Ala. Code § 45-10-244.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-244.05
Section 45-10-244.05 Special Provisions Respecting Payment of Use Tax: Receipts and Returns by Registered Sellers
Status: in_force

Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in the county (which storage, use, or other consumption is not exempted from the use taxes herein authorized to be levied) shall at the time of making such sale, or if the storage, use, or other consumption of such tangible personal property in the county is not then subject to the taxes herein authorized to be levied, at the time such storage, use, or other consumption becomes subject to the taxes herein authorized to be levied, collect the tax from the purchaser, and shall give to the purchaser a receipt therefor in the manner and form prescribed by the State Department of Revenue. On the twentieth day of the month next succeeding following the close of each quarterly period, each registered seller shall file with the State Department of Revenue a return for the then preceding quarterly period in such form as may be prescribed by the State Department of Revenue showing the total sales price of the tangible personal property sold by such registered seller, the storage, use, or other consumption of which became subject to the use taxes herein authorized to be imposed, during the then preceding quarterly period; and each return shall be accompanied by a remittance of the amount of the use taxes required to be collected by such registered seller during the period covered by the return; provided that any registered seller may defer collecting the taxes with respect to credit sales until collection of the proceeds of such sales and may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, but shall thereafter collect the taxes along with collection of the credit sales, shall include in each quarterly report all credit collections made during the preceding quarterly period and shall remit the taxes with respect thereto at the time of filing such report or return. Any person who has paid to a registered seller the tax with respect to the use, storage, or other consumption of tangible personal property in the county need not file a report or make any further payment of the tax, but each person who purchases tangible personal property the storage, use, or other consumption of which is subject to the use taxes authorized to be imposed herein, and who has not paid the use taxes due with respect thereto to a registered seller, shall report and pay the use taxes as required by Section 45-10-244.03. It shall be unlawful for any registered seller to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and to collect from the purchaser the amount of the use taxes authorized to be imposed herein or to refund or offer to refund or absorb, or to advertise directly or indirectly, the absorption of the use taxes or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-23-50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-50
Section 45-23-50 Office Abolished
Status: in_force

In Dale County the office of constable shall be abolished, pursuant to Section 36-23-1. All assets, money, property, real or personal, equipment, and supplies belonging to such office shall be transferred to the county governing body for use or disposition as they shall deem proper for the county.
Ala. Code § 45-17-240.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-240.40
Section 45-17-240.40 Expense Allowance; Salary
Status: in_force

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Colbert County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. The expense allowances shall be payable in equal bimonthly installments from the General Fund of Colbert County.

(b) Effective beginning with the next term of office, the annual salary of the Revenue Commissioner of Colbert County shall be increased by five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the expense allowance provided for in subsection (a) shall be null and void.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other compensation provided to the Colbert County Revenue Commissioner, the Colbert County Revenue Commissioner shall continue to receive any cost-of-living or other salary increases granted by the Colbert County Commission to other elected officials in the county.

(d) The provisions of this law are remedial and curative and shall be retroactive to October 1, 1997. All salary supplements and expense allowances paid from the County Treasury to the person holding the office of Colbert County Revenue Commissioner during the period beginning October 1, 1997, and ending on May 26, 2017, in accordance with this section are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-31-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission Districts
Status: in_force

The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be, on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent.

Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other county-wide elections and provided by law. The judge of probate shall certify the results of such advisory referendum election in the usual manner.
Ala. Code § 45-44-240.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-240.20
Section 45-44-240.20 Office Established
Status: in_force

Effective October 1, 1991, upon the approval of a majority of the electors of Macon County, there is hereby created the office of county revenue commissioner for Macon County. Such revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1990 and at the general election every six years thereafter, the same as the tax assessor and tax collector are now elected.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-171
Section 45-37A-171 Sub-District G-1 Ad Valorem School Tax
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) 2021 SCHOOL TAX YEAR. The school tax year ending on September 30, 2021.

(2) ALABAMA CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(3) FAVORABLE MAJORITY VOTE. The approval of the adjustment of the existing rate of the subject school district tax of 5.1 mills in sub-district G-1 by 8.8 mills to the uniform adjusted rate of 13.9 mills in sub-district G-1 by a majority of the qualified electors of sub-district G-1 who vote at a special election to be held in sub-district G-1 therefor pursuant to the law governing special elections.

(4) JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT. Includes all of Jefferson County outside that part of Jefferson County located within the corporate limits of the Cities of Bessemer, Birmingham, Fairfield, Homewood, Hoover, Leeds, Midfield, Mountain Brook, Tarrant City, Trussville, and Vestavia Hills.

(5) PROPOSAL OF TAXING AUTHORITY. The proposal of the Jefferson County Commission, as governing body of Jefferson County, and as the taxing authority with respect to the subject school district tax, by resolution and order adopted upon request of the county board of education of Jefferson County, for purposes of Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution that the existing rate of the subject school district tax of 5.1 mills be adjusted by 8.8 mills to the uniform adjusted rate of 13.9 mills in sub-district G-1, to preserve, renew and continue in effect the total existing rate of ad valorem school district taxation therein after the 2021 school tax year, by proceedings in compliance with Section 217(f).

(6) SCHOOL TAX YEAR. The period beginning on an October 1 and ending on the next succeeding September 30, or such other period of 12 consecutive months, as shall be established for ad valorem school taxation in the state.

(7) SUB-DISTRICT G-1. The area within both the Jefferson County school tax district and the corporate limits of the City of Gardendale, as at any time in effect.

(8) SUBJECT SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The existing ad valorem school district tax of 5.1 mills levied for public school purposes in the Jefferson County school tax district (including sub-district G-1) pursuant to Section 269.02 of the Alabama Constitution.

(b) The Legislature, for purposes of Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution and upon adoption of the proposal of the taxing authority, in order to provide for the preservation, renewal, and continuation of the total rate of existing ad valorem school district taxation in sub-district G-1, approves the adjustment of the existing rate of the subject school district tax of 5.1 mills by 8.8 mills to the uniform adjusted rate of 13.9 mills in sub-district G-1 effective simultaneously with the reduction of 8.8 mills of ad valorem school district taxation in sub-district G-1 (by expiration of a separate ad valorem school tax therein) and for any school tax year for which the levy of the subject school district tax at the uniform adjusted rate shall be approved in the manner then provided by law; subject to the favorable majority vote in compliance with Section 217(f) of the Alabama Constitution.

(c) The Legislature adopts, ratifies, and confirms all proceedings, and all acts, thereof heretofore had, taken, or enacted with respect to the adjustment and increase of the rate of the subject school district tax to 5.1 mills.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-56.38 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-56.38
Section 45-37A-56.38 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

The bonds issued by the authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All property and income of the authority shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other local taxation, including license, privilege, or excise taxes; provided, however, this exemption shall not be construed to exempt concessionaires, licensees, tenants, operators, or lessees of or on any parking facility owned by any authority from the payment of any taxes levied by the state, the county, or any municipality in the state.
Ala. Code § 45-1-241.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-241.06
Section 45-1-241.06 Offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Abolished
Status: in_force

The offices of the tax assessor and tax collector of Autauga County are hereby abolished effective the first day of October 1997, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of tax assessor or tax collector. In the event that the office of tax assessor or tax collector becomes vacant before October 1, 1997, the office of county revenue commissioner shall immediately come into being, and the remaining officer, tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, shall immediately assume the duties of the office of county revenue commissioner and shall perform such duties until a county revenue commissioner has been elected as provided herein. For the performance of such duties, he or she shall be entitled to the salary herein above prescribed for the county revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-37-22.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-22.01
Section 45-37-22.01 Subsequent Elections
Status: in_force

Regardless of the result of the initial election mandated by Section 45-37-22 or the result of any subsequent election held pursuant to this section, any number of subsequent elections may be called and held to authorize or prohibit the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in Jefferson County on Sundays after 12:00 o’clock noon as and to the extent permitted by this part. An election on this question may be called by the Jefferson County Commission acting on its own volition through the adoption of a resolution receiving the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of such commission. In addition, an election on this question shall be called by the Jefferson County Commission if there shall be filed with such commission, at any time after the last election held pursuant to this part, 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 resident in Jefferson 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 45-37-22. 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 Jefferson County; provided, however, that an interval of at least 12 calendar months shall be required between any successive elections held pursuant to this part on the question of permitting the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday; provided further that no subsequent election shall be held pursuant to this part within a period of three years after the next preceding election held pursuant to this part 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 § 45-3-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-232
Section 45-3-232 Permit Fee; Sheriff’s Fund; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) In Barbour County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff, or his or her agent.

(b) Each fee collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Barbour County, or his or her agent, in any bank located in Barbour County into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Fund.

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

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

(e) Any fees for the issuance of a pistol permit deposited in the county treasury prior to May 31, 2019, shall be transferred to the Sheriff’s Fund established in subsection (b).
Ala. Code § 45-20-150.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-150.06
Section 45-20-150.06 Bingo Games - Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall be paid into the county general fund. All necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be financed from the county general fund, with the remainder distributed to the senior citizens organizations in Covington County.
Ala. Code § 45-48A-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48A / Section 45-48A-60
Section 45-48A-60 Ratification
Status: in_force

Every annexation undertaken by the City of Guntersville prior to September 1, 2015, under any statutory procedure for annexation by the municipality and which annexation has been completed, notwithstanding any irregularity or defect in the annexation, either substantively or procedurally, is ratified, confirmed, and given effect in all respects. This section shall not apply to the annexation of any specific property which annexation has, prior to September 1, 2015, been held invalid by final judgment of a court of law of the State of Alabama identifying the specific property by legal description and date of annexation nor to the annexation of any specific property identified by legal description and date of annexation, the validity of which is an issue in a pending action commenced prior to September 1, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-35-160.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-160.01
Section 45-35-160.01 Payments by Credit Card
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The use of credit cards for any payments made to a Houston County department, agency, board, or commission may be authorized upon approval by the Houston County Commission as provided in subsection (b), and if authorized, shall be accepted pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Houston County Commission. The rules and regulations shall include specific procedures for the acceptance of credit card payments, including, but not limited to, provision for the payment of any discount or administrative fee charged by the credit card issuer. The Houston County Commission may impose the assessment of a surcharge or convenience fee from the person paying by credit card in an amount not greater than the transaction fee charged by the credit card issuer.

(2) Except as otherwise provided, this section shall be construed to allow acceptance of credit card payments of any types of amounts payable to Houston County as authorized by the Houston County Commission, including, but not limited to, taxes, license and registration fees, fines, and penalties. For purposes of this section, the term credit card shall be as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 5-20-3, and shall include credit cards, charge cards, and debit cards.

(b) The Houston County Commission may enter into appropriate agreements with one or more credit card issuers or other appropriate parties as needed to facilitate the acceptance of credit card payments, provided that no agreement may provide for the receipt of payments at a discount from the amount that would be owed were credit cards not accepted or the payment or withholding of administrative fees from the actual amount of the payments. Any agreement shall provide that it may be canceled without penalty at any time by the Houston County Commission upon reasonable notice. No agreement shall exceed three years as provided in Section 41-16-27.

(c)(1) When a party elects to make a payment to a Houston County agency, office, department, board, or commission by credit card and a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, the payment of the surcharge or convenience fee shall not be refundable.

(2) No person making payment to any Houston County agency, office, department, board, or commission by credit card shall be relieved from liability for the face amount of the payment except to the extent that the agency, office, department, board, or commission realizes final payment of the underlying obligation in cash or the equivalent. If final payment is not made by the credit card issuer or other guarantor of payment in the credit card transaction, the underlying obligation shall survive and the agency, office, department, board, or commission shall retain all remedies for enforcement which would have applied if the credit card transaction had not occurred. No contract may modify this subsection.

(3) A Houston County agency, office, department, board, or commission officer or employee who accepts a credit card payment in accordance with this section and any applicable polices, rules, or regulations of the Houston County Commission shall not thereby incur any personal liability for the final collection of such payments.
Ala. Code § 45-37-121.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-121.14
Section 45-37-121.14 Efficiency Records
Status: in_force

The director of personnel shall obtain, rate, and preserve the records of individual efficiency of all persons holding positions under this part. Such ratings shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the director of personnel and shall be made by the department heads or their supervising officers or both in accordance with regulations prescribed by the personnel board. Such efficiency ratings shall constitute grounds for: Increase in the rate of compensation for employees who have not attained the maximum rate for the class to which their positions are allotted; continuance at the existing rate of compensation without increase or decrease; decrease in the rate of compensation for the employees who are receiving more than the minimum rate for the class to which their positions are allocated; promotion, demotion, layoff, transfer, or dismissal.
Ala. Code § 45-21A-10.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21A / Section 45-21A-10.11
Section 45-21A-10.11 Reimbursement of Civil Fine; Civil Action Against Person Operating Vehicle
Status: in_force

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to this article, or an ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the civil fine actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and a reasonable attorney fee, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity. Provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of the civil fine must first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the civil fine, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be extinguished and no attorney fees or other damages shall attach to the reimbursement. Any cause of action brought pursuant to this section must be commenced within two years from the date of the payment of the civil fine for a speeding violation.
Ala. Code § 45-56-240.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-240.40
Section 45-56-240.40 Selling and Redeeming Lands for Taxes
Status: in_force

The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in Randolph County shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all duties as are required of and performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the tax collector or revenue commissioner of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-71.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-71.01
Section 45-8A-71.01 Definitions
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-228, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-49-150.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-150.08
Section 45-49-150.08 Bingo Games - Disposition of Proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) The net proceeds of a bingo game shall be devoted to the charitable purposes of the bingo permit holder. All reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of bingo, including the following bona fide expenses, in reasonable amounts, shall be allowed:

(1) The purchase or rental of equipment necessary for conducting bingo and the payment of services reasonably necessary for repair of the equipment.

