Ala. Code § 45-43-246.33 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-246.33
Section 45-43-246.33 Payment and Reporting
Status: in_force

All taxes levied in this subpart shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are paid. On or prior to the due dates of the tax herein levied each person subject to such tax shall file with the State Department of Revenue a report or return in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all such sales and gross receipts of all such business transactions. Such report shall also include such other items of information pertinent to the tax and the amount thereof as the State Department of Revenue may require. Any person subject to the tax levied may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event such person so defers reporting them, such person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the month preceding, and shall pay the tax due thereon at the time of filing such report. All reports or returns filed with the State Department of Revenue under this section shall be available for inspection by the Lowndes County Commission, or its designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours.
Ala. Code § 45-55-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-232
Section 45-55-232 Private Detention Facilities
Status: in_force

No private entity including, but not limited to, private agencies, private groups, private corporations, partnerships, private associations, and individuals, shall establish, maintain, or operate any correctional, rehabilitation, or juvenile detention facility in Pike County without prior approval by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-12-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-231
Section 45-12-231 Jail Canteen
Status: in_force

The Sheriff of Choctaw County may establish a canteen for the purpose of selling supplies to prisoners. All revenue derived from the sale of such supplies may be spent at the discretion of the sheriff for equipment and supplies for the county jail or the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department.
Ala. Code § 45-22-232.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-232.01
Section 45-22-232.01 Work Release
Status: in_force

In Cullman County, any county or state inmate, in order to be eligible to participate in work release, shall enter into a contract or agreement authorizing the payment from the inmate’s account with the county for the payment of up to one-third of the inmates’ net wages for court-ordered payments, including, but not limited to, restitution, court costs, and child support.
Ala. Code § 45-49-141 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-141
Section 45-49-141 Participation in Alabama Forestry Commission’s Fire Protection Program
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Mobile County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.
Ala. Code § 45-43-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-240
Section 45-43-240 Clerks
Status: in_force

The Tax Assessor of Lowndes County may appoint two full-time clerks and the tax collector of such county may appoint one full-time clerk, such clerks to serve under the direction and at the pleasure of the tax assessor and tax collector, respectively. The Lowndes County Commission may appoint one additional full-time clerk for each the tax assessor and tax collector. The commission shall fix the salaries of any clerk, appointed by the tax assessor, tax collector, or appointed by the commission at an amount not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month. Such salaries shall be paid from the general fund of the county and shall be paid either according to an hourly rate or a monthly rate within the discretion of such county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-26-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-60
Section 45-26-60 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Coroner of Elmore County shall receive a total compensation of seven hundred eighty-four dollars ($784) per month to be paid out of the county general fund on a monthly basis.

(2) The Elmore County Commission may adjust the salary and benefits of the coroner by resolution.

(3) This subsection validates salary and benefits paid to the Coroner of Elmore County retroactive to January I, 1995; however, it does not authorize payments in addition to those received by the Coroner of Elmore County prior to June 18, 1999.

(b) With prior approval by the county commission, the commission is authorized to reimburse the county coroner for actual expenses incurred in the operation of his or her office and further may pay the coroner for actual mileage in an amount not to exceed the amount paid to other county employees in the performance of their duties. The provisions of this subsection shall be retroactive to January 20, 1991.

(c) The coroner may appoint a chief deputy coroner to serve in his or her absence and may also appoint deputy coroners from among deputy sheriffs with the consent of the sheriff. The county commission may, by resolution, provide for the payment of expenses to the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroners. Provided, however, deputy sheriffs acting as deputy coroners during their normal duty hours shall not receive additional compensation. The coroner shall furnish to the county commission a proposed budget for operating expenses for each fiscal year prior to each October 1.
Ala. Code § 45-23-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-111
Section 45-23-111 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

In Dale County, an election official who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day for each day the election official works at the polling place.The additional expense allowance provided by this section shall be payable from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-11-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-81
Section 45-11-81 Mail Order Fee for Boat Registration
Status: in_force

The Chilton County Judge of Probate shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within the county to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so that the tag or decal and receipts therefor may be forwarded to the owner by mail. There is hereby established a fee to be entitled “Mail Order Fee” which shall be set from time to time by the county governing body to pay the cost of the mailing procedure herein provided, and such fee shall be collected by the judge of probate at the time of issuance and paid over to the general fund of the county as are other fees and commissions.
Ala. Code § 45-45-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-242
Section 45-45-242 Salary
Status: in_force

Beginning the next term of office of tax collector and tax assessor on October 1, 1991, the annual salary shall be forty-six thousand dollars ($46,000). Such salary shall be in lieu of any other annual salaries and expense allowances heretofore provided by law for such officers to be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund on warrants processed in the usual manner.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-130.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-130.01
Section 45-8A-130.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the content clearly requires a different meaning: “city” means the City of Weaver in Calhoun County; “employee” means any person including public works employees, assistant city clerk, city clerk and policemen, not excepted by Section 45-8A-130.02, who is employed in the service of the City of Weaver; “board” means the civil service board created by this part; “appointing authority” means in the case of employees in the offices of the elected officers of the city, such elected officers in the case of all other city employees, the city governing body, or board or other agency supervising their work.
Ala. Code § 45-49-142.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-142.06
Section 45-49-142.06 Authorized Expenditures; Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

The remaining proceeds from this part shall be distributed among the volunteer fire departments serving residents in Mobile County Commission District 1 and which have written contracts with the Mobile County Commission. The funds may only be expended for fire protection, emergency medical services, training, supplies and equipment, and to purchase insurance, including liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which are directly related to the functions of a fire department which are committed by a fire department and the personnel of a volunteer fire department. The funds may not be expended for food, drink, social activities, fundraising activities, or salaries for the volunteer fire department. After receiving the funds, the fire departments shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended.
Ala. Code § 45-27-247.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-247.10
Section 45-27-247.10 Penalties
Status: in_force

No seller shall continue in business when he or she is in default in payment of the tax imposed by this subpart. In addition to other penalties, a delinquent taxpayer shall be liable for a penalty of 20 percent of the amount found to be due by him or her. Penalties shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-3A-51.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3A / Section 45-3A-51.11
Section 45-3A-51.11 Charge for Collecting Taxes
Status: in_force

The City of Eufaula shall charge 10 percent of the total amount of the special city taxes collected hereunder within the city. Such charge for collecting the taxes for the city may be deducted each month from the taxes collected before certifying the amount of the proceeds thereof due the city for that month.
Ala. Code § 45-50-245.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-245.62
Section 45-50-245.62 Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the state sales and use taxes are collected in Monroe County and those sales and use taxes applicable only to Monroe County.
Ala. Code § 45-30-101.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-101.04
Section 45-30-101.04 Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Each scholarship awarded pursuant to this part shall only be used for a student’s tuition at an in-state institution of higher learning.

(b) Scholarship funds shall be distributed equally among all undergraduate college students of any institution of higher education who meet residence requirements in Franklin County and who seek reimbursement as provided herein. At the end of each academic year, each resident student of the county who provides receipts for undergraduate college attendance shall be eligible for a scholarship reimbursement. In May and June of each year, any eligible student may submit and be reimbursed for expenses of the prior year for college attendance. The board, based upon the limitations of subsection (c), the number of applicants, and other relevant factors, shall determine the amount distributed to each applicant.

(c) A reserve fund in an amount to be determined by the board shall be maintained at all times. The Chair of the Franklin County Educational Board shall call a meeting of the board each year prior to September 1 for the purpose of reviewing the revenues, protecting the reserve fund, establishing the amount to be awarded each recipient for the following year, and formulating any other policies the board deems appropriate for the purpose of approving expenditures from the fund.

(d) All revenues shall be collected by the custodian of county funds of Franklin County and disbursed in a timely fashion. All actions regarding the revenues shall be subject to the standard audit procedures of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-49-103 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-103
Section 45-49-103 Election; Officers and Agents; Oath
Status: in_force

The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners shall elect a county superintendent of education, who shall hold his or her office for the period of four years, and they may elect or appoint such other officers and agents as they may from time to time deem expedient. The members of the board and the county superintendent shall severally make oath before the Judge of Probate of Mobile County, that they will faithfully and properly demean themselves in their respective offices to the best of their ability.
Ala. Code § 45-35-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-243
Section 45-35-243 Levy and Collection; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall only be applicable to portions of Houston County outside the corporate limits of the City of Dothan.

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

(c) The tax authorized to be levied shall be collected as provided by the Houston County Commission.

(d) The six percent tax collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed in the following manner:

(1) Tax collected within the corporate limits of any town or municipality or within any cooperative district established under Chapter 99B of Title 11, located outside of the corporate limits of any town or municipality shall be distributed with one-third of the revenue from the tax distributed to the town, municipality, or district for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs and two-thirds of the revenue from the tax distributed to the county general fund.

(2) Any other tax collected in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be distributed to the county general fund.

(e) Fifty percent of the revenue distributed to the Houston County General Fund shall be equally split between the Dothan Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce to promote economic development and tourism. The remaining 50 percent shall be retained in the county general fund to be used for costs associated with tourism and economic development in Houston County including, but not limited to, infrastructure development and maintenance and for law enforcement.
Ala. Code § 45-44-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-83
Section 45-44-83 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The Judge of the District Court of Macon County shall receive an annual expense allowance of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance hereinabove provided for shall be the only expense allowance payable to such judge out of the county treasury of Macon County. Provided, however, that the implementation of this section shall be completely discretionary with the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-41A-10.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41A / Section 45-41A-10.22
Section 45-41A-10.22 Provisions Cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeat existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with this part.
Ala. Code § 45-17-231.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-231.20
Section 45-17-231.20 Establishment of Sheriff Reserve; Officers; Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Colbert County is hereby authorized to establish a sheriff reserve to be composed of such persons who may volunteer to serve as sheriff reserve officers of the sheriff’s department. Such service shall be without compensation to the individual so volunteering.

(b) Sheriff reserve officers shall at all times serve under the direction and supervision of the sheriff and/or members of the sheriff’s department. The sheriff shall determine the fitness of persons to serve as sheriff reserve officers and shall prescribe such training necessary for reserve officers.

(c) The duties of a sheriff reserve officer shall be limited to assisting the sheriff’s department in the performance of its regularly constituted duties and shall serve under the immediate supervision of a lawful sheriff’s department officer. Sheriff reserve officers shall have the authority to carry firearms when summoned to duty. Reserve officers shall have arrest power only in the event the full-time sheriff’s department deputy is incapacitated or unable to perform an arrest. Sheriff reserve officers, while serving under the supervision and direction of the sheriff, or a member of the sheriff’s department, shall have the same protection and immunities afforded regularly employed sheriff’s deputies which shall be recognized by all courts having jurisdiction over offenses against the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 45-13-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-240
Section 45-13-240 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

In Clarke County, the members of the Board of Equalization shall be entitled to an expense allowance of thirty dollars ($30) a day for each day’s service as provided by law. Such expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly payments and be in addition to any other compensation heretofore provided by law for such members.
Ala. Code § 45-35-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-230.01
Section 45-35-230.01 Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2025, the salary of the Sheriff of Houston County shall be one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) per annum. (b) Beginning on June 1, 2025, the sheriff shall receive the same uniform increases in compensation granted to other county employees including, but not limited to, cost-of-living increases.

(b) Beginning on June 1, 2025, the sheriff shall receive the same uniform increases in compensation granted to other county employees including, but not limited to, cost-of-living increases.
Ala. Code § 45-29-80.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-80.01
Section 45-29-80.01 Expense Allowance of Presiding Judge
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-449, § 1, effective July 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-25
Section 45-39A-25 Regulation of Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of the Town of Lexington may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town each day of the week except Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner:

(1) The governing body of the town, by resolution, shall call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters of the town residing within the corporate limits, as to whether or not it may determine whether alcoholic beverages and draft beer can be legally sold or distributed each day of the week except on Sunday for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town.

(2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: “Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the corporate limits of the Town of Lexington each day of the week except Sunday? Yes ____ No ____.”

(3) The first election shall be held at the next municipal election and any subsequent elections shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided by law for holding other municipal elections, and the returns thereof tabulated and results certified as provided by law for municipal elections.

(4) Notice of the election shall be given by the governing body of the town by publication or by posting the notice at the town or city hall apprising the voters of the town, at least three weeks before the date of the election, that an election shall be held to determine whether alcoholic beverages and draft beer may be sold each day of the week except on Sunday in the town. The cost of the election shall be paid out of the general fund of the town.

(5) Only the qualified voters of the town may vote in the election. If a majority of the voters voting in the municipal election vote “Yes,” alcoholic beverages and draft beer may be legally sold or dispensed within the corporate limits of the town for on-premises and off-premises consumption each day of the week except Sunday by licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Town of Lexington serving the general public in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The town may enact, by ordinance, such policies it deems appropriate to regulate any aspect of the sale of alcoholic beverages and draft beer may be sold each day of the week except on Sunday.

(6) If a majority of the voters voting in the municipal election vote “No,” alcoholic beverages and draft beer may not be sold or dispensed in the town, except as otherwise authorized by law or by subsequent election which legalizes the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages and draft beer.

(7) A period of not less than 360 days shall elapse between the dates of elections pursuant to this section.

