Ala. Code § 45-8-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; Composition; Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

(a)(1) For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County, which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic Development Council.

(2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes.

(b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors.

(2) The board shall be composed of 11 appointed members and one ex officio non-voting member, appointed as follows: Six of the directors shall be appointed by the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation, with each legislator appointing one member; two of the directors shall be appointed by the governing body of the county; two of the directors shall be appointed by an appointing body composed of the mayors from each of the municipalities in the county; and one of the directors shall be appointed by the chair of the economic development council. The non-voting ex officio member shall be the chair of the oversight committee. Three of the initial members shall be appointed for a term of two years, three for a term of four years, and the remaining three for a term of six years. All successor members shall be appointed for terms of office of six years each. In determining who shall be appointed for an initial term of two, four, or six years, the following procedure shall apply: The positions on the board shall be numbered as indicated hereinabove, and, by lot, shall be designated as having initial terms of two, four, or six years, respectively. Of the two members added in 2004, one shall be appointed by the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation for an initial term of four years and one shall be appointed by the chair of the economic development council for an initial term of six years. All successor appointments shall be made by the entity originally entitled to make the appointment to the initial term.

(3) Each appointee shall reside either within the county or within any municipality located in the county, shall not hold any elective office, shall be a duly qualified elector of the county or of any municipality located within the county, and shall possess a background in business and financial affairs.

(4) If, for any reason, other than an illness which shall be documented in writing to the council by a physician, a board member is absent for more than 25 percent of regular monthly council meetings in any calendar year, his or her term shall automatically expire on December 31 of the calendar year in which he or she has missed the meetings. The entity originally making the appointment of the member whose term has expired pursuant to this subdivision shall make a successor appointment no later than 60 days after the date on which the defaulting member’s term expires. If the appointing entity does not make a successor appointment within 60 days, the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation may make the appointment.

(5) If at the expiration of any term of office of any director a successor thereto has not been elected, then the director whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office until a successor is elected.

(c) The affairs and operations of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council shall be supervised and monitored by the Calhoun County Economic Development Council Oversight Committee. This committee shall be composed of all the members of the legislative delegation from the county, as well as the members of the governing body of the county, and the mayors of each of the municipalities located in the county. The chairman of the oversight committee shall be a member of the legislative delegation elected by the oversight committee. The oversight committee shall meet not less often than semiannually, and otherwise at the call of its chairman or a majority of its membership. The approval of the oversight committee shall not be essential to the validity of any action taken by the board of directors in the exercise of any of the powers granted the council in this section.

(d) The council shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its directors and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer from among its members. Such officers shall serve for such terms as the council by rule or regulation may prescribe. After the organizational meeting, the council shall meet at such time and place as shall be designated in the call. The chairman or a majority of the directors may call a meeting of the council, and at least four meetings shall be held annually. The chairman shall preside at each meeting of the council. In the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman or other person elected in accordance with any rule or regulation adopted by the board of directors shall preside. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. Members of the board of directors shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.

(e) Upon the organization of the council the council shall be constituted an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential governmental functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, and the economic and industrial development of the county shall be deemed to be an essential governmental function of the county.

(f) The council shall have the following powers, together with all power incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof: The council or its agents and employees may (1) cooperate with municipal, regional, state, or federal planning or other industrial and economic development authorities; (2) contract with other agencies, individuals, or corporations to promote the purposes of this section; provided, however, that no funds of the council be expended for any purpose other than purchase and/or development of industrial property except expenses as provided in subsection (d); (3) act as the industrial development agency for the entire county and as such agency to exercise all powers granted to municipal development agencies under the general laws of the state; (4) enter upon any land in the county, with consent of the owner, and make examinations and surveys, and place, and maintain necessary monuments, and markings thereon; (5) accept gifts, grants, bequests, or devises; (6) acquire, develop, improve, sell, or lease land for industrial development only; (7) to borrow money and to pledge as security therefor its assets, and anticipated revenues; (8) to maintain civil actions and have civil actions maintained against it and to defend civil actions against it; (9) to adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (10) to acquire, receive, and take title to, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, and develop and to transfer, convey, lease, assign, or otherwise dispose of property of every kind and character, real, personal, and mixed, and any and every interest therein, located within the area of operation of the council, to any person; (11) to make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other legal arrangements and to take such steps and actions as may be necessary or convenient in the furtherance of any purpose or the exercise of any power provided or granted to it by law; (12) to borrow money for any council purpose, function, or use and to issue in evidence of the borrowing, interest-bearing bonds payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation or leasing or sale of any of its property; (13) to pledge for the payment of any bonds issued or obligations assumed by the council any revenues from which those bonds or obligations are made payable and to execute and deliver, security for such bonds and obligations, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust indentures, and pledge indentures as provided for by law or hereafter; (14) to provide for such insurance as the council may deem advisable; (15) to invest any of its funds deemed by the authority to be not presently needed in the operation of its properties and undertakings and bonds, bills, or notes of the United States of America, bonds of the state, bonds of any county or municipality within the state and interest-bearing deposits in banks and savings and loan institutions or any thereof; (16) to cooperate with the United States of America and any agency, or instrumentality thereof, any state and its agencies and instrumentalities, any county or municipality, or other political subdivision of a state and any other person, and to make and enter into contracts and all manner of legal arrangements with them or any of them and to obtain money by way of loans, grants, or payments from them or any of them or property or other forms of assistance as the council may deem advisable to accomplish the purposes for which the council was created; and (17) in furtherance of the purposes, the council shall have all powers conferred on corporations, entities, or institutions of like nature by the laws of the State of Alabama and any amendments thereof or supplementary thereto.

(g) Neither the county nor any municipality therein shall in any event be liable for the payment of any indebtedness of the council or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the council, and no indebtedness of the council and none of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the county or any municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.

(h) Whenever the board of directors shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the council was formed have been substantially complied with and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the council have been fully paid, the members of the board of directors shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the council to be dissolved.

(i) The certificate of incorporation of the council, any deed or other documents whereby properties are conveyed to the council, any mortgages or deed of trust executed by the council, any leases made by the council, and the certificate of dissolution of the council may all be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county without the payment of any tax or fees other than such fees as may be authorized by law for the recording of such instruments.

(j) The council and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom and all bonds issued by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.

(k) All funds of the economic development council shall be received by the treasurer of the economic development council, and expended by the council only for the purposes described herein. All proceeds from the sale, lease or other disposition of assets of the council shall be reinvested in like purposes. The economic development council shall receive all funds (1) appropriated to it under the provisions of House Bill 165, Regular Session 1982 of the Alabama Legislature; (2) all funds collected and remitted to the State Department of Revenue under the provisions of House Bill 221, Regular Session 1982 of the Alabama Legislature which would otherwise be distributed to the Calhoun County Commission and municipalities in Calhoun County.

(l) The council is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8, as amended.

(m) The council and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the provisions and requirements of Sections 41-16-50 through 41-16-63, which sections provide for competitive bids in connection with certain contracts.
Ala. Code § 45-55-243.36 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-243.36
Section 45-55-243.36 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All taxes collected under this subpart shall be remitted to Pike County and deposited in a segregated account within the Pike County General Fund to be used for costs, expenses, and, pursuant to Section 45-55-243.37, distributions. The County Commission of Pike County may thereafter transfer the proceeds into one or more special funds or accounts designated by resolution of the county commission, provided that the proceeds are used for costs, expenses, and, pursuant to Section 45-55-243.37, distributions. The county commission may assign and pledge the proceeds of the tax authorized by this subpart for the payment of principal of and interest on indebtedness. Any pledge shall be irrevocable so long as the indebtedness for which the pledge is made remains outstanding.
Ala. Code § 45-10-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-171
Section 45-10-171 Persons Authorized to Issue Death Certificates; Availability to Next of Kin; Fees; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) In Cherokee County any county health officer or administrator is hereby authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local registrar or to the State Health Department.

(b) The county health officer shall not later than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate available to the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by the State Health Department for the same service. The county health officer shall cause a complete and correct account to be kept of all fees received by him or her under this section and shall remit the fees to the treasurer of his or her county board of health or like official for custody subject to disbursement in the interest of health services in the county. Any officer failing to comply with this section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and punishable by general law.
Ala. Code § 45-20-71.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-71.11
Section 45-20-71.11 Additional Allowances
Status: in_force

In addition to the compensation provided in Section 45-20-71.10 the president and associate members of the board shall each be paid a mileage allowance of ten cents ($0.10) per mile for each mile necessarily traveled by him or her within the county in the discharge of his or her official duties as a member of the board, provided that the president or associate member shall use his or her personally owned motor vehicle for such travel. The president and associate members, the clerk, county road supervisor, and other employees shall each be reimbursed for lodging, meals, and transportation, not to exceed five cents ($0.05) per mile, while out of the county on official business at the direction of the board and attending meetings or conventions pertinent to county affairs or programs. Such allowances shall be paid out of any funds in the county treasury available for such purpose; provided, that in the discretion of the board the mileage allowance payable to the president and associate members for travel within the county may be paid out of the county gasoline tax revenues when such mileage is incurred by a member while occupied in the discharge of his or her duties in inspecting, accepting, building, repairing, or supervising any of the county roads or bridges; and provided, further, that such use of gasoline tax revenues shall be in accordance with and subject to all provisions of Title 51, Section 655, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-41-244.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-244.21
Section 45-41-244.21 Exemptions; Definitions
Status: in_force

There are exempted from the levy of such taxes the gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are exempted under the state sales tax statutes from the computation of the amount of the state sales tax. And there is also exempted from the levy the storage, use, or other consumption of property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is exempted under the state use tax statutes from the state use tax. Subject to these exemptions, every person storing or using or otherwise consuming in that part of Lee County outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City tangible personal property purchased at retail shall be liable for the tax imposed, and the liability shall not be extinguished until the tax has been paid by such person; provided, however, that a receipt from a registered seller given to the purchaser of any property to be used, stored, or consumed in such part of Lee County shall be sufficient to relieve the purchaser from further liability for the tax to which such receipt may refer. The term registered seller means the person registered with the Department of Revenue pursuant to the state sales tax statutes. The term state sales tax statutes means Act 100, H. 94, approved August 18, 1959, which levies a retail sales tax for state purposes, and includes all statutes, including amendments to Act 100 which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computations of the tax levied in Act 100, and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Act 100 and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed therein. The term state use tax statutes means Chapter 23, Title 40, as amended, including all statutes enacted which set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in Chapter 23 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of the article and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed therein.
Ala. Code § 45-17-242.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-242.07
Section 45-17-242.07 Violations
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation subject to the tax hereby authorized, who fails to comply with any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the county governing body pursuant to this part, may be restrained by proper legal proceedings from engaging in business in Colbert County, until he or she shall have complied with such rules and regulations. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.50
Section 45-30-240.50 Consolidation of Offices and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) On September 30, 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 Franklin 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 issuance of motor vehicle licenses and title, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessment for and the collection of taxes and the issuance of motor vehicle licenses and titles.

(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 Franklin 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 herein above prescribed for the county revenue commissioner.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to promote the public convenience in Franklin County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one office.
Ala. Code § 45-45-31.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-31.05
Section 45-45-31.05 Destruction or Disposition of Public Records
Status: in_force

No county official or employee shall destroy, dispose of, or cause to be destroyed or disposed of, any public record that has been microfilmed under this part until the records custodian has certified that the microfilm copy has been processed and checked for clarity.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.10
Section 45-2-84.10 Payment of Portion of Earnings; Payroll Deduction
Status: in_force

Any person released from jail or the custody of the Department of Corrections pursuant to this part or sentenced under the provisions of this part may be ordered to pay into the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund a sum in an amount to be determined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board, but not less than an amount equal to 20 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while released from jail or the custody of the Department of Corrections. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a defendant or granting a suspended sentence pursuant to the terms of this part, may require that the defendant establish a payroll deduction for the payment of any sums due pursuant to this part or that the employer pay the wages of the defendant directly to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund. All sums collected, whether by payroll deduction or otherwise, shall be paid over to and collected by the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center and deposited into the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund, which shall be established under the conditions and for the purpose set out in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-270.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-270.22
Section 45-37A-270.22 Application for Admittance
Status: in_force

An offender may apply to the city for admittance into the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-34-242.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-242.06
Section 45-34-242.06 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized less the actual cost of collection, not to exceed 10 percent, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission on a monthly basis. The proceeds are to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Henry County. These funds shall be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and shall be expended solely for purposes of fire protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer firefighters network in Henry County. The proceeds paid by the Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission shall be distributed by the Alabama Forestry Commission to volunteer fire departments in the county as determined by the Alabama Forestry Commission in consultation with the Henry County Volunteer Fire Department Association on an equal basis, share and share alike.
Ala. Code § 45-57-202.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-202.24
Section 45-57-202.24 Suitable Office Space Furnished by County Governing Body
Status: in_force

Suitable office space in the courthouse of the county, 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 the motor vehicle license division, except the stationery and supplies as the law requires to be furnished by the state Department of Revenue, the State Department of Finance, or the Comptroller.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.16
Section 45-41-83.16 Incentives
Status: in_force

The court may grant reasonable incentives to participants pursuant to the waiver and agreement to participate in the program if the court finds that the participant has done all of the following:

(1) Is performing satisfactorily in the program.