(2) Payment of cash prizes or the purchase of prizes of merchandise.

(3) Reasonable rental or mortgage payment on the location at which bingo is being conducted.

(4) The money paid to bingo workers for the operation and conducting of each bingo session.

(5) Utilities.

(6) Janitorial services.

(7) Security services.

(8) The cost of a bank checking account.

(9) The fee required for the issuance or reissuance of a bingo permit.

(10) Insurance premiums.

(b) All monies collected, other than referenced above, shall be paid to the charitable entity designated by the bingo permit holder.
Ala. Code § 45-49-42.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-42.10
Section 45-49-42.10 Use of Establishment for Unlawful Behavior; Termination of License
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, manager, or supervisor of a massage parlor within the county to allow, authorize, or tolerate in his or her establishment any activity or behavior prohibited by the laws of the State of Alabama including such laws proscribing acts of prostitution, sodomy, adultery, fornication, or any lewd or obscene act or performance.

(b) Any final conviction of any owner, manager, or supervisor of any massage parlor of a violation of the foregoing mentioned acts occurring on or in connection with the establishment shall automatically terminate the license of the establishment and the county governing body shall so notify the holder thereof, and no new license for the operation of a massage parlor on the same premises thereafter shall be issued by the county governing body for a period of one year.
Ala. Code § 45-2A-80.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2A / Section 45-2A-80.02
Section 45-2A-80.02 Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, such municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-34-100.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-100.20
Section 45-34-100.20 Composition of Board
Status: in_force

Beginning in 1986 and continuing until the expiration of the term of office of any member of the Henry County Board of Education elected to such board in 1984, the Henry County Board of Education shall be composed of six members. Thereafter, such board shall be composed of five members elected from five single member districts within the county, as hereinafter defined. The chair for the board shall be elected from the membership of the board immediately after the members elected to the board in 1986 have taken their seats on the board, and thereafter the board, in like manner, shall elect a chair every two years. Those board members seeking to serve Districts No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5 shall run and be elected from their respective districts in 1986 and shall serve six-year terms. Those board members seeking to serve Districts No. 1 and No. 3 shall run and be elected from their respective districts in 1988 and shall likewise serve six-year terms. The term of office of a member of the board of education, when elected, shall officially begin at the first meeting of the board of education next following the election of any member to such board.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-51.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-51.30
Section 45-35A-51.30 Legal Service
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the city attorney to furnish legal advice and legal service to the board and the director, in the administration of this part and the rules and regulations adopted in pursuance thereof. However, the board is hereby authorized to employ special counsel when deemed necessary. The city is hereby required to pay reasonable compensation for such service.
Ala. Code § 45-10-260.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-260.08
Section 45-10-260.08 Jurisdiction and Regulation of Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

To the extent that any applicant or owner of a wind energy conversion system undertakes business activities that cause it to be a utility or a commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier, the applicant or owner shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Alabama Public Service Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as any other utility or commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier.
Ala. Code § 45-48-244.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-244.05
Section 45-48-244.05 Cost of Collection
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Marshall County for collecting the county tax levied herein, an amount or percentage of total collections not to exceed ten percent of the total amount of tax collected hereunder. Such charge for collecting the tax for the county may be deducted each month from the proceeds of the tax before certifying the amount thereof due Marshall County Treasurer for that month.
Ala. Code § 45-5-102 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-102
Section 45-5-102 Method of Electing Superintendent
Status: in_force

The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Blount County School District.
Ala. Code § 45-25-250.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-250.05
Section 45-25-250.05 Additional Powers and Rights
Status: in_force

(a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article shall, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, have the following powers and rights:

(1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes.

(2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority.

(3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county, of the State of Alabama.

(4) To loan or advance its funds to any person, at such, if any, interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof.

(5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems or any part thereof.

(b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities the payment of the principal of and interest on which is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America.

(c) The authority shall be under no obligation to render service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise.

(d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county, is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof.

(e) Any water system or any part thereof leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county, whether the lease or sublease be by the authority or any private party, including without limitation corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes, including without limitation ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to such system or facility or any part thereof or any remainder or reversionary interest therein.

(f) The county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system from the authority or from any vendee or lessee or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all rights of the authority with respect thereto, upon mutual consent of the parties.
Ala. Code § 45-17-90.45 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-90.45
Section 45-17-90.45 Failure to Report
Status: in_force

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel in Colbert County shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required in any provision of this subpart or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the Colbert County Commission, within the time required for making such reports, or shall fail to pay the tax imposed within the time fixed for the payment thereof, the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for each offense as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-16-72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-72
Section 45-16-72 Location of Meetings
Status: in_force

Thirty days or more after August 8, 1991, all regular, special, and called meetings of the Coffee County Commission shall be held exclusively at the New Brockton Farm Complex located on U. S. Highway 84 in New Brockton, Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-22-242.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-242.09
Section 45-22-242.09 Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this part, together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, shall constitute a debt due Cullman County and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this part. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for privilege or license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the county taxes levied, and the department for the use and benefit of Cullman County shall collect such taxes and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that this state or the department has for collection of the state lodging tax. The department shall have full authority to employ such special counsel as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the taxes authorized to be levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigations involving the part; 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 for Cullman County.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.52 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.52
Section 45-2-243.52 Assessment Book for County Improvements
Status: in_force

Such list shall be entered in a well-bound book or loose-leaf book firmly bound, prepared for that purpose, and shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited and the lien of the assessment satisfied by the tax collector of the county. The book shall be known as the “assessment book for county improvements” and shall be a public record. No error or mistake in regard to the name of the owner shall be held to invalidate any assessment, and it shall be sufficient if the name of the person in whose name such property was last assessed for taxes for state taxation is shown in the book.
Ala. Code § 45-39-200.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-200.17
Section 45-39-200.17 Transfer of Title
Status: in_force

Every purchaser of a motor vehicle, within 10 days after transfer of title to him or her, shall file such transfer with the office of the county license commissioner. Failure to do so shall result in a penalty fine of one dollar ($1). This penalty shall be remitted by the collecting authority to the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-21-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-10
Section 45-21-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Crenshaw County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Crenshaw 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)(l) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-57-245.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-245.05
Section 45-57-245.05 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The state Department of Revenue may adopt and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this subpart. All rules and regulations duly adopted shall have force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.261 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.261
Section 45-8A-23.261 Right of City Manager and Other Officers in Council
Status: in_force

The city manager, the heads of all departments, and such other officers of the city as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective office, departments, boards, or agencies.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.02
Section 45-2-84.02 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER. The entity, programs, or physical structure which shall provide the programs or custodial care for eligible persons released from custody prior to the adjudication of their case or sentenced to participate in programs developed pursuant to this part after having been adjudicated and sentenced.

(2) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND. A fund established in a local bank and supervised by either the Baldwin County Commission, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for the deposit of all funds, from whatever source, collected for the operation and supervision of the programs developed and operated pursuant to this part. The agency superintending the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center shall supervise and manage this account. Funds deposited into this account for the benefit of third parties as ordered by the court shall be so designated or may be subsequently deposited and designated in a separate account.

(3) BALDWIN COUNTY PRETRIAL RELEASE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS BOARD. A five-member board established to promulgate the administrative and program regulations of operations of the pretrial release programs and community correction programs developed pursuant to this part and to provide oversight, advice, guidance, and recommendations to the Director of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center. The board shall consist of the following officers or their delegated representative:

a. The presiding circuit court judge.

b. The county commission chair.

c. The sheriff.

d. The district attorney.

e. The circuit clerk.

The board shall elect a chair from among its members. The board shall make and publish its own rules for the conduct of its affairs. The chair shall be required to call a meeting of the board upon the request in writing of any three members of the board.

(4) DIRECTOR. A person appointed or contracted with by the Baldwin County Commission or the delegated agency as set forth in Section 45-2-84.01 with the approval of the majority of the members of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for the specific purpose of supervising the Baldwin County community corrections programs, pretrial release programs, the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center, and any other activities or programs developed pursuant to this part.

The director shall not be appointed or contracted with for a term longer than four years. The director may be reappointed or contracted with for as many terms as approved by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board.

The director shall employ the appointed or contract positions otherwise provided for in this part with the approval of the head of the agency superintending the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center. The terms of the persons employed by the director in appointed or contracted positions shall not exceed the term of the director.

(5) ELIGIBLE PERSON. An offender who at the time of his or her application or consideration for pretrial release or community corrections programs pursuant to this part is not presently charged with the offense of murder, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, selling or trafficking in controlled substances, robbery in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, forcible sex crimes, lewd and lascivious acts upon a child, assault in the first degree, or domestic violence in the first degree. A person who has a pattern of violent behavior, regardless of the charges against the person, shall not be an eligible person for purposes of this part. In reaching this determination, the court may consider prior convictions, other acts not resulting in conviction or criminal charges, and the behavior of the offender while in state, county, or municipal confinement.

(6) GROSS INCOME. Total salaries, wages, and other compensation received by an eligible person for work performed while the person is released pursuant to this part, before all sums are withheld for federal income tax, state income tax, taxes paid by an employee under the Federal Deposit Insurance Contributions Act, group insurance, union dues, garnishments, or court-ordered payments to or through the State Department of Human Resources.

(7) JUDICIAL OFFICER. Any circuit or district judge in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit.

(8) SUPERVISION FEE. A fee imposed on any eligible person, as defined in this part, by any judicial officer or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board to compensate the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center for administrative and supervisory functions performed for any eligible person for any pretrial release programs, rehabilitative programs, alternative sentencing programs, educational programs, intervention programs, treatment programs, supervision programs, or other programs established pursuant to this part to serve the courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.04
Section 45-8-150.04 Bingo Games - Types of Permits; Prizes
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum amount given away at any one bingo session shall be the determination of the governing body issuing the permit. The governing bodies having the authority to issue permits may issue the following types of permits to qualified organizations for the operating of bingo sessions in their jurisdictions:

(1) “A” PERMIT. A qualified organization issued an “A” permit may award prize money or merchandise of a value in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(2) “B” PERMIT. A qualified organization issued a “B” permit may award prize money or merchandise of a value up to and including twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) during any one bingo session.

(3) “C” PERMIT. A qualified organization issued a “C” permit may award prize money or merchandise of a value up to and including three thousand dollars ($3,000) during any one bingo session.

(4) “D” OR “SPECIAL” PERMIT. A qualified organization which does not hold an “A”, “B”, or “C” permit may apply for a “D” or special permit for conducting a bingo session at a designated location for a special occasion. A special permit shall contain the name and address of the permit holder and shall specify the location and date of the bingo session. The applicant shall submit to the governing body of the jurisdiction where the bingo session is to be conducted a written application prepared in accordance with the rules and on a form provided by the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission. The applicant and the governing body shall follow the procedure provided in subsection (b) of Section 45-8-150.03 before the special permit is issued, and the application for a “D” or special permit shall include the information required by subsections (b) and (c) of Section 45-8-150.03. The applicant shall also indicate the day or days on which the bingo session for the special occasion is to occur. Once the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission and the appropriate governing body determine that the applicant is a qualified organization and the applicant pays the required fees, the governing body may issue the applicant a “D” or special permit. Only one special permit may be issued to the same qualified organization per quarter, not to exceed four special permits per year. Special permits are not transferable or assignable.

(b) The permits described in this article are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business license which may be required by law, and no bingo game shall be conducted until all required licenses have been obtained. In addition to any permit issuance fee charged by the governing body, the qualified organization shall pay to the governing body a fee for the benefit of the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission. Fees collected in this manner shall be deposited in the general funds of the governing bodies collecting the fee and then paid by the governing bodies directly to the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission for use in the regulation of bingo games in Calhoun County. The amount of the fee charged to qualified organizations for the benefit of the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission shall be as follows:

(1) “A” PERMIT. One thousand dollars ($1,000) upon issuance of the permit, upon issuance of an amended permit, and upon reissuance of any permit annually.

(2) “B” PERMIT. Five hundred dollars ($500) upon issuance of the permit, upon issuance of an amended permit, and upon reissuance of any permit annually.

(3) “C” PERMIT. Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) upon issuance of the permit, upon issuance of an amended permit, and upon reissuance of any permit annually.