(b) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the Town of Lexington and is not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to, repeal any existing power or authority of the Town of Lexington now permitted under the general laws of the state, or under any local or special act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-130.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-130.08
Section 45-8A-130.08 Civil Service Board - Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board shall have power to make rules and regulations governing examination, eligible registers, appointments, transfers, salaries, promotions, demotions, annual and sick leave, and such other matters as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part. A rule or regulation may be made effective only after a public hearing is held on the proposal thereof and after a certified copy thereof has been filed with the city clerk. All employees shall be appointed upon a nonpartisan merit basis. There shall not be appointed, and the board shall not examine, any person who is not a citizen of the United States. The board shall: (1) Classify the different types of services to be performed in the service of the city; (2) with the approval of the appointing authority, fix a maximum and minimum salary for each class; and (3) allocate each position in the service to its proper class. It shall provide for the periodic rating of employees according to their merit to determine whether they are maintaining standards of service. The board shall establish rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, layoffs, terminations, and leaves of absence, and the severance of any employee’s relationship with the city shall be in accordance with such regulations.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.09
Section 45-49-90.09 Notice of Bond Resolution
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of directors of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the corporation, in its discretion, may cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county, 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 the corporation: “___________, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, on the _________ day of ___________, authorized the issuance of $_________ principal amount of revenue bonds of the corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the bonds, the pledge, and mortgage to secure the same, any lease or sale of an industrial site to be financed by the bonds, or the proceedings authorizing the same must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice.”

(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 such bonds or the validity of the pledge and mortgage made therefor or the lease or sale of the industrial park to be financed by the bonds shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the proceedings or of the bonds or the pledge or mortgage or the lease or sale of the industrial park to be financed by the bonds shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the proceedings or of the bonds or the pledge or mortgage or the lease or sale of the industrial park to be financed by the bonds be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action or proceeding commenced within such period.
Ala. Code § 45-19-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-110
Section 45-19-110 Purging of Voter Registration Lists
Status: in_force

The Board of Registrars of Coosa County is directed to purge all lists of the qualified electors in the county to the end that the names of all persons who are deceased or nonresidents of the county or have otherwise become disqualified from voting in Coosa County, shall be removed from such lists, and that the name of each qualified elector shall appear only on the list of qualified electors for the beat in which he or she resides.
Ala. Code § 45-10-260.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-260.02
Section 45-10-260.02 Permit Required
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) In the event a municipality elects to regulate wind energy conversion systems within the corporate limits of the municipality, the regulations of the municipality shall govern.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-34.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-34.11
Section 45-52A-34.11 Judicial Action to Prevent Improper Changes; Damages
Status: in_force

The commission, or the City of Decatur, shall be authorized to institute any appropriate action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any change in the exterior of a building or structure which is either an historic property or which is contained in an historic district, except in compliance with the provisions of an ordinance adopted in conformity with this part, or to prevent any illegal act or conduct with respect to such historic property, or historic district, and to recover any damages which may have been caused by the violation of that ordinance.
Ala. Code § 45-41-80.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-80.02
Section 45-41-80.02 Circuit Judgeship Number 3 - Qualifications, Powers, Duties; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The judge filling judgeship number 3 shall take the same oath of office, shall have the jurisdiction, power, rights, and authority, and shall possess all of the qualifications, perform all of the duties, and be subject to all of the responsibilities, obligations, and penalties as other circuit court judges may have, exercise, perform, and be subject to.

(b) The compensation of the judge elected or appointed as provided in this section shall be the same as, and paid under the same circumstances as, that of the other circuit court judges, including the payment of any county supplement or expense allowance as provided to other circuit court judges in Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-35-120.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-120.06
Section 45-35-120.06 Amendments and Repeal
Status: reserved

Any rule, determination, regulation, or plan may be amended or repealed in whole or in part in the same manner as is provided herein for making of such rules, determination, regulation, or plans.
Ala. Code § 45-15-80.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-80.08
Section 45-15-80.08 Solicitor’s Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Cleburne County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the Solicitor’s Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee. The solicitor’s fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. Three dollars ($3) of each fee when collected may be retained by the clerk of the court as an administrative fee to be used to pay for the operation of the clerk’s office.

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

(c) The solicitor’s fee may be expended, as the district attorney sees fit, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-37-72.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-72.25
Section 45-37-72.25 Dates of Elections; Applicability of Election Laws
Status: in_force

The first election and the runoff election, if a runoff election is required, shall be held on the dates provided for in the resolution adopted under Section 45-37-72.21. The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held hereunder, except as herein otherwise provided.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.216 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.216
Section 45-8A-23.216 Election for the Selection of New Wards
Status: in_force

In the event that the council shall adopt a valid ordinance or resolution of disapproval under Section 45-8A-23.214 then on the date prescribed in such ordinance or resolution there shall be held an election by the voters. At such election each voter shall choose between the proposed division of the manager and the proposed division of the council as set forth in the ordinance or resolution of disapproval. The proposed division receiving the largest number of votes cast in the election shall thereby be adopted and the wards of the city shall for the purpose of each subsequent election of councilmen be described in the proposed division receiving the larger number of votes.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.06
Section 45-8A-20.06 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of the city shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial term of office of two directors shall be two years each. The initial term of office of two directors shall be four years each. The initial term of office of three directors shall be six years. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor shall be so elected. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the city. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his or her tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the city. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
Ala. Code § 45-1-242.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-242.24
Section 45-1-242.24 Eligible Volunteer Fire Department Under Subpart 2
Status: in_force

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this subpart, shall mean a volunteer fire department located in Autauga County which maintains an ISO approved rating or is certified, or both, under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines and is in good standing with the Autauga County Fire Association.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-61.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-61.08
Section 45-57A-61.08 Attendance
Status: in_force

Any member of the board of education who fails to attend more than two regularly scheduled monthly board meetings without an authorized excused absence, as recognized by the board through written policy, shall receive a written request from the chair of the board of education to attend the meetings.
Ala. Code § 45-42-231.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-231.20
Section 45-42-231.20 Service of Process Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Limestone County, a service of process fee of up to fifty dollars ($50) shall be assessed and collected for service of process by the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office on each delivery requiring personal service of process.

(b) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, a service of process fee of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) shall be assessed and collected for service of process by the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office for matters pending or to be commenced in a court outside of this state.

(c) The amount of the service of process fees provided for in subsections (a) and (b) shall be set by the sheriff with approval of the county commission.

(d) The clerk of the court shall collect the service of process fee provided for in subsections (a) and (b). The fees, when collected, shall be distributed at least monthly to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund or to another fund that may be established by law for the sheriff’s fees.
Ala. Code § 45-42-122.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-122.06
Section 45-42-122.06 Employment of Legal Counsel
Status: in_force

In any matters related to this part wherein the board deems it necessary and proper to employ legal counsel, or if any person shall fail or refuse to comply with the lawful orders of the board in their actions pursuant to this part, the board may employ legal counsel to represent it in its actions for the enforcement of this part or in defense thereof, and the compensation of such legal counsel shall be paid by the county. Further, the board may employ legal counsel for advice and consultation or general legal counsel.
Ala. Code § 45-22-242.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-242.08
Section 45-22-242.08 Failure to Add Tax to Service Price
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in or continuing within Cullman County in any business for which a license or privilege tax is required by this part to fail or refuse to add to the price of the service rendered the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the tax levied by this part. Nor shall any person refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected as tax under this part or to absorb such tax or to advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of such tax or any portion of the same.
Ala. Code § 45-49-141.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-141.04
Section 45-49-141.04 Removal of Financial Charge or Tax
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized to remove such financial charge or tax after the county commission has determined that the financial charge or tax is no longer needed. The county commission shall hold public hearings to determine whether or not the financial charge or tax is still needed. Procedures for such public hearings shall be the same as those in Section 45-49-141.02.
Ala. Code § 45-20-83.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-83.24
Section 45-20-83.24 Applicability of State Laws
Status: in_force

All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved indexing system installed hereunder, including, but without limitation to the provisions of Section 12-13-43, and the provisions of all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of Lis Pendens, declarations of claims or exemption, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate, that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved indexing system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto.
Ala. Code § 45-57-260.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-260.12
Section 45-57-260.12 Special Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) The planning commission, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules adopted by the planning commission. Any person wishing to appeal from an existing zoning regulation may file a written petition stating the basis for the appeal. The planning commission shall fix a date for a hearing, giving such notice as it may deem appropriate, and at the hearing the planning commission may do any of the following:

(1) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the planning commission or official in the enforcement of this or of any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

(2) Hear and decide on requests for special exceptions to the term or provisions of the regulations upon which the planning commission is required to pass.

(3) Authorize upon appeal in special cases such variance from the yard, open space, land use, bulk, and height requirements of the regulations as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to special conditions of the building site or land, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the regulation will result in unnecessary hardship, all in order that the spirit of the regulations shall be observed and substantial justice is done.

(b) Variances may be granted for any condition other than the cost.
Ala. Code § 45-35-241.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-241.21
Section 45-35-241.21 Duties of Judge of Probate Transferred
Status: in_force

In Houston County, any duties of the judge of probate relating to manufactured homes, including, but not limited to, the collection of sales tax on sales between individuals and acting as the designated agent for the issuance of titles, may be transferred to the revenue commissioner. The revenue commissioner shall be solely responsible for the duties transferred and the judge of probate shall be relieved of liability for the duties.
Ala. Code § 45-38-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-60.01
Section 45-38-60.01 Mileage Allowance
Status: in_force

In Lamar County, the county commission may provide the coroner with a mileage allowance in the same amount as the prevailing rate per mile paid to other county officers and employees for the actual use by the coroner of the coroner’s personal motor vehicle in the performance of the coroner’s official duties. The mileage allowance provided by this section shall be in addition to any other compensation and expense allowance provided the coroner.
Ala. Code § 45-48-85.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-85.26
Section 45-48-85.26 Application and Renewal by Mail
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued such renewal forms required to be returned 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. There is hereby established a fee to be entitled mail order fee which shall be set from time to time by the county commission to pay the cost of the mailing procedure herein provided, and such fee shall be collected by the judge of probate at the time of issuance and paid over to the general fund of the county as are other fees and commissions.
Ala. Code § 45-22-130.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-130.21
Section 45-22-130.21 County Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance System
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the county commission from maintaining a comprehensive county vehicle and equipment maintenance system.
Ala. Code § 45-53-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-70.01
Section 45-53-70.01 Junior Perry County Commission; Scholarship
Status: in_force

(a) The Perry County Commission may establish a Junior Perry County Commission to be composed of twelfth grade students selected from the high schools within Perry County.

(b) The Perry County Commission shall provide for the duties of the Junior Perry County Commission and may award a one time scholarship not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) payable from county funds to each student member of the Junior Perry County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-270.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-270.25
Section 45-37A-270.25 Admission into Program
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the evaluation process of the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, education history, work record, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment or care prescribed or received, psychological tests taken, and any other information concerning the offender which the city prosecutor believes has a bearing on the decision whether or not the offender should be admitted to the program.

(b) The city prosecutor may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview the city prosecutor deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this subpart. The offender shall provide the city prosecutor written consent to allow the city prosecutor to receive any educational, work, medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other records deemed necessary by the city prosecutor for the evaluation process.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.133 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.133
Section 45-49A-63.133 Expenses of Administration
Status: in_force

Except as may be otherwise specified in this plan, all expenses that arise in connection with the administration of the plan including, but not limited to, the compensation and other expenses and charges of any counsel, accountant, specialist, or other person who has been retained by the board in connection with the administration of the plan, shall be paid from the fund to the extent not paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 45-28-234 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-234
Section 45-28-234 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The sheriff, or any designee of the sheriff who is exempt pursuant to Section 45-28-234.01, vested with powers to appoint employees as provided by this part.

(2) BOARD. The Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County created by this part.

(3) CLASSIFIED SERVICE. All Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission-certified custodial, administrative, and clerical employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County not specifically exempted as command staff in subsection (b) of Section 45-28-234.01.

(4) EMPLOYEE. Any person not exempt pursuant to Section 45-28-234.01 who is employed in the service of the office of the Sheriff of Etowah County.
Ala. Code § 45-46-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-230
Section 45-46-230 Deputies; Clerical Staff and Jail Personnel
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-549, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023.

(a) The composition of the Sheriff’s Department of Marengo County shall include no less than five deputies and one chief deputy; and any increase in deputy personnel shall be approved by the Marengo County Commission.

(b)(1) The deputies shall receive the same compensation as a trooper with the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the compensation shall be adjusted on the anniversary date of the deputies’ employment to include any raises, including cost-of-living raises that state troopers receive after or have received at the beginning of this fiscal year. The deputies shall be placed in the same step bracket as a trooper with the same length of service and shall automatically receive step raises according to their length of service. It shall be the responsibility of the sheriff to provide the clerk of the county commission with a trooper pay scale chart and to keep the commission informed of any change. The commission shall approve or disapprove any cost-of-living pay raises provided by this section based on the availability of funds.

(2) The raises which the deputies receive pursuant to this subsection shall not result in the compensation of the deputies exceeding the compensation of the sheriff.

(c) The chief deputy shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per month more than the highest-paid deputy.

(d) The composition and compensation of the clerical staff and jail personnel shall be approved by the Marengo County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-25-260.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-260.04
Section 45-25-260.04 Financial Assurances
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant shall maintain financial assurance in an amount equal to the costs associated with the reclamation plan and the removal of abandoned or unused wind energy conversion systems.