(2) Is benefitting from education, treatment, and rehabilitation.

(3) Has not engaged in criminal conduct.

(4) Has not violated the terms and conditions of the agreement.
Ala. Code § 45-52-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-240
Section 45-52-240 Administration and Enforcement of Tax or License Ordinances; Collection of Taxes and Fees; Compensation for Services
Status: in_force

(a) The Morgan County Commission and any municipality located in Morgan County, if authorized by resolution and ordinance duly adopted by the Morgan County Commission and the governing body of the municipality, may enter into agreements by which the Morgan County Commission, or employees thereof, may administer and enforce any tax or license ordinance enacted by the municipality, and collect the taxes and license fees due thereunder, and by which the municipality may agree to pay the Morgan County Commission compensation for its services, not to exceed 10 percent of the aggregate amount collected pursuant to the agreement. In no event, however, may the compensation charged or received by the Morgan County Commission be contingent upon the amount collected from any taxpayer whose records are examined and audited by the Morgan County Commission in and about the performance of the agreement.

(b) The Morgan County Commission, and its designated employees, in and about the performance of any such contract or agreement and the administration and enforcement of the tax and license ordinances, shall have the same rights, remedies, powers, and authorities as would be available to the State Department of Revenue or the municipality if the ordinances were being administered and enforced by the State Department of Revenue or the municipality.
Ala. Code § 45-31-141.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-141.02
Section 45-31-141.02 Establishment of Fire Protection Districts
Status: in_force

Any area situated entirely within the county may be established as a district for fighting fires pursuant to this article. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall be included in the district unless the municipality adopts a resolution to be included in the district. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or impede the right or ability of a municipality to provide fire protection within its corporate limits or its police jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 45-51-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-242.03
Section 45-51-242.03 Maintenance of Roads and Streets
Status: in_force

Any roads or streets which are located in those areas which have been annexed by the City of Montgomery pursuant to this subpart, which roads and streets were required by this subpart to be maintained by Montgomery County, upon the city and County of Montgomery entering into an agreement for the city to take over from the county the authority to control, manage, supervise, repair, maintain, and improve the roads and streets pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 11-49-80 and Section 11-49-81, as enacted by Act 37, 1921 Extraordinary Session (Acts 1921, p. 50), shall be taken over and maintained by the City of Montgomery conditioned upon the county paying to the city the monetary consideration as set forth in the agreement. Thereafter, Montgomery County shall not be responsible for the maintenance of any of such roads and streets.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.169 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.169
Section 45-51A-33.169 Accounting Control of Purchases
Status: in_force

All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department, or agency, a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual service for which the contract or order is to be issued.
Ala. Code § 45-48-70.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-70.62
Section 45-48-70.62 Purchase of Used Equipment
Status: in_force

The county commission shall in addition have authority to purchase used equipment from other governmental agencies upon approval of the county engineer.
Ala. Code § 45-28-84.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-84.02
Section 45-28-84.02 Special Recording Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In Etowah County, a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county, and, on and after such date, no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of three dollars ($3) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument of personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited by the probate judge to any bank in Etowah County and spent by the judge of probate at his or her discretion for the improvement of the office of the Probate Judge of Etowah County.

(b) The fees collected under this section shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the probate judge and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.002 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.002
Section 45-8A-23.002 Call of Election by Mayor
Status: in_force

The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of his or her certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the certificate of the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election.
Ala. Code § 45-2-234.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-234.07
Section 45-2-234.07 Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board - Nomination and Election of Members
Status: in_force

(a) The personnel officer shall notify all classified employees that nominations for membership on the board will be accepted for a period of 10 days from that date and instructing all interested classified employees to submit nominations to the personnel officer of the sheriff’s office within that period. Nominations shall be limited to persons who are merit employees of the sheriff’s office.

(b) The personnel officer shall compile a list of the nominations and cause ballots to be prepared and distributed to all classified employees, other than appointed officials, and shall instruct all classified employees of their right to vote for one name contained on the list of nominees.

(c) The employees shall be instructed to tender their ballots in sealed envelopes to the personnel officer who shall make appropriate arrangements for their tabulation. Upon tabulation of the ballots, the personnel officer shall obtain written certification executed by all the county employees who assisted during the counting of the ballots and shall submit the fully executed written certification to the Baldwin County legislative delegation following each election. The certification and ballots shall be retained by the personnel officer as public records for 12 months from the date of the certification of the results.

(d) In the event that any one employee receives a majority of all votes cast, he or she shall be deemed elected to serve on the board. In the event that no employee receives a majority of all votes cast, then the names of the two employees receiving the most votes on the initial ballot shall be placed on a run-off ballot and voted upon by the employees as set forth in subsection (c). The employee then receiving the most votes shall be deemed elected to membership on the board.
Ala. Code § 45-39-220 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-220
Section 45-39-220 Nighttime Hunting of Raccoons and Opossums
Status: in_force

In Lauderdale County, the provisions of any law or the provisions of any rule, regulation, or order of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be lawful to hunt, and to capture or kill raccoons and opossums between sunset and daylight with a light and a dog and if hunting on the lands of another, written permission of the landowner is necessary, and by the use of a shotgun using number 6 shot or a .22 caliber rifle using .22 caliber short cartridges, and the person or persons so hunting may not have in their possession any ammunition, except number 6 shot or short cartridges for a .22 caliber rifle.
Ala. Code § 45-23-130.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-130.03
Section 45-23-130.03 Wage or Salary Scale
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities. The wage or salary scale shall not be exceeded by the engineer in employing labor and assistants.
Ala. Code § 45-2-81.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-81.70
Section 45-2-81.70 Applicability
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-28-80.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-80.21
Section 45-28-80.21 Final Criminal Orders and Judgments
Status: in_force

(a) In Etowah County all final orders and judgments of the court in criminal cases shall be entered by the circuit judges sitting in and for the county on a sheet or sheets separate from the case action summary sheets. These orders shall be properly identified by the style of the case and a case number.

(b) After all final orders and judgments of the court have been made on a sheet or sheets, in any case, by the circuit judge or judges sitting in and for such county, the clerk of the circuit court of such county shall file copies of such sheets in numerical order in well bound books labelled Minute Books and such final orders and judgements of the court shall have the same force and effect as criminal minutes of the circuit court of the county prior to the passage and approval of this section.
Ala. Code § 45-32-246 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-246
Section 45-32-246 Referendum Authorized
Status: in_force

The governing body of Greene County, Alabama, is hereby authorized to set an election of the qualified voters of the county for the purpose of determining whether or not such governing body shall levy an additional privilege or license and excise and sales tax to be in force and effect for a period of 10 years.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.05
Section 45-2-261.05 Planning Districts and Authority
Status: in_force

The Baldwin County Commission shall divide the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County into planning districts. Prior to submission of a written petition to hold an election pursuant to Section 45-2-261.07, the planning districts may be altered as necessary by the Baldwin County Commission to effect the provisions of this subpart. In establishing the boundaries of the planning districts, the Baldwin County Commission may consider, but not be limited to, the natural geography of the county, identifiable landmarks, both natural and man-made, current land use patterns, areas of historical significance, natural resources, convenience of holding elections within a planning district, administrative convenience, projected land use, population density, population growth, and common community interests.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.14
Section 45-29-90.14 Contracts to Secure Bonds and Assumed Obligations
Status: in_force

As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds or other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any facilities owned by it, or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from such facilities, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such facilities will be sufficient to operate such facilities, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues, and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such facilities, and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract pursuant to this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board of directors authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.03
Section 45-28A-42.03 Selection of Board
Status: in_force

Within 60 days of May 3, 1988, the civil service board for the City of Gadsden, Alabama, shall be composed of five members. The Governor shall make such appointments as shall be necessary to bring the membership of such board up to five members. At all times, at least one board member shall be a female individual and at least one other board member shall be a black individual and they shall not be the same person. Such appointees shall serve for initial terms of three years on such board. Successor terms for such new board members and current board members shall also be for three years. All vacancies on the board shall be for the unexpired term and shall be filled by appointments made by the Governor. The terms of all board members shall expire on the first Monday in April in which a term expires. Any member of the board whose term shall expire shall be eligible for reappointment to such board. Three members of such board shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business before such board. No person shall be eligible to be a member of the civil service board who shall not, at the time of his or her appointment, be over 25 years of age and an actual resident in and a qualified voter of such city. No person shall be eligible to be a member of the board who holds any office of profit under the city, county, or state. The members of such civil service board who are holding office on May 3, 1988, shall continue to hold office and serve and be members of the board until the expiration of their current terms.
Ala. Code § 45-8-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-70.01
Section 45-8-70.01 Automobile or Travel Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

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

(b) Each Commissioner of the Calhoun County Commission and the county commissioner of licenses shall have the option of electing, as hereinafter provided in subsection (c), to have an automobile furnished by Calhoun County, for use in carrying out his or her official duties as a commissioner, and payment for or reimbursement for fuel and oil for and repairs of the automobile, or in lieu of the automobile and expenses therefor, to have a travel expense allowance of four hundred dollars ($400) per month.

(c)(1) Each incumbent Calhoun County Commissioner shall inform the Administrator/Treasurer of the Calhoun County Commission in writing within 30 days of this section becoming effective, and the incumbent county commissioner of licenses by August 31, 2013, whether he or she elects to be furnished an automobile and expenses therefor, or a travel expense allowance as provided in subsection (b), during his or her remaining term in office as a commissioner.

(2) Each incumbent Calhoun County Commissioner, each newly elected Calhoun County Commissioner, and the county commissioner of licenses shall, within 60 days after his or her election to a new term in office or a term in office, inform the Administrator/Treasurer of the Calhoun County Commission in writing whether he or she elects to be furnished an automobile and expenses therefor, or a travel expense allowance as provided in subsection (b), during his or her next or upcoming term in office as a commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-8-203 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-203
Section 45-8-203 Motor Vehicle Registration Renewals
Status: in_force

(a) A special issuance fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25) shall be collected by the License Commissioner of Calhoun County on each motor vehicle registration renewal. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges provided by law. The special issuance fee shall be retained by the license commissioner and may be used for the improvement of services and the operation of the office of the license commissioner and in the performance of the official duties of the license commissioner. The use of the proceeds includes, but is not limited to, the preservation and storage related to motor vehicle registrations, boat registrations, business licenses, door-to-door sales, rental lease and manufactured homes, and for the purchase, installation, improvement, development, and maintenance of equipment and technology, and any other improvements or expenditures necessary for the administration of the office. The proceeds from the special issuance fee shall not be allocated for any salary or cost of living expense related to the office. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to any and all other budgeted compensation or expense provided to the license commissioner by Calhoun County.

(b) The issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a segregated account in any bank in Calhoun County and may be expended at the sole discretion of the license commissioner. The expenditures of the fees shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The records of the expenditures shall be open to the public on a continuous basis. Any funds in the account not expended shall be carried over from year to year.