(4) “D” OR “SPECIAL” PERMIT. One hundred dollars ($100) upon issuance of each permit, except, there shall be no permit fee required for educational institutions or religious organizations in Calhoun County.
Ala. Code § 45-20-172.52 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-172.52
Section 45-20-172.52 Meaning of “Appropriate City Official”; Duties; Notice of Unsafe or Dangerous Condition
Status: in_force

The term “appropriate city official” as used in this subpart shall mean any city building official or deputy and any other city official or city employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this subpart to appropriate city official. Whenever the appropriate city official of the city shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall or foundation situated in any city is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the official shall report the findings to the city governing body. At that time the city governing body shall determine whether the building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation constitutes a public nuisance. Should the city governing body find by resolution that the building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation is a public nuisance, then the appropriate city official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the revenue commissioner’s office, notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall not be less than 30 days unless an extension is granted by the appropriate city official or suffer the building or structure to be demolished by the city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of the certified or registered notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. The city shall place a sign or placard within 15 feet of the entrance of the building or structure, indicating that the city had declared the building or structure to be a public nuisance; however, if there is no entrance in which to place the sign or placard, then the sign or placard may be posted at any location upon the building or structure.
Ala. Code § 45-14-82.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-82.50
Section 45-14-82.50 Conveying Title to Real Property
Status: in_force

The Probate Judge of Clay County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property is conveyed, unless such instrument has endorsed on it a printed or typewritten mailing address of the grantee within the body of the instrument.
Ala. Code § 45-49-23.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-23.02
Section 45-49-23.02 Wholesale Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories
Status: in_force

Each supplier of wine licensed by the board authorizing such licensee to sell its wine within the State of Alabama shall sell its wine through wholesaler licensees of the board and shall grant in writing to each of its wholesalers an exclusive sales territory in accordance with Chapter 8 of Title 28, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-26-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-81.01
Section 45-26-81.01 Base Annual Salary; Salary Increases
Status: in_force

(a) The base annual salary of the Judge of Probate of Elmore County shall be one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) per year, payable in the same manner and at the same time as other employees of the county. The salary provided by this section shall supersede any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided to the judge of probate.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to any other compensation provided to the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall continue to receive any cost-of-living or other salary increases granted to county employees or elected officials in the county and as approved by the county commission or any salary increases as otherwise granted and approved by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.07
Section 45-2-120.07 Rules, Policies, Procedures
Status: in_force

The personnel department shall promulgate all rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement this article after consultation with the county commission and subject to the approval of the county commission. All rules, policies, and procedures shall be submitted to the county appointing authorities and department heads prior to final adoption and approval by the county commission. The initial rules, policies, and procedures to implement this article shall be approved by the county commission within 90 days of July 31, 1995.
Ala. Code § 45-40-81.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-81.05
Section 45-40-81.05 Drug Cases
Status: in_force

In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lawrence County, an additional court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged and collected in each drug case charged under Article 5, commencing with Section 13A-12-20, of Chapter 12 of Title 13A, by the clerks of the circuit, district, and municipal courts for the county. The additional amount collected by the clerk of the court shall be remitted monthly to the Lawrence County Commission to be used for the enforcement of drug laws in Lawrence County.
Ala. Code § 45-19-110.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-110.03
Section 45-19-110.03 Per Diem Allowance for Registrars
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of registrars shall receive twenty dollars ($20) per day from the county general fund, for each day’s attendance upon the special sessions of the board required under this part; but if such special session is held on the same day a regular session is required to be held under the laws of this state, the registrars shall receive only one per diem allowed for performing their regular duties, it being the intent and purpose of this part that registrars shall be entitled to receive only one per diem allowance for one day’s service. If one or more of the members of the board shall refuse, neglect, or be unable to serve, or if a vacancy or vacancies occur in the membership of the board from any cause, the Governor, State Auditor, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, or a majority of them, shall forthwith make other appointments to fill such vacancies.
Ala. Code § 45-7-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-230.01
Section 45-7-230.01 Fee; Sheriff’s Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In Butler County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, as amended, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff.

(b) dollars ($5) of each fee collected under this section shall be paid to the county treasury and the remaining fifteen dollars ($15) of each fee shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Butler County or agents of the sheriff in any bank located in Butler County selected by the sheriff, into the fund known as the Sheriff’s Fund.

(c) The Sheriff’s Fund provided for by this section shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Butler County or appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit.

(d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Fund as provided in this section and the use of funds shall not diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-47-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-70.01
Section 45-47-70.01 Additional Expense Allowance; Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2024, each member of the Marion County Commission shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings the total compensation of each member to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per year to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, or expense allowances provided by law.

(b) Beginning with the next term of office after June 1, 2024, the expense allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be void, and each member of the Marion County Commission shall receive a total yearly salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), which shall be in lieu of any other compensation, salary, or expense allowance provided by law for the members for the performance of their official duties.
Ala. Code § 45-39-92.49 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-92.49
Section 45-39-92.49 Violations
Status: in_force

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate 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 Lauderdale County by the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or by such counsel as the county commission of Lauderdale 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 this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-6-240.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 45-6-240.02
Section 45-6-240.02 Administrative Fee for Land Redemption Tax Sales
Status: in_force

The Revenue Commissioner of Bullock County may charge and collect an additional fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) to be paid by the party securing the redemption of land from tax sales. The fee shall be in addition to any other costs and fees due, including the fee provided in Section 40-10-122. The fee shall be paid prior to the completion of the redemption and shall be deposited in the Bullock County General Fund and earmarked for the operation of the office of the revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-22-222 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-222
Section 45-22-222 Use of Land Owned or Controlled as a Park; Collection and Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Cullman County currently owns or operates several parks, more specifically described as follows: Agricultural Trade Center, Clarkson Covered Bridge, Smith Lake Park, Sportsman Lake Park, and Stony Lonesome OHV Park. The Cullman County Commission or the authorized agents of the Cullman County Commission or Cullman County may operate all parks now owned or hereafter owned by Cullman County.

(b) The Legislature recognizes that the operation of parks mentioned in subsection (a) by Cullman County provides and serves a substantial public purpose and has a significant economic impact and benefit to Cullman County.

(c) Given the economic impact, the Cullman County Commission or an authorized agent of the Cullman County Commission or Cullman County may conduct events requiring the collection of fees and disbursements to the winners of the events.

(d) The Cullman County Commission shall establish and maintain a Cullman County Park Event Disbursement Fund in a bank located in Cullman County. All monies collected as provided above pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Cullman County Park Event Disbursement Fund. The fund may be drawn upon by the Cullman County Commission or the authorized agent of the Cullman County Commission or Cullman County for disbursements to the winners of a conducted event. Any funds remaining in the Cullman County Park Event Disbursement Fund after disbursement to the winners of an event may be transferred to the individual park fund responsible for the event and thereafter are considered public funds or may be held in reserve in the Cullman County Park Event Disbursement Fund for the payment of future disbursements.

(e) The Cullman County Commission shall keep an account of all fees collected and disbursements for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The Cullman County Park Event Disbursement Fund shall be audited at the same time other accounts of the Cullman County Commission are audited.

(f) This section is not intended to affect the immunity granted to Cullman County or any of its authorized agencies or agents.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.66 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.66
Section 45-37A-52.66 Codification Authorized
Status: in_force

The council may provide at any time it may deem proper, for the revision and codification of its ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city bylaws, ordinances, and permanent resolutions, or may relate to that portion of such ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions which relate to, affect, or purport to govern any particular subject or subjects or subdivisions of municipal legislation. The council shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which the code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer or officers of the city by posting or by publication, one or all, but it shall not be necessary unless so prescribed by the council for such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The council may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto may be certified by and filed with the city clerk, or other corresponding officer, in lieu of spreading the same on the minutes; and the council may prescribe the manner in which copies of such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, may be officially certified for use by the inhabitants or by the courts. The council may adopt and provide for the maintenance in a designated office of the city of a comprehensive zone map of the city open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and may make such zone map a part of any ordinance by reference thereto in such ordinance and without publication of such zone map in any newspaper. Such zone map need not be in one piece but may for convenience be in sections. A zone map of territory newly added to the city shall be treated as a comprehensive zone map of the city for purposes of application of the provisions of the next preceding sentence.
Ala. Code § 45-31-120.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-120.13
Section 45-31-120.13 Probation
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 45-31-120.01 and 45-31-120.02, to acquire permanent status in a position in the classified service so long as such position remains in the classified service, employees shall be subject to a period of probation. The regular period of probation shall be six months; provided, however, the board may adopt rules and regulations specifying a longer period of probation for a designated class or classes, or for extension of the probation period for any individual probationary employee, but no probationary period may extend beyond 12 months. The work and conduct of employees with a probationary status shall be subject to close scrutiny and evaluation. An employee retained beyond the end of the probationary period shall have permanent status in the position in which he or she was so retained so long as that position remains in the classified service if, but only if, the appointing authority files a written statement with the personnel board affirming the fact that the services of the employee have been found to be satisfactory.
Ala. Code § 45-3-230.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-230.42
Section 45-3-230.42 Qualifications
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “commission” means the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.

(b) Beginning June 1, 2025, any individual seeking to qualify for election to the office of Sheriff of Barbour County or any individual appointed to serve as Sheriff of Barbour County shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications in addition to any other qualifications required by law:

(1) The individual is a citizen of the United States.

(2) The individual has been a resident of Barbour County for at least one year immediately prior to the qualification date or appointment date.

(3) The individual has the qualifications of an elector pursuant to state and federal law and has been registered to vote in Barbour County for at least one year immediately prior to the qualification date or appointment date.

(4) The individual is 25 years of age or older prior to the qualification date or appointment date.

(5) The individual has at least five years of prior full-time service as a law enforcement officer having the power of arrest, certified by the commission.

(6) The individual has never been convicted of a felony criminal offense in this state nor been convicted of a criminal offense in another jurisdiction which would qualify as a felony if committed in this state.

(7) The individual is currently certified by and in good standing with the commission on the qualification date or appointment date.

(8) The individual has not been retired or separated from full-time active law enforcement, certified by the commission, for more than five consecutive years immediately prior to the qualification date or appointment date; or the individual has obtained a recertification of full-time active law enforcement status as a law enforcement officer from the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.093 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.093
Section 45-8A-23.093 Administrative Departments
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of finance, and such other departments as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the manager.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.15
Section 45-49-90.15 Sales of Parcels of Property
Status: in_force

The sales price of any part of an industrial park shall be no less than the greater of the consideration for purchase paid by the participants plus the cost of all improvements made in the development of the property and the costs of financing the acquisition and development, other than interest on any bonds, prorated on the basis of the acreage involved, or the then fair market value of the property to be sold as determined by an appraisal by a real estate appraiser whose appraisals are accepted by local lending institutions.
Ala. Code § 45-15-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-242
Section 45-15-242 Sale of Fireworks
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Cleburne County is hereby authorized to levy and collect a local county tax on the sale of fireworks in Cleburne County in an amount not to exceed eight cents ($.08) per one dollar ($1) of gross sales. The net proceeds of the first two cents ($.02) per one dollar ($1) gross sales of any such tax levied and collected shall be distributed equally among the volunteer fire departments located in the county. The remaining net proceeds shall be paid to the county general fund.

(b) The local sales tax on fireworks herein authorized, if levied, shall be collected in the same manner as the state sales tax is collected in Cleburne County and shall be collected by the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-32-150.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-150.04
Section 45-32-150.04 Legal Counsel
Status: in_force

The racing commission shall have the authority to employ legal counsel of its selection to advise the commission and represent it in all proceedings. The compensation of such counsel shall be paid out of funds deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the racing commission.
Ala. Code § 45-50-244.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-244.09
Section 45-50-244.09 Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this part, together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this part. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of the person from whom the taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for privilege or license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the county taxes levied hereby, and the agency for the use and benefit of the county shall collect such taxes and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the state or the Department of Revenue of the state, hereinafter, the department, has for collection of the state lodging tax. The agency shall have full authority to employ such special counsel as it deems necessary, from time to time, to enforce collection of the taxes authorized to be levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigation involving this part; and the agency shall pay such special counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the taxes collected by it for the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.20
Section 45-37-123.20 Powers and Responsibilities of the County
Status: in_force

(a) Provisions of records. The county shall provide all records and documents necessary to determine an employee’s status and eligibility for membership in the plan, upon which a service record shall be created.

(b) Contributions. The county shall contribute an amount equal to six percent of an employee’s compensation from the county’s general assets to the system , as provided in Section 45-37-123.80. The county also shall withhold six percent of an employee’s compensation each pay period as provided in Section 45-37-123.82. Additionally, the county may pay into the system from the general funds of the county, in such installments or times as the county may elect, an amount or amounts sufficient to assure that the system is actuarially sound. The system shall remit contributions to the trust fund as soon as practicable. The pension board may first pay any sums reasonably necessary to defray administrative expenses of the plan as determined by the pension board subject to Section 45-37-123.194. The county shall also contribute any amounts received pursuant to Section 45-37-233, attributable to pistol permits, to the system, which shall not be considered plan assets. Any funds contributed pursuant to Section 45-37-233 shall be remitted to a system depository account and treated as general assets of the system as a legal entity separate and distinct from the plan and its trust.
Ala. Code § 45-27-120.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-120.02
Section 45-27-120.02 Establishment and Guidelines
Status: in_force

Escambia County may establish a personnel system for Escambia County based on all of the following principles:

(1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees based on their ability, knowledge, and skills, including the open competition of qualified applicants for initial and subsequent appointment.