(b) In addition to the financial assurance required in subsection (a), an applicant shall maintain financial assurance in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to cover any liability for damages to adjoining property and any other damages under law. The financial assurance mechanism shall remain in full force and effect during the construction phase of any and all systems covered under the permit and shall be maintained for the life of the system.
Ala. Code § 45-11-246.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-246.06
Section 45-11-246.06 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All taxes collected under this part shall be remitted to Chilton County and deposited in the Chilton County General Fund earmarked for infrastructure, public safety, and economic development in the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-56.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-56.70
Section 45-37A-56.70 Obstruction of Streets, Roads, Etc
Status: in_force

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

(b)(1)a. It shall be unlawful for any railroad train to obstruct any public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade within a Class 1 municipality in the county for more than five minutes.

b. The railroad corporation or company that owns or operates a train violating this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.

(2) A train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a train blocking a public crossing shall immediately take all reasonable steps, consistent with safe operation of that train, to clear the crossing upon receiving information from a law enforcement officer, member of a fire department, or operator of an emergency vehicle that emergency circumstances require the clearing of the crossing.

(3) If a train is stopped on a railroad track and is obstructing a public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade, the train crew, yard crew, or engine crew shall exercise good faith judgment to determine how long the train will be stopped on the track and shall inform the local law enforcement agency, fire department, and rescue squads.

(4) No member of a train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a railroad, which is a common carrier, shall be held personally responsible or found guilty of violating this section upon reasonable proof that the occupying or blocking of the street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade was necessary to comply with the orders or instructions either written or oral of his or her employer or its officers or supervisory officials. This subdivision shall not relieve the employer or railroad from any responsibility placed upon the employee or railroad by state laws or by municipal ordinances; provided further, that nothing contained in this section shall affect any civil tortious responsibility of the agent, servants, employees, and the railroad itself.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section when a train has obstructed a street, railroad crossing, or public highway due to an act of God, a break down of the train, or acts of vandalism.

(d) Each municipality shall have full authority to prosecute violations of this section in the municipal court as a violation of municipal law, and to participate in joint programs with the railway operators to eliminate street crossings and install guard devices on other street crossings.
Ala. Code § 45-46-70.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.11
Section 45-46-70.11 Consolidation of Offices
Status: in_force

The Court of County Commissioners of Marengo County, as the same now exists, shall be and is hereby abolished, and the Judge of Probate of the county is hereby relieved of his or her duties to the court of county commissioners of the county, which duties shall hereafter be performed by the president of the board of revenue.
Ala. Code § 45-8-120.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-120.05
Section 45-8-120.05 Civil Service Board - Creation; Composition; Meetings; Annual Budget
Status: in_force

There is created the Civil Service Board of Calhoun County, composed of five members each of whom shall be over 25 years of age, of recognized character and ability, and an actual resident in and a qualified elector of the county. No person shall be eligible to be, or continue to be, a member of the board who holds any elected or appointed office of profit under the state, county, or city; or who presently serves as an employee of Calhoun County. The members of the Civil Service Board of Calhoun County currently serving on May 16, 1996, shall complete their terms. Each vacancy occurring thereafter will be filled for a term of four years by the appointment of an individual selected by the majority vote of the members of the Alabama Legislature representing Calhoun County at the time the vacancy occurs. Any member of the board who is appointed or elected to another public office of profit shall resign as a member of the board. If a member does not complete the term of his or her appointment, the individual selected to replace him or her will be appointed for the remainder of the term. Any member of the board desiring to become a candidate for public office shall first resign as a member of the board and in the event he or she fails to resign and becomes a candidate for public office, then his or her office on the board shall become immediately vacant. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board to inform the legislative delegation when a vacancy occurs on the board. Any member of the board may be eligible for reappointment so long as he or she is qualified to serve, but in no event shall a member be eligible for appointment to more than two full terms. Any member of the board may be terminated by the majority vote of the Legislative Delegation of Calhoun County when they deem the action is necessary to maintain the efficiency and credibility of the board. The board shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members who shall hold office as such officers at the pleasure of the board. The chairperson shall preside at all regular and special meetings of the board, and shall have responsibility for the preparation of an agenda for all board meetings and day-to-day supervision of board business. The vice chairperson shall serve in the absence of the chairperson. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conducting of board business. The board shall hold regular meetings for the transaction of board business at least quarterly on a day and at a time to be fixed by the board’s rules and regulations. The board may hold special, adjourned, or called meetings at any time upon call of the chairperson or request of the county commission or an appointing authority. All meetings of the board shall be held at the office of the board, unless otherwise provided by the board. The board shall keep minutes of its meetings and records of all business transacted by it at each and every meeting. The clerk of the board shall act as the custodian of the board records and will furnish such assistance as may be required by the board. All minutes and records of the board shall be open for inspection by any individual at any reasonable time upon written request to the clerk of the board. The county commission shall provide in its annual budget an appropriation based upon a recommended budget submitted by the board in accordance with budget guidelines provided by the county commission. The board’s annual budget shall include funds to cover the expense allowances provided board members and the reasonable and necessary expenses for operation of the board.
Ala. Code § 45-46-243.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-243.02
Section 45-46-243.02 Violations; 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 Marengo 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 section 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 section shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) The State Department of Revenue or, as otherwise provided by resolution of the county commission, the Marengo County Revenue Commissioner shall collect all taxes levied pursuant to this subpart 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 subsection (g) of Section 40-25-2, 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, Chapter 22, Title 41.

(f) The department may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this subpart. All rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the same force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-45-80.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-80.40
Section 45-45-80.40 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) In Madison County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission an expense allowance in such an amount as, together with any amount paid by the state, as salary, compensation, or expense allowance, shall make the total paid to such members equal to twenty-five dollars ($25) per day. If the amount paid to such members as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease.

(b) The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be paid only when the members actually attend meetings.
Ala. Code § 45-31-120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-120
Section 45-31-120 Definitions
Status: reserved

The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used herein, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, and shall include the singular as well as the plural:

(1) ALLOCATION. The assignment of positions to a class on the basis of the nature, difficulty and responsibility, or work of the positions.

(2) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The officials or board designated by resolution of the governing body as being the official or board having authority to fill vacancies in a specified class, or the governing body itself in the event that the governing body has made no such designation in respect to a class, or having made such designation, has thereafter repealed such resolution.

(3) BOARD. The Personnel Board of Geneva County.

(4) CERTIFY or CERTIFICATION. The act of supplying the appointing authority with names of applicants deemed eligible for appointment to the class or position to be filled.

(5) CLASS. A position or group of positions that involve similar duties and responsibilities and require similar qualifications and are designated by a single title indicative of the work to be performed.

(6) COUNTY. Geneva County.

(7) COUNTY COMMISSION. The Geneva County Commission.

(8) COURT. The Circuit Court of Geneva County, Alabama.

(9) DEMOTION. Removal of an employee from a position in one class to a position in another class having a lower maximum salary limit than the position from which he or she was removed.

(10) ELIGIBLE LIST. A list of names of persons who have successfully completed by examination, written or oral, arranged in the order of their final ratings, as determined by the personnel board.

(11) EMPLOYEE. A person regularly occupying a position in the classified service or a person who is on authorized leave of absence and whose position is being held for him or her pending his or her return.

(12) LAID-OFF. Separated from the classified service of Geneva County because of lack of work or funds or other reason not related to fault, delinquency, or misconduct on the part of the employee.

(13) MERIT SYSTEM. Whenever the term appears, it shall mean the same as civil service system within the meaning of this article

(14) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. The appointment to a position in the classified service of a person who is not being reemployed from the reemployment list, nor being promoted from the promotional eligible list and who, except for those in the exempt service and those serving under temporary appointment, is not an employee of Geneva County.

(15) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT ELIGIBLE LIST. The eligible list of persons qualified for original appointment to a position.

(16) POSITION. A group of current duties and responsibilities assigned or delegated by competent authority and requiring the full or part time service of one employee.

(17) PROMOTION. A change of employment from a position of one class to a position of another class which has a higher maximum salary rate.

(18) PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBLE LIST. The eligible list of persons qualified for promotion to a position, and recommended by the department head.

(19) REEMPLOYMENT LIST.

a. The list of names of former employees who have been laid off from a position within the past two years who had permanent status in that position so long as that position continues in the classified service, and who are recommended by the department head.

b. The list of names of those former employees who resigned or otherwise left Geneva County service in good standing at any time within the past two years, who are recommended by the department head.

(20) VACANCY. A position duly created with funds provided for payment of a salary, which is not occupied, or which is occupied by a person serving under a temporary appointment.
Ala. Code § 45-28-121.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-121.11
Section 45-28-121.11 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this part to create a personnel system for Etowah County effective May 29, 1984.
Ala. Code § 45-33-235.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-235.05
Section 45-33-235.05 Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid
Status: in_force

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may continue the sale, from time to time, if no bidders are present.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.07
Section 45-8A-20.07 Officers of the Authority
Status: in_force

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chairman and vice chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board from the membership thereof: The secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority may, but need not, be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board. The chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the authority shall also be the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the board, respectively. Prior to receipt by the authority of any tax revenues from the city, any county, state or federal governments, the treasurer of the authority shall provide evidence to the governmental entity from which the funds are to be received of procurement of a fidelity bond in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of tax funds to be received and that the company issuing the bond is qualified to issue fidelity bonds in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-19-110.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-110.02
Section 45-19-110.02 Reidentification of Qualified Electors
Status: in_force

Prior to the November general election of 1978, and any tenth year thereafter, the Board of Registrars of Coosa County is authorized and directed to commence reidentification of qualified electors of the county. The members of the board of registrars shall meet as provided by law at least once, and more often if necessary, and remain at each location at least one day from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm for the purpose of enabling qualified and registered voters to reidentify themselves. The board shall give at least 10 days’ notice, by advertisement in all newspapers of general circulation published in the county, stating the time, date, and place where they will meet. Upon failure to give such notice, or to appear as notified, after like notice, they shall fill new appointments. The board shall remain in session for 30 days. During such session the board shall visit each location on at least one day and the remainder of the time may be divided as the board of registrars deems necessary, to enable the qualified electors of the county to appear and reidentify themselves in the manner provided herein. No voter shall appear and reidentify himself or herself except as provided in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.55 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.55
Section 45-28A-42.55 Composition of Retirement Fund; Investment
Status: in_force

(a) The policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund shall consist of the following:

(1) All of the money, securities, and things of value belonging to any similar fund that may now or hereafter be maintained in the City of Gadsden.

(2) All monies or properties that may be given or donated to the fund by any persons, firm, association, or corporation for the uses and purposes for which the fund is created; and the board may take, by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, personal property, real estate, or any interest therein, or any right of property, for the benefit of the fund.

(3) All reward money paid to any member of the police and fire departments of the city shall be paid by the recipients of the same into the retirement fund promptly upon receipt of the same.

(4) All civil or criminal witness fees received by any member of the police and fire departments for attendance at or before any court or grand jury in Etowah County wherein the city employing them is located shall be paid into the retirement fund promptly upon the receipt of such fees by the recipients of the same.

(5) The city clerk of all cities to which this subpart applies shall pay into the fund all seizure fees collected by the city in cases involving violation of the prohibition laws since the 1st day of February 1946, and all such fees hereafter collected by the city.

(6) The proceeds from all those fees and charges provided for in Section 45-28A-42.54.

(b) The board of trustees of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund may, at any time, with the approval of the governing body of the city employing such policemen and firemen, after considering the probable demands upon such fund in the near future, determine what portion of such fund may be safely withdrawn for investment for revenue purposes, and having determined what portion thereof shall be so withdrawn for that purpose, the board of trustees shall then determine in what manner such investment shall be made, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered at length upon its records. Such investment shall only be by purchase of the interest bearing bonds, bills, or notes of the United States of America, or in any stock, security, investment, or deposit which is guaranteed by the United States Government or any of its instrumentalities; provided, however, the board may by majority vote elect to invest up to 60 percent of the total assets of the pension fund in such classes of bonds, mortgages, common and preferred stock, annuities and/or other investments as are allowed by the laws of Alabama to domestic life insurance companies, or by a majority vote of policemen and firemen up to 100 percent of the fund may be invested in any sound financial institution to include insurance companies or bank or trust companies. All income from such investments shall be and become a part of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees, and shall be subject to the management and control of the board of trustees of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund.
Ala. Code § 45-45A-31.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45A / Section 45-45A-31.28
Section 45-45A-31.28 Terms and Conditions
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(e) Regardless of whether the offender successfully completes the program or withdraws from or is terminated from the program, the offender shall be liable for and required to pay all court costs and fees, restitution, victim’s compensation fund assessment, and any and all other fees and assessments, in the same manner as if the offender had not applied for entry into the program and had been found guilty of the offense or offenses involved. No costs, fees, restitution, or assessments shall be waived or remitted, absent an express agreement to that effect between the city judge and the offender, without a finding by the city judge that the offender does not have the reasonable ability to pay the same within the reasonably foreseeable future.
Ala. Code § 45-2-42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-42
Section 45-2-42 Authority Created; Area of Operation
Status: in_force

There is created in Baldwin County the South Baldwin Regional Workforce Development Authority for the public purpose of fostering workforce development, community betterment, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and business innovation through collaboration between businesses, educational organizations, and local municipalities. The area of operation of the authority shall be in the portion of the county south of or adjacent to the road designated as Baldwin County Road 32 on April 14, 2022.
Ala. Code § 45-49-43.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-43.05
Section 45-49-43.05 License Requirements
Status: in_force

The license required by Section 45-49-43 shall contain the signature of the license commission and shall show the name, address, and photographs of the licensee, the date of issuance and length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number. The license shall be displayed at all times whenever the applicant conducts business.
Ala. Code § 45-5-80.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-80.30
Section 45-5-80.30 Civil and Criminal Cases; Service of Pleadings or Documents
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases, but excluding small claims cases, filed in the circuit court, district court, or any municipal court in Blount County, as well as an additional fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) for the service of a pleading or other document in connection with any action or case. These fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.

