Ala. Code § 45-44-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-90
Section 45-44-90 Economic Development Authority -- Creation; Operation; Formation of Successor Authority
Status: in_force

(a) In Macon County, there is created the Macon County Economic Development Authority to aid and assist current industries and coordinate efforts of all municipal and county agencies of Macon County, and to aid organizations in the development of new industries which will provide job opportunities for the residents of the county.

(b) The authority created pursuant to subsection (a) may incorporate or reincorporate as an authority pursuant to Chapter 92A of Title 11. The members of the board of directors of the newly incorporated or reincorporated authority shall be the same as the board members provided for in Section 45-44-90.01, as amended.

(c) Any funds distributed or otherwise available to the Macon County Economic Development Authority pursuant to this article or pursuant to Section 45-44-242.12, or otherwise, may be expended or pledged by the authority, or any successor authority, by whatever name known, for the purposes of economic development in Macon County, including for the purpose of securing and the repayment of loans for economic development purposes. Any power, privilege, duty, or exemption granted to any newly incorporated authority or any successor authority shall not be construed as being inconsistent with, replace, negate, or otherwise limit any purpose, power, or source of funds granted to the Macon County Economic Development Authority.
Ala. Code § 45-48-70.53 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-70.53
Section 45-48-70.53 Tentative Budget
Status: in_force

Not later than August 31 of each year the chair shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget. The aggregate sums tentatively budgeted for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year shall not exceed the estimated revenues for the ensuing year plus the amounts in county funds remaining in the treasury at the close of the year in progress. The tentative budget shall present in detail proposed expenditures to meet the needs of the county government.
Ala. Code § 45-41-232.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-232.01
Section 45-41-232.01 Fees for Administrative Services
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Lee County may charge and collect reasonable fees for administrative services including, but not limited to, fees for fingerprinting, fees for criminal history investigations and reports thereon when otherwise authorized by law, and fees for copies of various requested records. The fees shall not be charged for a service requested on behalf of a law enforcement agency for a law enforcement purpose nor shall the fees apply to a person applying for a pistol permit.

(b) The sheriff shall remit the fees collected pursuant to this section periodically to the Lee County Commission for deposit in the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-38-101 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-101
Section 45-38-101 Compensation; Expenses
Status: in_force

Beginning with the next term of office, the county superintendent of education in Lamar County shall receive an annual salary that shall be fixed by the county board of education and shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the county funds available for that purpose. In addition to the salary, the superintendent shall be reimbursed for travel on official business at the same per diem and mileage as provided to state employees.
Ala. Code § 45-49-261.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-261.13
Section 45-49-261.13 Limitations on Authority of Planning Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The planning commission shall have no jurisdiction over the type of single-family housing or dwelling to be placed or constructed on private property.

(b) The authority of the Mobile County Commission under this part shall not conflict with present or future regulations or policies of the Alabama Department of Public Health. No provision of this part shall infringe upon the existing authority of the county commission to regulate the development of subdivisions. No provision of this part shall affect any existing statute or regulation promulgated pursuant to any law creating historic or preservation districts within Mobile County; however, historic or preservation districts are subject to this part.
Ala. Code § 45-52-243 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-243
Section 45-52-243 Disposition of Certain Highway Gasoline Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) In Morgan County, all funds generated by the statewide wholesale or retail gasoline tax provided by Article 6, commencing with Section 40-17-220, of Chapter 17, Title 40, and distributed pursuant to the provisions therein, shall be paid into the county treasury and a separate accounting thereof shall be kept.

(b)(1) The funds received by Morgan County pursuant to Article 6, commencing with Section 40-17-220, of Chapter 17, Title 40, shall be allocated as follows:

a. Thirty percent of the amount so allocated or apportioned to the county shall be distributed among the municipalities in the county with respect to which the allocation or apportionment is made, each distribution among the municipalities to be on the basis of the ratio of the population of each municipality to the total population of all municipalities in the county according to the 1970 or any subsequent federal decennial census; and

b. The remaining portion of the amount so allocated or apportioned to each county shall be distributed to the county with respect to which the allocation or apportionment is made.

(2) The distributions provided for in this subsection shall be made monthly.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any funds received from any highway gasoline tax levied pursuant to any act or law, except as provided in subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 45-45-232.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-232.04
Section 45-45-232.04 Background Check Fee
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a local criminal history background check on persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons if the sheriff is authorized by law to conduct a background check and release the information. The fee provided by this section shall not apply to a person applying for a pistol permit.

(b) All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Madison County Commission and placed into a separate account entitled Madison County Criminal History Background Check Account to be used for the betterment of county law enforcement available upon requisition of the sheriff for that purpose.

(c) The charging of a fee for a local criminal history background check, the payment of the fees to the local criminal history background check account, and the requisition by the sheriff of funds from the local criminal history background check account for the betterment of county law enforcement prior to April 21, 2004, are hereby validated and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-56-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-70.01
Section 45-56-70.01 County Commission Maintenance and Repairs
Status: in_force

The Randolph County Commission may perform maintenance or repair operations at and to turn around areas for school buses abutting public roads for the purpose of improving safety for the traveling public or to correct or prevent maintenance problems to the public roads, or both. The scope and area of the operations shall be limited to that necessary to correct or prevent the problems to the public roads.
Ala. Code § 45-39-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-170
Section 45-39-170 Fees and Receipts; Services; Grievances
Status: in_force

(a) The County Board of Health of Lauderdale County, which is a part of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department, is hereby authorized to recommend reasonable fees or charges to the governing body of the county and the governing body shall establish the actual amount of the fee, with or without regard to such recommendation, for the rendering of public health services within the county to members of the public. Such fees shall supplement, but not replace, local, state, and federal appropriations.

(b) The governing body of Lauderdale County shall promulgate and fix a reasonable schedule of fees to be charged and collected from, or on behalf of, persons receiving public health services, and the amount of such fees shall include charges for personal services, inspections, and the expenses intendant upon the services such as the expenses of necessary drugs, supplies, travel, and the cost of personnel time. Restaurant inspections and food handlers examinations are specifically excluded from charges. The present fee schedule shall remain in effect until the end of the 1981 fiscal year. The county governing body shall adopt a new fee schedule for each succeeding fiscal year. The new fee schedule may be the same or different from the schedule of the preceding fiscal year. The first fee schedule shall remain in effect until the end of the 1981 fiscal year. The county governing body shall adopt a new fee schedule for each succeeding fiscal year. The new fee schedule may be the same or different from the schedule of the preceding fiscal year. Provided, however, that no fee shall be collected after the beginning of the fiscal year, unless the county governing body has acted on the new fee schedule.

(c) All fees and receipts collected shall be paid over to the Regional Health Officer of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department and deposited in a bank and shall be expended for the support, maintenance, and operation of the public health services in the county.

(d) Funds collected under this section may be utilized as matching funds from other available sources.

(e) Services will not be denied any indigent person.

(f) In case of grievance, the aggrieved party may petition the county health officer in writing for an informal hearing. If satisfaction is not reached, the aggrieved party may then petition the chair of the county board of health in writing for a formal hearing before the county board of health.

(g) The county board of health shall not have authority to prohibit the installment or turning on of electrical services by a public utility to buildings based on the failure of the sewage system or septic tank to meet health regulations.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.09
Section 45-49-249.09 Violations
Status: in_force

A person who violates this subpart or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the county commission, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and each day his or her violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Ala. Code § 45-26-242.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-242.25
Section 45-26-242.25 Vehicle Information Required for Assessment
Status: in_force

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the revenue commissioner shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless the vehicle is new, in which case the revenue commissioner shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the case of a used car brought into the state from another state which provided that upon sale or transfer of the motor vehicle the tags are either surrendered to an appropriate authority or subsequently reissued by the seller, the revenue commissioner shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to an individual, firm, corporation, or association, living or operating in this state. If the tag number, bill of sale, or certificate of title is not furnished, the vehicle shall be presumed to have been in the state the entire year for which taxes are being assessed. Those motor vehicles brought into the state during any tax year and new motor vehicles for which licenses have never been issued that have been sold from the stock of a dealer during any tax year shall be subject to taxation as if they had been held or owned in the state on the first day of October.
Ala. Code § 45-3-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-10
Section 45-3-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-14-244.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-244.02
Section 45-14-244.02 Collection of Tax; Stamps
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in the business in Clay 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 to Clay County 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 twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

(1) The State Department of Revenue may collect all taxes levied pursuant to this part at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected.

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

(3) The county shall, in conjunction with the District Community Service Grant Authority, contract with the State Department of Revenue to purchase stamps to be affixed. The department may have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of the tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under Sections 40-25-1 to 40-25-28, inclusive.

(4) In accordance with Section 40-25-2(g), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available for affixing to tobacco products packages and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing county tobacco stamps, the entity, including the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the commissioner and adopted by the department under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22, Title 41.
Ala. Code § 45-23-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-83
Section 45-23-83 Applicability; Purpose
Status: in_force

This part shall only apply in Dale County. The purpose of this part is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Dale County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102.29 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102.29
Section 45-49-102.29 Personnel Decisions
Status: in_force

The school board shall adopt a policy for filling a vacancy in the position of principal at each school that will allow for significant input from school councils. Requests for transfer, termination of employees, and other personnel decisions shall conform to any statutory provisions or policies of the Mobile County School Board.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-56.43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-56.43
Section 45-37A-56.43 Audit; Inspection of Records
Status: in_force

(a) At least once every 12 months subsequent to the date whereon an authority is created hereunder, the city shall appoint an expert accountant who shall make an examination and audit of the records, books, and accounts of the authority and shall make a report in writing to the city and the authority as to his or her examination and audit. The accountant’s compensation shall be payable out of the funds of the authority.

(b) The records of the authority shall constitute public records. Every citizen shall have the right to inspect such records. The officer having custody of such records shall be obligated to furnish to any citizen a certified copy of any such record on the citizen’s demand and payment to the authority of the same fee as is payable to the judge of probate of the county for furnishing certified copies of records of the probate court.
Ala. Code § 45-15-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-15-170
Section 45-15-170 Industrial Waste Committee
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the Cleburne County Industrial Waste Committee to consist of: One member, appointed jointly by the county’s four municipal governing bodies, for a term of four years; one member appointed by each member of the county commission from within the commissioner’s district. Such appointments by the commissioners shall be on staggered terms with the member from district 1 appointed for one year, the member from district 2 appointed for two years, the member from district 3 appointed for three years and the member from district 4 appointed for four years. Thereafter their successors in office shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed. The State Forestry Commission member from Cleburne County shall serve as an ex officio member and the county health officer shall serve ex officio and shall be the secretary of the committee. The members shall select a chairman and vice chairman from among its membership. All members shall serve without pay.

(b) The committee shall meet at the call of the chairman, vice chairman or at the request of three or more members, with notice as prescribed by the rules of the committee. Provided, however, that the organizational meeting of the committee shall be held within 30 days of October 1, 1981.

(c) The committee shall prescribe guidelines, not inconsistent with the general laws of this state, for the operation of industrial wastes within the county. It shall review all applications for the treating, depositing, dumping, or transporting such wastes within the county. It shall review all applications for industrial waste sites within the county, call public hearings therefor, and make its recommendation to the appropriate authority in the State Health Department.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to amend or repeal any general laws of this state relating to the regulation of hazardous or solid waste.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.095 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.095
Section 45-8A-23.095 Departmental Divisions
Status: in_force

The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the city manager. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the city manager among specific divisions thereof, the city manager may establish temporary divisions.
Ala. Code § 45-45-246 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-246
Section 45-45-246 Levy and Collection; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

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

(b) The tax herein levied shall be collected in the same manner as the state lodgings tax as provided in Chapter 26, Title 40, and the net proceeds, less a reasonable cost of collection, from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury to be distributed by the county commission to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Foundation for the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission for use in acquiring and financing the acquisition of capital equipment for use at and capital improvements to the commission’s buildings and property located in Madison County.
Ala. Code § 45-3-84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-84
Section 45-3-84 Issuance by Mail; Additional Issuance Fee
Status: in_force

The Judge of Probate of Barbour County may issue boat licenses, pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee established by the judge of probate in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expenses of mailing the boat licenses.
Ala. Code § 45-41-200 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-200
Section 45-41-200 License Inspector
Status: in_force

(a) In Lee County, there is hereby created and established the office of county license inspector. The county commission shall appoint the license inspector who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and under the supervision of the appointing officials.

(b) The salary of the license inspector shall be in such sum as shall be approved by the county commission and shall be payable in biweekly installments out of any county funds available.

(c) The license inspector shall upon entering upon the duties of his or her office take the oath of office prescribed in the constitution, and shall enter into bond, which bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and be in such penal sum and form as the county commission may prescribe. The bond shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate of the county and may be made by any surety company or companies authorized and qualified to do business in the State of Alabama. All premiums on the bond shall be payable out of the general fund of the county.

