not constitute a waiver of any provision or procedure contained herein.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.02
Section 45-37A-52.02 Call of Election
Status: in_force

The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the certificate of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-36-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-180
Section 45-36-180 Department of Public Works - Created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a department of public works in Jackson County for the construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads and bridges, and the supervision of solid waste systems.
Ala. Code § 45-21-230.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-230.06
Section 45-21-230.06 Disposition of Sale Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Crenshaw County.
Ala. Code § 45-55A-101 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55A / Section 45-55A-101
Section 45-55A-101 City of Troy Investment Trust Fund
Status: in_force

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

(1) AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. Either of the following:

a. The Mayor of the City of Troy.

b. Any other officer of the city designated as an authorized representative by the council.

(2) CITY. The City of Troy.

(3) COUNCIL. The governing body of the city.

(4) FUND. The City of Troy Investment Trust Fund established by this section.

(5) PERMITTED INVESTMENT. Any of the following:

a. United States Securities.

b. Investments secured by an agency of the United States.

c. Any other investment into which municipal funds may be invested under Section 11-81-21, or any other law of this state including, without limitation, obligations into which sinking funds may be invested.

(6) TRUSTEE. The trustee of the fund.

(b) There is established the City of Troy Investment Trust Fund. On May 15, 1996, there shall be transferred into the fund the monies then held in the City of Troy Investment Fund established by Ordinance 123 adopted by the council on October 2, 1995, and holding certain proceeds derived by the city from the sale of Edge Regional Medical Center. At the discretion of the council, the fund shall also, from time to time, receive money from other sources which, when received, will become part of the trust corpus and become subject to the terms of this section.

(c)(1) The fund shall be invested only in permitted investments.

(2) The trustee shall invest or reinvest the monies in the fund in permitted investments.

(3) The trustee, at the written direction of an authorized representative, shall invest or reinvest monies from the fund in specified permitted investments.

(4) Each fiscal year, 90 percent of the income received from the fund shall be paid from the fund to the City of Troy General Fund.

(5) Each fiscal year, 10 percent of the income received by the fund shall be retained in the fund and shall become a part of the corpus of the fund.

(6) Only 90 percent of the income of the fund shall be spent, obligated, or used for any lawful purpose, unless approved by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors in the city who cast a vote in an election in which the question appears on the ballot.

(7) If approved by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors in the city who cast a vote in an election in which the question appears on the ballot, any portion of the fund may be used, spent, or obligated for lawful purposes.

(d) The city shall be reimbursed for all future costs or expenses incurred by the city related to or arising from the operation or the sale of Edge Regional Medical Center, reimbursement to be made by payment from the retained income, the corpus of the fund, or a combination thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-51.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-51.17
Section 45-35A-51.17 Working Test Period
Status: in_force

(a) Every person appointed to a position in the classified service, after certification of his or her name from a promotion list or an employment register, shall be tested by a working test while occupying such position. The period of such working test shall commence immediately upon appointment and shall continue for such time, not less than six months, as shall be determined by the director. The appointing authority shall observe the employee’s attitude toward his or her work, his or her capacity to perform the duties required of him or her, any habits which may affect in any manner the character of service performed by him or her, and his or her general dependability, during such working test period, and report to the director, periodically as required, in writing, the results of such observation. The appointing authority may remove an employee, after a reasonable test period, if in his or her opinion the employee is unable or unwilling to perform the prescribed duties satisfactorily, or if his or her habits or dependability do not merit continuance in the service, subject to the approval of the director. Notice of such removal, with the reasons assigned therefor, shall be given to the employee and the director, at the time of the discharge. No more than two employees shall be removed successively from the same position by the same appointing authority, during their working test period, without the approval of the director. The director may remove an employee during his or her working test period if he or she finds, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, that such employee was appointed as a result of fraud or error.

(b) Ten days prior to the expiration of an employee’s working test period, unless the employee has been previously removed, the appointing authority shall notify the director in writing whether the service of the employee has been satisfactory and whether he or she desires to continue the employee in his or her position, and a copy of such notice shall be given to the employee. If he or she is not to be continued in the position, after such notice the employee shall not be paid for work performed after the expiration of his or her working test period.

(c) If any employee is removed from his or her position during his or her working test period and the director determines that he or she is suitable for appointment to another position, his or her name may be restored to the list from which it was certified. If any such employee was a regular employee in another position in the classified service immediately prior to appointment and such position has not been filled, he or she shall be reinstated and if such position has been filled, his or her name shall be placed on the reemployment list.
Ala. Code § 45-21-242.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-242.15
Section 45-21-242.15 Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing within Crenshaw County in a business subject to the tax levied in Section 45-21-242.11 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the sale or admission. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or person paying the admission fee the amount herein required to be so added to the sale or admission price and collected from the purchaser, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount so collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the tax or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-46-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-243
Section 45-46-243 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) Upon adoption of a resolution by the Marengo County Commission, the county commission may impose on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Marengo County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts:

(1) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(2) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigars made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, including the cigarette-sized or near cigarette-sized cigars, but excluding single wrapped cigars.