(b) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County to be used by the Blount County Commission for the operation, equipping, furnishing, and financing of a newly constructed county jail. The Blount County Commission may set and adjust by resolution the fees within the limits authorized by this section based on the needs associated with the county jail.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.14
Section 45-49-90.14 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

The corporation, all properties at any time owned by it and income therefrom of the corporation, all bonds issued by the corporation and the income therefrom, conveyances by or to the corporation, and leases and mortgages by or to the corporation shall be exempt from all taxation of the county or any municipality located therein. No county or municipal license or excise tax may be imposed on any corporation in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-35.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-35.28
Section 45-51A-35.28 Identifying Owner of Vehicle
Status: in_force

In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this subpart. If, however, a notice of violation is issued, to the degree constitutionally allowed, those issues related to the identity of the vehicle or its owner shall affect the weight to be accorded the evidence and shall not affect its admissibility.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.073 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.073
Section 45-2-244.073 Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-2-244.072 shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. All taxes levied in this subpart shall be paid to and collected by the county commission at the same time and along with the collection of the state sales tax. On or prior to the due dates of the tax herein levied each person subject to such tax shall file with the county commission a report or return in such form as may be prescribed by the county commission, setting 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 such sales and gross receipts of all such business transactions. Such report shall also include such other items of information pertinent to the tax and the amount thereof as the county commission may require.
Ala. Code § 45-39-92.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-92.08
Section 45-39-92.08 Exemption from Competitive Bid Law
Status: in_force

Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, or other similar laws, commonly referred to as the Alabama Bid Law or Competitive Bid Law, shall not apply to the authority, its directors, officers, agents, or employees, or in their capacities as such, who shall be expressly exempt from its application.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-242
Section 45-37A-242 Ad Valorem Tax Authorized
Status: in_force

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the ad valorem tax presently being levied in the City of Hoover, Alabama, pursuant to the general provisions of the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama from the rate of sixty-five cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in the city to the rate of two dollars and five cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in the city (an increase of one dollar and forty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property, or 14 mills) is approved; such additional 14 mill tax to be levied and collected for each year beginning with the levy for the tax year October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1990, (the tax for which year shall be due and payable October 1, 1990), and ending with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017, (the tax for which year shall be due and payable October 1, 2017), and to be used by the city Board of Education of the City of Hoover for public school purposes; provided, that the aforesaid increase rate of such tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the city, and voted for by a majority of those voting at a special election called and held in accordance with the law governing special elections.
Ala. Code § 45-37-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-232
Section 45-37-232 Office Continued
Status: in_force

(a) The office of Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, Alabama, is hereby continued. The duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and term of the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall remain the same as now provided by law.

(b) Whoever is serving in the office of Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, on September 30, 1988, shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which he or she was appointed. Subsequent appointments shall be made in the same manner as is now provided and eligibility for return to the civil service system as per Section 36-26-32.1 shall be continuing.

(c) The Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall receive all benefits that are received by civil service system employees and is to be compensated at a rate equal to three civil service system pay grades, 15 percent, higher than the total compensation received by the highest paid employee serving under the sheriff, except that the total compensation received by the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall be maintained at a rate equal to the total compensation received by the Chief Deputy Sheriff, Birmingham Division. Compensation for the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall be paid in equal biweekly installments out of the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-3-120.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-120.09
Section 45-3-120.09 Employment
Status: in_force

(a) All classified employees shall be hired from a list of job applicants who meet the job related qualifications for a vacancy. Other employees will be employed in accordance with procedures established by the Barbour County Commission.

(b) The judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, and the county commission as a collective body shall each be authorized to employ on a discretionary basis, one employee to serve as a principal assistant in that office. The persons so employed shall be unclassified employees and need not be hired from a list of applicants, but must meet the job qualifications for the position to which they are to be appointed. The county commission may authorize additional unclassified employees, but it is the intent of this article to keep the assistants to a minimum. If two or more elected offices are combined, the elected official shall have no more than one unclassified employee unless additional unclassified employees are approved by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.20
Section 45-29-90.20 Use of Public Roads
Status: in_force

The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4; and provided, further, that the authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions.
Ala. Code § 45-49-101.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-101.01
Section 45-49-101.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions and provisions shall apply to this part:

(1) BOARD. A county or city board of education, or the governing body of a school system located in Mobile County.

(2) COURT. A district court located in Mobile County if a school bus violation occurs in an unincorporated area, or a municipal court located in Mobile County if a violation occurs in an incorporated municipality.

(3) ELECTRONIC DEVICE. Any camera or recording device that uses a vehicle sensor and camera synchronized to automatically record by video, photograph, or full motion streaming video, a motor vehicle approaching or overtaking a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children in violation of Section 32-5A-154.

(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency of a local political subdivision or local governing body located in Mobile County, or a county or city school system located in Mobile County that is authorized to issue a citation for a violation of the state vehicle law or of local traffic laws or regulations.

(5) OWNER. The meaning ascribed to owner in Section 32-1-1.1, except that the term may not include a motor vehicle rental or leasing company when a motor vehicle registered by the company is being operated by another person under a rental or lease agreement with the company, in which event owner shall mean the person to whom the vehicle is rented or leased; nor shall the term include motor vehicles displaying a dealer license plate, in which event owner shall mean the person to whom the vehicle is assigned for use; nor shall the term include the owner of a vehicle that has been reported stolen to a law enforcement agency prior to the time of the violation, in which event owner shall mean the person who is found guilty of stealing the motor vehicle.

(6) SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION or VIOLATION. Any violation of Section 32-5A-154.
Ala. Code § 45-46-242.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-242.22
Section 45-46-242.22 Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this subpart shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue, or other entity as authorized by the county commission, at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected. On or prior to the date the tax is due, each person subject to the tax shall file with the department a report in the form prescribed by the department. The report shall set forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all the sales and gross receipts of all business transactions. The report shall also include items of information pertinent to the tax as the department may require. Any person subject to the tax levied by this subpart may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event the person defers reporting them, the person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the preceding month, and shall pay the tax due at the time of filing the report. All reports filed with the department under this section shall be available for inspection by the county commission, or its designee.
Ala. Code § 45-49-22.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-22.03
Section 45-49-22.03 Lawful Activities Upon Affirmative Vote
Status: in_force

If a majority of the voters voting in any election held pursuant to this subpart vote Yes, then, upon the proper certification and declaration of the results of the election, it shall be legal, on each Sunday during the two-hour period between 12 o’clock midnight of the preceding Saturday and two o’clock, a.m., and for the remainder of Sunday after 12 o’clock noon (but not between the hours of two o’clock, a.m., and 12 o’clock noon), in every part of Mobile County, including all municipalities or parts thereof located in the county, for properly licensed persons (as provided in the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, Chapter 3A, Title 28, or successor provisions of law) to do the following:

(1) Sell and dispense at retail alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in a lounge or bar.

(2) Sell and dispense at retail alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in a restaurant, hotel, dinner theater, convention center, or other establishment which provides meals to the public as one of its principal or commercial activities or which provides meals, entertainment, or meeting support services to the public or selected groups of people in connection with its various activities.

(3) Sell at retail any alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

(4) Sell beer and table wine at retail for on-premises and off-premises consumption.

(5) Sell alcoholic beverages at retail by retail common carrier with a passenger capacity of at least 10 people.

(6) Sell alcoholic beverages at retail under special license issued upon terms and conditions and for the period of time prescribed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(7) Sell alcoholic beverages at retail under a special event retail license issued upon terms and conditions prescribed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(8) Consume alcoholic beverages on the premises of any establishment licensed to sell and dispense alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. The enumeration in this subpart of any activity involving the sale, distribution, or consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday in Mobile County that becomes legal as a result of this subpart and any election held pursuant thereto shall not be construed to make unlawful any other activity that is lawful in Mobile County prior to July 30, 1991, including, without limitation thereto, the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages by properly licensed private clubs, as well as the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of such clubs, on Sunday without limitation as to time. Upon the authorization of the expanded sale, distribution, and consumption of alcoholic beverages in Mobile County on Sunday by an election held pursuant to this subpart, all persons holding licenses from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or successor licensing authority, or thereafter obtaining initial or renewal licenses, for activities involving the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages, whether for on-premises consumption or off-premises consumption, or both, shall retain the previously existing right to engage in such activities on Sunday during the two-hour period between midnight of the preceding Saturday and two o’clock, a.m., and shall have the further right to engage in such activities on Sunday after 12 o’clock noon without the filing of any new or supplemental application, the obtaining of any additional governmental permit or approval (whether state, county, or municipal), or the payment of any additional license fee, it being the express intention and purpose of this subpart that the increased conduct of such activities on Sunday as herein provided shall be fully authorized and covered by licenses generally applicable to days of the week other than Sunday.
Ala. Code § 45-10-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-110
Section 45-10-110 Prohibited Activities
Status: in_force

(a) Signs, markers, and advertising, pertaining to political campaigns, on the rights-of-way of state and county controlled highways are prohibited in Cherokee County except those official signs or markers placed thereon by the State Department of Transportation or by Cherokee County or under the authority of either governmental entity. No sign, marker, or political poster may be attached to any official sign or marker, placed by the Department of Transportation or by the county or on any utility pole or tree on the rights-of-way of a state or county highway.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be subject, at the discretion of the judge, to a fine in an amount of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and/or up to five days of community service. Any fines collected under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-11-235.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-235.04
Section 45-11-235.04 Claim of Property
Status: in_force

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasonable expenses incurred in the recovery of the property, its maintenance, storage, and a pro rata share of the costs, if any, of publication of notice of the sale of the property.
Ala. Code § 45-32-60.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-60.02
Section 45-32-60.02 Additional Expense Allowance; Compensation; Mileage Allowance; Equipment and Supplies; Health Insurance Benefits; Fee for Death Certificates
Status: in_force

(a) The Greene County Commission may provide the Coroner of Greene County with additional expense allowances and compensation or salary. The county commission may provide for any expense allowance granted to the coroner by this section or otherwise to convert to salary effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner. Any salary otherwise granted to the coroner shall be effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner. In addition, the coroner may receive any uniform increases in compensation granted to other local elected officials pursuant to Chapter 2A of Title 11, except that any increases in compensation during the term of the coroner shall be paid as an expense allowance and shall convert to salary effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner.

(b) The county commission may provide the coroner with a mileage allowance or travel allowance or the use of a county vehicle in the performance of the official duties of the coroner.

(c) The county commission may provide the coroner with equipment and supplies for the performance of the duties of the coroner.

(d) The county commission may authorize the coroner to participate in health insurance benefits in the same manner as county employees and may provide the coroner with a fee for each death certificate issued by the coroner.

(e) All compensation and allowances provided by this section shall be paid out of the General Fund of Greene County.

(f) Acceptance by the coroner of any allowances or other compensation or expenses provided pursuant to this section shall be in lieu of any expenses authorized to be received by the coroner pursuant to general law.
Ala. Code § 45-49-82.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-82.03
Section 45-49-82.03 Additional Court Costs - Mobile County Public Law Library
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any court costs currently provided by law in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Mobile County, there shall be levied in all cases filed in circuit and district courts an additional court cost fee of two dollars ($2). When collected by the clerk of the court, the fees shall be remitted monthly to the county treasurer to be expended on order of the presiding circuit judge for the operation of the Mobile County Public Law Library.

(b) This section shall not apply to the municipal courts in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in Mobile County.
Ala. Code § 45-23-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-171
Section 45-23-171 Individuals with Mental Illness Taken into Temporary Protective Custody
Status: in_force

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

(1) DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency within Dale County that is authorized by the sheriff to exercise the authority described in this section.

(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any state, county, or municipal officer certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.

(b)(1) Concurrently with Article 1 of Chapter 52 of Title 22, a law enforcement officer from a designated law enforcement agency may take an individual into protective custody when the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the individual is mentally ill and is an immediate danger to himself or herself or others.

(2)a. Upon placement of an individual under protective custody pursuant to subdivision (1), the law enforcement officer shall transport the individual to a hospital providing care and treatment to those with mental illnesses or other designated treatment facility for an evaluation and treatment.

b. If the individual does not consent to the transport, the officer may use reasonable force necessary to carry out the transport.

c. The individual shall be released from the hospital or designated treatment facility within 72 hours, exclusive of Saturday, Sunday, or any legal holiday, unless a judge of probate orders further inpatient or outpatient treatment for the individual as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 52 of Title 22.

d. Upon a determination by an attending physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant at a hospital licensed in this state that an individual transported to the hospital pursuant to this section is not mentally ill or a danger to self or others, the hospital shall promptly communicate this information to the appropriate law enforcement officer. The law enforcement officer shall coordinate the immediate release of the individual from the hospital and shall release the individual from protective custody unless the law enforcement officer has some legal cause for detaining the individual other than the individual’s mental condition. After the individual is released, and upon request of the individual, the law enforcement officer shall transport the individual to his or her residence or other place of abode if it is within the county.

(c) Protective custody by a law enforcement officer under this section shall not be considered an arrest for any purpose, and no entry or other record may be made to indicate that an individual subject to temporary protective custody by a law enforcement officer under this section has been detained or charged with any crime.

(d)(1) It is the policy of this state to encourage a law enforcement officer, hospital, physician, medical provider, or other designated treatment facility to act in the best interests of the state by detaining individuals who are mentally ill and a danger to themselves or others for evaluation and treatment. The state finds that these actions are necessary to protect the individuals and the public. These entities and individuals are acting in the name of the state and are acting as state agents, when acting pursuant to this section, in making determinations, detaining, releasing, admitting, discharging, or otherwise taking action under this section. When acting pursuant to this section, a law enforcement officer, hospital, physician, medical provider, or other designated treatment facility shall be afforded immunity under Section 36-1-12, as any other state employee or agent of the state.

(2) Nothing in this section shall modify, amend, repeal, or supersede any provision of Section 6-5-333, the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, commencing with Section 6-5-540, the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with Section 6-5-548, any amendment to any of these laws, or any judicial interpretation of these laws.
Ala. Code § 45-15-220 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-220
Section 45-15-220 Casting Light from Motor Vehicle for Hunting
Status: in_force

(a) In Cleburne County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, on any highway, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an apparent attempt or with intent to locate deer and/or other wildlife. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles.

(b) Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(c) This section shall not apply to the area of the Talladega National Forest located in Cleburne County.
Ala. Code § 45-37-60.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-60.05
Section 45-37-60.05 Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission - Creation; Powers
Status: in_force

There shall be established the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission, with the following powers:

(1) To consult with the county governing body on the selection, appointment, and retention of the coroner-medical examiner, and such associate coroner-medical examiners as may be necessary and appropriate to appoint.

(2) To obtain such opinions from the county attorney and Attorney General and to rely thereon as the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission may determine to be necessary to interpret any statutes that pertain to the operation of the coroner-medical examiner function.

(3) To promulgate rules and regulations governing the reviews and investigations of the coroner-medical examiners’ office including the conditions upon which such investigations shall be conducted.

(4) To receive all questions and inquiries concerning the operation of the coroner-medical examiners’ function which may be submitted by the coroner-medical examiner, the county governing body, elected or appointed officials, other public officials, private citizens, groups, and any others and to render such answers, statements, opinions, or interpretation thereto as the Coroner-Medical Examiners’ Commission may determine to be appropriate.

(5) To solicit and actively work toward full cooperation of all disciplines within the community and all departments of the county government that are associated with the coroner-medical examiner function.

(6) To assist the coroner-medical examiner when and where necessary in the education of the public and their representatives regarding the coroner-medical examiner function.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-50.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-50.11
Section 45-17A-50.11 Political Activities
Status: in_force

No individual shall use, or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to affect employment, promotion, pay, or other conditions of employment, either adversely or advantageously, with the city for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person or for any other consideration. No employee of the city shall be denied the right to participate in federal, state, county, and municipal activities, except as limited by federal or state law. A covered employee who is a candidate for municipal office in the City of Muscle Shoals shall take a leave of absence beginning on the day he or she files a statement of candidacy and continuing for as long as he or she is a candidate for the office.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.51 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.51
Section 45-28A-42.51 Creation
Status: in_force

There is hereby created, in connection with the regularly organized and paid police department and fire department of the City of Gadsden, a board of trustees of the policemen and firemen’s retirement fund. Such board shall be known and called the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden. The board of trustees shall be constituted and selected as hereinafter provided and directed; and in each city to which this subpart applies there is also created a policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund for the benefit of persons hereinafter named, to be derived and raised in the manner hereinafter provided. The Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement Fund of the City of Gadsden and the board of trustees of such fund shall, after this subpart becomes law, be governed by this subpart, and such fund shall be managed and controlled by a board of trustees conforming to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-47-244.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-244.29
Section 45-47-244.29 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the taxes herein levied shall be distributed each year as follows:

(1) The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest due on the bonds for hospital purposes or health facilities authorized to be issued by Amendment 75 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(2) Eight percent to the Marion County Health Department.

(3) Fifty percent to the municipalities of Marion County to be distributed on a population basis.

(4) The remainder to the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.109 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.109
Section 45-37-123.109 Participant Distribution Notice
Status: in_force

(a) The pension board shall during the 30 to 180 day period before making an eligible rollover distribution, provide a written explanation to the recipient:

(1) Of the provisions under which the recipient may have the distribution directly transferred to an eligible retirement plan and that the automatic distribution by direct transfer applies to certain distributions in accordance with § 401(a)(31)(B), Internal Revenue Code;

(2) Of the provision which requires the withholding of tax on the distribution if it is not directly transferred to an eligible retirement plan;

(3) Of the provisions under which the distribution shall not be subject to tax if transferred to an eligible retirement plan within 60 days after the date on which the recipient received the distribution;

(4) If applicable, of the provisions of §§ 402(d) and 402(e), Internal Revenue Code;

(5) Of the provisions under which distributions from the eligible retirement plan receiving the distribution may be subject to restrictions and tax consequences which are different from those applicable to distributions from the plan making such distribution; and

(6) A description of the consequences of failing to defer receipt of a distribution.

(b) For purposes of this subsection, the terms eligible rollover distribution and eligible retirement plan shall have the following meanings:

The term eligible rollover distribution has the same meaning as when used in § 402(c), § 403(a)(4), § 403(b)(8)(A), or § 457(e)(16)(A), Internal Revenue Code. Such term shall include any distribution to a designated beneficiary which would be treated as an eligible rollover distribution by reason of § 402(c)(11), Internal Revenue Code or § 403(a)(4)(B), § 403(b)(8)(B), or § 457(e)(16)(B), Internal Revenue Code if the requirements of § 402(c)(11), Internal Revenue Code, were satisfied.

(2) The term eligible retirement plan has the meaning given such term by § 402(c)(8)(B), Internal Revenue Code.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-54.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-54.34
Section 45-37A-54.34 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The district shall have the power to do any of the following:

(1) Sue and be sued in its own name.

(2) Plan, acquire, own, construct, operate, and maintain an enclosed and covered stadium for use as coliseums, sports arenas, sports pavilions, exposition sites, field houses, or other buildings or structures for holding sports events, athletic contests, contests of skill, exhibitions, spectacles, and other public meetings, and pertinent indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, recreation centers, playing fields, courts, gymnasiums, club houses, parking facilities and areas, other suitable concessions appertaining thereto, related buildings, and all facilities and properties incidental and necessary to a complex suitable for any or all types of sports and recreation, on, above, and below the ground, appurtenances, incidentals, and all types of property therefor, real or personal, or both real and personal, including servitudes and rights-of-way, or any combination.

(3) Acquire by purchase or lease the land and any other property that may be necessary and appropriate to the execution of the purposes of the district.

(4) Enter into contracts for the use of the facilities or any portion of the facilities pursuant to subdivision (2), with any person or corporation, public or private, with the State of Alabama or any of its various agencies, or with any political subdivision of the state or with any combination thereof, for events or programs or series of events or programs, including, but not by way of limitation, series of football or other athletic games, or events, extending over such term deemed appropriate by the district.

(5) Execute leases to the state, its agencies, or subdivisions for a term not exceeding 40 years at a fixed rental, or for a term not exceeding 99 years provided the latter leases shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of 40 years.

(6) Erect and construct improvements.

(7) Collect admissions, tolls, rentals, and any and all other charges and fees.

(8) Collect fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of the facilities of the district.
Ala. Code § 45-2-233 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-233
Section 45-2-233 Liability of Sheriff
Status: in_force

The Sheriff of Baldwin County shall not be liable for the acts of his or her deputies unless he or she participates in such acts or the same are done in compliance with his or her orders or with his or her knowledge and consent; provided, however, the sheriff and the sureties on his or her bond shall be liable for the misappropriation of money collected by any deputy sheriff under color of his or her office or in the course of his or her employment.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.05
Section 45-51A-33.05 Conduct, Canvassing, and Declaration of Result of Election
Status: in_force

The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to other city elections in such city, and only qualified electors of such city shall vote thereat. If the majority of the votes shall be yes or in favor of such proposition, the provisions of this part shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the election commission or other canvassing board or official shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, to the judge of probate of the county, and to the chief executive officer of the city, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted by such city. If at any such election no proposition received a majority of all votes cast at such election then a second election shall be held on the same day two weeks later at which election only the two propositions receiving the highest number of votes at the first election shall be placed on the ballot. Such second election shall be conducted, the votes canvassed, the result declared, and certificates transmitted as provided herein for the first election.
Ala. Code § 45-54-81.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-81.02
Section 45-54-81.02 Solicitor’s Fee; Collection and Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

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

(b) The solicitor’s fee shall be collected as prescribed in subsection (a) in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest, or in any other case where court costs are assessed, whether a defendant is adjudged guilty or not. The solicitor’s fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The solicitor’s fee shall not be waived or remitted unless all other costs and charges of court are waived.

(c) The solicitor’s fee may be expended, as the district attorney sees fit, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.07
Section 45-29-90.07 Acquisition of Property
Status: in_force

The authority may acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, that the board deems necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers or functions; provided, that acquisition by condemnation shall be limited to lands, rights in land, including leaseholds and easements, and water rights in the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area that the board determines to be necessary to the control and optimum development of the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, including such lands adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of water control reservoirs as the board determines to be necessary to assure full development and optimum use of such reservoirs for the purposes of, water conservation and supply, flood control, irrigation, navigation, industrial development, public recreation, and related purposes. The amount and character of the interest in land, rights in land, and water rights to be acquired in such area shall be determined by the board of directors, and its determination shall be conclusive. The authority’s power of eminent domain may be exercised under Title 18, or pursuant to any other general statutory provisions hereafter enacted for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The authority is expressly authorized to acquire by condemnation or otherwise and hold for resale or lease to private or other industrial organizations land or interests in land within the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area that it determines to be suitable for industrial or recreational uses, or both, and such acquisition is hereby declared to be for the public purpose of the state’s industrial or recreational development, or both, and for the increase of industrial employment opportunities. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the acquisition by eminent domain of any real property or rights owned or controlled by railroads or utilities, both public or private.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.64 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.64
Section 45-8A-22.64 Trustee; Exclusive Management and Control of Fund; Pensions and Benefits
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.11
Section 45-49-90.11 Earnings of the Corporation
Status: in_force

The corporation shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation; except, that in the event the board of directors of the corporation shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of expenses, bonds, and other obligations of the corporation, then any net earnings of the corporation thereafter accruing shall be disposed of in accordance with the articles of incorporation.
Ala. Code § 45-33-243.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-243.06
Section 45-33-243.06 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

The Hale County Treasurer shall deposit the net proceeds of the tax levied and collected pursuant to this part during the preceding month to the account of the county road and bridge fund.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-12
Section 45-39A-12 Board of Education - Creation; Composition
Status: in_force

If the majority of electors voting vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City of Florence shall be established. The board shall be called the Florence City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of six members, with one member being elected from each of the six city council districts by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in the district.
Ala. Code § 45-31-233 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-233
Section 45-31-233 Receipt of Badge, Pistol, Etc., Upon Retirement
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer employed by the Geneva County Sheriff’s Office for 10 years or more who retires from the office in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the office.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-34
Section 45-52A-34 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purposes of this part are to provide for the establishment of a historic preservation commission and architectural review board, and to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the City of Decatur, in Morgan County, Alabama, through the preservation and protection of buildings, sites, structures, areas, and districts of historic significance and interest; through the preservation and enhancement of the national, state, and local historic, architectural, archaeological, and aesthetic heritage found in Decatur’s historic and aesthetic attraction to tourists and visitors.
Ala. Code § 45-37-11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-11
Section 45-37-11 Boundary Between Jefferson and Shelby Counties
Status: in_force

The boundary lines between Shelby and Jefferson Counties are hereby altered so that the following described property shall be detached from Shelby County and added to Jefferson County; to wit: A parcel of land 60 feet in width in the west half of southwest quarter of Section 9 the parcel of land being 30 feet wide on each side of the following described center line; Begin at Point R as located in the description of Parcel 4 as recorded in Deed Book 243, Page 94, Probate Office, Shelby County, Alabama; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line perpendicular to the center line of Parcel 4 at Point R 30 feet to the point of beginning of center line of Parcel 5; thence continuing in a northwesterly direction along the straight line 140.39 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, the arc turning to the right, having a radius of 287.94 feet and being subtended by a central angle of 37 degrees and 49 minutes; thence northwesterly along the arc 189.08 feet; thence northwesterly along a straight line tangent to the arc 101.15 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, the arc turning to the left, having a radius of 521.67 feet and being subtended by a central angle of 22 degrees and 05 minutes; thence northwesterly along the arc 200.75 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line tangent to the arc 269 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, said arc turning to the left, having a radius of 359.27 feet, and being subtended by a central angle of 32 degrees and 46 minutes; thence northwesterly along the arc 204.79 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line tangent to the arc 1.73 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, the arc turning to the right, having a radius of 955.37 feet and being subtended by a central angle of 18 degrees and 12 minutes; thence northwesterly along the arc 303.33 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line tangent to the arc 59.59 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, the arc turning to the right, having a radius of 287.94 feet and being subtended by a central angle of 41 degrees and 55 minutes and 30 seconds; thence northwesterly along the arc 209.68 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line tangent to the arc 216.83 feet to the point of beginning of the arc of a curve tangent to the straight line, the arc turning to the left, having a radius of 410.28 feet and being subtended by a central angle of 30 degrees and 29 minutes and 30 seconds; thence northwesterly along the arc 217.80 feet; thence in a northwesterly direction along a straight line tangent to the arc 132.47 feet to intersection with the west boundary of the southwest quarter of Section 9 at a point 53.1 feet south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter, the

west boundary forming an angle of 34 degrees and 10 minutes to the right from the straight line, the west boundary being a boundary of Parcel 5 and the intersection being the terminus of center line of Parcel 5.
Ala. Code § 45-49-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-81
Section 45-49-81 Supplemental Salary - Circuit or District Court
Status: in_force

In addition to the salaries paid to the bailiffs serving in the Circuit or District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit by the state, there may also be paid to each of the bailiffs a supplemental salary not to exceed the sum equal to 40 percent of the salary paid to each of the bailiffs by the state. At the discretion of the Mobile County Commission, the supplemental salary shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in equal installments at the same time and in the same manner that the salaries of other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-71
Section 45-28A-71 Compensation of Chair and Board Members
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established a monthly compensation schedule for the chair and two board members of the Rainbow City Gas, Water, and Sewer Board in Etowah County, to be paid as follows: The chair of the board shall receive three hundred dollars ($300) per month; the two board members shall receive one hundred fifty dollars ($150), each, per month.