(d) The county commission shall furnish and equip suitable office space for the license inspector, within the office of the license commissioner, and shall furnish and supply all stationery, equipment, and supplies necessary for the conduct of such office, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires the State Department of Revenue or the State Department of Finance to furnish to license inspectors.

(e) All duties and authority imposed on or vested in license inspectors by Section 40-12-10, or by any other statute, are hereby imposed upon and vested in the office of the county license inspector created by this section, and such license inspector shall perform such further duties as may be prescribed by the county commission.

(f) Fees, commissions, and penalties due to license delinquencies shall be as provided by Section 40-12-10, as amended, or by other statute; provided, however, that in addition to all other penalties or fees for delinquency in payment of any license, there shall be a delinquency fee in the sum of five dollars ($5).

(g) All citations to delinquents shall be served, by mail or otherwise, by any lawful officer, or by the county license inspector.

(h) No fees, commissions, or penalties shall be paid to any license inspector appointed under Section 40-12-10. All fees, commissions, and penalties allowable to the county license inspector under any provision of law, or to any license inspector appointed under Section 40-12-10, shall be paid into the general fund of the county for use of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-62.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-62.20
Section 45-57A-62.20 List of Retired Firefighters and Policemen
Status: in_force

There shall be kept by the secretary a book, to be known as the list of retired firefighters and policemen, which shall contain a complete record of the action of the board in retiring or refusing to retire any person under this part. For each person retired, the records shall show the date of entering service, date of retirement, and the reason of retirement. There shall also be kept a complete list of the names, ages, and addresses of all children and the name and address of the widow or widower, if any, of a policeman or firefighter who has been granted benefits under this part.
Ala. Code § 45-37-242 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-242
Section 45-37-242 Taxation for Public School Purposes
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and confirms that pursuant to paragraph (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the County Board of Education of Jefferson County, the board, and the Jefferson County Commission of Jefferson County, the county commission, after separate public hearings thereon, have each proposed that the county commission increase above the limit otherwise provided in the constitution, the rate at which the ad valorem tax, hereinafter described, is levied on the taxable property in the Jefferson County School District, consisting of all areas of Jefferson County outside of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Tarrant City, and Midfield, the school district.

(b) The Legislature hereby approves the aforesaid proposal and authorizes the county commission to increase the rate at which the ad valorem tax levied pursuant to the election held in the school district on February 11, 1969, under the Jefferson County Consolidation School Tax Amendment, Amendment No. 82, adjusted in accordance with Amendments No. 325 and 373 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901, for public school purposes in the school district, from eighty-eight cents ($.88) to one dollar thirty-eight cents ($1.38) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the school district, the proceeds of the tax to be used for public school purposes in the school district, and to continue each year to and including the tax year ending September 30, 1995. It is expressly provided that the increased levy of taxation shall not apply to totally disabled persons or persons over 65 years of age, either of whom have income of less than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum, and such persons shall not be required to pay the additional tax herein imposed. Provided, however, the rate of the tax shall not be so increased unless and until the proposed increase shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the school district who vote on the proposal at a special election called therefor. The election for submittal of the proposed increase in the rate of the tax, at the written request of the board, shall be ordered by the county commission and shall be held and conducted in accordance with Sections 16–13–183, et seq.

(c) It is further provided that if the increased tax herein proposed becomes effective, it shall not apply to property owners whose property is subsequently annexed into the corporate limits of a municipality having its own public school system on and after tax year beginning after such annexation.
Ala. Code § 45-49-151.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-151.21
Section 45-49-151.21 Manipulation of Race Outcomes
Status: in_force

Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with any owner, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any kennel, dog, or race in which any dog participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any such race, or any person who shall stimulate or depress a dog for the purpose of affecting the results of a race, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state prison for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, in the discretion of the court.
Ala. Code § 45-3-120.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-120.11
Section 45-3-120.11 Subsequently Created Elected Office
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article, the elected offices in Barbour County are: The county commission, sheriff, tax assessor, and the tax collector. Any subsequent change in the number, scope, title, or other aspect of these offices is subsumed within this article.
Ala. Code § 45-16-82.61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-82.61
Section 45-16-82.61 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subpart is to ensure that court ordered restitution to crime victims, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, court costs required by law, fines levied against criminals for wrongful conduct, and other court ordered sums payable to the state or to the crime victims be paid in full and that cost of collection be borne by the person who is responsible for payment.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.040 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.040
Section 45-2-244.040 Reports of Gasoline or Motor Fuel Shipments
Status: in_force

Each agent of any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in Baldwin County shall report to the County Commission of Baldwin 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 subpart 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 Baldwin 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 § 45-55-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-20.01
Section 45-55-20.01 Regulation of Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday Outside Corporate Limits of City of Troy
Status: in_force

(a) The Pike County Commission, by resolution of the commission or pursuant to a referendum as provided for in subsection (b) may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages outside of the corporate limits of the City of Troy for on-premises and off-premises consumption after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays, as determined by the county commission, by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board serving the general public.

(b) Subsection (a) may be conditioned on approval at a referendum election of the qualified electors of the county outside of the corporate limits of the City of Troy who vote in an election to be held on a day designated by the county commission. If the Pike County Commission chooses to call for the approval of this section by a referendum election, the county commission cannot later approve this section by resolution and this section can only be approved by a referendum election as provided in this section. If a referendum is called for, the notice of the election shall be given by the county commission, and the election shall be held, conducted, and the results canvassed in the manner as other county elections. The election shall be held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled state or local election to be held in the county. The question shall be, ‘‘Do you favor the adoption of Act 255, of the 2018 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays outside of the corporate limits of the City of Troy? Yes ( ) No ( ).’’ The county shall pay any costs and expenses not otherwise reimbursed by a governmental agency which are incidental to the election. If a majority of the votes cast in the election are ‘‘Yes,’’ subsection (a) shall become operative immediately. If the majority of the votes are ‘‘No,’’ a second election may not be held less than one year after the prior election.
Ala. Code § 45-17-170 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-170
Section 45-17-170 Board of Health Fees
Status: in_force

(a) The County Board of Health of Colbert County, which is a part of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department, is hereby authorized to recommend reasonable fees or charges to the governing body of the county and the governing body shall establish the actual amount of the fee, with or without regard to such recommendations, for the rendering of public health services within the county to members of the public. Such fees shall supplement, but not replace, local, state, and federal appropriations.

(b) The governing body of Colbert County shall promulgate and fix a reasonable schedule of fees to be charged and collected from, or on behalf of, persons receiving public health services, and the amount of such fees shall include charges for personal services, inspections, and the expenses intendant upon those services such as the expenses of necessary drugs, supplies, travel, and the cost of personnel time. Restaurant inspections and food handlers’ examinations are specifically excluded from charges.

(c) All fees and receipts collected shall be paid over to the Regional Health Officer of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department and deposited in a bank and shall be expended for the support, maintenance, and operation of the public health services in the county.

(d) Funds collected under this section may be utilized as matching funds from other available sources.

(e) Services will not be denied any indigent person.

(f) In case of grievance, the aggrieved party may petition the county health officer in writing for an informal hearing. If satisfaction is not reached, the aggrieved party may then petition the chairman of the county board of health in writing for a formal hearing before the county board of health.
Ala. Code § 45-31-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-70
Section 45-31-70 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) The chair and the members of the Geneva County Commission shall each be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month which shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances now provided for by law.

(b) The chair and the members of the Geneva County Commission shall each be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month which shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances now provided for by law. The expense allowance herein provided shall be effective automatically upon the next term of office of a county commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-91.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-91.13
Section 45-23A-91.13 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

The authority formed under this part, the property and income of the authority (whether used by it or leased to others), all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or from any other sources, the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received by the holders thereof, conveyances by and to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by and to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. The authority shall not be obligated to pay any fees, taxes or costs to the Judge of Probate of Dale County in connection with its incorporation or with any amendment to its certificate of incorporation or otherwise or to any judge of probate of any county in connection with the recording by it of any document or otherwise, the authority being hereby exempted from the payment of any such fees, taxes, and costs. No license or excise tax may be imposed by any authority with respect to the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this part, provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to exempt the property of the authority from any ad valorem taxes levied by the State of Alabama or exempt the authority from sales and use taxes levied by the state but this proviso shall only apply to such taxes levied by the state and shall not apply to such taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-32.64 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-32.64
Section 45-51A-32.64 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement this subpart shall be promulgated by the department and approved by the authority within 90 days after August 1, 2013. The rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the authority shall be based on the principles that all employees and applicants shall receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and with proper regard for privacy and constitutional rights.
Ala. Code § 45-16-81.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-81.03
Section 45-16-81.03 Solicitor’s Fee
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) The solicitor’s fee may be expended, at the discretion of the district attorney, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office in the county in which it was collected. In addition, the district attorney may contract for and expend moneys out of the fund to pay the costs of transporting to and from the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences bodies which have been ordered for autopsy by the district attorney.
Ala. Code § 45-57-50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-50
Section 45-57-50 Office Abolished
Status: in_force

In Russell County, effective at the end of the term of office of the constable serving on June 1, 2025, the office of constable provided for in each precinct pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 36 is abolished.
Ala. Code § 45-9-245.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-245.03
Section 45-9-245.03 Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this part may be collected by the State Department of Revenue, the county commission, or a private collection agency under contract with the county commission, at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected. On or prior to the date the tax is due, each person subject to the tax shall file with the collection agency a report in the form prescribed by the collection agency. The report shall set forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all the sales and gross receipts of all business transactions. The report shall also include items of information pertinent to the tax as the collection agency may require. Any person subject to the tax levied by this part may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event the person defers reporting them, the person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the preceding month, and shall pay the tax due at the time of filing the report. All reports filed with the collection agency under this section shall be available for inspection by the county commission or its designee.
Ala. Code § 45-44-244.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-244.34
Section 45-44-244.34 Recordkeeping; Forms
Status: in_force

The revenue commissioner shall collect and receive all fees and keep records showing the amounts received from each employer. The revenue commissioner shall prescribe printed forms and shall make the forms available at his or her office.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-240.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-240.26
Section 45-37A-240.26 Program Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Following the decision of the city prosecutor to recommend the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the city prosecutor and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the program. The agreement shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) A voluntary waiver of the right of the offender to a speedy trial.

(2) An agreement to the tolling, while in the program, of periods of limitations established by statutes or rules of court.

(3) An agreement to the conditions of the program established by the city prosecutor.

(4) If there is a victim of the charged crime, an agreement to the restitution repayment within a specified period of time and in an amount to be determined by the city prosecutor taking into account circumstances of the offender and the victim.

(5) A waiver in writing of the right of the offender to a jury trial.

(6) Submission of a written plea of guilty to the offense or offenses charged or agreed upon included offenses, together with an agreement as to whether the case is to be dismissed upon successful completion of the program, and an agreement, if there be any, as to the recommended sentence should a sentence be imposed.

(b) In addition to those requirements set forth in subsection (a), or as a condition of continued participation in the program, the city prosecutor may require the offender to agree to any of the following terms or conditions:

(1) To participate in substance abuse treatment.

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

(3) If appropriate, to attempt to learn to read and write the English language.

(4) To financially support his or her children or pay any court ordered child support.

(5) To refrain from the use of drugs or alcohol or frequenting places where drugs or alcohol are sold or used.

(6) To not commit any criminal offense.

(7) To refrain from contact with certain named persons or premises.

(8) To maintain or seek employment.

(9) To not leave the State of Alabama without prior written consent of the city attorney or supervising agency or personnel.

(10) To maintain a residence approved by the city prosecutor or supervising agency or personnel.

(11) To attend individual, group, financial, chemical addiction, family, mental health, sex offender, or anger management counseling.

(12) To pay all court costs, fees, fines, and worthless checks, and obey any other lawful court order associated with the offense or offenses for which the offender has entered the program, or any other case.

(13) To refrain from the possession or use of any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as defined in Section 13A-1-2.

(14) To pay supervision fees and application fees pursuant to this subpart.

(15) To observe curfews or home detention or travel constraints as set out in the agreement signed by the offender.

(16) To have restitution, court costs, fees, child support, and any other moneys withheld or garnished from the wages or salary of the offender or withheld from any Alabama income tax due the offender, or from any available insurance policy, or forfeited from any other real or personal property of the offender, and applied to the above.

(17) To be admitted to a drug or alcohol treatment program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse.

(18) To submit to periodic or random drug testing as part of the program and other terms and conditions related to substance abuse as the city prosecutor may direct.

(19) To waive in writing the right of the offender to a probation hearing in the event of termination or withdrawal from the program.

(20) To any other terms or conditions as the city prosecutor or his or her designee and the offender may agree to in the above-stated agreement, it being the purpose of this subpart to allow the city prosecutor broad discretion in designing a program specifically for each offender and his or her particular circumstances.

