Ala. Code § 45-35-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-81
Section 45-35-81 Additional Court Costs - Criminal or Misdemeanor Cases
Status: in_force

Any law, whether special, local, or general to the contrary notwithstanding, in Houston County in addition to all other costs and charges in any criminal case or misdemeanor case, whose jurisdiction is in the district court, circuit court, or juvenile court, specifically including traffic violations, an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such court. The monies derived from the charges herein prescribed shall be remitted to the Houston County Juvenile Care and Services Fund of the county treasury. The monies derived from the charges herein, as deposited into the Houston County Juvenile Care and Services Fund, may only be used for purposes related to the expenses of maintenance and care of children in Houston County, Alabama, that may be incurred by order of the court in carrying out the provisions and intent of Title 12, Chapter 15, Juvenile Proceedings, as amended, and to the extent not otherwise prohibited by law, expenses of maintenance and care of children in Houston County, Alabama, to include, but not be limited to, additional personnel or preventive programs, necessary equipment for provisions of service to children and families in need, to finance any group home, detention facility, or shelter care facility. The county commission is hereby authorized to direct, in its sole discretion, expenditures of the funds to carry out the provisions and purposes of this act.
Ala. Code § 45-28-234.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-234.02
Section 45-28-234.02 Application of Rules
Status: in_force

All classified employees covered under this part shall be governed by the rules promulgated by the board. Present employees shall remain in their respective employments.
Ala. Code § 45-39-241.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-241.20
Section 45-39-241.20 Delinquency Fee
Status: in_force

In Lauderdale County, in addition to all other fees, penalties, and interest, a special delinquency fee in an amount to be determined by the Lauderdale County Commission, but not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each month that a tax payment remains delinquent, shall be paid to the Revenue Commissioner of Lauderdale County for any tax or license paid to his or her office which is not paid by its delinquency date and deposited in the county general fund for appropriation for general county purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-47-242.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-242.22
Section 45-47-242.22 Renewal of Motor Vehicle Registrations by Mail or Via the Internet
Status: in_force

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Marion County may set and collect an additional mail fee from any person renewing a motor vehicle registration by mail or over the Internet to offset the costs of the renewal, including the costs of the mailing of the motor vehicle license decals or license plates to the person renewing the registration. The revenue commissioner may set the mail fee on each transaction not to exceed five dollars ($5). All fees authorized under this section shall be collected and deposited in the Revenue Commissioner Fund and used for the operation of the office of the revenue commissioner.

(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any other authority or fees of the revenue commissioner. This section shall not affect the option of any person to renew the registration of a motor vehicle in person in the office of the revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-4-244.43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-244.43
Section 45-4-244.43 Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the state sales and use taxes are collected in the county and those sales and use taxes applicable only to the county.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-64.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-64.50
Section 45-57A-64.50 Short Title; Adoption of Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the Phenix City Red Light Safety Act.

(b) The City of Phenix City, Alabama, by ordinance, may adopt the procedures set out in this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-36-243.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-243.08
Section 45-36-243.08 Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this part shall not preclude the collection of the amount actually due. However, the amount actually paid shall constitute a credit against the amount actually due.
Ala. Code § 45-25-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-242
Section 45-25-242 Definitions
Status: in_force

The term “gasoline” as used in this subpart shall include gasoline, naptha and other liquid motor fuels or any devices or substitutes therefor commonly used in internal combustion engines, provided that nothing contained in this subpart shall apply to those products commonly known as kerosene oil, fuel oil, and crude oil used for lighting or heating purposes. The term “person” means and includes every person, corporation, copartnership, company, agen¬cy, or association, singular or plural. The term “distributor” shall include any person who shall engage in the selling of gasoline as herein defined in DeKalb County, by wholesale, in domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction by such distributor in interstate commerce. The term “retail dealer” shall include any person herein defined as the distributor who is also engaged in the sale of gasoline as herein defined at any place in DeKalb County in broken quantities. The term “storer” as used herein shall include any person who ships gasoline into DeKalb County in tank quantities and stores the same and withdraws or uses same for any purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-25-242.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-242.07
Section 45-25-242.07 Delinquency in Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under authority of this subpart, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this subpart and there shall be added to the amount of his or her tax a penalty of 25 percent, provided if in the opinion of the governing body of the county a good and sufficient cause or reason is shown for such delinquency, the penalty may be remitted. The governing body shall be authorized and empowered to make returns for delinquent taxpayers upon such information as it may reasonably obtain and add to that the penalty as prescribed by this subpart. If any person shall be delinquent in the payment of any tax imposed by this subpart, the governing body of the county shall issue execution for the collection of the same, directed to any sheriff of the State of Alabama, who shall proceed to collect the same in the manner now provided by law for the collection of delinquent taxes by the county tax collector and make return of such execution to the governing body issuing the same. The tax herein authorized to be levied and the penalties herein provided for shall be held as a debt payable to the County of DeKalb by the person against whom the same shall have been imposed or against whom the penalties shall have accrued, and all such taxes and penalties shall be a lien upon the property in the county and elsewhere in this state of the person against whom the tax shall have been imposed and the penalties shall have accrued.
Ala. Code § 45-9-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-80
Section 45-9-80 Circuit Judges; Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) Each of the circuit judges of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this state (as such circuit is now or hereafter constituted) shall be paid a local expense allowance, in addition to all compensation and expenses paid by the state, from the general funds of the counties composing such circuit, in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments. The proportion of the total annual local expense allowance hereby authorized for each such circuit judge, to be paid by each county in such circuit, shall be determined by multiplying ten thousand dollars ($10,000) times the quotient derived by dividing the total number of case filings in all circuit courts of such circuit (as such circuit is constituted at the time such payment is made) for the five calendar years beginning with 1980, through and including 1984, into the total number of case filings in the circuit court (and with respect to the circuit court of Tallapoosa County, both divisions of that circuit court) of that county for the five calendar years beginning with 1980, through and including 1984, as such case filings have been reported by the Administrative Office of Courts. The local expense allowance hereby authorized shall not be paid to any retired or supernumerary circuit judge.

(b) The governing bodies of the counties which compose the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this state (as such circuit is now or hereafter constituted) are authorized, at any time and from time to time, to increase the amount of local expense allowance provided for in subsection (a), provided the governing bodies of all of the counties which compose such circuit, approved by majority vote both the amount of any such increase in local expense allowance, and the proportion thereof to be paid by each such county.

(c) The governing bodies of the counties which compose the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this state (as such circuit is now or hereafter constituted) are authorized, at any time and from time to time, to rescind, in whole or in part, any increase in the amount of local expense allowance which may have been authorized by such governing bodies pursuant to subsection (b), provided the governing bodies of all of the counties which compose such circuit, approve by majority vote both the amount of any decrease in local allowance caused by any such rescission, and the proportion of the total local expense allowance to be paid by each such county to each circuit judge of such circuit after such rescission become effective, and provided further, such governing bodies shall not be authorized to rescind or otherwise decrease, at any time or in whole or in part, the amount of local expense allowance authorized and required to be paid to each circuit judge of such circuit pursuant to subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 45-30-140.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-140.05
Section 45-30-140.05 Fire Protection Service Fee - Approval; Construction and Application; Subsequent Referenda
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are affirmative votes, the fire protection 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 purposes of this article, 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, but not limited to, (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, and (3) any mobile home or house trailer. A building, structure, or other improvement shall be classified as a dwelling if either of the following apply:

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

(2) 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.

(b) The fire protection service fee may 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 article.

(c) The fire protection service 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 may not be effective until after the approval at a referendum election held for the purpose of increasing the fee.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are negative, another election for setting the amount of the fire protection fee may not be held for two years from the time of the prior election.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.035 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.035
Section 45-2-244.035 Failure to Report
Status: in_force

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel in Baldwin County shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required in any provision of this subpart or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the Baldwin County Commission, within the time required for making such reports, or shall fail to pay the tax imposed within the time fixed for the payment thereof, the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for each offense as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-45-81.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-81.05
Section 45-45-81.05 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All fees, commissions, and other compensation of every nature heretofore paid to or collected by the Circuit Court Clerk, Register in Chancery, or Clerk of the Madison County Court in Madison County, except the compensation herein provided for or fixed by the Madison County Personnel Board, shall be paid into the county treasury.
Ala. Code § 45-55-220 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-220
Section 45-55-220 Residents Over 65 Years of Age Exempt from Fishing Lake Admission Fee
Status: in_force

Any person who is a resident of the state of Alabama and over 65 years of age shall be entitled to fish in the Pike County public fishing lake operated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, without the requirement of payment of any admission fee.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.15
Section 45-8A-22.15 Compensation and Expenses
Status: in_force

The compensation and all other expenses of the board arising under this subpart shall be paid from funds of the city on the order of the board in the same manner as other city salaries and expenses are paid. The total expenditures in any one year shall not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) without the approval of the city governing body. The city governing body shall provide the board an office in the city hall, which shall be suitably equipped and furnished for the needs of the board, and telephone service, postage, office supplies, and stationery.
Ala. Code § 45-45-201 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-201
Section 45-45-201 Creation
Status: in_force

In Madison County there is hereby created a county license department. The county license department is hereinafter referred to as the department.
Ala. Code § 45-10-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-242
Section 45-10-242 Authorization to Increase Ad Valorem School Tax
Status: in_force

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Cherokee County Commission is hereby authorized to increase the countywide ad valorem school tax presently being levied by 10 mills on each one hundred dollars ($100) worth of taxable property in Cherokee County. Such 10 mill increase in ad valorem tax shall be levied and collected by the governing body of Cherokee County for each year beginning with the levy for the tax year October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1990 (the tax for which year will be due and payable October 1, 1990) and ending with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009 (the tax for which year will be due and payable October 1, 2009) for public school purposes with the proceeds from such increase to be expended at the direction of the county school board; provided, that the aforesaid increased rate of such tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of Cherokee County, and voted for by a majority of those voting at a special election that shall be held on May 30, 1989, to be called and held in accordance with the law governing special elections.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-56.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-56.09
Section 45-35A-56.09 Program Requirements; Jurisdiction; Termination from Program; Liabiity 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 shall 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 has 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 § 45-2-82.43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-82.43
Section 45-2-82.43 County Salary Supplement - Court Reporters
Status: in_force

The Baldwin County Commission, by the adoption of a resolution, may grant each court reporter of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit a county salary supplement in an amount not to exceed 42 percent of the salary paid each court reporter by the state. The supplement shall be paid in equal installments from the county treasury at the same time and in the same manner that the salaries of county employees are paid. The county supplement shall be the total compensation paid to a court reporter by the county. The county supplement shall be in addition to any compensation provided by general law.
Ala. Code § 45-12-250 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-250
Section 45-12-250 Ratification of Utility Systems
Status: in_force

In all cases in which a board organized under Article 9, Chapter 50, Title 11, for the purpose of operating a water, gas, sewer, or electric system, as such term is defined in Article 9, Chapter 50, Title 11, in Choctaw County, has attempted to acquire such a water, sewer, gas, or electric system, or any portion thereof, but the attempted acquisition may be invalid because of some irregularity or deficiency with respect to the acquisition or conveyance of such system, the attempted acquisition or conveyance of such system or portion thereof shall be and hereby is ratified, confirmed, and validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity or deficiency.
Ala. Code § 45-30-241.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-241.03
Section 45-30-241.03 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than two years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as shall clearly show the amount of sale or withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel made in Franklin County taxed under this part.
Ala. Code § 45-55-81.43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-81.43
Section 45-55-81.43 Assessment and Collection of Fees; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall charge and collect the same fee that is prescribed in the general law for a like service when performed by the tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, or license commissioner as the case may be. All fees shall be the property of Pike County and shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-11-172.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-172.01
Section 45-11-172.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person employed by Chilton County who performs animal control functions or any person who performs animal control functions who is employed by an entity under agreement or contract with the county to perform animal control functions or to enforce this part.

(2) ATTACK. Aggressive physical contact initiated by a dog.

(3) BITTEN. Seized with the teeth so that the skin of the person seized has been gripped, or has been wounded or pierced.

(4) COUNTY. Chilton County.

(5) DANGEROUS DOG. A dog, regardless of its breed, that has bitten or caused physical injury to a human being without provocation or has repeatedly bitten or caused physical injury to humans, except a dog used by law enforcement officials for legitimate law enforcement purposes, a certified guide dog for the blind, a hearing dog for the deaf, or a service dog for an individual with a disability.