(c) This section is cumulative and shall not alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees collected by the license commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-48-121.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-121.09
Section 45-48-121.09 Vacancies; Appointment from Eligible Register
Status: in_force

Whenever a vacancy exists in any position in the service of the county, it shall be filled by appointment of one of the three persons who rank highest on the appropriate eligible register of the board or by transfer within the service of the county from another position of the same class. However, the ranking layoff of the same class shall be appointed in every instance. Whenever it is impossible for the board of certify eligible persons to a vacancy, the board may authorize the appointing authority to fill the vacancy temporarily pending the establishment of an eligible register. No such authorization may be given for longer than 120 days, and an employee shall not receive more than one temporary appointment during one calendar year, and no such employee shall have status under this part. All appointments, other than temporary appointments, shall be probationary for six months from the date of appointment. A probationary subordinate employee may be discharged by his or her appointing authority for unsatisfactory service at any time before the expiration of that period if the action is approved by the board; a probationary department head employee may be discharged or demoted similarly by his or her appointing authority upon approval by the board. After the expiration of the probationary period, an appointment shall become permanent.
Ala. Code § 45-25-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-60
Section 45-25-60 Compensation
Status: in_force

The Coroner of DeKalb County shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per month. The expense allowance provided in this section shall be in lieu of any other salary, allowance, expense allowance, or other compensation provided for by general or local law and shall commence on June 1, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-3-171.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-171.12
Section 45-3-171.12 Accounting of Cost of Abatement
Status: in_force

The appropriate city official shall given an itemized written report to the city governing body regarding the cost of abating the nuisance. The cost of abatement shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the abatement, including administrative costs. Should the city contract for abatement, the cost shall be the actual costs the contractor charges the city for the abatement, including administrative costs the city incurs. Upon report of the costs by the appropriate city official, the governing body shall adopt a resolution confirming the costs of the reports, provided that any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting concerning the fixing of the costs or the amounts thereof. The city clerk of the city shall give at least 10 days’ notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs is to be considered by first-class mail to all entities having an interest in the property whose address and interest is determined from the revenue commissioner’s records on the property or is otherwise known to the clerk.
Ala. Code § 45-49-42.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-42.12
Section 45-49-42.12 Unlawful to Provide or Advertise for Services Including Genital Touching
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or any other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or offer any massage or physical touching of the genital organs of another in connection with such a massage.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-50.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-50.07
Section 45-37A-50.07 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of the members of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be as follows:

(1) Beginning on May 9, 2001, and thereafter, each member of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be entitled to receive compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month.

(2) Beginning on May 9, 2001, and thereafter, each member of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month.

(b) The compensation and expense allowance provided by this section shall be paid in the same manner and from the same source as compensation and expense allowances for members of the board of education are currently paid.

(c) All compensation and expense allowance payments made to members of the Birmingham City Board of Education before May 9, 2001, are ratified, confirmed, and approved.
Ala. Code § 45-40-130.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-130.13
Section 45-40-130.13 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, then, in that event 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 article; but an emergency shall not exist so long as the Director of Transportation can nominate an engineer who will accept employment by the board under the terms of this article, it being the intention of this article to provide that, when county roads are to be maintained or constructed in the county, the supervision thereof shall be either under a county engineer, as hereinabove provided for, or, by a road supervisor, who is not a member of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37-171.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-171.20
Section 45-37-171.20 Cost-of-Living Increases for Certain Retirees
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Effective retroactively to October 1, 2000, each retiree of the Jefferson County Department of Health receiving monthly benefits from the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System, whose effective date of retirement was after the department elected to become a member in the Employees’ Retirement System and prior to October 1, 2000, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in his or her gross monthly benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.

(2) Beneficiaries of deceased retirees referenced in subdivision (1) shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.

(b) When future cost-of-living increases are provided to the Jefferson County Department of Health retirees and their beneficiaries who are receiving monthly benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System, the same cost-of-living increases shall be provided to the Jefferson County Department of Health retirees and their beneficiaries who are receiving monthly benefits from the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System and who retired after the Jefferson County Department of Health elected to become a member in the Employees’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 45-8-172 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-172
Section 45-8-172 “City” Defined; Application of Part
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this part, “city” means any city or town located in Calhoun County. Any city in Calhoun County and the Calhoun County Commission may have the provisions of this part apply to the city adopting an ordinance or the county by adopting a resolution stating that fact. Subject to subsection (b), upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution by the city, the city within its corporate limits, and, upon the adoption of a resolution by the county, the county shall exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this part outside of the corporate limits of any municipality within or partially within the county.

(b) This part shall not apply to any property that is assessed for ad valorem taxes as agricultural or forest property.
Ala. Code § 45-28-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-60
Section 45-28-60 Compensation
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-219 EFFECTIVE BEGINNING THE NEXT TERM OF OFFICE OF THE ETOWAH COUNTY CORONER. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

The Coroner of Etowah County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-28-121.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-121.07
Section 45-28-121.07 Regular Status
Status: in_force

Any person holding a position or employment who shall have served continuously in such position for a period of 12 months immediately prior to May 29, 1984, shall assume regular status in the classified service in the position held on May 29, 1984, without preliminary examination or working tests and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to this part.
Ala. Code § 45-50-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-100
Section 45-50-100 Board of Education - Expense Allowance for Members
Status: in_force

The members of the county board of education in Monroe County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month to be paid out of the same funds that their regular compensation is paid. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-3-82.53 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-82.53
Section 45-3-82.53 Funding
Status: in_force

The pretrial diversion program may apply for and accept grant funding applicable to the aims of the program and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, state, or federal agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-130.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-130.17
Section 45-8A-130.17 Violations
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 45-14-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-231
Section 45-14-231 Operation of Jail Store
Status: in_force

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

(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Law Enforcement Fund in a bank located in Clay County. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the Law Enforcement Fund.

(2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales and transactions of the Law Enforcement Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account and Law Enforcement Fund shall be audited at the same time other accounts of the sheriff are audited. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.

(c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail store shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in Clay County that are in the interest of the public.

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

(e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to June 18, 2003, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to June 18, 2003, shall be deposited into the Law Enforcement Fund created by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.34
Section 45-57A-63.34 Eligibility
Status: in_force

Council members shall be qualified electors of the city, and shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or member of the national guard or naval or military reserve. If the council member shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be convicted of crime involving moral turpitude, his or her office shall immediately become vacant.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-30.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-30.01
Section 45-49A-30.01 Official Volunteer Fire Department; Official Historical Society
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the City of Citronelle shall designate the volunteer fire department serving the city and a historical society as the official volunteer fire department and the official historical society for the purposes of this section. There is hereby created a board to be composed of three persons, one person appointed by the official volunteer fire department, one person appointed by the official historical society, and one person appointed by the governing body of the city. Appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority. Appointees shall serve without compensation.

(b) Twenty percent of all tax proceeds of the four percent tax paid to the City of Citronelle pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of Section 40-20-8, as last amended, up to a maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) each per month for the volunteer fire department and the historical society, shall be paid to the board established by this section for the purposes provided for herein. The tax proceeds shall be placed in a separate interest bearing bank account in the City of Citronelle.

(c)(1) The board, by majority vote, shall allocate the money to the City of Citronelle’s official volunteer fire department and official historical society on a dollar for dollar matching fund basis with all funds acquired by the entities. The board shall submit an annual report to the city governing body detailing the disbursement of all funds.

(2) It is declared that the historical society and the volunteer fire department are public services which operate for the benefit of the citizens of this state and that the organizations are quasi-public entities that are entitled to receive and use public funds or property appropriated, donated, or loaned to them by the state, county, or city governing body. Any funds currently held in escrow by the board on July 1, 2010, which have not been distributed shall be distributed in accordance with this section, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-57-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-230.01
Section 45-57-230.01 Qualifications; Continuing Education
Status: in_force

(a) After May 26, 2017, any person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Russell County, or any person appointed to serve as a sheriff, shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications in addition to any other qualifications required by law:

(1) The person is a citizen of the United States. (2) The person has been a resident of the county for at least one year immediately prior to the qualification date. (3) The person has the qualifications of an elector pursuant to state and federal law and the person has been registered to vote in the county at least one year immediately prior to qualifying. (4) The person has been awarded a high school diploma or a GED equivalence. (5) The person is 25 years of age or older prior to qualifying.

(2) The person has been a resident of the county for at least one year immediately prior to the qualification date. (3) The person has the qualifications of an elector pursuant to state and federal law and the person has been registered to vote in the county at least one year immediately prior to qualifying. (4) The person has been awarded a high school diploma or a GED equivalence. (5) The person is 25 years of age or older prior to qualifying.

(3) The person has the qualifications of an elector pursuant to state and federal law and the person has been registered to vote in the county at least one year immediately prior to qualifying. (4) The person has been awarded a high school diploma or a GED equivalence. (5) The person is 25 years of age or older prior to qualifying.

(4) The person has been awarded a high school diploma or a GED equivalence. (5) The person is 25 years of age or older prior to qualifying.

(5) The person is 25 years of age or older prior to qualifying.

(6) The person has three or more years of full-time service as a law enforcement officer having the power of arrest.

(7) The person has never been convicted of a felony.

(b) Upon election, the sheriff of the county shall attend annually a minimum of 12 hours of executive level continuing education approved by the Alabama Sheriff’s Association or the National Sheriff’s Association.

(c) This section shall not apply to or affect a supernumerary sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-32-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-111
Section 45-32-111 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

In Greene County, election officials who work at polling places are hereby entitled to an additional per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials thirty dollars ($30) for each day they work at the polls. If the amount paid to such officials as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease in a like amount. The expense allowance provided for in this section shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-11.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-11.25
Section 45-39A-11.25 Tourism Improvement District Benefit Assessment; Boundaries
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish or renew a tourism improvement district, the city council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed tourism improvement district benefit assessment, the boundaries of the tourism improvement district, or the types or classes of businesses within the tourism improvement district which would be subject to the benefit assessment. Proposed benefit assessments may only be revised by reducing them, either independently or together in a uniform manner. The proposed tourism improvement district boundary may only be revised to exclude territory that will not benefit from the proposed activities and improvements. The types or classes of businesses that will be subject to the proposed benefit assessment may only be revised to exclude the business types or classes that will not benefit from the proposed activities and improvements. Any modifications, revisions, reductions, or changes to the proposed tourism improvement district plan shall be reflected in the tourism improvement district plan prior to the city council’s adoption of the ordinance creating or renewing the tourism improvement district.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.222 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.222
Section 45-37A-51.222 Participants Vesting
Status: in_force

(a)(1) All participants who are participants before July 1, 2017, shall vest at five years of credited service.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, all participants who first become participants on or after July 1, 2017, shall vest at 10 years of credited service.

(b) All participants may purchase previous city, county, and city library time by paying the contribution plus interest as provided herein.

(c) Participants of the city and other participating entities, except the board of health, upon termination of the employment after five years of actual service to the city or other employing participating entity, shall have the option to leave in the system fund all contributions made by the terminated employee and receive a monthly retirement benefit beginning at age 60 years in an amount equal to a multiplier in the applicable percentage effective on the date of retirement as set forth in Section 45-37A-51.220 of the employee’s monthly final average salary multiplied by his or her years of credited service. The benefit shall continue throughout the life of such retiree. A survivor’s benefit calculated as described in Section 45-37A-51.228, shall be provided to the survivors of the retiree pursuant to this provision if the retired employee has reached age 60 years. In the event that a terminated employee dies prior to receiving a benefit hereunder, or a terminated employee elects at any time to withdraw the contributions from the system fund, then the contributions shall be paid to the employee or his or her designee without interest and the terminated employee and those claiming under him or her, shall have no further rights in the fund. The amount payable, calculated by using the multiplier in the applicable percentage effective on the date of retirement per year of credited service, shall be reduced by being calculated at a lower percentage per year of credited service if for any reason current service retirees receive less percentage per year of credited service.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in subsection (c), all participants who first become participants on or after July 1, 2017, upon termination of the employment after 10 years of actual service to the city or other employing participating entity, may leave in the system fund all contributions made by the former employee and receive a monthly retirement benefit beginning at age 62 years in an amount equal to a multiplier in the applicable percentage effective on the date of retirement as set forth in Section 45-37A-51.220 of the employee’s monthly final average salary multiplied by his or her years of credited service. The benefit shall continue throughout the life of the retiree. A survivor’s benefit calculated as described in Section 45-37A-51.228, shall be provided to the survivors of the retiree pursuant to this provision if the retired employee has reached age 62 years. In the event that a terminated employee dies prior to receiving a benefit under this section, or a terminated employee elects at any time to withdraw the contributions from the system fund, then the contributions shall be paid to the employee or his or her designee without interest and the terminated employee and those claiming under him or her shall have no further rights in the fund. The amount payable, calculated by using the multiplier in the applicable percentage effective on the date of retirement per year of credited service, shall be reduced by being calculated at a lower percentage per year of credited service if for any reason current service retirees receive less percentage per year of credited service.

(e) That portion of a terminated participant’s benefit that is forfeited shall be used only to reduce future costs of the system at such time as it becomes a forfeiture.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-91.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-91.21
Section 45-23A-91.21 Power of Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

The authority is granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power for the purpose of obtaining real property or any interest therein for any project it undertakes in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by municipalities.
Ala. Code § 45-49-233.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-233.01
Section 45-49-233.01 Fees for Services
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the services as listed below in civil and criminal cases:

SERVICE FEE

(b) The aforementioned sheriff’s fees in civil cases shall be collected by the sheriff at the time of filing in court and paid into the General Fund of Mobile County consistent with Section 36-22-17, and shall be in addition to any other fees presently collected.