(21) When applicable, to be required to pay supervision fees to the agency or entity responsible for monitoring and verifying the compliance of the offender with the terms of the program set forth by the city prosecutor. The fees shall be paid by the offender to the supervising entity in a timely manner.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.57 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.57
Section 45-37A-52.57 Council Not to Interfere in Appointments or Removals
Status: in_force

Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his or her removal from, office or position by the mayor or by any of his or her subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the mayor and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the mayor, either publicly or privately. Any council member violating this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a council member.
Ala. Code § 45-33-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-33-232
Section 45-33-232 Fee; Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In Hale 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).

(b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Hale County in any bank located in Hale 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 Hale County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s 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 mbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office.
Ala. Code § 45-11-244.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-244.05
Section 45-11-244.05 Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the county shall administer and collect the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected, or shall cause such taxes to be administered and collected by the State Department of Revenue or a private collection agency at the same time and in the same manner as the state sales tax and state use tax are collected, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of Sections 11-3-11.2 and 11-3-11.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the governing body of the county or other collection agency shall have the same rights, remedies, power, and authority, including the right to adopt and implement the same procedures, as would be available to the State Department of Revenue if the taxes herein authorized were being administered, enforced, and collected by the State Department of Revenue. The governing body of the county may retain or may pay to the State Department of Revenue or a private collection agency, as its fee for the cost of collecting such taxes, an amount not to exceed five percent of the proceeds of such taxes so collected; provided, if the governing body of the county or the State Department of Revenue shall administer and collect the taxes the amount retained by the governing body or paid to the State Department of Revenue shall not exceed the actual cost of collection, whichever is less.

(b) With respect to the taxes herein authorized to be levied and imposed by it, the county shall be deemed to be a self-administered county, as that term is defined in Section 40-2A-3.
Ala. Code § 45-21-130.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-130.08
Section 45-21-130.08 Custodian of Equipment; Storage Facilities
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of Crenshaw County, and he or she shall be accountable for the same, at all times. The board shall furnish the necessary storage facilities in which to keep tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment, and the county engineer shall keep on files in his or her office, at all times, an up-to-date inventory, containing a list of all tools, machinery, equipment, and supplies belonging to Crenshaw County.
Ala. Code § 45-4-60.16 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-60.16
Section 45-4-60.16 Transportation of Bodies
Status: reserved

Repealed Act 2015-321 effective June 3, 2015.
Ala. Code § 45-39-72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-72
Section 45-39-72 Revenue Collection Program
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Lauderdale County may establish and administer a program of revenue collection for all legally authorized fees, taxes, licenses, and other revenues not presently being collected locally.

(b) The County Commission of Lauderdale County, within 30 days’ written notice to the State Department of Revenue, may assume the collection of all legally authorized tax proceeds currently being collected by the State Department of Revenue on behalf of Lauderdale County pursuant to local law.

(c) If the county commission elects to collect one or more taxes, fees, licenses, or other revenues under this section, the county shall have those lawful powers of the State Department of Revenue provided by local law to collect revenues and conduct audits to determine the amounts of revenue liable and due to the county.

(d) The county commission may hire persons, firms, corporations, auditors, or tax collectors it deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this section.
Ala. Code § 45-38-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-38-230
Section 45-38-230 Operation of Jail Store
Status: in_force

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

(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a law enforcement fund in a bank located in Lamar County. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the law enforcement fund.

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

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

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

(e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to May 21, 1996, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to May 21, 1996, shall be deposited into the law enforcement fund created by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.162 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.162
Section 45-37A-52.162 Director of Finance - Surety Bond
Status: in_force

The director of finance shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 45-46A-40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46A / Section 45-46A-40
Section 45-46A-40 Linden Gas Investment Trust Fund
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established in the treasury of the City of Linden, Alabama, in Marengo County, a special investment fund to be known as the Linden Gas Investment Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund. All of the proceeds derived from the purchase agreement of the Linden city gas system negotiated between the City of Linden, the City of Linden Utilities Board, and the Alabama Gas Corporation, and any other funds lawfully granted or appropriated to the fund, shall constitute the corpus or principal amount of the fund. All monies in the trust fund corpus shall be invested by the governing body of the City of Linden only in those securities which are deemed legal investments for fiduciaries as prescribed in Section 19-3-120.

(b)(1) Upon the establishment of the fund, the governing body of the City of Linden is authorized to expend only interest income for any lawful purpose, and shall not spend or obligate any principal or corpus funds except as provided in subdivision (2).

(2) No principal or corpus monies shall be expended from the fund except as herein provided:

a. The governing body of Linden shall first hold a public hearing on the proposed principal expenditure.

b. The governing body shall then adopt a resolution authorizing any such proposed expenditure.

c. The proposed expenditure shall be approved by at least 67 percent of the qualified electors of the City of Linden voting at an election held for such purpose. Any municipal election held pursuant to this subdivision shall provide notice to the electorate and be held and conducted in the same manner as other municipal elections in Linden.
Ala. Code § 45-48-70.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-70.04
Section 45-48-70.04 Districts Defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subpart, and for future election of associate commissioners, Marshall County is hereby divided into four subdivisions, to be known as districts, and to be numbered one to four, inclusive: District 1 shall embrace and be composed of voting precincts 1, 12, 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 27, and 29; District 2 shall be composed of voting precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 23, and 30; District 3 shall be composed of voting precincts 2, 3, 4, 13, 16, 22, and 28; and District 4 shall be composed of voting precincts 5, 6, 17, 18, 20, and 24.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-111.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-111.04
Section 45-8A-111.04 Procedure to Incorporate; Contents and Execution of Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided.

(b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:

(1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the city;

(2) The name of the authority, which shall be “The Oxford Downtown Development Authority”;

(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 45-8A-111.19, that fact shall be stated);

(4) The name of the city together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted the authorizing resolution;

(5) The location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the city;

(6) That the authority is organized pursuant to the provisions of this part; and

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

(c) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds. When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there shall be attached to it (1) a copy of the application as filed with the governing body of the city in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-8A-111.03, and (2) a certified copy of the authorizing resolution adopted by the governing body of the city. Upon the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation and the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, the authority shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation. The judge of probate shall thereupon send a notice to the Secretary of State that the certificate of incorporation of the authority has been filed for record.
Ala. Code § 45-44-84.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-84.40
Section 45-44-84.40 Applicability
Status: in_force

This subpart shall apply only in Macon County.
Ala. Code § 45-29-80 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-80
Section 45-29-80 Supplemental Salaries of Circuit Judges and District Attorney
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of the counties composing the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to pay to each circuit judge and the district attorney of such circuit a supplemental salary in the amount of 15 percent of their respective compensation paid by the state. The payment of such amount shall be proportioned equally among the counties comprising the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund or any other funds as may be available for such purpose. Such salary shall be in addition to any other salary, compensation, allowances, or expenses heretofore provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.06
Section 45-2-84.06 Application for Pretrial Release; Payment of Fees, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Any person charged in Baldwin County for an offense, other than those enumerated in subdivision (5) of Section 45-2-84.02, may request and apply for pretrial release under this part. Employees of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or other persons designated by rules of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may investigate, evaluate, and recommend to a judicial officer the terms of the defendant’s pretrial release pursuant to a pretrial release program developed by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. The defendant shall be notified prior to his or her release of all fees or other monies he or she will be responsible to pay if he or she participates in pretrial release pursuant to this part.

(b) The judicial officer having jurisdiction of the defendant may order, as a condition of pretrial release pursuant to this part, that in addition to any fees charged by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board the defendant pay monies otherwise ordered by the court.
Ala. Code § 45-2-120.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-120.10
Section 45-2-120.10 Hiring of Employees; Placement Actions
Status: in_force

(a) Each appointing authority and department head is authorized to hire employees to fill approved vacancies as established by the county commission. All classified employees and temporary employees shall be hired from a certified register provided by the personnel department of job applicants who meet the job-related qualifications. After a certified register is submitted to a county appointing authority or department head, the selection of an employee shall be acted upon within 30 days of submission for approval of the county commission. An appointed employee is not required to be hired from a certified register. Employees appointed by the county shall be classified employees, except as provided by this article.

(b) All personnel activities shall be in accordance with the rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the county commission.

(c) The county commission shall provide full, fair, and adequate justification for each placement action taken and must be able to relate each such action to objective criteria established from commencement of the requisition and recruiting process. The county commission is directed to establish sufficient safeguards to prevent the arbitrary or capricious application of personnel policies and procedures to classified employees.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.127 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.127
Section 45-49A-63.127 Prudent Conduct
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall use that degree of care, skill, prudence, and diligence that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in a similar situation.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.14
Section 45-41-260.14 Appeals
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of the commission, within 15 days, may request a review of the record by a five member review board appointed by the Lee County Commission, one member being the county planning director, one member being the county public works director, two members who are experts in related fields of planning, and one public member. This review board may require that the planning commission reconsider its earlier decision. If such reconsideration is ordered, the planning commission may reconsider the previous record and any additional material which the planning commission considers relevant. If upon reconsideration by the planning commission, any party remains aggrieved by any final judgment of the planning commission, any party, within 30 days thereafter, may appeal therefrom to circuit court as provided below. If no review by the five member review board is requested by any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of the commission, or reconsideration is not granted by the five member review board, then the aggrieved party, within 30 days thereafter, may appeal therefrom. The appeal shall specify the judgment or decision from which the appeal is taken and shall rest upon the contention that the zoning regulations or subdivision regulations in question are unreasonable, discriminatory, unconstitutional, or otherwise invalid, and the appeal shall be filed with and addressed to the circuit court having jurisdiction within the county where the affected property of the aggrieved party is located. In case of an appeal, the commission shall cause a transcript of the proceedings in the case to be certified to the court to which the appeal is taken.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.02
Section 45-2-261.02 Jurisdiction of the Planning Commission
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the planning commission for planning and zoning by district pursuant to Section 45-2-261.07 shall apply to all unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. The planning commission shall not have authority over removal of natural resources growing on, placed on, or naturally existing on or under private lands or properties. Provided further, that any owner of record of real property upon the date of the adoption by the Baldwin County Commission of the zoning ordinance for the district in which the property is located shall automatically obtain a variance, if needed, for a single family dwelling notwithstanding the type of dwelling to be placed or constructed on the property. Notwithstanding any provisions, rules, or regulations to the contrary, no application called for or required by the ordinances and zoning regulations promulgated hereunder may be rejected solely on the grounds that the applicant is not the record owner of the subject land, provided that such applicant maintains or owns an interest in the real property made the subject of the application and is seeking to exercise the applicant’s rights in such property. The Baldwin County Commission may enter into agreements with municipalities for planning purposes with the extraterritorial planning jurisdiction of the municipalities. The county commission may designate the planning commission to administer subdivision regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 11-19-1 to 11-19-24, inclusive, and 11-24-1 to 11-24-7, inclusive, and §45-2-260.1.
Ala. Code § 45-52-150.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-150.10
Section 45-52-150.10 Revocation of Bingo Permit - Jurisdiction to Restrain or Enjoin
Status: in_force

The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall afford trial by jury for all appeals directed to it for alleged violations of this article leading to revocations of existing permits.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-62
Section 45-57A-62 Pension and Relief System
Status: in_force

This part shall apply to and have application in the municipality of Phenix City.
Ala. Code § 45-27-83 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-83
Section 45-27-83 Compensation; Clerks; Reimbursement for Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Escambia County shall be compensated on a salary basis which shall be in lieu of all fees and commissions heretofore paid as compensation to such judge. The amount of such salary shall be the same as that paid to the presiding circuit judge in the county including all county salary supplements. Such salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments in the same manner as other county officials are paid.

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

(c) The judge of probate and the employees of the probate office shall be reimbursed by the county commission for all expenses incurred in the official operation of the office by reimbursement for expenses incurred in an amount not less than the mileage and per diem rate in effect for employees of the State of Alabama at the time the expenses are incurred.
Ala. Code § 45-49-170.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-170.25
Section 45-49-170.25 Removal of Designation That Dog Is Dangerous or a Nuisance
Status: in_force

The owner of a dog which has been declared to be dangerous or a nuisance by a court may petition the district court to remove the dangerous or nuisance dog designation 18 months after the judicial declaration was issued. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the district attorney. The court may remove the dangerous or nuisance dog designation and eliminate any requirements of this subpart if the owner of the dog has not violated this subpart and any orders of the court, and if the court is satisfied from the evidence that the dog is no longer dangerous.
Ala. Code § 45-30A-50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30A / Section 45-30A-50
Section 45-30A-50 Definitions
Status: reserved

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

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

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

(3) BOARD. The Personnel Board of the City of Russellville.

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

(5) CITY. The City of Russellville.

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

(7) COURT. The Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama.

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

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

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

(11) GOVERNING BODY. The mayor and city council of the city or any governing authority which is a successor thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(18) PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBLE LIST. The eligible list of persons qualified for promotion to a position.