(6) DOG. All members of the canine family, including dog hybrids.

(7) IMPOUNDED. Taken into the custody of law enforcement, the county pound, or an animal control authority or provider of animal control services to the county where the dangerous dog is found.

(8) NUISANCE DOG. A dog, regardless of its breed, that has caused damage to or disturbed the real or personal property of a human being without provocation, except a dog used by law enforcement officials for legitimate law enforcement purposes, a certified guide dog for the blind, a hearing dog for the deaf, or a service dog for an individual with a disability.

(9) OWNER. A person, firm, corporation, or organization having a right of property in a dog, or who keeps or harbors a dog, or who has a dog in his or her care or acts as the custodian of a dog, or who permits a dog to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her.

(10) PHYSICAL INJURY. An injury as defined in Section 13A-1-2(12).

(11) PROPER ENCLOSURE OF A DANGEROUS OR NUISANCE DOG. An enclosure for the confinement of a dog that has been declared dangerous that is suitable to prevent the entry of the general public and that:

a. Is capable of being locked with a key or combination lock when the dog is within the structure.

b. Has secure sides and a secure top attached at all sides with all four sides of the fence or pen sunk at least two feet into the ground or built over a concrete pad to prevent the dog from digging out.

c. Provides adequate ventilation and protection from the elements.

d. Exhibits a sign conspicuously posted upon the pen or the structure containing the following: “Dangerous Dog - No Trespassing” or “Nuisance Dog - No Trespassing.”

e. The enclosure shall be constructed to allow the dog to stand normally and without restriction and shall be not less than four times the length of the dog and two times the width of the dog.

(12) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.
Ala. Code § 45-9-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-245
Section 45-9-245 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall only apply to Chambers County.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.70
Section 45-28A-42.70 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The term member of such police department shall include chief of police, assistant chiefs of police, chief of detectives, captain of police, lieutenants of police, sergeants of police, identifications officers, superintendent of identification, lieutenant of detectives, patrolmen, and any full time, regularly employed and compensated, bonded, and sworn peace officer under the direct supervision of the chief of police of the city.

(b) The term member of such fire department shall include the following in the department: Chief, assistant chiefs, captains, lieutenants, mechanics, drivers, firemen, fire marshal or fire inspector, drill master or instructor, division or battalion chiefs, superintendent of fire alarm systems, and any full time, regularly employed, and compensated, officer or employee engaged in fire fighting under the direct supervision of the chief of the fire department. No other officer, employee, or person shall be eligible to participate in the retirement fund, notwithstanding the provisions of any civil service law, state statute, city ordinance, or rules and regulations of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-11-247.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-247.05
Section 45-11-247.05 Applicability of State Provisions
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, promulgating rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this part shall apply to the tax levied under this part. The State Commissioner of Revenue and the department shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this part that are imposed on the commissioner and department by the state sales and use tax statutes. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes that are made applicable by this part to the tax levied under this part, and to the administration and enforcement of this part, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this part as fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-48-82.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-82.20
Section 45-48-82.20 District Attorney’s Fund
Status: in_force

All district attorney’s fees taxed as costs and collected in all criminal cases in Marshall County and the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit shall be paid into a separate fund in a depository designated by the district attorney and shall be known as the District Attorney’s Fund. The funds shall be used and expended as the district attorney may provide. The present monies and assets designated in the county treasury for the District Attorney’s Fund shall be transferred into the District Attorney’s Fund as established by this section. The payment of district attorney fees shall be made by the tenth day of each month following collection as directed by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-36-243.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-243.12
Section 45-36-243.12 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-36-243.11 shall be made exclusively for materials and equipment used for the repair, maintenance, and construction of public roads and bridges.
Ala. Code § 45-54-231.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-231.02
Section 45-54-231.02 Training and Education in Life Skills for Prisoners; Contracts; Funding; Feeding of Prisoners
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In Pickens County, the sheriff may establish programs to train and educate prisoners in the county jail in life skills, including, but not limited to, agriculture, vocational training, and drug abuse rehabilitation.

(2) The sheriff may contract with persons to provide services related to any training and educational programs established pursuant to subdivision (1).

(3) Any crops grown pursuant to any agricultural program may be used to improve the diet of prisoners in the county jail.

(4) Any training and educational programs established pursuant to this section may be funded from any funds of the sheriff including discretionary funds such as jail store funds, pistol permit funds, law enforcement funds, and work release funds.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sheriff of Pickens County may use any discretionary funds of the sheriff to supplement funds for the feeding of prisoners in the county jail, including jail store funds, pistol permit funds, law enforcement funds, and work release funds.
Ala. Code § 45-55-130.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-130.13
Section 45-55-130.13 Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency
Status: in_force

In the event an emergency should arise in which it would be impossible for the county commission to employ an engineer as hereinabove provided for, the county commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer; but when so employed, he or she shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer and be subject to this part. An emergency shall not exist so long as the Director of Transportation can nominate an engineer who will accept employment by the commission under the terms of this part. It is the intention of this part to provide that when county roads are to be maintained or constructed in the county, the supervision thereof shall be under either a county engineer or a road supervisor who is not a member of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-47-250.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-250.08
Section 45-47-250.08 Rates, Fees, and Charges
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) Pay 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 together with revenues from any tax sources and fees as the principal and interest become due and payable;

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

(4) Make such annual payments, if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make.
Ala. Code § 45-45-241.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-241.03
Section 45-45-241.03 Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Inc
Status: in_force

All property owned by the Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Incorporated, a Madison County nonprofit corporation, is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.260 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.260
Section 45-8A-23.260 Removal of Officers and Employees
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, any officer or employee whose successor may be appointed by the city manager or by the head of any office, department, board, or agency, may be removed by the manager or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of the city manager, or other appointing officer, shall be subject to appeals therefrom, if any, provided by applicable law.
Ala. Code § 45-7-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-100
Section 45-7-100 Board of Education
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Education of Butler County, Alabama, shall consist of five members, a chairman and four associate members, who are qualified electors of the county.

(b) One associate member shall be elected from each of the four commissioner’s districts constituted by Local Act No. 183, Local Acts, 1945, page 99. Associate members must reside within the district they represent, and they shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the entire county. The chairman of the board may reside anywhere in the county, and shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the entire county. Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the chairman and the associate members shall be elected for terms of four years or until their successors are elected and qualified, their terms commencing on the second Tuesday in January immediately following their election.

(c) The county board of education shall exercise all the jurisdiction, powers, and duties now or hereafter granted or conferred upon county boards of education by the law of the state.

(d) The members of the county board of education shall receive ten dollars ($10) a day and their actual traveling expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board, and transacting the business of the board, not to exceed pay for 12 days in any one year.

(e) The two associate members of the board from commissioners’ districts numbered one and two shall be elected at the general election in 1950 for terms of two years. A chairman and the four associate members shall be elected at the general election in 1952 and every four years thereafter. The incumbent chairman and associate members shall hold office until their successors are elected as provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-37-232.82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-232.82
Section 45-37-232.82
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an emergency writ condition exists, a petitioner may request that a writ of seizure be executed by a special reserve deputy. Once the special reserve deputy executes the writ of seizure and returns the writ of seizure to the appropriate clerk, the petitioner shall pay a service fee.

(b) A fee paid pursuant to this section may not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and shall be paid directly to the special reserve deputy.

(c) A special reserve deputy may not receive any funds from the county treasury for the service of writs.

(d) The sheriff may not receive any fee for any service of writ performed by a special reserve deputy.
Ala. Code § 45-51-84.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-84.44
Section 45-51-84.44 Relation to Other Laws
Status: in_force

All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of lis pendens, declarations of claims or exemptions, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto.
Ala. Code § 45-5-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-60.01
Section 45-5-60.01 Additional Expense Allowance; Compensation
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-183, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 18, 2027.
Ala. Code § 45-42-80.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-80.01
Section 45-42-80.01 Supplemental Salary - District Judges
Status: in_force

In the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, each district judge is hereby authorized to receive as a supplemental salary to that paid by the state a sum equal to 30 percent of the salary paid the judges by the state. The County Commission of Limestone County is hereby directed to pay the supplemental salaries provided herein out of the county general fund. The supplemental salaries shall be in addition to any other salary, compensation, allowance, or expenses provided by law but shall be in lieu of any other supplemental salary paid by the county; the supplemental salary shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner that the salaries of other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-17-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-240
Section 45-17-240 Offices and Duties of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Consolidated
Status: in_force

(a) Effective October 1, 1997, or upon occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Colbert County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1996 and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day of October next after his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified.

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

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

(d) Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in such sum as may be fixed by Section 40-5-3 for tax collectors in Alabama, giving as security thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate. The cost of the bond required herein shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on warrant of the county commission, and shall be a preferred claim against the county.

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

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor or the tax collector of the county are now or hereafter may be by law authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty hereby imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary as provided by law, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county.

(g) The offices of the tax assessor and tax collector of Colbert County are hereby abolished effective the first day of October 1997, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of tax assessor or tax collector. In the event that the office of tax assessor or tax collector becomes vacant before October 1, 1997, the office of county revenue commissioner shall immediately come into being, and the remaining officer, tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, shall immediately assume the duties of the office of county revenue commissioner and shall perform such duties until a county revenue commissioner has been elected as provided herein. For the performance of such duties, he or she shall be entitled to the salary hereinabove prescribed for the county revenue commissioner.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to promote the public convenience in Colbert County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one office.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.06
Section 45-27-60.06 Execution of Death Certificate; Circumstances Requiring Notice to District Attorney and Department of Forensic Sciences
Status: in_force

(a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or a designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or designated assistant, may execute a death certificate as required by law, and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the Alabama Department of Public Health.

(b) The county medical examiner shall contact the office of the district attorney and the chief medical examiner of the Department of Forensic Sciences under the following circumstances:

(1) If the deceased is unidentified.

(2) If the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission.

(3) If the cause of death is obscure.

(c) In the event of a death qualifying under subsection (b), the county medical examiner shall further examine the body, take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the body that he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, or circumstances of death and the identity of the deceased. The county medical examiner shall then execute a death certificate, as required by law, and also shall authorize release of the body for final disposition by executing a certificate required by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Ala. Code § 45-20-82.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-82.60
Section 45-20-82.60 Applicability
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only to the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-12-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-60.01
Section 45-12-60.01 Additional Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) The Choctaw County Commission may provide an additional expense allowance for the coroner in an amount which shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per month. This expense allowance shall be in addition to other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.

(b) After June 7, 2019, the Choctaw County Commission may increase the expense allowance for the coroner in addition to the amount provided in subsection (a) by a majority vote of all members of the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-2-143 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-143
Section 45-2-143 Recordkeeping; Audits
Status: in_force

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

(b) Each volunteer fire department and each rescue squad organized as a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 3 of Title 10A, or receiving ad valorem tax revenue pursuant to Section 45-2-242, shall keep correct and complete books and records of all accounts and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority of the board of directors. All books and records of a volunteer fire department or rescue squad may be inspected by any member, director, or officer, or his or her agent or attorney, for any proper purpose at any reasonable time and are subject to audit as provided in subsection (c).

(c) The chair of the board of directors of each volunteer fire department and each rescue squad, at least once a year, shall appoint a certified public accountant or request the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to conduct an audit of all books and accounts of the volunteer fire department or rescue squad since the preceding audit. Additionally, the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, pursuant to the authority granted under Section 41-5-23, may prescribe additional reporting requirements as deemed necessary. The certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall make a full report, in writing, which shall be submitted to the board of directors. The report shall be spread upon the minutes of the volunteer fire department or rescue squad and shall immediately be made available for public view at any reasonable time. For their services, the certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall be paid a sum as may be agreed upon by both parties.