(c) The aforementioned sheriff’s fees in criminal cases shall be paid by the defendant and shall be collected by the sheriff and paid into the General Fund of Mobile County consistent with Section 36-22-17.

(d) The aforementioned sheriff’s fees for executing body writs for mental patients shall be assessed against the petitioner and shall be collected by the sheriff and paid into the General Fund of Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-180.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-180.01
Section 45-49-180.01 Relocation of Certain Water Pipes and Lines
Status: in_force

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mobile County governing body shall pay for the expense, from the county general fund or any county fund designated for roads or bridges, of relocating water pipes and lines outside of the municipal police jurisdiction when:

(1) Owned by a rural water system or by a municipal or municipalities water system; and

(2) As a result of public roads maintenance or construction, or bridge repair or replacement which is contracted for by the county commission or executed pursuant to the direction of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-52-234.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-234.30
Section 45-52-234.30 Morgan County Commission Authorized to Appropriate Public Funds, Property, Etc
Status: in_force

The Morgan County Commission and any municipality in Morgan County are authorized to appropriate public funds and other public property and to make the same available, either by loan, grant, or otherwise, to the commission created by Section 45-52-234.29, to assist the commission and its employees in carrying out the purposes of this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-37-150.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-150.09
Section 45-37-150.09 Bingo Games - Management and Operation
Status: in_force

(a) A person other than a bona fide member of the permitholder may not participate in the management of bingo. Persons other than bona fide members of the permitholder may participate in the operation of bingo as provided by rule of the sheriff.

(b) A person may not receive any commission, salary, pay, profit, or wage for participating in the management or operation of bingo except as provided by rule of the sheriff.

(c) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented at a reasonable rate by the permitholder.

(d) Prizes given by any organization for the playing of bingo games shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash or gifts of equivalent value during any bingo session or seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in cash or gifts of equivalent value during any calendar week.

(e) A permitholder may not advertise bingo except to the extent and in the manner authorized by rule of the sheriff. If the sheriff allows a permitholder to advertise bingo, the permitholder shall indicate in the advertisement the purposes for which the net proceeds will be used by the permitholder.

(f) A permitholder shall display its bingo license conspicuously at the location where the bingo game is conducted.

(g) A permitholder shall conduct bingo games only at the single location specified in the permitholder’s application.

(h) A permitholder shall not conduct more than one bingo session during any one calendar day and no more than two bingo sessions during any one calendar week and no session shall exceed five hours.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.56 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.56
Section 45-51A-33.56 Powers
Status: in_force

All powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, and the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to:

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

(2) Adopt the budget of the city.

(3) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants.

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

(5) Appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment of such members contained in any statute or ordinance in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government set up by this part, and shall include power to remove any member of any board, commission, or body to the same extent as might be done by the governing body of the city at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government set up by this part and to appoint another in his or her stead. And wherever in any statute in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government the chief executive officer of the city is designated to act in any capacity ex-officio, the mayor shall act.

(6) Succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government and not in conflict with this part.

(7) Levy property and license taxes and local improvement assessments.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-91.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-91.03
Section 45-23A-91.03 Filing of Application; Authorization of Incorporation by Governing Body of City
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city, which application shall:

(1) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate the authority pursuant to this part.

(2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the city.

(3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the city.

(4) Request that the governing body of the city adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with Section 45-23A-91.04.

(b) Each such application shall be accompanied by such supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with it in accordance with this section, the governing body of the city shall review the contents of the application, and shall adopt a resolution either (a) denying the application or (b) declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with Section 45-23A-91.04. The governing body with which the application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of such governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.
Ala. Code § 45-25-160.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-160.02
Section 45-25-160.02 Liability for Monetary Loss
Status: in_force

(a) The DeKalb County Commission shall reimburse the office of tax collector and the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, arising or caused by the acceptance of worthless or forged checks, if the acceptance was caused without their personal knowledge.

(b) It shall be the duty of the tax collector and judge of probate to insure that employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the official or any clerk or employee of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-37-232.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-232.40
Section 45-37-232.40 Compensation; Benefits; Employment Status
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Sheriff of Jefferson County may employ a confidential secretary in lieu of an executive secretary. The confidential secretary of the sheriff shall be paid the same compensation as the confidential secretary of the Jefferson County Commission. The confidential secretary of the sheriff shall not be subject to any merit system applicable to the employees of Jefferson County. If, at the time of employment as a confidential secretary of the sheriff, the person employed is an employee of Jefferson County and subject to a merit system, the person, upon the date of termination as a confidential secretary of the sheriff, shall be entitled to return to the employ of Jefferson County in a position subject to the merit system classification which is equal to or higher than the position that was held by the person as of the date the person was originally employed as a confidential secretary of the sheriff.

(2) Service time as a confidential secretary of the sheriff shall be considered, for all purposes, as service time as a merit system employee of Jefferson County if the person subsequently returns to a merit system classification as described in subdivision (1).

(3) A confidential secretary of the sheriff shall receive the same benefits that a merit system employee of Jefferson County receives, including, but not limited to, longevity pay.

(b) A confidential secretary of the sheriff may become a member of any pension plan applicable to employees of Jefferson County, if application for membership is made to the pension plan within 30 days of the date of employment as a confidential secretary of the sheriff.

(c) No person may run for elected county office while employed as a confidential secretary of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-50-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-170
Section 45-50-170 Board of Health Fees
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the respective health department which collected such fees.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-111.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-111.08
Section 45-8A-111.08 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

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

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to Section 45-8A-111.19) specified in its certificate of incorporation;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(10) To execute and deliver, in accordance with this section and Section 45-8A-111.09, mortgages and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) All projects of the authority shall be located wholly within the corporate limits of the city and shall be in the downtown development area, which area shall be established by an ordinance of the city governing body.
Ala. Code § 45-38-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-170
Section 45-38-170 Board of Health Fees
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the health department which collected such fees.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.14
Section 45-2-120.14 Construction of Article
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the personnel system, appeals processes, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations herein established shall comply with and be construed to be in pari materia with orders of the Circuit Court of Baldwin County in that certain litigation styled Baldwin County Employees Association versus Baldwin County Commission Case No. CV-90- 831, CCP.
Ala. Code § 45-40A-10.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40A / Section 45-40A-10.04
Section 45-40A-10.04 Funding
Status: in_force

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

(b) The municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful payment of the principal and interest of all debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred or issued by it for the construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of a television cable system, may execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon any or all of the system and all property used in connection therewith, including the franchise or any part thereof.

(c) The mortgage or deed of trust may contain the terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the municipal corporation and holders of the bonds or securities issued by the municipal corporation as may be determined and agreed upon by the governing body of the municipal corporation and persons, firms, or corporations owning the debts, bonds, or securities.

(d) The mortgages may provide that in the event of the foreclosure of the mortgage or deed of trust, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale may acquire the right, privilege, and franchise of operating the system as may be so sold or conveyed, and the purchaser or his or her vendee may have the right, authority, and privilege to carry on and operate the system in the same manner on the same terms and to the same extent as the municipal corporation is authorized to operate until the municipal corporation may redeem the system from the mortgage sale.

(e) The mortgage or deed of trust may provide that during the ownership of the system by the municipal corporation, its control of the service of the system shall not be diminished or interfered with by the grant of any other franchise for the operation of any other plant or system for similar purposes; and that the rates and charges shall be established and maintained as are sufficient to meet the costs of operation and maintenance; and the municipal corporation may pledge all of the receipts, earnings, and revenues from the operation of the system for the payment of the debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by the mortgages or deeds of trust.
Ala. Code § 45-46-84.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-84.26
Section 45-46-84.26 Renewal of License by Mail; Mail Order Fee
Status: in_force

The judge of probate, at his or her discretion, may annually mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be received in the license division office prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in postcard form and with sufficient information thereon to adequately identify and process such renewal. The signature of the licensee thereon and proper remittance shall constitute sufficient authority for the judge of probate to issue such license and return to the licensee by mail provided the application and full payment is received prior to the expiration date. There is hereby established a fee to be entitled mail order fee which shall be the postal cost of mailing the notice and mailing the tag to the applicant plus a fee set by the county commission for each mail order tag which shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per tag sold by mail, and such postal costs and fee, if any is set, shall be collected by the judge of probate at the time of issuance of the tag and paid over to the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-2-231.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-231.42
Section 45-2-231.42 Records of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) The sheriff may sell the firearms only to gun dealers who have held an active business license from Baldwin County for at least one year immediately prior to the date of the sale. The sheriff shall establish a procedure to notify gun dealers of a sale. A firearm shall be sold to the gun dealer submitting the highest sealed bid. All sales shall be on a cash basis. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of the firearms shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Baldwin County.

(d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff department funds for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-14-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-82
Section 45-14-82 Created; Office Space, Equipment, Personnel; Compensation
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the probate judge’s office of Clay County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the probate judge’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the state Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the probate judge as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The probate judge shall have authority to employ such clerks and other assistants and to fix their compensation. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be paid bi-weekly out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-46-70.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.07
Section 45-46-70.07 Sessions
Status: in_force

The board of revenue shall hold sessions on the second Tuesday of each month of every year, and may continue in session as long as it deems necessary to conduct the business of the county, and may hold such session at any time upon the call of the president or three members of the board of revenue, entered in writing on the minutes of the board of revenue. The sessions of the board of revenue shall be held at the court house of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-22-240.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-240.50
Section 45-22-240.50 Procedure for Sale and Redemption of Lands
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to Cullman County.

(b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the revenue commissioner of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties.
Ala. Code § 45-8-241.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-241.25
Section 45-8-241.25 Records, Books, and Accounts
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation engaging, or continuing in Calhoun County in any business taxed hereunder to keep and preserve suitable records of the gross proceeds of such business and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he or she or it is liable under the provisions of this subpart. Such records shall be kept and preserved for a period of two years and shall be open for examination at any time by the department, or its duly authorized agent.
Ala. Code § 45-44-130.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-130.09
Section 45-44-130.09 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 and approve on delivery all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by the county for the use on public roads, bridges, and ferries prior to payment. Any deviation from this policy shall be reported by the engineer to the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-30-250.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-250.02
Section 45-30-250.02 Franklin County Water Service Authority - Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) Three applicants shall be appointed to incorporate the Franklin County Water Service Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of incorporation that shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and shall be executed in the manner provided in this section. The applicants shall be appointed as follows: One applicant shall be appointed by the state senator who represents the senatorial district in which Franklin County is located; one applicant shall be appointed by the member of the House of Representatives representing Franklin County; and one applicant shall be appointed by the Franklin County Commission.

(b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall include the following:

(1) The names and residences of the persons forming the authority, and a statement that each is a qualified elector of the county, a resident of the county, and an owner of real property in the area of Franklin County in which the authority proposes to render water service.

(2) The name of the authority, which shall include the words Franklin County Water Service Authority.

(3) The duration period of the authority.

(4) The name of the county in which incorporated, and the date of incorporation.

(5) The location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be in Franklin County.

(6) Matters relating to participation by citizens in the authority and the existence of any connection, meter, or user fees or rates, and provisions for any changes therein.

(7) A concise legal description of the area or areas in which the authority proposes to render water service.

(8) A statement that a master plan shall be developed or any existing master plan adopted for the authority.

(9) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.

(c) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds.

(d) When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there shall be attached to it a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty.

(e) The judge of probate shall promptly examine all documents. If he or she finds that all documents are complete and regular and that the form and contents of the certificate of incorporation comply with this article, the judge shall enter and sign an order setting forth his or her findings and requiring all documents to be recorded. Upon the filing for record of the order and the documents referred to therein, the authority shall be created and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation.

(f) The judge shall thereupon send a notice to the Secretary of State that the certificate of incorporation of the authority has been filed for record.
Ala. Code § 45-50-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-110
Section 45-50-110 Board of Registrars - Expense Allowance for Members
Status: in_force

Any member of the Monroe County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of ten dollars ($10) for each day the member either attends an official board meeting or otherwise reports for work and performs duties normally associated with the board’s business. The expense allowance shall be paid out of county funds and shall be in addition to any and all other expense allowances, salary, and compensation of the members of the Board of Registrars of Monroe County.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-51.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-51.08
Section 45-35A-51.08 Personnel Director
Status: in_force

The personnel director shall be elected or appointed by the personnel board and he or she shall serve at the pleasure of the board. He or she shall be over 21 years of age, be of recognized good character and administrative ability, and be or become within 30 days of appointment, a bonafide resident of Dothan. The salary of the personnel director shall be fixed by the personnel board. The director shall have power and authority and it shall be his or her duty to do all of the following:

(1) Direct and supervise the administrative and technical activities of the department.