(19) REEMPLOYMENT LIST.

a. The list of names of former employees who have been laid off from a position within the past two years who had permanent status in that position so long as that position continued in the classified service, arranged in the inverse order in which they were laid off.

b. The list of names of those former employees who resigned or otherwise left the city service in good standing at any time within the past two years.

(20) VACANCY. A position duly created with funds provided for payment of a salary, which is not occupied or which is occupied by a person serving under a temporary appointment.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.92 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.92
Section 45-51A-33.92 Eligibility
Status: in_force

The mayor shall be a qualified elector of the city, and shall hold no other public office.
Ala. Code § 45-48-121.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-121.12
Section 45-48-121.12 Political Activity
Status: in_force

No employee shall be required to make, solicit, or receive any assessment, donation, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatsoever, or be required to be a member of a committee or an officer of a political party, or take any part in its management or affairs except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her opinion and cast his or her vote; no employee shall be required to assist any candidate for nomination or election to public office, or required to make any public statement in support of or against any such candidate, or participate in any manner whatever in the campaign of any candidate in any general or primary election; and no employee shall receive any appointment or advancement as a reward for his or her support of a candidate for office or a political party; nor shall he or she be dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or pay as punishment for his or her failure to support any candidate for political office.
Ala. Code § 45-11-245.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-245.06
Section 45-11-245.06 Enforcement; Taxes a Lien; Special Counsel
Status: in_force

The taxes authorized to be levied pursuant to this part 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 any interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All the provisions of the revenue laws of the State which apply to the enforcement of liens for license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the taxes herein authorized to be levied. The governing body of the county, the State Department of Revenue, or private collection agency, as determined by the governing body, shall collect the taxes, and enforce this part, and the governing body of the county or any private collection agency collecting such taxes shall have and exercise all rights and remedies that the State Department of Revenue would have if the taxes herein authorized were being administered, enforced, and collected by the State Department of Revenue. The governing body of the county, the State Department of Revenue, or private collection agency may employ special counsel as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the taxes levied pursuant to this part and otherwise to enforce the provisions of this part, including the institution, prosecution, and defense of any litigation involving this part. The governing body, the State Department of Revenue, or private collection agency shall pay such special counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it hereunder.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.245 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.245
Section 45-51A-33.245 Officers and Employees Not to Be Privately Interested in City Contracts
Status: in_force

No member of the council, the mayor, officer, or employee elected or appointed shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city, and no such member of the council, the mayor, officer, or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of the city. No member of the council, officer, or employee of the city shall be interested in or an employee or attorney of any corporation operating any public service utility within the city. No member of the council, officer, or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of the city any interurban railway, railway, street railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days. Every contract or agreement shall be voidable by the mayor or the council. The prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform nor to policemen in the discharge of their duty; nor shall service to city officials in their official capacity heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-26-230.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-230.20
Section 45-26-230.20 Salary and Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Deputies of the Sheriff’s Department of Elmore County shall be compensated on the basis of years of continuous service according to the following table:

(2) The chief deputy shall receive an additional one hundred dollars ($100) per month, and fifty dollars ($50) per month expense allowance.

(3) The assistant chief deputy shall receive an additional fifty dollars ($50) per month and fifty dollars ($50) per month expense allowance.

(b) The salaries and expense allowances herein provided shall be the minimum compensation payable to such individuals, in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation heretofore provided by law. Provided, however, deputies may also receive any future increases in compensation granted by the county commission. The salaries and allowances herein provided shall be paid out of any county funds available for such purposes and in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-4-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-70
Section 45-4-70 Expense Allowances
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any and all other compensation or allowances heretofore provided by law, the chairman of the county governing body of Bibb County shall receive an additional expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month payable from the county treasury.

(b) The chairman and each member of the county governing body of Bibb County shall each receive an expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The allowances herein provided shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund and shall be payable in addition to any other compensation or allowance payable by law to such persons.

(c) The expense allowances of the Bibb County governing body provided for by subsection (a), shall hereafter be paid from the gasoline tax fund allocated to Bibb County by the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama as provided for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-27-231.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-231.01
Section 45-27-231.01 Additional Service of Process Fee
Status: in_force

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

(b) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Escambia County shall collect a service of process fee of thirty dollars ($30) on each document requiring personal service of process.

(c) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Escambia County shall collect a service of process fee of thirty dollars ($30) on each document requiring personal service of process.

(d) The court official designated in Escambia County by law for the respective courts shall collect the service of process fee designated in subsections (b) and (c) and remit the fees collected to the sheriff for deposit in the Escambia County Sheriff Service of Process Fund.

(e) The sheriff may use the money generated by this section, at his or her discretion, for law enforcement purposes in Escambia County. The funds shall not revert to the general fund of the county at the end of the fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 45-34-71.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-71.03
Section 45-34-71.03 Qualified Electors
Status: in_force

At the general elections in 1988 and 1990, and every four years thereafter, the qualified electors residing in each of the districts in Henry County shall elect one commissioner for that district, who shall be a bona fide elector of and shall actually reside in the district for which he or she is elected, and who shall hold office for a period of four years, and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 45-50-241.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-241.01
Section 45-50-241.01 Clerical Employees - Tax Assessor
Status: in_force

The Tax Collector of Monroe County is hereby authorized and empowered to hire the number of clerical employees necessary to efficiently staff the office. The county commission or other like governing body of the county shall fix the tax collector’s clerk hire allowance at a figure not to exceed thirteen thousand two hundred dollars ($13,200) per year, plus an additional six hundred fifty dollars ($650) per month, payable out of the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-24-243.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-243.05
Section 45-24-243.05 Collection of Tax; Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax levied by this part shall constitute a debt due Dallas County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. The collection agency shall collect the tax, enforce this part, and have and exercise all rights and remedies that the state or the collection agency has for collection of the state sales and use tax. The collection agency may employ special counsel as is necessary to enforce collection of the tax levied by this part and to enforce this part. The collection agency shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Dallas County.
Ala. Code § 45-44-244.37 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-244.37
Section 45-44-244.37 Confidentiality of Information
Status: in_force

Any information received by the revenue commissioner or any other official, agent, or employee of the county as a result of any returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications required or authorized by this subpart shall be confidential. Any person or agent releasing that information, except as herein permitted, shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or to imprisonment of not exceeding 90 days, or to both a fine and imprisonment.
Ala. Code § 45-27A-30.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27A / Section 45-27A-30.11
Section 45-27A-30.11 Violations; Waiver
Status: in_force

(a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender, the municipal prosecutor may terminate the participation of the offender in the pretrial diversion program and may actively pursue the prosecution of the offender for the offense or offenses or violation or violations charged. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the municipal prosecutor to terminate him or her from the pretrial diversion program, including the reason for termination. If removed from the program by the municipal prosecutor, the offender shall be deemed to forfeit, for pretrial diversion purposes provided for in this part, any fees paid in application for and admission into the pretrial diversion program.

(b) At his or her discretion, the municipal prosecutor may waive a violation for good cause shown as to why the offender should be allowed to remain in the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.007 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.007
Section 45-8A-23.007 Council
Status: in_force

The councilmen provided for in this subpart shall be known collectively as the Council of the City of .......... (Name of said city to be inserted) and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in October following the date when the election of all councilmen is completed, and thereupon such city shall be and become organized under the council-manager form of government provided under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this part.
Ala. Code § 45-49-160.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-160.02
Section 45-49-160.02 Reimbursement of License Commissioner, Judge of Probate, Revenue Commissioner, County Treasurer, or County Commission for Monetary Loss; Due Care
Status: in_force

(a) The Mobile County governing body shall reimburse the office of license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, county treasurer, or Mobile County Commission, from the general fund of the county, the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total payment of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per office, per annum, arising, or caused by error if the mistake or omission was caused without the personal knowledge of the officer, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent.

(b) It shall be the duty of the license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, county treasurer, or Mobile County Commission to insure that the employees of the respective offices exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission. The respective officers 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, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, county treasurer, or Mobile County Commission, or by any official, any clerk, or any employee of the respective officials.
Ala. Code § 45-8-84.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-84.40
Section 45-8-84.40 Grantee’s Mailing Address Required
Status: in_force

The Judge of Probate of Calhoun 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 § 45-49-233.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-233.03
Section 45-49-233.03 Distribution of Seized Assets and Funds in Controlled Substances Proceedings
Status: in_force

In Mobile County, the sheriff of the county and the chiefs of police of the municipalities of Mobile County may in their respective judgments distribute forfeitable assets or funds received pursuant to Section 20-2-93, as amended, 19 U.S. Code § 1616(a), as amended, or any other applicable law providing for the seizure of assets and funds in controlled substances proceedings to directed or coordinated, comprehensive, ongoing community based drug prevention programs, provided, however, that the assets or funds shall have legally become property of the county or municipality.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.27
Section 45-2-243.27 Payment and Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) A person who fails to pay the tax levied by this subpart within the time required by this subpart shall pay in addition to the tax a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax due, together with interest from the date on which the tax became due and payable at the rate due and payable on the state lodging tax. The penalty and interest shall be assessed and collected as a part of the tax. The Department of Revenue may, if good and sufficient reason be shown, waive or remit the penalty or a portion of the penalty.
Ala. Code § 45-31-231.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-231.23
Section 45-31-231.23 Inmate Wages
Status: in_force

(a) The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall pay the wages of the inmate to the board or an agent designated by the board to administer the accounting and disposition of the wages of the inmate. This designation shall be renewed annually and may be terminated by agreement of the board and the employer. The disposition of the net wages of the inmate shall be in the following amounts and priority:

(1) Thirty percent shall be withheld for the costs of the confinement of the inmate and paid to the county monthly. The county commission may use these funds to pay any costs associated with the administration and operation of the jail including, but not limited to, salaries for necessary staff, equipment, and administrative costs for purposes of this subpart.

(2) The amount ordered by the circuit or district court to be paid monthly to the appropriate court or agency for child support.

(3) The amount ordered by the circuit or district court to be paid monthly to the clerk of the court for court costs, fines, restitution, and other costs up to 25 percent of the net wages of the inmate.

(4) The amount agreed to in writing by the inmate to be paid monthly to the family of the inmate.

(5) Any remaining amount each month shall be deposited in the Geneva County Jail Inmate Trust Fund, to be paid to the inmate for his or her personal use as prescribed by jail rules or held until the inmate’s release.

(b) Any legal encumbrances upon the wages of the inmate may preclude participation of the inmate in the program.
Ala. Code § 45-40-161 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-161
Section 45-40-161 Distribution of Payments
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Sections 40-28-1 to 40-28-3, inclusive, Lawrence County’s share of payments made by the Tennessee Valley Authority to the state in lieu of ad valorem taxes shall be distributed as provided by this section:

(1) For the 1983-84 fiscal year, the Lawrence County Commission shall receive ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) in a special allotment to replace alcoholic beverage proceeds taxes and to assist the following agencies in the following amounts:

a. Each fire department established before January 1, 1982, shall receive two thousand dollars ($2,000).

b. Each fire department established after January 1, 1982, shall receive four thousand dollars ($4,000).

c. The Lawrence County Rescue Squad shall receive two thousand dollars ($2,000).

d. The Lawrence County Youth Aid Fund shall receive two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(2) For the 1984-85 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, each fire department, the Lawrence County Rescue Squad, and the Lawrence County Youth Aid Fund shall receive two thousand dollars ($2,000) annually.

(3) The Lawrence County Board of Education shall receive 33 1/3 percent of the total amount remaining after ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) is deducted as per subdivision (1) and subdivision (2) and after the money paid to the municipalities according to Section 40-28-3 is deducted from the Tennessee Valley Authority money.

(4) All other money received by the county in Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes, after the money paid to the municipalities according to Section 40-28-3, and after the monies in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) are allocated, shall be paid into the county general fund. Of this amount, for the 1993-94 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the first one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) shall be paid to the Industrial Development Board of Lawrence County - George C. Wallace Air Park Authority. Provided, however, in any year in which the amount of payments received is greater than the amount of payments received during 1993, the payments to the Industrial Development Board of Lawrence County - George C. Wallace Air Park Authority shall increase proportionately.

(b) All moneys paid to Lawrence County as their share of Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes which are not paid to the municipalities as provided by Section 40-28-3 or distributed as provided in subsection (a) shall be paid into the Lawrence County General Fund.
Ala. Code § 45-26A-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26A / Section 45-26A-70
Section 45-26A-70 Historic Preservation
Status: in_force

The purposes of this article are to provide for the establishment of an historic preservation commission and architectural review board and to promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of Wetumpka through the preservation and protection of buildings, sites, structures, areas, and districts of historic significance and interest through the preservation and enhancement of the national, state, and local historic, architectural, archaeological, and aesthetic heritage found in Wetumpka’s historic and aesthetic attraction to tourists and visitors.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-330.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-330.02
Section 45-37A-330.02 District Ad Valorem School Tax Continued
Status: in_force

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

(1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022.