(2) Establishing pay rates consistent with the principle of comparable pay for comparable jobs.

(3) Training employees, as needed, to assure quality job performance.

(4) Retaining employees on the basis of county needs, adequacy of performance, correcting inadequate performance when possible, and disciplining employees, including discharge, when such actions are in the best interests of the county.

(5) Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Ala. Code § 45-38-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-241
Section 45-38-241 Levy of Tax on Sale of Certain Automotive Vehicles, Trailers, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby levied and imposed in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the Lamar County Judge of Probate and purchased other than at wholesale in the county from any person, firm, or corporation which is not a licensed dealer engaged in selling automotive vehicles, truck trailers, semitrailers, or house trailers an amount equal to one and one-half percent of the purchase price.

(b) Where any used automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer is taken in trade or in a series of trades as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or used automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer, the taxes levied by this section shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle or trailer sold less the credit for the used vehicle or trailer taken in trade.

(c) The tax levied by this section shall be collected by the Lamar County Tax Collector at the same time and in the same manner as the tax levied by Section 40-23-101, and shall be subject to all the same definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, penalties, fines, punishments, deductions, and discounts; provided, however, the tax collector shall not be entitled to receive additional compensation for collection of the tax authorized herein.

(d)(1) The revenue collected by the tax collector pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Lamar County Commission to be deposited in a special fund for the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. The Lamar County Commission shall distribute such funds to the authority from time to time upon the written request of the chair of the authority. Such written request shall become a permanent record of the Lamar County Commission minutes and a copy of such request shall be retained by the authority for inclusion in the permanent records of the authority.

(2) In the event this section shall become effective prior to the passage of an act providing for the incorporation of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, any funds held by the Lamar County Commission to the credit of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be held in escrow until such time as such authority is incorporated.
Ala. Code § 45-4-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-60.01
Section 45-4-60.01 County Medical Examiner
Status: reserved

Repealed Act 2015-321 effective June 3, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-40-221 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-221
Section 45-40-221 Jesse Owens Memorial Park - Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

There is created and established a board of trustees for the Jesse Owens Memorial Park in Lawrence County, Alabama. The board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Lawrence County legislative delegation no later than 30 days after May 29, 1985. The members shall serve for terms of six years on the board and shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of their respective terms. The primary duty and responsibility of the board shall be the receipt and disbursement of all funds used for the operation and management of the Jesse Owens Memorial Park. As soon as board members have been appointed, as herein provided, the Lawrence County legislative delegation shall set the date for an organizational meeting for the board at which the board shall select from its membership a chair and a vice-chair who shall retain those positions for the remainder of their terms on the board. Thereafter, the board shall meet at least once every two months on a regular basis and in special meetings as may be called from time to time by the chair.
Ala. Code § 45-8-120 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-120
Section 45-8-120 County Civil System Created
Status: in_force

The selection and employment of all individuals in the service of Calhoun County, Alabama, except for those exempted in Section 45-8-120.01 shall be subject to the provisions of the Calhoun County Civil Service System as established herein and the rules and regulations established by the Calhoun County Civil Service Board as required to implement the intent of the article. This article and the county civil service system it creates shall specifically apply to employment in the offices and activities of the tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, sheriff, county commission, commissioner of licenses, county engineer, and other departments of the county whose employees are paid from county controlled funds, regardless of the source of such funds, but it shall not apply to those employees exempted in Section 45-8-120.01. All employees who are covered by this article shall be selected and hold their positions pursuant to this article and the board’s implementing rules and regulations. Any current employee of Calhoun County who is subject to the provisions of this article and who has satisfactorily completed a probationary period previously required by the county civil service system in effect at the time that this article becomes law and has been determined by the board to have standing under such civil service system shall be considered to be a regular status classified service employee under this article and shall not be required to stand an examination in order to retain his or her position and shall remain in his or her employment so long as he or she continues to meet the conditions of employment established by this article and the board’s implementing rules and regulations. Those individuals who are still serving a probationary period under previous civil service system requirements must complete the probationary period required by this article before they may be designated regular status classified service employees.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.26
Section 45-51A-32.26 Duties of Board
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Firefighters Pension Fund is declared to be the trustee of the Firefighters Pension Fund, and shall have the exclusive management and control thereof, and all matters legitimately connected therewith; and the board shall have power to adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable it to effectively and properly carry into execution the purpose for which it was organized, and to enable it to properly manage and conduct the business and affairs entrusted to it, provided such rules and regulations shall in no wise contravene this subpart, but shall be in conformity thereto. The board shall hear and decide all applications for pensions under this subpart, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review or reversal, except by the board. The board shall cause to be kept a record of all of its meetings and proceedings.
Ala. Code § 45-27-247.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-247.05
Section 45-27-247.05 Supply of Stamps; Forms and Supplies
Status: in_force

The Judge of Probate of Escambia County, Alabama, shall keep on hand for sale an adequate quantity of stamps to be affixed to each package of cigarettes in denominations as required under this subpart. Each such stamp shall have inscribed thereon the words, County of Escambia Cigarette Tax, but the words need not be arranged in the foregoing order and may be abbreviated. Likewise the Judge of Probate of Escambia County, Alabama, shall keep on hand an adequate supply of forms and other necessary supplies as may be required for the proper enforcement of this subpart, and all necessary forms and supplies other than the stamps herein mentioned shall be furnished free of charge to each wholesaler and jobber as needed.
Ala. Code § 45-53-240.57 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-240.57
Section 45-53-240.57 Abolition of Offices
Status: in_force

The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2008, or on such earlier date as prescribed in Section 45-53-240.51 if a vacancy occurs in the office of tax assessor or tax collector.
Ala. Code § 45-34-84.80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-84.80
Section 45-34-84.80 Reimbursement for Monetary Loss
Status: in_force

(a) The Henry County Commission shall reimburse the office of the Judge of Probate of Henry County for any monetary loss, up to a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), per annum, arising or caused by error if the mistake or omission was caused without the personal knowledge of the judge of probate, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, negotiable instruments, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. The reimbursement payments shall be made from the county general fund.

(b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate to ensure that the employees of the office exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission. The judge of probate shall make a good faith effort to collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss.

(c) This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the judge of probate or by any clerk, or any employee of the judge of probate.

(d) Neither the judge of probate nor any official, any clerk, or any employee of the judge of probate shall be personally liable for worthless checks, drafts, negotiable instruments, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent, if the judge of probate makes a good faith effort to collect on the worthless instruments or other written orders for money.

(e) In cases arising out of acceptance of a worthless or forged check, draft, negotiable instrument, money order, or other written order for money or its equivalent the judge of probate may charge a fee equal to the amount allowed a merchant by general law for each worthless or forged check, instrument, or other written order for money. The proceeds thereby generated shall be deposited into the operating account of the judge of probate and shall be disbursed by that officer for the loss in collecting the charge.
Ala. Code § 45-36-241.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-241.40
Section 45-36-241.40 Motor Vehicle License and Title Division; Personnel
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner’s office of Jackson County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses, and titles, issued through the revenue commissioner’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery, forms, and supplies as furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the revenue commissioner as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The revenue commissioner shall have authority to employ such clerks and other assistants and their compensation shall be set by 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 § 45-37A-240.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-240.25
Section 45-37A-240.25 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 § 45-35A-57 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-57
Section 45-35A-57 Ad Valorem Taxation on Property
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the City of Dothan currently levies ad valorem taxes on property situated therein at the rate of one-half of one percent (5 mills) of the assessed value of such property, which tax revenues are authorized to be used for general municipal purposes.

(2) Pursuant to Amendment 373(f) of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217(f) of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the governing body of the City of Dothan has duly proposed, after a public hearing on such proposal, that the City Council of Dothan be authorized to increase the rate at which the City of Dothan’s municipal ad valorem taxes are levied on property situated therein by up to an additional one and one-half percent (15 mills) of the assessed value of such property, and has further proposed that such additional net ad valorem tax revenues, net of the cost of collection, be distributed as follows:

a. Thirteen-fifteenths of any additional revenues shall be distributed to the Dothan City Board of Education to be used exclusively for public school purposes.

b. The remainder of any additional revenues shall be distributed to the Houston-Love Memorial Library Board to be used exclusively for the improvement, operation, and maintenance of public libraries within the City of Dothan.

(3) The governing body of the City of Dothan has requested that the Legislature approves the proposed authorization for the City Council of the City of Dothan to increase the ad valorem tax, as provided in Amendment 217(f) subject to approval by majority vote of the qualified electors residing in the City of Dothan who vote on the proposal at a special municipal election called and held for such purpose not later than October 1, 2013.

(4) Notice of the intention to propose this section has been published, without cost to the State of Alabama, in the counties wherein the City of Dothan is situated, namely, Houston County, Dale County, and Henry County, in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

(b) The Legislature does hereby approve a proposed increase of up to one and one-half percent (15 mills) in the rate of ad valorem taxes which may be levied by the City Council of the City of Dothan after the electors of the City of Dothan approve of the increase at a referendum on property situated in the City of Dothan from the current one-half of one percent (5 mills) to an amount not exceeding a total of two percent (20 mills) of the assessed value of such property, such additional net tax revenues, net of cost of collection, to be distributed as follows: Thirteen-fifteenths of any net additional ad valorem tax revenues shall be distributed to the Dothan City Board of Education to be used exclusively for public school purposes and, the remainder of any additional ad valorem tax revenues shall be distributed to the Houston-Love Memorial Library Board to be used exclusively for the improvement, operation, and maintenance of public libraries within the City of Dothan. No increase shall take effect until it has been approved by majority vote of the qualified electors residing in the City of Dothan who vote on the proposal at a special municipal election held in the City of Dothan not later than October 1, 2013. Following approval in the municipal election, the tax increase shall become effective in the tax year specified on the ballot.

(c) All matters relating to the assessment of property and collection of ad valorem taxes in the City of Dothan shall be unaffected by this section. The additional tax revenues approved pursuant to this section shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as existing municipal ad valorem taxes are assessed and collected.
Ala. Code § 45-42-200.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-200.18
Section 45-42-200.18 Delivery of Records
Status: in_force

All records in the custody of the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and tax collector relating to the duties herein imposed upon the commissioner, upon the effective date of transfer of these duties, shall as determined by the county commission be delivered to the office of the county license commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.42
Section 45-57A-63.42 New Department and Offices Creation
Status: in_force

The council by ordinance may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, boards, or agencies, other than the offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this part. The council by ordinance may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this part, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, board, or agency, any function or duty assigned by this part to a particular office, department, board, or agency.
Ala. Code § 45-49-40.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-40.12
Section 45-49-40.12 Certificate Required; Display of Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of, or attempt to practice, barbering without a certificate of registration as a registered barber issued by the board.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to serve as an apprentice under a registered barber without a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice issued by the board.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate a barber shop unless such person, firm, or corporation shall at all times display a certificate to operate a barber shop issued by the board, and unless such shop shall at all times be under the direct supervision and management of a registered barber.

(d) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to hire, employ, aid, or abet any person to engage in the practice of barbering, unless such person holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked certificate of registration to practice barbering or a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice, issued by the board.

(e) Every holder of a certificate of registration or license shall display it in a conspicuous place in his or her place of business. (Acts 1961, No. 678, p. 940, § 13; Acts 1963, No. 373, p. 872, § 4.)
Ala. Code § 45-20-241.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-241.03
Section 45-20-241.03 Oath of Office; Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama, and execute a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the Covington County Commission, giving as security thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned as other officials’ bonds are conditioned and shall be approved by and filed with the Judge of Probate of Covington County. The cost of the bond required herein shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on warrant of the Covington County Commission, and shall be a preferred claim against the county.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.002 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.002
Section 45-2-244.002 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

In addition to all other taxes now imposed by law, every person who sells, stores, or delivers any cigarettes within the county shall pay a license tax to the county, which may be imposed and levied by the county commission in an amount which shall not exceed ten cents ($.10) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-351.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-351.03
Section 45-37A-351.03 Increase to Ad Valorem Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1) AMENDMENT NO. 56. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Constitution of 2022.

(2) AMENDMENT NO. 325. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217 of the Constitution of 2022.

(3) AMENDMENT NO. 373. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217 of the Constitution of 2022.

(4) CITY. Mountain Brook, Alabama.

(5) CITY COUNCIL. Mountain Brook City Council.

(6) SPECIAL TAX. The special ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorizedin Amendment No. 56 and pursuant to an election held in the city on May 20, 1947, and levied and collected on taxable property in the city; being originally levied at the rate of five mills on each dollar of assessed value and, pursuant to proceedings heretofore taken under Amendment No. 325 and Amendment No. 373, presently levied at the rate of 10.6 mills on each dollar of assessed value.

(b) The city presently levies and collects the special tax at a rate of $1.06 on each one hundred dollars (10.6 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the city council in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the city proposes to increase by 10 mills the rate at which it may levy and collect the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to $2.06 on each one hundred dollars (20.6 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution adopted by the city council after a public hearing, the city council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the special tax for public school purposes to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to $2.06 on each one hundred dollars (20.6 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(d) The increase in the rate at which the special tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373.
Ala. Code § 45-32-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-232
Section 45-32-232 Fee; Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In Greene County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff.