(2) Appoint from the employment register, with the approval of the board, such employees and special assistants as may be necessary to effectively organize the department and the system herein created.

(3) Attend all meetings of the board and provide for recording its official acts.

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

(5) Recommend and on its adoption establish, administer, and execute a plan for a classified service in the City of Dothan.

(6) Submit to the board a compensation plan for all positions in the classified service.

(7) Conduct tests, formulate employment registers, and certify names of persons qualified for appointment under the classified service.

(8) Devise and administer an employment service rating.

(9) Examine all payrolls or other compensation for personnel service, within the classified service, and to disapprove from time to time, any compensation which is not in line with the compensation plan adopted by the board.

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

(11) Make reasonable investigations pertaining to personnel, salary scales, and employment conditions in the classified service as may be requested by the board, the citizens supervisory committee, or by the governing body of the city.

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

(13) Make at least one comprehensive annual report to the board, which shall include the efficiency rating of each person employed under the classified service

(14) Perform any other act or acts required of him or her under this part, by the personnel board or by the citizens supervisory committee, which may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the purposes and objectives of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-50-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-242.20
Section 45-50-242.20 Convenience Fee
Status: in_force

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a convenience fee of five dollars ($5) per transaction shall be charged and collected by the Monroe County Revenue Commissioner, or its successor office, when payment of property tax is paid through the Internet or by other electronic means. The convenience fee shall be collected and deposited in the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-16-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-242.20
Section 45-16-242.20 Imposition of Tax
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigars or cigarellos, such as Winchester, which are similar to, and which are packaged like, cigarettes.

(3) Two cents ($0.02) for each cigar, cheroot, or stogie of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor which are not similar to, nor packaged like, cigarettes as provided for in subdivision (2).

(4) 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.

(5) 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 (4).

(6) 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 § 45-51A-33.140 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.140
Section 45-51A-33.140 Budget Continuation
Status: in_force

Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that the council is first organized, shall continue in force and effect during the balance of the city’s then fiscal year, or until such time as the mayor may submit to the council and the council adopts, an amended, altered, or revised budget for the balance of the fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.067 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.067
Section 45-8A-23.067 Granting of Franchises
Status: in_force

No ordinance, granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the council and publication of the ordinance as provided by law, which publication shall be made at the expense of the persons, firm, or corporation applying for the grant.
Ala. Code § 45-28-150.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-150.02
Section 45-28-150.02 Bingo Games - Authorized
Status: in_force

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by qualified organizations for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Etowah County, subject to this article.
Ala. Code § 45-20-241.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-241.06
Section 45-20-241.06 Consolidation of Offices
Status: in_force

Should any of the offices of tax assessor or tax collector for Covington County be vacated for any reason whatsoever between passage of this subpart and September 30, 1991, such vacant office shall be immediately combined into the office of county revenue commissioner with the remaining office holder serving as county revenue commissioner until the first day of October, 1991, provided, however, that the remaining office holder taking the position of county revenue commissioner shall not be subject to any increase or decrease in salary during the term.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-91.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-91.12
Section 45-23A-91.12 Notice of Bond Resolution
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the city, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed the name and title of either the chair or secretary of such authority: “Ozark Downtown Redevelopment Authority, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, on the _____ day of _____, authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of bonds of the public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the public corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the bonds, or the pledge and the mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture to secure the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, shall be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of this notice.” A newspaper shall be deemed to be published in the city, within the meaning of this section, if its principal editorial office is located in the city.

(b) Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in the notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds, or the validity of any pledge and mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made therefor, shall be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the that period no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the proceedings or of the Bonds or the pledge or mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the proceedings, bonds, pledge, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.211 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.211
Section 45-57A-63.211 Separability Clause
Status: in_force

If any section or part of section of this part shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not affect the remainder of this part nor the context in which the section or part of section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which the holding shall directly apply.
Ala. Code § 45-15-243.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-243.02
Section 45-15-243.02 Failure to Collect Tax; Powers and Duties of Department; Unavailability of Stamps
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in the business in Cleburne County for which the tax is levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided, to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or absorb, or advertise directly or indirectly, the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each act in violation of this part shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) The State Department of Revenue or, as otherwise provided by resolution of the county commission, any other entity shall collect all taxes levied pursuant to this part at the same time and in the same manner as state tobacco taxes are collected.

(c) The tax levied herein shall be paid by affixing stamps that are required for the payment of the tax imposed by Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive.

(d) The department shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of the tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive. The department may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax levied herein that it does relative to the collection of the state tax.

(e) In accordance with Section 40-25-2(g), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available for affixing to tobacco product packages and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing county tobacco stamps, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the commissioner and adopted by the department under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Title 41, Chapter 22.

(f) The department may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the same force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-19-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-243
Section 45-19-243 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall only apply to Coosa County.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.266 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.266
Section 45-8A-23.266 Official Bonds
Status: in_force

The city manager, the director of finance, and such other officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 45-27-100 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-100
Section 45-27-100 Compensation and Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning May 1, 2018, members of the Board of Education of Escambia County shall each receive as compensation from the public school funds of the county eight hundred dollars ($800) per month for attending meetings of the board and transacting the business of the board.

(b) Expenses shall be paid to the board members as presently provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.96 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.96
Section 45-51A-33.96 Administrative Departments
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of finance, and such other departments as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor.
Ala. Code § 45-50-242.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-242.08
Section 45-50-242.08 Vacancies in Office
Status: in_force

If the office of tax assessor or tax collector should become vacant after the passage of this subpart and before the time of ratification of this subpart by the electors of Monroe County, this subpart shall be implemented immediately and the election shall be called within 45 days of the vacancy, or at the time specified in this subpart if less than 45 days following the vacancy.
Ala. Code § 45-9-82.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-82.34
Section 45-9-82.34 Advisory Board
Status: in_force

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views. It shall be the district attorney’s decision who will comprise the board and when or if it should meet.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.186 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.186
Section 45-2-244.186 Delinquent Taxes
Status: in_force

Any person who fails to pay the tax herein levied within the time required by this subpart shall pay, in addition to the tax, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax due, together with interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof, from the date at which the tax herein levied became delinquent, that is, due and payable, such penalty and interest to be assessed and collected as part of the tax. Provided the county commission, if a good and sufficient reason is shown, may waive or remit the penalty of 10 percent or a portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-57-244.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-244.02
Section 45-57-244.02 Collection of Taxes; Reports
Status: in_force

Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in that part of Russell County outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Hurtsboro and Phenix City (which storage, use, or other consumption is not exempted from the tax imposed) shall at the time of making the sale, or if the storage, use, or other consumption of the tangible personal property in that part of Russell County is not then taxable under this subpart, at the time the storage, use, or other consumption becomes taxable hereunder, collect the tax from the purchaser, and shall give to the purchaser a receipt therefor in the manner and form prescribed by the state Department of Revenue. On the 20th day of the month following the close of each quarterly period provided for in Section 45–57–244.01, each registered seller shall file with the department a return for the preceding quarterly period in such form as may be prescribed by the department showing the total sales of the tangible personal property sold by the registered seller, the storage, use, or other consumption of which became subject to the tax imposed during the then preceding quarterly period: and each return shall be accompanied by a remittance of the amount of the tax required to be collected by the registered seller during the period followed by the return; provided, that any registered seller may defer collecting the tax with respect to credit sales until collection of the proceeds of the sales and may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, but shall thereafter collect the taxes, along with collection of the credit sales and shall include in each quarterly report all credit collections made during the preceding quarterly period, and shall remit the taxes with respect thereto at the time of filing the report or return. Any person who has paid to a registered seller the tax with respect to the use, storage, or other consumption of tangible personal property in that part of Russell County outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Hurtsboro and Phenix City need not file a report or make any further payments of the tax, but each person who purchases tangible personal property, the storage, use, or other consumption of which is subject to the tax imposed, and who has not paid the tax due with respect thereto to a registered seller, shall report and pay the tax as required by Section 45–57–244.01.
Ala. Code § 45-30-102 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-102
Section 45-30-102 Election of Superintendent
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that Amendment 578 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, was approved by an overwhelming majority of the voters of Franklin County and the Franklin County School District at the election held for that purpose. The Legislature further finds and declares that subsection (b) of Amendment 578 was intended to require approval of a majority of those qualified electors of the political subdivisions voting at the constitutional amendment election and was not intended to require approval by a majority of the registered voters in the respective political subdivisions. However, because the Legislature is mindful that opponents to Amendment 578 may attempt to challenge Amendment 578 based on an unreasonable interpretation of subsection (b) of Amendment 578, the Legislature desires to provide further for the nomination of the Franklin County Superintendent of Education.

(b) Candidates for election to the office of the Franklin County Superintendent of Education shall be nominated by the qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Franklin County School District in the primary election at the same time and otherwise in the same manner as candidates for other county offices.

(c) In the event a court prohibits the nomination and election of the Franklin County Superintendent of Education pursuant to Amendment 578, the nomination of the candidates at the 1996 primary election shall be subject to a higher court upholding the validity of that amendment or the approval of a constitutional amendment at that election providing further for the election of the Franklin County Superintendent of Education.
Ala. Code § 45-8-120.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-120.15
Section 45-8-120.15 Written Appeal of Board Action; Hearing
Status: in_force

A regular status classified service employee shall have 30 calendar days from his or her receipt of written notification of any disciplinary action taken against him or her that involves a dismissal, demotion, or suspension without pay in which he or she may file a written appeal of the action with the board. If the employee chooses to file an appeal with the board, the action against the employee shall not become final until the board holds a hearing on the employee’s appeal. Within a reasonable time after receipt of the employee’s appeal, the board shall schedule and hold a public hearing de novo on the charges against the employee and render a decision. The hearing shall be held in accordance with this article and guidelines as established by the board. Both the employee and the appointing authority, or their designated representatives, shall be afforded an opportunity to present information concerning the action. The board may in its decision uphold the action by the appointing authority, modify the action, set aside the action, or impose some other action as it determines is warranted by the facts involved. In all hearings, the decision of the board shall be reduced to writing and entered in the record of the case. Pending completion of the board’s hearing and rendering of its decision, the board may, upon written request of the appointing authority, approve the employee’s suspension without pay by the appointing authority.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.11
Section 45-2-120.11 Classification of Existing Employees
Status: in_force

All existing employees of Baldwin County who have successfully completed a probationary period on July 31, 1995, as currently provided shall be classified employees except employees designated in appointed employee positions as provided in this article.
Ala. Code § 45-37-140.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-140.14
Section 45-37-140.14 Abolition of District
Status: in_force

(a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness.

(1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district to be held in the district with the time provided for by Section 45-37-140.04 unless the petition is submitted less than one year before the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election in which case the election shall be held at the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election, at which qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The number of qualified electors residing in the district signing the petition shall not be less than the smaller of these two numbers: 500, or a number equal to 10 percent of the qualified electors residing within the district. The petition shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted; and the petition shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a majority of the votes cast at the election, the district shall be abolished.

(2) No election to abolish a district shall be held at any time within two years following the date of the election creating the district; and not more than one election on the abolition of a district shall be held within a period of two years.

(3) When a district is abolished, either pursuant to Section 45-37-140.13, or under this section, a committee, herein called the committee, appointed in the manner hereinafter stated shall determine what disposition shall be made of the properties and assets of the district, in accordance with this section. The committee shall consist of three members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the district. As used herein, the term Presiding Judge, Birmingham Division, means the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Birmingham Division. The term Presiding Judge, Bessemer Division, means the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Bessemer Division. The term board of trustees as used in this section means the board of trustees of the district as comprised at the time of its dissolution. When no part of a district is situated in the Bessemer Cutoff, the committee shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Presiding Judge, Birmingham Division, one of whom shall be appointed by the board of trustees, and one of whom shall be appointed by the United States District Judge for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama having the longest tenure of service on that court. When the district is located entirely within the Bessemer Cutoff, the committee shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Presiding Judge, Bessemer Division, one of whom shall be appointed by the board of trustees, and one of whom shall be appointed by the United States District Judge for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama having the longest tenure of service on that court. When a district lies partly, but not entirely, within the Bessemer Cutoff, the committee shall consist of four members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Presiding Judge, Birmingham Division, one of whom shall be appointed by the Presiding Judge, Bessemer Division, one of whom shall be appointed by the board trustees, and one of whom shall be appointed by the United States District Judge for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama having the longest tenure of service on that court.