(3) Five cents ($0.05) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette.

(4) Five cents ($0.05) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3).

(5) Five cents ($0.05) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(6) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed.

(7) Two cents ($0.02) on each single wrapped cigar made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes imposed by law and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes on tobacco, except that when the license tax required by this part has been paid by a wholesaler or seller of the products, that payment shall be sufficient. The legislative intent is that the tax shall be paid only once on each package of cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, cigars of every description, and smoking tobacco of every description, and for each package of tobacco paper, whether gummed or ungummed.
Ala. Code § 45-18-82.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-82.25
Section 45-18-82.25 Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License
Status: in_force

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on motor vehicles, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the judge of probate as provided under this subpart, until the ad valorem tax and the sales tax on the vehicle are paid in the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt of the judge of probate if the motor vehicle belongs to a resident of Conecuh County or is principally used or operated in Conecuh County.
Ala. Code § 45-42-162.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-162.17
Section 45-42-162.17 Transition
Status: reserved

(a) The transition period shall be directed by the provisions contained herein. The level of services during transition shall not be below the level of service previously provided by the respective government.

(b)(1) Not later than six months after assuming office, the commission shall adopt a plan for the reorganization of service operations on a countywide basis, so that the general service district shall receive services, (including, but not limited to: streets and roads, refuse disposal, police, parks, and recreation), which are customarily furnished by a county government in a metropolitan area, and the urban service district shall receive services, (including, but not limited to: additional police protection, additional transportation, street lighting, and street cleaning) which are customarily furnished by a city in a metropolitan area. The plan to combine services and functions should aim toward effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in the assignment of both services and functions.

(2) The governmental services and functions to be rendered throughout the general service district shall include: general administration, police, fire, courts, jails, assessment, health, welfare, hospitals, streets and roads, traffic, schools, parks and recreation, library, auditorium, airport, public housing, urban redevelopment, planning, growth management controls, zoning, electrical code, building code, plumbing code, housing code, electricity, refuse disposal, and taxicab regulation.

(3) The additional services and functions to be rendered within the urban service district shall include, but not be limited to: additional police protection, transportation, fire protection, waste water, street lighting, street cleaning, and refuse collections.

(c)(1) The first elected commission shall assume office 90 days following election. The beginning salary for each commission member shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per month.

(2) In the interim between the election and the assuming of office, the first commission is authorized to hold meetings conducted under guidelines determined by the commission, establish committees, and plan for the initial organization and staffing of the commission. Each member shall receive a sum of twenty dollars ($20) per day in which a meeting was held, during this period.

(3) All ordinances and resolutions of the City of Athens, which are not inconsistent with this part, shall be effective as the ordinances and resolutions governing the urban service district until they have been amended, repealed, or modified. All resolutions affecting Limestone County, not inconsistent with this part shall have legal effect in the general service district until repealed, amended, or modified.

(4) All local laws and general laws of local application affecting the City of Athens or Limestone County shall continue to have legal effect, unless they are inconsistent with this part. In the event that they are inconsistent, this part shall control.

(5) Within the three-year period following the effective date of this part, the commission shall systematically review the ordinances, resolutions, and local laws and general laws of local application of the former governments. All ordinances and resolutions of the former governments which the commission has not adopted, modified, or amended for inclusion in a new metropolitan code by October 1, 1990, shall be considered null and void after that date. In addition, the commission shall request that the Limestone County Legislative Delegation make a review to determine whether additional local laws should be repealed if deemed inconsistent or unnecessary to the operation of the government.

(d)(1) The first mayor shall officially assume office 90 days following the election as called by the judge of probate and his or her term of office shall be four years.

(2) Following the election, the mayor-elect shall meet with the finance, personnel, law, and planning staffs of the city and county for the purpose of proceeding with the preparation of forms, materials, and procedures necessary to the official establishment, fiscal functioning, and administrative organization of the government. The beginning salary of the mayor shall be forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) per annum.

(3) During the transition period from election to assuming office, the following provisions apply:

a. The mayor shall receive half of the regular monthly salary.

b. All employees and agencies of the former governments shall cooperate with and assist the mayor-elect, who shall be entitled to examine all records, files, and other data pertinent to a smooth transition.

c. It shall be the duty of the county, and the City of Athens to equally divide the costs to provide the mayor-elect with staff as it may deem necessary and with suitable office space.

(e)(1) When any agency of the City of Athens or Limestone County is abolished or merged by official act all assets, contracts, franchises, books, papers, maps, charts, plans, records, equipment, and other property in the possession of same shall be delivered to the agency to which its rights, powers, duties, and obligations are transferred. In case of controversy between two or more agencies as to the rightful possession of such records and equipment, the property shall be transferred to such agency as the mayor shall direct.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by this part, all existing rules and regulations of departments and agencies of the City of Athens and the County of Limestone not inconsistent with this part shall be effective as rules and regulations of the appropriate department, division, or agency of the government until they have been repealed, modified, or amended.

(3) Except as otherwise provided, all contracts, orders, leases, and other obligations entered into by the city or the county shall continue in full force and effect according to their respective terms as obligations and rights of the government.