(b) The Chair of the Rainbow City Utilities Board shall be entitled to additional compensation in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The board members of the Rainbow City Utilities Board shall be entitled to additional compensation in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.190 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.190
Section 45-37A-51.190 Participants’ Contributions
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Effective on and after April 12, 2006, through June 30, 2021, each participant shall contribute to the cost of the system, and the city shall deduct from the participant’s pay, an amount equal to not less than six percent nor more than seven percent of actual monthly salary.

(2) Regardless of the initial participation date or hire date of any participant, and notwithstanding subdivision (1), effective on and after July 1, 2021, each participant shall contribute to the cost of the system, and the city shall deduct from the pay of each participant, an amount equal to seven and one-half percent of actual monthly salary.

(b) Should the city through error, inadvertence, or otherwise, neglect to make proper deduction for the fund from the salary of any employee member for any payroll period, the employee member shall be liable to the fund for the amount or amounts that should have been deducted and shall pay that amount to the custodian on demand.

(c) Notwithstanding this section, participants who are employees of the Jefferson County Department of Health shall contribute six percent to seven percent of actual pay to the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-31-140 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-140
Section 45-31-140 Failure to Identify Property
Status: in_force

Any person residing in or owning property in an unincorporated area of Geneva County who fails to identify his or her property pursuant to the regulations or requirements of the board of commissioners of the communications district created pursuant to Chapter 98 of Title 11 shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25).
Ala. Code § 45-21-84.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-84.09
Section 45-21-84.09 Construction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this subpart shall be construed to increase the taxes and fees of motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 45-51-84.48 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-84.48
Section 45-51-84.48 Transfer of Funds; Operation of Indexing and Recording System
Status: in_force

All funds held on June 1, 2012, in a special account in the county treasury for the operation of an improved indexing and recording system in the office of the judge of probate pursuant to Act 591 of the 1965 Regular Session (Acts 1965, p. 1104), as amended, shall be transferred to the special fund of the judge of probate established pursuant to this subpart and expended for the purposes of this subpart as provided in this subpart. The indexing and recording system in the office of the judge of probate on June 1, 2012, shall continue to be operational subject to any changes authorized pursuant to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-83.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-83.07
Section 45-17A-83.07 Report of Board to City Council
Status: in_force

Within 60 days after the expiration of its fiscal year, the board shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the city council. Each report shall include an operating and financial statement covering operations of the utility systems during such fiscal year. The board report shall address the physical condition of the properties and systems under its management and any other matters of public interest applicable to the board and requested by the city council.
Ala. Code § 45-45-83.49 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-83.49
Section 45-45-83.49 Program Administration
Status: in_force

All fees paid by offenders as heretofore set out shall be paid to the District Attorney of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Intervention Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds to pay costs associated with the administration of the PTIP or for other law enforcement purposes. Costs associated with program administration shall include, but shall not be limited to, salaries, rent, vehicles, telephones, postage, office supplies and equipment, training and travel services, service contracts, and professional services. The district attorney, in his or her discretion, may pay for services or programs for an offender while the offender is in the PTIP if special circumstances and justice dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.98 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.98
Section 45-51A-33.98 Departmental Divisions
Status: in_force

The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the mayor among specific divisions thereof, the mayor may establish temporary divisions.
Ala. Code § 45-53-200 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-200
Section 45-53-200 License Issuance Fees Authorized - Motor Vehicles and Tractor Trailers; Watercraft Decals
Status: in_force

(a) The County commission of Perry County, in addition to all other charges, costs, taxes, or fees levied on the issuance of licenses on all motor vehicles, and tractor trailers of any nature, may levy a fee of up to ten dollars ($10) per license plate. The county commission may also levy a user fee of up to five dollars ($5) on each license decal issued for all watercraft of not more than 16 feet in length, and a user fee of up to ten dollars ($10) for any watercraft more than 16 feet in length. The vehicle and watercraft license may be levied beginning September 1, 1997, and shall apply to any vehicle or watercraft subject to registration, or transfer of ownership.

(b) If the county commission imposes a fee authorized by this section, the authority shall be exercised in the following manner: A proposed resolution shall be advertised for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Perry County. The resolution shall then be introduced at a regularly scheduled meeting. Should the advertised resolution require amendment, it cannot be approved at the same scheduled meeting at which it is amended, but must be enacted at a subsequent meeting.

(c) All funds received from the fees authorized by this section shall be placed in a special fund in the county treasury to be called the debt reduction fund. All funds deposited in the debt reduction fund shall be used to reduce any general fund debt of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-29-120.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-120.02
Section 45-29-120.02 Exceptions
Status: in_force

This article shall apply to all law enforcement officials and employees in the service of the county or any board, agency, or instrumentality thereof except:

(1) Persons holding elective offices.

(2) Member of appointive boards, commissions, and committees.

(3) Persons whose employment is subject to the approval of the United States government or any agency thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-24-20.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-20.02
Section 45-24-20.02 Levy of Tax; Disposition of Funds; Collection; Records
Status: in_force

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

(b) For purposes of this section, the term liquor shall have the same meaning as ascribed to the term in subdivision (15) of Section 28-3-1.

(c)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law and pursuant to Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, there is imposed, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a five percent sales tax on liquor sold by entities licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(2) The proceeds of all sales that are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this section.

(d) All amounts collected within Dallas County pursuant to this section shall be allocated as follows:

(1) Twenty-five percent to the district attorney for Dallas County.

(2) Seventy-five percent to the Dallas County Drug Court.

(e) The taxes levied by this section, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable to the Director of Revenue or any other county officer or employee charged with the duty of collecting county licenses or privilege taxes, on or before the last day of each month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the last day of each month after the ratification date of the taxes, every person upon whom the tax is levied by this section shall render to the director on a form prescribed by him or her, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of the business subject to the tax for the then preceding month, together with such other information as the director may demand and require. When making the monthly report the taxpayer shall compute and pay to the director the amount of taxes shown to be due; provided, however, any person subject to the tax who conducts any business on a credit basis may defer reporting and paying the tax until after the person has received payment for the items, articles, or accommodations furnished. In the event the taxpayer so defers reporting and paying any 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. Every person engaged or continuing in any business subject to the taxes levied by this section shall keep and preserve suitable records of the gross proceeds of the business and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he or she is liable. The records shall be kept and preserved for a period of five years and shall be open for examination at any time by the director or by any duly authorized agent, deputy, or employees of the director. Any 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 delinquent penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax due, together with interest thereon at the rate of one-half of one percent per month or fraction thereof from the date on which the tax became due and payable, to be assessed and collected as a part of the tax. The director may waive or remit the penalty or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-15-241.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-241.05
Section 45-15-241.05 Severability
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in a manner to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. If a provision of this part is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provision of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-49-22.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-22.01
Section 45-49-22.01 Subsequent Elections
Status: in_force

Regardless of the result of the initial election mandated by Section 45-49-22, or the result of any subsequent election held pursuant to the following provisions of this section, any number of subsequent elections may be called and held to authorize or prohibit the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in Mobile County on Sundays after 12 o’clock noon as and to the extent permitted by this subpart. An election on this question may be called by the Mobile County Commission acting on its own volition through the adoption of a resolution receiving the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the commission. In addition, an election on this question shall be called by the Mobile County Commission if there shall be filed with the commission, at any time after the last election held pursuant to this subpart, appropriately certified copies of resolutions requesting such an election that have been adopted by the governing bodies (in accordance with usually applicable law and procedure necessary for the adoption of an effective resolution) of one or more municipalities whose aggregate population residing in Mobile County equals or exceeds 100,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal census for each of such municipalities. The question presented to the voters in any election held pursuant to this section shall be in substantially the same form as the question to be stated on the ballots used in the initial election mandated by Section 45-49-22. Any election held pursuant to this section shall be held at the next primary or general election which shall be conducted among all the voters of Mobile County. An interval of at least 12 calendar months shall be required between any successive elections held pursuant to this subpart on the question of permitting the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. No subsequent election shall be held pursuant to this subpart within a period of three years after the next preceding election held pursuant to this subpart if the prevailing majority in such preceding election, whether voting Yes or No, constituted more than 55 percent of the total number of votes cast in such election.
Ala. Code § 45-1-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-232
Section 45-1-232 Operation of Jail Store; Inmate Telephone Service; Sheriff’s Jail Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Autauga County is hereby authorized to operate a jail store and contract telephone installation for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population.

(b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Autauga County or his or her appointed agent in any bank located in Autauga County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Jail Fund.

(c) The Sheriff’s Jail Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Autauga County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit.

(d) Any and all monies collected as outlined in subsection (a) prior to May 21, 1996, shall be transferred into the Sheriff’s Jail Fund created by this section.

(e) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Jail Fund as provided in this section and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.

(f) The state Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to audit said monies annually and submit a copy of said audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.
Ala. Code § 45-1-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-81
Section 45-1-81 License Division Created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the judge of probate’s office of Autauga County license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the judge of probate’s office, except marriage licenses. 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 judge of probate as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The judge of probate shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and to fix their compensation; however, the number and compensation of such clerks and other assistants shall be subject to the approval of the county commission. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-14-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-60
Section 45-14-60 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

In Clay County, the coroner shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, to be paid monthly out of the general fund of the county. The expense allowance provided in this section shall be in addition to the payment of the actual and necessary expenses of the coroner for the operation of the office. The expenses shall be paid and supplies requisitioned in the same manner as other county officers.
Ala. Code § 45-41-130.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-130.04
Section 45-41-130.04 Wage or Salary Scale
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county 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, highways, bridges, and ferries; and the wage or salary scale shall not be exceeded by the engineer for labor or assistants.
Ala. Code § 45-45-83.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-83.42
Section 45-45-83.42 Standards of Eligibility
Status: in_force

(a) Intervention shall be appropriate where:

(1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the alleged offense was committed.

(2) There is a likelihood justice will be served if the offender is placed in an intervention program.

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

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

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

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

(b) The district attorney may waive any of the foregoing where justice or special circumstances dictate.
Ala. Code § 45-39-81.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-81.04
Section 45-39-81.04 Additional Court Costs - Certain Circuit, District, and Municipal Court Cases
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, additional court costs shall be charged and collected in each case as provided below by the clerk of the circuit court and district court of the county or by the clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Florence according to one of the following amounts as appropriate:

(1) In all misdemeanor drug or drug paraphernalia cases .......$25

(2) In all felony drug cases ....................................................$50

(3) In all other criminal cases not to include traffic cases ......$25

(b) All amounts collected, including the amounts collected by the clerk of a court, shall be remitted monthly to the Chief Accountant of the City of Florence General Fund Accounting Office to be deposited into the general operating fund of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force to be used solely to support drug enforcement efforts of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force.
Ala. Code § 45-45-173.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-173.04
Section 45-45-173.04 Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall be enforced by the Madison County Commission.

(b) The Madison County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Madison County Commission in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this part. In any action, the Circuit Court of Madison County is authorized to assess all costs of abating the public nuisance declared by this part, including attorney’s fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.12
Section 45-35A-54.12 Meetings of Board - Open to Public
Status: in_force

All meetings of the board at which any person not a city officer is present shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 45-53-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-80
Section 45-53-80 Additional Fee on Certain Civil and Criminal Cases for Construction of County Jail
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Perry County, excluding all municipal courts, the Perry County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases, but excluding small claims cases, filed in the circuit court or district court in Perry County. The fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived.

(b) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Perry County to be used by the Perry County Commission for the construction of a new county jail. The Perry County Commission may set and adjust by resolution the fees within the limits authorized by this section based on the needs associated with constructing a new county jail.
Ala. Code § 45-47-233.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-233.01
Section 45-47-233.01 Service of Process Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Marion County Service of Process Fund is created in the county treasury. The county commission shall keep an account of all transactions associated with the fund for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts at the same time as the commission’s other accounts are audited.

(b) The Sheriff of Marion County may contract with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process for any document other than a warrant for arrest.

(c)(1) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Marion County shall collect a service of process fee of fifty dollars ($50) per case for each party requiring personal service of process by the sheriff, which shall be paid into the fund.

(2) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Marion County shall collect a service of process fee of fifty dollars ($50) per case for each party requiring personal service of process by the sheriff, which shall be paid into the fund.

(d) The Marion County Commission may use the monies generated by this section at its discretion for any lawful purpose.

(e) The monies generated by this section shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income for the county or any subdivision of the county.

(f) The district attorney and grand juries shall be exempt from payment of the fees provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-10-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-60.01
Section 45-10-60.01 Additional Expense Allowance; Increase of Salary
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-210 EFFECTIVE BEGINNING THE NEXT TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTY CORONER. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.