(2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 60, 1915 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 269.01 and 269.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(3) AMENDMENT 82. Amendment 82 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, proposed by Act 459, 1949 Regular Session, now appearing as Jefferson County Section 37-10.20 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(4) AMENDMENT 325. Amendment 325 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 116, 1971 Third Special Session, now appearing as Section 217 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(5) AMENDMENT 373. Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session, now appearing as Section 217 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(6) BOARD. The Midfield City Board of Education.

(7) COMMISSION. The Jefferson County Commission.

(8) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(9) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama.

(10) EXPIRING SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special district ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorized in Amendment 82 and presently levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district.

(11) SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special district ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorized in Amendment 3 and presently levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district.

(12) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT. The special school tax district in Jefferson County within the jurisdiction of the Midfield City Board of Education, which consists of all the area in the county lying within the corporate limits of the City of Midfield, as the school tax district now exists or as it may be hereafter formed.

(b) The county presently levies and collects the special school district tax at a rate of sixty cents ($.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6.0 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 3, Amendment 325, and Amendment 373.

(c) The county presently levies and collects the expiring school district tax at a rate of one dollar five cents ($1.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (10.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 82, Amendment 325, and Amendment 373.

(d) At the request of the board and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment 373, the county proposes to adjust the rate at which the county may levy and collect the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year commencing on or after the 2021 tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty-five cents ($1.65) on each hundred dollars ($100) (16.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, the adjustment being equal to one dollar five cents ($1.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (10.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value and, if approved, to coincide with the expiration of the expiring school district tax, so as to renew, preserve, continue, and to effect no net increase in, the total rate of district ad valorem school tax presently levied in the special school tax district.

(e) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may adjust the rate at which the county levies and collects the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year commencing on or after the 2021 tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty-five cents ($1.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (16.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(f) The adjustment in the rate at which the special school district 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 special school tax district who vote on the proposed adjustment at a special election called and held for that purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.81
Section 45-8A-22.81 Optional Benefit Plans
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-37-121.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-121.02
Section 45-37-121.02 Personnel Board - Composition; Meetings
Status: in_force

The personnel board shall be comprised of seven members consisting of the following persons: The Chair of the County Commission of Jefferson County; the mayor of the municipality having the greatest number of employees in the classified service; one member of the Jefferson County Mayors Association, an Alabama nonprofit corporation, not otherwise serving hereunder who is appointed by its governing body; two employees in the classified service, one of whom shall be African American not otherwise serving hereunder who shall be elected by popular vote of the permanent employees in the classified service from a list of nominations submitted to the director under the signatures of at least five employees in the classified service on or before September 30 of each year; and two persons appointed by the presiding Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, one of whom shall reside in the Bessemer judicial division and one of whom shall reside in the Birmingham judicial division, one of whom shall be African American and each of whom shall be qualified electors in the county, and neither of whom, nor any spouse or lineal descendant of a grandparent of such person or his or her spouse, shall be a current or former employee in the classified service or have held any public office of an appointing authority at any time. The term of office of each employee member of the personnel board shall be three years, except that notwithstanding the expiration of an employee member’s term of office, he or she shall continue to serve until such time as his or her successor has been elected. The term of office of each judicial appointee member of the personnel board shall be three years except that notwithstanding the expiration of a judicial appointee member’s term of office, he or she shall continue to serve until such time as his or her successor has been appointed. The board shall elect its chair from among the members and may create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine from time to time. The term of office of the chair shall be one year, and any chair or former chair shall be eligible for reelection to such office. The board shall meet once a month on dates to be fixed by its rules and regulations and as often as shall be necessary for the orderly conduct of its business.
Ala. Code § 45-45-82.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-82.30
Section 45-45-82.30 Participation in Law Library Network
Status: in_force

The Madison County Law Library is a part of a network of law libraries with the state-supported law libraries and the non-state-supported law libraries on a voluntary basis, for their mutual benefit.
Ala. Code § 45-40A-10.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40A / Section 45-40A-10.03
Section 45-40A-10.03 Exercise of Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. The eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-19-82.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-82.22
Section 45-19-82.22 Records and Reporting
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller, the disposition made of them, all monies received, and the licenses issued by him or her. The judge of probate shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner that the judges of probate are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the manner required by law.
Ala. Code § 45-36-231.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-231.01
Section 45-36-231.01 Sale of Perishable Property
Status: in_force

If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of such a sale shall be held in a separate account for a period of six months for the owner. During this period, the proceeds shall be paid to the owner upon demand, less any cost of recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale. If the proceeds are not claimed within six months, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of the property, the net funds shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Jackson County.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-12.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-12.08
Section 45-39A-12.08 Board of Education - Unexcused Absence of Members
Status: in_force

Any member of the board of education who fails to attend more than two regularly scheduled monthly board meetings without an authorized excused absence as recognized by the board through written policy shall receive a written request from the city superintendent of education to attend the meetings. If the board member persists in his or her unexcused absence for two additional regularly scheduled monthly board meetings, then the position shall be declared vacant by the chair of the board, subject to review and approval by the city council.
Ala. Code § 45-3-84.111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-84.111
Section 45-3-84.111 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases when used in this subpart shall have the following meanings:

(1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property.

(2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real property instruments and personal property instruments in the probate office and, in the discretion of the judge of probate, of recording other instruments and documents, which system when completed, will consist of the equipment necessary and suitable to record, archive, and retrieve records.

(3) PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to personal property only, as distinguished from real property, that may be now or hereafter required to be filed or titled for record in the probate office, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, without limitation, Sections 35-4-50 and 35-4-90.

(4) REAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Includes any instrument or document affecting the title to real property that may now or hereafter be filed for record in the probate office pursuant to the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes providing for the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of judgments, and plats or maps showing the subdivision of real estate.
Ala. Code § 45-21-70 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-70
Section 45-21-70 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) The Crenshaw County Commission is hereby authorized to increase the expense allowance of the members of the commission up to an additional three hundred dollars ($300) per month. The action shall require a majority vote of all members of the commission. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all compensation, salary, and expense allowances presently paid. The expense allowance shall be paid out of either the county road and bridge fund or the county general fund, whichever fund the county commission deems fiscally proper.

(b)(l) The Crenshaw County Commission may increase the expense allowance of the chair of the commission up to an additional one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month. The action shall require a majority vote of all members of the commission. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all compensation, salary, and expense allowances presently paid. The expense allowance shall be paid out of either the county road and bridge fund or the county general fund, whichever fund the county commission deems fiscally proper.

(2) The remaining members of the Crenshaw County Commission shall continue receiving their expense allowance pursuant to subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 45-49-91.14 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-91.14
Section 45-49-91.14 Land Use Standards
Status: in_force

The board is authorized and expected to provide land use standards for the district, applying the same standards and responsibilities applicable to a municipal planning commission pursuant to Chapter 52 of Title 11. The provisions adopted by the board created for the district shall be submitted to the county commission for approval. However, the county commission may not disapprove the master plan unless it is inconsistent with a preexisting countywide or regional plan in effect at the time of submission.
Ala. Code § 45-36-180.12 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-180.12
Section 45-36-180.12 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

The chair and each member of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid an additional one hundred dollars ($100) per month for nine consecutive months following October 1, 1979. Thereafter, such allowance shall be decreased to one dollar ($1) per month and shall so continue for each commissioner until the expiration of the terms of office of the respective members. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of the respective members of the county commission the expense allowance for each member shall be in the same amount provided by law prior to October 1, 1979. Such expense allowance shall be paid on the same basis as now provided by law for expense allowances.
Ala. Code § 45-8-244.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-244.06
Section 45-8-244.06 Offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Abolished
Status: in_force

The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall be abolished effective on the last day of the term to which they are elected in the year 1996.
Ala. Code § 45-31-130.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-130.04
Section 45-31-130.04 Compensation
Status: in_force

The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from appropriate road and highway funds.
Ala. Code § 45-26-234 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-234
Section 45-26-234 Police Jurisdiction Within Elmore County
Status: in_force

That no municipality whose corporate limits do not lie within or extend into and embrace and include a portion of Elmore County shall have or exercise police jurisdiction within Elmore County; nor shall any such municipality exercise police jurisdiction, police powers, or taxing powers within Elmore County or over or on any person in Elmore County or property or business or trade or profession in Elmore County; nor shall any such municipality levy, fix, or collect any license or fee of any kind in Elmore County; nor shall any ordinance of any such municipality enforcing police or sanitation regulations or prescribing fines or penalties for violation thereof have force or effect in Elmore County.
Ala. Code § 45-49-249.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-249.10
Section 45-49-249.10 Penalties
Status: in_force

No seller shall continue in business when he or she is in default in payment of the tax imposed by this subpart. In addition to other penalties, a delinquent taxpayer shall be liable for a penalty of 20 percent of the amount found to be due by him or her. Penalties shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-41-244.63 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-244.63
Section 45-41-244.63 Excise Tax on Storage, Use, or Other Consumption of Certain Automotive Vehicles, Truck Trailers, Etc
Status: in_force

The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose, in lieu of the excise tax authorized to be levied in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 45-41-244.52, an excise tax on the storage, use, or other consumption in the county of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the judge of probate of the county and purchased other than at wholesale outside the county for storage, use, or other consumption in the county as follows: Upon every person, firm, or corporation purchasing other than at wholesale outside the county any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the judge of probate of the county for use, storage, or other consumption within the county, there is hereby authorized to be levied, in lieu of the excise tax authorized to be levied in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 45-41-244.52, a tax in an amount not exceeding three-eighths of one percent of the purchase price; provided, however, that 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 tax authorized to be levied in 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.
Ala. Code § 45-46-84.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 46 / Section 45-46-84.01
Section 45-46-84.01 Special Court Filing Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In Marengo County, a special court filing fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the judge of probate on all petitions that initiate a judicial proceeding in the probate court of the county. The special court filing fee shall be in addition to all other filing fees required by law to be collected.

(b) The judge of probate shall deposit all funds collected into a special fund to be maintained by the judge of probate for improved recording, archiving, Internet technology, preservation, and retrieving of records and other equipment, maintenance, training, and services necessary for the improvement of the recording, court, and license divisions of the office of the judge of probate.

(c) This section is cumulative. Nothing contained in this section shall alter or change an existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Judge of Probate of Marengo County.
Ala. Code § 45-53-240.50 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-240.50
Section 45-53-240.50 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subpart is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Perry County by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-16-84.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-84.22
Section 45-16-84.22 Office Space, Equipment, Personnel
Status: in_force

The county governing body shall furnish suitable quarters or such additional space if any be necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the judge of probate, and shall provide for the transfer of all necessary forms, books, records, stationery, supplies, and equipment from the office of the revenue commissioner to the office of the judge of probate as shall be pertinent to the transference of the duties and shall thereafter provide the same, except such stationery, forms, and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the state Comptroller and the State Department of Revenue. The county governing body shall also provide such clerks, deputies, and other assistants for the judge of probate as are necessary for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The judge of probate shall have authority to select, employ, and discharge at will such clerks, deputies, and other assistants and to fix their compensation; but the number and compensation of such deputies and other assistants shall be subject to the approval of the county governing body. Such compensation shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-42A-23.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42A / Section 45-42A-23.01
Section 45-42A-23.01 Designation of Historic Preservation Districts
Status: in_force

The governing body may by ordinance designate as a historic preservation district any section within the corporate limits of the City of Athens, which section such governing body may determine possesses such historic significance by reason of antiquity, architecture, historic importance of persons or events identified therewith, of such number of historic structures or sites as to give the section a character of historic significance worthy of preservation for the protection of the historic character of the City of Athens. No ordinance designating a historic preservation district shall become effective unless the establishment of such district is requested in writing to the governing body by not less than 60 percent of the property owners within the proposed historic preservation district. The names of the persons last assessing the property for taxes shall be accepted by the governing body as prima facie the owners thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.22
Section 45-30-240.22 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time in the same manner that other officials with the duties are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that the officials are required to account for by law.
Ala. Code § 45-44-244.39 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-244.39
Section 45-44-244.39 Extension for Filing Return
Status: in_force

The revenue commissioner, for good cause, may extend the time for making any return required under this subpart, but the time for filing any such return shall not be extended for a greater period than 30 days from the day the return is due to be made and shall not prevent penalty and interest from accruing during the period of the extension.
Ala. Code § 45-35-120.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-120.02
Section 45-35-120.02 Status of Employees
Status: in_force

All employees who have acquired permanent status shall, subject to this part, have permanent status in their present positions so long as such positions remain in the classified service. All other employees shall be eligible to acquire permanent status in their present positions so long as such positions remain in the classified service in the manner provided in Section 45-35-120.13, upon completing six months’ service in such positions, such time to be computed from the beginning of such service, rather than from May 30, 1984.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.122 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.122
Section 45-51A-33.122 Preparation of Budgets
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the head of each department, and each other office or agency supported in whole or in part by the city, to file with the director of finance, at such time as the mayor may prescribe, estimates of revenue and expenditure for that department, office, or agency for the ensuing fiscal year. Such estimates shall be submitted on the forms furnished by the director of finance and it shall be the duty of the head of each department, office, or agency, to supply all the information which the director of finance may require to be submitted thereon. The director of finance shall assemble and compile these estimates and supply such additional information relating to the financial transactions of the city as may be required by the mayor in the preparation of the budgets. The mayor shall hold such hearings as he or she may deem advisable, and with the assistance of the director of finance, shall review the estimates and other data pertinent to the preparation of the budgets and make such revisions in such estimates as he or she may deem proper, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinance relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-39-40.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-40.08
Section 45-39-40.08 Filing of Application; Certificate of Health; Inspections
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who desires to engage in any of the practices designated to be within the meaning of this article shall file with the secretary of the board a written application for a certificate to practice or for an examination and license to practice, as the case may be, as provided in this article. The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of health giving the dates and results of a chest X-ray or skin test. Such tests shall be made within one year prior to filing of the application for a certificate to practice or for an examination for a license to practice.