(4) Subject to this section, the committee shall determine what disposition shall be made of all of the proceeds and assets of the district. The committee shall use such properties and assets of the district, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, for the acquisition, construction, or establishment of some permanent improvement designed to benefit the community comprising the district at the time of its dissolution.

(5) For the accomplishment of this purpose those who were officers of the district at the time of its dissolution shall be authorized to execute any necessary conveyance, contract, or other instrument which may be necessary.

(b) As used in this section, the term new district, means a district which has been, or shall be, created under this article, and which when created contains at least 90 percent of the territory which comprised a previous district which was abolished under this section.

(1) When a district has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, abolished, as provided for in this section, and a new district has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, created, and the creation of the new district was, or shall be, accomplished before the committee disposes of the funds, property, and assets of the abolished district, as provided for in this section, the new district shall be entitled to receive, and shall own, all funds, property, and assets of the abolished district. Those holding any such funds, property, or assets shall deliver the same to the new district, and the new district shall hold and use such funds, property, and assets for its benefit and operation, in accordance with this article.

(2) This subsection shall apply to any district heretofore or hereafter abolished, if the committee has not disposed of the funds, property, and assets of the abolished district prior to September 1, 1999.

(c) No cost shall be charged to the district for the creation or abolition of a fire district when the election is held at a regularly scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election.
Ala. Code § 45-49-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-245
Section 45-49-245 Stamp to Be Affixed to Cover of Each Magazine Containing Photographs, Etc., of Uncovered Genital Organs or Female Breasts
Status: in_force

Each magazine sold at retail in Mobile County which contains pictures, photographs, or drawings of uncovered female breasts or the uncovered genital organs of any man or woman shall have a stamp affixed to its cover. The Tax Collector of Mobile County shall provide each wholesaler of such magazines with a stamp to be affixed to the magazines, and the wholesaler shall be responsible for affixing the stamp to each magazine that comes within the meaning of this part. If a magazine that comes within the meaning of this part is purchased directly from the publisher, then the retailer shall be responsible for affixing the stamp to each magazine. Magazines purchased directly from the publisher by a customer through a subscription that is delivered by mail are expressly excluded from this part.
Ala. Code § 45-49-261.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-261.11
Section 45-49-261.11 Permit and Application Fees
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Commission may levy permit and application fees deemed necessary to administer ordinances and zoning regulations promulgated hereunder. The fees shall cover the cost of administrative activities performed hereunder by the agencies of the county commission and the board of adjustment. The county commission may adopt the administrative rules and procedures as it deems necessary to carry out this part.
Ala. Code § 45-27-247.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-247.08
Section 45-27-247.08 Stamps Required for Sale of Cigarettes
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale either at wholesale or retail in Escambia County, Alabama, any cigarettes on which the stamp or stamps as herein provided do not appear and the possession of cigarettes in Escambia County, Alabama, by a seller in any retail establishment without the proper stamps thereon shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this subpart by the retail seller.

(b) It shall be the duty and responsibility of all wholesalers and jobbers selling or distributing cigarettes in Escambia County, Alabama, to see that the proper stamp or stamps are placed on the cigarettes before leaving them in a retail establishment and it shall be the responsibility of all retail sellers of cigarettes in Escambia County, Alabama, to have the proper stamp or stamps on all cigarettes in their place of business which are offered for sale to the general public and failure to comply with this provision by wholesalers, jobbers, or retail sellers shall be a violation of this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-1-232.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-232.29
Section 45-1-232.29 Liability for Negligence
Status: in_force

Autauga County, its commission, sheriff, and board members or their designated agents shall be immune from any claims of negligence that may be made against them by any inmate or employer participating in the program and shall additionally be immune from any claims of negligence made by any third party.
Ala. Code § 45-27-244.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-244.02
Section 45-27-244.02 Information Included on Forms
Status: in_force

At the request of the Judge of Probate of Escambia County, the tax assessor of the county shall cause the application form to be filled in with the name and address of the owner, the description of the motor vehicle, and the license tax and fees to become due on the first day of the month succeeding, as shown on the license registration and transfer records in his or her office. The tax assessor shall cause to be correctly filled in thereon the amount of ad valorem taxes on the motor vehicle for the preceding tax year as provided by Section 40-12-253. Such application forms shall be preprinted with all pertinent information thereon, and the cost of same shall be paid by the Escambia County governing body and approved as provided by law. The judge of probate shall thereupon cause the application, so filled in, to be mailed to the owner of the motor vehicle at his or her address shown thereon or at the address to which such owner requests that the application form be mailed.
Ala. Code § 45-32-150.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-150.11
Section 45-32-150.11 Licensing Powers
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw licenses to all persons connected with race tracks, including gate keepers, announcers, ushers, starters, officials, drivers, dog owners, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen, exercise boys, veterinarians, valets, sellers of racing forms or bulletins, and attendants in connection with the wagering machines, pursuant to such rules and regulations as the commission may adopt and upon the payment of a license fee as fixed and determined by the commission in accordance with the position and compensation of such person. Any license may be revoked by the commission, at its discretion, and any person whose license is revoked shall be ineligible to participate in such occupation connected with racing unless the license is returned by the commission with permission to operate thereunder. The commission may deny or revoke a license to any person who has been refused or denied a license by any other state racing commission or racing authority.
Ala. Code § 45-14-240.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-240.03
Section 45-14-240.03 Oath and Bond
Status: in_force

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 the county commission, giving as security thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate. The cost of the bond required herein shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on warrant of the county commission, and shall be a preferred claim against the county.
Ala. Code § 45-45-82.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-82.02
Section 45-45-82.02 Juror Parking
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of Madison County, by resolution thereof, shall have the power to maintain and provide parking for the use of the jurors; and shall have the power to appropriate such funds as are necessary and appropriate for such purpose. All resolutions providing parking for jurors shall be filed in the Probate Office of Madison County and with the Administrative Director of Courts.

(b) Upon the adoption of a resolution providing the parking described in this section, Madison County shall establish and maintain a separate fund known as the Madison County Juror Parking Fund. The county juror parking funds shall consist of funds appropriated by the state, county, or municipal governments, funds collected under provisions of law, or received from donations, gifts, grants, and funds other than those appropriated, and shall be audited as county funds are audited. The funds may be used to match grants for providing parking described in this section.

(c)(1) For the support and maintenance of juror parking established under this section, a parking fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid in all civil, domestic relations, criminal, juvenile, and child support cases in the district and circuit courts of Madison County to be collected and paid at the time as docket fees, fines, and other court costs. The parking fee described in this section shall be paid in all civil, domestic relations, criminal, juvenile, and child support cases in the district and circuit courts of Madison County to be collected as other court costs are collected and paid at the time as docket fees, fines, or other court costs. The parking fee described in this section shall be paid in all civil, domestic relations, criminal, juvenile, and child support cases in each court in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. All funds collected under this section shall be transmitted to the Madison County Juror Parking Fund by the tenth of each month following their collection.

(2) Except as provided herein, the Juror Parking Fund shall be used solely to contract with the City of Huntsville to provide juror parking within two blocks of the Madison County Courthouse. After a contract has been entered into with the City of Huntsville to provide parking for jurors, any residual funds in the Juror Parking Fund in excess of the funds needed on the date of the initial payment to commence the contract for juror parking plus any interest revenue which has accrued to the Juror Parking Fund on May 13, 2005, shall be transferred to the Circuit Clerk’s Fund as provided by Section 12-17-225.4, to be used for the purposes for which the Circuit Clerk’s Fund may be used under existing law and for the improvement of technology in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit.

(3) The circuit clerk shall report to the Madison County Legislative Delegation by the fifth day of each regular session of the Legislature on the expenditure of funds transferred to the Circuit Clerk’s Fund pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-49-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-20.01
Section 45-49-20.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) LICENSED ESTABLISHMENT. Any business operating pursuant to a license issued by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board within an unincorporated area of Mobile County, which sells, serves, or dispenses alcoholic beverages or otherwise allows the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises.

(2) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, association, joint venture, partner- ship, corporation, or any other entity.
Ala. Code § 45-22-240.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-240.28
Section 45-22-240.28 Chief Clerk
Status: in_force

The revenue commissioner is authorized to employ a chief clerk whose primary responsibility shall be to assist the revenue commissioner in carrying out the duties of this subpart. The chief clerk shall be in addition to any other employees now or hereafter provided for the office and shall be in addition to the chief clerk now provided for the office.
Ala. Code § 45-12-81.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-81.40
Section 45-12-81.40 Additional Recording Fee on Documents Subject to Deed or Mortgage Tax; Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Choctaw County shall assess and collect an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) per instrument for all documents submitted for recording in probate court which are subject to a deed or mortgage tax. (b) The Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund is created in the county treasury. The funds generated from the additional recording fee levied by this section, and any interest earned thereon, shall be deposited into the Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund on a monthly basis and shall be used only by the judge of probate, in his or her sole discretion, for the operation of the office of the judge of probate, including, but not limited to, the digitization of records; acquiring, updating, and replacing existing technology; and otherwise for the use of the office of the judge of probate for improvements of the recordkeeping in the office.

(b) The Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund is created in the county treasury. The funds generated from the additional recording fee levied by this section, and any interest earned thereon, shall be deposited into the Choctaw County Probate Judge Fund on a monthly basis and shall be used only by the judge of probate, in his or her sole discretion, for the operation of the office of the judge of probate, including, but not limited to, the digitization of records; acquiring, updating, and replacing existing technology; and otherwise for the use of the office of the judge of probate for improvements of the recordkeeping in the office.
Ala. Code § 45-32-246.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-246.05
Section 45-32-246.05 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All revenues arising from the taxes herein levied shall be paid to the Greene County Hospital Board for the operation and maintenance of Greene County Hospital and Nursing Home.
Ala. Code § 45-44-247.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-247.07
Section 45-44-247.07 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All taxes collected under this part shall be remitted to Macon County and deposited in the Macon County General Fund to be used only to fund ambulance services for the citizens of Macon County.
Ala. Code § 45-57-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-110
Section 45-57-110 Increasing Compensation for Registrars
Status: in_force

In Russell County, the county commission may increase the compensation of each member of the board of registrars in such amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to each member at least one hundred dollars ($100) for each working day of the registrar. The compensation provided for in this section shall be paid from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-37-230.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-230.02
Section 45-37-230.02 Replacement of Clothing or Equipment
Status: in_force

The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of any county having a population of more than 600,000 according to the 1970 or any subsequent federal decennial census, may appropriate county funds to pay the actual cost of replacing any clothing or equipment of a deputy sheriff, probation officer, or juvenile detention officer of the county that is damaged or destroyed while such officer is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and acting within the line and scope of his or her authority.
Ala. Code § 45-49-101.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-101.07
Section 45-49-101.07 Contesting Notice of Violation; Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a civil fine for a notice of violation issued under this part if the operator of the vehicle that is the subject of the notice of violation is adjudicated to have not committed a violation or there is otherwise a lawful determination that no civil penalty may be imposed. Any person receiving a notice of violation pursuant to this part, in accordance with the procedure set out in this part and on the notice of violation, may contest the notice of violation by obtaining a hearing in the court.

(b) District and municipal courts of Mobile County are hereby vested with the power and jurisdiction to adjudicate a notice of violation issued pursuant to this part as a civil offense whenever the offense is alleged to have occurred within the geographic jurisdiction of the court.

(c) The following procedures shall apply to proceedings to contest a notice of violation issued pursuant to this part:

(1) Upon receipt of a timely notice that the person receiving the notice of violation is contesting the notice, Mobile County or a municipality located in Mobile County shall cause the case to be docketed in court and shall issue notice of the hearing date.

(2) The issuance of a notice of violation shall be prima facie evidence that the person who received the notice of violation was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.

(3) If there is a dispute between the owner and another as to which person was operating the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, or a dispute between joint owners, it shall be presumed that the owner was operating the vehicle, and if there are joint owners, the presumption shall follow the order the owners are listed on the title or other evidence of ownership. However, a court may determine the identity of the operator of the vehicle based on any admitted evidence.

(4) The notice of violation, any evidence of the violation produced by a device, and evidence of ownership of a vehicle as shown by copies or summaries of official records shall be admissible into evidence without foundation unless a court otherwise requires a foundation.

(5) All other matters of evidence and procedure not specifically addressed in this part shall be subject to the rules of procedure as provided in this part. On any appeal to the Circuit Court of Mobile County, the procedures shall be as for any civil case in the Circuit Court of Mobile County.