(a)(1) Commencing June 1, 1993, the Coroner of Cherokee County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable from the general fund of the county.

(2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent coroner, the annual salary for the Coroner of Cherokee County shall be increased by two hundred dollars ($200) per month payable from the general fund of the county and at that time subdivision (1) shall become null and void.

(b)(1) Commencing October 1, 1999, the Coroner of Cherokee County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance of four hundred dollars ($400) per month, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable from the general fund of the county. The amount of this expense allowance shall be reduced by an amount equal to any other expense allowance or salary increase granted the Coroner of Cherokee County, after October 1, 1999.

(2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent coroner, the salary for the coroner shall be increased by four hundred dollars ($400) per month, payable from the general fund of the county and at that time subdivision (1) shall become null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-6-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-20
Section 45-6-20 Permits
Status: in_force

The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may in its discretion grant permits to licensed clubs and retailers to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages in Bullock County, any provision of this code to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ala. Code § 45-27-244.32 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-244.32
Section 45-27-244.32 Office Space, Equipment, Personnel
Status: in_force

The Escambia County Commission shall furnish suitable quarters or additional space if any be necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the tax collector, and shall provide for the transfer of all necessary forms, books, records, and supplies from the offices of the judge of probate or the tax assessor to the office of the tax collector as shall be pertinent to the transference of the duties and shall thereafter provide the stationery, forms, and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance, the Comptroller, and the State Department of Revenue. The judge of probate shall transfer a total of four clerks of the total number allowed to be appointed to his or her office pursuant to Sections 45-27-83 and 45-27-83.01; and the tax assessor and the tax collector shall each transfer a total of two clerks of the total number allowed to be appointed to his or her office pursuant to Section 45-27-242.20; to the tax collector for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of the office at the same rate of compensation subject to the approval of the commission. The compensation shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-56-231.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-231.02
Section 45-56-231.02 Record of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Distribution
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, and the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm. Firearm as used in this part 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 in this state 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 Randolph County.

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

(e) Any firearm held by the sheriff on April 1, 2014, shall be subject to this section, but shall be held for at least six months after April 1, 2014.
Ala. Code § 45-22-130.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-130.09
Section 45-22-130.09 Requisitions to Be Made by County Engineer
Status: in_force

The county engineer is the person authorized to make written requisitions upon the county governing body of Cullman County, or its duly designated purchasing agent, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and ferries in Cullman County.
Ala. Code § 45-35-150.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-150.01
Section 45-35-150.01 Bingo Games - Authorized
Status: in_force

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by qualified organizations or qualified clubs for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Houston County subject to this article or ordinance or resolution of the Houston County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102.34
Section 45-49-102.34 Professional Development
Status: in_force

The school board shall provide professional development activities to assist schools in implementing school-based decision making.
Ala. Code § 45-2A-30.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2A / Section 45-2A-30.04
Section 45-2A-30.04 Application of Certain State Statutes
Status: in_force

All other statutes and parts of statutes of the State of Alabama applying to all municipalities in the state, and to municipalities over 12,000 inhabitants, governing the incorporation, organization, and operation of cities that are not in conflict with Sections 45-2A-30 to 45-2A-30.03, inclusive, shall apply to the City of Daphne and those areas annexed under Act 88-615.
Ala. Code § 45-30A-50.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30A / Section 45-30A-50.23
Section 45-30A-50.23 Exclusion of Certain Employees
Status: in_force

The following employees are excluded from this part: Employees of the gas board, water supply board, water and sewer board, janitors, and all employees of the electric department, except the supervisor of the department.
Ala. Code § 45-19-110.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-110.09
Section 45-19-110.09 Penalties for Falsified Reidentification
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the board of registrars, or any duly authorized person, in reidentifying himself or herself as a qualified elector in the manner provided herein shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
Ala. Code § 45-36-80.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-80.04
Section 45-36-80.04 Additional Court Cost in Domestic Violence Cases
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall be levied and assessed by the clerk of the court a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in the following domestic violence cases:

(1) Any case in which the defendant is assessed court costs for any of the following offenses:

a. Domestic violence in the first degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-130.

b. Domestic violence in the second degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-131.

c. Domestic violence in the third degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-132.

d. Domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation pursuant to Section 13A-6-138.

e. Violation of a protective order pursuant to Section 13A-6-142.

(2) Any case in which the judge has issued a final order on a petition for protection from abuse pursuant to Sections 30-5-1 to 30-5-11.

(b) The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs. The clerk of the municipal court shall remit the proceeds to the circuit clerk monthly, and the circuit court shall remit all of the proceeds collected or received by the clerk quarterly to the Jackson County Commission or, in the case of court costs collected by the municipal court, to the governing body of the municipality. The court costs shall be disbursed by the county commission or governing body of the municipality to Crisis Services of Jackson County to be used to provide services to victims of domestic violence in Jackson County.
Ala. Code § 45-10-170.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-170.20
Section 45-10-170.20 Creation; Composition; Powers; Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “decentralized wastewater system” is defined as a system for collection, treatment, and dispersal or reuse of wastewater from clusters of homes and businesses near the point of origin of wastewater generation, in which solids, greases, and oils are collected in an interceptor tank.

(b)(1) There is created the Cherokee County Decentralized Wastewater System Authority to oversee the construction, maintenance, and operation of decentralized wastewater systems in Cherokee County. The jurisdiction of the authority shall include the unincorporated areas of Cherokee County. Any municipality in Cherokee County may elect to come under the jurisdiction of the Decentralized Wastewater Authority upon the adoption of a resolution and, once under the jurisdiction, may remove itself from the jurisdiction of the authority upon the adoption of a resolution.

(2) The authority shall consist of three members appointed by the Cherokee County Commission. The members of the authority shall serve for six-year terms except that the initial appointees shall serve staggered terms of two, four, and six years, respectively, as determined by the drawing of lots.

(3) The members of the authority and the technical advisory committee established pursuant to subsection (d) shall serve without compensation except that they shall be reimbursed by the county commission for actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties.

(c)(1) The authority shall have the power to regulate the construction, operation, and maintenance of decentralized wastewater systems in the county including the establishment of rates for services of publicly or privately owned decentralized wastewater systems. The authority shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.

(2) The authority, with the assistance and guidance of the technical advisory committee established pursuant to subsection (d), shall adopt operation and management policies for decentralized wastewater service providers. The authority shall require all decentralized wastewater service providers to obtain a permit from the authority for the construction and operation of a decentralized wastewater system. The authority shall set permit fees required of decentralized wastewater system providers with the approval of the county commission.

(3) The authority may contract with the Public Service Commission for technical assistance relating to the establishment of rates for services and may also contract for technical expertise and services relating to the construction, maintenance, and operation of decentralized wastewater facilities and lines.

(4) The county health department shall assist the authority in the enforcement of this section.

(d) There is created the Cherokee County Decentralized Wastewater Technical Advisory Committee which shall develop engineering and construction standards for decentralized wastewater facilities and sewer lines in the unincorporated areas of Cherokee County for use by the Cherokee County Wastewater Systems Authority. The committee shall be appointed by the administrator of the county health department.

(e) The Cherokee County Commission is authorized to levy a fee upon decentralized wastewater system providers of up to four percent of the gross receipts of the system provider. The fees collected shall be deposited into the county general fund and shall be used for the county health department and the Cherokee County Decentralized Wastewater Systems Authority.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102
Section 45-49-102 Minimum Age Requirements
Status: in_force

A child who is five years of age on or before October 1 shall be entitled to admission to the Mobile County public kindergartens at the opening of such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter; a child who is under five years of age on October 1 shall not be entitled to admission to such schools during that school year; except that, an underage child who transfers from the public kindergarten of a school in another state may be admitted to school on the prior approval of the Mobile County Board of Education. The aforementioned underage children transferring from the public kindergartens of another state, upon successful completion of the kindergarten in Mobile County public schools, shall then be allowed admission to the first grade of the Mobile County public schools.
Ala. Code § 45-53-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-230
Section 45-53-230 Salary; Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any sheriff taking office after September 1, 2011, shall receive an annual salary of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(2) Any sheriff taking office after September 1, 2011, shall receive an expense allowance up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as determined by the Perry County Commission.

(3) The salary and expense allowance provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of any other salary or expense allowance for the sheriff.

(b)(1) Any sheriff serving for 30 or more years on September 1, 2011, shall receive an expense allowance so that the expense allowance and annual salary of the sheriff shall equal seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(2) Effective upon the adoption of a constitutional amendment relating to the sheriff’s compensation in Perry County, any sheriff serving for 30 or more years on that date shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county, and subdivision (1) shall terminate.

(3) Subdivision (1) and (2), if not terminated as provided above, shall terminate when any new sheriff takes office after September 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 45-26-245.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-245.01
Section 45-26-245.01 Severance Tax Levied
Status: in_force

There is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise and privilege tax on every person severing clay, sand, and gravel within Elmore County. The tax shall be paid to the Department of Revenue at the rate of one cent ($.01) per ton by every producer who severs clay, sand, and gravel within Elmore County.
Ala. Code § 45-46-70.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-70.18
Section 45-46-70.18 Annual Report
Status: in_force

The board of revenue shall, on to wit: October 1st of each year make a publication in a newspaper published in Marengo County, a report showing the receipts and expenditures for the county, the sources from which received and the purposes for which expended, but the publication need not be an itemized report of such receipts and expenditures or either. The publication shall also show the entire indebtedness of the county, of whatever kind and character specifying particularly the amount of bonds outstanding, their character, and when due; the amount of the outstanding warrants of the county, whether interest bearing or not, and if interest bearing, the rate of interest, for the warrants, when issued and when due and payable.
Ala. Code § 45-42-164 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-164
Section 45-42-164 Classification and Regulation of Public and Nonpublic Forums; Permits and Fees
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM. Public property that is not by tradition a forum for expressive activity, which a municipality has opened, temporarily or otherwise, for use by the general public as a place for expressive activity.

(2) EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY. All forms of non-commercial expression that are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, including peaceful assemblies, speeches, protests, picketing, leafleting, circulating petitions, distributing literature, and similar expressive communications and activities.

(3) LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM. A designated public forum that is limited for use by certain types of groups or for discussion of certain subjects, or limited in another manner, but not limited based on viewpoint.

(4) MUNICIPALITY. A municipality that is located wholly or partially within Limestone County.

(5) NONPUBLIC FORUM. Public property that is not by tradition or designation a forum for public communication.

(6) PUBLIC FORUM. A place which by tradition or by government designation has been devoted to expressive activity. The term includes, but is not limited to, public streets, parks, and sidewalks.

(b)(1) A municipality, by ordinance, may classify the territory within its corporate limits into public or nonpublic forums and, from time to time, may rearrange or alter the division of the public and nonpublic forums as necessary.

(2) Each municipality, from time to time, may classify territory, which would otherwise be classified as a nonpublic forum, as a designated public forum or limited public forum; provided, restrictions on speech within the designated area shall be reasonable and viewpoint-neutral.

(c) Within a public forum, a municipality may enforce reasonable regulations that apply to all speech which are content-neutral with regard to time, place, and manner of expression.

(d) Territory within a municipality that is classified as a nonpublic forum may not be used by the general public as a forum for expressive activity except as provided in subdivision (b)(2).

(e) A municipality may require a person to obtain a permit for the use of a public forum under any of the following conditions:

(1) The use of the forum will require blocking traffic or the closure of a public street.

(2) The use of the forum will require the use of a sound amplifying device.

(3) The use of the forum will involve more than a certain number of individuals participating, as established by the municipality by ordinance.

(4) The use of the forum will create other traffic control or public safety issues requiring the presence of law enforcement officers or other municipal officials.

(f) A municipality may require an applicant for a permit issued under subsection (e) to pay an application fee. The application fee may consist of any or all of the following:

(1) A security deposit for the actual cost of clean up.

(2) A charge to cover the actual cost of the use of law enforcement officers.

(3) A charge to cover any other actual administrative cost incurred by the municipality.
Ala. Code § 45-8-81.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-81.04
Section 45-8-81.04 Additional Court Costs in Domestic Violence Cases, Drug Possession Cases, and Traffic Cases
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Calhoun County in the 7th Judicial Circuit, there shall be levied and assessed the following court costs:

(1) Forty dollars ($40) in all domestic violence cases, violation of protection from abuse cases, stalking cases, or any other case which is determined by the judge to be a domestic violence case.

(2) Forty dollars ($40) in all drug possession cases, to include possession of controlled substances, attempt to commit a controlled substance crime distribution of controlled substances, possession of marijuana first and second degree, trafficking of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia, or any other case which is determined by the judge to be a drug possession case.

(3) Twelve dollars ($12) in all traffic cases.

(b) Unless remitted by the court, upon the conviction or dismissal, the clerk of the court in which the case originates shall collect the court costs. The clerk shall retain two dollars ($2) in each of the court costs listed above as an administrative cost. The remaining proceeds shall be collected and maintained by the clerk of court and remitted quarterly to the Calhoun County Commission, which shall place the monies in a designated account in the county treasury earmarked for the Calhoun County Dependency Drug Court, the Calhoun County Juvenile Drug Court, and the Calhoun County Adult Felony Drug Court. A committee composed of the judge over the Calhoun County Dependency Drug Court and the judge over the Calhoun County Adult Felony Drug Court shall determine the division of the proceeds between agencies enumerated in this subsection, with priority given to the programs with greater number of participants. The committee shall annually submit a budget to the county commission for appropriation in the next fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 45-15-130.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-130.04
Section 45-15-130.04 Compensation
Status: in_force

The county commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from appropriate road and highway funds.
Ala. Code § 45-55-81.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-81.20
Section 45-55-81.20 Employment of Clerks; Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of probate may employ a chief clerk and in addition thereto up to five clerks to carry out the duties of the office; thereafter, upon authorization of the county governing body, additional clerks shall be appointed by the judge of probate as needed. All such clerks shall serve at the pleasure of the judge of probate.