(d) Any volunteer fire department may expend funds received pursuant to Section 45-2-242, to comply with this section and the expenditures of the funds are declared to be a public purpose for the operation of the volunteer fire department.
Ala. Code § 45-1-236.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-236.01
Section 45-1-236.01 Fundraising
Status: in_force

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

(b) This section is remedial and curative and any actions taken by the sheriff in conformance with subsection (a) are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-20-241.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-241.04
Section 45-20-241.04 Office Space and Equipment
Status: in_force

The Covington 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, necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-46-80.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-80.01
Section 45-46-80.01 Additional Fees - Delivery of Summons and Other Pleadings
Status: in_force

In addition to all court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, including without limitation Sections 96, 104, and 105 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, there shall be a ten dollar ($10) fee assessed on all civil and criminal cases filed in the circuit court or district court and a ten dollar ($10) fee for delivery by the sheriff for all summons and other pleadings filed in all cases in the civil and criminal cases in the circuit court or district court of the county. All funds generated from the fees shall be paid into the general fund of the county and shall be used exclusively for the operation and maintenance of the county jail.
Ala. Code § 45-2-81.71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-81.71
Section 45-2-81.71 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that court-ordered restitution to crime victims, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, court costs required by law, fines levied against criminals for wrongful conduct, and other court-ordered sums payable to the state or to the crime victims be paid in full and that cost of collection be borne by the person who is responsible for payment.
Ala. Code § 45-26-141.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-141.04
Section 45-26-141.04 Fire Protection Fee - Eligibility to Receive Proceeds
Status: in_force

To be eligible to receive proceeds from the fire protection fee, each department shall be a member in good standing in the Elmore County Firefighters Association. For the purpose of this part, good standing is defined as being current on all association dues, being incorporated as a nonprofit organization, having a bonded official responsible for the use of any proceeds of the fire protection fee, and, except for municipal fire departments, being recognized by the Alabama Forestry Commission as a volunteer fire department. A municipal fire department may have paid employees provided the employees are not paid from the proceeds from the fire protection fee. Departments not in good standing may be subject to withholding of proceeds from the fire protection fee until their good standing status has been restored. Upon the dissolution or abandonment of any eligible department, remaining proceeds, assets purchased with proceeds, and future proceeds from the fire protection fee shall be divided among the departments that take over coverage of the territory of the dissolved department after all outstanding financial obligations have been satisfied.
Ala. Code § 45-31-234.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-234.01
Section 45-31-234.01 Sale of Perishable Property
Status: in_force

If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of the sale 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 Geneva County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.01
Section 45-49-90.01 Purpose; Liberal Construction
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this part to authorize the incorporation in Mobile County of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, replace, own, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporations may be able to develop land as sites for industrial parks in Mobile County which shall be deemed to include the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, and other similar facilities which are incidental to the use of land as an industrial park, including easements and rights of way for public utilities providing power and communication services, but shall not be deemed to include the provision of structures or buildings other than structures or buildings related to the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, or similar facilities. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this part to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes. It is not intended hereby that any such corporation shall itself be authorized to operate any manufacturing, industrial, commercial, or research enterprise; nor shall the corporation be authorized to provide services in the nature of those services provided by public utilities.

(b) This part shall be liberally construed in conformity with the intentions.
Ala. Code § 45-46-84.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-84.21
Section 45-46-84.21 Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes and casual sales and use taxes and any other taxes on motor vehicles in the county, which have heretofore been performed by the revenue commissioner and shall also collect any other taxes that may hereafter be levied. The Revenue Commissioner of Marengo County is hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes of such motor vehicles. The judge of probate shall receive the commissions and fees now allowed the revenue commissioner for performing these functions and any future fees set by law, and such fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such tax shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made by the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-36-250.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-250.01
Section 45-36-250.01 Reimbursement of Surplus Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson County Commission may reimburse the Jackson County General Fund for all payments made from the general fund for, or related to, the operation of the Jackson County Solid Waste Program. Funds used for a reimbursement by the county commission shall be derived from surplus funds over the operating costs of the Jackson County Solid Waste Program as determined by standard government fund accounting principles.

(b) The county commission may receive a reasonable administrative fee payable to the Jackson County General Fund by a transfer of funds from the Solid Waste Fund in an amount up to five percent of the gross revenue generated by the Jackson County Solid Waste Program on an annual basis in order to reimburse the county general fund for expenses related to the administration of the solid waste program and fund.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.192 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.192
Section 45-37-123.192 Construction of Plan
Status: in_force

The plan shall be construed and enforced according to the Internal Revenue Code, the act, and the laws of this state, other than its laws respecting choice of law. In the event of any discrepancy between the terms of the plan or the act and those of applicable federal law, federal law shall apply.
Ala. Code § 45-45-233.37 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-233.37
Section 45-45-233.37 Contempt of Court
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-71.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-71.17
Section 45-8A-71.17 Civil Service Board - Dissolved
Status: in_force

(a) The Civil Service Board of the City of Jacksonville is dissolved on July 1, 2024.

(b)(1) The city’s governing body shall ensure that the vested or vesting rights of any existing appointees of the civil service board are protected and not otherwise altered or diminished, except as otherwise provided by law.

(2) All individuals employed and subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service board on July 1, 2024, shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of an employee for cause.

(3) The governing body shall adopt a human resources policy and procedures manual, which shall include personnel policy guidelines; operational standards; employee management, recruitment, testing, hiring, and termination procedures; equal employment opportunities policies; and workplace harassment policies to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

(4) Each rule and regulation adopted by the civil service board shall remain in effect until the governing body adopts a replacement rule or regulation.
Ala. Code § 45-1-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-82
Section 45-1-82 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, or any of his or her staff.

(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is employed by an agency or department whose purpose is to protect people. This may include, but is not limited to, police personnel, sheriff personnel, coroner, Department of Human Resources personnel, parole and probation personnel, community corrections office personnel, and court referral office personnel, whether that agency or department is in the State of Alabama or located elsewhere.

(3) OFFENDER. Any person charged with a crime as defined by this code, which was allegedly committed in the jurisdiction of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.

(4) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. As that term is defined in subdivision (14) of Section 13A-1-2.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.07
Section 45-51A-33.07 The Council
Status: in_force

The councilmen provided for in this section shall be known collectively as the Council of the City of .......... (Name of said city to be inserted) and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The councilmen first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date the election of all nine councilmen is completed, and thereupon such city shall at that time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided under this part and shall thereafter be governed by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-56.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-56.44
Section 45-37A-56.44 Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

At any time when no bonds of the authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the judge of probate, in the county in which is filed the certificate of incorporation, of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the board and sworn to by each member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of such application for dissolution, the authority shall cease to exist. The judge of probate shall receive and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his or her office. Upon dissolution, all rights, title, and interest of the authority in property shall be vested in the city.
Ala. Code § 45-12-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-60
Section 45-12-60 Expense Allowances
Status: in_force

(a) The county Coroner of Choctaw County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) per month paid from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law.

(b) The Choctaw County Coroner shall be entitled to an expense allowance in an amount of three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) per month. Such allowance shall be in addition to all other expense allowances provided by law and shall be payable from the Choctaw County General Fund or any other fund from which the same may be legally paid.
Ala. Code § 45-44-130.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-130.01
Section 45-44-130.01 Duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to:

(1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of the county, and prescribe the duties, discharge employees for cause, or when he or she is not needed.

(2) Perform engineering and surveying service as may be required, and to prepare and maintain the necessary maps and records.

(3) Maintain the necessary accounting records to reflect the cost of the county highway system.

(4) Build or construct new roads, or change old roads, but only when ordered to do so by proper order of the county commission.

(5) Construct and maintain all county roads on the basis of the county as a unit to the extent it is feasible, without regard to any district or beat lines.
Ala. Code § 45-45-120.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-120.01
Section 45-45-120.01 Historian
Status: in_force

(a) The Madison County Commission may appoint a county historian and appropriate county funds for the purpose of paying the designated county historian an honorarium, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(b) The county historian shall maintain a chronological history of local government within Madison County.
Ala. Code § 45-37-240.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-240.60
Section 45-37-240.60 Chief Deputy - Jefferson County Tax Collector
Status: in_force

(a) The elected Jefferson County Tax Collector is empowered to appoint one person to serve as chief deputy. The appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the elected Jefferson County Tax Collector. The appointee shall be a resident of the county at the time of his or her appointment and so long as he or she holds the position of the chief deputy.

(b) The chief deputy shall receive any and all benefits that are received by Merit System employees, including longevity payments, and if he or she is a Merit System employee at the time of his or her appointment, he or she may return to the Merit System upon termination of his or her appointment as provided in Section 36-26-32.1.
Ala. Code § 45-49-142.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-142.09
Section 45-49-142.09 Investment of Excess Funds
Status: in_force

If the Mobile County Commission finds or determines that the funds provided by this part, after the deductions for administrative costs and investment, exceed the financial needs of the eligible volunteer fire departments, the Mobile County Commission may invest any excess funds for future expenses or use those funds for other fire suppression or protection service programs located within Mobile County Commission District 1.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.14
Section 45-27-60.14 Reimbursement for Services
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-438, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2025.
Ala. Code § 45-22-240.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-240.26
Section 45-22-240.26 Payment in Person
Status: in_force

The procedure authorized by this subpart for the payment of ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, an alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and to receive his or her tag in person, without the necessity of paying the mailing fee provided for herein.
Ala. Code § 45-38-81.44 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-81.44
Section 45-38-81.44 Applicability of State Laws
Status: in_force

All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved indexing and recording system installed hereunder including, but not limited to, Section 12-13-43, and the provisions of all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of lis pendens, declaration of claims of exemption, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate, that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved indexing and recording system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto.
Ala. Code § 45-41-82.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-82.02
Section 45-41-82.02 Additional Fees - Small Claims Cases; Monthly Supervision Fee in Juvenile Court Cases
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit and district court cases in Lee County, a fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerks of the courts. This charge will not be collected on small claims cases. When collected by the clerks of the courts, two dollars ($2) shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund and one dollar ($1) shall be remitted monthly to the Judicial Administration Fund.

(b) Further, a monthly supervision fee may be assessed in juvenile court cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judges. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court office and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.

(c) There is hereby established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of the above described court cost monies. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the juvenile court judges of Lee County.

(d) Any funds appropriated from this fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs and for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in Lee County and to aid the functions of the juvenile court and for the benefit of the children of Lee County. Any funds expended shall be authorized by the juvenile court judges of Lee County.

(e) There is also hereby established a Judicial Administration Fund for the deposit of the above described court costs monies. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility by the presiding circuit court judge.

(f) Any funds appropriated from the Judicial Administration Fund shall be expended for increasing the efficiency of judicial administration in Lee County, and shall include, but not be limited to, training and education enhancement of judicial personnel in Lee County. Actual and necessary travel expenses within or without the State of Alabama shall be paid to the judicial personnel of Lee County. Any funds expended shall be authorized by the presiding circuit court judge of Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-57-234 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-234
Section 45-57-234 Pistol Permit Fee and Distribution of Fee
Status: in_force

The pistol permit fee in Russell County shall be a total of twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. Five dollars ($5) of the fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, and fifteen dollars ($15) of the fee shall be deposited in a special fund or account of the county treasury, five dollars ($5) of which shall be used by the sheriff at his or her discretion for law enforcement purposes and ten dollars ($10) of which shall be earmarked for training of deputies. Any permit issued shall contain a picture identification of the permit holder.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.59 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.59
Section 45-28A-42.59 Insufficient Funding
Status: in_force

If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof, the full amount per month as herein provided or any time the principal of the fund reaches an amount of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) or less, then an equal percentage of such monthly payment or payments shall be made to each beneficiary until the fund shall be replenished to warrant the payment in full to each of the beneficiaries; provided that the provisions of this section concerning prorated payments shall not be interpreted to include those members drawing survivors’ benefits and those members of the fund who are 100 percent disabled and have no other personal income except those benefits derived from this subpart. The board of trustees, or insurance custodian as provided for in this subpart, is authorized to take such action as it deems necessary periodically to determine the actuarial status of the pension fund.
Ala. Code § 45-3-244.33 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-244.33
Section 45-3-244.33 Applicability of Department Laws, Rules or Regulations
Status: in_force

All laws, rules, and regulations of the department relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this subpart as provided for in this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-39-244.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-244.03
Section 45-39-244.03 Application of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax; make reports, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state lodging tax; and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this part when applied to the tax levied by this part, shall apply to the county tax levied. The Commissioner of Revenue and the State Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the county taxes levied as are 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 county taxes levied and to the administration of this part are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-35-140.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-140.03
Section 45-35-140.03 Fire Protection Service Fee - Collection, Administration, and Enforcement
Status: in_force

Except with regard to the enforcement provisions thereof, the fire protection service fee shall be collected and administered as closely as possible at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. Likewise, in the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected and administered as closely as possible 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. If the fire protection service fee is not paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable, the county commission may collect the service fee as provided in Section 45-35-140.09. The proceeds of the fee shall be paid into a special county fund. Within 30 days of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall divide the funds equally among all eligible volunteer fire departments and the Houston County Volunteer Firefighters Association. The Houston County Volunteer Firefighters Association shall be included as an entity or department in order to receive an equal share of funds. The county commission may establish rules and procedures regarding the transfer, investing, accounting, and handling of the funds, including an administrative fee not to exceed four percent of the funds collected.
Ala. Code § 45-48-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-70
Section 45-48-70 County Governing Body
Status: in_force

The Commission on Government and Finance of Marshall County, created by Act 294, 1963 Regular Session (Acts 1963, p. 755) and amended by Act 415, 1965 Regular Session (Acts 1965, p. 604), is abolished and there is created and established in lieu thereof the Marshall County Commission. The Marshall County Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, shall be the governing body of Marshall County, Alabama, and shall have and exercise all of the powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities, and in the same manner, its members subject to all the general laws of Alabama, now in effect, or hereafter enacted governing boards of revenue, courts of county commissioners, or other similar governing bodies, so far as they are consistent with this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-34.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-34.04
Section 45-52A-34.04 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part shall be authorized to:

(1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance.