(4) No pending action or proceeding of any nature by or against the city or the county or any agency or department shall be abated or otherwise affected by the adoption and implementation of this part. To that end, the metropolitan-government shall stand substituted as a party in lieu of the former governments.

(5) If the commission disapproves the initial organization as recommended by the mayor, the mayor shall submit a revised organization plan no later than 15 working days after disapproval by the commission.

(f)(1) The mayor shall appoint promptly and at least within 30 days after assuming office, all members of boards, commissions, and authorities authorized. Unless abolished by recommendation of the mayor and approval of the commission, all boards, commissions, and authorities of the city and the county are continued for a period of six months after the effective assumption of office by metropolitan-government. Any board, commission, or authority which has not otherwise been provided for shall cease to exist at the end of the six months unless the commission extends or creates the board, commission, or authority by ordinance or resolution where specified by general law.

(2) Boards, commissions, and authorities created by Limestone County or the City of Athens under provision of state law, including the industrial development board, who have issued bonds are continued under provisions of the state law under which they were created, with the same terms and conditions in relation to the metropolitan-government as existed with the city/county or both prior to unification. All bonds and other obligations which have been issued by such boards, commissions, or authorities shall remain the obligation of the issuing authorities and are not affected by the adoption of this part.

(3) Utility districts shall continue to be governed by general state law and nothing in this part alters the operation or bonds of utility districts, except in accordance with general state law.
Ala. Code § 45-29-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-242.20
Section 45-29-242.20 Levy and Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall only apply to Fayette County.

(b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax laws, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63.

(c)(1) The county commission may levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a one cent privilege license tax against gross sales or gross receipts which shall become effective on September 1, 2000.

(2) The gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax laws are exempt from the tax authorized by this section.

(d) The tax levied by this section shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected. On or prior to the date the tax is due, each person subject to the tax shall file with the department a report in the form prescribed by the department. The report shall set forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all the sales and gross receipts of all business transactions. The report shall also include items of information pertinent to the tax as the department may require. Any person subject to the tax levied by this section may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event the person defers reporting them, the person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the preceding month, and shall pay the tax due at the time of filing the report. All reports filed with the department under this subsection shall be available for inspection by the county commission, or its designee.

(e) Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied by this section, shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer because of the sale or admission. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or person paying the admission fee the amount required to be added to the sale or admission price. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the tax levied by this section to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of any portion of the tax.

(f) The tax levied by this section shall constitute a debt due Fayette County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. The department shall collect the tax, enforce this section, and have and exercise all rights and remedies that the state or the department has for collection of the state sales and use tax. The department may employ special counsel as is necessary to enforce collection of the tax levied by this section and to enforce this section. The department shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Fayette County.

(g) All provisions of the state sales and use tax laws with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, adopting rules with respect to the state sales and use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales and use tax laws which are not inconsistent with this section shall apply to the tax levied under this section. The State Commissioner of Revenue and the department shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this section that are imposed on the commissioner and department by the state sales and use tax laws. All provisions of the state sales and use tax laws that are made applicable by this section to the tax levied under this section, and to the administration and enforcement of this section, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein.

(h) The department shall charge Fayette County for collecting the tax levied under this section in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the commissioner and the Fayette County Commission. The charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the tax collected in the county. The charge may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the tax before certification of the amount of the proceeds due Fayette County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue shall pay into the State Treasury all amounts collected under this section, as the tax is received by the department on or before the first day of each successive month. The commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount collected and paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of Fayette County during the month immediately preceding the certification. The Comptroller shall issue a warrant each month payable to the County Treasurer of Fayette County in an amount equal to the certified amount which shall be paid into the county general fund.

(i) The proceeds of the additional sales and use tax levied by this section shall be distributed annually as follows: Forty percent to the Fayette County Board of Education and 60 percent to the Fayette County General Fund for debt reduction and not to hire new employees.

(j) Any proceeds of the sales and use tax levied by this section received by Fayette County or the Fayette County Board of Education prior to April 12, 2021, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.164 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.164
Section 45-37A-51.164 Board of Health
Status: in_force

Participants who were members of the system prior to June 1, 1994, and who made a written election to continue participation in the system are participants, subject to exception herein. No board of health employees hired after June 1, 1994, are eligible to participate in the system.
Ala. Code § 45-47-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-100
Section 45-47-100 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The members of the Marion County Board of Education shall receive an additional expense allowance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month to be paid from public school funds of the county. The expense allowance provided by this section shall be in addition to any and all other expense allowances, salary, and compensation provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-2-231.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-231.20
Section 45-2-231.20 Private Contributions to Support Official Programs
Status: in_force

The Sheriff of Baldwin County is hereby authorized to accept private contributions of money to support programs under the official auspices of the sheriff’s department. Provided, such contributions shall be expended only for operations directly related to the operation of the sheriff’s department; including but not limited to: Drug prevention, crime prevention, and education. The contributions shall be deposited into the Sheriff’s Pistol Permit Fund and audited in the same manner as other such funds are audited.