(b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Greene County in any bank located in Greene County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund.

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

(d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.
Ala. Code § 45-16-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-80
Section 45-16-80 Expense Allowance for Clerk
Status: in_force

Commencing October 1, 1985, the circuit clerk in Coffee County shall be entitled to receive a total expense allowance in an amount which when added to the salary paid by the state will make the total compensation thirty-three thousand dollars ($33,000) per annum. Such expense allowance shall be in lieu of any and all other expense allowances of any nature whatsoever heretofore authorized and shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-64 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-64
Section 45-49A-64 Purpose; Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in municipalities having a population of not less than 175,000 nor more than 250,000 the following conditions exist:

(1) That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density.

(2) That the continued economic growth of such municipalities and the general health and welfare of the citizens of such counties require the availability of public facilities for mass transportation.

(3) That it is necessary and desirable and in the best interests of the citizens of such municipalities that provisions be made for the establishment in such counties of public corporations to provide public transportation service.

(4) The Legislature does hereby further declare its intention, by the passage of this part, to promote public mass transportation in such municipalities through the authorization of public corporations, as agencies of the State of Alabama, with the powers conferred by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-5-244 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-244
Section 45-5-244 Levy of Tobacco Tax; Use of Proceeds; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Blount County may levy a county privilege or excise tax on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco products in the county. Tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, and tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed, or packages thereof. The amount of the tax shall be established by ordinance and shall not exceed ten cents ($.10) per tobacco product or package thereof. The proceeds of any tax levied pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively for school resource officers, drug task force officers, patrol cars, or other related equipment deemed necessary by the county sheriff’s department.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing the business in Blount 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 absorbed, 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 two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. The proceeds of any fine collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into the General Fund of Blount County to assist in funding the School Resource Officer Program.
Ala. Code § 45-49-140.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-140.05
Section 45-49-140.05 Notice of Election
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under this subpart by publishing for three weeks, at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed for the election the question to be then voted on will be submitted to the electors of the territory.
Ala. Code § 45-49-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-242.20
Section 45-49-242.20 Pest Control Ad Valorem Tax
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of Mobile County is hereby authorized to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, a special annual ad valorem tax of one mill on each dollar’s worth of taxable real and personal property in Mobile County for the administration, operation, and maintenance of mosquito, rodent, and other vector control activities to be carried out by the Mobile County Board of Health. Such tax shall be based upon the last preceding assessment for state and county purposes commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1976; its collection shall conform to the collection of taxes from counties; and it shall constitute a lien against the property. The tax shall be added by the appropriate county officials to the state and county tax bill immediately following the levy of such tax. Such taxes shall be subject to the same due and delinquency date, penalties, exemptions, and interest as are applied to the collection of all other ad valorem taxes. Provided, however, that all real and personal property owned and used as incorporated and nonprofit community centers, incorporated and nonprofit ball parks, and incorporated and nonprofit recreational facilities by nonprofit businesses and corporations is hereby exempted from the special annual ad valorem tax levied herein.

(2) All funds derived from the collection of this special tax, after deduction of costs of assessment and collection thereof, such costs not to exceed two percentum for assessment and two percentum for collection, shall be paid over and held by the Treasurer of the Mobile County Board of Health for the specific purpose for which such funds have been collected. Such sums may be anticipated, but for not longer than 12 months, by temporary loan certificates issued by the Mobile County Board of Health, and, when anticipated, such proceeds shall be used for the same purposes as are herein provided.

(b)(1) In accordance with the terms of Amendment 351 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, tax revenues generated by the ad valorem tax levied and collected in accordance with the terms of subsection (a), are hereby authorized to be allocated, used, and otherwise expended for general health purposes by the Mobile County Board of Health; provided, however, the portion of the tax receipts allocated, used, and otherwise expended for general health purposes shall in no event exceed 50 percent of the total proceeds of such tax.

(2)This subsection shall be construed in para materia with subsection (a), and shall not be interpreted to repeal any provision thereof. The use of such funds authorized by subdivision (1) shall be in addition to any other use or uses previously authorized by the laws of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.70
Section 45-30-240.70 Budgetary Operations and Functions
Status: reserved

(a) The Tax Assessor of Franklin County is hereby authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. Hereafter, the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes collected in the county. This section is not intended to affect any other county office.

(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the tax assessor’s office in Franklin County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-40-244.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-244.10
Section 45-40-244.10 Application of State Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax, and compliance generally with the state lodging tax statutes, the rules and regulations promulgated with respect to the state lodging tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this part when applied to the tax levied by this part, shall apply to the county tax levied hereby. The agency shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the county tax levied hereby as are imposed on the Commissioner of Revenue of the state and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable by this part to the county tax levied hereby and to the administration of this part are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth hereon.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-64.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-64.15
Section 45-49A-64.15 Freedom of Authority from Public Service Commission and Other State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This part is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as in this part expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or transit system, or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage, and deed of trust, or trust indenture. The authority, every transit system of the authority, any public transportation service provided by the authority, and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of, and all regulation and supervision by, the Public Service Commission. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.
Ala. Code § 45-57-202.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-202.27
Section 45-57-202.27 Licensing, Assessment, and Collection of State and County Ad Valorem Tax on Motor Vehicles
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the motor vehicle license division shall collect for the licensing and the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the judge of probate, license inspector, tax assessor, and tax collector for the same services. The fees, charges, penalties, and commissions collected by the commissioner of the motor vehicle license division shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-81.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-81.08
Section 45-49A-81.08 Temporary Total Disability of City Employee
Status: in_force

(a) If any employee of the City of Prichard, Alabama, while in the performance of his or her duties, becomes and is found to be temporarily totally disabled, mentally or physically, for services to the City of Prichard, by reason of service therein, the City Council of the City of Prichard, Alabama, shall order the payment of and there shall be paid from the proper fund herein provided for, to such disabled member, an amount equal to 50 percent of his or her compensation at the time of the commencement of the discovery of such disability or an amount equal to 50 percent of the average compensation of such employee for the then past four calendar years, or major fraction thereof during such total disability, whichever shall be the greater, which payment shall be made monthly or semi-monthly and for a period not longer than five years; and such disability shall be arrived at upon the authority of the City Council of the City of Prichard, after report from a reputable physician designated by the City Council of the City of Prichard, Alabama, and after consideration of such other evidence, medical or otherwise, which the City Council of the City of Prichard, Alabama, may desire to conduct, this provided such employee, during the same period is paid no salary as an employee of the City of Prichard, Alabama.

(b) Average annual compensation of any employee over the then past four calendar years as used in this section and as used hereafter from time to time in Sections 45-49A-81.09, 45-49A-81.10, 45-49A-81.11, and 45-49A-81.12 specifically, shall include in the then past four years the compensation of an employee for the major fraction of a year; provided, however, that in the devisor used to divide such total compensation in order to obtain the average only the full years and the fraction for which the compensation in the fractional year was paid shall be included.
Ala. Code § 45-30-241.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-241.09
Section 45-30-241.09 Report of Shipments
Status: in_force

Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in Franklin County shall report to the County Commission of Franklin County on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasoline or motor fuel as defined in this part or substitutes therefor handled by him or her or through the station or office at which he or she is the agent, and delivered to any person in Franklin County during the preceding three months, giving the names and address of the consignor or consignee shipping and receiving the gasoline or motor fuel or substitute therefor and the number of gallons or pounds contained in each and every shipment.
Ala. Code § 45-44-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-82
Section 45-44-82 Expense Allowance for Assistant District Attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney serving Macon County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month to be paid from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-18-81.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-81.22
Section 45-18-81.22 Applicants for Admittance
Status: in_force

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the Circuit or District Court of the Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit may apply to the District Attorney of the Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. A person charged with any of the following offenses may apply for the program:

(1) A traffic offense.

(2) A property offense.

(3) An offense in which the victim did not receive serious physical injury.

(4) An offense in which the victim was not a child under 14 years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school official, or a correctional officer.

(5) A misdemeanor other than one specifically excluded in this section.

(b) The following offenses are ineligible for consideration for the pretrial diversion program:

(1) Trafficking or distribution of drugs, or both.

(2) Any offense involving the abuse of a child or an elderly person.

(3) Any sex offense.

(4) Any Class A felony.

(5) Any offense involving serious injury to a person.

(6) Any offense involving death.

(c) A person deemed by the district attorney to be a threat to the safety or wellbeing of the community shall not be eligible for the pretrial diversion program.

(d) The opinion of law enforcement officers involved in the offense shall be sought and used in the decision as to whether to approve the applicant for the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-19-82.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-82.50
Section 45-19-82.50 General Register of Transactions; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Coosa County pursuant to Section 12-13-41, shall maintain a general register for all transactions recorded by the probate office and shall have a general direct and general reverse index for every instrument filed. Specifically included in the general register are those instruments described in Section 12-13-41(11) (deeds and mortgages, etc.); Section 12-13-41(13) (adverse possession); Section 35-4-52 (bankruptcy petitions); Section 35-4-53 (bonds for title); Sections 35-4-69 and 35-4-71 (affidavits relative to chain of title of land); Section 35-4-76 (options to buy land); Section 35-4-90 (agreements to convey land); Section 35-4-91 (wills which convey real property); Section 35-4-130 (lis pendens and hospital liens); Sections 36-5-3, 36-5-4, 36-5-5, and 36-5-6 (official bonds, notary bonds and oaths of office); Section 10-2A-93 (corporations); Section 10-4-26 (church minutes which grant trustees the authority to convey land); Section 6-9-210 (liens of judgment); Section 40-1-2(d) (tax liens); military discharges; medical records; as well as judicial records and any other records required to be maintained by the office of the judge of probate.

(b) Each instrument contained in the general index shall be numbered consecutively.

(c) The judge of probate may retain all or parts of records for archival purposes using optical storage devices, other acceptable computerized methods for records storage, or any combination thereof. The use of photocopying to retain and archive court records in the county may be discontinued and replaced with digitized or scanned images of records, committed to optical storage devices or other acceptable computerized methods. Records so archived and retained shall constitute official records of the office of the judge of probate and of the probate court and may be compiled and certified, and sold to the public in accordance with applicable law. All funds collected for copies and certifications shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(d) The judge of probate from time to time shall establish a policy on the sale of or access to computerized index information and digitized images maintained in the office of the judge of probate and in the probate court. All funds received from the sale of information and images shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(e) All fees collected in accordance with this section shall be in compliance with existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Judge of Probate in Coosa County.
Ala. Code § 45-37-140.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-140.04
Section 45-37-140.04 Subsequent Elections
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section the following terms have the meanings hereby ascribed to them:

(1) ABOLITION. The abolition of a district under Section 45–37–140.14.

(2) DISTRICT PROPOSED. The area proposed to be established as a district under this article.

(3) ELECTION HEREUNDER. An election held under this article.

(4) SOME OTHER ELECTION. Any election, whether general, special, or primary, not held under this article.

(b) No two elections hereunder on the creation of a district shall be held in a period of two years if the district proposed at the second of such elections contains any part of the district proposed at the first of such elections; provided, however, a period of one year between the two elections hereunder shall be sufficient if the second of such elections is held on a day whereon some other election is held in the district proposed at the second election.

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

(d) When a petition for the holding of any election hereunder is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on the same day as such other election is held.

(e) If the petition is not filed at such time as will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the time some other election is held, as provided for in the next foregoing sentence, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the order.

(f) This section shall apply to all elections provided for by this article.
Ala. Code § 45-45-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-70
Section 45-45-70 Adoption of Laws and Codes; Inspectors; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) In Madison County, the county commission shall adopt building laws and codes by ordinance which shall apply to all commercial or industrial improvements in the county. The building laws and codes of the county commission shall not apply to any municipality which is enforcing its building code and law within the corporate limits of the municipality without the express consent of the municipality. The county commission may employ building inspectors to see that its laws and codes are not violated and that the plans and specifications for commercial or industrial buildings are not in conflict with the ordinances of the county and may exact fees to be paid by the owner of property inspected. The fees for permits and inspections provided for herein shall be set so that the fees shall be revenue and performance neutral, reflecting the functions of the inspection department of the county as reflected in its charter.

(b) This section shall not apply to improvements intended to be used for agricultural purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-2-80.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-80.40
Section 45-2-80.40 Assessment in Juvenile, Criminal, Quasi-Criminal, and Bond Forfeiture Proceedings
Status: in_force

In Baldwin County, in addition to all other fees and costs prescribed by law, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in each juvenile case, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on forfeited bail bond or original conviction in any inferior or municipal court of the county except a conviction on a municipal parking violation, in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County or the District Court of Baldwin County, or brought by appeal, certiorari or otherwise to the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, or the District Court of Baldwin County, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected by the clerk, or ex officio clerk, of said courts or the register of the Circuit Court of Baldwin County as the case may be. It is the intent of this section that such additional costs shall be taxed on all criminal violations cited for adjudication in the county, whether state, county or municipal in nature, except municipal parking violations. Such additional costs, when collected by the appropriate officials throughout the county, shall be paid into the county treasury to be expended for the care, maintenance, transportation, and other expenses related to juvenile offenders through September 30, 1990. Commencing October 1, 1990, revenues from such additional costs shall be used for the planning, construction, operation, and other expenses directly related to the operation of a county juvenile detention facility. In the event a county juvenile detention facility has not been constructed by October 1, 1991, such revenues shall be deposited in a special trust account in the county treasury until such juvenile detention facility has been constructed and is in operation.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.184 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.184
Section 45-51A-32.184 Establishment of Human Resources Department
Status: in_force

(a) The city council shall establish a human resources department within the city. The city council shall adopt all rules, policies, and procedures necessary for the creation and operation of the department. The department shall be under the direction and supervision of the director of the human resources department, who shall be appointed by the mayor as an exempt employee of the city. The director of human resources shall appoint all employees of the department.