(b) The judge of probate and the employees of the probate office shall be reimbursed by the county commission for all expenses incurred in the official operation of the office by reimbursement for expenses incurred in an amount not less than the mileage and per diem rate in effect for employees of the State of Alabama at the time the expenses are incurred.
Ala. Code § 45-11-235.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-235.05
Section 45-11-235.05 Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid
Status: in_force

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount is unreasonably low and may continue the sale, from time to time, if no bidders are present.
Ala. Code § 45-2-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-171
Section 45-2-171 Schedule of Fees; Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) Funds collected under this section may be utilized to match funds from other available sources.
Ala. Code § 45-8-240.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-240.01
Section 45-8-240.01 Assessment, Tax Collection, Records, and Reports
Status: in_force

The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law performed either by the tax assessor or the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation, the collection of the taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments for and the collection of taxes.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.11
Section 45-41-260.11 Zoning Regulations Not to Be Restrictive
Status: in_force

No zoning regulation adopted by the commission and county commission shall change any use to which land is being made at the time the zoning regulations become applicable in any beat.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.172 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.172
Section 45-8A-23.172 Director of Finance - Surety Bond
Status: in_force

The director of finance shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-30
Section 45-51A-30 Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) The city council or other governing body of the City of Montgomery, by resolution passed by simple majority, may regulate and permit the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday after 1 p.m. upon the licensed premises of licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the State of Alabama and of the City of Montgomery serving the general public.

(b) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemented to the present power and authority of the City of Montgomery, and is not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to repeal any existing power or authority of the City of Montgomery now permitted under the general laws of the state, or under any local or special act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.08
Section 45-49-90.08 Bonds of the Corporation
Status: in_force

(a) All bonds issued by the corporation shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the corporation of its industrial sites or of any thereof as may be designated in the proceedings of the board of directors under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued.

(b) Such bonds may be executed and delivered by the corporation at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable at such time or times, not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without the State of Alabama, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times and at such place or places and evidence in such manner, may be executed by such officers of the corporation and in such manner and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with this part, all as shall be provided in the proceedings of the board of directors whereunder the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. If deemed advisable by the board of directors, there may be retained in the proceedings under which any bonds of the corporation are authorized to be issued an option to redeem all or any part thereof as may be specified in such proceedings at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings and as may be briefly recited in the face of the bonds, but nothing contained in this section shall be construed to confer on the corporation any right or option to redeem any bonds except as may be provided in the proceedings under which they shall be issued.

(c) Any bonds of the corporation may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of directors of the corporation to be most advantageous, and the corporation may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which its board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance thereof.

(d) Any bonds of the corporation at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by the corporation by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the board of directors may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded, together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, commissions, and expenses necessary to be paid in connection with such refunding. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby or by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby with the consent of the holders of the bonds so to be refunded and regardless of whether or not the bonds to be refunded were issued in connection with the same industrial park or separate industrial parks and regardless of whether or not the bonds proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.

(e) All such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto are hereby made and shall be construed to be negotiable instruments.
Ala. Code § 45-17-90.49 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-90.49
Section 45-17-90.49 Violations
Status: in_force

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate any provisions of this subpart or shall fail to comply with any reasonable rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, may be restrained, and proper prosecution instituted in the name of Colbert County by the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or by such counsel as the County Commission of Colbert County shall direct, from distributing, selling, storing, or withdrawing from storage any gasoline or motor fuel the sale or withdrawal of which is taxable until such persons shall have complied with the provisions of this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-49-72.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-72.05
Section 45-49-72.05 Meetings; Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Mobile County shall hold regular meetings on the second Monday of every month, and shall remain in session until all business before them is disposed of; and the commissioners may hold such special meetings, upon the call of its president or the two associate commissioners, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of their duties. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission shall keep complete and accurate written minutes of all meetings, business transacted, and resolutions adopted; and there shall be recorded therein the vote of each member. At each meeting the minutes of the previous meeting shall be read, and all minutes shall be open to public inspection at reasonable times.
Ala. Code § 45-56-242.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-242.23
Section 45-56-242.23 Add to Sales Price and to Collect from the Purchaser Amount
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45–56–242.21 shall add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the tax. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45–56–242.21 to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and to collect from the purchaser the amount herein required to be so added to the sales price and collected from the purchaser, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the tax to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount so collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the tax or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-10-231.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-231.25
Section 45-10-231.25 Escape from Custody
Status: in_force

The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within the time prescribed by the sheriff to the county jail shall be deemed as an escape from the custody of the sheriff and shall be punishable as provided by law for escaped prisoners.
Ala. Code § 45-49-181 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-181
Section 45-49-181 Acceptance of Certain Unimproved Roads into County Road Maintenance System; Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The County Commission of Mobile County may accept each year a total number of miles of public roads equal to the number of miles of county maintained dirt roads graded, drained, based, and paved under any pay-as-you-go program during the preceding calendar year and shall not accept any other dirt or otherwise substandard road constructed or improved after January 1, 1984. The county commission shall require that the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, divided for purposes of sale or of building development shall be done by recorded plat in accordance with Section 35-2-50.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-30
Section 45-52A-30 Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday
Status: in_force

(a) The sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays is authorized within the City of Decatur in Morgan County. The Decatur City Council, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sunday by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(b) The Decatur City Council shall hold a referendum to determine if alcoholic beverages may be sold on Sunday. If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in favor of the question, then the sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sunday shall be authorized.

(c) The referendum shall be held at a special election called for that purpose by the Decatur City Council. Costs of the referendum shall be paid by the City of Decatur. A second or subsequent referendum shall not be held within 12 months following a referendum.

(d) In the event a referendum is called pursuant to this section, the City of Decatur shall conduct a public hearing not less than 10 days before the referendum date in which the content of the proposed ordinance providing for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday pursuant to any resolution of the governing body shall be presented as to the times and locations and other restrictions pertaining to alcoholic beverages sold on Sunday.
Ala. Code § 45-28-231.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-231.21
Section 45-28-231.21 Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property
Status: in_force

(a)(1) As often as necessary, the drug enforcement unit may sell at public auction, including an Internet auction, to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property that have been recovered by the drug enforcement unit and have remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a period of not less than six months. (2) If the abandoned or stolen property is a firearm, the person holding the auction must hold a federal firearm license issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and all sales involving a firearm shall meet the firearm transfer requirements of federal law. (b) Prior to the auction, the drug enforcement unit shall give notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Etowah County Courthouse for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a general description of items of personal property to be sold at the auction. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. (d) The drug enforcement unit shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property.

(2) If the abandoned or stolen property is a firearm, the person holding the auction must hold a federal firearm license issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and all sales involving a firearm shall meet the firearm transfer requirements of federal law.

(b) Prior to the auction, the drug enforcement unit shall give notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Etowah County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Etowah County Courthouse for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a general description of items of personal property to be sold at the auction.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice.

(d) The drug enforcement unit shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property.
Ala. Code § 45-54-242.85 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 54 / Section 45-54-242.85
Section 45-54-242.85 Collection of Tax; Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax imposed pursuant to Section 45–54–242.82 shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties associated with the tax, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of the person who shall pay the tax or who is required to collect the tax. The revenue laws of this state which apply to enforcement of liens for license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the tax levied in Section 45–54–242.82, and the department, for the use and benefit of the county shall collect the tax and enforce this subpart and shall have and exercise collection and enforcement rights and remedies that the state or the department has for collection of the state sales and use taxes. The department may employ the special counsel it deems necessary, from time to time to administer and enforce collection of the tax levied by this subpart, including the administration of any litigation involving this subpart. The department shall pay the fees of the special counsel from the proceeds of the tax collected by the department for the county.
Ala. Code § 45-2-234.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-234.03
Section 45-2-234.03 Merit System Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

All employees to whom this subpart applies shall be governed by merit system rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, layoffs, and terminations adopted by the appointing authority and administered by the board. Presently employed persons shall remain in their respective employments, but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of an employee for cause as provided herein.
Ala. Code § 45-22-70.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-70.03
Section 45-22-70.03 Salary; Health Insurance
Status: in_force

(a) Effective beginning the next term of office of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year, payable from the general fund of the county. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any associate commissioner serving on May 18, 2020 who continues to be reelected for consecutive terms shall continue to receive the same salary he or she is receiving on that date as long as the commissioner is reelected for consecutive terms.

(b) The Chair of the Cullman County Commission shall continue to receive the same salary per year payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county as provided on May 18, 2020.

(c) The chair and the associate commissioners of the county commission shall be entitled to participate in the county health insurance program without costs to the member.
Ala. Code § 45-52-160.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-160.02
Section 45-52-160.02 Retrieval or Voiding of License
Status: in_force

In Morgan County, in cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the license commissioner shall notify the county commission, who will make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the county commission shall so state and the statement shall constitute authorization for the license commissioner to void any license in question. Once the license has been voided, the license commissioner shall receive credit for the cost of the license plus the issuance fee. The appropriate state office shall mark the records pertaining to the void license and, upon inquiry by law enforcement agencies, shall notify the agencies that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law. The license commissioner shall not be personally liable for any bad check.
Ala. Code § 45-41-170.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-170.20
Section 45-41-170.20 Exemption from Solid Waste Collection Program Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to Section 22-27-3, the Lee County Commission may grant an additional exemption to the mandatory solid waste collection program fees to any household whose total income does not exceed 75 percent of the federal poverty level. (b) The Lee County Commission, by resolution or ordinance, may adopt rules or regulations to implement this section.

(b) The Lee County Commission, by resolution or ordinance, may adopt rules or regulations to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 45-8-120.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-120.07
Section 45-8-120.07 Civil Service Board - Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board shall make such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for: (1) Classifying the different types of service to be performed in the service of the county; (2) allocating covered positions to their proper class; (3) prescribing job related qualifications for covered positions; (4) approving, in coordination with the county commission, any across-the-board increases or decreases; (5) assigning approved positions to the proper category of service; (6) announcing vacancies, establishing and conducting examinations, creating eligibility lists, and approving or authorizing initial appointments; (7) disciplining employees, to include dismissals, suspensions, demotions, and other actions; (8) hearing employee grievances; (9) separating individuals from county service and granting leaves of absence; and (10) establishing equitable pay levels for the different classifications established in the county subject to approval of the county commission. The board may, from time to time, make changes in such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to ensure effective administration of the civil service system. The board may appoint a clerk of the board who shall assist the board in the administration of the county civil service system and, upon authorization of the county commission, other clerical assistants as necessary to assist the clerk. The clerk of the board and other clerical assistants shall be assigned to the classified service and shall be subject to the same selection process and conditions of employment as other classified service employees. The board shall have reasonable access to all files, records, and data available in each activity of the county as necessary to properly perform the duties and responsibilities required by this article. Upon written request by the board to the appropriate official, the official shall furnish all records which the board desires to examine. The board shall also have the authority to select and engage legal counsel of its choice who shall be paid from funds established in the board’s annual budget.
Ala. Code § 45-10-244.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-244.06
Section 45-10-244.06 Enforcement of This Subpart; Civil Suit; Taxes a Lien
Status: in_force

The taxes authorized to be imposed by this subpart 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 subpart. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All the provisions of the revenue laws of the state which apply to the enforcement of liens for license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the taxes herein authorized to be levied, and the State Department of Revenue, for the use and benefit of the county, shall collect such taxes and enforce this subpart and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the State Department of Revenue has for collection of the state sales tax and the state use tax. The State Department of Revenue 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 subpart and otherwise to enforce the provisions of this subpart, including the institution, prosecution, and defense of any litigation involving this subpart, and the department shall pay such special counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the taxes collected by it hereunder.
Ala. Code § 45-37-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-82
Section 45-37-82 Term of Office for Elected Deputy District Attorney
Status: in_force

Effective immediately after the expiration of the present term of office which expires in 1986, the elected Deputy District Attorney of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, shall serve a term of office of six years.
Ala. Code § 45-18-90.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-90.04
Section 45-18-90.04 Powers and Obligations of Board
Status: in_force

The board may provide for constructive notice of any statutory mortgage lien, authorize and make provisions respecting the assumption by the authority of obligations respecting facilities and other property acquired by the authority; provide for the use of the proceeds of bonds and notes issued by the authority; provide for the refunding by the issuance of bonds and notes of the authority of bonds and notes theretofore issued or obligations theretofore assumed by it. Bonds and notes issued and contracts entered into by the authority pursuant to this article shall not constitute or create a debt of the state or of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state.
Ala. Code § 45-48-85.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-85.50
Section 45-48-85.50 Instrument Requirements; Liability
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Marshall County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of an instrument in which the title to real property, or of any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an instrument has endorsed on it, printed, typewritten, or stamped thereon, the grantee’s name and latest complete address.

(b) The judge of probate shall not be liable in damages or penalty for any error or mistake in the performance of the duties by this section if committed in good faith.

(c) The requirement imposed by subsection (a) shall be construed to be in addition to and supplemental to any other laws relating to the recording of any vesting instrument, conveying title or any interest to real property.
Ala. Code § 45-27-1 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-1
Section 45-27-1 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.