(b) Any places of training for barbers that are not inspected for sanitation and sterilization practices by the Lauderdale County Board of Barbering shall fall under the jurisdiction of the county health department.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-62.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-62.02
Section 45-49A-62.02 Abatement and Removal of Inoperable Motor Vehicles from Private Property as Public Nuisances
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term inoperable motor vehicle shall mean any motor vehicle, trailer, recreational vehicle, camper, or semi-trailer that has remained on private property and in view of the general public for 30 days or any greater period fixed by the municipality and is inoperable in that one or more of its major mechanical components including, but not limited to, engine, transmission, drive train, or wheels, are missing or are not functional, or the vehicle otherwise constitutes a nuisance. An inoperable motor vehicle shall not be deemed a nuisance under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The motor vehicle has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations.

(2) The motor vehicle is on the premises of a place of business engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles or primarily engaged in the storage and sale of damaged or theft-recovered vehicles for insurers.

(3) The motor vehicle is kept in an enclosed building completely shielded from the view of individuals on the adjoining properties.

(b) The City of Mobile may establish a procedure for the abatement and removal of inoperable motor vehicles from private property as public nuisances. Costs of removal may be assessed against the registered owner of the vehicle if the identity of the owner can be determined or the costs may be assessed against the owner of the property on which the vehicle is stored.

(c) Any procedure adopted by the municipality for the abatement and removal of inoperable motor vehicles as public nuisances shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) A provision requiring notice to the last registered owner of record, to any secured party or other holder of a recorded or registered security interest or lien on the motor vehicle, and to the property owner of record that a hearing may be requested and that if no hearing is requested, the inoperable motor vehicle will be removed.

(2) A provision requiring that if a request for a hearing is received, a notice giving the time, location, and date of the hearing on the question of abatement and removal of the inoperable motor vehicle as a public nuisance shall be mailed by certified mail, with a five-day return receipt requested to the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, to the last registered and legal owner of record, and to any registered or recorded secured party or lienholder unless the vehicle is in a condition that identification numbers are not available to determine ownership.

(3) A provision that the abatement procedure does not apply to an inoperable motor vehicle that is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other private property or a motor vehicle that is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of an automobile dealer, wholesaler, repairman, or wrecker service for repair or sale.

(4) A provision with a list of names of persons or private contractors, or both, who perform the work

(5) A provision that the owner of the land on which the vehicle is located may appear in person at the hearing or present a written statement in time for consideration at the hearing, and deny responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the land or otherwise show his or her plans to abate the nuisance. No cost of the administration or removal of the vehicle against the landowner shall be assessed if it is determined at the hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the consent of the landowner and that he or she has not subsequently acquiesced in its presence.

(6) A provision that any excess funds from the sale of the inoperable motor vehicle, minus the costs of removal and administration of this subsection, shall be returned to the owner.

(7) A provision that the owner of the land on which the vehicle is located may remove the vehicle at his or her own expense prior to the removal of the vehicle by the municipality.

(8) A provision that private contractors used for removal of inoperable motor vehicles shall be selected on a rotation schedule among the contractors providing vehicle removal services in the municipality.

(d) The municipality shall notify the Department of Revenue of the sale or disposition of the inoperable motor vehicle on a form supplied by the department.

(e) The municipality and no official or employee of the municipality shall be liable for action taken in compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 45-49-261.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-261.17
Section 45-49-261.17 Industrial Parks
Status: in_force

This part shall not apply to any land designated as an industrial park pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 11.
Ala. Code § 45-49-90.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-90.04
Section 45-49-90.04 Certificate of Incorporation - Filing, Approval, and Recording
Status: in_force

(a) When executed and acknowledged in conformity with Section 45-49-90.03, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county. The judge of probate shall thereupon examine the certificate of incorporation and, if he or she finds that the recitals contained therein are correct, that the requirements of Section 45-49-90.03 have been complied with, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another corporation already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he or she shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book or record in his or her office. The recording of the certificate shall constitute the findings and approval required by the preceding sentence.

(b) When such certificate has been so made and filed, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the certificate of incorporation.
Ala. Code § 45-17-110.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-110.01
Section 45-17-110.01 Additional Compensation of Election Officials
Status: in_force

In Colbert County, each election official shall be entitled to receive additional compensation in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, which shall be payable out of the county general fund. Such amount shall be in addition in any amount received pursuant to Section 17-8-12, and shall be paid as a supplement for each election official for each day’s service at elections in the county. The amount of the additional compensation shall be determined by resolution of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-23-72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-72
Section 45-23-72 Election
Status: in_force

At the general election for state and county officers to be held in 1972, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the entire county a commissioner from each of the districts numbered 2 and 4; and at the general election to be held in 1974, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the entire county, a county commissioner from each of the districts numbered 1 and 3. The judge of probate of shall be chair and shall preside at all meetings of the commission, but shall be authorized to designate some other member of the commission to serve as chair in his or her absence. The judge of probate shall receive Forty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($41,500) per annum, paid in monthly installments, for his or her services as chair, and as judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-35.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-35.26
Section 45-51A-35.26 Order of Municipal Court; Judicial Review
Status: in_force

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating:

(1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and, if so.

(2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with the fees and costs of court provided for herein.

(b) The orders issued under this section may be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, Alabama, and shall operate as a judicial lien in the same manner and with the same weight and effect as any other civil judgment filed therein.

(c) A person who is found liable after an adjudicative hearing may appeal that finding of civil liability to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the municipal court. The notice of appeal must be filed not later than the 14th day after the date on which the municipal court judge entered the finding of civil liability. The filing of a notice of appeal shall stay the enforcement of the civil fine penalty. An appeal shall be determined by the circuit court by trial de novo.
Ala. Code § 45-20-83.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-83.21
Section 45-20-83.21 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings:

(1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property.

(2) IMPROVED INDEXING SYSTEM. A system of indexing real property instruments and personal property instruments in the probate office and, in the discretion of the judge of probate, of indexing other instruments and documents, which system when completed, shall consist of equipment necessary and suitable to prepare and index records.

(3) PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Any instrument or document affecting the title to personal property only, as distinguished from real property, that may be now or hereafter titled for record in the probate office, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the law of this state, including and particularly Sections 35-4-50 and 35-4-90.

(4) REAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. Includes any instrument or document affecting the title to real property that may now or hereafter be filed for record in the probate office pursuant to the applicable requirements of the laws of this state, including, but without limitation to, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes providing for the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of judgment, and plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate.
Ala. Code § 45-18-82.54 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-82.54
Section 45-18-82.54 Construction with Other Laws
Status: in_force

All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 12-13-43, and all statutes respecting the filing and recording of notices or statements of liens of any kind, notices of Lis Pendens, declarations of claims or exemptions, certificates of judgment, or plats or maps showing subdivisions of real estate that are not inconsistent with this subpart shall continue in effect with respect to an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, the recording of instruments therein, and the duties of the judge of probate with respect thereto.
Ala. Code § 45-24-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-20
Section 45-24-20 Sunday Sales of Alcoholic Beverages - Unincorporated Areas
Status: in_force

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

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

Within 30 days from April 2, 2012, the Dallas County Commission, by resolution, may call an election for the county to determine the sentiment of the voters of the county as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday within the county.

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

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

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

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

(f) If a majority of the voters voting in the election vote “No,” alcoholic beverages may not be sold or dispensed in the unincorporated areas of the county on Sunday after the hour of 2:00 A.M., except as otherwise authorized by law or by subsequent election which legalizes the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.142 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.142
Section 45-8A-23.142 Miscellaneous Revenues - Receipts from Special Assessments
Status: in_force

In the budget and budget proposal revenues from the collection of special assessments on property specially benefited shall not be stated in an amount which is in excess of the amount of the receipts so derived which it is estimated will be held in cash on the first day of the budget year.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.01
Section 45-2-261.01 Appointment of Members and Personnel of the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission
Status: in_force

The planning commission shall be composed of nine regular members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector and an actual resident of the county. One and only one regular member of the planning commission may be a qualified elector of the county who resides in the corporate limits of a municipality in the county. All regular members shall be appointed by the Baldwin County Commission for a term of four years. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors in a district election held pursuant to Section 45-2-261.07, the membership of the planning commission shall be increased by appointment by the county commission of a qualified elector from that district for a temporary one-time term of three years. In the event of any vacancy on the planning commission, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Baldwin County Commission. The Baldwin County Commission may remove any member for cause upon written charges and after a public hearing. All members shall serve without compensation, and no member shall be a county officer or employee; however, reasonable and necessary expenses of the members of the planning commission shall be paid from the General Fund of Baldwin County.
Ala. Code § 45-55-130.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-130.07
Section 45-55-130.07 Reporting
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall report on a day-to-day basis to the chair of the county commission and shall report regularly to the county commission as a whole.
Ala. Code § 45-45-31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-31
Section 45-45-31 Photographing, Etc., of Certain Public Records; Use of Authenticated Reproductions
Status: in_force

The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of Madison County may require the photographing or microphotographing, on plate or film, of any record, document, plat, court file, book, map, paper, or writing made, acquired, or received as required by law by any official of Madison County except those records that the board of registrars is required by law to make and keep, which may be photographed or microfilmed only if this procedure is approved unanimously by the board of registrars. Such photographs, microfilms, or prints made therefrom, when duly authenticated by the custodian thereof, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record, or of a record 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 record made by other legally authorized means, could have been so introduced and received. In like manner, reproductions made from such records by photographic or like process, when otherwise in compliance with applicable statutes, rules, and regulations, shall be received and treated in any court of this state as fully as would a transcription or reproduction of such records made by any other means or process.
Ala. Code § 45-12-101 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-101
Section 45-12-101 Election; Qualifications; Powers and Duties; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Superintendent of Education of Choctaw County shall be elected at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1982, and at the general election every fourth year thereafter, by the qualified electors of Choctaw County. The superintendent elected in 1982 shall assume office at the expiration of the contract of the incumbent superintendent, but no later than July 1, 1984, and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Thereafter the superintendent shall hold office for a term of four years, beginning on the first day of July following his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

(b) The Superintendent of Education of Choctaw County shall possess the same qualifications as are now required and provided in Section 16-9-2, and his or her official bond shall be fixed and approved in the manner provided by Section 16-9-3.

(c) The Choctaw County Superintendent of Education shall perform and discharge all the duties prescribed by general law for the county superintendent of education, and any additional duties heretofore or hereafter prescribed by local law.

(d) The beginning salary of the elected superintendent shall be commensurate with the salary paid the immediately preceding superintendent. Any subsequent increase of salary provided by the local school district, the State of Alabama, or any other source to certified personnel will automatically be provided to the superintendent on a pro rata basis for the 12 months contract. The total amount of the increase provided to certified personnel for a standard teacher contract of 180 days or more, will be divided by nine and then multiplied by 12, and then be provided to the superintendent.

(e) The board of education may, in and of itself, grant a salary increase to the superintendent at its discretion in years when one is not provided from sources outside or within the school district to certified personnel, and may also grant an amount greater than that provided by sources either within or without the school district if it so deems appropriate, but may not reduce the salary of the superintendent during the term of office.
Ala. Code § 45-4-244.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-244.42
Section 45-4-244.42 Levy of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) The Bibb County Commission, upon a majority vote of the members, and in addition to all other taxes, is hereby authorized to levy a sales and use tax in an amount up to one percent on sales, use, storage, consumption, or gross receipts in the county.

(b) The gross receipts of any business, the gross proceeds of all sales and use of products or services, which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this subpart.