(6) The court shall apply the preponderance of the evidence standard in adjudicating any notice of violation.

(7) Whenever payment of a civil fine is due, the amount of the civil fine may not be increased, decreased, or remitted by the court, and the liability may be satisfied only by payment.

(8) A civil fine assessed under this part may not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) and court costs shall be assessed only in contested cases in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for a violation prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Section 32-5A-154. Court costs collected pursuant to this part shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution of court costs for misdemeanor violations. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the district or the appropriate municipal court located in Mobile County in connection with notices issued under this part to be paid to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Criminal Justice Information System Automation Fund as compensation for recordkeeping and transaction processing with respect to violation notices issued under this part. Any civil fine assessed under this part and collected by the court shall be remitted to the county or municipality in which the violation occurred
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.034 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.034
Section 45-2-244.034 Report to Commission
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this subpart, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Baldwin County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-2-244.032 to the Baldwin County Commission, showing the place and post office address at which he or she is engaged in the business of distributor or storer or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel within Baldwin County, which information shall be entered by the Baldwin County Commission on a book kept for that purpose, and should such distributor, storer, or retail dealer move his or her place of business from one business address to another such distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall within 30 days thereafter notify the Baldwin County Commission of such removal giving the former place and post office address and also the place and post office address to which his or her place of business has been removed. After the tax imposed under this subpart has become effective, no person shall become a distributor, storer, or seller of gasoline or motor fuel in Baldwin County until he or she shall have made such reports to the Baldwin County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-8-241.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-241.26
Section 45-8-241.26 Oaths; Perjury
Status: in_force

The monthly reports herein required to be made are not required to be made on oath, but wherever in this subpart any report is required to be sworn to, the same shall be sworn to by the taxpayer or his or her agent before some officer authorized to administer oaths; and any false statement of a material fact made with the intent to defraud shall constitute perjury, and upon conviction thereof the person so convicted shall be punishable as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-37-170.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-170.21
Section 45-37-170.21 Jefferson County Flood Control Authority
Status: in_force

In the interest of flood control and prevention, there is hereby authorized, and shall be established as hereinafter provided, the Jefferson County Flood Control Authority. The authority shall be a public corporation with its principal office located in the City of Birmingham, governed by a board of directors selected and empowered as hereinafter provided.
Ala. Code § 45-50-242.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-242.02
Section 45-50-242.02 Personnel
Status: in_force

The county revenue commissioner shall within the policies and procedures of the county commission appoint and fix the duties of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of the deputies shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner. Nothing contained in this subpart shall be construed to repeal or invalidate any existing laws providing clerks for the tax assessor and tax collector and any existing laws passed for that purpose shall apply to the office of the revenue commissioner when created under this subpart. All employees in the offices of tax assessor and tax collector on the date the office of revenue commissioner is created shall become employees of the revenue commissioner and shall be paid from the county general fund in the same manner as other county employees.
Ala. Code § 45-38-231.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-231.02
Section 45-38-231.02 Charges for the Feeding of Municipal Inmates
Status: in_force

The Lamar County Commission may set the amount the sheriff charges for the feeding of municipal inmates in the county jail. After September 1, 2023, the county commission shall set the amount the municipality pays at five dollars ($5) per day for municipal inmates held in the county jail. The county commission each fiscal year may review the amount of the payment and may adjust the amount to reasonably cover increases in the expenses by the sheriff. All proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the municipal feeding account of the sheriff’s office.
Ala. Code § 45-20-130.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-130.02
Section 45-20-130.02 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to:

(1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants necessary to properly inspect, maintain, and construct the public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county and prescribe their duties and discharge employees for cause or when they are not needed.

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

(3) Maintain the necessary accounting records to reflect the cost of the county road 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 without regard to any district or beat lines.
Ala. Code § 45-20A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20A / Section 45-20A-30
Section 45-20A-30 Community Antenna Television System
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section the word city shall mean the City of Florala, Alabama, in Covington County, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama.

(b) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law:

(1) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna television system, CATV, which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service; and

(2) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a system of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, in addition to the CATV transmissions, which shall include, but be not limited to, burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communications services.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the city may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law.

(d)(l) In payment for the purchase, lease, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of such CATV system, the city may issue bonds, warrants, or other certificates of indebtedness, or may enter into lease-purchase contracts for the acquisition of such CATV system.

(2) The city, in order to secure the prompt payment of the principal and interest of all debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred or issued by it or lease-purchase contracts entered into by it for the construction, acquisition, lease, extension, or maintenance of a CATV system may execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon any or all of such systems and all property used solely in connection therewith, including the franchise of any part thereof, and additionally, any pledge the revenues from the operation of the city’s water, sewer, or gas utility systems (the utility revenues) toward the payment of debt service on such indebtedness.

(3) Such mortgage or deed of trust may contain such terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the city and holders of such bonds or securities issued by the city as may be determined and agreed upon by the governing body of the city and persons, firms, or corporations owning such debts, bonds, or securities.

(4) Such mortgages may provide that in the event of the foreclosure of such mortgage or deed of trust, that the purchaser at such foreclosure sale may acquire the right, privilege, or franchise of operating such system as may be so sold or conveyed, and such purchaser or his or her vendee may have the right, authority, and privilege to carry on and operate such system in the same manner, on the same terms, and to the same extent as the city is authorized to operate until the city may redeem such system from such mortgage sale.

(5) Such mortgage or deed of trust may provide that such rates and charges shall be established and maintained as are sufficient to meet the costs of operation and maintenance; and such city may pledge all of the receipts, earnings, and revenues from the operation of the system and additionally may pledge the utility revenues for the payment of the debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness or lease-purchase contracts secured by such mortgages or deeds of trust.

(e) The city shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this section and in effectuating the purposes of this section.

(f) For the transaction of business pursuant to this section, the city shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to such business.
Ala. Code § 45-30-82.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-82.26
Section 45-30-82.26 Special Recording Fee - Real Property, Personal Property, and Ucc Instruments
Status: in_force

Effective September 16, 1997, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each UCC filing that may be filed for record in the office of 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 thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument, personal property instrument, or UCC filing, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. Any, all, or none of the special recording fee may be charged at the discretion of the judge of probate. All special recording fees so collected shall be paid into a special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be used at the discretion of the judge of probate for an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system or for other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate. The above fee may be adjusted from time to time by the Franklin County Commission with the approval of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-46-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.01
Section 45-46-70.01 Election of Board President and Members; Districts
Status: in_force

At the general election of 1956, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county a president of the board of revenue and one member for each of the four districts of the county as herein provided; and they shall hold office for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The four board of revenue districts shall be constituted and composed of the election precincts of this county as now constituted or as they may hereafter be changed as required by law. The four districts shall be designated as follows: The Northeastern District, the Southeastern District, the Southwestern District, and the Northwestern District. These districts shall be composed of the following election precincts as follows: Northeastern District-Faunsdale, Macon, Dayton, Thomaston, and McKinley precincts; Southeastern District-Magnolia, Pineville, Dixon’s Mills, and Shiloh precincts; Southwestern District-Myrtlewood, Hills, Nanafalia, Horse Creek, Hoboken, and Sweetwater precincts; Northwestern District—Demopolis, Jefferson, Springhill, Jackson’s Store, and Linden precincts. The members of the board of revenue shall be, at the time of their appointment or election, and during their continuance in office, qualified electors of Marengo County, and each shall have been a resident of the district for two years next preceding his or her election or appointment.
Ala. Code § 45-52-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-82
Section 45-52-82 Law Library
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of Morgan County, Alabama, shall hereafter establish and maintain a public law library in the county and, to accomplish that purpose, shall from time to time expend such public funds of the county as are hereinafter provided for that purpose and shall provide suitable housing quarters, furniture, fixtures, and equipment therefor, shall keep the same in a good state of maintenance and repair, from time to time shall enlarge, expand, and improve such facilities and equipment, and shall pay such expenses and salaries as may be necessary and proper to operate the same out of such special fund hereinafter provided as hereinafter set forth.

(b) To provide revenue for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and financing of the library, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) in each civil or quasi civil action at law, criminal case, quasi criminal proceedings, or forfeited bail bond proceedings or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment or conviction in any district court or municipal court to the Morgan County Court of Morgan County, Alabama, or the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, which costs shall be collected upon such suit or case filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, or the Morgan County Court of Morgan County, Alabama, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk of the court or the register in chancery thereof, as the case may be, and shall be paid to the Treasurer of Morgan County, Alabama, which shall be kept by him or her in a separate fund designated as Morgan County Law Library Fund and shall be expended by the Morgan County Library Management Commit-tee hereinafter created on warrants of the chair of the committee drawn on the Treasurer of Morgan County for expenditures as hereinafter provided with the warrants bearing the notation of the funds against which the same are drawn. In all proceedings of the district court, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) to be collected as are other costs and paid to the Treasurer of Morgan County, Alabama, to be placed in the Morgan County Law Library Fund and expended in the manner as hereinabove prescribed for other monies placed in such fund. (c) The management of the law library is vested in the Morgan County Library Management Committee which shall consist of the Circuit Judges of the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, the Judge of the Morgan County Court of Morgan County, Alabama, the President of the Morgan County Bar Association, and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Morgan County Bar Association. The presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, shall be the Chair of the Morgan County Library Management Committee, and such committee shall have full and complete authority to purchase such books and periodicals as may in the opinion of the committee be advisable, and the committee may from time to time sell or exchange any books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for other books or may apply the proceeds of the sale thereof upon the purchase of other books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library, and the committee may accept any gifts and loans of any such books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library upon such terms and conditions as may be agreeable to the committee and to the donor or lender thereof. The committee may employ or use such personnel as may be necessary and proper to operate the library and may designate any employee of the court or may employ other court officials to operate the same or to assist therein.

(d) The Morgan County Library Management Committee shall have full authority to execute and enter into contracts in connection with the operation and maintenance of the law library and may purchase such books and periodicals on such terms as it may deem expedient and in the best interest of the law library in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this section, and any and all such contracts shall be a proper charge against the law library fund of Morgan County only and shall not be a general obligation of the county or an obligation of the committee as individuals. The committee shall have the authority to purchase such personal property as may be necessary to operate the library.

(e) The items of costs above taxed and referred to shall be designated in the costs as Law Library Fee and when any costs in such case or proceedings shall have been paid, the amount necessary for the payment of the fee shall be applied thereto, except that in the case of a part payment of any cost bill in any case or proceedings a proportionate amount of the fee shall be paid in proportion to the relation the fee bears to the total cost bill; the clerks of the respective courts and the register in chancery shall pay to the county treasurer the amounts collected for law library fees on or before the 10th day of each month following their collection.

(f) All books, periodicals, reports, and personal property of the Morgan County Law Library shall be the property of Morgan County, Alabama.

(g) The Secretary of State shall furnish to the committee two sets of each code adopted by the State of Alabama and two copies of each supplement thereto as the same are adopted or published.
Ala. Code § 45-11-246.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-246.01
Section 45-11-246.01 Levy of Tax Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) The Chilton County Commission, upon a majority vote of the members and in addition to all other taxes, may levy a sales and use tax in an amount up to one percent on sales, use, storage, consumption, or gross receipts in the county and, in addition, may levy a sales and use tax in the amount of up to two percent on sales, use, storage, consumption, or gross receipts outside of the corporate limits of the City of Clanton, the City of Jemison, the Town of Maplesville, and the Town of Thorsby.

(b) The gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales and use of products or services which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the taxes authorized by this part. In addition, the gross receipts and gross proceeds from the sale and use of all motor vehicles and agricultural machinery and equipment and related items covered by Section 40-23-37, are exempt from the taxes.

(c) Any taxes levied under this part may not be levied at a rate proportionately higher than the proportional rate for various types of sales and uses under the state sales and use tax.
Ala. Code § 45-24-82.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-82.03
Section 45-24-82.03 Additional Expense Allowance and Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing on August 1, 2021, the Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($30,500) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent judge of probate, the annual salary for the Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be increased by thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($30,500) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall become void.
Ala. Code § 45-54-242.87 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-242.87
Section 45-54-242.87 Cost of Collection; Warrant; Certification
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall charge the county for collecting the additional county sales and use taxes levied pursuant to Section 45–54–242.82, an amount or percentage of total collections as agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and the Pickens County Commission. The charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the additional county sales and use taxes collected in the county pursuant to Section 45–54–242.82. The charge for collecting the additional taxes may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the additional taxes before certification of the amount of the proceeds from the taxes due the county for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue shall pay into the State Treasury all taxes collected as the taxes are received by the department, and on or before the first day of each successive month, commencing with the month following the month in which the department makes the first collection pursuant to this subpart. The commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected pursuant to Section 45–54–242.82 and paid by him or her into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during the month immediately preceding the certification. Before certifying the amount of the tax paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during each month, the commissioner may deduct from the tax collected in the month the charge due the department for the collection of the tax for the county. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant each month payable to the Treasurer of Pickens County in his or her official capacity in an amount equal to the amount certified by the Commissioner of Revenue as having been collected for the use of the county. The Comptroller shall then deliver to the Pickens County Commission the balance remaining.