(b) The department shall assist the city council in the creation and implementation of a personnel system. The department shall carry out all activities assigned to it by the city council. This shall include adopting all necessary rules, policies, and procedures; overseeing benefits related to employment; assisting department heads; assisting employees; providing clerical and administrative assistance to the appeals board; and any other functions deemed appropriate by the city council.
Ala. Code § 45-32-150.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-150.23
Section 45-32-150.23 Use of Funds for Day Care Centers
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Greene County Commission is hereby authorized to expend available unearmarked funds, received pursuant to this part, in the county general fund for the establishment and maintenance of day care centers within the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.134 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.134
Section 45-37A-51.134 Secretary of the Board
Status: in_force

The personnel director shall be secretary of the board and shall be present at every meeting of the board and keep a record of all proceedings of the board and of all orders and decisions of the board. In the event the personnel director is temporarily unable to fulfill his or her obligations, the board may appoint a temporary replacement to take and record the minutes of the meeting.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.140 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.140
Section 45-8A-23.140 Miscellaneous Revenues - Anticipated Surplus from Municipal Utility or Other Public Service Enterprise
Status: in_force

The anticipated revenues and proposed expenditures of each utility or other public service enterprise owned, or operated, by the city, shall be stated in a separate section of the budget (each bearing the name of the utility); and as to each such utility, any anticipated surplus, if legally available for general purposes, shall be stated as an item of miscellaneous revenue in the budget and the budget proposal.
Ala. Code § 45-36-220 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-220
Section 45-36-220 Use of Facilities
Status: in_force

Members of the board of directors of any Jackson County Public Park Board may be permitted the use of its facilities in lieu of compensation or expenses for service as members of such board or boards. Authority to use facilities of such board or boards by board members in lieu of compensation and expenses shall be spread upon the minutes of the affected board. The use of such facilities shall be commensurate with the duties imposed upon the members. All prior use of such facilities by a public park board member in lieu of compensation is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-53-245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-245
Section 45-53-245 Definitions
Status: in_force

All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, and 40-23-4 as amended, providing for the levy of a state sales tax, wherever used in this subpart, shall have the same meanings respectively ascribed to them in those sections, except where the context herein clearly indicates a different meaning. In addition, the following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) COUNTY. Perry County.

(2) MONTH. The calendar month.

(3) STATE SALES TAX. The tax imposed by the state sales tax statutes.

(4) STATE SALES TAX STATUTES. Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, and 40-23-4, as amended, which levy a certain retail sales tax, and include all statutes, including amendments to those sections, which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied by those sections and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of those sections and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed therein.

(5) STATE USE TAX. The tax imposed by the state use tax statutes.
Ala. Code § 45-37-234 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-234
Section 45-37-234 Jail Store
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Jefferson County is authorized to operate a jail store for inmates within the confines of the Jefferson County Detention Facility and Annexes. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population.

(b) All monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Jefferson County or the appointed agent of the sheriff in any bank located in Jefferson County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund.

(c) The Sheriff’s Commissary Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Jefferson County or the appointed agent of the sheriff and shall be used for the betterment of law enforcement or in the interest thereof or in the public’s interest in the discharge of the office of the sheriff, as the sheriff sees fit.

(d) All monies collected, if any, as outlined in subsection (a) prior to September 11, 1997, shall be transferred into the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund created by subsection (b).

(e) Any funds spent for the betterment of law enforcement or in the interest thereof accruing from any jail store operated by the former or present Sheriff of Jefferson County prior to September 11, 1997, are ratified and confirmed as legal expenditures and, if necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, seven thousand one hundred dollars ($7,100) is hereby appropriated from the monies transferred under subsection (d) to the Sheriff of Jefferson County.

(f) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office.

(g) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is authorized to audit the monies annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-80.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-80.08
Section 45-17A-80.08 Certificate of Appropriateness for Modification, Erection, or Demolition; Applications; Rules and Regulations; Design Standards; Records
Status: in_force

(a) No change in the exterior appearance of an historic property or any building, structure, or site within an historic district may be made, and no historic property may be demolished, and no building or structure in an historic district may be erected or demolished unless and until a certificate of appropriateness for such change, erection, or demolition is approved by the commission. Signs shall be considered as structures and no sign on an historic property or in an historic district shall be changed, erected, or demolished unless and until a certificate of appropriateness is approved by the commission. The requirement of a certificate of appropriateness shall apply to public property which has been designated as an historic property or which is contained in an historic district, and shall apply to all actions by public authorities which involve historic properties and properties within historic districts. Demolition by neglect and the failure to maintain an historic property or a structure in an historic district shall constitute a change for which a certificate of appropriateness is necessary. The commission may include selection of paint colors as changes requiring a certificate of appropriateness. The painting of originally unpainted surfaces shall require a certificate of appropriateness.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth the procedure for submission and consideration of applications for certificates of appropriateness, and no certificate of appropriateness shall be approved unless an application for a certificate of appropriateness is submitted to the commission accompanied by such drawings, photographs, and plans, as may be required by the commission.

(c) The commission shall adopt general design standards which shall apply in considering the granting and denial of certificates of appropriateness.

(d) Applications for certificates of appropriateness shall be considered by the commission at public meetings, held at times and places and pursuant to such notices as are specified in the ordinance creating the commission.

(e) The commission may adopt an expedited procedure for approval of routine maintenance to historic properties, or to buildings or structures in historic districts. Such expedited procedure may waive the requirements for submission of an application for a certificate of appropriateness and for consideration at a public meeting.

(f) The commission shall keep a record of all applications for certificates of appropriateness and requests for approval of routine maintenance and all of its proceedings.
Ala. Code § 45-26-142.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-142.05
Section 45-26-142.05 Application of Election Laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of the election laws governing equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held pursuant to this part.
Ala. Code § 45-14-130.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-130.09
Section 45-14-130.09 Requisitions; Powers and Duties of County Purchasing Agent
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall make written requisition to the county purchasing agent for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county. Such requisitions shall be filed and presented by the chairman to the commission at its next meeting, for the approval of the commission. Provided, however, that the county purchasing agent shall have full power and authority to make purchases without first obtaining the approval of the commission if the delay might, in his or her judgment, cause an unnecessary and harmful interruption in the operation of the county road system, providing the purchases are made in accordance with prevailing law. The county purchasing agent shall be solely responsible and accountable for purchasing the materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies under the approved requisitions, and shall report monthly to the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.01
Section 45-41-260.01 Composition of Planning Commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall be composed of 11 members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector in and an actual resident of Lee County. The Lee County Commission members may appoint two members for their respective district and one member shall be appointed by the chair of the county commission. All members shall be appointed by the Lee County Commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the Lee County Commission. Each member shall serve a term of six years or until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. Prior to taking office each member shall subscribe to an oath as provided by law for the public officials and the same shall be recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County. The original members of the commission shall draw lots to determine the period of time each is to serve and the terms of three shall expire two years from the date of the organization of the commission; and the terms of four others shall expire four years from the date of the organization of the commission; and the terms of four others shall expire six years from the date of the organization of the commission. In the event of a vacancy on the commission, the vacancy shall be filled as in the case of the original appointment. All members shall be reimbursed reasonable and necessary expenses incurred and may be paid an expense allowance by the county commission not to exceed actual expenses. Members shall hold no other county office and expenses of members shall be paid from the General Fund of Lee County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-170.74 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-170.74
Section 45-49-170.74 Assessment of Costs; Sale and Redemption of Lots
Status: in_force

The county commission may assess the costs authorized herein against any real property where a demolition or removal has taken place and the property is subsequently purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. If any such assessment is made against a piece of real property, a subsequent redemption of the property by any person or persons authorized to redeem, or a sale of the property by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the county for the assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any piece of real property upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the property subject to the assessment. The assessment shall then be added to the tax bill of the property, collected as a tax, and remitted to the county.
Ala. Code § 45-39-30.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-30.04
Section 45-39-30.04 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The council shall have the following duties and authority:

(1) To define the roles and responsibilities of all participating departments.

(2) To adopt rules for the internal operation of the council.

(3) To recommend to the lead agency the appointment of additional members to serve on the council as deemed necessary and appropriate.

(4) To develop a long-range plan, reviewed semiannually, for a comprehensive countywide system of care, which, to the extent practical, is derived from scientific based research and nationally recognized best practices. The council shall provide a copy of the plan and a detailed summary of any progress toward implementation of the plan to the lead agency annually. The plan should include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

a. The elimination of barriers to identifying and reporting elder abuse, such as duplicative or fragmented policies which may require modification.

b. The development of a coordinated program of services for victims of elder abuse, to include the identification, intervention, prevention, and prosecution of the crime of elder abuse.

c. A comprehensive fiscal review and analysis with recommendations for county spending on programs and services for elder abuse prevention.

d. The identification of annual action steps toward implementation.

(5) To ensure council collaboration, public participation, and mutual sharing of information to facilitate policy decisions and the implementation of a plan for a comprehensive countywide system of care to those at risk for elder abuse.
Ala. Code § 45-13-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-82
Section 45-13-82 Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Cases; Solicitor’s Fair Trial Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Clarke County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees shall be collected by the circuit clerk and distributed monthly to the Solicitor’s Fair Trial 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 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 reasonable foreseeable future.

(c) The District Attorney in Clarke County shall establish the Solicitor’s Fair Trial Fund. The solicitor’s fee paid pursuant to subsection (a) shall be placed in the fund and shall be used by the district attorney for the support of the district attorney’s office or for any other legitimate law enforcement purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-35-140.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-140.07
Section 45-35-140.07 Liability of Personnel
Status: in_force

The personnel of volunteer fire departments and the Houston County Volunteer Firefighters Association provided for in this article shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a private capacity for the actions of the personnel of volunteer fire departments.
Ala. Code § 45-25-240.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-240.20
Section 45-25-240.20 Creation; Quarters, Equipment, Supplies, Etc.; Personnel
Status: in_force

There is created within the tax assessor’s office of DeKalb County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses and titles issued through the tax assessor’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the tax assessor as shall be necessary, from time to time, for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of the office. The tax assessor shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and their compensation shall be set by 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 § 45-22-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-240
Section 45-22-240 Consolidation of Offices and Powers
Status: in_force

(a) After September 30, 1979, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Cullman County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1978, and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years from the thirtieth day of September next after his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified.

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

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

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

(e) The court of county commissioners or other like governing body of the county shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner in the courthouse, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector of the county are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty hereby imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of the office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The salary shall be in lieu of any and all other compensation, salary, or expense allowance heretofore provided by law and shall be payable from the general fund of the county; provided, however, on behalf of such revenue commissioner, the county shall pay the employer’s contribution to any retirement or pension plan of which such revenue commissioner is a member.