(c) Any tax levied under this subpart may not be levied at a rate proportionately higher than the proportional rate for various types of sales and uses under the state sales and use tax.
Ala. Code § 45-52-244.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-244.04
Section 45-52-244.04 Collection of Tax; Enforcement
Status: in_force

The tax imposed by this part shall constitute a debt due Morgan County as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. All of the provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for license taxes due this state shall apply fully to the collection of the tax herein levied, and the Morgan County Commission, or its designee, shall collect the tax and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the State of Alabama or the State Department of Revenue has for the collection of the state sales tax. The Morgan County Commission shall have full authority to employ such counsel, including the county attorney, as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the tax levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigation involving this part; and the Morgan County Commission shall pay counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected hereunder.
Ala. Code § 45-2-81.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-81.01
Section 45-2-81.01 Powers of Investigators
Status: in_force

Investigators in the office of the District Attorney of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, composed of Baldwin County, who hold a current certification from the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, may make arrests and serve search warrants in the performance of their official duties to the same extent as deputy sheriffs are authorized and empowered to make arrests and serve search warrants in the county.
Ala. Code § 45-43-247.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-247.01
Section 45-43-247.01 Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products
Status: in_force

Upon adoption by the Lowndes County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Lowndes County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco and like tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and the tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales or delivery slips, bills and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Lowndes County in the business for which the tax is hereby 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 or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
Ala. Code § 45-10-170.43 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-170.43
Section 45-10-170.43 Notice
Status: in_force

(a) When the county health department determines that the connection of property to an available public sewerage system, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be required, the property owner shall be given written notice at least 90 days prior to the date upon which the connections shall be made by the county. The notice, which shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the person or entity last assessed for taxation of the property in the county, shall describe the property as shown on the rolls of the tax assessor or revenue commissioner of the county, and shall advise that the county is requiring the connection of the described property to the sewerage system, that if the property owner does not obtain sewerage service within 90 days from the date of the notice, the connection shall be made by the county; and that if the connection is made by the county, all costs of the connection shall operate as a lien on the property. The notice shall cite this subpart as authority for the actions to be taken, shall provide the name and telephone number of a person employed by the county who may be contacted regarding the notice and shall be signed by an officer or employee of the county as designated by the county commission.

(b) If, after the expiration of time provided in the notice, the property owner has not connected with an available sewerage system and the county proceeds to connect the property to a sewerage system pursuant to Section 45-10-170.42, the property owner shall be given written notice of the actions taken by the county. The notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the person or entity last assessed for taxation of the property in the county; shall provide the name, address, and telephone number of the sewerage system to which the service has been connected; shall include a copy of the statement filed with the judge of probate; and shall advise the property owner of the costs of the sanitary sewer connection.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-65.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-65.01
Section 45-49A-65.01 Terms; Vacancies
Status: in_force

Members of the board first shall be appointed as follows: The members from Municipal Park Baseball, Inc., Springhill-Forest Hill Youth A.A., Inc., Southern Little League, and Colts Youth Athletic Association for a term of one year; the members from Springhill Baseball, Inc., Cottage Hill Athletic Association, Inc., Navco Athletic Association, Mims Park Youth Athletic Association, Inc., and Cottage Hill Little League, Inc. for a term of two years; the members from Skycrest Babe Ruth, Inc., Skyline Little League, Inc., Ranger Babe Ruth, Trimmier Park Booster Association, Inc., and South Brookley Little League for a term of three years; and the members from International Babe Ruth, Loop Youth Athletic Association, Inc., National Little League, National Babe Ruth, and Advanced Babe Ruth for a term of four years. As the terms of members expire, their successors shall be selected for terms of four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made.
Ala. Code § 45-37-123.23 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-123.23
Section 45-37-123.23 Records and Reports
Status: in_force

(a) Records. The pension board shall keep minutes of its meetings. Additionally, the pension board shall keep all other books of account, records, policies, compensation records, service records, and other data that may be necessary for proper administration of the plan and shall be responsible for supplying all information and reports to the Internal Revenue Service, members, designated beneficiaries, and others as may be required by law. Records, as provided in this subsection, are not public records.

(b) Correction of records.

(1) The pension board shall correct any error in a member’s service record which the pension board concludes is necessary to correct or remove an injustice or prevent a member from receiving less or more than the member is entitled to receive under the plan. The pension board shall adopt written rules prescribing the procedure the pension board shall follow in considering whether an error in an employee’s service record should be corrected. Correction of service records shall be subject to the following limitations:

a. No error in the service record shall be corrected except by the pension board.

b. The pension board shall not correct any error in an employee’s service record until it has accorded, or offered to accord, the employee a hearing regarding the proposed correction, which hearing shall not be conducted until after the employee has received at least two weeks’ notice of the nature of the proposed correction and of the time and place at which the proposed correction shall be considered.

c. No correction of an error shall be made at an employee’s request unless the employee files with the pension board his or her written request for the correction before the date that is one year subsequent to the employee’s discovery of the error requested to be corrected; provided, however, the pension board may excuse an employee’s failure to file the application for correction within one year following his or her discovery of the error if the pension board finds that excusing the failure would be most equitable.

(2) If the pension board determines that any amount has been erroneously deducted from the compensation of an employee and paid to the system as an employee contribution, or that any amount has been otherwise paid to the system erroneously on behalf of any employee, the amount shall be refunded to the employee, and any amount which may have been paid erroneously to match the erroneous contribution shall be refunded. The pension board is authorized to determine whether interest shall be payable on any amounts returned and to determine the amount of interest to be paid, if any; provided, however, that no interest shall be paid to any employee responsible for the error resulting in the erroneous payment.

(c) Audit. The pension board shall cause an audit to be made of its affairs by a certified public accountant at least once each calendar year.
Ala. Code § 45-3-233.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-233.01
Section 45-3-233.01 Additional Service of Process Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Barbour County shall increase the fees by fifteen dollars ($15) per document personally served by the sheriff’s office, or its designee. For purposes of this part the term document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time.

(b) The court official designated in Barbour County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee designated in subsection (a) and remit the fees collected to the Barbour County Sheriff’s Fund maintained by the sheriff or his or her designee and the funds may be expended for law enforcement purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-26-141.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-141.09
Section 45-26-141.09 Exemptions from Fire Protection Fee
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from the fire protection fee levied by this part:

(1) A dwelling or commercial building which is owned by the federal government, or the state, a county, or a municipality.

(2) A commercial building used or to be used for religious, educational, or charitable purposes.

(3) A dwelling where the owner is currently exempt from paying all ad valorem taxes based on the age, income, or disability of the owner.
Ala. Code § 45-5-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 45-5-230.01
Section 45-5-230.01 Additional Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

Effective October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the Blount County Commission may provide the Sheriff of Blount County with an expense allowance for the fiscal year equal to the monthly expense allowance received by a county commission member, provided the county commission has approved the payment of the expense allowance for that fiscal year. The expense allowance provided by this section shall be paid monthly from the county general fund in the same manner as other salaries and expense allowances are paid and shall be in addition to any other salary and expense allowance of the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 45-56-243.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-243.06
Section 45-56-243.06 Department of Revenue Expense Distribution; Tobacco Products; Resale or Reshipment
Status: in_force

This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of the county which are actually resold or reshipped.
Ala. Code § 45-30-240.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-240.25
Section 45-30-240.25 Assessment
Status: in_force

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the tax assessor shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the case of a used car brought into the state from a state which provides that upon sale or transfer of the motor vehicle the tags are either surrendered to an appropriate authority or subsequently reissued by the seller, the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to an individual, firm, corporation, or association, living or operating in this state. If such tag number or bill of sale or certificate of title is not furnished, the vehicle shall be presumed to have been in the state the entire year for which taxes are being assessed. Those motor vehicles brought into the state during any tax year and new motor vehicles for which licenses have never been issued that have been sold from the stock of a dealer during any tax year, shall be subject to taxation as if they had been held or owned in the state on the first day of October.
Ala. Code § 45-31-110.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-110.01
Section 45-31-110.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless a contrary intent appears from the context, as used herein, the phrase county governing body means the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of any such county; the word election means any general, special, or primary election held in the county, including a district, municipal, county, state, or federal election; and the term voting center means any place in the county which the county governing body designates as a place where a voting machine or voting machines will be maintained or operated at elections.
Ala. Code § 45-41-260.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-260.05
Section 45-41-260.05 Powers and Duties of Commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt and maintain in an up-to-date manner a master plan of various areas of the county as and when deemed necessary by the commission and shall adopt, with the approval of the county commission, appropriate zoning regulations as provided by Section 45-41-260.09 for the physical development of Lee County; provided, however, that the adoption of a master plan shall not be deemed a prerequisite to the administration and enforcement of the zoning regulations. The master plan and regulations with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive material shall show the commission’s recommendations for the use and development of the territory of the county. The zoning regulations shall also include a zoning plan for selected areas for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of buildings and land. As the work of making the whole master plan and preparation of zoning regulation progresses, the commission, from time to time, may adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the county. The commission, from time to time, may amend, extend, or add to the plan or regulations as hereinafter provided. Nothing in this article shall be construed to impair the right of eminent domain conferred on railroads and utilities, both public and private, or their right to construct, use, and maintain structures reasonably required in the public service or their right to exercise authority conferred by statutes, franchises, certificates of convenience and necessity, licenses, easements, or conveyances.
Ala. Code § 45-49-171.68 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-171.68
Section 45-49-171.68 Reporting of Death; Violations
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County. Deaths reportable to the county medical examiner must be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. Any person who knowingly fails to make such report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner and outside the exceptions stated, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or sentenced, or both, according to law.
Ala. Code § 45-2-243.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-243.28
Section 45-2-243.28 Application of Subpart
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, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state lodging tax; and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subpart when applied to the tax levied by this subpart, shall apply to the levied district tax. The Commissioner of Revenue and the Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the district taxes levied as imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable to this subpart, to the district taxes levied, and to the administration of this subpart are incorporated herein by reference and made a part as if fully set forth.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-64.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-64.60
Section 45-57A-64.60 Statistical Data
Status: in_force

The city shall adopt the procedures authorized by this subpart, and shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems in reducing traffic-control device violations and intersectional collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.
Ala. Code § 45-48-84 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-84
Section 45-48-84 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) In Marshall County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission and the jury commission clerk of the county an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day.

(b) The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be paid only when the members of the jury commission actually attend meetings.
Ala. Code § 45-32-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-20.01
Section 45-32-20.01 Sunday Sale of Alcoholic Beverages at the Greene County Racetrack
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Greene County, by resolution adopted by a simple majority, may authorize and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages, including draft or keg beer, for on-premises consumption at the Greene County Racetrack on Sunday in the same manner as permitted on other days of the week.

(b) This section is cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the county, and this section is not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to, repeal any existing power or authority of the county now permitted under the general laws of the state, or under any local or special act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.20
Section 45-49A-63.20 Membership Requirements
Status: in_force

Every uniformed officer shall be a member in this plan as of the date he or she first becomes a uniformed officer. Membership in this plan shall be mandatory for all uniformed officers.
Ala. Code § 45-49-91.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-91.06
Section 45-49-91.06 Election Results - Negative
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified electors in the district voting in an election on the question vote in the negative, then the land in the district shall not be subject to the planning and land use control powers and authority provided for in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-9-60.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-60.01
Section 45-9-60.01 Travel Allowance
Status: in_force

The Coroner of Chambers County shall receive a monthly travel allowance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) each month, in lieu of any mileage allowance heretofore prescribed by law, and such allowance shall be payable from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-29-82.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-82.60
Section 45-29-82.60 Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

(a) The District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth 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 of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth 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 § 45-49-171.62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-171.62
Section 45-49-171.62 Qualifications
Status: in_force

The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and trained in anatomic and forensic pathology. Any vacancy in the county shall be filled by appointment of the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences, who may waive the requirement temporarily to appoint a physician licensed to practice medicine and trained in anatomic pathology when a vacancy exists which he or she is seeking to fill.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.130 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.130
Section 45-8A-23.130 Budget Establishes Appropriations
Status: in_force

From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures shall become appropriated to the several objects and purposes therein named.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.129 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.129
Section 45-51A-33.129 Adoption of General Fund Budget
Status: in_force

Not later than the 20th day of September of the current fiscal year, the council by a majority vote shall adopt the general fund budget, and such ordinances providing for additional revenue as may be necessary to put the budget in balance. If for any reason the council fails to adopt the general fund budget on or before such day, the general fund budget of the current fiscal year shall be the general fund budget for the ensuing year, until such time as a newly revised budget shall be adopted by the council, and, until such time, shall have full force and effect to the same extent as if the same had been adopted by the council, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-20-172.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-172.03
Section 45-20-172.03 Notice to Owner; Contents; Posting of Signs
Status: in_force

After the passage of a resolution, the appropriate city official shall send notice of the action to the last 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 to remedy the growth of weeds within a reasonable time set out in the notice, not to exceed 14 days or suffer the weeds to be abated 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 also place a sign conspicuously on the property indicating that the city governing body has found the property to be a public nuisance because of the unlawful growth of weeds.
Ala. Code § 45-20-231 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-231
Section 45-20-231 Jail Concessions; Concession Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Sheriff of Covington County may operate a jail concession. The sheriff, sheriffs deputies, or agents or employees of the sheriff, or any combination of these persons, may sell soft drinks, cigarettes, personal items, and other concession items to county prisoners and state prisoners in county custody. The sheriff shall be responsible for the operation of the concession.

(b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a concession fund in a bank licensed to do business in the state. All monies collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the concession fund.

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

(c) All profits realized in the operation of the concession shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in Covington County.

(d) The establishment of the concession fund and the use of the proceeds shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-261.03
Section 45-2-261.03 Preparation of Master Plan
Status: in_force

In availing itself of the powers conferred by this subpart, the Baldwin County Commission shall appoint the planning commission to make and maintain in an up-to-date manner, a master plan for the physical development of the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. The master plan with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive material shall show the planning commission’s recommendations for the use and development of the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. The planning commission shall make a preliminary report and hold a public hearing thereon. The master plan recommended thereunder shall be presented in a final report to the Baldwin County Commission. The Baldwin County Commission shall not hold a public hearing and take action until it has received the final report of the planning commission. After a public hearing by the Baldwin County Commission, the master plan may be approved or amended by the Baldwin County Commission, or remanded to the planning commission for further revision. The master plan shall not be effective until adopted by the Baldwin County Commission. The planning commission may prepare and the Baldwin County Commission may adopt the master plan as a whole or in successive parts corresponding with planning districts as provided in Section 45-2-261.05 or with functional sections of the subject matter of the master plan.
Ala. Code § 45-55-244.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-244.05
Section 45-55-244.05 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The state Department of Revenue is authorized to adopt and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this part. All rules and regulations duly adopted shall have force and effect of law.
Ala. Code § 45-49-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-10
Section 45-49-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
Ala. Code § 45-20-242.58 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-242.58
Section 45-20-242.58 Charge for Collection
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Covington County for collecting the special county taxes levied such amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and the county governing body, but such charge shall not in any event exceed three percent of the total amount of special county taxes collected hereunder within the county. Such charge for collecting the special taxes for the county may be deducted each month from the special sales and special use taxes collected before certifying the amount of the proceeds thereof due Covington County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue shall pay into the State Treasury all county taxes collected under this subpart, as such taxes are received by the Department of Revenue; and on or before the first day of each successive month (commencing with the month following the month in which the department makes the first collections hereunder), the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under this subpart and paid by him or her into the State Treasury for the benefit of Covington County during the month immediately preceding the making of such certificate. Provided, however, that before certifying the amount of the taxes paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the county during each month, the commissioner may deduct from the taxes collected in the month the charges due the department for the collection of the taxes for the county. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to issue his or her warrant each month payable to the custodian of the public funds of Covington County in an amount equal to the amount so certified by the Commissioner of Revenue as having been collected for the use of the county. The custodian of public funds for Covington County shall maintain separate records of such special account.
Ala. Code § 45-11-242.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-11-242.20
Section 45-11-242.20 Continuation of Existing Tax
Status: in_force

(a) Chilton County presently levies and collects a special tax for a trade school and rural and industrial development in the county at a rate of thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to an election held in the county on December 4, 1984. That tax will expire on December 31, 2004. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the county proposes to continue the rate at which it may levy and collect the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) of assessed value, until December 31, 2024.

(b) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may continue to levy the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) of assessed value, until December 31, 2024.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.003 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.003
Section 45-8A-23.003 Second Election Not Called Within Four Years
Status: in_force

If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within four years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided.
Ala. Code § 45-55-241.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-241.04
Section 45-55-241.04 Office Space and Equipment
Status: in_force

The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office.
Ala. Code § 45-28-110 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-110
Section 45-28-110 Preparation of Voter Lists; Compensation of Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

(a) The Judge of Probate of Etowah County shall complete and properly prepare the lists of qualified electors required to be furnished to the election inspectors. For such service, the judge of probate shall be paid an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of names on the lists by an amount not to exceed five cents ($.05) each. The judge of probate shall from the proceeds of this allowance pay the costs and expenses of preparing the lists. The expenses due under this section shall be paid by the county commission by warrants drawn on the county treasury upon certificate of the probate judge.

(b) The payments provided by this section are in lieu of any payments authorized by Section 17-3-60.
Ala. Code § 45-34-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 45-34-60
Section 45-34-60 Remuneration
Status: in_force

In Henry County, the coroner shall be entitled to receive remuneration in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) in each case for holding an inquest, when ordered by the judge of a court of record or for investigation and certification of the cause of death when no jury is summoned or postmortem examination made by a physician or surgeon as provided by Section 12–19–193; provided,

however, the remuneration shall not be less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month. In addition to the amounts listed herein, the coroner shall receive travel expenses in such an amount as may be set by the county commission in going to and returning from each such investigation. The compensation provided for by this section shall be paid from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-34.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-34.05
Section 45-52A-34.05 Recommendation for Designation of Historic Properties and Districts
Status: in_force

(a) On recommendation of the historic preservation commission the City of Decatur may designate historic properties and historic districts within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Decatur.

(b) The commission shall not recommend designation of an historic property or historic district unless the recommendation is based on a finding of a survey of the property or district conducted by or for the commission in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Historical Commission or as designated by the Decatur City Council.

(c) The commission shall not recommend designation of an historic property or historic district unless it finds that the building, structure, site, or district is identified with or represents a significant aspect of the cultural, political, economic, military, or social history of the locality, region, state, or nation or has had a significant relationship with the life of an historic person or event, representing a major aspect of the history of the locality, region, state, or nation, or is part of the historic, architectural, archaeological, or aesthetic heritage of the locality, region, state, or nation. In the case of an individual building or structure, the commission may recommend designation as an historic property if the commission finds that the building or structure is an example of an architectural style, or combination of architectural styles, which is representative of Decatur or which is unique to Decatur. In the case of a district, the commission may recommend designation as an historic district if the commission finds that the district contains vernacular structures which contribute to an overall character and sense of place which is representative of the City of Decatur.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-51.262 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-51.262
Section 45-37A-51.262 Life Insurance; Security
Status: in_force

(a) Should a participant obtaining a loan terminate employment for any reason, the participant shall be required to post security or collateral to allow for payments on the loan to continue subsequent to retirement or repay the loan balance within 60 days after termination, or the participant’s retirement benefit under Division 6 shall be affected. The entire pension loan, including interest thereon, shall be paid in full prior to receiving any pension benefits funds or return of contributions. Provided however, if the participant is due to collect a retirement benefit beginning immediately upon termination, the posting of insurance and/or security shall allow the payments to be deducted from the participant’s pension check. Such security may include a policy of insurance on his or her life, all premiums payable by the participant, providing for the insurance company to repay the unpaid balance of the loan in the event of his or her death or such other security as the treasurer of the fund may require. In no event may the participant be required to maintain an amount of life insurance exceeding the unpaid balance of the loan attributable to the participant applying therefor.

(b) Should the participant fail to repay his or her loan in full or as otherwise set forth in section (b) the participant shall not be permitted to draw a pension benefit calculated in Division 6, but may only receive a return of contributions, less any unpaid pension loan balance.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-61.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-61.02
Section 45-57A-61.02 Candidate Restrictions
Status: in_force

A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, a resident of the board of education district which he or she seeks to represent for at least 365 consecutive calendar days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and may not be an employee of the board or have a record of conviction for any crime involving moral turpitude.
Ala. Code § 45-49-42.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-42.06
Section 45-49-42.06 Massages at Licensed Locations Only
Status: in_force

No massages shall be administered or applied by any licensee hereunder or any employee, operator, or attendant while working for such licensee, except in or upon the premises or regular place of business of the licensee where the license is regularly displayed and at the place and location designated for the operation of the massage parlor in the license.
Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.132 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49A / Section 45-49A-63.132
Section 45-49A-63.132 City Attorney to Represent Board
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the city attorney to give advice to the board in all matters pertaining to the duties of the board whenever requested to do so; to represent and defend the board and its individual members in all suits and actions at law or in equity that may be brought against the board, its individual members or the city in connection with this plan; and to bring all suits and actions in the board’s behalf that may be approved by the board, other than suits against the city and its agencies. However, nothing in this section shall in any way limit the board’s authority to employ such outside legal counsel as it may see fit in any matter relating to its duties under this plan and to pay reasonable attorney’s fees out of the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-25-230.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-230.01
Section 45-25-230.01 Expense Allowances; Salary
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Commencing June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of DeKalb County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff serving on June 1, 2024, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time subdivision (1) shall become null and void.

(b)(1) Commencing September 1, 2003, the Sheriff of DeKalb County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) the first year, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) the second year, and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) the third year and thereafter per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county, and at that time, subdivision (1) shall become null and void.

(c)(1) Commencing June 1, 2024, the Sheriff of DeKalb County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per year, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county, and at that time, subdivision (1) shall become null and void.
Ala. Code § 45-45-82.31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-82.31
Section 45-45-82.31 Transfer of Materials
Status: in_force

The state, counties, and state agencies have the authority to transfer, give, or lend books, or property, and materials to the Madison County Law Library; and the county law library has the authority to transfer books, property, and materials to the state, counties, state agencies, and to other county law libraries in the state on a voluntary basis.
Ala. Code § 45-28A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28A / Section 45-28A-31
Section 45-28A-31 Attalla Waterworks Board - Compensation
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Attalla Waterworks Board shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. The board members of the Attalla Waterworks Board shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month.
Ala. Code § 45-56-83.60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-83.60
Section 45-56-83.60 Public Records in Property Transactions
Status: in_force

This subpart shall only apply in Randolph County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Randolph County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-42.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-42.03
Section 45-37A-42.03 Adoption of Ordinance for Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement; Fines
Status: in_force

(a) The city as provided in this part, is empowered to adopt an ordinance providing for the utilization by the city or its designee of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, a photographic stop sign enforcement system, and a photographic vehicle speed enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, stop sign violations, and speeding violations in the city, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to collect fines for the recorded traffic signal violations, stop sign violations, and speeding violations which may occur within the corporate limits of the city as provided in this part.

(b)(1) Fines collected pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this part for traffic signal violations and stop sign violations shall not exceed one hundred ten dollars ($110).

(2)a. Except for speeding violations that occur in school zones, fines collected pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this part for speeding violations shall not exceed the fines as shown in the following table. The following fine shall apply to the owner when captured by the photographic vehicle speed enforcement system where the vehicle was recorded as traveling at the following speeds over the speed limit:

Speed over Speed Limit Fine 5 through 10 mph $60 Greater than 10 mph through 15 mph $110 Greater than 15 mph through 20 mph $135 Greater than 20 mph $160

b. The fines stated above in subdivision (2)a. shall be doubled if that violation occurs and was electronically recorded within a segment of the roadway or intersection designated with signage or signals as a school zone only during school hours when school is in session and one hour before and after school hours.

(3) The first ten dollars ($10) of each fine authorized by this part and collected by the city or its designee shall be paid to the State Bureau of Investigations as compensation for record keeping with respect to violation notices issued pursuant to this part.

(4) Administrative hearing costs shall be assessed only in contested cases. A person who is found liable after an administrative hearing or who requests an administrative hearing and thereafter fails to appear at the time and place of the hearing shall pay the fine amount plus any late fee in addition to a thirty dollar ($30) administrative hearing fee. If the person is found not liable at the administrative hearing, the thirty dollar ($30) administrative hearing fee will not be assessed or any fine and fee paid related to that citation shall be refunded.

(c) The city or its designee may place photographic traffic signal enforcement systems, photographic stop sign enforcement systems, and photographic vehicle speed enforcement systems at locations within the city without notice of the specific location and may change locations without public notice.

(d) The city or its designee shall post a sign or signs at each intersection at which a photographic traffic signal enforcement system or photographic stop sign enforcement system is located informing motorists that such devices are in operation at the intersection. The city or its designee shall post a sign or signs along each roadway or street at which a photographic vehicle speed enforcement system is located informing motorists that such a device is in operation.

(e) The city may contract with a vendor to perform services authorized by this part.
Ala. Code § 45-27-245.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-245.04
Section 45-27-245.04 Administration and Collection of Taxes
Status: in_force

All or any portion of the taxes levied within Sections 45-27-245 and 45-27-245.02 shall be administered and collected either by the State Department of Revenue, as provided for within Sections 40-12-6 and 40-12-7, or by such other collection agent, firm, or entity authorized to collect and disperse the same, as may from time to time be selected and approved by resolution given from the County Commission of Escambia County, Alabama, upon such terms as may be adopted within the resolution.