(2) Prepare a survey of all property within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Decatur.

(3) Recommend to the City of Decatur buildings, structures, sites, and districts for designation as historic properties or districts.

(4) Restore and preserve historic properties acquired by the City of Decatur or acquired by the commission.

(5) Promote acquisition of facade and conservation easements by the City of Decatur or by the commission.

(6) Develop and conduct educational programs on historic projects and districts designated pursuant to the ordinance and on historic preservation subjects.

(7) Make investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation as the City of Decatur or the commission deems necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this part.

(8) Apply for funds to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission from municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and sources.

(9) Purchase, sell, contract to purchase, contract to sell, own, encumber, lease, mortgage, and insure real and personal property in carrying out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission.

(10) Investigate, survey, and process nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places.

(11) Investigate, survey, and process applications for certification of historic properties for tax credits for preservation expenditures.

(12) Contract with other municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and organizations to perform historic preservation related functions.

(13) Exercise further powers as the commission may deem reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the purposes, responsibilities, and powers of the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-8-244.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-244.07
Section 45-8-244.07 Consolidation of Offices
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this subpart to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Calhoun County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one county office.
Ala. Code § 45-26A-70.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26A / Section 45-26A-70.10
Section 45-26A-70.10 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 a 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 thereof, 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 § 45-35-242.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-242.01
Section 45-35-242.01 Administration
Status: in_force

The License Commissioner of Houston County is authorized to administer this part and to provide such rules, regulations, and means as are required for the collection of such privilege tax, and for the collection of such late charges, interest, or fines as are hereinafter provided in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-81.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-81.03
Section 45-49A-81.03 Donations or Gifts to Fund
Status: in_force

Monies or other things of value may be donated to the fund by any person, firm, or corporation. Such donations or gifts may be outright, in which such event the corpus thereof shall become a portion of the fund, or may be held in trust by the person or persons responsible for the operation of the fund, with the profits or income therefrom becoming a part of the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-28-260.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-260.02
Section 45-28-260.02 Permit Required
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter, operate, or locate a wind energy conversion system in Etowah County without first obtaining a permit from a local governing body of Etowah County.

(b) The property upon which the wind energy conversion system is proposed to be located shall be appropriately zoned by the respective municipal council or county commission, if applicable.

(c) In the event a municipality elects to regulate wind energy conversion systems within the corporate limits of the municipality, the regulations of the municipality shall govern.
Ala. Code § 45-27-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-40
Section 45-27-40 Barbers and Cosmetologists
Status: reserved

(a) Students of cosmetology or barbering in Escambia County who have completed 250 hours of study in a registered school of cosmetology or barbering may work in a duly registered beauty shop or barber shop during non-school hours.

(b)(1) Any person who has served as an apprentice in a barber shop under a master barber for not less than 3,000 hours within a minimum period of one year shall be granted a barber’s license by the Alabama Board of Barber Examiners, provided he or she possesses and has met all the qualifications for receiving such license as prescribed by Section 34-5-5, not in conflict with this subsection.

(2) Barbers and cosmetologists may work in the same shop in Escambia County.

(3) This subsection is supplemental and insofar as possible it shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for licensing of the practice of barbering; nevertheless all laws and parts of such laws in conflict herewith are repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-48-121.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-121.10
Section 45-48-121.10 Suspensions; Hearings
Status: in_force

An appointing authority by written notice to the merit employee shall have authority to suspend without pay a merit employee for any personal misconduct, or fact, affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability to perform his or her duties in the public interest. In the event a merit employee is suspended without pay, he or she shall be entitled to a public hearing by the board upon written demand filed within five calendar days from the date of the order of suspension. If, after hearing, the board determines that the action of the appointing authority was not with good cause, the suspension shall be revoked, and pay reinstated to date of suspension.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-52.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-52.11
Section 45-35A-52.11 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

(a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale, or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with refunding; provided, that unless duly called for redemption pursuant to provisions contained therein, the holders of any such bonds then outstanding and proposed to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their outstanding bonds for such refunding. Any refunding bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by its board to be most advantageous, or may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. Any such refunding bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and have such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with this part, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of its board.

(b) Any refunding bonds issued by the authority shall be issued and may be secured in accordance with Section 45-35A-52.09.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.103 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.103
Section 45-8A-22.103 Trustee; Pensions and Benefits
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement board or the person or entity appointed by the retirement board and named as trustee in any separate trust forming a part of the plan shall serve as the trustee of the trust (the “trustee”). It may adopt and enforce necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the plan and enable it to properly manage and administer the trust, including employing investment counselors and agents to invest and manage portions of the trust, as the retirement board may direct.

(b) When the actuary certifies that the necessary funds are available, the retirement board, in accordance with Section 45-8A-22.101, may increase the benefits provided for retirees by passing a written board resolution which declares that the monthly benefit paid to each retiree, surviving spouse, or other beneficiary of the retiree shall be increased by a flat dollar amount per month, increased by a flat dollar amount per year of active service per month, or increased to a minimum monthly amount. Additionally, the retirement board may pass a written board resolution to issue thirteenth checks, i.e., an additional payment each year equal to one month’s benefits.
Ala. Code § 45-51-220.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-220.08
Section 45-51-220.08 Hunting Preserve - Enforcement of Game and Fish Laws
Status: in_force

Duly authorized agents of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, game wardens, and other law enforcement officers duly authorized to enforce game and fish laws shall have the authority to enforce all game and fish laws and regulations on such preserves; and for such purposes are authorized to enter and inspect licensed hunting preserves.
Ala. Code § 45-11-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-243
Section 45-11-243 Levy of Tax; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Chilton County.

(b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount of three percent of the charge for the room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in the room; provided, however, that there is exempted from the tax levied under this section any rentals or services taxed under Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place

(c) The tax herein levied shall be collected in a manner determined by the county commission and the net proceeds from the tax, less a reasonable cost of collection, shall be paid into the Chilton County General Fund to be expended as are other county funds.
Ala. Code § 45-52-220.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-220.04
Section 45-52-220.04 Record Management Program
Status: in_force

The Morgan County Archives shall provide assistance to the departments of the Morgan County government in the development and operations of the record management program of the county upon request from the department and with the approval of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-3-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-60
Section 45-3-60 Expense and Mileage Allowance. (Amended by Act 2026-239)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-239, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

In addition to any compensation or expense allowance now provided by Section 12-19-192, the Coroner of Barbour County shall receive an expense allowance and mileage to be set by the county commission by resolution not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) a month expense allowance and fifty cents ($.50) per mile to be paid from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-71
Section 45-8A-71 Applicability
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-228, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-22-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-83
Section 45-22-83 Salary; Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

Effective May 1, 1999, the salary of the Judge of Probate of Cullman County shall be increased by three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and the expense allowance provided to the judge of probate shall be reduced by three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum.
Ala. Code § 45-52-81.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-81.04
Section 45-52-81.04 Salary Increase - Court Reporters
Status: in_force

In addition to any and all other compensation and expense allowances, each court reporter for the Eighth Judicial Circuit shall be allowed and paid an additional one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum as salary, which shall be in addition to any and all other pay, compensation, or expense allowances provided by law. The salary increase shall be paid out of the general fund of the county comprising the Eighth Judicial Circuit in the same manner as compensation is paid to each such reporter, commencing October 1, 1981.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.133 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.133
Section 45-37A-51.133 Special Meetings of the Board of Managers
Status: in_force

Any five board members, after due notice having been given to all members of the board, may meet in special meeting and transact any business of the board. The secretary shall be present and record the proceedings of the special meeting as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 45-16-82.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-82.24
Section 45-16-82.24 Admission into Program
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment or care received, psychological tests taken, and any other information concerning the offender which the district attorney believes has a bearing on the decision as to whether or not the offender should be admitted to the pretrial diversion program.

(b) The district attorney may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview the district attorney deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or as provided for by this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-15-60.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-60.02
Section 45-15-60.02 Compensation
Status: in_force

Effective September 1, 2007, the Coroner of Cleburne County shall be entitled to receive the salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month payable monthly from the general fund of the county. The salary provided by this section shall be the total compensation of the coroner and shall be in lieu of any other salary, fees, compensation, or expense allowances otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-71.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-71.03
Section 45-8A-71.03 Government by Civil Service Rules and Regulations; Employment; Removal for Cause
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-228, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-3-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-243
Section 45-3-243 Special Transaction Fee
Status: in_force

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transaction fee not exceeding three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the Barbour County Tax Collector or Revenue Commissioner when public business is transacted in the office of either county official. The tax assessor shall charge the additional special transaction fee not exceeding three dollars ($3) when a parcel of property is assessed for ad valorem taxes. The additional fee shall be collected by the tax collector or revenue commissioner when the ad valorem taxes are collected. Initially, the additional special transaction fee charged by the tax assessor, tax collector, or revenue commissioner shall be two dollars ($2). The additional fee may be increased to three dollars ($3) by resolution adopted by the Barbour County Commission calling for the increase. The special additional transaction fees shall be collected by the tax collector or revenue commissioner and deposited in the county general fund for appropriation for general county purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-251.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-251.23
Section 45-37A-251.23 Hearing
Status: in_force

Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 14 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation, may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with objections to the finding by the city governing body that there exists a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the city governing body until a determination is made by the city governing body. The hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request. In the event that no hearing is timely requested, the mayor of the city governing body shall order the nuisance to be abated as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 45-9-82.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-82.29
Section 45-9-82.29 Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions
Status: in_force

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which the district attorney will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner or what charges the defendant will plead guilty to and the sentence the offender will receive. If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular offense and receives a specific sentence, this agreement concerning the offense and sentence shall be approved by an appropriate Circuit or District Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit prior to admission of the offender in the pretrial diversion program. The district attorney may recommend that the court withhold adjudication of guilt or sentencing pending the offender’s completion or failure to complete the pretrial diversion program.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) Maintain or seek employment.

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

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

(9) Pay court costs and fines.

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

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

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

(c) The offender shall be subject to other terms or conditions as the district attorney and the offender may agree to in the written agreement of the offender, it being the purpose of this subpart to allow the district attorney broad discretion in designing a program specifically for each offender and circumstances of the offender.
Ala. Code § 45-35-200 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-200
Section 45-35-200 License Commissioner
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the office of License Commissioner in Houston County, Alabama. He or she shall take office immediately upon this section becoming law, and the appointment made by the Houston County Commission. The license commissioner shall serve thereafter at the pleasure of the Houston County Commission and shall be classified as an exempt employee under the Houston County Civil Service System, Part 1, commencing with Section 45-35-120, of Article 12.

(b) The office of license inspector provided for by Section 40-12-10 is abolished. The license commissioner shall enforce all laws concerning licenses and shall have the responsibility to see that the necessary licenses and tags are purchased. The license commissioner shall have the authority to issue citations to insure that the necessary licenses or tags are purchased.

(c) The license commissioner shall be paid such salary as shall be set and approved by the Houston County Commission; and shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. All penalties received from the sale of licenses or tags shall be returned to the general fund of the county.

(d) Suitable office space and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the commissioner of licenses except such stationery and supplies as the law now requires to be furnished by the State Revenue Department or the Comptroller.