(g) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Cullman County are abolished effective the first day of October 1979.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to promote the public convenience in Cullman County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one office.
Ala. Code § 45-34-82.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-82.04
Section 45-34-82.04 Admission into Program
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district attorney may require the offender to submit to any type of test or evaluation process or interview the district attorney deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-17A-82.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17A / Section 45-17A-82.08
Section 45-17A-82.08 Probationary Period for Appointments
Status: in_force

All appointments, including new appointments, employee reassignments to cover vacant positions, and head of department positions, shall be on a probationary basis for a period of six months from the date of appointment. For those positions in which the individual is required to meet state minimum standards, such as police officers and firefighters, the probationary period shall conclude upon fulfillment of the standards or the passage of six months, whichever is later. Before the expiration of the probationary period, the head of the department, with the consent of the mayor, may discharge a probationary employee. Regular status covered employees who are reassigned, including those reassigned to a head of department position, shall be returned either to their previous job or a similar job, if vacant, or placed on the layoff list.
Ala. Code § 45-2-221.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-221.12
Section 45-2-221.12 Review of Building Plans
Status: in_force

The county commission shall prescribe the procedure for the review of building plans for any building to be erected or renovated which is located or to be located in the designated historic districts, including rules governing decisions of the architectural review board and the procedure for appeal from decisions of the architectural review board. The county commission shall prescribe the procedure for the review of building plans for any building to be erected or renovated which is located or is to be located within the designated preservation districts, including rules governing decisions of the preservation district review board and the procedure for appeal from decisions of the preservation district review board.
Ala. Code § 45-49-72.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-72.03
Section 45-49-72.03 President of the Commission
Status: in_force

The president of the commission shall be its presiding officer and shall have the same powers and authority as other members in passing upon all questions, and shall sign the minutes of the proceedings of the commission, and shall sign all warrants drawn on the county treasury, unless in the event of his or her disability some other member of the commission shall be designated by an appropriate resolution of the board so to do; and it shall be his or her duty to receive and prepare business and obtain information for the sessions of the commission, to see to the execution of all orders thereof, and to report to the commission all infractions of the revenue law in the county of which he or she can obtain authentic information. He or she shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties required of the judge of probate as to matters coming before the court of county commissioners.
Ala. Code § 45-45-83.72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-83.72
Section 45-45-83.72 Restitution Recovery Division - Establishment
Status: in_force

The district attorney may establish a special division designated the Restitution Recovery Division for the administration, collection, and enforcement of court costs, fines, penalty payments, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, or like payments in civil or criminal proceedings ordered by the court and payable to the state or to crime victims, or judgments entered which have not been otherwise vacated or judicial relief given from the operation of the order or judgment.
Ala. Code § 45-8-150.18 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-150.18
Section 45-8-150.18 Prior Permit Holders
Status: in_force

Bingo operators presently holding a valid bingo permit in Calhoun County after January 1, 1997 shall be allowed to continue to operate for a period of six months while working to come into compliance with this article.
Ala. Code § 45-27-80.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-80.20
Section 45-27-80.20 Compensation of Court Reporters
Status: in_force

In addition to all other compensation provided for by law, the official court reporter of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall be entitled to additional compensation payable by Escambia County in the amount of seven thousand dollars ($7,000) annually. Such additional compensation shall be paid to the court reporter in equal monthly installments from the general funds of Escambia County.
Ala. Code § 45-39-200.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-200.16
Section 45-39-200.16 Additional Fees for Mailing Expenses
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall charge and collect a reasonable fee which is adequate to cover the necessary handling, packaging, and mailing expenses for each motor vehicle tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. The additional fees shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehicle with his or her mailed request for license tags and the fees collected by the commissioner shall be paid into the general fund of the county. The actual expense of mailing application forms to the owners of motor vehicles and of mailing tags as hereinabove provided, shall be paid from the general fund of the county upon warrants signed by the commissioner and approved by the county governing body. The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem tax and motor vehicle license tax and the issuance of license tags shall be an optional alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and to receive a tag in person without the payment of an additional fee.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102.20
Section 45-49-102.20 School-Based Decision Making Pilot Programs
Status: in_force

(a) By January 1, 1999, the Mobile County School Board shall adopt a policy for implementing pilot programs for school-based decision making beginning with the 1999-2000 school year pursuant to this subpart and shall select schools to participate in the pilot program as follows:

(1) One elementary school in each Senate district.

(2) One middle school selected from the county.

(3) One high school selected from the county.

(b) In addition to the schools selected pursuant to subdivisions (1), (2), and of subsection (a), any other school located within the Mobile County School System may petition the Mobile County School Board to participate in the pilot program. The petition shall be on a standard form developed by the Mobile County School Board and shall include input from parent representatives, teachers, and the principal or administrator of the school. Upon receipt of a petition, the Mobile County School Board shall have 60 days to provide written notification to the petitioning school of the acceptance or rejection of a petition.

(1) If a petition is rejected, the notice provided by the board shall specifically state the reasons for rejection and suggest any actions that may be taken by the school to remedy the situation. If the board discovers any reason to reject a petition before the end of the 60-day response period, the board shall inform the petitioning school of the reason, or reasons, and provide an opportunity for that school to remedy the situation before final notification. Any reason for rejection shall be reasonable based upon written criteria established and published by the board consistent with this subpart. There is no limit to the number of times a school may petition the board to participate in the pilot program.

(2) If a petition is accepted, participation in the pilot program shall begin with the school year immediately following the date of acceptance.
Ala. Code § 45-17-20.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-20.60
Section 45-17-20.60 Approval by County Commission or City Council
Status: in_force

(a) This subpart only applies in Colbert County.

(b) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within Colbert County so long as approved by a majority vote of the county commission, or if applicable, the city council of the muncipality where the licensee is located. The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for off-premises consumption in kegs by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the county only if such beverages are sold in kegs and so long as approved by a majority vote of the county commission, or if applicable, the city council of the municipality where the licensee is located.

(c) All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages.
Ala. Code § 45-43-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-71
Section 45-43-71 Lowndes County Districting Commission
Status: in_force

(a) In Lowndes County, there is hereby created a three member Lowndes County Districting Commission, hereinafter referred to as districting commission, to establish districts for the election of members of the Lowndes County Commission and the Lowndes County Board of Education. One member of the districting commission shall be appointed by the Lowndes County Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as board; one member shall be appointed by the Lowndes County Commission, hereinafter referred to as commission; and, one member shall be appointed by the state representative and state senator representing Lowndes County, hereinafter referred to as delegation. The board, commission, and delegation may hereinafter be referred to as appointing authorities. If the board or the commission does not appoint its member to the districting commission within 45 days from May 8, 1985, the delegation shall make the appointments within 10 days thereafter. Members of the districting commission shall be registered voters of the county and shall be over the age of 19 years. The commission and board shall provide any clerical, technical, or other assistance needed by the commission.

(b) Within 120 days of all members being appointed, the districting commission shall adopt a plan to apportion the county into five single-member districts. The apportionment plan, hereinafter called plan, shall be submitted to the board, commission, and delegation within 10 days after adoption. Unless the plan is rejected by resolution of each of the three appointing authorities within 35 days after the plan is adopted by the districting commission or unless the plan is superseded by legislative act, the plan becomes final. If the plan is rejected by a resolution of each of the appointing authorities, the districting commission shall submit, within 30 days, an additional plan for consideration. Once the plan becomes final, the districting commission shall cease to function. The plan shall be effective for the election of the members of the commission at the time of the next election for any member of the commission. The plan shall be effective for the election of the members of the board at the time of the next election for any member of the board.

(c) The Lowndes County Commission and the Lowndes County Board of Education shall consist of five members each which shall be residents of that district. One member shall be elected from each of the five districts for that body by the electors residing within the district. Each body shall elect its chair from among its membership. The districting commission shall stagger the terms of the board members so that three board members shall be elected four years thereafter and two board members shall be elected six years thereafter; provided, however, that the present term of any board member elected prior to May 8, 1985, shall not be abridged or reduced. The districting commission shall stagger the terms of the county commission so that after the initial election of all members, two members shall be elected two years thereafter and three members shall be elected four years thereafter.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-42.72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-42.72
Section 45-28A-42.72 Assistance of City Attorney
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the city attorney or such assistant city attorney as may be designated by the board of commissioners or other governing body of the city to give advice to the board of trustees in all matters pertaining to the duties of the board of trustees and the management of such fund, whenever requested to do so, and he or she shall represent and defend the board of trustees as its attorney in all suits and actions at law or in equity that may be brought against it, and in all suits and actions in its behalf that may be required or determined upon by the board of trustees. Such city attorney shall serve as such attorney of the board of trustees without compensation additional to the salary paid him or her as such city attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-40-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-82
Section 45-40-82 Investigators
Status: in_force

(a) All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall have all the powers and authority and immunities of a deputy sheriff. All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall meet the minimum standards required of law enforcement officers as provided in Section 36-21-46, or as otherwise provided by law.

(b)(1) All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, who have been employed as such for the past 17 years, on May 17, 1993, shall be grandfathered as to the requirements of Section 36-21-46, and shall be deemed qualified as meeting the minimum standards for applicants and appointees as law enforcement officers.

(2) After May 17, 1993, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission shall issue a certificate of compliance with Section 36-21-46 to existing investigators of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, provided they meet the time requirement of subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 45-29-71.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-71.05
Section 45-29-71.05 Compensation
Status: in_force

Commissioners shall continue to receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum until the terms in November 1994, at which time the salaries of the commissioners shall be fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum. Commissioners elected and beginning four-year terms of office in November 1994, shall receive salaries of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum.
Ala. Code § 45-9-82.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-82.20
Section 45-9-82.20 Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

(a) The District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program.

(b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts for this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit shall be retained.

(c) The pretrial diversion program shall be under the direct supervision and control of the district attorney and the district attorney may contract with any agency, person, or corporation for services related to this subpart. The district attorney may employ necessary persons to accomplish this subpart and these persons shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-37-40.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-40.03
Section 45-37-40.03 License - Qualifications
Status: in_force

Licenses shall be granted only to persons of good moral character, who have an elementary school education, or its equivalent, at least 18 years of age, have practiced as an apprentice for a period of at least one year, and have passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the commission. Provided, however, any person or persons engaged in the occupation of barbering for a period of less than one year may be licensed as an apprentice barber, provided he or she is 17 years of age, and has an elementary school education, or its equivalent, upon successfully passing the commissioner’s examination for licensing a barber, as herein set forth.
Ala. Code § 45-35-231.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-231.02
Section 45-35-231.02 Record of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Distribution
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a separate permanent record of all abandoned and stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The record shall state the description, the identifying number, if any, of the firearm, and the place of recovery of the firearm. The word 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 from any county in the 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 Houston County.

(d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff’s department funds for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-36-72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-72
Section 45-36-72 Computerized Recordkeeping and Filing
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, or contractual services for providing data processing, computerized services, or other modern or updated electronic based systems for bookkeeping, recording, indexing, and filing of all documents, instruments, and writings that are of record in the office of the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector of the county. The commission may provide for the microfilming of all records, documents, files, papers, or other writings which are required by law to be recorded in the office of the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, or tax collector and for such projective and reading equipment as may be necessary. Such microfilms or prints therefrom when duly authenticated by the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, or tax collector, as the case may be, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record or of copies thereof when made by any other legally authorized means, and may be offered in like manner, and shall be received in evidence in any court where such original record or copy thereof made by other legally authorized means, could have been received in court.

(b) The county commission shall provide for the services, equipment, and supplies necessary to implement subsection (a) by either lease or outright purchase or by contractual services, whichever in the discretion of the county commission is deemed to be in the best interest of the county. The commission of the county shall be authorized to select the type of services to be used and to recommend and approve all contracts thereof. Because of the specialized nature of such services, all contracts therefor may be made without regard to any applicable statewide or local competitive bid law.

(c) All funds necessary and incidental for the implementation of this section shall be paid out of the General Fund of Jackson County.
Ala. Code § 45-14-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-90
Section 45-14-90 Emerald Triangle Commission - Created
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-388, p. 712, §1, effective May 5, 2009.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-150.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-150.02
Section 45-37A-150.02 Powers of Council
Status: in_force

All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns, and such powers as are now vested in or exercised by the city council, or both, shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance. The council shall perform the duties required by this article and other applicable provisions of law.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.22
Section 45-2-243.22 Board of Directors - Composition; Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) The affairs of the bureau shall be managed by a board of directors, hereinafter called “the board,” which shall consist of the following: At least one and no more than four board members representing each incorporated municipality located within the defined “lodging tax district” and at least one and no more than four board members from the unincorporated area of the “lodging tax district.”

(b) The number of board members representing each municipality shall be computed as follows:

(1) One board seat for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of annual lodging tax collections, collected pursuant to this subpart. The minimum board seats per municipality shall be one and the maximum board seats per municipality shall be four.

(2) The board members representing the incorporated municipalities shall be appointed by the governing body of their respective municipality. The initial board member terms shall be appointed one each for a one, two, three, and four-year term. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years.

(3) Appointed board members shall represent the following from within their respective municipality:

a. No more than one board member from each municipality shall be a member of the elected body of the municipality.

b. No more than two board members from each municipality shall be engaged in the lodging business and subject to the taxing provisions of this subpart.

c. No more than one board member from each municipality shall be engaged in a business, other than a lodging business, whose customers or clients are primarily tourists or visitors.

(4) The number of board members representing the unincorporated area of the defined lodging tax district shall be computed as follows:

a. One board seat for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of annual lodging tax collections, collected pursuant to this subpart. The minimum board seats for the unincorporated area shall be one and the maximum board seats for the unincorporated area shall be four.

b. The board members representing the unincorporated area of the defined lodging tax district shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Baldwin County legislative delegation for a term of four years. The board members shall be engaged in the lodging business within the unincorporated area and subject to the taxing provisions of this subpart.

c. Board members whose terms have expired shall continue to serve until either replaced or reappointed by the appropriate governing body.

(5) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but they may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties for the bureau.
Ala. Code § 45-49-120.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-120.30
Section 45-49-120.30 Use of Public Buildings
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all officers of the county and city to allow the reasonable use of buildings and rooms and to heat and light the same for the holding of any examinations of investigations provided for by this part, and in all proper ways to facilitate the work of the department.
Ala. Code § 45-20A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20A / Section 45-20A-11
Section 45-20A-11 Levy of Ad Valorem Tax
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and a resolution heretofore adopted by the governing body of the City of Andalusia after a public hearing, the governing body is authorized to levy, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, additional ad valorem taxes as provided in subsection (b).