(b) All revenues arising from the taxes levied pursuant to Section 45–54–242.82 shall be distributed by the Treasurer of Pickens County to the Pickens County Hospital Association or its successor and shall be used in furtherance of any corporate purposes or power of the Pickens County Hospital Association or its successor as set forth in or granted by its charter or the laws pursuant to which it was incorporated including, but not limited to: The acquisition, construction, and equipping of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other health care facilities and improvements thereto, whether owned or leased as lessor or lessee; the purchase redemption, refunding, or prepayment of bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the Pickens County Hospital Association or its successor or the payment of which is secured by a pledge of an obligation of the Pickens County Hospital Association or its successor; providing for the delivery of health care services to indigent patients, including payments to others pursuant to contracts or agreements for delivery of the services; and for any and all other public hospital or public health care purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-20-130.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-130.06
Section 45-20-130.06 Office Space; Equipment; Transportation
Status: in_force

The county commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-18-242.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-242.09
Section 45-18-242.09 Enforcement of Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this part, together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this part. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of the person from whom said taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for privilege or license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the county taxes levied hereby, and the agency for the use and benefit of the county shall collect such taxes and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the state or the department of revenue of the state (hereinafter, the “department”) has for collection of the state lodging tax. The agency shall have full authority to employ such special counsel as it deems necessary, from time to time, to enforce collection of the taxes authorized to be levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigation involving the Act; and the agency shall pay such special counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the taxes collected by it for the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-14
Section 45-39A-14 Annexed Farm Property
Status: in_force

(a) The City Commission of Florence, Alabama, shall waive city taxes on annexed farm property, so that the residential dwelling on the property and one acre of land shall be taxed at the regular city tax rates, but the remainder of the land used as farm and agricultural property shall be exempt from city taxes.

(b) If and when the land is sold for, or is used for, non-agricultural purposes, then city taxes for the three years preceding the sale shall be assessed against the property to be paid by the purchasers, or by the owner in the case of change in use of the property.
Ala. Code § 45-25-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-243
Section 45-25-243 Lodging Tax Levied
Status: in_force

(a) In DeKalb County, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount herein prescribed against every person within the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms, lodging or accommodations, to a transient in a hotel, motel, inn, condominium, house, tourist court, or another place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration. The amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent of the charge for the rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use of rental or personal property and services furnished in the room or rooms within DeKalb County and one percent of the charge within the corporate limits of Fort Payne.

(b)(l) There are exempted from the tax levied by this section, and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable all of the following: Charges for property sold or services furnished which are required to be included in the tax levied by the State Sales Tax Act; Charges for the rental of rooms, lodgings, or accommodations to a person for a period of 30 continuous days or more pursuant to the exemption provision of Alabama’s Transient Occupancy Tax, Section 40-26-1. A subsequent amendment or change to the Alabama Transient Occupancy Tax shall also have the effect of similarly changing the exemption provision of this section.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the tax shall not apply to the rental of living accommodations which are intended primarily for rental to persons as their principal or permanent place of residence.

(c)(l) The tax levied by this section except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable to the Department of Revenue on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the 20th day of each month, every person on whom the tax is levied by this subpart shall render to the Department of Revenue on a form prescribed by the department, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of the business subject to the tax for the then preceding month, together with other information as the department requires. At the time of making the monthly report, the taxpayer shall compute and pay to the department the amount of tax shown due. A person subject to the tax who conducts business on a credit basis may defer reporting and paying the tax until after the person has received payment of the items, articles, or accommodations furnished. In the event the taxpayer defers reporting and paying the taxes, he or she shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the then preceding month and shall pay the amount of taxes computed thereon at the time of filing the report.

(2) It shall be the duty of every person engaged or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied by this section to keep and preserve suitable records of the gross proceeds of the business and other books or accounts necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he or she is liable pursuant to this section. The records shall be kept and preserved for a period of two years and shall be open for examination at all times by the Department of Revenue or by a duly authorized agent, deputy, or employee of the department.

(3) A person who fails to pay the tax levied by this section within the time required by this section shall pay in addition to the tax a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax due, together with interest from the date on which the tax became due and payable at the rate due and payable on the state lodging tax. The penalty and interest shall be assessed and collected as a part of the tax. The Department of Revenue may, if good and sufficient reason be shown, waive or remit the penalty or a portion of the penalty.

(d) All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports, and keeping and preserving records, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state lodging tax; and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this section when applied to the tax levied by this section, shall apply to the levied tax. The Commissioner of Revenue and the Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the district taxes levied as imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable to this section to the taxes levied, and to the administration of this section are incorporated herein by reference and made a part as if fully set forth.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section all proceeds from the tax levied by this section shall be deposited into the DeKalb County General Fund and shall be allocated to the DeKalb County Tourism Association for the promotion of tourism.

(f) None of the provisions of this section shall be applied in a manner to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. If a provision of this section is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this section.

(g) The Department of Revenue shall charge and deduct from the proceeds of the tax levied an amount equal to the cost to the department of making the collections and the charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of tax collected. Following that deduction, the department shall pay the remainder of the tax proceeds to the bureau.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.166 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.166
Section 45-37A-51.166 Employees of Library Board, Airport Authority, Emergency Management District Agency, Communication District, and Civic Center Authority
Status: in_force

Employees of the library board, airport authority, emergency management district/agency, communication district, and civic center authority may participate in the benefits of this plan under the terms of Division 9.
Ala. Code § 45-41-242.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-242.05
Section 45-41-242.05 Cost of Collection
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Lee County for collecting the county tax levied herein, an amount or percentage of total collections not to exceed 10 percent of the total amount of tax collected hereunder. Such charge for collecting the tax for the county may be deducted each month from the proceeds of the tax before certifying the amount thereof due Lee County for that month.
Ala. Code § 45-46-84.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-84.22
Section 45-46-84.22 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner that the judges of probate are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that judges of probate are required to account for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.81
Section 45-20-242.81 Levy of Additional Use Tax
Status: in_force

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

(b) All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63, providing for the levy of a state use tax shall wherever used in this section, have the same meanings respectively ascribed to them, in those sections except where the context herein clearly indicates a different meaning. In addition, the following words, terms, and phrases where used in this section shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) COUNTY. Covington County.

(2) COUNTY COMMISSION. Covington County Commission.

(3) MONTH. The calendar month.

(4) STATE USE TAX. The tax imposed by the use tax statutes.

(5) STATE USE TAX STATUTES. Sections 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63, which levy a certain use tax, and include all statutes, including amendments to those sections which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied by the sections and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of the sections and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed therein.

(c)(l) The Covington County Commission is authorized to levy and impose, in addition to all other taxes, a one percent use tax against tangible personal property purchased at retail outside the county and domiciled in the county.

(2) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property which is presently exempt under the state use tax statutes is exempt from the tax authorized by this section.

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

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

(f) The tax levied by this section shall constitute a debt due Covington 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 county commission or its designee shall collect the tax, enforce this section, and have and exercise the same rights, remedies, power, and authority, including the right to adopt and implement the same procedures, as would be available to the Department of Revenue if the tax levied by this section was being administered, enforced, and collected by the Department of Revenue.

(g) All provisions of the state use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state 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 use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this section shall apply to the tax levied under this section. The county commission or its designee shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this section that are imposed on the State Commissioner of Revenue and the Revenue Department by the state use tax statutes. All provisions of the state use tax statutes that are made applicable by this section to the tax levied under this section, and to the administration and enforcement of this section, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein.

(h) Covington County or its designee may charge as its fee for the cost of collection of the tax levied under this section no more than five percent of the total amount of the tax proceeds collected under this section or the county’s actual cost for collection, whichever is less.

(i) Each month, Covington County or its designee shall pay into the county sales tax fund the tax proceeds collected under this section, less the collection fee, to be allocated and used for the following purposes:

(1) Fifty percent to the county general fund.

(2) Twenty percent to the gasoline fund to be divided equally among each road district for maintenance of roads and bridges.

(3) Twenty percent to the public highway and traffic fund for maintenance of roads and bridges.

(4) Five percent to the Covington County School System.

(5) Five percent to Lurleen B. Wallace Community College.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-35.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-35.05
Section 45-52A-35.05 Municipal Utilities Board - Organization
Status: in_force

At the first meeting of the board after March 3, 1939, the members shall elect one of their number as chair and one of their number as secretary, thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chair and secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chair and secretary shall be filled by the board, if and when the same may occur.
Ala. Code § 45-35-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-70
Section 45-35-70 Compensation of Commission Chair, and District Commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall be adjusted so that the monthly compensation paid to the holder of the office shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Probate on April 1, 2007. The increase in compensation in this subdivision shall be paid as a monthly expense allowance until the beginning of the next term of office or as otherwise provided by law, at which time the amount of the expense allowance shall be included in the base salary for the office holder and the expense allowance shall be void. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be made in the same manner as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.

(b)(1) The compensation being paid to the district commissioners of the Houston County Commission commencing on December 1, 2004, including any additional increases thereafter provided as a result of the application of Chapter 2A, Title 11, is ratified and confirmed and shall continue to be the amounts paid to all members of the Houston County Commission elected by district after May 31, 2007. The compensation of the district commissioners shall thereafter only be altered as provided in subdivision (2) or as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11.

(2) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the district commissioners in Houston County shall each receive a monthly expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month in lieu of mileage reimbursement for performing duties within Houston County.

(3) Beginning on December 1, 2018, the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month for performing duties within the county. The expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of mileage reimbursement or the chair being provided the use of a county vehicle. This expense allowance shall be treated in the same manner as all other compensation and expense allowances received by the chair of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-49-170.71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-170.71
Section 45-49-170.71 Findings of Appropriate County Official; Notice
Status: in_force

The term appropriate county official or official as used in this subpart means any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this subpart. Whenever the appropriate county official finds that any building, structure, part of any building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in the county constitutes a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgages of record notice to remedy or abate the nuisance condition of the building or structure, or to demolish it within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which shall not be more than 60 days after notice is given, or allow the building or structure to be demolished by the county and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of the certified or registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute the giving of notice as required by this section. Notice of the order, or a copy of the notice, shall, within three days of the date of mailing, also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, unless there is no entrance, in which case the notice may be posted at any location upon such building or structure.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.03
Section 45-2-84.03 Release of Eligible Persons; Participation in Programs
Status: in_force

(a) Any eligible person, who is within the jurisdiction of the Circuit or District Courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, may be released at the discretion of a judicial officer from the Baldwin County Jail pursuant to the terms of the pretrial release program developed pursuant to this part or upon conviction sentenced to the custody of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or placed in programs developed pursuant to this part.

(b) An eligible person may be considered for participation in the programs developed pursuant to the provisions of this part upon an order of the court having jurisdiction of the eligible person, upon the motion of the eligible person, and upon motion of the district attorney. An eligible person may not be ordered by a judicial officer to be placed in the programs developed pursuant to this part unless the eligible person meets the criteria promulgated by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for admission into a program and there is space available for the eligible person.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.02
Section 45-28A-42.02 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) With reference to the police department the following definition shall apply as used herein: The word patrolman as used herein shall mean and apply to all motorcycle officers, drivers of automobiles used by the police department, and all other members of the police department below the grade of sergeant but shall not include detectives. The word officer as used herein shall mean and apply to all members of the police department of the grade of sergeant, detective, captain, assistant chief of police, and the chief of police. The words members of the police department shall mean and include all officers, patrolmen, and detectives, and wardens, if detailed to warden’s duty from the ranks of patrolman or officers.

(b) With reference to the fire department the following definitions shall apply as used herein: The words members of the fire department, or members of the fire departments, as used herein shall mean and include the chief of the fire department, assistant chiefs of the fire department, captains, lieutenants, engineers, assistant engineers, and firemen, and all others who are regularly carried on the pay roll of such fire departments except hostlers and helpers; and in addition to those specifically named hereinbefore as members of the departments, such others as such board may find and designate to properly be such members, respectively.