(e) It is the intent and purpose of this section to insure that the license and tag laws of Houston County are followed by all and to provide the authority to enforce the same.
Ala. Code § 45-3A-51.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3A / Section 45-3A-51.07
Section 45-3A-51.07 Inspection of Reports and Returns
Status: in_force

All reports or returns filed with the City of Eufaula under this part shall be available for inspection by the governing body of Barbour County, or its designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours.
Ala. Code § 45-37-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-90
Section 45-37-90 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall apply to every county of the state having a population of more than 500,000 according to the last or any subsequent federal census, and to no other county.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-160.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-160.05
Section 45-37A-160.05 Admission to Program
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 evaluation process of the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, education history, work record, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment or care prescribed or received, psychological tests taken, and any other information concerning the offender which the city prosecutor believes has a bearing on the decision whether or not the offender should be admitted to the program.

(b) The city prosecutor may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview the city prosecutor deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this article. The offender shall provide the city prosecutor written consent to allow the city prosecutor to receive any educational, work, medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other records deemed necessary by the city prosecutor for the evaluation process.
Ala. Code § 45-16-242.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-242.27
Section 45-16-242.27 Construction and Application
Status: in_force

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

(b) This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesaler dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of such counties which are actually resold or reshipped.
Ala. Code § 45-40-81.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-81.02
Section 45-40-81.02 Historical Commission
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of court, there is hereby levied an additional court charge of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per case filed in the circuit and district courts of Lawrence County. The additional court charge shall be collected as other costs and charges of court are collected.

(b) The proceeds of the charge shall be paid to the Historical Commission of Lawrence County referred to in Act 511, S. 723 of the 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 565). The payment shall be in addition to all other payments provided by law to the historical commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-57 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-57
Section 45-37A-57 Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other authority for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, the Birmingham City Council may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption on Sunday commencing at 10:00 a.m.

(b) This section is supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any other law except to the extent of any direct conflict with this section.
Ala. Code § 45-22-240.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-240.24
Section 45-22-240.24 Expenses of Commission; Accountability for Errors; Use of Mail
Status: in_force

The actual expense of preparing, posting, and mailing out of application forms shall be that of the Cullman County Commission. The revenue commissioner shall not be held accountable for errors made by county employees. All license tags, other than tags for any truck weighing over 12,000 pounds and TR trailer tags, may be ordered through the mail.
Ala. Code § 45-36-232.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-232.29
Section 45-36-232.29 Failure to Appear
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this subpart, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Such a person convicted of such misdemeanor shall be punished as provided for in the Alabama Criminal Code, or other applicable law.

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

(c) A defendant may be convicted under this section, even if he or she has not received actual notice of the appearance date, if reasonable efforts to notify the defendant have been made, and the defendant, by his or her own actions, has frustrated the receipt of actual notice.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.06
Section 45-37A-51.06 Supplemental Ordinary Disability Allowance
Status: in_force

The words, terms, and phrases used in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them by Act 929, unless it appears from the context that a different meaning is intended. Any police officer or firefighter who is granted an ordinary disability allowance under Act 929 shall receive under this subpart a supplemental ordinary disability allowance in the amount hereinafter specified so long as he or she receives the ordinary disability allowance under this subpart. The supplemental disability allowance payable to the firefighter or police officer under this subpart shall be in such amount that the sum of the ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under Act 929 and the supplemental disability allowance he or she receives under this subpart shall be equal to two percent of his or her final average salary for each year of creditable service; provided, however, that in any event the amount of the supplemental ordinary disability allowance such firefighter or police officer receives under this subpart shall be such that the sum of the ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under Act 929 and the supplemental ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under this subpart shall not be less than 25 percent of his or her final average salary or more than 50 percent of his or her final average salary.
Ala. Code § 45-22A-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22A / Section 45-22A-40
Section 45-22A-40 Operation, Management, and Preservation of Former Garden City School Property
Status: in_force

(a) In Cullman County, the governing body of the Town of Garden City may own, operate, manage, and preserve the former Garden City school property in the Town of Garden City, including any ball fields and other historical structures, owned by the Cullman County Board of Education. To the extent allowed under Section 36-1-12, members of the governing body are immune from civil liability for actions taken in the conduct of their duties relating to the Garden City school property.

(b)(1) The governing body of the Town of Garden City may accept title to the former Garden City school property owned by the Cullman County Board of Education and may hold the property for the benefit and use of the public, particularly the Town of Garden City. The governing body of the Town of Garden City may receive state, local, and other governmental funding and may accept charitable donations for the operation, management, and preservation of the former Garden City school property.

(2)a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph b., the governing body of the Town of Garden City may not sell or transfer ownership of the property unless approved by majority vote of the governing body and then by a majority vote of the qualified electors in the Town of Garden City at a referendum called by the Judge of Probate of Cullman County and held during the following general election.

b. Notwithstanding paragraph a., the governing body of the Town of Garden City by a majority vote may sell without a referendum a part of the former Garden City school property, not including the school, more particularly described as 7.2 acres - Lots 2 and 4, BLKS 23, 24, and 25 and Lots 1 and 2, BLK 26 of Garden City subdivision, less and except certain property, (PIN 30626, Parcel No. 25-02-09-0-051-005.000).
Ala. Code § 45-23A-92 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-92
Section 45-23A-92 Ad Valorem Tax
Status: reserved

(a) The governing body of the City of Ozark in Dale County may levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding seven mills per each one dollar ($1) on the value of the taxable property within the city, the proceeds of which tax shall be used exclusively first for the retirement of the debt created pursuant to the construction and additions to Carroll High School, and thereafter for educational and school purposes as determined by the Ozark City Council; provided, however, the rate of such tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Ozark and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. The additional taxes levied and imposed by this section shall become effective October 1, 1987, upon referendum approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality, called by the municipal governing body at the next special, local, or statewide referendum, as provided by law and the Constitution of 1901, as amended. Such proceeds shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as existing ad valorem taxes are collected and shall be paid to the City of Ozark for distribution for the stated public educational purposes.

(b) The provisions of this section shall be cumulative to any and all other laws or parts of laws relating to ad valorem taxes and the City of Ozark, except to the extent there is a direct conflict herewith in which event those laws or parts of law are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-42-170.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-170.40
Section 45-42-170.40 Limitations on Rock Quarries - Distance from Robotics Center
Status: in_force

In Limestone County, after May 11, 2009, no new rock quarry may be established nor may any existing rock quarry be relocated outside the corporate limits of any municipality within two and one-half miles of the Robotics Center at Calhoun Community College.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.178 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.178
Section 45-8A-23.178 When Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited
Status: in_force

No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year, expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditure pursuant to this part. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this part shall be null and void. Any officer or employee of the city who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall cease to hold his or her office or employment. Nothing in this section contained, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, nor the making of contracts of lease or for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law.
Ala. Code § 45-30A-50.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30A / Section 45-30A-50.15
Section 45-30A-50.15 Lay Off of Employees
Status: in_force

Any employee may be separated from his or her position by being laid off. Reduction in the number of employees shall be made in such class or classes as the appointing authority may designate; provided, however, within each class affected by such reduction employees shall be laid off in the following order:

(1) Temporary employees who did not have permanent status in some other position in the classified service at the time they were appointed to their present position.

(2) Probationary employees who did not have permanent status in some other position in the classified service at the time they were appointed to their present position.

(3) Other temporary employees.

(4) Other probationary employees.

(5) Employees having permanent status in the position in the classified service.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-13.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-13.08
Section 45-39A-13.08 Badges for Use of Regularly Employed Police Officers or Detectives
Status: in_force

It shall be a violation of this part for any official, officer, or other person to issue, give, or lend one of the regulation police or detective badges to any person other than a regularly employed police officer or detective of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-10-244.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-244.09
Section 45-10-244.09 Use of Tax Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any taxes herein authorized to be levied shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after their receipt as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of the proceeds shall be paid over to the county board of education.

(2) The remaining fifty percent of the proceeds shall be paid over to the general fund of the county and used and applied for general purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-55-130.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-130.05
Section 45-55-130.05 Compensation
Status: in_force

The county commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer payable in equal monthly installments from the road and highway funds of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-11.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-11.34
Section 45-39A-11.34 Disposition of Funds Upon Dissolution or Expiration of Tourism Improvement District Plan
Status: in_force

Upon the dissolution or expiration without renewal of a tourism improvement district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of benefit assessments or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be spent in accordance with the tourism improvement district plan or shall be refunded to the owners of the businesses then located and operating within the tourism improvement district in which benefit assessments were levied by applying the same method and basis that was used to calculate the benefit assessments levied in the fiscal year in which the tourism improvement district is dissolved or expires.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.135 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.135
Section 45-37A-52.135 Emergency Appropriations
Status: in_force

At any time in any budget year, the council may, pursuant to this section, make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditures, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such appropriation may be made by the council, by not less than five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor. The total amount of all emergency appropriations made in any budget year shall not exceed five percent of the total general fund operating appropriations made in the budget for that year.
Ala. Code § 45-27-84.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-84.02
Section 45-27-84.02 Written Request for Extradition
Status: in_force

(a) No demand for extradition of a tribal fugitive shall be recognized unless a written request is received by the district attorney.

(b) The written request shall contain all of the following:

(1) A sworn statement stating that the accused tribal fugitive was alleged to be present on the reservation at the time of the commission of the alleged crime and that the accused tribal fugitive is no longer on the reservation.

(2) A copy of an arrest warrant issued for the accused tribal fugitive.

(3) A copy of the conviction or sentence imposed, if applicable.

(4) A sworn statement that the accused tribal fugitive has broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole, or has been charged with committing a specific offense under the laws of the tribe.

(5) Any waiver of extradition validly executed as a bond condition or as a term or condition of parole or probation, if applicable.

(6) Any identifying information that may assist law enforcement and the district court judge in a determination of whether the accused tribal fugitive is the person who is sought to be extradited by the tribe.
Ala. Code § 45-56-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-81
Section 45-56-81 Juvenile Court Services Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit and district court cases in Randolph County, an additional court charge of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. This charge shall not be collected on small claims cases. When collected by the clerk of the court, the additional court charge shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund.

(b) In addition to all other costs and charges of court in Randolph County, a monthly supervision fee may be assessed in juvenile cases by the judges of the juvenile court. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court office and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.

(c)(1) The Juvenile Court Services Fund is created for the deposit of the court cost fees specified in this section. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Randolph County.

(2) Any funds appropriated from the Juvenile Court Services Fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs, for subsistence for the juvenile court services staff in the county, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children of Randolph County. Any funds expended shall be authorized by the Juvenile Court Judge of Randolph County.
Ala. Code § 45-33-240.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-240.22
Section 45-33-240.22 Personnel
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the county commission or other like governing body of the county, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of deputies shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-9-243.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-243.20
Section 45-9-243.20 Privilege or License Tax
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Chamber County.

(b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount of four percent of the charge for the room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in the room; provided, however, that there is exempted from the tax levied under this section any rental or services taxed under Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place.

(c) The tax herein levied shall be collected in the same manner as the state lodgings tax as provided in Chapter 26, Title 40, and the net proceeds, less a reasonable cost of collection, from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury to be allocated as follows:

(1) Sixty percent to develop and administer a tourism and community development program.

(2) Forty percent to the Chambers County General Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-26-141.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-141.07
Section 45-26-141.07 Alteration of District Boundaries
Status: in_force

The association may, with the consent of the affected district or districts and approval by a two-thirds majority vote of member departments in good standing, alter the boundaries of any district. The alteration may include, but not be limited to, consolidation of territory of one or more districts, creation of a new district from one or more existing districts, or exclusion of territory from a district. No alteration shall be used to relieve any department of any financial obligations incurred or made prior to the change. Municipalities may alter their districts to include or exclude the police jurisdiction, at the discretion of the governing body of each municipality, and shall notify the association, in writing, for purposes of collection and distribution of the fire protection fee.
Ala. Code § 45-45-82.58 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-82.58
Section 45-45-82.58 Construction of Subpart
Status: in_force

This subpart may not be construed to require the Madison County Commission to expend or appropriate any funds other than the proceeds of the fees and court costs provided for by this subpart and deposited in the Judicial Administration Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-27-246.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-246.30
Section 45-27-246.30 Trust Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature recognizes that there has been a certain windfall to Escambia County paid during the fiscal year 1983-84 and arising under the oil and gas severance tax levied under provisions of Section 40-20-2, and distributed under Section 40-20-8. The legislative intent of this section is to establish a trust fund, the corpus of which is to be composed of four million dollars ($4,000,000) from the oil and gas severance tax paid to Escambia County during the fiscal year of 1983-84 together with 20 percent of the annual income thereon each year during the existence of this trust beginning with the fiscal year 1984-85.

(b) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or of any general law of this state, the Escambia County Commission shall establish a trust fund which shall be entitled the Escambia County Oil and Gas Severance Trust and which shall hereafter in this section be referred to as the trust. The Escambia County Commission shall pay into the trust four million dollars ($4,000,000) of the oil and gas severance tax paid to Escambia County during the fiscal year 1983-84 together with 20 percent of the income thereon beginning with fiscal year 1984-85 and each year thereafter during the existence of the trust. Such amounts so deposited shall be referred to as the corpus of the trust.

(c) The members of the Escambia County Commission, or their successors in office, shall constitute the trustees of the trust. Provided, however, the members of the Escambia County Commission, or their successors in office, may in their discretion, appoint one or more trustees or escrow agents for the trust, which trustees or escrow agents shall be trust companies or national or state banks having powers of a trust company within or without the State of Alabama. The trustees shall invest the corpus of the trust either directly or indirectly in securities otherwise eligible for the Security for Alabama Funds Enhancement (SAFE) program, as defined in Section 41-14-35, or as otherwise authorized by law. Provided, however, that notwithstanding any legal limitation that might otherwise be applicable, the trustees may invest such trust fund in certificates of deposit of any savings and loan associations or banks whether federally or state chartered, provided that the funds so invested are fully secured by pledge of eligible SAFE program securities, as defined in Section 41-14-35, from the issuing bank or are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

(d) Beginning with the fiscal year 1984-85, up to 80 percent of the income from investments shall be distributed quarterly, semi-annually, or annually as designated by the trustees to the General Fund of Escambia County.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not terminate at the end of 20 years from the date of enactment, unless a majority of the qualified electors of the county vote to terminate the provisions of this section at a special election called for such purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-3A-51.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3A / Section 45-3A-51.02
Section 45-3A-51.02 Payment of Taxes
Status: in_force

The tax levied under this part, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the twentieth day of each month after June 1, 1996, every person, firm, or corporation on whom the taxes levied by this part are imposed, shall render to the city, on a form prescribed by the city, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of the business for the next preceding month, together with such other information as the city may demand and require, and at the time of making such monthly report the taxpayer shall compute the taxes due and shall pay to the city the amount of taxes shown to be due. The city, for good cause, may extend the time for making any return required under the provisions of this part but the time for filing any such return shall not be extended for a period greater than 30 days from the date such return is due to be made.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-65.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-65.06
Section 45-49A-65.06 Annual Audit
Status: in_force

Each association shall submit an annual audit to the board on or before April 30 of each year as to how the funds were spent during the previous year.
Ala. Code § 45-15-130.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-130.11
Section 45-15-130.11 Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency
Status: in_force

In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, and be subject to this article. An emergency employment of a competent road supervisor shall not exist longer than necessary to employ a qualified engineer who will accept employment by the commission under the terms of this article. It is the intention of this article to provide that, when county roads, bridges, and ferries are to be maintained or constructed in the county, the supervision thereof shall be under a qualified engineer.
Ala. Code § 45-17-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-81
Section 45-17-81 Solicitor’s Fund
Status: in_force

(a) All fees hereafter taxed as solicitor’s fees and collected as a part of the costs in the circuit court of any county in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit shall be paid into the county treasury where the fee is imposed and collected, to the credit of a solicitor’s fund, to be used and expended by the circuit solicitor as provided in subsection (b).

(b) The Circuit Solicitor for the 31st Judicial Circuit is hereby authorized and empowered to make requisition on the Solicitor’s Fund for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by him or her for law enforcement and in the proper discharge and conduct of the duties of his or her office, as he or she may see fit. The county treasurer or custodian of county funds shall pay out such funds upon requisition of the solicitor.
Ala. Code § 45-37-84.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-84.42
Section 45-37-84.42 Installation and Maintenance of System
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of probate may index and retain all or parts of the records of the probate court for archival and access purposes utilizing optical disks, magnetic tapes, solid state memory devices, or other computerized or electronic methods for records indexing, storage, and retrieval, or any combination thereof. The use of microfilm or other microform medium to retain and archive probate court records may be discontinued and replaced with digitized or scanned images of the records previously maintained on microfilm or other microform medium. The electronic images shall constitute official records of the probate court and may be compiled and certified and provided to the public at reasonable cost and in accordance with applicable statutes.

(b) Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records to be indexed, recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files or to be stored and filed on either optical disk or on paper, as determined by the judge of probate, shall constitute the official record of instruments for the purpose of Section 12-13-43.

(c) The office of the judge of probate shall establish policies to administer access to computerized index information and digitized images maintained in the probate court pursuant to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-47-250.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-250.15
Section 45-47-250.15 Validity of Incorporation
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) The inclusion in the certificate of incorporation of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to such corporation.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.07
Section 45-49-249.07 Rulemaking Authority; Funding
Status: in_force

The county commission is hereby given the right, power, and authority to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations governing the collection of the county tax hereby imposed, if it is necessary to do so in order to more effectually carry out the terms and provisions of this subpart, but it shall not have the right to alter or change the distribution of the taxes herein provided for. The county governing body shall make available ample funds from the county general fund for the purchase of stamps and other materials and supplies needed for carrying out this subpart. However, the county general fund shall be reimbursed for all monies expended in connection with the administration and enforcement of this subpart as provided under Section 45-49-249.06.
Ala. Code § 45-2-61.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-61.02
Section 45-2-61.02 Limitation of Coroner’s Investigation
Status: in_force

(a) A coroner’s investigation is limited to inquiries for determining the cause and manner of death, the identity of the deceased, and circumstances surrounding death.

(b) If the coroner’s investigation reveals any evidence or suspicion of foul play in regard to the death, he or she shall immediately notify the proper law enforcement agency and shall cooperate fully in such law enforcement agency’s criminal investigation.
Ala. Code § 45-22-130.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-130.11
Section 45-22-130.11 Compensation of County Engineer
Status: in_force

The Cullman County governing body shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from the road and highway funds of Cullman County.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.213 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.213
Section 45-51A-33.213 Transfer of Records and Property
Status: in_force

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency, or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this part, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, or agency or part thereof are by this part assigned to another office, department, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
Ala. Code § 45-42-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-110
Section 45-42-110 Compensation of Election Officers
Status: in_force

(a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby authorized to establish and set the compensation of the election officers, the returning officer, and the inspectors and clerks, in such amounts as it shall determine. Provided, however, the compensation established and set by the county commission shall not be less than the minimum compensation provided by Section 17­8­12.

(b) The compensation provided herein may be established by resolution of the county commission and changed or amended by subsequent resolution.

(c) Election officers shall be entitled to all expenses provided by law in addition to any compensation established pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-32-246.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-246.01
Section 45-32-246.01 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

The Greene County Commission shall levy a special privilege or license tax as follows:

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

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

(3) Upon every person, firm, or corporation engaged or continuing within Greene County in the business of selling at retail any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semi-trailer, or house trailer, an amount equal to threeeighths of one percent of the gross proceeds of the sale of the automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semi-trailer, or house trailer. Provided, that where any used automotive vehicle or truck trailer, semi-trailer, or house trailer, is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment of the sale of a new or used vehicle, the tax levied herein shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle sold less a credit for the used vehicle taken in trade.
Ala. Code § 45-18-82.56 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-82.56
Section 45-18-82.56 Recording and Filing Fee - Certain Instruments
Status: in_force

Effective immediately after September 1, 1999, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Conecuh County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each Uniform Commercial Code document that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and with respect to other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate, and on and after that date, no instrument or document shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or Uniform Commercial Code document, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees collected shall be paid into the special fund of the Conecuh County Judge of Probate. These funds shall be used only at the discretion of the judge of probate for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system and other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-51-80.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-80.21
Section 45-51-80.21 Supplemental Salary - Circuit Clerks
Status: in_force

Each circuit clerk in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in addition to the salary paid by the state, shall receive a supplemental salary from the general fund of the county composing the judicial circuit. The supplemental salary shall at all times equal 29 percent of the salary paid each circuit clerk by the State of Alabama and shall be paid in equal installments at the same times and in the same manner that the salaries of the county employees are paid. In no event shall any circuit clerk’s total salary, including the supplement, be greater than the combined salary and supplement for the Montgomery County Tax Assessor. The governing body of the county is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to pay the supplemental salary provided herein to each circuit clerk out of the funds of the county or any other funds as may be available for such purpose. The salary provided herein is in lieu of any other supplemental salary paid by the county and represents the total supplemental salary to be provided by the county for such clerks.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.17
Section 45-41-83.17 Jail Credit
Status: in_force

Any jail credit shall be calculated in the customary manner and deducted from the time ordered for participation in the program, unless otherwise ordered by the court. In no event shall the number of days spent incarcerated for violation of the rules of the program exceed the number of days of the sentence if the sentence were executed, except in cases involving contempt of court. If any participant in the program willfully fails to report to this program as ordered, or willfully fails to return to the program from a job or a temporary pass, then such failure and conduct shall be considered the same as an escape from a work release center.
Ala. Code § 45-50-84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-84
Section 45-50-84 Chief Clerk - Salary
Status: in_force

The chief clerk of the judge of probate in Monroe County shall be entitled to a salary which shall be fixed and determined by the county commission and shall be paid from the general funds of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-42-122.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-122.05
Section 45-42-122.05 Dismissal from Service
Status: in_force

Any employee who willfully violates this part, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance hereof, shall be dismissed from service under the system and shall not be appointed or reemployed for two years.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.121
Section 45-49A-63.121 Elections
Status: in_force

All elections of uniformed officers to the board shall be by secret ballot and shall be administered by the city clerk. Elections shall be held no more than six weeks and no less than two weeks prior to the expiration date for the term of any elected member of the board, as the city clerk shall determine. Ballots shall be distributed along with the uniformed officer’s salary warrants and the election shall be conducted in accordance with such other rules as the city clerk deems necessary to insure a fair and honest election. In the event elections are delayed, the term of the incumbent board member shall expire on schedule and the position on the board shall remain vacant until an election is held to fill the vacant position.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.175 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.175
Section 45-57A-63.175 Continuance of Contracts and Public Improvements
Status: in_force

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by the city of the council-manager form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the existing laws.
Ala. Code § 45-29-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-243
Section 45-29-243 Levy and Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Fayette County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts:

(1) Five cents ($.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(2) Five cents ($.05) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, except little cigars, such as Winchester cigars or cigarellos, which are similar to and which are packaged in the same manner as cigarettes, shall be taxed as cigarettes under subdivision (1).

(3) Five cents ($.05) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette.

(4) Five cents ($.05) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3).

(5) Five cents ($.05) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(6) Fifteen cents ($.15) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed.

(b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes heretofore imposed by law.

(c) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, 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 and on each cigar.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.130 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.130
Section 45-49A-63.130 Limitation of Liability
Status: in_force

The city, the board, the members of the board, and any officer, employee, or agent of the city shall not incur any liability individually or on behalf of any other individuals or on behalf of the city for any act, or failure to act, made in good faith in relation to the plan or the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-38-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-90
Section 45-38-90 Lamar County Industrial Development Authority
Status: in_force

There is created the Lamar County Industrial Development Authority which shall be composed of 13 members for the purpose of promoting economic growth and development and assisting the county commission and the city councils of Beaverton, Detroit, Kennedy, Millport, Sulligent, and Vernon, and other like governing bodies. All members of the authority shall be residents and qualified electors of Lamar County.

(1) Seven members of the Lamar County Industrial Development Authority shall be appointed as follows: The Lamar County Commission Chair and the Mayors of Vernon, Sulligent, Millport, Kennedy, Beaverton, and Detroit shall each appoint one member of the authority. The seven members shall serve for terms concurrent with the terms of office of the appointing elected official. Successors to and vacancies in the seven positions shall be appointed in the same manner as the original seven members are appointed. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term unless reappointed to a full term as a successor.

(2) Six members of the authority shall be appointed by the Lamar County Economic Development Council. All appointments of successors to the six members shall be made by the council and all members shall serve until their successors are appointed. The members of the authority appointed by the Lamar County Economic Development Council shall serve pursuant to the bylaws of the authority. Vacancies in the positions of the six members shall be filled in the same manner as the original six members are appointed. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term unless reappointed in the manner prescribed for successors to the position.
Ala. Code § 45-11-245.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-245.15
Section 45-11-245.15 Severability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part are severable. If any part of this part is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part which remains. Without limiting the severability provided in the preceding sentence, it is the intent of the Legislature that the authority to levy the taxes herein authorized from and after the date of adoption of an authorizing resolution by the county shall survive any judicial determination that the curative and retroactive provisions of this part are invalid.
Ala. Code § 45-40-140.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-140.05
Section 45-40-140.05 Collection and Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The tax herein imposed shall be due and payable to the State Department of Revenue, and, when collected, shall be paid by the Lawrence County Tax Collector to the Treasury of Lawrence County. All monies collected in accordance with this part shall be spent in participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s forest fire protection program in Lawrence County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-261.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-261.07
Section 45-49-261.07 Board of Adjustment
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Commission shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and the regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this part shall provide that the board of adjustment, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the ordinances and regulations in harmony with their general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The board of adjustment shall be appointed by the Mobile County Commission. The board of adjustment shall consist of three members who shall be qualified electors of the planning jurisdiction. The board of adjustment shall reflect as nearly as practical the diversity of land use in the areas within the jurisdiction of the commission. No more than one of the members of the board of adjustment shall be directly engaged in real estate sales, development, or construction or any directly related field. Each regular member shall be appointed for a term of three years in such a manner to serve staggered terms. A regular member shall continue service until a successor is duly appointed. The members of the board of adjustment shall elect a chair. Members of the board of adjustment may be removed for cause by the Mobile County Commission upon written charges and after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. The board of adjustment shall adopt bylaws in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held at the call of the chair of the board and at other times as the board may determine, provided that the board of adjustment shall meet not less than once every three months on a day to be determined by the board. The chair or, in his or her absence, the acting chair may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board of adjustment shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and of other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.
Ala. Code § 45-35-120.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-120.10
Section 45-35-120.10 Temporary Appointment
Status: in_force

Pending the availability of a list of names certified as provided in Section 45–35–120.12, positions may be filled by temporary appointment. The personnel board may grant permanent status in a position in the classified service so long as such position remains in the classified service, to any employee who has served in a vacancy in a position then in the classified service by temporary appointment for at least 12 months and who has passed his or her examination, if at the time of such action by the personnel board no such list of names has been so certified for the vacancy in which the employee is serving.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.01
Section 45-8-150.01 Bingo Games Authorized
Status: in_force

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by certain nonprofit organizations for charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Calhoun County subject to this article.
Ala. Code § 45-10-234.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-234.03
Section 45-10-234.03 Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property
Status: in_force

(a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at public auction, including an Internet auction, to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s office and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a six-month period.

(b) Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Cherokee County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Cherokee County Courthouse and by posting on the sheriff’s office website for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a general description of items of personal property to be sold at the auction. If publication of notice is made in the newspaper, the first notice shall run at least 20 days prior to the auction.
Ala. Code § 45-27-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-71
Section 45-27-71 Expenses of Members
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all salaries, travel, and other expenses now provided or allowed by law to be paid to them, each member, including the chair, of the County Commission of Escambia County, shall be paid or reimbursed by the county for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties outside the county of his or her residence, including expenses incurred in attending conventions of the National Association of County Commissioners and the Alabama Association of County Commissioners. Expenses for attending conventions shall be limited to necessary expenses of travel to and from such officer’s home to the place of such convention and to reasonable expenses actually incurred for maintenance during the time he or she is participating in such convention. Provided, that the total amount of expenses allowed to all of the members of the county commission, including the chair, shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) in anyone year.

(b) Each member of the county commission, including the chair, shall submit a statement of his or her expenses to the entire membership of such body for its approval. It shall not be necessary for such statement to be accompanied by receipts or vouchers, but the statement shall be sworn to by each person submitting the same. Such expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the approval of the chair and the entire membership of the county governing body upon the warrant of the chair that such payment is due.

(c) All payments heretofore made by such counties to members of its county governing body as reimbursement for such expenses are hereby validated.
Ala. Code § 45-42-140.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-140.04
Section 45-42-140.04 Eligible Volunteer Fire Department
Status: in_force

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this article, shall mean a volunteer fire department located in Limestone County and is a member of the Limestone County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments.
Ala. Code § 45-57-260.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-260.07
Section 45-57-260.07 Adopting Code of Regulations Applicable to Subdivision of Land
Status: in_force

The planning commission shall adopt a code of regulations applicable to the subdivision of land. Plats of subdivisions, after the adoption of the code of regulations, shall not be accepted for filing and recording in the probate office until they have been approved in a manner to be designated by the planning commission. The planning commission may provide a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day, per lot, until violation is corrected. The penalty shall be paid by anyone who subdivides property and conveys lots therefrom without first having recorded the plat of the subdivision as is herein provided. Penalties shall be deposited to the operating funds of the planning commission. The provisions of this section shall apply within the jurisdiction of the planning commission as specified in Section 45–57–260.01.
Ala. Code § 45-56-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-242.04
Section 45-56-242.04 Tax Levied, Constituted as a Debt
Status: in_force

The tax authorized to be levied by this subpart shall constitute a debt due Randolph 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 as designated by resolution of the county commission 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 or other entity may employ special counsel as is necessary to enforce collection of the tax authorized to be levied by this subpart and to enforce this subpart. The department or other entity shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Randolph County.
Ala. Code § 45-57-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-81.01
Section 45-57-81.01 Assessment and Collection of Fee Payable to Solicitor’s Fund in Criminal Cases
Status: in_force

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Russell County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the Solicitor’s Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee. The solicitor’s fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trail Tax Fund.

(b) The solicitor’s fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. The solicitor’s fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The solicitor’s fee shall not be waived or remitted unless the defendant proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the sentencing judge that the defendant is not capable of paying the fee within the reasonably foreseeable future.

(c) The solicitor’s fee may be expended, as the district attorney sees fit, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-41-244.58 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-244.58
Section 45-41-244.58 Cost of Collection
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county, for collecting the taxes authorized to be levied herein, the costs of the department in collecting the taxes; provided such charge shall not, in any event, exceed five percent of the total amount of the taxes collected hereunder. Such charge for collecting the taxes for the county may be deducted each month from the tax proceeds collected before the amount of the proceeds due the county for that month is certified as provided in this section. The commissioner shall pay into the State Treasury all taxes collected under this subpart, as such taxes are received by the State Department of Revenue; and on or before the first day of each successive month (commencing with the month next succeeding the month in which the department makes the first collection of any of the taxes authorized to be levied hereunder) the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under this subpart and paid by him or her into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during the month immediately preceding the making of such certificate; provided, however, that before certifying the amount of the taxes paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during each month, the commissioner may deduct from the taxes collected hereunder in the month the charges due the department for collection of the taxes. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant each month, payable to the county, in an amount equal to the amount so certified by the commissioner as having been collected for the use of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.20
Section 45-41-83.20 Financial Records; Audit
Status: in_force

The program shall maintain a complete and accurate record of all sums collected and expended and there shall be an audit of the same by an appropriate authority at least every three years.
Ala. Code § 45-49-21.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-21.21
Section 45-49-21.21 Possession of Alcoholic Beverages by Active Military Personnel, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 28-1-3.1, any person 21 years of age or over who is on active duty, in active reserve status, or retired from the armed forces of the United States, or the dependent of the person, or is otherwise eligible to purchase alcoholic beverage from military package or liquor stores, shall be entitled to have in his or her possession, in his or her motor vehicle, or a private residence or place of private residence or the curtilage thereof in any county in this state, for his or her own private use and not for resale, a reasonable quantity of alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 28-3-1, if:

(1) The alcoholic beverage was sold by a military liquor, package, Class 6, or similar store or outlet that purchased its stock from licensed Alabama wholesalers or the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(2) The person shall have sufficient identification including, but not limited to, a sales receipt, to show that the alcoholic beverage was purchased in Alabama and sold by the military store or outlet.

(b) A person who violates this subpart, upon the first violation, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
Ala. Code § 45-39-200.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-200.08
Section 45-39-200.08 Fees
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, the county license commissioner shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are prescribed in the general law for like service when performed by the tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, or the license inspector. For the performance of duties relative to the recordings of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the commissioner shall charge and collect a fee of one dollar ($1). All such fees shall be the property of the county and shall be paid to the general fund of the county. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake of fact or law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by this code.
Ala. Code § 45-22-80.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-80.20
Section 45-22-80.20 Trial Sheets, Case Action Summary Sheets, and Minute Books
Status: in_force

(a) In the 32nd Judicial Circuit, all orders and decrees may be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the circuit on a sheet or sheets now commonly called trial sheets or case action summary sheets. There shall be a trial sheet or case action summary sheet or sheets for each case docketed in the courts properly identified by the style of the case and a case number.

(b) After all orders and decrees have been made and entered, in any case, by the circuit judge or judges sitting in and for the circuit, the clerk of the circuit court of the circuit shall file the sheets in numerical order in well bound books labeled “Minute Books” and such judgments or decrees shall have the same force and effect as minutes of the circuit court of the circuit prior to the passage and approval of this section.
Ala. Code § 45-40-245.38 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-245.38
Section 45-40-245.38 Charge for Collection
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county for collecting the taxes authorized to be levied herein, the costs of the department in collecting the taxes; provided such charge shall not, in any event, exceed five percent of the total amount of the taxes collected hereunder. Such charge for collecting the taxes for the county may be deducted each month from the tax proceeds collected before the amount of the proceeds due the county for that month is certified as provided in this section. The commissioner shall pay into the State Treasury all taxes collected under this subpart, as such taxes are received by the State Department of Revenue; and on or before the first of each successive month, commencing with the month next succeeding the month in which the department makes the first collection of any of the taxes authorized to be levied hereunder, the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under this subpart and paid by him or her into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during the month immediately preceding the making of such certificate and shall state separately in the certificate the amount of the proceeds so collected from the taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 and the amount of the proceeds so collected from the taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.32, provided, however, that before certifying the amount of taxes paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during each month, the commissioner may deduct from the taxes collected hereunder in the month the charges due the department for collection of the taxes. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant each month, payable to the county in an amount equal to the amount so certified by the commissioner as having been collected for the use of the county, and to transmit to the county, along with the warrant, a copy of the certificate by the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-41-180.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-180.01
Section 45-41-180.01 Solicitation Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation, including requests for charitable contributions, along the right-of-way or at the intersection of a four-way stop on any public road, street, or highway in Lee County.

(b) A person who violates this section shall be subject to a civil fine, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) A violation of this section shall be adjudicated in the municipal court or the district court, as appropriate.
Ala. Code § 45-3-84.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-84.20
Section 45-3-84.20 Authority to Employ Chief Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Barbour County is authorized to employ a chief clerk to work in the office of the probate judge and such employee shall be selected by the probate judge and paid out of the general fund of the county. The salary shall be set by the Barbour County Commission.

(b) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to August 22, 1982, and all actions taken and payments made pursuant thereto on and after that date are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-55-244.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-244.08
Section 45-55-244.08 Relation to Other Laws
Status: reserved

The provisions of this part shall be construed in pari materia with any and all other provisions of law, or parts of law, relating to taxes, tobacco products, or firefighting departments; provided, however, that all laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-49-150.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-150.15
Section 45-49-150.15 Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The Circuit Court of Mobile County shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-22-11.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-11.01
Section 45-22-11.01 Miscellaneous Salaries and Expenses
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In lieu of any annual salaries now provided by law, certain officials in Cullman County shall be entitled to annual salaries as follows:

(2) The salaries shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.

(b) The provisions of this section are retroactive to January 1, 1984.

(c) All court reporters serving the Thirty-second Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per annum. The allowances shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-45-180.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-180.01
Section 45-45-180.01 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of this article to make available to Madison County residents the aforementioned services only when such road related services and road building materials are not available to them at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. Upon May 28, 1980, and annually thereafter, the Madison County Commission shall examine the availability of work, services, and material from private enterprise in the various areas of Madison County and shall determine a cost for providing road related services and road construction material. The Madison County Commission shall enter upon the minutes the results of such examination, and the pricing cost for the year, with necessary allowances made for price changes during the year. The Madison County Commission shall then promulgate a written policy which shall govern the performance by county crews and equipment of the road related services and the sale of road construction material by the county. The policy shall include: A description of the road related services which shall be performed and the road construction materials to be sold; a provision to include private enterprise to service those needs found in its previous examination; and the limitation upon the areas in which the road related services shall be performed and in which road construction materials shall be sold to those areas in which such work, services, or materials is not reasonably available at a reasonable cost from private enterprise.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the county shall in no way compete unfairly with the private sector and that road related services or road construction materials shall be made available only to those citizens of Madison County where such road related services or road construction material is not available from private enterprise at a reasonable cost. Moreover, the policy shall include provisions to insure that no subsidy may be allowed to those individuals, firms, or corporations contracting with the county and that all cost, either direct or indirect, shall be borne by those entities contracting with the county. Finally, the policy shall include the provisions of a full financial accounting to support such requirements and the accounting shall be subject to public inspection. In promulgating the policy and in promulgating any change to the policy, the Madison County Commission, after publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation, shall hold a public hearing on the matter; provided, however, an increase in pricing to cover any increase in the costs of materials and labor shall not require a public hearing. The written policy and pricing cost adopted by the Madison County Commission shall be published annually in a newspaper of general circulation in Madison County in the type normally used for news stories and shall state that the pricing cost will be discussed, in a public hearing forum, at a specified regularly scheduled meeting of the Madison County Commission, at the request of any interested citizen; provided, however, that the notice appear at least one week prior to the meeting.
Ala. Code § 45-27-244.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-244.31
Section 45-27-244.31 Bond of Tax Collector
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this subpart, the tax collector shall execute an additional bond in a sum prescribed by the written recommendation to the tax collector from the Examiners of Public Accounts, giving as surety thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Escambia County. A certified copy of the bond shall be furnished by the tax collector to the Comptroller. Premiums on the bond of the tax collector shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-26-242.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-242.24
Section 45-26-242.24 Payment of Ad Valorem Vehicle Tax Prerequisite to Issuance of License or Transfer; Certificate of Assessment
Status: in_force

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for the assessment and collection of taxes due on motor vehicles, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the revenue commissioner until the ad valorem tax on the vehicles has been paid to the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt from the revenue commissioner. Every person, firm, or corporation driving or owning a motor vehicle who desires to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of Alabama shall first return the motor vehicle for ad valorem taxation purposes to the revenue commissioner who shall issue a certificate of assessment on a form prescribed by the state Department of Revenue, shall collect the taxes shown on the certificate, and shall make a duplicate of the tax receipt and keep the same on file in his or her office. The license tag shall be evidence of the payment of the license and ad valorem tax due as provided under this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-26-244.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-244.05
Section 45-26-244.05 Collections and Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart shall constitute a debt due Elmore 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 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 Elmore County.
Ala. Code § 45-40-130.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-130.12
Section 45-40-130.12 Inspection and Approval of Materials, Supplies, Etc., Prior to Payment
Status: in_force

It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by Lawrence County for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries, when the same is delivered, and the same shall not be accepted and paid for without its first having been approved by him or her.
Ala. Code § 45-20-71.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-71.03
Section 45-20-71.03 Membership of Board
Status: in_force

The board shall consist of a president and four associate members who shall be appointed or elected and shall have such authority as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-40.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-40.06
Section 45-41A-40.06 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of the city shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial term of office of two directors shall be two years each. The initial term of office of two directors shall be four years each. The initial term of office of three directors shall be six years each. Thereafter, the term of office of each director shall be six years. If at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor shall be so elected. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the city. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality, during his or her tenure as such officer, shall be eligible to serve as a director. Each director shall be a duly qualified elector of the city. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
Ala. Code § 45-3A-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3A / Section 45-3A-70
Section 45-3A-70 Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday
Status: in_force

The sale of alcoholic beverages after 1:00 p.m. on Sundays may be authorized by the town council within the corporate limits of the Town of Louisville as provided in this section. The town council, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday after 1:00 p.m. as determined by the town council by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Pursuant to this authority, the town council may regulate which retail licensees may sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday, whether the sale may be for off-premises consumption, and any other aspect of the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages.
Ala. Code § 45-28-231.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-231.26
Section 45-28-231.26 Applicability of Part
Status: in_force

This subpart applies to any abandoned or stolen property held on or after October 1, 2025.
Ala. Code § 45-9-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-240
Section 45-9-240 Compensation
Status: in_force

The members of the Chambers County Board of Equalization shall be paid fifty dollars ($50) per diem for each day’s attendance upon the sessions of the board. Any amounts in excess of the compensation provided by the state or a municipality as provided in Sections 40-3-7 and 40-3-8 shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39-40.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-40.17
Section 45-39-40.17 Display of Certificate or License
Status: in_force

Every holder of a certificate or license granted by the board as provided in this article shall display it in a conspicuous place in his or her principal office, place of business, or employment, and each such license certificate shall have attached thereto a picture of the licensee made not more than three years prior to the date the license was issued.
Ala. Code § 45-2-239 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-239
Section 45-2-239 Purchasing Procedures Using Credit or Debit Card
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account held by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.

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

(c) The sheriff may promulgate written policy and procedures governing the utilization of credit or debit cards which, at a minimum, shall include all of the following:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) In the event the credit or debit card provides rewards or rebates based upon the use of the card, any rewards or rebates earned from the card or cards shall be deposited in the Sheriff’s Discretionary Fund of Baldwin County.
Ala. Code § 45-57-140.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-140.07
Section 45-57-140.07 Dissolution or Abandonment of Volunteer Fire Department
Status: in_force

(a) Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article, after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county commission.

(b) If an eligible volunteer fire department is abandoned or dissolved, the county commission shall equally divide and transfer the funds to the remaining eligible volunteer fire departments in good standing with the Russell County Firefighters Association and the Alabama Forestry Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-18-70.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-70.04
Section 45-18-70.04 Tenure of Commissioners
Status: in_force

This article shall not affect the duties, rights, and tenure of the office of the present members of the Conecuh County Commission, but the commissioners shall continue to hold and discharge the duties of office as now incumbent upon them and as may be incumbent upon them by law, until their successors shall be elected and qualified under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.170
Section 45-8A-23.170 Director of Finance - Appointment
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the director of finance, who shall, with the advice and consent of the council, be appointed by the city manager, subject to the provisions of any merit or civil service system applicable to the city.
Ala. Code § 45-45-173.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-173.03
Section 45-45-173.03 Licensing and Operation of Junkyards
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-45-173.01, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license to do so from the county commission through the county license director. No license shall be granted except for those junkyards which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the highway. The operation of an unlicensed junkyard constitutes a public nuisance.

(b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards within the limits defined in this part, and may revoke the licenses at any time a junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this part, and shall charge a license fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500) payable each fiscal year. This license fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23-1-244. All licenses issued under this part shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Licenses may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-3-84.116 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-84.116
Section 45-3-84.116 Special Recording and Filing Fee
Status: in_force

Effective immediately after August 1, 1998, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Barbour County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each Uniform Commercial Code document that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and with respect to other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate, and on and after that date, no instrument or document shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of five dollars ($5) is paid. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or Uniform Commercial Code document, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees collected shall be paid into the General Fund of Barbour County. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system and other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-31A-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31A / Section 45-31A-80
Section 45-31A-80 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer
Status: in_force

The city council of the City of Samson, by ordinance, may authorize, regulate, and permit the sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the city.
Ala. Code § 45-27-60.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-60.15
Section 45-27-60.15 Transfer of Title to Property to County Medical Examiner; Medical Examiner Fund
Status: in_force

Beginning January 15, 1998, title and control of all equipment in the office of the Escambia County Coroner shall be transferred by the county to the county medical examiner. The Escambia County Commission shall establish a Medical Examiner Fund. Thereafter, all funds previously appropriated by the county commission to the office of coroner shall be appropriated to the Medical Examiner Fund. The appropriation shall be in the amount agreed to between the county commission and the county medical examiner’s office each year, but the amount shall not be less than the amount appropriated to the office of the coroner in the Escambia County 1997-98 fiscal year budget.
Ala. Code § 45-30-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-10
Section 45-30-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Franklin County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Franklin 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 § 45-42A-22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42A / Section 45-42A-22
Section 45-42A-22 Eligibility to Vote for Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Education
Status: in_force

No person residing within the corporate limits of the City of Athens shall be eligible to vote for the members of the Limestone County Board of Education or the Limestone County Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 45-19-244 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-244
Section 45-19-244 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this part, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Revenue.

(2) EARTHEN MATERIALS. Materials covered in this part which include sand, clay, silt, loam, dirt, gravel, rock, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, or any combination thereof, but does not include graphite.

(3) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any combination thereof.

(4) PRODUCER. Any person engaging in the business of severing sand, clay, silt, loam, dirt, gravel, rock, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, graphite, or any combination thereof from the soil within Coosa County.

(5) PURCHASER. Any person acquiring title, outright or conditionally, to any interest in sand, clay, silt, loam, dirt, gravel, rock, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, graphite, or any combination thereof.

(6) SEVERING. Mining, stripping, or otherwise taking or removing sand, clay, silt, loam, dirt, gravel, rock, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, graphite, or any combination thereof from the soil within Coosa County.

(7) TON. A short ton of 2,000 pounds.

(8) TRANSPORTER. Any person transporting sand, clay, silt, loam, dirt, gravel, rock, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, graphite, or any combination thereof from the place where it is severed or from any other place to any other place, within or without Coosa County.
Ala. Code § 45-44-84.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-84.45
Section 45-44-84.45 Relation to Other Laws
Status: in_force

The laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of Lis Pendens, declarations of claims or exemptions, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto.
Ala. Code § 45-28-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-40
Section 45-28-40 Banks
Status: in_force

Any bank, whether incorporated or unincorporated, within the state, now or hereafter situated in, or having a branch in, Etowah County, shall have the power to establish, maintain, and operate within the limits of the county, where a place of business of such bank is situated, one or more branches or branch banks, branch offices, branch agencies, additional offices or branch places of business for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, lending of money, and the conduct of a general banking and trust business, provided that such bank, before the establishment of any such branch or branches, shall first secure the written consent of the State Superintendent of Banks and meet the requirements of the appropriate regulatory banking authorities. Provided, however, that any branch bank established under this section shall be within the corporate limits of a municipality, in Etowah County and, where the population of the municipality was less than 3,000 persons according to the last federal decennial census, any branch shall be located no farther from the city hall than three-fourths of one mile, this provision deemed necessary for police and fire protection purposes. Provided further, that the limitation contained in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to the town of Hokes Bluff.
Ala. Code § 45-19-110.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-110.08
Section 45-19-110.08 Voters Reidentification Questionnaire
Status: in_force

The questionnaire to reidentify a voter shall be in substantially the following form:

VOTERS REIDENTIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE

Date _____, 20

Name _________________________________________

(FIRST) (MIDDLE) (LAST)

Legal Residence Address __________________________________________

STREET

City or Town ___________________________________________________

State _________________________________________________________

Date of Birth _______ Sex _______

I now vote and I am a qualified elector in precinct or Beat No. _____, Box No. _____, Coosa County, and I have not been disqualified from voting in this county. I am not a qualified voter in any other county in the State of Alabama or in any other state in the United States.

I have resided in Precinct or Beat No. ____ for the past _____ months.

Signed _________

Signature of Worker

Sworn and subscribed before me this ____ day of ____, 20_.

Registrar - Judge of Probate
Ala. Code § 45-23-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-242
Section 45-23-242 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The Dale County Commission is authorized to impose upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Dale County a county privilege, license, or tax in the following amounts:

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

(2) Two cents ($0.02) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(3) Two cents ($0.02) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette.

(4) Three cents ($0.03) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3).

(5) Three cents ($0.03) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other federal, state, or local taxes heretofore imposed by law.

(c) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, 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 and on each cigar.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.06
Section 45-41-260.06 Purposes to Be Kept in View
Status: in_force

In the preparation of the master plan and zoning regulations, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the present conditions existing within the county with due regard to existing agricultural uses, to land by virtue of its fertility, proximity to water supplies, and other geographical features particularly suited to agricultural uses, to neighboring municipalities, towns, and villages, to the growth of subdivisions, to the general population growth of the county, and make adequate provision for traffic, recreational areas, and industry, and other public requirements. The plan and zoning regulations should be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county, which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, and should promote safety from fire, flood, and other dangers, the healthful and convenient distribution of population, and the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds. The plan and regulations shall be a public record, but its purpose and effect shall be to aid the planning commission in the performance of its duties, including making recommendations to the county governing body and assisting cooperating with other federal, state, and local agencies so as to achieve coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development.