Ala. Code § 45-12-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-10
Section 45-12-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable.

(3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment.

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-49-120.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-120.17
Section 45-49-120.17 Provisional Appointments
Status: in_force

Whenever in the opinion of the director it is impossible within a reasonable time to certify eligible persons for appointment to a vacancy in the classified service, the appointing authority may nominate a person for the vacancy to the director. If such nominee is found by the director to have had experience and training which appear to qualify him or her for the position, the director may authorize the appointment of such person to such vacancy only until an appropriate eligible register can be established and appointment made there from.
Ala. Code § 45-39-221.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-221.08
Section 45-39-221.08 Earnings of Tourism Board
Status: in_force

The tourism board shall be a public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event the board determines that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses and other obligations of the tourism board, any portion, as determined by the board, of the net earnings of the tourism board thereafter accruing may be paid to the City of Florence.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-100.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-100.08
Section 45-37A-100.08 Identifying Owner of Vehicle
Status: in_force

In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, a photographic stop sign enforcement system, or a photographic vehicle speed enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity thereof cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this article. If, however, a notice of violation is issued, to the degree constitutionally allowed, those issues related to the identity of the vehicle or its owner shall affect the weight to be accorded the evidence and shall not affect its admissibility.
Ala. Code § 45-36-241.47 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-241.47
Section 45-36-241.47 Application and Renewal by Mail
Status: in_force

The revenue commissioner, near the end of each month, shall mail to each auto owner prior to the month of expiration of the current year’s tag or decal, an application form containing a space for the name and the last known address of the owner of the motor vehicle, the make, model, year, and vehicle identification number, the correct amount of ad valorem taxes (state, county, school districts, municipal, and other), and the amount of the motor vehicle license tax, the cost of tag, issuance, and handling fee. The form shall also include the final date due without penalty. The revenue commissioner shall keep a record of each application. Each year thereafter, the revenue commissioner shall send such application to each auto owner near the end of each month prior to the month of expiration of the current year’s tag or decal. Once the auto owner receives his or her application, he or she may sign the application form and return it by mail, together with his or her remittance of the total amount shown on the form, payable to the revenue commissioner’s office no later than the 25th day of the following month which is the month of expiration of the current year’s tag or decal. The revenue commissioner shall stamp said form paid and mail it along with the auto tag or decal sticker to the applicant by the 28th day of the month. The procedure authorized by this subpart for payment of ad valorem taxes or motor vehicles and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional. Each owner is obligated for payment regardless of whether or not of receiving application. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and receive his or her tag in person, without the necessity of paying the mailing fee provided for herein.
Ala. Code § 45-14-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-80
Section 45-14-80 Jail Repair Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In Clay County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of three dollars ($3) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment or conviction in any inferior or municipal court of the county, in the Circuit Court of Clay County, or the District Court of Clay County, hereinafter filed in or arising in the Circuit Court of Clay County, or the District Court of Clay County, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Clay County, or the District Court of Clay County, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk, or ex officio clerk, of the courts or the Register of the Circuit Court of Clay County, as the case may be.

(b) Such fees, when collected by the clerks or other collection officers of such court, shall be paid into the General Fund of Clay County. The county governing body shall expend the funds for maintenance or repair of the county jail. A separate fund designated as “Jail Repair Fund” shall be established by the county governing body to be used for the purpose of this section.
Ala. Code § 45-52-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-170
Section 45-52-170 Regulation of Rock Quarry Blasting Operations
Status: in_force

(a) In order to promote the health and welfare of the citizens of Morgan County and to protect the property interests of property owners in the county, the Morgan County Commission and the governing bodies of the incorporated municipalities in Morgan County are authorized and empowered to regulate and control through the issuance of permits the location of rock quarry blasting operations within the respective jurisdictions of the county commission and municipal governing bodies.

(b) The Morgan County Commission and the governing body of each municipality within Morgan County shall promulgate and implement such rules, regulations, and restrictions relating to the issuance of permits as it deems necessary, from time to time, to carry out the intent of this section. Provided, however, no permit shall be issued for the location of a rock quarry blasting operation within one and one-half miles of the campus or grounds of any school, college, church, or public park or recreation area.
Ala. Code § 45-49-235.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-235.14
Section 45-49-235.14 Appropriation of Funds
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized to appropriate such funds as, in its discretion, may be necessary to implement this part.
Ala. Code § 45-42-82.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-82.44
Section 45-42-82.44 Standards for Admission
Status: in_force

(a) The district attorney may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances:

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

(2) It is determined the needs of the state and of the offender can be met through the program.

(3) The offender appears to pose no substantial threat to the safety and well-being of the community.

(4) It appears the offender is not likely to be involved in further criminal activity.

(5) The offender will likely respond to rehabilitative treatment or counseling.

(b) The district attorney may waive any of the standards specified in subsection (a) if justice or special circumstances dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-49-160.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-160.04
Section 45-49-160.04 Payments by Credit Card
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term credit card includes any credit card, charge card, or debit card issued by any bank, foreign lender, domestic lender, or credit card bank as defined in Section 5-20-3.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any Mobile County elected official required or authorized to receive or collect any payments to state or county government may accept payment of the amount by credit card, as defined herein.

(c) This section shall be broadly construed to authorize acceptance of credit card payments by county elected officials including, but not limited to, the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner, the Mobile County License Commissioner, the Mobile County Judge of Probate, the Mobile County Commission, and the Sheriff of Mobile County. This section shall be broadly construed to authorize acceptance of credit card payments of all types of amounts payable including, but not limited to, taxes, license and registration fees, fines, and penalties.

(d) The elected officials responsible for the payment upon audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall decide whether to accept credit card payments for any type of payment. If credit card payments are accepted, the elected official may adopt reasonable policies, rules, or regulations not in conflict with this section governing the manner of acceptance of credit card payments. The elected official may enter into appropriate agreements with credit card processors or other appropriate parties as needed to facilitate the acceptance of credit card payments. The agreements may not provide for the acceptance of credit card payments at a discount from the face amount of the payments. Any agreement shall provide that it may be canceled at any time by the elected official, but the agreement may provide for a reasonable period of notice prior to cancellation.

(e) When payment is made by a credit card, the elected official choosing to accept credit cards shall require the payment of a fee by the user of the credit card to cover the costs of the office for the processing or transactional fees imposed on the transaction by the credit card company or banking institution.

(f) No person making any payment by credit card shall be relieved from liability for the underlying obligation except to the extent that the government realizes final payment of the underlying obligation in cash or the equivalent. If final payment is not made by the credit card processor or other guarantor of payment in the credit card transaction, the underlying obligation shall survive and the elected official shall retain all remedies for enforcement which would have applied if the credit card transaction had not occurred. No contract may modify this provision.

(g) An elected official who accepts a credit card payment in accordance with this section and any applicable policies, rules, or regulations of county government shall not incur any personal liability for the final collection of the payments.
Ala. Code § 45-10-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-83
Section 45-10-83 Investigators to Receive Badge and Pistol Upon Leaving Office in Good Standing
Status: in_force

(a) Any person employed as an investigator for the District Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, composed of Cherokee and DeKalb Counties, for a period of 10 years or more who leaves office in good standing, by retirement or otherwise, shall receive from the office, at the discretion of the district attorney, without cost to him or her, his or her service pistol and badge.

(b) Investigators for the District Attorney in the Ninth Judicial Circuit shall be employed under the general law pursuant to Section 12-17-220.1.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.97 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.97
Section 45-57A-63.97 Comparison of Anticipated Revenues with Other Years
Status: in_force

In the budget and budget proposal in parallel columns opposite the several items of anticipated revenues there shall be placed the amount of each item in the budget of the last completed fiscal year, the amounts of the items actually received during the last completed budget year, the amount of each item in the budget of the current fiscal year, and the amount actually received to the time of preparing the budget proposal plus receipts for the remainder of the current fiscal year estimated as accurately as may be.
Ala. Code § 45-45-201.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-201.18
Section 45-45-201.18 License Inspector - Director of License Department
Status: in_force

The license inspector for the county shall be the director of the county license department.
Ala. Code § 45-49-43.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-43.03
Section 45-49-43.03 Application - Fee
Status: in_force

At the time of filing the application for the permit required by Section 45-49-43, a fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county to cover the cost of an investigation of the facts stated therein.
Ala. Code § 45-42-140.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-140.01
Section 45-42-140.01 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments and associations which receive funds pursuant to this article are organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-11-240.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-240.34
Section 45-11-240.34 Compensation
Status: in_force

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.
Ala. Code § 45-52-233.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-233.01
Section 45-52-233.01 Contract Policing
Status: in_force

(a) Any municipality within Morgan County is authorized to enter into a contract with the Morgan County Commission for contract policing, the contract policing to be furnished by the Sheriff of Morgan County.

(b) Any municipality entering into contract with the county for contract policing shall be authorized to pay over to the county treasury a sum sufficient to provide the necessary manpower and equipment as deemed necessary by the municipal governing body and the sheriff of the county, jointly.

(c) The Morgan County Commission is authorized to receive from any municipality within the county monies earmarked for contract policing and to expend the monies only for police services in the contracting municipality.

(d) Each contract between the Morgan County Commission and any contracting municipality must be with the consent and approval of the Sheriff of Morgan County.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-100.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-100.11
Section 45-37A-100.11 Statistical Data
Status: in_force

(a) The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems or photographic stop sign enforcement systems in reducing traffic control device violations and intersectional collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.

(b) The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of automated photographic speeding enforcement systems in reducing speeding violations and collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.
Ala. Code § 45-36-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-242
Section 45-36-242 Late Payment Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any penalty heretofore imposed by law for the late payment of ad valorem taxes in Jackson County, the county commission may impose a delinquent payment penalty in the amount of two dollars ($2) per day on that portion of ad valorem taxes due to the county as prescribed on each bill of assessment distributed, as provided by law, to real property owners in the county. The additional penalty hereby imposed for late payment of the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due shall be administered and collected in the same manner as now prescribed by law for any existing delinquent payment penalties on the taxes including the placement of liens on properties on which payment of the taxes may be delinquent. It is the express intent of this section that the additional penalty herein imposed shall apply only to the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law and the additional penalty shall not be applicable to any state or local ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law.

(b) The proceeds of the additional penalty on the county ad valorem taxes imposed by this section, less costs of administration, shall be deposited to the county general fund for general county government operations.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.176 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.176
Section 45-57A-63.176 Pending Actions and Proceedings
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought by or against the city of any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government or by anything therein contained in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-35-244.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-244.07
Section 45-35-244.07 Charge for Collection
Status: in_force

(a) The Houston County Commission or its designee, for collecting the taxes levied under this subpart, may retain and deposit to the General Fund of Houston County, for general fund purposes and uses, five percent of the total amount of the taxes collected in the county under this subpart. The amount shall be in lieu of any payment to Houston County for collecting the special tax and may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the special tax before distribution of the balance of the tax as herein provided. The charge for collecting such taxes may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the taxes before Houston County or its designee issues the county’s checks or warrants each month payable as hereinafter specified in an amount equal to the amount so collected less the collection fee paid to Houston County.

(b) If the designee of the Houston County Commission is the State Department of Revenue, in that event only, the aforementioned five percent charge for collection as defined hereinabove shall be retained by the State Department of Revenue and charged against the county from the proceeds of any taxes levied under this subpart.

(c) No later than the 20th day of each month, the Houston County Commission, or its designee, after deducting five percent of the gross tax collected hereunder and depositing the same to the General Fund of Houston County, shall distribute the net tax collected hereunder as provided in Section 45-35-244.08.
Ala. Code § 45-57-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-243
Section 45-57-243 Levying Lodging Tax
Status: in_force

In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount hereinafter prescribed against every person engaging in Russell County in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations, to any transient in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist court, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration. The amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent of the charge for the rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use of rental of personal property and services furnished in the room or rooms.
Ala. Code § 45-55-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-70.01
Section 45-55-70.01 Election and Compensation of Commission Chair
Status: in_force

(a) In Pike County, the Chair of the Pike County Commission shall be elected from the membership of the commission at the first meeting of the commission after May 10, 1993. The chair shall serve until the first meeting of the commission in November of 1993. Thereafter, annually in the month of November, the Pike County Commission shall elect a chair to serve for one year. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a chair of the commission from seeking consecutive terms.

(b) The person elected as chair shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars ($5,000) payable in the manner prescribed by the county commission. The salary received by the chair shall be in addition to the salary for commissioner as compensation for serving as Chair of the Pike County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-27-231.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-231.26
Section 45-27-231.26 Disposition of Sale Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this subpart, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited in any bank located in Escambia County into a fund designated as the sheriff’s fund. The fund may be drawn upon by the sheriff and used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the discharge of the duties of the sheriff’s office at the discretion of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.102 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.102
Section 45-37-123.102 Disability Retirement Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) Disability benefit.

(1)a. Non-service connected disability benefit. Subject to subsection (b), any member who, after accumulating 10 years of paid membership time, experiences a total or partial and permanent disability as a result of a non-service connected disability shall be entitled to receive, at the time set forth in subsection (c), a monthly disability benefit determined in accordance with Section 45-37-123.100, as though the disabled member were entitled to a superannuation retirement benefit at the commencement of the disability; however, there shall be a percentage reduction of the benefit to reflect early commencement of the payment, the percentage to be based on the member’s whole years from actual eligibility for a superannuation retirement benefit, as set forth below. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the minimum monthly disability benefit payable in connection with a non-service connected disability occurring before May 17, 2021, shall be 50 percent of the monthly compensation the member was receiving at the time he or she experienced a total and permanent disability.

Number of Whole Years Until Eligibility for Superannuation Retirement Benefit

Percentage Reduction of Superannuation Retirement Benefit

1

93%

2

87%

3

82%

4

77%

5

72%

6

68%

7

64%

8

60%

9

57%

10

54%

11 or more

50%

b. Any member who, after accumulating 10 years of paid membership time, experiences a partial and permanent disability as a result of a non-service connected disability, shall be entitled to receive a monthly disability benefit determined in accordance with subdivision (3).

(2) Service connected disability benefit. Subject to subsection (b), any member who experiences a total or partial and permanent disability as a result of a service connected disability shall be entitled to receive a monthly disability benefit in an amount equal to 60 percent of the member’s monthly compensation that he or she was receiving at the time he or she experienced a total and permanent disability. Any member who experiences a partial and permanent disability as a result of a service connected disability shall be entitled to receive a monthly disability benefit determined in accordance with subdivision (3).

(3) Partial disability benefits. In the event that a member experiences a partial and permanent disability in connection with either a non-service connected disability or a service connected disability, the pension board and its medical advisor shall determine the percentage of disability suffered, and the member shall be entitled to the proportion of the amount which would have been payable if the disability were a total permanent disability.

(b) Conditions for eligibility.

(1) Disability shall be permanent. To be qualified to receive a disability benefit, the disability, whether total or partial, shall be permanent and shall be experienced on or before a member’s separation from employment with the county. Disability benefits under this subsection shall only continue for such time as a member continues to experience a permanent disability, whether total or partial.

(2) Application and medical examination. Applications for a disability benefit shall be made in writing on forms provided by the pension board. All applicants for a disability benefit shall submit to all medical evaluations and examinations required by the pension board.

(3) Certification and reexamination. All members receiving a disability benefit shall certify any information required by the pension board and shall submit to reexamination as required by the pension board.

(4) Member’s duty to inform. Members receiving a disability benefit shall notify the pension board in writing within 30 days after accepting any full-time or part-time employment, whether or not the employment is in the service of the county.

(5) Disqualification from receipt of a disability benefit. No disability benefit shall be paid if the use of intoxicating liquor, narcotic drugs, or willful misconduct of the disabled member caused, or substantially contributed to, the disability or if the cause of the disability was voluntarily and willfully caused by the disabled member.

(c) Timing of payment. Payment of disability retirement benefits provided for by this section shall commence when the member separates from employment with the county and ceases to receive his or her compensation subject to the employee contribution requirements set forth in Section 45-37-123.82 and once a determination of disability has been made by the pension board.

(d) Ineligibility for joint survivorship pension option. A member electing a disability benefit shall not be entitled to elect a joint survivorship pension provided under Section 45-37-123.101, though a member may elect a 25-year early retirement benefit if the member has met the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 45-37-123.100(b)(2).

(e) Ineligibility for disability benefit if eligible for a superannuation retirement benefit. In the event that a member is eligible for a superannuation retirement benefit pursuant to Section 45-37-123.100(a), the member shall not be eligible for a disability benefit.

(f) Reemployment with the county. No disability benefit shall be paid to a disabled member who is reemployed by the county. Upon reemployment by the county in a position subject to mandatory membership as provided in Section 45-37-123.50(1), a reemployed member shall resume employee contributions as provided in Section 45-37-123.82 as a new member of the system with no paid membership time. Upon reemployment by the county in a position subject to optional membership, the member’s membership in the system shall terminate unless the option to become a member of the system is exercised in accordance with Section 45-37-123.50(2). If the option to become a member is exercised in accordance with Section 45-37-123.50(2), the reemployed member shall resume employee contributions as provided in Section 45-37-123.82 as a new member of the system with no paid membership time.

(g) Death. If a member dies while receiving payment of a disability benefit, the return of any remaining portion of his or her employee contributions shall be governed by Section 45-37-123.104(4)d. If the member has received payments in an amount at least equal to the amount of employee contributions he or she made to the plan at the time of death, then no further payments shall be made upon the member’s death.
Ala. Code § 45-51-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-70
Section 45-51-70 Grants Authorized to Support Museum of Fine Arts
Status: in_force

The Montgomery County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to make annual monetary grants toward the support of any museum of fine arts located within Montgomery County. The amount of the grants may be paid in equal monthly installments from the general funds of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.30
Section 45-35A-54.30 Interest in Public Contracts or Services
Status: in_force

No officer or employee elected or appointed in the city shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in any services to be furnished or performed, for the city; and no such officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or in any services to be furnished or performed, for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, within the territorial limits of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-14-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-10
Section 45-14-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-20-150.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-150.15
Section 45-20-150.15 Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband
Status: in_force

Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in the operation of any bingo session in violation of this article, may be contraband and may be seized and be forfeited. Property forfeited may be sold, destroyed, or retained for official use by the municipal, county, state, or law enforcement agencies, as the circuit court directs following a full due process hearing.
Ala. Code § 45-4-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-10
Section 45-4-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-3-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-100
Section 45-3-100 Board of Education; Monthly Compensation
Status: in_force

In lieu of all other compensation authorized by law, including expenses incurred in attending meetings, each member of the Barbour County Board of Education shall receive from the public school funds of Barbour County the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for each month or portion of a month that he or she serves as a member of the Barbour County Board of Education.
Ala. Code § 45-1-81.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-81.40
Section 45-1-81.40 Control and Audit of Fees; Availability of Records
Status: in_force

The fees collected pursuant to this subpart shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts. Records of these expenditures shall be open to the public on a continuous basis.
Ala. Code § 45-22-243.37 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-243.37
Section 45-22-243.37 Charge for Collection
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall charge Cullman County for collecting the tax levied pursuant to this subpart in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the commissioner and the Cullman 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 Cullman County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue shall pay into the State Treasury all amounts collected under this subpart, 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 Cullman County during the month immediately preceding the certification. The Comptroller shall issue a warrant each month payable to the County Treasurer of Cullman County in an amount equal to the certified amount which shall be paid into the county general fund to be used as follows:

(1) Forty percent to the county general fund.

(2) Forty percent to the governing body of the City of Cullman.

(3) Twenty percent to the municipalities in the county incorporated prior to May 18, 2020, excluding the City of Cullman, on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage that the population of each municipality incorporated prior to May 18, 2020, bears to the total population of the municipalities in the county, excluding the City of Cullman.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.52 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.52
Section 45-28A-42.52 Composition; Compensation
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund shall be composed of seven members consisting of the chief of the police department, the chief of the fire department, a retired police officer, a retired member of the fire department, a police officer, a member of the fire department, and a person with financial or investment experience appointed by the Mayor of Gadsden and subject to the approval of the Gadsden City Council. All persons appointed shall serve for four-year terms. The board shall elect its own chair from its membership. The chair shall serve a two-year term and shall serve until a successor is elected. The board members shall serve without compensation.
Ala. Code § 45-5-100.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-100.20
Section 45-5-100.20 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

In Blount County, the members of the county board of education are hereby granted an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law and shall be paid out of the same funds as are used to pay other compensation of the board members.
Ala. Code § 45-47-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-60
Section 45-47-60 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The Coroner of Marion County shall receive an expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month payable out of the county general fund which shall be in lieu of all other expense allowances, salaries, and compensation previously paid by the county. The coroner shall continue to be entitled to all fees paid pursuant to general law.
Ala. Code § 45-55-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-242.03
Section 45-55-242.03 Application of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of, and exemptions from, the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the adoption 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 § 45-33-240.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-240.21
Section 45-33-240.21 Duties of County Revenue Commissioner
Status: in_force

The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation, the collection of such taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments for and the collection of taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-30-250.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-250.08
Section 45-30-250.08 Rates, Fees, and Charges
Status: in_force

Rates, fees, and charges for water service rendered by the authority from any of its systems shall be fixed and periodically revised so as to provide at all times funds sufficient to:

(1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving the systems from which services are rendered.

(2) Pay, upon becoming due and payable, the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities and revenues from any tax sources and fees.

(3) Create and maintain reserves for the foregoing purposes as may be provided in any mortgage, deed of trust, or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the assumption of any obligation of the acquisition of any system.

(4) Make annual payments, if any, that the authority has contracted to make, to the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, political subdivisions of the state, or any public corporation organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 45-4-83.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-83.12
Section 45-4-83.12 Liability of District Attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-46-242.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-242.24
Section 45-46-242.24 Collections and Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart shall constitute a debt due Marengo 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, or other entity, shall collect the tax, enforce this subpart, 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 subpart and to enforce this subpart. The department shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Marengo County.
Ala. Code § 45-19-141.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-141.08
Section 45-19-141.08 Effect of Annexation
Status: in_force

If the annexation of territory in a district by an existing municipality or the creation of a new municipality takes in the property on which an existing fire station is located or reduces the size of the district so that the association, after approval of a majority vote of member departments in good standing, determines that the remaining territory is not of sufficient size to continue to support a department, the association shall request the municipality to assume any indebtedness or financial obligations of the department, provided the department transfers ownership of the fire station and department-owned equipment to the municipality.
Ala. Code § 45-25-92.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-92.05
Section 45-25-92.05 Industrial Development Authority - Office
Status: in_force

The authority may establish and maintain an office at the county courthouse complex if space is available or at some other suitable place within the county. The cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining such office shall be a lawful charge against any funds appropriated for the use of the authority.
Ala. Code § 45-44-244.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-244.40
Section 45-44-244.40 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All revenues derived from fees under this subpart less a five percent collection fee, shall be paid by the revenue commissioner to the county commission, and shall be used and expended as follows:

(1) Fifty percent shall be distributed to the Macon County Health Care Authority.

(2) Twenty-five percent shall be used to retire the indebtedness of the Macon County jail. Upon retiring the indebtedness, this amount shall be distributed to the county general fund.

(3) Twenty-five percent shall be distributed to the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-22-243.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-243.09
Section 45-22-243.09 Tax on Automotive Vehicles, Farm Machinery, and Manufacturing Machines
Status: in_force

The one-half of one percent rates of tax levied on automotive vehicles, farm machinery, and manufacturing machines in Act No. 66, Second Special Session 1963, are hereby amended to rates of one-third of one percent. The one-half of one percent rates of tax levied on automotive vehicles, farm machinery, and manufacturing machines in Act No. 30, Special Session 1975, are hereby amended to rates of one-third of one percent.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-56.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-56.26
Section 45-37A-56.26 Change of Name and Amendment of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) From time to time the name of the authority may be changed and the certificate may be amended in the manner provided for in this section and in no other manner.

(b) The name of the authority may be changed, or the certificate may be amended, in accordance with any resolution of the board of directors, providing for any such change of name or amendment of the certificate, filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, in accordance with this section. No such resolution of the board of directors shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate unless there is attached thereto a duly certified copy of a resolution of the governing body, entered upon the minutes of such governing body, approving such resolution of the board of directors; and if such resolution provides for a change in the name of the authority, the resolution shall not be filed in the office of the judge of probate unless there is attached thereto a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name to be adopted by the change is not identical with that of any other corporation in the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The amendment of the certificate, or the change of name, as the case may be, shall become effective when there is filed in the office of the judge of probate the resolution of the board of directors, accompanied by the resolution of the governing body and the certificate of the Secretary of State, above provided for, if a change of name is involved.
Ala. Code § 45-36-231.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-231.02
Section 45-36-231.02 Record of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, and the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm. Firearm as used in this subpart shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the firearm within six months of the date the sheriff obtained it.

(c) The sheriff may sell the firearms to the highest bidder as long as that person or business may purchase a firearm legally in the State of Alabama. The bidder shall be subject to a background check for any and all records that would prohibit the bidder from purchasing a firearm. If the bidder is legally prohibited from purchasing the firearm, the firearm shall be put up for auction at another time, and the bidder shall be refunded any money he or she placed on the bid. All sales shall be on a cash basis. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of the firearms shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Jackson County to be used for law enforcement purposes.

(d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff’s office funds for that purpose.

(e) Any firearm held by the sheriff on August 1, 2012, shall be subject to this section, but shall be held for at least six months after August 1, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-37-122.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-122.06
Section 45-37-122.06 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

A county manager hired pursuant to this part shall be the chief executive officer of Jefferson County and, as such, shall carry out the duties and responsibilities established by the county commission, including the following:

(1) To act as the primary administrative advisor to the county commission on all matters relating to the efficient and economical administration of county government.

(2) To act as the executive agent of the county commission in overseeing the implementation of authorized projects and programs, assuring appropriate coordination of departmental operations, and resolving interdepartmental problems and disputes.

(3) To serve as the appointing authority for and exercise direct oversight of all department heads and their agencies and departments including all county employees thereof, except for (i) elected officials, (ii) non-merit system employees, and (iii) the county attorneys and their staff. The county manager shall have the full authority to select, appoint, evaluate, terminate, and retain department heads, agency heads, and county employees for which the county manager is the appointing authority, in consultation with the whole commission, except that the selection or termination of a department head made by the county manager may be vetoed by four members of the commission at a meeting of the county commission, provided that the veto is made within 30 business days following the county manager’s selection or termination decision, otherwise the county manager’s decision shall become final. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county commission, by a vote of four commissioners, may terminate the employment of a department head.

(4) To directly manage all county functions and operations except those that are assigned to the county attorneys or committed by general law to elected officers of the county.

(5) Conduct research and make studies and investigation which could result in greater economy and efficiency in county government; approve, on the basis of management principles, such organizational changes as proposed by departments; recommend to the county commission the creation, dissolution, merger, or modification of organizational elements or work programs as deemed necessary for the efficient and economical operation of county government; and recommend to the county commission policies and adopt procedures for the orderly conduct of the county’s administrative affairs.

(6) Cause the planning process for both the operating and capital budgets to be compatible with approved county policies and long range plans; review and evaluate the budget estimates of all departments and submit a recommended annual budget to the county commission in a timely manner; exercise continuous review of revenues and expenditures throughout the year to insure budgetary control and implement any necessary fiscal controls; keep the county commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the county; and review and give a recommendation as to all supplemental appropriations and budget transfers which require county commission approval.

(7) Conduct comprehensive management reviews and analyses of programs, projects, and departments, and report his or her findings and recommendations to the county commission.

(8) Subject to budget approval, organize, staff, and administer and carry out the responsibilities of the office of county manager. The county manager may hire a non-merit system confidential secretary to assist the county manager with administrative duties and responsibilities. In addition, with the approval of a majority of the county commission, the county manager may hire a maximum of two at-will, non-merit system deputy county managers to assist the county manager in the performance of his or her duties and responsibilities under this part and an at-will, non-merit system chief financial officer to assist the county manager with the financial management of the county, all of whom shall report to the county manager, who shall be their respective appointing authority. The commission, by resolution, may set forth additional duties and responsibilities for either the deputy county managers or the chief financial officer. Any position created by this subdivision is authorized to participate in any benefit plan offered to full-time county employees.

(9) Attend meetings of the county commission other than when he or she is absent due to illness, scheduled vacation, or another legally permissible reason and discuss any matter before the commission, but shall not vote. During the temporary absence of the county manager, a deputy county manager, should one be appointed, shall attend all commission meetings in lieu of the county manager.

(10) Supervise the performance of all contracts made by any person for work done for the county and supervise and regulate all purchases of materials and supplies for the county within the limitations and under the rules as may be imposed by the county commission, and to make purchases and contracts for the county in amounts not exceeding the formal sealed bid limit set by Alabama law or resolution of the county commission.

(11) Perform such other duties as the county commission may direct and keep the county commission advised of any and all matters which may be pertinent to the discharge of its responsibilities
Ala. Code § 45-54-230.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-230.02
Section 45-54-230.02 Community Corrections Officers
Status: in_force

Upon successfully completing the minimum standards of training and other requirements for law enforcement officers of the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, a community corrections officer employed by the Community Punishment and Corrections Authority of the 24th Judicial Circuit, operating in Pickens County, shall have the same law enforcement powers, including powers of arrest, as granted to law enforcement officers of this state.
Ala. Code § 45-48-142.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-142.24
Section 45-48-142.24 (Amended by Act 2026-240) Fire Protection Service Fee - Approval, Construction and Application; Subsequent Referenda
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-240, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are affirmative votes, the fire service fee on each residence, dwelling, and business within the geographic boundaries of the fire district shall become effective on the first day of the next month following approval and shall be paid within one year following approval. For the purpose of this subpart, a dwelling shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings, including specifically and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(1) A building, structure, or improvement assessed for purposes of state and county ad valorem taxation, as Class III single-family owner-occupied residential property.

(2) A duplex or an apartment building.

(3) Any mobile home or house trailer.

(b) A building, structure, or other improvement shall be classified as a dwelling for the purposes of this subpart notwithstanding either of the following:

(1) That it is wholly or partially vacant or uninhabited at any time during the year for which a fire protection service fee with respect thereto is or is to be levied.

(2) That it is also used or expected to be used simultaneously for a purpose, whether or not commercial in nature, other than as a dwelling or residence.

(c) The fire protection service fee shall not be construed as a tax on property. The fees shall be levied for the purpose of funding fire protection services to dwellings and businesses under this subpart.

(d) The fire protection fee for a district may not be increased for a period of five years after approval of the initial fire protection service fee. Any increase in the amount of the fee shall not be effective until after the approval at a referendum election held for the purpose of increasing the fee.

(e) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are negative, another election for setting the amount of the fire protection fee shall not be held for two years from the time of the prior election.
Ala. Code § 45-28-60.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-60.03
Section 45-28-60.03 Deputy Coroner
Status: in_force

The coroner may appoint a qualified person to serve as deputy coroner to perform the duties of the coroner when the coroner is unavailable or absent or when the coroner is incapacitated. When called upon to serve, the deputy coroner shall have the same legal authority and responsibility as the coroner. The annual salary of the deputy coroner shall be six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year payable from the general fund of the county. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county commission, after May 22, 2019, may adjust and increase the salary of the deputy coroner as it determines necessary.
Ala. Code § 45-37-140.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-140.05
Section 45-37-140.05 Application of Election Laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held hereunder.
Ala. Code § 45-48-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-60.01
Section 45-48-60.01 Expenses for Operation; Deputy Coroners; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Marshall County Commission may appropriate and expend county funds for expenses necessary for the operation of the office of the coroner in the county. Expenses may include, but are not limited to, computers, telephone service, equipment, supplies, office space, and any other expenses approved by the county commission. The county commission may provide the coroner and his or her deputy with expenses for the operation of a motor vehicle or may furnish the coroner with the use of a county vehicle.

(b) The county commission may authorize the coroner to appoint one or more deputy coroners to perform the duties of the coroner in the absence of the coroner and provide for the compensation of any deputy coroner appointed.

(c) The county commission may provide an additional expense allowance for the coroner and may provide for the salary of the coroner effective on the next term of office of the coroner. Any expense allowance or salary shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-31-141.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-141.08
Section 45-31-141.08 Approval by Voters
Status: in_force

No district shall be created unless the creation thereof is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the votes cast at the election, the proposed district shall be created and shall constitute a public corporation.
Ala. Code § 45-42-82.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-82.20
Section 45-42-82.20 Investigators
Status: in_force

The lawfully appointed investigators of the District Attorney for the Thirtyninth Judicial Circuit shall have the same arrest authority and powers vested in deputy sheriffs of Limestone County while such investigators are performing authorized duties within Limestone County. Provided, however, that the Sheriff of Limestone County, upon three days’ notice to the district attorney of the circuit, may suspend such powers for any reason and for any period of time he or she deems appropriate.
Ala. Code § 45-10-245.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-245.02
Section 45-10-245.02 Tobacco Stamps
Status: in_force

The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28. 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. In accordance with Section 40-25-2(q), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available, for affixing to tobacco products packages and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing stamps, the Commissioner of Revenue may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the Commissioner of Revenue and adopted by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Title 41, Chapter 22.
Ala. Code § 45-35-241.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-241.01
Section 45-35-241.01 Expense Allowance; Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing April 1, 2017, the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall receive an annual expense allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) payable in equal monthly installments. This expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation or benefits granted to the revenue commissioner, including, the compensation provided in Section 45-35-241.

(b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the annual salary of the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall be ninety-two thousand thirty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents ($92,035.27), which shall be paid in the same manner as the salary of other elected county officials, and the expense allowance provided for in subsection (a) shall be null and void. Excluding reimbursement for allowable expenses, this salary shall be the total compensation paid to the revenue commissioner.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other compensation provided to the revenue commissioner, the revenue commissioner shall continue to receive any cost-of-living or other salary increases granted by the county commission to other elected officials in the county.

All compensation paid under this section to the revenue commissioner shall continue to be prorated and paid from the same funds and in the same manner as provided under Section 40-6A-2.
Ala. Code § 45-39-250.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-250.05
Section 45-39-250.05 Construction and Application
Status: in_force

This part shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing, including without limitation, powers previously conferred upon specific municipalities or municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County by local acts or other means.
Ala. Code § 45-23-130.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-130.12
Section 45-23-130.12 Duties of Commissioners
Status: in_force

Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district, from time to time, hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestion or complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The members of the county commission shall also assist in securing right-of-way and assist in public relations generally. The members of the commission may use a county vehicle for the performance of their duties or a monthly allowance for the use of their personal vehicle not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.200 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.200
Section 45-37A-52.200 Continuance of Ordinances and Resolutions
Status: reserved

To the extent consistent with the terms of this part, all ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. To the extent any current or future ordinance or resolution of the city is inconsistent with the express terms of this part, the ordinance or resolution shall be void and of no effect to the extent of its inconsistency.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.15
Section 45-8-150.15 Revocation of Bingo Permit - Jurisdiction to Restrain or Enjoin
Status: in_force

The Circuit Court of Calhoun County shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall have jurisdiction to revoke permits issued by any governing body in this county for the conducting of bingo games pursuant to this article.
Ala. Code § 45-31-84.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-84.10
Section 45-31-84.10 Program Requirements; Jurisdiction; Termination from Program; Liability for Costs and Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the city attorney, the city attorney and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender together with the statement of facts of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the city attorney, and the agreement between the city attorney and the offender to the court presiding over the affected case of the offender for the approval of the court. The offender shall also enter a plea of guilty to the charge or charges involved. If the court rejects the agreement and guilty plea, any money paid by the offender in satisfaction of the application fee shall be refunded to the offender. The offender shall remain liable for any actual expenses already incurred by the city attorney or any agency or service provider in furtherance of the application and evaluation process and the same will be deducted from any money so refunded to the offender.

(b) Upon approval of the agreement and acceptance of the guilty plea, the court shall expressly retain jurisdiction of the case, any other provision of law notwithstanding, and may withdraw and file the case or otherwise place it on an administrative docket until such time as the court has been notified that the offender has fulfilled the terms of the agreement, has been terminated from the program, or otherwise withdrawn from the program. Imposition of punishment by the court shall be deferred until the offender has successfully completed the program or is terminated from the program.

(c) In the event the offender is terminated from the program, the court shall impose appropriate punishment in the same manner as with any plea of guilty or finding of guilt and shall not be bound by the terms of agreement as to what punishment to impose.

(d) Upon successful completion of the program by the offender, the city attorney shall notify the court in writing of that fact together with a request that the court enter an order of disposition of the case pursuant to the agreement between the offender and the city attorney.

(e) Regardless of whether the offender successfully completes the program or withdraws from or is terminated from the program, the offender shall be liable for and required to pay all court costs and fees, restitution, victim’s compensation fund assessment, and any and all other fees and assessments, in the same manner as if the offender had not applied for entry into the program and had been found guilty of the offense or offenses involved. No costs, fees, restitution, or assessments shall be waived or remitted, absent an express agreement to that effect between the city attorney and the offender, without a finding by the court that the offender does not have the reasonable ability to pay the same within the reasonably foreseeable future.
Ala. Code § 45-16-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-60
Section 45-16-60 Expense Allowance
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-552, 2nd Sp. Sess., §4, effective September 22, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-45-82.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-82.26
Section 45-45-82.26 Madison County Law Library Fund
Status: in_force

Upon the establishment of the Madison County Law Library under this subpart, Madison County shall have and maintain a separate fund known as the Madison County Law Library Fund and may have a separate law library fund for each law library in the county. The county law library funds shall consist of funds appropriated by the state, county, or municipal governments, funds collected under the provisions of law, proceeds from the sale of copies, books, and other materials, or received from donations, gifts, grants, and funds other than those appropriated, and shall be audited as county funds are audited. The funds may be used to match grants for library purposes. Library funds may be used to pay library personnel. All purchases by or on behalf of such library shall be exempt from all State of Alabama, county, or municipal sales, use, or other similar taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-45-81.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-81.07
Section 45-45-81.07 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

The purposes of this subpart are to effect efficiency and economy in the operation of the courts of Madison County, but it is the will of the Legislature that this subpart be implemented in a spirit of understanding and compassion for the capable and loyal personnel now serving in the offices of Circuit Court Clerk, Register in Chancery, and Clerk of the Madison County Court, or any successor court, and that this subpart shall not require any reduction in force in the personnel performing the functions now performed by those offices except through the normal process of attrition. It is, however, the further intention of the Legislature that this subpart be utilized to reduce duplication of effort whenever possible.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.169 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.169
Section 45-37A-52.169 Accounting Control of Purchases
Status: in_force

All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, or agency whose appropriation shall 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, or agency, a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual service for which the contract or order is to be issued.
Ala. Code § 45-28-150.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-150.07
Section 45-28-150.07 Bingo Games - Fees; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the licensing fees imposed under this article, there is hereby imposed a ten cent ($0.10) per card or paper sheet fee to be remitted quarterly by the permit holder to the county revenue department. All fees collected by the county revenue department under this article shall be paid into the county general fund, to be used by public schools in Etowah County and by Gadsden State Community College on a per pupil basis determined annually from the fall quarter, full time enrollment on campuses located in Etowah County.

(b) The allocation for the public schools shall be spent for the development and support of a youth symphony orchestra or orchestras and any remaining funds shall be allocated to elementary schools for fine arts programs. The allocation for Gadsden State Community College shall be spent for scholarships for Etowah County students to Gadsden State Community College.

(c) The county revenue department shall forward the designated monies to the boards of education in Etowah County and to Gadsden State Community College within 10 days after receipt.

(d) The per pupil share for each school board shall be determined annually by the fall enrollment of full-time students as reported on the first month’s attendance record. The per pupil share for Gadsden State Community College shall be determined annually by the fall enrollment of full-time students enrolled in classes meeting in Etowah County based upon the official enrollment report submitted to the Department of Postsecondary Education, State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-42-243.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-243.06
Section 45-42-243.06 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the taxes imposed by this part, when paid to the custodian of the county school funds of Limestone County, as provided in Section 45­42­243.03, shall be apportioned and used in the following manner: The custodian of the county school funds of Limestone County shall apportion such proceeds between the county board of education of Limestone County and the city board of education of the City of Athens, Limestone County, on a pro rata basis in proportion to the number of pupils in average daily attendance at schools under the jurisdiction of each board. The amount of the proceeds apportioned to the city board of education of the City of Athens shall be used by the board exclusively for public school purposes. The amount of the proceeds apportioned to the county board of education of Limestone County shall be used by the board exclusively for public school purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-13.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-13.12
Section 45-39A-13.12 Political Recommendations
Status: in_force

No recommendation by any officer or official, whether the officer or official be a city, county, state, or national officer or official, shall be considered by any person concerned in any examination or appointment under this part, except as to the general moral character of the applicant.
Ala. Code § 45-57-82.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-82.44
Section 45-57-82.44 Evaluation Process
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, the district attorney may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, education history, work history, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment or care prescribed or received, psychological tests taken, and any other information concerning the offender which the district attorney, in his or her sole discretion, believes has a bearing on the decision to admit or deny the offender to the program.

(b) The district attorney may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview which the district attorney deems appropriate in evaluating the offender. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender. The offender shall provide the district attorney, upon request, with written consent to receive any additional educational, work, medical, psychiatric, and psychological records or any other records deemed necessary by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-15-80.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-80.03
Section 45-15-80.03 County Jail Building
Status: in_force

(a) In Cleburne County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars ($5) upon conviction in any criminal proceeding arising out of the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts.

(b) All funds generated by this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Cleburne County and shall be used exclusively for the maintenance and supervision of the county jail building.
Ala. Code § 45-18-242.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-242.08
Section 45-18-242.08 Failure to Include Tax; Absorption or Refund of Tax
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity engaged in or continuing within the county any business for which a license or privilege tax is required by this part to fail or refuse to add to the price of the service rendered the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the tax levied by this part. Nor shall any such person refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected as tax under this part or to absorb such tax or to advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of such tax or any portion of the same.
Ala. Code § 45-8-200.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-200.01
Section 45-8-200.01 Commissioner of Licenses - Appointment; Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing with the election of the license commissioner in the 1980 election, the term of office shall be for six years from January 1981 and shall be filled by the majority of the qualified electors voting at the primary or general election held in 1980 for county-wide offices which terms commence in 1981 and every six years thereafter.

(b) Notice of the election shall be given by the judge of probate, which shall be published once a week for three successive weeks before the day of the election.

(c) Candidates for the office shall qualify as other candidates for county office.

(d) The judge of probate shall certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State in the same manner as is required for all local or general elections.

(e) Beginning with the new term of office in January 1981 and thereafter, the commissioner of license shall receive an annual salary of twenty-two thousand five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500). Such salary shall be paid from the county treasury in the same manner as other county officers’ salaries are paid.

(f)(1) Effective July 1, 2024, the commissioner of licenses shall receive an additional expense allowance equal to 12.5 percent of the commissioner’s salary on June 1, 2024, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the commissioner.

(2) Beginning with the next term of office after July 1, 2024, the commissioner of licenses shall receive an annual salary equal to 112.5 percent of the commissioner’s salary on June 1, 2024, and the expense allowance in subdivision (1) shall be void.
Ala. Code § 45-49-248 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-248
Section 45-49-248 Disposition of Funds from Oil and Gas Severance Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Mobile County shall distribute and pay all funds received by Mobile County under subsection (a) of Section 40-20-8, as amended, relating to the levy and distribution of a privilege tax on the production of oil and gas from offshore, as follows:

(1) Thirty-five percent to the County Commission of Mobile County to be used for county purposes.

(2) Thirty percent to the Mobile County Indigent Care Board which shall be used for the medical care and treatment of medically indigent citizens of the county and under Subpart 3, commencing with Section 45-49-171.40, Part 2, Article 17, of this chapter.

(3) Thirty-five percent to the Mobile County Board of Education which shall be placed in a special account by the board for the purpose of capital outlay projects within the Mobile County School System.

(b) The County Commission of Mobile County shall distribute and pay in 12 monthly installments all funds received by Mobile County under Section 40-20-8, and which are not otherwise provided for under subsection (a), as follows:

(1) Forty-two percent to the County Commission of Mobile County to be used for county purposes.

(2) Forty-two percent to the Mobile County Indigent Care Board which shall be used for the medical care and treatment of medically indigent citizens of the county and under Subpart 3, commencing with Section 45-49-171.40, Part 2, Article 17, of this chapter.

(3) Eight percent to the Mobile County Board of Health to be used for public health purposes within Mobile County.

(4) Eight percent to the Mobile County Board of Education to be used for public school purposes within Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-42.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-42.01
Section 45-49-42.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) MASSAGE. The manipulations of the soft tissue of the human body either by hand or with mechanical or electrical apparatus. The term does not include diagnosis or any service or procedure performed by the following individuals while engaged in the personal performance of the duties of their respective professions:

(1) Physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, physical therapists, or other allied health professions who are licensed or registered to practice their respective professions under the laws of the State of Alabama.

(2) Barbers and cosmetologists licensed under the laws of the state provided that the massage is limited to the head, neck, scalp, feet, and hands.

(3) Accredited high schools and colleges and coaches and trainers of the institutions while acting within the scope of employment.

(4) Trainers of any amateur, semiprofessional athlete, or athletic team.

(5) Massage therapists.

(b) MASSAGE PARLOR. Any establishment, building, room, or any place where massage is offered by any person who is not described in subsection (c).

(c) MASSAGE THERAPIST. An individual who meets one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Proof of graduation from a recognized school of massage licensed by any state.

(2) Certificate of current professional membership in good standing in the American Massage Therapy Association, International Myomassethics Federation, National Athletic Training Association, Mobile Professional Massage Therapist Association, or any other professional massage association with equivalent professional membership standards.

(3) A current license to practice massage therapy from another state.

(d) RECOGNIZED SCHOOL. Any one of the following:

(1) Any school or institution of learning which has for its purpose the teaching of theory, method, profession, and work of massage therapy requiring a resident course of study. The course study shall consist of not less than 250 hours in the classroom. The required and supervised course of study shall include, but shall not be limited to, anatomy, physiology, massage theory, hydrotherapy, professional ethics, basic first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hygiene ethics, and practical application of technique.

(2) Any school which is approved by the American Massage Therapy Association, International Myomassethics Federation, or other recognized professional organizations with equivalent educational standards.

(3) Any massage training school which is licensed by the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-5-246.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-246.01
Section 45-5-246.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this section, sales and use tax means a tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes and such other acts applicable to Blount County, 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.
Ala. Code § 45-40-233.73 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-233.73
Section 45-40-233.73 Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund
Status: in_force

Any individual sentenced to participate in a work release program pursuant to this subpart shall pay 25 percent of gross earnings from his or her work release employment to the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission established by Section 45-40-233.79. The amount designated and collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be deposited by the commission to a separate fund to be known as the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund. No less than quarterly, the commission shall distribute 20 percent of the revenues collected from the work release program to the Sheriff of Lawrence County to be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition of release, probation, or participation in work release or any other program implemented and administered pursuant to this subpart, may require the defendant to establish a payroll deduction with his or her employer for the payment of any amount due pursuant to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-62
Section 45-49A-62 Cost-of-Living Increase for Board of Health Retirees
Status: in_force

In Mobile County, any person who retired from the Board of Health of the City of Mobile prior to September 7, 1967, is hereby authorized to receive any cost-of-living increase granted other persons who have retired from employment by the city.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.214 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.214
Section 45-51A-33.214 Continuity of Offices, Departments, Agencies
Status: in_force

Any office, department, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, or agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency and, until otherwise provided, shall exercise its powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the office, department, or agency by which the same were heretofore exercised and, until otherwise provided, shall have power to continue any business, proceeding, or other matter within the scope of its regular powers and duties commenced by an office, department, or agency by which such powers and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with this part, applying to such office, department, or agency provided for by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-35-242.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-242.05
Section 45-35-242.05 License; Surety Bond; Distributor Requirements; Audits; Records
Status: in_force

(a) All distributors or individuals who are subject to the tax herein levied shall acquire a license therefor issued from the county, in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per year.

(b) Each distributor, individual, or other person or party who is subject to the tax herein levied shall also be required to post a surety bond in a minimum amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) with the county license commissioner, prior to obtaining a license.

(c) Any service station owner or operator in Houston County who directly or indirectly purchases gasoline or gasohol from a non-licensed distributor or individual shall be deemed a distributor, for purposes of this part, and shall comply with all requirements of this part.

(d) The license commissioner is authorized to perform audits, or to have audits performed, on any individual, distributor or association which, in the commissioner’s opinion, has failed to pay the tax, license fee, or other charge required of such person or association by this part. It is further provided that out of county audits shall be paid by the party being audited.

(e) Each distributor, individual, or association to which the tax herein levied applies shall keep complete and adequate records of tax receipts.
Ala. Code § 45-22-100.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-100.04
Section 45-22-100.04 Powers and Duties of Commission
Status: in_force

The general administration and supervision of the public schools of Cullman County, with the exception of the schools of the City of Cullman, shall be vested in the Cullman County Commission on Education. The commission shall determine the educational policy of the county, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the county schools. All the powers, rights, privileges, prerogatives, jurisdiction, and duties vested in or imposed on county boards of education are hereby vested in or imposed on the Cullman County Commission on Education.
Ala. Code § 45-55-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-10
Section 45-55-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable.

(1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable.

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

(3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-26A-70.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26A / Section 45-26A-70.02
Section 45-26A-70.02 Composition of Board; Personnel; Annual Report; Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) An historic preservation commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this article shall be composed of not less than seven members, who shall have demonstrated training or experience in the fields of history, architecture, architectural history, urban planning, archaeology, or law, or who shall be residents of an historic district designated pursuant to that ordinance. A majority of the members of the commission shall be bona fide residents of the territorial jurisdiction of Wetumpka. Not more than one-fifth of the members of the commission shall be public officials.

(b) Members of the commission shall be nominated by the chief executive officer of Wetumpka and appointed by the legislative body of Wetumpka. Nomination and appointment of members of the commission shall be made so as to ensure that the commission will be composed of persons with as much of the training and experience specified in subsection (a) as is possible.

(c) Except for the original members of the commission, members of the commission shall serve three-year terms and shall be appointed in such a manner so as to serve overlapping terms. Two of the original members of the commission shall be appointed to serve one-year terms, two of the original members of the commission shall be appointed to serve two-year terms, and the remainder of the original members of the commission shall be appointed to serve three-year terms. Members of the commission may be reappointed.

(d) Members of the commission may be removed for cause by the legislative body of Wetumpka.

(e) Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by persons nominated by the chief executive officer of Wetumpka and appointed by the legislative body of Wetumpka. Such appointments shall be for the unexpired term of the member replaced.

(f) Members of the commission shall elect a chair and a vice chair and such other officers as the members deem necessary. The commission shall adopt rules of procedure and bylaws to govern its operations and shall communicate those rules of procedure and bylaws to the elected officials of Wetumpka. The rules of procedure and bylaws of the commission shall specify what number of members of the commission constitutes a quorum.

(g) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of the commission in accordance with the rules and regulations for the reimbursement of expenses adopted by the commission.

(h) The commission may employ such professional, technical, office, and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of the ordinance enacted pursuant to this article.

(i) The commission shall prepare and file with the elected officials of Wetumpka and with the Alabama Historical Commission an annual report of its activities.

(j) Meetings of the commission shall be public meetings and shall be held at times and places and pursuant to such notices specified in the ordinance creating the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-331.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-331.31
Section 45-37A-331.31 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) Accident data establishes that speeding vehicles have been and are a dangerous problem in Midfield, Alabama.

(2) Studies have found that automated speeding enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method for detecting speeding violations and is very effective in reducing the number of speeding violations and decreasing the number of traffic accidents, deaths, and injuries.

(3) Current Alabama law provides that speeding is a criminal misdemeanor. Under Alabama law, one who commits such a misdemeanor is subject to prosecution only if the misdemeanor was witnessed by either a duly empowered police officer or other witness who makes a verified complaint to a sworn magistrate.

(4) Many jurisdictions that have adopted laws that allow the use of automated speeding enforcement have experienced a significant reduction in the instances of speeding, and the Legislature finds that it should adopt legislation that would authorize the City of Midfield to implement a program for automated speeding enforcement of speeding violations.

(5) By allowing a program for the use of automated traffic cameras in speeding enforcement by the City of Midfield, the Legislature hopes to decrease the rate of speeding violations.
Ala. Code § 45-35-120.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-120.03
Section 45-35-120.03 Board Members
Status: in_force

(a) The personnel program established by this part shall be administered by the board. The members of the five-member personnel appeals board, created pursuant to Act No. 2262, S. 1234, Regular Session 1971 (Acts 1971, p. 3643) and continued under Act No. 1049, S. 886, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 1663), shall be the first members of the personnel board created by this part and such members shall continue to hold office on the personnel board herein created until such time as their respective terms would have expired on the personnel appeals board according to the terms of Act No. 2262. Upon the expiration of the terms of each member, a successor shall be appointed by the original appointing authority for terms of six years each; and one member each shall hereafter continue to be appointed by the following: the Houston County Commission, the Sheriff of Houston County, the probate judge of the county, the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County, and by the county employees who are subject to this part.

(b) No person shall be appointed or elected to the personnel board or shall continue to be a member of a board created under this part unless he or she is of recognized good character and ability, and is an actual resident in and qualified elector of the county. No person shall be eligible for appointment or shall continue to be a member of a board created under this part who holds an elective office under the state, county, or any municipality therein, or who is a candidate for elective office. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments are made. The board shall elect a chair from among its members, who shall preside at its meetings. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business which may properly come before the board. Each person so appointed shall, within 15 days after appointment, qualify by making oath that he or she will faithfully execute the duties of the office to the best of his or her ability and knowledge which oath shall be recorded as provided by law. The board shall adopt reasonable rules regulating the procedure of the board. Notice of all meetings of the board shall be given to each member by the clerk of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-20-172.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-172.08
Section 45-20-172.08 Subpart Cumulative in Nature
Status: in_force

This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which the city may have under any other law.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.10
Section 45-29-90.10 Levy of Taxes; General Fund
Status: in_force

All revenues arising from this section shall be deposited to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority general fund. This section shall apply only to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area.

(1) There is hereby levied in the incorporated area of the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area an additional two cent ($.02) sales and use tax paralleling the state sales and use tax, as defined in Sections 40-23-1 to 40-23-5, inclusive, and 40-23-60 to 40-23-63, inclusive. The proceeds of the taxes provided herein shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue. The department shall charge the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority for collecting the taxes in such amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority, but such charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount collected hereunder. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to exemptions, payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use taxes, making of reports, and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax, penalties for failure to comply with the statutes, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this article shall apply. The Commissioner of Revenue and the State Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the management area taxes as are imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the sales and use tax statutes.

(2) Within the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, in addition to all other taxes heretofore levied, there is hereby levied and imposed an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable real and personal property. The additional ad valorem tax imposed by this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as existing ad valorem taxes are collected by the Revenue Commissioner of Fayette County.

(3) On retail sales within the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, there is hereby imposed an excise tax on the retail sale of gasoline and motor fuels in the amount of two cents ($.02) per gallon in addition to all other taxes imposed by law. Such excise tax is to be collected on the retail sale of gasoline and motor fuels sold to end users. The tax shall be collected by the distributor or retail dealer and paid to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority general fund, the intention being that the tax be paid but once. The additional excise tax imposed by this article shall be collected and paid at the same time and in the same manner as existing gasoline and motor fuel excise taxes are collected.
Ala. Code § 45-43-240.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-240.20
Section 45-43-240.20 Creation; Offices, Supplies, Personnel
Status: in_force

A license division is created within the office of Tax Assessor of Lowndes County. The license division shall issue all motor vehicle licenses and titles issued in Lowndes County. The County Commission of Lowndes County shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide the clerks and other assistants for the tax assessor, as shall be necessary from time to time, for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office or may transfer existing employees who are employed by the county. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be established by the county commission and be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-49-42.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-42.04
Section 45-49-42.04 Cleanliness
Status: in_force

(a) No towels, wash clothes, or other linen items shall come in contact with the body or any other part thereof of any customer or patron at a massage parlor that has not been boiled and laundered since used last.

(b) Every person applying or administering massages shall cleanse his or her hands thoroughly by washing same with soap and hot water before attending or massaging any person.

(c) Any person while applying or administering massage shall be clothed from the shoulders to the knees by a robe, smock, or other opaque apparel so that the person or customer shall be protected from bodily contact with the person applying or administering the massage except for the hands and arms of the person applying or administering the massage.

(d) Any massage parlor licensed pursuant to this part shall be equipped with running hot and cold water, and with all appliances, furnishings, and materials as may be necessary to enable persons employed in and about the massage parlor to comply with this part.
Ala. Code § 45-50-245.63 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-245.63
Section 45-50-245.63 Taxes to Be Added to Sales Price
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied by this subpart, and each casual sale that is subject to tax, shall add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due by the taxpayer because of such sale or use. It shall be unlawful for any person subjected to the tax to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and to collect from the purchaser the amount required to be added to the sale pursuant to this subpart. It shall be unlawful for any person subjected to the tax levied by this subpart to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of any portion of the tax.
Ala. Code § 45-20-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-83
Section 45-20-83 Salary; Personnel, Equipment, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Covington County shall be compensated on a salary basis. He or she shall receive in equal monthly installments from the General Fund of Covington County such salary as provided by general law. Such salary shall be the entire compensation received by such judge for his or her services in any official or ex officio capacity. Such salary shall be in lieu of all fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore paid to the Judge of Probate of Covington County.

(b) All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of the Judge of Probate of Covington County shall hereafter continue to be collected but shall be paid into the General Fund of Covington County.

(c) The governing body of Covington County shall provide the judge of probate with such office personnel, clerks, deputies, and such quarters, books, stationery, furniture, equipment, and other such conveniences and supplies as such governing body may consider necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of his or her office. Compensation of any personnel so provided shall be fixed by the county governing body and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the General Fund of Covington County.

(d) The provisions of this section shall become effective upon the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent judge of probate and upon the ratification and adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama authorizing an act placing the judge of probate on a salary.
Ala. Code § 45-35-231.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-231.01
Section 45-35-231.01 Sale of Perishable Property
Status: in_force

If the abandoned and stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of the sale of perishable property shall be held in a separate account for a period of six months for the owner. During this period, the proceeds shall be paid to the owner upon demand, less any cost of recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale. If the proceeds are not claimed within six months, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of the property, the net funds shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Houston County.
Ala. Code § 45-26-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-230
Section 45-26-230 Salary
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-189 EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 45-49-233.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-233.05
Section 45-49-233.05 Electronic Monitoring of Certain Individuals
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall administer and supervise all electronic monitoring of pretrial defendants in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. (b) The sheriff may not contract with another entity for the provision of electronic monitoring services. (c)(1) The sheriff may establish administrative and supervision fees to fund electronic monitoring for pretrial release, alternative sentencing, intervention, supervision, or other programs to serve the courts of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and may collect fees from any individual placed in such a program. (2) The sheriff shall have the sole authority to establish fees related to this subsection. (3) The sheriff shall collect all fees collected pursuant to this subsection and shall deposit the fees into the county general fund.

(b) The sheriff may not contract with another entity for the provision of electronic monitoring services.

(c)(1) The sheriff may establish administrative and supervision fees to fund electronic monitoring for pretrial release, alternative sentencing, intervention, supervision, or other programs to serve the courts of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and may collect fees from any individual placed in such a program.

(2) The sheriff shall have the sole authority to establish fees related to this subsection.

(3) The sheriff shall collect all fees collected pursuant to this subsection and shall deposit the fees into the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-43-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-171
Section 45-43-171 Connection to Public Sewerage Systems or Private Disposal Systems
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Lowndes County Commission may compel the connection of existing positive outlets, privies, water closets, and septic tanks situated in the unincorporated areas of Lowndes County to any available public sewerage system, whether publicly or privately owned, within 90 days after receiving official notice to do so.

(2) Where a public sewerage system is not available, the county commission, through the county health department, shall compel the connection of all existing positive outlets, privies, water closets, and septic tanks situated in the unincorporated areas of Lowndes County to private disposal systems conforming to the rules of the State Board of Health.

(b) The notice required in subdivision (a)(1) shall cite this section as the authority for the actions to be taken, shall provide the name and telephone number of a person employed by the county who may be contacted regarding the notice, and shall be signed by an officer or employee of the county as designated by the county commission.

(c) In the case of failure of the property owner to connect after reasonable notice from the county, the county may connect the existing positive outlets, privies, water closets, and septic tanks with the sewerage system and the expense shall be assessed against the property, and the cost thereof shall be a lien upon the property in favor of the county, superior to all other liens, to be collected as other debts are collected or liens are enforced.

(d) When connections are made by the county under this section, the county shall prepare a statement in writing setting forth the name of the owner and a description of the property upon which the improvements have been made, together with the cost of the sanitary sewer connection, and the statement shall be signed by the presiding officer of the county commission and filed with the judge of probate in the county for recording in the mortgage records of the county. The filing of the statement shall operate as notice of the lien from the date of its filing.

(e) The provisions of this section may be enforced by the Circuit Court of Lowndes County by an action brought by the county health department or the county commission seeking an injunction or other proper remedy.
Ala. Code § 45-31-141.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-141.04
Section 45-31-141.04 Time of Election
Status: in_force

(a) When a petition for the holding of any election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election is held.

(b) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the order with the costs assumed by the district requesting the special election.

(c) This section shall apply to all elections provided for by this article.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-91.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-91.01
Section 45-23A-91.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of the city in accordance with Section 45-23A-91.03.

(2) AUTHORITY. The Ozark Downtown Redevelopment Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this part.

(3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of the city in accordance with Section 45-23A-91.03, that authorizes the corporation of the authority.

(4) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.

(5) BONDS. Includes bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(6) CITY. The City of Ozark, Alabama.

(7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of the authority.

(8) DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AREA. The central business district of the city as described in subsection (b) of Section 45-23A-91.08.

(9) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to the city, its city council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body.

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

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

(12) PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The place at which the certificate of incorporation and amendments thereto, the by-laws and the minutes of the proceedings of the board of the authority are kept.

(13) PROJECT. Interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements located or to be located within the downtown development area, and any fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with any such land, interest in land, building, structure, facility, or other improvement, all for the essential public purpose of the development of trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities in the downtown development area. A project may be for any industrial, commercial, business, office, parking, utility, residential (including, without limitation, homes, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, hotels, and motels) or other use, provided that a majority of the members of the authority determine, by a resolution duly adopted, that the project and such use thereof would further the public purpose of this part.

(14) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-19-160 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-160
Section 45-19-160 Liability for Monetary Loss Relating to Mistake or Omission
Status: in_force

(a) The Coosa County Commission shall reimburse the offices of the revenue commissioner and the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, arising or caused by error, if the mistake or omission was caused without their personal knowledge, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent.

(b) The revenue commissioner and the judge of probate shall insure that their employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission, and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the officials, clerks, or employees of their offices.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.52 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.52
Section 45-20-242.52 When Taxes Effective
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise expressly provided for in the order, ordinance, or resolution levying the taxes herein authorized, such taxes shall become effective on the first day of the second month next following the date of the order, ordinance, or resolution; provided, notice of the adoption of such an order, ordinance, or resolution shall be given to the Commissioner of the State Department of Revenue not less than 45 days before the taxes are to become effective. The taxes levied and imposed shall be in addition to all other taxes now provided by law and shall be collected as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 45-49-235.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-235.03
Section 45-49-235.03 Mobile County Pretrial Release and Jail Diversion Fund
Status: in_force

Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-49-235 shall pay to Mobile County an amount not greater than a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pursuant to this part, may require that the prisoner establish a payroll deduction plan for the payment of any monies due under this part. All monies so collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be collected by the Mobile County Commission and deposited to a separate fund to be known as the Mobile County Pretrial Release and Jail Diversion Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-2-22.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-22.03
Section 45-2-22.03 Wholesaler Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories
Status: in_force

Each supplier of wine licensed by the board authorizing such licensee to sell its wine within the State of Alabama shall sell its wine through wholesaler licensees of the board and shall grant in writing to each of its wholesalers an exclusive sales territory in accordance with Chapter 8, Title 28, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.28
Section 45-35A-54.28 Prohibited Political Activities
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office, or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, employment, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any person or persons, or for any candidate to provide or use any hacks, automobiles, or other vehicles for the purpose of transporting voters to the polls on election day.
Ala. Code § 45-8-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-240
Section 45-8-240 Establishment of Office; Election and Term
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the terms of office of the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Calhoun County in September 2003, there shall be established the office of County Revenue Commissioner in Calhoun County. A county revenue commissioner shall be elected at an election called for that purpose in 2002 and every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve for a term of office of six years.
Ala. Code § 45-52-234.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-234.28
Section 45-52-234.28 Failure to Appear
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who is released on an appearance bond or other security pursuant to this subpart and who knowingly fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required shall incur a forfeiture of such bond or any security which was given or pledged for his or her release and, in addition, may be guilty of bail jumping and punished therefor as provided in the Alabama Criminal Code.

(b) A defendant’s bond or other security may be forfeited 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.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by general law, all forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise made and retained pursuant to this subpart shall be paid over to the Morgan County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund created by Section 45-52-234.23 and used to implement this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-32-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-231
Section 45-32-231 Vending Machines
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be operative only in Greene County.

(b) The Sheriff of Greene County may allow vending machines to be placed in the canteen in the county jail. Proceeds from the vending machines shall be deposited into the Sheriff Fund. Any profits derived from the vending shall be used for inmate recreation as shall be determined by the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-27-82.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-82.29
Section 45-27-82.29 Pretrial Diversion Fund
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Fund. All fees paid by offenders as set out in this subpart to the district attorney shall be placed into the Pretrial Diversion Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds 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, 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 § 45-44-90.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-90.02
Section 45-44-90.02 Economic Development Authority - Expenses
Status: in_force

The members of the board when traveling only outside of the county shall receive expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties which shall be the same as allowed by law for state employees. When attending board meetings, they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred for mileage, meals, and lodging. No more than three meetings shall be held per month.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.161 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.161
Section 45-51A-33.161 Director of Finance - Qualifications
Status: in_force

The director of finance shall be a person skilled in municipal accounting, taxation, and financial control.
Ala. Code § 45-49-120.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-120.07
Section 45-49-120.07 Personnel Director
Status: in_force

The board shall elect and fix the salary of the director who shall hold office at the will of the board. The board shall prescribe qualifications as to residence, education, and experience as may be necessary in its opinion to fill the position of director. The director, as executive head of the department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. It shall be the director’s duty to:

(1) Attend all meetings of the board and provide for recording its official actions, but he or she shall not have a vote.

(2) Appoint from the employment register employees of the department, and experts and special assistants as may be necessary to carry out effectively this part. Upon approval by the board, the director may employ a deputy personnel director outside of the merit system who shall serve at the director’s pleasure. The deputy director may be employed at a salary not to exceed 75 percent of the salary of the director.

(3) Prepare and recommend rules and regulations for the administration of this part.

(4) Recommend, and on its adoption, establish, administer, and execute a classification plan for the classified service.

(5) Submit to the board a pay plan for all positions in the classified service.

(6) Conduct tests, formulate employment registers, and certify persons qualified for appointment; devise and administer employee service ratings.

(7) Audit all payrolls or other compensation for personal services within the classified service as the director deems necessary, with authority to disapprove, from time to time, any item or items thereof, and no items so disapproved in writing by the director shall be paid or authorized for payment.

(8) Establish and maintain a roster of all of the officers and employees in the classified service.

(9) Make reasonable investigations pertaining to personnel, salary scales, and employment conditions in the classified service as may be requested by the board, the committee, or by the governing bodies of the county or any city therein.

(10) Make investigations concerning the administration and effect of this part and the rules made thereunder and report his or her findings and recommendations to the board.

(11) Make an annual report to the board.

(12) Perform any other act or acts required of the director under this part or required of the director by the board which may be necessary or proper to carry into effect its purposes and spirit. The director may join or subscribe to any association or service or publication having as its purpose the interchange or dissemination of information relating to the improvement of personnel administration.

(13) The director and deputy director shall be eligible to participate in the same pension plan to which the other employees of the personnel department are members.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-52.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-52.15
Section 45-35A-52.15 Exemption from Usury and Interest Laws
Status: in_force

The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, Chapter 8 of Title 8, as it may at any time be amended.
Ala. Code § 45-40-130.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-130.10
Section 45-40-130.10 Requisition for Expenditure of Funds; Appropriation by Commission
Status: in_force

The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of such funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, and ferries of Lawrence County as may be set aside and appropriated by the county commission, as hereinafter provided; it shall be the duty of the county commission at some meeting in September of each calendar year or not later than the first meeting in October following by order or resolution spread upon the minutes, to fix and determine the amount of funds which will be available for the purpose of building, maintaining, and constructing public roads, bridges, and ferries of Lawrence County for the current fiscal year, beginning on October 1st, which amount, other than the salary of the county engineer and his or her necessary expenses, shall not be exceeded by him or her in building, maintaining, and constructing public roads, bridges, and ferries in Lawrence County during the period; provided however, that the board is authorized, from time to time within any such period, to increase the amount so allowed to be expended by the county engineer during the period, when such authorization will not conflict with provisions of the general law under the budget act, Chapter 8, Title 11. Provided further, that if such funds are presently available, and have not heretofore been set aside by the present Lawrence County Commission, immediately upon the effective date of this article, it shall be the duty of the county commission herein created to set aside a sufficient portion of funds for the maintenance of roads, bridges, and ferries until the meeting in September or October, 1979, as herein above provided for.
Ala. Code § 45-14-240.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-240.04
Section 45-14-240.04 Office Space and Equipment
Status: in_force

The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-24-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-20.01
Section 45-24-20.01 Sunday Sales of Alcoholic Beverages - Entire County
Status: in_force

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

(b)(1) The voters of Dallas County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the county on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner:

Within 30 days from May 1, 2012, the Dallas County Commission, by resolution, may call an election for the county to determine the sentiment of the voters of the county as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday within the county.

(2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: “Do you favor the legal sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages within the county on Sunday between 12:00 P.M. (noon), and 9:30 P.M., and on those Sundays on which occurs New Year’s Eve (December 31), after 12:00 P.M. (noon)? Yes ___ No ___.”

(c) The first election and any subsequent elections shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided by law for holding other county elections, and the returns thereof tabulated and results certified as provided by law for county elections. Any Sunday sales election shall be held as provided in this section as a special election or any subsequent county election following the date of the resolution.

(d) Notice of the election shall be given by the governing body of the Dallas County Commission by publication or by posting the notice at the county courthouse apprising the voters of the county, at least three weeks before the date of the election, that an election shall be held to determine whether alcoholic beverages may be sold in the county on Sunday. The cost of the election shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.

(e) Only qualified voters of the county may vote in the election. If a majority of the voters voting in the election vote “Yes,” alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or dispensed within the county on Sunday by licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the county serving the general public in accordance with applicable laws and regulations between the hours of 12:00 P.M., noon, and 9:30 P.M. Except as authorized by law or during such hours, it shall be unlawful for any licensed vendor to sell, dispense, or permit the consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. Provided, that on those Sundays on which occurs New Year’s Eve, December 31, alcoholic beverages may be sold or dispensed by such licensees pursuant to applicable laws and regulations any time after 12:00 P.M., noon. The county may enact, by ordinance, such policies it deems appropriate to regulate any aspect of Sunday alcoholic beverages sales.

(f) If a majority of the voters voting in the election vote “No,” alcoholic beverages may not be sold or dispensed in the county on Sunday after the hour of 2:00 A.M., except as otherwise authorized by law or by subsequent election which legalizes the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
Ala. Code § 45-42-110.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-110.01
Section 45-42-110.01 Expense Allowance for Members of County Board of Registrars. (Amended by Act 2026-244)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-244, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

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

(b) Each member of the Limestone County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) per day for each day when the board is authorized to meet and conduct business. The expense allowance provided for in this section shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided by law and shall be paid out of the county general fund.

(c) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to October 1, 2001, and all actions and payments made to the board on and after that date are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-49-151.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-151.01
Section 45-49-151.01 Qualifications of Members
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the commission shall be qualified electors not less than 19 years of age, who shall have resided in the county for the period of five years next preceding their appointment. Each commissioner shall take the same constitutional oath of office as other county officers, and shall give bond payable to the county in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned that he or she will faithfully and properly perform the duties of his or her office. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the commission. The commission may employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary, but all such employees and assistants shall be subject to the county merit or civil service system, and their compensation and duties shall be prescribed in the same manner as the compensation and duties of other public employees subject to the county merit or civil service system.

(b) A member of the racing commission must not be an official member of any board of directors or person financially interested in any racetrack or race meeting licensed by the commission, nor shall he or she race dogs in any race meeting licensed by the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-8-200.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-200.11
Section 45-8-200.11 State Comptroller to Furnish Books, Records, Blanks
Status: in_force

The State Comptroller is hereby required to furnish to the commissioner of licenses all books, records, and blanks, now or hereafter required by law to be furnished to the judge of probate in connection with the performance of his or her duties in the issuance or collection of licenses or privilege taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-3-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-242.04
Section 45-3-242.04 Office Space, Equipment, Etc
Status: in_force

The county commission shall provide adequate office space for the revenue commissioner, and shall also provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed by the commission to completely perform the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-2A-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2A / Section 45-2A-60
Section 45-2A-60 Regulation in Unincorporated Areas and Certain Cities
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only within the police jurisdictions of the Town of Summerdale, the City of Gulf Shores, the City of Orange Beach, and the City of Foley in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County.

(b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the Town of Summerdale within its police jurisdiction, the City of Gulf Shores within its police jurisdiction, the City of Orange Beach within its police jurisdiction, and the City of Foley within its police jurisdiction may regulate and shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards within the police jurisdiction of each respective city or town along the Foley Beach Express, otherwise known as the Eastern Corridor.

(2) In the case of any area of Baldwin County covered by subdivision (1) which is also in a county zoning district or in an overlapping police jurisdiction, the most stringent regulation shall apply.

(3) This section is supplemental to Division 3, commencing with Section 23-1-270, of Article 9 of Chapter 1 of Title 23.
Ala. Code § 45-39-245.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-245.41
Section 45-39-245.41 Authorization of Levy of Sales Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and to collect as herein provided, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation, including the State of Alabama and its Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the sale of alcoholic beverages of all kinds, the University of Alabama, Auburn University, and all other institutions of higher learning in the state, whether such institutions be denominational, state, county, or municipal institutions, and any association or other agency or instrumentality of any such institution, that is both of the following:

(1) 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 evidences of debts or stocks, nor sales of material and supplies to any person for use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repair, or reconditioning of vessels, barges, ships, other watercraft, and commercial fishing vessels of over five tons load displacement as registered with the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed by the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(2) Subject to taxation by the state at the rate fixed under and pursuant to subdivision (1) Section 40-23-2, in an amount equal to one-half of one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of such business, or, if applicable, such lesser rate as may then be in effect as determined by the governing body of the county pursuant to Section 45-39-245.48; provided, however, that 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 the business at the rate 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 a retailer, on the gross sales of such business; and provided further, that where any used part including tires of an automotive vehicle or a truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or rebuilt part or tire, the aforesaid tax shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used part or tire sold less the credit for the used part or tire taken in trade. This provision shall not be construed to include batteries.

(b) There are exempted, however, from this section and from the computation of the amount of the tax authorized to be imposed in this section, the gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempted under the state sales tax statutes from the computation of the amount of the state sales tax.

(c) Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to apply the tax authorized in this section to any transaction that is subject to taxation by the state pursuant to Section 40-23-2 other than subsection (1) thereof, or pursuant to Article 3, commencing with Section 40–23–100, of Chapter 23 of Title 40.
Ala. Code § 45-20-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-240
Section 45-20-240 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) In Covington County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the board of equalization of the county an expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, as salary, compensation, or expense allowance, make the total paid to such members equal seventy-five dollars ($75) per day. If the amount paid to the members as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease.

(b) The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be paid only when the members of the board of equalization actually attend meetings.
Ala. Code § 45-16-82.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-82.23
Section 45-16-82.23 Standards for Admission
Status: in_force

(a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances:

(1) The offender is 18 years of age or older, or 16 years of age or older if the offense is a traffic citation, at the time the alleged offense was committed.

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

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

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

(5) It appears the offender is not likely to be involved in further criminal activity.

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

(b) The district attorney may waive any of the standards specified in subsection (a) if justice or special circumstances dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-41-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-180
Section 45-41-180 Limitations on Political Signs, Advertisements, Etc
Status: in_force

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

(b) Any person violating this section shall upon conviction be guilty of violating Section 13A-7-29, criminal littering, a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 45-44-130.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-130.02
Section 45-44-130.02 Wage or Salary Scale
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities. The wage or salary scale shall not be exceeded by the engineer in employing labor and assistants.
Ala. Code § 45-19-82.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-82.26
Section 45-19-82.26 Renewal of License by Mail; Mail Order Fee
Status: in_force

The judge of probate may mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom the license has been previously issued, including, but not limited to, boat decals, and the renewal forms shall be required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. The renewal forms may be in postcard form and shall contain sufficient information thereon to adequately identify and process the renewal. The signature of the licensee thereon and proper remittance shall constitute sufficient authority for the judge of probate to issue the license and return it to the licensee by mail. There is established a fee to be entitled “mail order fee” in an amount determined by the county commission to pay the cost of the mailing procedure authorized by this section. The fee shall be collected by the judge of probate at the time of issuance and paid over to the county general fund as are other fees and commissions.
Ala. Code § 45-4-83.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-83.06
Section 45-4-83.06 Time for Application
Status: in_force

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. In the case of traffic citations, application shall be made within 21 days of the issuance of the citation.

(b) At the discretion of the district attorney, the time provision of this section may be waived.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.05
Section 45-41-83.05 Alternative Sentencing Board - Implementation of Part
Status: in_force

The board may implement this part and superintend all administrative functions and services for programs designed to assist individuals charged or adjudicated with an offense that is not a violent offense as defined in Section 45-41-83.05, which programs include the following:

(1) A supervised preadjudication, postadjudication, or combination drug court program.

(2) A supervised postadjudication district court probation program.

(3) A supervised postadjudication court referral officer program.

(4) Any other lawful board approved alternative sentencing program that is also designed to provide treatment, education, and close supervision of the activities of the participant, and compliance with program rules andconditions as established by the board.
Ala. Code § 45-26-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-170
Section 45-26-170 Collection and Disposition of Fees; Ability to Pay
Status: in_force

(a) The Elmore 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. 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 § 45-26-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-241
Section 45-26-241 Procedures for Sale and Redemption of Lands
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to Elmore County.

(b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the tax collector of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties.
Ala. Code § 45-49-43.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-43.01
Section 45-49-43.01 License Tax
Status: in_force

The license tax levied against buyers as described in Section 45-49-43 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per calendar year. There shall be no half-year license.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-112.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-112.01
Section 45-8A-112.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. In the case of the employees in the offices of the elected officers of the city, the elected officers. In the case of all other city employees, the mayor.

(2) BOARD. The Civil Service Board created by this part.

(3) CITY. The City of Oxford in Calhoun County, Cleburne County, and Talladega County.

(4) EMPLOYEE. Any person, including firefighters and police officers, not excepted by Section 45-8A-112.02, who is employed in the service of the City of Oxford.

(5) SEASONAL WORKERS. An employee who works less than 700 hours per 12-month period.
Ala. Code § 45-35-140.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-140.09
Section 45-35-140.09 Regulatory Control and Supervision; Forfeiture of Funds
Status: in_force

With regard to the collection and administration of the fees levied by this article including, but not limited to, the application for and granting of exemptions, the Houston County Commission shall exercise such regulatory control and supervision over and may adopt rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this article. Any volunteer fire department or association that fails to comply with this article or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article, at the discretion of the Houston County Commission, may be deemed to have forfeited all or part of the funds generated by this article for such a period of time as may be set by the county commission. In addition, the county commission shall have the power and authority to adopt resolutions providing that if the fees, penalties, or charges, established by or incurred pursuant to this article, shall not be paid within 30 days after the same shall become due and payable, the county commission, at the expiration of such 30-day period, may proceed to recover the amount of any such delinquency with interest, costs, and attorney’s fees in a civil action.
Ala. Code § 45-31-121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-121
Section 45-31-121 Mappers, Clerical Personnel, Etc
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Geneva County shall act in conjunction with the civil service personnel board of the county to employ personnel as appraisers, mappers, clerical personnel to carry out the appraisal, mapping, and valuation of property in the county, and other additional county personnel deemed necessary by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-1A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1A / Section 45-1A-30
Section 45-1A-30 Sale or Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Within Two Miles of Ivy Creek Methodist Church
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority of Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, on and after December 1, 2001, no person or other entity may sell any alcoholic beverage for on-premises or off-premises consumption, nor allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages in any bar, restaurant, or other commercial or business establishment within two miles of the Ivy Creek Methodist Church in the Mulberry Community of Autauga County.

(b) This section shall not prevent, restrict, or affect the otherwise legal consumption of alcoholic beverages in a private social setting within the prescribed area.

(c) Any violation of subsection (a) shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided by law.

(d)(1) Any licensee of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who is granted a license after December 1, 2001, and who violates subsection (a) may be subject to any disciplinary action by the board authorized by law.

(2) Subdivision (1) shall not apply to any person holding a license within the prescribed area on December 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.03
Section 45-57A-63.03 Second Election
Status: in_force

If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting the form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of the city for adoption within four years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided.
Ala. Code § 45-45-201.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-201.15
Section 45-45-201.15 Applicability and Operation of Part
Status: in_force

This part shall immediately apply and become effective in the county upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of the county, whereby it elects to come within this part; provided, however, that the governing body, if it deems it advisable for the purpose of properly establishing the department and allowing the personnel to plan and become familiar with the work thereof, may expend such funds as necessary to set up the department and pay the director and personnel during that period but to delay the actual date when the department is officially put into operation within the county to perform the duties and exercise the powers herein provided.
Ala. Code § 45-26-142.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-142.04
Section 45-26-142.04 Time of Election
Status: in_force

When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judges of probate, the judges of probate, acting jointly, shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 40 calendar days from the date on which the judges of probate enter the order. An election pertaining to the establishment of a district or portion thereof may not be held more often than once every year.
Ala. Code § 45-37-60.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-60.07
Section 45-37-60.07 Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths
Status: in_force

Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, it shall be the duty of the chief and associate coroner-medical examiners to review or investigate and determine, the cause and manner of any death, when such death may fall within one or more of the following categories subject to the commission’s power to change the categories:

(1) Criminal violence or criminal neglect.

(2) Criminal abortion.

(3) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea.

(4) Unclaimed bodies.

(5) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical certification.

(6) Accident, when requested by surviving spouse, if any, or next of kin.

(7) Unexpected death while under anesthesia or within 24 hours following anesthesia, or any other diagnostic or therapeutic procedure with the written permission of the surviving spouse or next of kin.

(8) In any prison or penal institution.

(9) When in police custody.

(10) Disease constituting a hazard to public health when requested in writing by the county health officer.
Ala. Code § 45-30-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-245
Section 45-30-245 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes, cigarettes or cigars in Franklin County shall pay a privilege license or tax in the following amount:

(1) One cent ($0.01) for each package of cigarettes made of tobacco or substitute therefor.

(2) One cent ($0.01) for each package of 20 little cigars made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(3) One cent ($0.01) for each cigar of any description other than those described in subdivision (2) made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(b) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes and cigars such payment shall be sufficient, the intent being that such license tax hereby required to be paid shall be paid but once on each package of cigarettes, on each package of little cigars, and on each cigar.
Ala. Code § 45-57-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-240
Section 45-57-240 Offices and Duties of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Consolidated
Status: in_force

(a) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Russell County are abolished effective upon the approval of a majority of the electors of Russell County. Upon the abolition of the offices, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be created. The tax collector in office when the office of tax collector is abolished shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected tax collector. Thereafter the revenue commissioner shall be elected every six years. In the event a vacancy in the office of tax assessor occurs after the passage of this section and before this section becomes operative, the term of office of an appointed tax assessor to fill the unexpired term shall be only until the creation of the office of county revenue commissioner as provided by this section.

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

(c) Subject to the approval of the Russell County Commission, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office.

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

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

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed by law on any such officers and hereby transferred to and imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for performance of the duties of the office, the revenue commissioner shall receive a salary of not less than forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500), payable in 12 equal monthly installments.

(g) It is the purpose of this section to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Russell County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector of the county into one county office.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.53 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.53
Section 45-20-242.53 Payment and Reporting
Status: in_force

All taxes levied pursuant to this subpart shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time and along with the collection of the state sales tax and the state use tax. On or prior to the due dates of the taxes levied each person subject to such taxes shall file with the State Department of Revenue a report or return in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth with respect to all sales and business that are required to be used as a measurement of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all such sales and the gross receipts of all such business, and setting forth with respect to the use tax levied, the total sales price of all property, the use, storage, or other consumption of which became subject to the tax during the then preceding quarterly period. Such reports shall include also such other items of information pertinent to the taxes and the amount thereof as the State Department of Revenue may require. Any person subject to the taxes levied may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event he or she so defers reporting them, he or she shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the month preceding, and shall pay the taxes due thereon at the time of filing such report. All reports or returns filed with the State Department of Revenue under this section shall be available for inspection by the governing body of Covington County, or its designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours.
Ala. Code § 45-34-80.41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-80.41
Section 45-34-80.41 Written Plea of Not Guilty; Waiver of Arraignment
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only to the Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.

(b) If a defendant in a criminal case pending in a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a written plea of not guilty at any time prior to the day of his or her arraignment, such plea shall constitute a waiver of his or her right to have an arraignment at which he or she is present in person or at which he or she is represented by an attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-44-242.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-242.13
Section 45-44-242.13 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-44-242.12 shall be made exclusively for the purpose of construction, improvement, and maintenance of public highways and bridges including administrative expenses in connection therewith, the retirement of securities evidencing obligations incurred for payment of costs of any construction, improvement, and maintenance, the matching of federal or state funds in the construction of improved roads and bridges in the county in the same manner as other county funds are used to match federal and state funds and for payment of the costs incurred in the administration, and the enforcement of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-22-243.35 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-243.35
Section 45-22-243.35 Collection and Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a debt due Cullman 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 subpart, 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 pursuant to this subpart and to enforce this subpart. The department shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Cullman County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-261.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-261.02
Section 45-49-261.02 Composition
Status: in_force

The planning commission shall be composed of a minimum of eight members who shall be qualified electors or property owners from the unincorporated areas within the jurisdiction of the commission. In the event of any vacancy on the planning commission, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Mobile County Commission. The Mobile County Commission may remove any member for cause upon written charges and after a public hearing. All members shall serve without compensation, and no member shall be a county officer or employee. Reasonable and necessary expenses of the members of the planning commission shall be paid from the General Fund of Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-55-244.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-244.03
Section 45-55-244.03 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual cost of collection not to exceed five per centum shall be paid by the state Department of Revenue to the Pike County Commission, on a monthly basis. One percent of the revenue shall be paid into the county general fund. The remaining funds shall be placed by the Pike County Commission into a special account to be used exclusively for county fire protection purposes. The county commission shall be authorized to enter into service contracts with individual paid and volunteer fire departments in consultation with the Pike County Firefighters Association to provide fire protection to all of the county. The compensation for the contracts shall be paid from funds in the special account. The county commission shall be authorized to develop certain standards and criteria which shall be met by all paid and volunteer fire departments with which it enters into contract.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the contractual agreements shall be considered as a contract between the county and an independent contractor. It is the further intent of the Legislature that the paid and volunteer fire departments shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a private capacity for the actions of the paid and volunteer fire departments.
Ala. Code § 45-57-140.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-140.05
Section 45-57-140.05 Administration and Collection of Fire Protection Service Fees
Status: in_force

(a) The fire protection service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws, as are the ad valorem taxes of this state. In the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as the annual registration fee for manufactured homes provided in Section 40–12–255.

(b) The proceeds of the fee shall be paid into a special county fire services fund monthly. Within 30 days of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall transfer the funds to the Russell County Firefighters Association, and within 20 days of receipt of the funds from the county commission, the Russell County Firefighters Association shall further distribute the funds to the eligible volunteer fire departments in the following manner:

(1) 32.5 percent of the fee shall be distributed among the eligible volunteer fire departments in the county in equal shares.

(2) 67.5 percent of the fee shall be distributed among the eligible volunteer fire departments based on the number of eligible residences and commercial buildings in their respective fire districts as defined by E–911 protective districts or other methods approved by majority vote of the Russell County Commission based on the number of eligible residences and commercial buildings located outside the corporate limits of the City of Phenix City.
Ala. Code § 45-23-83.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-83.20
Section 45-23-83.20 Salary; Compensation Increases
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2015, the Judge of Probate of Dale County shall receive an annual salary of seventy-three thousand six hundred nineteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($73,619.75).

(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 2A of Title 11, the judge of probate shall receive any cost-of-living increase or other uniform increase in compensation granted to all county employees after the June 1, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-10-244 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-244
Section 45-10-244 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) “County” means Cherokee County in the State of Alabama.

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue of the state.

(3) “State Department of Revenue” means the Department of Revenue of the state.

(4) “State” means the State of Alabama.

(5) “State sales tax statutes” means Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Division 1 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(6) “State sales tax” means the tax or taxes imposed by the state sales tax statutes.

(7) “State use tax statutes” means Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in the Article 2 and all other statutes of the state which expressly apply to or purport to affect the administration of the Article 2 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein.

(8) “State use tax” means the tax or taxes imposed by the state use tax statutes.

(9) “Registered seller” means the person registered with the state Department of Revenue pursuant to the state use tax statutes or licensed under the state sales tax statutes.

(10) “Month” means a calendar month.

(11) “Quarterly period” means the period of three months ending on the last day of each March, June, September, and December.

(12) “Fiscal year” means the period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year.

(b) Except where another meaning is clearly indicated by the context, all definitions set forth in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes shall be effective as definitions of the words, terms, and phrases used in this subpart. All words, terms, and phrases used herein, other than those hereinabove specifically defined, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes and shall have the same scope and effect that the same words, terms, and phrases have where used in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-64.51 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-64.51
Section 45-57A-64.51 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) Accident data establishes that vehicles running red lights have been and are a dangerous problem in the City of Phenix City.

(2) Studies have found that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method for detecting red light violations and is very effective in reducing the number of red light violations and decreasing the number of traffic accidents, deaths, and injuries.

(3) Current Alabama law provides that failing to stop and remain stopped at a traffic-control signal which is emitting a steady red signal is a criminal misdemeanor. Under Alabama law one who commits such a misdemeanor is subject to prosecution only if the misdemeanor was witnessed by either a duly empowered police officer or other witness who makes a verified complaint to a sworn magistrate.

(4) Many jurisdictions have adopted laws that allow use of automated photographic traffic enforcement, and the Legislature finds that it should adopt legislation implementing a program for automated photographic enforcement of traffic signal violations; which the Legislature finds is consistent with this subpart.

(5) By allowing a program for use of automated traffic cameras in traffic signal enforcement by the City of Phenix City, the Legislature hopes to both decrease the rate of traffic signal violations and learn more about the effectiveness and fairness involved in the use of the automated systems.
Ala. Code § 45-20-150.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-150.09
Section 45-20-150.09 Bingo Games - Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

Each permit holder shall maintain the following records for at least one year from the date of each bingo session:

(1) An itemized list of gross receipts for each session.

(2) An itemized list of all expenses, including the name of each person to whom the expenses are paid, and a receipt or invoice for all expenses.
Ala. Code § 45-35-61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-61
Section 45-35-61 Expenditures; Deputy Coroner
Status: in_force

The Houston County Commission shall hereafter pay all necessary expenses for the operation of the county coroner’s office from the county general fund. Provided, however, that any expenditures heretofore made by such commission in support of such coroner’s office, retroactive to October 1, 1970, are hereby ratified and affirmed. Such coroner shall appoint a qualified deputy coroner to serve in his absence and shall make provisions for compensating such deputy coroner for his services.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.18
Section 45-2-261.18 Zoning Ordinances and Regulations Not Retroactive
Status: in_force

No zoning ordinance or regulation promulgated by the Baldwin County Commission under the authority of this subpart shall change any use to which land is being made at the time the zoning ordinance or regulation becomes applicable to any district.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-35.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-35.14
Section 45-52A-35.14 Municipal Utilities Board - Expenditures for Construction or Additions
Status: in_force

No expenditures for property to be acquired and for any new construction, additions, or replacement to any public utility, or the equipment used by the same, shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without the consent and approval of the City Council of the City of Decatur.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.54 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.54
Section 45-20-242.54 Receipts; Quarterly Returns
Status: in_force

Every registered seller regularly and continually making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in Covington 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 the 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, 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 the 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 Covington 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 45-20-242.53.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-60
Section 45-49A-60 Retirement Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to any municipality in the State of Alabama having a population, according to the latest federal census, between 175,000 and 225,000 persons.

(b) Any elected official of any such municipality who previously has served, or who is presently serving, or who in the future may serve as such elected official, and serves for a period of not less than 12 years, shall be paid a retirement benefit equal to 30 percent of the average compensation he or she received as a salary during the five highest paid years which he or she served as such elected official, which benefit shall be payable monthly.

(c) Any elected official of any such municipality who previously has served, or who is presently serving, or who in the future may serve as such elected official, and serves for a period of not less than 16 years, shall be paid a retirement benefit equal to 40 percent of the average compensation he or she received as a salary during the five highest paid years while he or she served as such elected official, which benefit shall be payable monthly.

(d) Any elected official of any such municipality who previously has served, or who is presently serving, or who in the future may serve as such elected official, and serves for a period of not less than 20 years, shall be paid a retirement benefit equal to 50 percent of the average compensation he or she received as a salary during the five highest paid years while he or she served as such elected official, which benefit shall be payable monthly provided that the amount of such retirement benefit shall not be less than 50 percent of the compensation of any such elected official on October 5, 1965.

(e)(1) The retirement benefits provided for by this section shall commence on the first day of the first month following the day the person entitled thereto attains his or her fifty-fifth birthday; provided, however, that such person is not at such time employed by or serving as a full-time elected official, of the State of Alabama, or any municipality or county therein, or by the United States Government.

(2) Should a retired elected official who is receiving retirement benefits under this section die, leaving a spouse, such spouse shall be entitled to receive a monthly benefit payment in an amount equal to the monthly retirement benefit which the deceased elected official was entitled to on the date of death, for the remainder of his or her life, or until he or she marries again; provided he or she establishes his or her eligibility therefor in the manner prescribed in subdivision (3).

(3) The spouse of a deceased elected official may establish his or her eligibility to receive the benefits provided in this section by submitted (i) proof of a bona fide marriage to the deceased, consummated not less than one year prior to transfer to the retirement status; (ii) proof that the claimant and the deceased were living together as man and wife on the date of the death of the decedent and had been so living for at least one year prior to the date of his or her death.

(f) Any person who is entitled to receive any of the benefits provided for in this section, who subsequent to such service as an elected official of the City of Mobile, served or serves as a full-time employee of the city in a position which is not covered by any civil service or merit system governing the city, and who is not during the term of such full-time employment covered by any state employees’ retirement act, and who serves in such full-time position for a period of not less than four years shall be entitled to have such period of time served as a full-time employee added to the number of years he or she served as an elected official of the city. Upon becoming entitled to retirement benefits as provided by this section, he or she shall be paid a retirement benefit equal to that percentage of the average compensation he or she received as a salary during the five highest paid years which he or she served as such elected official, or as such full-time employee, as is provided by this section, which benefit shall be payable monthly.

(g) The retirement benefits provided by this section shall be paid from the general funds of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-48-230.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-230.20
Section 45-48-230.20 Training and Continuing Education Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) All law enforcement officers of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office who are certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall be required to complete training and continuing education.

(b) The training and continuing education shall be outlined by the sheriff and shall meet minimum requirements adopted by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.

(c) The training and continuing education shall be funded by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-22-130.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-130.20
Section 45-22-130.20 Salary Supplement
Status: in_force

Due to the substantial increase in the duties and responsibilities required of the members of the Cullman County Commission due to this article, each respective associate commissioner shall receive a salary supplement of four hundred dollars ($400) per month, and the chair of the commission shall receive a salary supplement of four hundred fifty-five dollars ($455) per month which shall be in addition to any other salary or expense allowance otherwise provided by law and shall be paid from the Cullman County treasury.
Ala. Code § 45-37-242.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-242.02
Section 45-37-242.02 Correction of Errors
Status: in_force

In Jefferson County whenever an error is found in the calculation of the amount of ad valorem taxes due or any mechanical error is found in the tax return, listing and valuing of property by the tax assessor upon assessments legally made, the tax assessor is hereby authorized to correct the same in his or her records. The tax assessor shall file in the record the proper evidence to support his or her action, and shall immediately certify same to the tax collector, and if a refund of taxes is due, the tax collector shall refund the monies out of the next monies collected. The taxpayer shall furnish proof of such payment to the satisfaction of the tax collector within two years from the date of such payment.
Ala. Code § 45-57-260.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-260.06
Section 45-57-260.06 Master Plan Implementation
Status: in_force

No master plan or zoning regulations proposed by the planning commission shall become effective until approved by the county commission. Once the county commission approves a master plan or zoning regulations, as soon as possible thereafter, the county commission shall implement the master plan and the zoning regulations in all of the unincorporated areas of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-30.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-30.01
Section 45-52A-30.01 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer
Status: in_force

The Decatur City Council, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of draft or keg beer by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Ala. Code § 45-49-110.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-110.04
Section 45-49-110.04 Deputy Registrars; Monthly Meetings; Monthly and Annual Reports
Status: in_force

(a) In Mobile County, in addition to any and all other laws relating to voter registration, there shall be at least two additional deputy registrars from each ward or precinct in each legislative House and Senate district within the county, one appointed upon the recommendation of the senator and one appointed upon the recommendation of the House member from each district. The only requirement for such deputy registrars, shall be that each is a registered voter of Mobile County. They shall be volunteers who serve without pay and the term for each volunteer deputy registrar shall run concurrently with terms of the members of the board of registrars and shall otherwise operate under Act 84-389.

(b) The Board of Registrars of Mobile County shall hold regular monthly meetings in the Mobile County Courthouse the first Monday of each month at a time to be set by a majority of the board, which shall be announced to the public at least seven days prior to meeting by public service announcements in the daily newspapers of general circulation and each weekly newspaper of general circulation serving Mobile County. The meeting shall be open to the public which may ask questions, make suggestions, or make other presentations to the board pertaining to its duties and responsibilities in general.

(c) The Board of Registrars of Mobile County shall file a monthly report with the Mobile County Commission and the Judge of Probate of Mobile County by the 10th day of each month that it is in session. Such report shall summarize all of the board’s activities for the preceding month including, but not limited to, the number of new voters registered, reidentified, or purged. This report shall be available to the public by paying a reasonable cost for copying expenses at the same rate paid for other public documents.

(d) The Board of Registrars of Mobile County shall file an annual report with the Mobile County Commission and the Judge of Probate of Mobile County by the 10th day of the month following the end of the board’s session. Such report shall summarize all of the board’s activities for the year including, but not limited to, the number of new voters registered, reidentified, or purged, a list of all deputy registrars appointed and removed during the year, and the reasons for such removal. This report shall be available to the public by paying a reasonable cost for copying expenses at the same rate paid for other public documents.

(e) The board of registrars shall publish on a monthly basis in the daily newspapers of general circulation and each weekly newspaper of general circulation during the time that it is in session, the name and address and telephone number of each deputy registrar and of each member of the board of registrars.

(f) The provisions of this section shall be construed in pari materia with all laws or parts of laws relating to the board of registrars and deputy registrars not directly in conflict herewith.
Ala. Code § 45-36-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-70.01
Section 45-36-70.01 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid a monthly expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500). Each associate member of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid a monthly expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300). Such amounts shall be paid from the county treasury to such county officers and shall be in lieu of any other expense allowances for performance of in-county duties heretofore provided by law for the chair and associate commissioners.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-34.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-34.10
Section 45-52A-34.10 Approval of Application; Rejection
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall approve an application and issue a certificate of appropriateness if it finds that the proposed change, erection, or demolition conforms to the general design standards established by the commission, is compatible with the character of the historic property or historic district, and does not detract from the value of the historic property or historic district. In making this determination, the commission shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent factors, the historic and architectural features involved and the proposed change thereto, and the relationship thereof, to the exterior architectural style, and pertinent features of other structures in the immediate neighborhood.

(b) In its review of applications for certificate of appropriateness, the commission shall not consider interior changes or use having no effect on the exterior of a building or structure.

(c) In the event the commission rejects an application, it shall state its reasons for doing so and shall transmit a record of such action and reasons therefor, in writing, to the applicant. The applicant may make modifications to its plans and resubmit the application for reconsideration at any time after doing so.

(d) In cases where the application is for a change in the exterior of the building or structure which would require the issuance of a building permit, the rejection of an application for a certificate of appropriateness by the commission shall be binding upon the building inspector or other administrative officer charged with issuing building permits, and in such case, no building permit shall be issued.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.16
Section 45-28A-42.16 Solicitation Prohibited
Status: in_force

No officer or employee of any police or fire department shall solicit orally, or by letter or otherwise, or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment or subscription or contribution for any candidate, political party, or political purpose whatsoever, provided however, that this section shall apply only to municipal elections.
Ala. Code § 45-29-83.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-83.42
Section 45-29-83.42 License Records
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. The judge of probate shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner that the judges of probate are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that judges of probate are required to account for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-36-231.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-231.05
Section 45-36-231.05 Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid
Status: in_force

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this subpart, a notation in the storage record shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may continue the sale, from time to time, if no bidders are present.
Ala. Code § 45-30-245.33 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-245.33
Section 45-30-245.33 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Franklin County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-30-245.30, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this subpart. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-50.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-50.08
Section 45-17A-50.08 Appointments Probationary for Six Months
Status: in_force

All appointments, including new appointments, employee reassignments to covered vacant positions, including head of department positions, shall be on a probationary basis for a period of six months from the date of appointment. For those positions in which the individual is required to meet state minimum standards, such as police officers and firefighters, the probationary period shall conclude upon fulfillment of the standards or the passage of six months, whichever is later. Before the expiration of the probationary period, the head of the department may, with the consent of the mayor, discharge the probationary employee. Regular status covered employees who were reassigned, including those reassigned to a head of department position, shall be returned either to their previous job or a similar job, if vacant, or placed on the layoff list.