(b) The increase in the rate of tax, as provided in this subsection, is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote on the question of whether the City of Andalusia shall be authorized to increase its current ad valorem tax rate by an additional 15 mills to be used by the Andalusia City School Board and increase its tax rate by five mills to be used exclusively for normal city operations and capital expenditures, either or both. The ballot used at such election shall contain the words “for an additional 15 mills increase to be used by the Andalusia City School Board for building or remodeling school buildings and for other program needs, or to pay debt service on bond issues which will be issued specifically for building or remodeling school buildings” and “against an additional 15 mills increase to be used by the Andalusia City School Board for building or remodeling school buildings, or to pay debt service on bond issues which will be issued specifically for building or remodeling school buildings, and to pay for other program needs.” It shall also contain the words “for an additional five mills to be used exclusively by the general fund for normal city operations and capital expenditures” and “against an additional five mills to be used exclusively by the general fund for normal city operations and capital expenditures.” The voter shall indicate his or her choices by placing a cross mark by the proposition or propositions he or she favors.

(c) If at such election a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting at the election shall vote for the additional 15 mills increase to be used for school purposes and a 5 mill increase to be used for normal city operations and capital expenditures, either or both, then the additional tax authorized shall be levied by the city governing body and collection of either or both taxes shall commence at the beginning of the tax year following the referendum in which the taxes, either or both, were approved.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.064 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.064
Section 45-8A-23.064 Council to Be Judge of Qualifications of Its Members
Status: in_force

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for the purpose of investigating such election and qualifications shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.04
Section 45-41-260.04 Staff and Finances
Status: in_force

The county commission may appoint, promote, demote, and remove employees of the commission as it deems necessary. The county commission may also contract with county or city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants and with any local, state, or federal agency for such services as the commission may require. The county commission may cooperate with and accept funds from federal, state, and local public or semipublic agencies, private individuals, or corporations, and may expend such funds and carry out such cooperative undertakings and contracts for necessary planning studies. The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts, grants, or contract receipts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-160.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-160.10
Section 45-37A-160.10 Violations
Status: in_force

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the city prosecutor may do any of the following:

(1) Continue the agreement with or without modification.

(2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion program.

(3) Require the offender to adopt a new agreement as a condition of continued participation.

(b) The city prosecutor may waive a violation for good cause shown why the offender should stay in the program.
Ala. Code § 45-57-82.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-82.42
Section 45-57-82.42 Admittance into Pretrial Diversion Program
Status: in_force

(a) An offender may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program.

(b) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the absolute discretion of the district attorney and decisions to admit or to deny admittance to the program shall not be subject to review by any court or other agency. Moreover, an offender deemed by the district attorney to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community shall not be eligible for the program. (c) An offender charged with the following offenses shall be ineligible for admittance: (1) Any Class A felony or capital offense. (2) Any offense involving death or serious physical injury to any person, other than the offender. (3) Any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon. (4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(c) An offender charged with the following offenses shall be ineligible for admittance: (1) Any Class A felony or capital offense. (2) Any offense involving death or serious physical injury to any person, other than the offender. (3) Any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon. (4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(1) Any Class A felony or capital offense. (2) Any offense involving death or serious physical injury to any person, other than the offender. (3) Any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon. (4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(2) Any offense involving death or serious physical injury to any person, other than the offender. (3) Any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon. (4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(3) Any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon. (4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(4) Trafficking in controlled substances or marijuana or manufacturing controlled substances in the first degree. (5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(5) Bribery of a government or public official or the acceptance of bribes by such officials. (6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official. (7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(6) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to the offender’s capacity as a public official.

(7) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity, or any sex offense wherein the victim is under 12 years of age.

(8) Any traffic offense wherein the offender is a holder of a commercial driver’s license or a commercial driver learner permit or is an operator of a commercial motor vehicle.
Ala. Code § 45-8-12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-12
Section 45-8-12 Payment of Reimbursement
Status: in_force

Calhoun County, the Calhoun County Commission, or any municipality in Calhoun County shall be reimbursed for any expenditures incurred by the county, the county commission, or municipality, respectively, in advertising a proposed local bill that raises revenues for any local entity, whether public or private. The reimbursement payments shall be made by the entity which requested the revenue raising measure from the first revenues generated by the local act that was advertised.
Ala. Code § 45-35-244.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-244.06
Section 45-35-244.06 Procedures for Payment, Assessment, and Collection
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of monthly reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after the due date of the tax, penalties for failure to pay the tax, make reports, or otherwise comply with the state sales tax statutes, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state sales tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this subpart, when applied to the sales tax levied in Section 45-35-244.01, shall apply to the sales tax levied in Section 45-35-244.01. All provisions of the state use tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state use tax, making quarterly reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after the due date of the state use tax, penalties for failure to pay the tax, make reports, or otherwise to comply with the state use tax statutes, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state use tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this subpart, when applied to the use tax levied in Section 45-35-244.03, shall apply to the use tax levied in Section 45-35-244.03. The Houston County Commission or its designee shall have and exercise the same powers, with respect to the taxes herein levied, that are given to the Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama and the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama by the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes that are made applicable by this subpart to the taxes herein levied and to the administration of this subpart and are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.80
Section 45-57A-63.80 Fiscal Year Budget
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on the first day of October and shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this part, the term budget year shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
Ala. Code § 45-51-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-71
Section 45-51-71 Expense Allowances
Status: reserved

(a) Repealed by Act 2022-258, § 2.

(b) Repealed by Act 2022-258, § 2.

(c)(1) Each member of the Montgomery County Commission, upon approval by the commission by a recorded roll call vote, shall receive an additional expense allowance, in an amount of up to five hundred dollars ($500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law.

(2) Effective commencing the next term of office after any expense allowance is approved by the county commission pursuant to subdivision (1), the salary of the members of the county commission shall be increased by the amount of the expense allowance granted pursuant to subdivision (1) and subdivision (1) shall be null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.13
Section 45-2-120.13 Power of Commission to Contract for Professional Services
Status: in_force

This article shall not affect the power of the county commission to contract for professional services or services not performed by a county employee on a regular basis.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.65 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.65
Section 45-51A-32.65 Hearings; Appeals Committee
Status: in_force

The authority shall hear all actions regarding final employees’ actions by the authority, and as requested by the affected employee. In lieu of hearing an appeal of action, the authority may appoint a committee to hear the appeal. The authority shall promulgate the necessary rules and procedures for the operation of the appeals committee.
Ala. Code § 45-42-150.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-150.07
Section 45-42-150.07 Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection
Status: in_force

(a) On or before April 15, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15 of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the county commission a copy of the records required in Section 45­42­150.06 relating to the operation of bingo sessions in the previous calendar year.

(b) The records required to be kept pursuant to Section 45­42­150.06 by the permit holder for the preceding year shall be open to inspection by the sheriff during reasonable business hours.

(c) The location at which bingo is being conducted, or at which an applicant or permit holder intends to conduct bingo, shall be open to inspection during regular business hours by the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.195 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.195
Section 45-37A-51.195 New Participants
Status: in_force

(a) Credit for service with the county or other municipality and with the city as a temporary employee hired on or after September 1, 1969, but before July 1, 2009.

(1) In the event a qualified employee becoming a participant herein on or after September 1, 1969, shall have, prior to becoming a participant, been employed (i) by the county under the provisions of a merit system applicable to the county, (ii) by any other municipality in the county under the provisions of the merit system applicable to such municipality, or (iii) by the city under the provisions of the merit system applicable to the city as a temporary employee, he or she may receive credit for the prior service by paying to the city director of finance within 60 days after a verified, written calculation has been provided to the participant in an amount to be determined as follows:

a. There shall first be determined the salary paid the participant each month of the prior service by the city or by the county or such other municipality.

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

c. There shall then be determined the total of interest on deductions at the rate used in the most recent earnings assumption in the actuarial report compounded annually on such deductions, from the date they would have been made if the participant had received such salary as a participant to the date he or she actually became a participant in the system.

d. The total of the deductions which would have been made plus interest at the rate used in the most recent earnings assumption in the actuarial report compounded annually as both are determined in this section shall be the amount payable.

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

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

(4) No purchased credited service time may be used for the purposes of determining vesting rights in the plan.

(b) Credit for service with the county or other municipality and with the city as a temporary employee hired on or after July 1, 2009.

(1) In the event a member employee becoming a participant herein, on or after July 1, 2009, shall have prior to becoming a member been employed (i) by the county under the provisions of a merit system applicable to the county, (ii) by any other municipality in the county under the provisions of the merit system applicable to such municipality, or (iii) by the city under the provisions of the merit system applicable to the city as a temporary employee; he or she may receive credit for the prior service by paying to the city director of finance within 60 days after a verified, written calculation has been provided to the participant in an amount to be determined as follows:

a. There shall first be determined the salary paid the participant each month of the prior service by the city or by the county or such other municipality.

b. There shall then be computed the contribution which would have been deducted if the member had received such salary from the city as a participant hereunder, the contribution and deduction being determined in accordance with this subpart on the date he or she became a member in the system and that amount shall be multiplied by two which shall be the total of contributions due to be paid by the member plus interest as set forth below.

c. There shall then be determined the total of interest on total of contributions due from the member as set forth in paragraph b. at the rate used in the most recent earnings assumption in the actuarial report compounded annually from the date they would have been made if the member had received such salary as a participant to the date he or she actually became a member in the system calculating each separate salary deduction such member would have paid to the system had he or she been a member during all his or her prior service, which interest shall be calculated for the period beginning on the dates on which the respective salary deductions would have been paid, had he or she been subject to the salary deduction provisions during all his or her prior service, and ending on the date whereon the member discharges his or her liability for salary deductions by payment.

d. The total of all of the contributions of the member as set forth in paragraph b. which would have been made plus interest at the rate used in the most recent earnings assumption in the actuarial report compounded annually as both are determined in this section shall be the amount payable.

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

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

(3) No purchased credited service time may be used for the purposes of determining vesting rights in the plan.

(4) Any time purchased may not be used for the purposes of acquiring rights under the DROP plan.
Ala. Code § 45-42-170.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-170.01
Section 45-42-170.01 Public Nuisance - Premises
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or in control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Limestone County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, debris, salvaged materials, household furniture, trash, used motor vehicle tires, inoperable motor vehicles, kitchen and other household appliances, rags, paper, cardboard, and other nondecorative matter, including any materials within which water may accumulate or which may shelter or encourage the growth of insects or rodents, or materials which generate obnoxious odors, or which offend the esthetics of the community, and which thereby cause a substantial diminution in the value of other property nearby or which threaten the health and safety of any citizen.

(b) This subpart shall not apply to any company, corporation, or business currently operating, whose primary purpose or business is to burn or incinerate wood materials, salvage materials, building refuse, waste products, timber stumps, trees, or brush and other debris that results from clearing land, cutting timber, or refurbishing or constructing buildings. This subpart shall not apply to farm buildings or farm equipment and farm materials stored around farm buildings on a farm.
Ala. Code § 45-27A-31.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27A / Section 45-27A-31.05
Section 45-27A-31.05 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.

(b) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the city, requesting such governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the chair may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing body of the city pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section, that governing body shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Such governing body shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.

(c) Within 40 days following the adoption by the governing body of the city of a resolution approving the proposed amendment the chair of the board of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign, and file for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Escambia County a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority under its seal reciting the adoption of the respective resolutions by the board and by the governing body and setting forth the proposed amendment. The judge of probate for such county shall thereupon record such certificate in an appropriate book in his or her office. When such certificate has been so filed and recorded, such amendment shall become effective and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.175 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.175
Section 45-8A-23.175 Allotments Constitute Basis of Expenditures and Are Subject to Revision
Status: in_force

The city manager shall file a copy of the original allotments and of each revised allotment with the director of finance, who shall authorize all expenditures for the offices, departments, boards, and agencies to be made from the appropriations on the basis of approved allotments and not otherwise.
Ala. Code § 45-5-82.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-82.30
Section 45-5-82.30 Special Recording Fee
Status: in_force

On and after July 22, 1987, a special recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge or probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office, and on and after such date no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of two dollars ($2) is paid thereon. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the governing body of the county. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited into the county treasury to the credit of the probate office to be expended by the judge of probate, at his or her discretion for improving the recording system, purchase of equipment, indexing, and other related office expense for general office operations.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-130.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-130.02
Section 45-8A-130.02 Exemptions
Status: in_force

This part applies to all officers and employees in the service of the city or any board, agency, or instrumentality thereof except: (a) elective officers; (b) members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees; (c) attorneys, physicians, surgeons; (d) the judge of any court; (e) independent contractors receiving their remuneration from public funds under contracts awarded by competitive bidding; (f) any person whose employment is subject to the approval of the United States government or any agency thereof; (g) any volunteer or utility labor employed on a part-time basis.
Ala. Code § 45-41-72.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-72.09
Section 45-41-72.09 Assessment Liens
Status: in_force

Assessment liens for charges and expenses authorized in this subpart, except as herein provided, shall insofar as feasible be governed by laws governing assessment liens for municipal improvements. All powers, duties, and authority relative to municipal improvements vested by the laws in municipal governing bodies, including collection of assessments for the cost of the improvements, are vested in the county commission. All assessments may be enforced, contested, and appeals therefrom taken in the manner prescribed for enforcing municipal improvement assessments. Liens for county improvement assessments shall have the same force and effect as liens for municipal improvement assessments.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.290 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.290
Section 45-8A-23.290 Change to Form of Government
Status: in_force

No city may change from the council-manager form of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government in the manner provided by law, provided that no election on the abandonment of the council-manager form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon.