Ala. Code § 45-40-142.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-142.11
Section 45-40-142.11 Powers and Obligations of Existing Fire Districts
Status: in_force

(a) The powers and obligations of any fire district existing in the county on October 1, 2025, as specified in its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, existing contracts, and debts, and as provided under Chapter 89, Title 11, shall not be affected or impaired by this part.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 45-40-142.09(b), the established annual amount of any fire protection fee or service fee assessed by a fire district that is in existence on October 1, 2025, remains in effect, and the fee may be assessed and collected pursuant to Section 45-40-142.09(c) and (d).
Ala. Code § 45-48-142.28 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-142.28
Section 45-48-142.28 Transfer of Funds Upon Dissolution or Abandonment of Eligible Volunteer Fire District
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire district, any remaining funds derived from this subpart or any assets purchased with the funds derived from this subpart, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the Marshall County Association of Fire Departments and Rescue Squads. The funds and assets shall be reallocated to remaining volunteer fire districts that provide fire protection services for the dissolved or abandoned area. In the event there are no remaining volunteer fire districts, the funds or assets shall be distributed to remaining volunteer fire departments in the county. Upon dissolution or abandonment of the fire district, the collection of fire protection service fees shall cease unless a new district is formed within 30 days to replace the dissolved or abandoned district.
Ala. Code § 45-40-141 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-141
Section 45-40-141 Applicability
Status: in_force

This part shall apply to Lawrence County.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.01
Section 45-8A-20.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein:

(1) “Applicant” means a natural person who files a written application with the governing body of the city in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-8A-20.03.

(2) “Authority” means the Anniston Downtown Development Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this part.

(3) “Authorizing resolution” means a resolution adopted by the governing body of the city in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-8A-20.03, that authorizes the corporation of the authority.

(4) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority.

(5) “Bonds” means and shall include bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(6) “City” means the City of Anniston, Alabama.

(7) “Director” means a member of the board of the authority.

(8) “Downtown development area” means the central business district of the city as established by ordinance of the city council.

(9) “Governing body” means, with respect to the city, its city council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body.

(10) “Incorporators” means the persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this part.

(11) “Person” unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of the state, or of a county or municipality.

(12) “Principal office” means the place at which the certificate of incorporation and amendments thereto, the bylaws and the minutes of the proceedings of the board of the authority are kept.

(13) “Project” means interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements located or to be located within the downtown development area, and any fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with any such land, interest in land, building, structure, facility, or other improvement, all for the essential public purpose of the development of trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities in downtown development area. A project may be for any industrial, commercial, business, office, parking, utility, residential (including without limitation homes, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, hotels, and motels) or other use, provided that a majority of the members of the authority determine, by a resolution duly adopted, that the project and such use thereof would further the public purpose of this part.

(14) “State” means the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 45-51-82.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-82.27
Section 45-51-82.27 Decision to Screen or Divert Cases; Approval After Indictment
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of an indictment by a grand jury, the responsibility and authority for the decision to screen or divert cases, or to refuse to screen or divert particular cases, shall rest within the sole judgment and discretion of the district attorney for the circuit. After the issuance of an indictment, a criminal case shall not be diverted or screened without the express approval and concurrence of the presiding judge of the circuit or a circuit court judge designated by him or her for such purposes.
Ala. Code § 45-52-30.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52 / Section 45-52-30.04
Section 45-52-30.04 Licensing - Barber’s College or School; Instructor; Apprentice Barber; Barber
Status: in_force

(a) A barber’s college or school, before it shall be issued a license by the commission, must comply with the requirements and standards as follows:

(1) Require as a prerequisite to admission, a diploma or other proof of graduation from a grammar school, or satisfactory completion of an examination devised or approved by the commission, showing knowledge equal to such education.

(2) Require as a prerequisite to graduation, satisfactory completion of a course of instruction of not less than 1,000 hours, to be completed over a period of not less than nine months of continuous instruction of not more than eight hours in any one day.

(3) Such course of instruction shall include the following, or like and equal, subjects: Scientific fundamentals of barbering; hygenic bacteriology; histology of the hair, skin, muscles, and nerves; structure of the head, face, and neck; elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics; diseases of the skin and hair; massaging and manipulating the muscles of the scalp, face, and neck; and haircutting, shaving, and bleaching and dyeing of the hair.

(b) In order to receive a license as an instructor in a barber college or school licensed under this article, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

(1) He or she must be a high school graduate.

(2) He or she must furnish suitable evidence that he or she has either:

a. Been actively engaged as a licensed barber for seven years immediately preceding the filing of the application. b. Been actively engaged as a licensed barber for three years immediately preceding the filing of the application and be a graduate of a barber college or school licensed, conducted, or accredited by the State of Alabama or some agency or political subdivision thereof. (3) An instructor’s license may be renewed for no more than three years unless the applicant furnishes satisfactory proof to the commission that he or she has received credit for a minimum of eight hours instruction in the field of education from an accredited college or university.

(c) In order to receive a license as an apprentice barber, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

(1) He or she must have graduated from a barber’s school or college that is approved by the commission.

(2) Be 17 years of age, or older.

(3) Be of good moral character and temperate habits.

(4) Pass an examination conducted by the commission to determine his or her fitness to practice as an apprentice barber.

(5) Meet all the other requirements of this article as it applies to apprentice barbers.

(d) In order to receive a license as a barber, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

(1) He or she must be a licensed apprentice barber and have practiced as such under the immediate personal supervision of a licensed barber for a period of not less than 12 months.

(2) Be 18 years of age, or older.

(3) Be of good moral character and temperate habits.

(4) Pass an examination conducted by the commission to determine his or her fitness to practice barbering, such examination to include factors to determine the applicant’s general educational level as well as his or her knowledge and skill of barbering. The examination shall be conducted with a view of determining whether the applicant has general knowledge equal to an elementary school education or its equivalent, whether he or she has a thorough knowledge of the subjects required to be taught in barber’s school or college, and in examining him or her as to his or her knowledge of barbering he or she shall be taken to a barber’s chair in a barber shop where barbers licensed under this article are practicing barbering and given an examination that will determine his or her skill as a barber, by requiring him or her to perform any act or acts of barbering and to name any of the instruments and their parts which are used in a barber shop.

(5) Meet all other requirements of this article as it applies to a barber.

(e) A barber’s license shall be issued without examination by the commission to any person who, for two years immediately preceding October 1, 1982, has been continuously engaged in the practice of barbering at one or more established places of business in Morgan County, provided he or she shall make application before the expiration of three years after October 1, 1982, which application shall be accompanied by the recommendations of at least two licensed barbers doing business in Morgan County, not related to the applicant by blood or marriage, certifying that the applicant is of good reputation and qualified to practice barbering.

(f) A licensed apprentice barber shall not independently practice barbering, but may do any and all acts constituting the practice of barbering under the immediate personal supervision of a licensed barber.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.121 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.121
Section 45-51A-33.121 Submission of Budgets
Status: in_force

(a) On a day to be fixed by the council, but in no case later than the 20th day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council all of the following:

(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the general fund budget.

(2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by the city.

(3) A capital budget.

(4) A budget message.

(b) When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his or her recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-20-83.53 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-83.53
Section 45-20-83.53 Notice of Refusal; Retrieval and Voiding of License; Records
Status: in_force

(a) In Covington County, when a negotiable instrument, such as a check or draft, given for a motor vehicle license, boat license, driver’s license, privilege license, or conservation license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate, or his or her designee, shall notify the maker or drawer of the negotiable instrument, in writing, that payment of the negotiable instrument was refused by the drawee and that if the maker or drawer does not pay the holder thereof the amount due thereon, within 10 days of the mailing of the notice to the maker or drawer, then the motor vehicle license shall be subject to being retrieved or voided by the judge of probate without further notice. Written notice by regular mail to the address printed on the instrument or given by the maker or drawer at the time of issuance shall be conclusively deemed sufficient and equivalent to notice having been received by the person making, drawing, uttering, or delivering the instrument.

(b) If the maker or drawer of the instrument fails to timely pay the amounts due pursuant to subsection (a), then the judge of probate shall notify the license inspector or the sheriff who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question.

(c) In the event the license cannot be retrieved, the license inspector or the sheriff shall state this fact in writing to the judge of probate and the statement shall constitute authorization for the judge of probate to void the license.

(d) Once the license has been voided, the judge of probate shall receive credit for the cost of the license, sales and use tax, and the issuance fee. The appropriate state office or offices shall mark all pertinent records pertaining to the void license accordingly and upon inquiry by any law enforcement agency or officer shall notify the agency or officer that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law.

(e) The provisions of this section are supplemental and cumulative and the remedies provided in this section are in addition to any other criminal or civil penalty provided by law for the negotiating of worthless negotiable instruments.

(f) In addition to any other applicable immunity protections, the judge of probate or any of his or her employees, agents, or assignee who comply with this section shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for all actions taken pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 45-35-232.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-232.20
Section 45-35-232.20 Work Release for Gainful Employment Conducive to Rehabilitation
Status: in_force

A person who has been sentenced or committed to the county jail in Houston County, from a city court, district court, circuit court, or other court with appropriate jurisdiction, under a criminal sentence, including a person sentenced to a state prison or into the custody of the Department of Corrections who has been deemed not to be a threat to the community and who has not been transferred to a Department of Corrections’ facility may be released at the discretion of the sentencing court, either on its motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at the time of sentence or at any time during the term of sentence, for the purpose of obtaining and working at gainful employment or for other purposes as the court may deem conducive to rehabilitation, for such time or intervals of time and under the terms and conditions as the court may order. Any part of a day spent outside of jail under a release order shall be counted as a full day toward serving the sentence, unless otherwise provided by the court. In no event shall the number of days of confinement exceed the number of days of the original sentence. If a person violates the terms and conditions laid down for his or her conduct, custody, and employment, the person shall be returned to the sentencing court. The court may then require that the balance of the person’s sentence be spent in actual confinement and may cancel any earned reduction of the term.
Ala. Code § 45-26-232 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-232
Section 45-26-232 Allowances for Feeding Prisoners
Status: in_force

(a) In Elmore County, the sheriff shall be entitled to keep and retain the allowances payable by the state, county, or municipalities for feeding prisoners housed in the Elmore County Jail.

(b) The provisions of this section shall be retroactive to January 18, 1983, and all actions taken by the sheriff in accordance with this section are hereby validated and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-49-102.26 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-102.26
Section 45-49-102.26 School Council - Open Meetings
Status: in_force

The meetings of the school council in a pilot program shall be open to the public and all interested persons may attend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exceptions to open meetings provided in the sunshine law, Section 13A-14-2, shall apply.
Ala. Code § 45-41-11.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-11.01
Section 45-41-11.01 Expense Allowances for Judge of Probate, Revenue Commissioner, Members of County Commission
Status: in_force

In Lee County, the judge of probate, the revenue commissioner, and each member of the county commission shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month to be paid out of the county general fund for performance of any in-county duties. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation or salaries and shall be in lieu of any previously adopted or authorized in-county allowances for mileage expenses, travel expense allowances, mileage allowances or reimbursements, per diem allowances, or any other allowances for travel within the county whether provided for by resolution of the county commission, local law, general law, or any other applicable law.
Ala. Code § 45-12-241.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-241.01
Section 45-12-241.01 Privilege License Tax for Mandatory Solid Waste Disposal Program
Status: in_force

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

(b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63 of the Code of Alabama 1975.

(c) The County Commission of Choctaw County may levy, in addition to all other taxes, a privilege license tax against gross sales in an amount up to two cents which shall be exclusively for the operational fund of the county mandatory solid waste disposal program. The gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this section.

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

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

(f) The tax levied by this section shall constitute a debt due Choctaw County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. The department, or other entity, shall collect the tax, enforce this section, and have and exercise all rights and remedies that the state or the department has for collection of the state sales and use tax. The department, or other entity, may employ special counsel as is necessary to enforce collection of the tax levied by this section and to enforce this section. The department, or other entity, shall pay the special counsel any fees it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected by it for Choctaw County.

(g) All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, promulgating rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this section shall apply to the tax levied under this section. The State Commissioner of Revenue and the department, or other entity, shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the tax levied under this section that are imposed on the commissioner and department by the state sales and use tax statutes. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes that are made applicable by this section to the tax levied under this section, and to the administration and enforcement of this section, are incorporated by reference and made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein.

(h) The department, or other entity, shall charge Choctaw County for collecting the tax levied under this section in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the commissioner or other entity and the Choctaw County Commission. The charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of the tax collected in the county. The charge may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the tax before certification of the amount of the proceeds due Choctaw County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue, or other entity, shall pay into the State Treasury all amounts collected under this section, as the tax is received by the department, or other entity, on or before the first day of each successive month. The commissioner, or other entity, shall certify to the state Comptroller the amount collected and paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of Choctaw County during the month immediately preceding the certification. The state Comptroller shall issue a warrant each month payable to the County Treasurer of Choctaw County in an amount equal to the certified amount which shall be paid into the operational fund of the county mandatory solid waste disposal program.
Ala. Code § 45-28-150.17 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 28 / Section 45-28-150.17
Section 45-28-150.17 Applicability of Other Laws
Status: in_force

Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who does other acts in connection with bingo, shall not apply to such conduct when done pursuant to this article or rules promulgated under this article.
Ala. Code § 45-10-20.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 45-10-20.02
Section 45-10-20.02 Municipal Option Election
Status: in_force

(a) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of not less than 1,300 inhabitants nor more than 1,500 inhabitants being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing body shall call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed in the municipality. The petition for the municipal option election shall contain the following: “It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to determine whether the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted within this municipality,” on the ballot to be used for the municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: “Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality? Yes _____ No _____.”

(b) The municipal option election shall be held and the officers shall be appointed to hold the election in the manner provided by law for holding other municipal elections and the returns thereof tabulated and the results certified as provided by law for municipal elections. The municipal option election shall be held on the date set by the governing body. Notice of the municipal option election shall be given by the governing body of the municipality by publication at least three weeks before the date of the election, in a newspaper in the municipality, or, if there be none, in a newspaper in the county, or, if there be neither, by posting the notice at the town or city hall, apprising the voters of the municipality that a municipal option election shall be held to determine whether the municipality shall be wet or dry under this article. The cost of the municipal option election, including the cost of notice by publication, shall be paid out of the general fund of the municipality.

(c) Only qualified electors of the municipality may vote in the municipal option election. If a majority of the electors voting in the municipal option election vote “yes,” the municipality shall be wet, and alcoholic beverages may be legally sold, distributed, and consumed within the corporate limits of the municipality, and all of the provisions of Title 28, relating to alcoholic beverages in wet municipalities, including, but not limited to, Chapters 3, 3A, 6, and 7, shall be immediately put into operation with respect to and effective within the corporate limits of the municipality. Notwithstanding the results of any subsequent county election, special method referendum, or other election, the municipality shall remain wet until changed to a dry municipality at a subsequent municipal option election conducted in the same manner as required for the initial election, including, but not limited to, the petition procedure.

(d) If a majority of the voters voting in the municipal option election vote “no,” the municipality shall be a dry municipality under the terms of this article until the municipality, by a subsequent municipal option election held under this article, votes wet.

(e) At least 1,560 days shall have lapsed before a second municipal option election may be held in the municipality.
Ala. Code § 45-51-21.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-21.04
Section 45-51-21.04 Wholesale Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories
Status: in_force

Each supplier of wine licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board authorizing the licensee to sell its wine within the State of Alabama shall sell its wine through wholesaler licensees of the board and shall grant in writing to each of its wholesalers an exclusive sales territory in accordance with Chapter 8 of Title 28, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-331.34 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-331.34
Section 45-37A-331.34 Notice of Violation; Civil Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty pursuant to this subpart, the City of Midfield shall first mail a notice of violation by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the automated photographic speeding enforcement system that committed a speeding violation. The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the speeding violation is recorded to the following:

(1) The owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of Revenue.

(b) A notice of violation issued under this subpart shall contain the following:

(1) Description of the speeding violation alleged.

(2) The date, time, and location of the violation.

(3) A copy of recorded images of the vehicle involved in the violation.

(4) The amount of the civil penalty to be imposed for the violation.

(5) The date by which the civil penalty must be paid.

(6) A statement that the person named in the notice of violation may pay the civil penalty in lieu of appearing at an administrative adjudication hearing.

(7) Information that informs the person named in the notice of violation of the following:

a. The right to contest the imposition of the civil penalty in an administrative adjudication.

b. The manner and time in which to contest the imposition of the civil penalty.

c. That failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability is an admission of liability.

(8) A statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding imposition of a civil penalty.

(9) A statement that failure to pay the civil penalty within the time allowed shall result in the imposition of a late penalty not exceeding twentyfive dollars ($25).

(10) Any other information deemed necessary by the city.

(c) A notice of violation under this subpart is presumed to have been received on the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is placed in the United States mail.

(d) The civil penalty imposed shall be paid within 30 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed.

(e) It shall be within the discretion of the trained technician to determine which of the recorded speeding violations are prosecuted based upon the quality and legibility of the recorded image. In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, the city may mail a warning notice to the owner during the initial warning period.
Ala. Code § 45-50-242.40 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-242.40
Section 45-50-242.40 Annual Salary
Status: in_force

Effective commencing on the next term of office of the county revenue commissioner, the Revenue Commissioner of Monroe County shall receive an annual salary of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any salary or other compensation provided by law and shall be paid from the same funding sources as the salary of the revenue commissioner is currently paid.
Ala. Code § 45-35-232.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-35-232.27
Section 45-35-232.27 Release Pending Trial; Order
Status: in_force

(a) A person in Houston County charged with an offense, at an appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending a trial on personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the judicial officer determines, in the exercise of discretion, that release will not reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required.

(b) No person in Houston County charged with an offense shall be considered for the program created by this subpart until the accused’s first appearance before a judicial officer.

(c) In determining which conditions of release will reasonably assure the appearance of a person as required, the judicial officer, on the basis of available information as presented by the state, city, or their representative, respectively, or the defendant, shall consider matters such as the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the weight of the evidence against the person, his or her family ties, employment, financial resources, character and mental condition, past conduct, length of residence in the community, record of convictions, and any record of appearance at court proceedings or of flight to avoid prosecution, or failure to appear at court proceedings. The judicial officer, in making factual determinations, shall consider that this subpart has two purposes, one of which is to assure the presence of the defendant at trial and the other of which is to assure that all persons, regardless of their financial or social status, shall not needlessly be detained pending their appearance to answer charges, or pending appeal, when detention serves neither the ends of justice nor the public interest.

(d) A judicial officer authorizing the release of a person under this subpart shall issue an appropriate order containing a statement of the conditions imposed, if any, inform the person of the penalties applicable to violations of the conditions of his or her release, advise the person that a warrant arrest will be issued immediately upon any violation, and warn the person of the penalties provided in Section 45-35-232.22.

(e) A judicial officer ordering the release of a person on any condition specified in this section, subject to law, may at any time amend the order of release to impose additional or different conditions of release.

(f) All sums collected under this subpart shall be paid into the fund established pursuant to the terms of Section 45-35-232.23.
Ala. Code § 45-3-244.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-244.30
Section 45-3-244.30 County Privilege, License, or Excise Tax - Established
Status: in_force

The Barbour County Commission may impose on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Barbour County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts:

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

(2) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigars made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, including the cigarette-sized or near cigarette-sized cigars, but excluding single wrapped cigars.

(3) Five cents ($0.05) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette.

(4) Five cents ($0.05) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3).

(5) Five cents ($0.05) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

(6) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed.

(7) Five cents ($0.05) on each single wrapped cigar made of tobacco or any substitute therefor.

The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes imposed by law and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes on tobacco, except that when the license tax required by this subpart has been paid by a wholesaler or seller of the products, that payment shall be sufficient. The legislative intent is that the tax shall be paid only once on each package of cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, cigars of every description, and smoking tobacco of every description, and for each package of tobacco paper, whether gummed or ungummed.
Ala. Code § 45-27-130 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 45-27-130
Section 45-27-130 Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of County Roads and Bridges; Budget
Status: in_force

The roads and bridges of Escambia County shall be constructed, repaired, and maintained on the basis of the county as a unit and without regard to district lines. No county personnel or equipment shall be allocated or used in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges on any basis other than the county as a unit. The county commission shall adopt annually a detailed financial budget to be followed during the ensuing year in the construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads and bridges of the entire county. The budget shall specify the roads and bridges to be repaired and where new roads and bridges are to be located and constructed, and shall allocate a specific amount or portion of county funds for the repairs and construction. The budget shall not be departed from except in cases of emergency upon a unanimous vote of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 45-21-84.35 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-21-84.35
Section 45-21-84.35 System Costs
Status: in_force

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after the initial installation, any improved system installed pursuant to this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-53-70.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-70.02
Section 45-53-70.02 Sale or Gift of Travel
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature declares and finds that for the public safety and welfare of the residents of Perry County, the County Commission of Perry County may sell gravel to any individual. The price for gravel shall not be less than the fair market value. The county commission shall limit the number of loads to be sold to an individual to 12 loads per calendar year. As used in this section, gravel means any earth used as road building material.

(b) For the public safety and welfare of the residents of the county, the county commission shall supply at no cost to any mobile home owner a maximum of 18 yards of gravel for the purpose of a mobile home pad. The mobile home owner shall show proof of the current mobile home ad valorem tax sticker to receive the free gravel. This subsection shall not apply to the establishment of mobile home parks.

(c) Any resident of the county who purchases gravel pursuant to subsection (a), or any mobile home owner who is supplied gravel at no cost pursuant to subsection (b), may request the county commission to deliver the gravel at no additional cost.

(d) The proceeds collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deposited in the county general fund and used for the general purposes of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-14-82.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-82.05
Section 45-14-82.05 Tag Number or Bill of Sale Required for Assessment; Vehicles from Outside Alabama
Status: in_force

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the probate judge shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the probate judge 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 probate judge shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to the 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 will 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 § 45-36-246 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-246
Section 45-36-246 Levy and Collection of Tax
Status: in_force

(a) There is levied from each producer of coal in Jackson County a privilege or license tax to be known as a severance tax. The rate of the tax shall be twenty cents ($.20) per ton of coal severed.

(b) The tax herein levied shall be in addition to any state tax heretofore or hereafter imposed on the severance of coal, but shall be the only severance tax levied by the county on coal. One hundred percent of the net proceeds from such tax shall be deposited in a special fund known as the Coal Severance Tax Road Fund. Expenditures from this Coal Severance Tax Road Fund shall be made for the purpose of repairs, maintenance, and construction of roads and bridges in Jackson County with preference to be given, when possible, to roads and bridges which have been damaged by coal hauling and mining activities but with the Jackson County Commission to have sole discretion in determining and designating upon which roads and bridges such sums shall be expended. The Jackson County Commission shall have authority to expend from the fund for such purposes by paying directly to the State Department of Transportation or such other agency as might be in lawful charge and control of the road and bridge system in Jackson County or the Jackson County Commission may deal with independent contractors.

(c) The Jackson County Commission shall require each producer of coal in the county to file with the commission a surety bond approved by the commission guaranteeing payment of the severance tax levied in accordance with this section.

(d) The State Department of Revenue shall collect the severance tax levied by this section in addition to the severance tax levied by Chapter 13 of Title 40, as amended. The State Department of Revenue is hereby further authorized to recover all costs of collecting such severance taxes from the proceeds of such taxes collected and the department is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to facilitate the collection of the severance taxes in any county levying the tax pursuant to this section.

(e) This section shall be administered and the tax levied in accordance with this section shall be subject to and collected in accordance with all applicable definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, provisions, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions as are provided in Chapter 13 of Title 40, as amended, except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided. Assessments for the tax levied in accordance with this section shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended.
Ala. Code § 45-39A-12.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39A / Section 45-39A-12.06
Section 45-39A-12.06 Board of Education - Compensation
Status: in_force

The compensation for each member of the board of education shall be in an amount as provided by state law, payable from city school system funds.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.126 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.126
Section 45-8A-22.126 Claims Review Procedure
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after any final decision of the retirement board, any party, including the governing body of the City of Anniston, aggrieved at the decision of the retirement board may appeal from such decision to the Circuit Court of Calhoun County. Such appeal shall be de novo and shall be heard by a judge sitting without a jury. Upon the taking of such appeal, the appellant shall serve notice thereof upon the secretary-treasurer. Such appeal shall be heard by the circuit court at the earliest possible date. No bond shall be required for such an appeal. Such an appeal shall be perfected by the appellant filing a notice thereof with the clerk of the circuit court. An appeal may be taken from any decision of the circuit court to the Court of Civil Appeals in the manner provided by law or rule, or both, for taking appeals in other cases.
Ala. Code § 45-44-231.51 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-231.51
Section 45-44-231.51 Violations
Status: in_force

Anyone violating this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 45-19-82.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 19 / Section 45-19-82.24
Section 45-19-82.24 Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License
Status: in_force

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due, the judge of probate shall not issue any licenses to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the judge of probate until the ad valorem tax on the vehicles has been paid to the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt from the judge of probate. No motor vehicle which is owned by a resident of the county or by a business located in the county, or which is otherwise located in the county for licensing purposes, may be operated on the public highways of Alabama unless the motor vehicle has been returned to the tax collector for ad valorem tax purposes. The judge of probate shall issue a certificate of assessment on a form prescribed by the State Department of Revenue, shall collect the taxes shown, and shall make a duplicate of the tax receipt and keep same on file in his or her office. The license tag shall be evidence of the payment of the license and ad valorem tax due as provided under this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.96 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.96
Section 45-57A-63.96 Anticipated Revenues
Status: in_force

In the budget and budget proposal, anticipated revenues shall be classified as miscellaneous revenues and amount to be raised by property tax; miscellaneous revenues shall be subclassified by sources and shall be estimated as prescribed in this part.
Ala. Code § 45-14-242.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-242.04
Section 45-14-242.04 Review of Records; Rules and Regulations; Recovery of Collection Costs
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county commission to enforce the collection of any tax levied under the authority of this part, and it shall have the right, through its officers or its agents to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every distributor, storer, or retail dealer on which the tax has been imposed and to make rules and regulations for the collection of the tax. Provided, however, upon resolution of the county commission, the State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to collect all taxes now or hereafter levied by such county under the provisions of this part. All persons, firms, businesses, and corporations subject to and owing such taxes shall be and hereby are directed to pay the same over to the department and such payment shall be a full and complete discharge of all liability therefor to the county. The department is authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to facilitate the orderly and efficient collection of the taxes. The department is authorized to recover all costs of collecting such taxes, not to exceed five percent of the proceeds thereof, from such proceeds and shall pay the net amount remaining thereafter to the county.
Ala. Code § 45-37-121.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-121.13
Section 45-37-121.13 Examinations
Status: in_force

The director shall prepare and conduct examinations to determine the merit, efficiency, and fitness of applicants for positions. Such examinations shall be thorough and practical and shall relate to those matters which fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the person examined to discharge the duties of the position he or she seeks. Whenever there is a vacancy in a position in the classified service where peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional, or educational character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in such special case is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by the selection of some designated persons of high and recognized attainments in such qualities, the board, upon recommendation of the director, may suspend the examination requirements in such case, but no suspension shall be general in its application to such place or position, and all cases of suspension with the reasons for such action in each case shall be reported to the citizens supervisory commission at its next regular meeting. In the case of laborers, or semiskilled occupations, the director may rate the applicants solely on experience, physical qualifications, and diligence which may be determined by such evidence and in such manner as may be directed by the board. Such applicant may be required to take such further tests as the director, with the approval of the board, deems necessary. The director shall prepare a list of minimum requirements which the applicants shall possess before they are eligible to participate in any specific examination. He or she shall determine the relative weight which shall be allowed for written examinations, for oral examinations, and for training and experience. The director shall require an applicant to file in the personnel office, in accordance with the rules and regulations, a formal application before he or she is admitted to any examination. Blank forms for such applications shall be furnished by the director. The director may require in connection with applications, such evidence of residence, citizenship, and right to vote and certificates of physicians, public officers, former employers, or associates or others having knowledge of the applicant as the good of the service may require. The director may refuse to examine, or after examination refuse to certify as eligible, anyone who is found to lack any of the established minimum requirements for the examination or position for which he or she applies or who is physically so disabled as to be unfit to perform the duties of the position to which he or she seeks appointment or who has been guilty of crime involving moral turpitude, or infamous or disgraceful conduct or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency or misconduct or who has intentionally made a false statement of any material fact or practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in his or her application, in his or her examination or in securing his or her eligibility. Any person appointed to a position who has secured his or her place on the eligible list through fraud shall be removed by the appointing officer and shall not thereafter be eligible for examination for any position except by unanimous permission of the board. An eligible list containing the names of all persons who successfully passed the examination, ranked in order of their final earned average, from highest to lowest, shall be established as a result of each examination. The effective term of each list shall be fixed by the board at not less than one year. No person shall wilfully or corruptly make a false mark, grade, estimate, or report on an examination or with respect to the proper standing of any person examined under this part or wilfully or corruptly make any false representation concerning the same or concerning any person examined or furnish to anyone special or secret information for the purpose of improving or injuring the prospects or chances of the appointment, employment, or promotion of any person so examined or to be examined. Any person guilty of the above acts shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.15 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-20.15
Section 45-8A-20.15 Exemption from Usury and Interest Laws
Status: in_force

The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 45-57A-63.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57A / Section 45-57A-63.02
Section 45-57A-63.02 Call of Election by Mayor
Status: in_force

The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city shall immediately upon receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for the city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in the proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of the certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as the general or regular election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call the election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the certificate of the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of the certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as the general or regular election.
Ala. Code § 45-23-240.42 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-240.42
Section 45-23-240.42 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition of same, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and in the same manner that other licensing officials are required to do under general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for as required by law.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.163 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.163
Section 45-37A-52.163 Director of Finance - Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The director of finance shall have general management and control of the several divisions and units of the department of finance. He or she shall have charge, subject to the direction and control of the mayor, of the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end shall have authority and be required to:

(1) Cooperate with the mayor in compiling estimates for the general fund, public utility, and capital budgets.

(2) Supervise and control all encumbrances, expenditures, and disbursements to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded.

(3) Prescribe and install systems of accounts for all departments, offices, and agencies of the city and provide instructions for their use; and prescribe the form of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims to be used and of accounts to be kept by all departments, offices, and agencies of the city

(4) Require daily, or at such other intervals as he or she may deem expedient, a report of receipts from each of such departments, offices, and agencies, and prescribe the time and the manner in which moneys received by them shall be paid to the office of the director of finance or deposited in a city bank account under his or her control.

(5) Examine all contracts, purchase orders, and other documents, except bonds and notes which create financial obligations against the city, and approve the same only upon ascertaining that money has been appropriated and allotted therefor and that an unexpended and unencumbered balance is available in such appropriation and allotment to meet the same, provided that the director of finance may give advance authorization for the expenditure from any appropriation for the purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment of such sum, within the current allotment of such appropriation as he or she may deem necessary during a period of not to exceed the ensuing three calendar months for the purchase of items not to exceed in cost fifty dollars ($50) for any one item, and immediately encumber such appropriation with the amount of such advance authorization, and thereafter, within the period specified, purchase orders for such items, to an aggregate not exceeding such authorization, shall be valid without the prior approval of the director of finance endorsed thereon, but each such purchase order shall be charged against such authorization and no such purchase order, which together with all such purchase orders previously charged within the period specified shall exceed the amount of such authorization, shall be valid.

(6) Have custody of all public funds belonging to or under the control of the city, or any office, department, or agency of the city government, and deposit all funds coming into his or her hands in such depositories as may be designated by resolution or ordinance of the council, or, if no such resolution or ordinance be adopted, by the mayor, subject to the requirements of law as to surety and the payment of interest on deposits. All such interest shall be the property of the city and shall be accounted for and credited to the proper account. He or she shall not be liable for any loss sustained as to funds of the city that are on deposit in such a designated bank.

(7) Audit and approve before payment, all bills, invoices, payrolls, and other evidences of claims, demands, or charges against the city government and with the advice of the department of law, determine the regularity, legality, and correctness of such claims, demands, or charges.

(8) Have custody of all investments and invested funds of the city or in its possession in a fiduciary capacity, unless otherwise provided by this part or by law, ordinance, or the terms of any trust, and the safekeeping of all bonds and notes of the city and the receipt and delivery of city bonds and notes for transfer, registration, and exchange.

(9) Have supervision over the preparation of bond ordinances, bonds, advertisements for sale of bonds, preparation of bond prospectuses, conduct of sale of bonds, and delivery of bonds, all subject to provisions of law and municipal ordinances, applicable thereto. Bonds shall be authenticated by the manual signature of the director of finance and shall bear the facsimile signature of the mayor and a facsimile of the seal of the city. Interest coupons transferable by delivery shall be attached to the bond and shall be authenticated by the facsimile signature of the director of finance.

(10) Supervise and direct the placing of all types of insurance carried by the city where the premiums in whole or in part are paid by the city, or the premiums in whole or in part are withheld through the payrolls; the amount of all types of insurance on which the city pays the premiums in whole or in part shall be determined by the council after a recommendation by the mayor.

(11) Submit to the mayor for presentation to the council not later than the twelfth day of each month, a statement showing in reasonable detail the revenues received by the city during the preceding month, the revenues received during that fiscal year up to and through the end of the preceding month, the expenditures made during the preceding month, and the accumulated expenditures made during that fiscal year up to and through the end of the preceding month, together with a comparison of the items with the budget estimates.

(12) Furnish to the head of each department, office, and agency of the city a copy of that portion of the statement as required in subdivision (11), as same is related to his or her department, office, or agency.

(13) Prepare and submit to the mayor at the end of each fiscal year, for the preceding year, a complete financial statement and report of the financial transactions of the city.

(14) Designate, with the approval of the mayor, and subject to any merit or civil service system applicable to such city, an employee of the department of finance as deputy director of finance who during the temporary absence or incapacity of the director of finance shall have and perform all the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the director of finance.

(15) Protect the interests of the city by withholding the payment of any claim or demand by any person, firm, or corporation against the city until any indebtedness or other liability due from such person, firm, or corporation shall first have been settled and adjusted.

(16) Collect all special assessments, license fees, and other revenues of the city for whose collection the city is responsible and receive all money receivable by the city from the county, state, or federal government, or from any court, or from any office, department, or agency of the city.

(17) With approval of the mayor to inspect and audit any accounts or records of financial transactions which may be maintained in any office, department, or agency of the city government apart from or subsidiary to the accounts kept in his or her office.

(18) Supervise through the division of purchases as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.166, and be responsible for the purchase, storage, and distribution of all supplies, materials, equipment, and other articles used by any office, department, or agency of the city government.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-33.54 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-33.54
Section 45-51A-33.54 Compensation
Status: in_force

Commencing with the 1995 term, the council shall receive such salary as the council, by resolution or by ordinance, may prescribe. Such salary and the manner in which it is to be paid, shall be established by the council. In no event shall the council set the annual salary of the council below eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500) or above eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000).
Ala. Code § 45-24-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-230
Section 45-24-230 Salary
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 2007, the annual salary of the sheriff shall be sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any other compensation or expense allowance provided by law.

(b) Any cost-of-living raise or merit raises or any other compensation granted to the sheriff by the county prior to June 7, 2007, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue to be paid until September 30, 2007.
Ala. Code § 45-7-83.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 45-7-83.04
Section 45-7-83.04 Office Space, Equipment, Personnel
Status: in_force

The Butler County Commission shall furnish suitable quarters or additional space as it deems necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the judge of probate and shall transfer all necessary forms, books, records, and supplies from the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector to the judge of probate as are pertinent to the transference of the duties and shall thereafter provide stationery, forms, and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance, the State Comptroller, and the State Department of Revenue. The county commission shall provide clerks to the judge of probate as it deems necessary for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of the office at the rate of compensation set by the county commission. The compensation of the clerks shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-39-92.54 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 39 / Section 45-39-92.54
Section 45-39-92.54 Purpose; Powers
Status: in_force

(a) It is hereby determined that the development of the Shoals Economic Development Project is for a public purpose and will be in the best interest of the citizens of Lauderdale County and Colbert County. For the purposes of aiding or cooperating with Colbert County, the Cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals, RSA, and with a local public corporation in the development, acquisition, construction, improvement, or financing of the Shoals Economic Development Project, Lauderdale County and the City of Florence may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(1) Lend or donate money to, guarantee all or any part of the securities, or perform services for the benefit of, the local public corporation.

(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the local public corporation or to RSA without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any real or personal property of any kind, including the Florence Conference Center, but excluding any dedicated public park property such as Veterans Park and Florence River Heritage Trail.

(3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this subpart not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the local public corporation and RSA, in the development, acquisition, construction, improvement, or financing of the Shoals Economic Development Project.

(4) Pay, or provide for, in whole or in part, the payment of the principal of or interest on the securities issued by a local public corporation, including pledging the taxes herein authorized to the payment of principal of and interest on the securities.

(5) Issue its warrants or other securities on such terms and conditions as it may determine in order to provide moneys to make any loan, donation, or payment authorized in this section.

(b) With the approval of the authorized municipalities and Lauderdale County and Colbert County, the local public corporation, in conjunction with the Shoals Economic Development Project, may:

(1) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to RSA, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any real or personal property of any kind.

(2) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this subpart not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the development, acquisition, construction, improvement, or financing of the Shoals Economic Development Project.
Ala. Code § 45-2-220.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-220.05
Section 45-2-220.05 Additional Recording Fees
Status: in_force

(a) In Baldwin County, there is levied an additional recording fee of three dollars ($3), and the Baldwin County Commission may impose, by resolution of the county commission, an additional recording fee not to exceed two dollars ($2), which shall be charged and collected on each instrument, unless the instrument is otherwise exempt from all fees filed for record in the office of the judge of probate. The office of the judge of probate shall not receive an instrument, unless the instrument is otherwise exempt from the payment of a filing fee, for filing unless the filing fee required by this part is paid. The fees required by this part shall be in addition to all other fees provided by law.

(b) One dollar ($1) from each three dollar ($3) additional recording fee collected shall be distributed to the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office.

(c) The operation of Act 2019-338 shall be retroactive to June 1, 2000, and all action taken and payments made pursuant to Act 2019-338 on and after that date are ratified and confirmed.

(d) Fees collected under this part shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 45-40-81 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-81
Section 45-40-81 Law Library
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of courts, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) in each civil or quasi civil action, criminal case, quasi criminal proceeding, or any other case of any kind whatsoever filed in the probate, municipal, district, or circuit courts in Lawrence County.

(b) The additional costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected and paid to the Treasurer of Lawrence County and shall be kept by him or her in a separate fund designated as Lawrence County Law Library Fund and may be expended as are other sums deposited in the fund.
Ala. Code § 45-2-84.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-84.07
Section 45-2-84.07 Periodic Reporting; Supervision Fee
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other conditions of release of a defendant pending trial as now or hereafter provided by law or rule of court, a judicial officer, as a condition of release, may require the defendant to report to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center on a periodic basis pending adjudication and require the defendant to pay the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund a reasonable supervision fee in an amount to be determined by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board, but not less than one dollar ($1) per day, to cover the costs of supervision.

(b) Any preadjudication monies that have been ordered by the court to be paid by the defendant may be paid to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund for management and disbursement as ordered by the court. For any monies ordered to be paid to the Baldwin County Community Corrections Fund for payment to third parties or the court, the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may establish a fee to be paid by the defendant for the administration and payment of monies to the court or third parties.
Ala. Code § 45-49-150.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-150.01
Section 45-49-150.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings as ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) BINGO. That game commonly known as bingo where numbers or symbols on a card or paper sheet are matched with numbers or symbols selected at random.

(2) BINGO SESSION. A consecutive period of time not to exceed five consecutive hours during which bingo is played in a given day and not to exceed two such days in a given week, except for special permit holders. A session shall commence with the calling of the first number or symbol of the very first game of bingo. The session shall end with the calling of the final number or symbol of the last game of bingo.

(3) LOCATION. A single building, hall, enclosure, or outdoor area used for the purpose of playing bingo pursuant to a permit issued under this part.

(4) PERMIT HOLDER. A qualified organization which has been issued a permit pursuant to this part.

(5) PERSON. Any human being, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

(6) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. A bona fide religious, educational, service, senior citizens, fraternal, or veterans organization which operates without profit to its members and which either has been in existence continuously as such an organization for a period of 12 months or is exempt from taxation by virtue of having been currently classified locally as a tax exempt nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service, United States Government.

(7) SPECIAL PERMIT HOLDER. One who holds a permit for a special occasion and as provided by Section 45-49-150.04.
Ala. Code § 45-30-140.10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-140.10
Section 45-30-140.10 Exemption from Taxes, Fees, Etc
Status: in_force

A fire district shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license, utility, and excise taxes imposed for engaging in any of the activities of the district. The district shall be exempt from any fees, taxes, or costs related to its incorporation, or recording of any document in the office of the judge of probate in the county.
Ala. Code § 45-31-84.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 31 / Section 45-31-84.09
Section 45-31-84.09 Collection and Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

Application fees required by this part shall be collected by the court clerk of the municipal court. The fees shall be disbursed to each entity or department as allocated by Section 45-31-84.08.
Ala. Code § 45-20-241.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 20 / Section 45-20-241.07
Section 45-20-241.07 Offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Abolished
Status: in_force

The offices of tax assessor and tax collector for Covington County are abolished effective the first day of October, 1991. It is the purpose of this subpart to promote the public convenience in Covington County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one office.
Ala. Code § 45-9-84.24 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 45-9-84.24
Section 45-9-84.24 Relief from Personal Liability
Status: in_force

(a) In Chambers County, the judge of probate shall be relieved of personal liability for programming or data entry errors and omissions made in good faith.

(b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate to ensure that employees exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct any error, mistake, or omission.
Ala. Code § 45-49-23.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-23.01
Section 45-49-23.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) The following words or phrases, or the plural thereof, whenever they appear in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

(1) AGREEMENT. Any agreement between a wholesaler and a supplier, whether oral or written, whereby a wholesaler is granted the right to purchase and sell a brand or brands of wine sold by a supplier.

(2) ANCILLARY BUSINESS. A business owned by a wholesaler, or by a substantial partner of a wholesaler, the primary business of which is directly related to the transporting, storing, or marketing of the brand or brands of wine of a supplier with whom the wholesaler has an agreement; or a business owned by a wholesaler, a substantial stockholder of a wholesaler, or a substantial partner of a wholesaler which recycles empty beverage containers.

(3) DESIGNATED MEMBER. The spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of a deceased individual who owned an interest, including a controlling interest, in a wholesaler; or any person who inherits the deceased individual’s ownership interest in the wholesaler under the terms of the deceased individual’s will, or under the laws of intestate succession of this state; or any person who or entity which has otherwise by designation in writing by the deceased individual, succeeded the deceased individual in the wholesaler’s business, or has succeeded to the deceased individual’s ownership interest in the wholesaler pursuant to a written contract or instrument; and also includes the appointed and qualified personal representative and the testamentary trustee of a deceased individual owning an ownership interest in a wholesaler. Designated member also includes a person appointed by the court as the guardian or conservator of the property of an incapacitated individual owning an ownership interest in a wholesaler.

(4) GOOD FAITH. Honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade, as defined in and interpreted under the Uniform Commercial Code, Section 7-2-103.

(5) REASONABLE QUALIFICATIONS. The standard of the reasonable criteria established and consistently used by the respective supplier for Alabama wholesalers that entered into, continued, or renewed an agreement with the supplier during a period of 24 months prior to the proposed transfer of the wholesaler’s business, or for Alabama wholesalers who have changed managers or designated managers during a period of 24 months prior to the proposed change in manager or successor manager of the wholesaler’s business.

(6) RETALIATORY ACTION. Includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to continue an agreement, or a material reduction in the quality of service or in the quantity of products available to a wholesaler under an agreement, which refusal or reduction is not made in good faith.

(7) SALES TERRITORY. An area of exclusive sales responsibility for the brand or brands of wine sold by a supplier as designated by an agreement.

(8) SUBSTANTIAL STOCKHOLDER OR SUBSTANTIAL PARTNER. A stockholder of or partner in the wholesaler who owns an interest of 25 percent or more of the partnership or of the capital stock of a corporate wholesaler.

(9) SUPPLIER. A manufacturer or importer of wine licensed by the board.

(10) TRANSFER OF WHOLESALER’S BUSINESS. The voluntary sale, assignment, or other transfer of all or control of the business or all or substantially all of the assets of the wholesaler, or all or control of the capital stock of the wholesaler including without limitation the sale or other transfer of capital stock or assets by merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or of the capital stock of the parent corporation, or of the capital stock or beneficial ownership of any other entity owning or controlling the wholesaler.

(11) WHOLESALER. A wholesaler of wine licensed by the board.

(b) Other words or phrases used in this part shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 28-3-1, as amended, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto, or substituted therefor, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Ala. Code § 45-42-82 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-82
Section 45-42-82-42 Application for Admittance
Status: in_force

In addition to any other compensation or expense allowance now provided by law, the District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit shall have the option of receiving either an automobile furnished for his or her use by the county or a monthly expense allowance equal to one percent of the annual salary paid to him or her by the state. Such district attorney shall make such choice in writing and file same with the county commission within 10 days of May 3, 1988, and the cost of either furnishing such automobile or paying such allowance shall be paid from any funds available to the District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit.
Ala. Code § 45-8-241.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-241.30
Section 45-8-241.30 Application of Law and Statutes
Status: in_force

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax; make reports, or otherwise comply with the state lodging tax statutes, 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 county tax levied. The Commissioner of Revenue and the State Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the county taxes levied as are imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable to this subpart to the county taxes levied and to the administration of this subpart are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.226 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-52.226
Section 45-37A-52.226 Official Bonds
Status: in_force

The director of finance, and such other officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 45-29-90.13 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 29 / Section 45-29-90.13
Section 45-29-90.13 Execution of Bonds; Pledge of Revenues, Receipts, and Other Security
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the chair of its board of directors and attested by its secretary-treasurer, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to the bonds of the authority shall be signed by the chair; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of his or her manually signing the same, a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto, and a facsimile of the signature of the chair of its board of directors may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such interest coupons in lieu of his or her manually signing the same. Any such bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time, and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with this article, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of the board. Bonds of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such price or prices and at such time or times as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous. The principal of and interest on any bonds and other securities issued or obligations assumed by the authority may thereafter at any time, whether before, at, or after maturity of any such principal and whether at, after, or not exceeding six months prior to the maturity of any such interest, and from time to time be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds of the authority, which may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous, or which may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. The authority may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which the board may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with any financing done by it. All bonds issued by the authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified source. All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any county or municipality; provided, that this sentence shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority. All bonds issued by the authority shall be limited or special obligations of the authority payable solely out of the revenues of the authority specified in the proceedings authorizing those bonds. Any such proceedings may provide that the bonds therein authorized shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the operation of all facilities owned by the authority, or solely out of the revenues from the operation of any part of such facilities, regardless of the fact that those bonds may have been issued with respect to or for the benefit of only certain particular facilities and other property of the authority. The authority may pledge for the payment of any of its bonds the revenues from which such bonds are payable, and may execute and deliver a trust indenture evidencing any such pledge or a mortgage and deed of trust conveying as security for such bonds the facilities and other property, or any part thereof, the revenues or any part of the revenues from which are so pledged. Any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority may contain such agreements as the board of directors may deem advisable respecting the operation and maintenance of the property and the use of the revenues subject to such mortgage and deed of trust or affected by such trust indenture, and respecting the rights, duties, and remedies of the parties to any such instrument and the parties for the benefit of whom such instrument is made; provided, that no such instrument shall be subject to foreclosure.
Ala. Code § 45-47-231.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 47 / Section 45-47-231.30
Section 45-47-231.30 Deputy Sheriff; Chief of Police
Status: in_force

Whenever a new sheriff is elected or appointed, he or she may appoint any person as his or her chief deputy sheriff, provided such person meets the minimum standards for law enforcement officers as prescribed by the general laws of the state. The person holding the position of chief deputy sheriff immediately preceding such appointment of a chief deputy may be reduced in rank. Whenever a new municipal administration is elected or appointed, they may appoint any person as chief of police, provided such person meets the minimum standards for law enforcement officers as prescribed by the general laws of the state; and the person holding the position of chief of police may be reduced in rank.
Ala. Code § 45-36-241.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-241.01
Section 45-36-241.01 Merger of Operations
Status: reserved

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Jackson County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes collected in the county in the same manner as the salary of the revenue commissioner is paid pursuant to Section 40-6A-2. Any funds retained pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the operation of the office of revenue commissioner subject to approval of the budget for the office by the county commission in the same manner as the budget is currently approved.

(b) This section is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the revenue commissioner’s office in Jackson County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are repealed. (Act 2003-533, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1575, §§1, 2.)
Ala. Code § 45-32-1 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-1
Section 45-32-1 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly 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 § 45-16-82.67 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-82.67
Section 45-16-82.67 Civil Judgments
Status: in_force

In addition to the provisions of this subpart, all court costs, fines, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, and restitution, and other court ordered charges shall be considered a civil judgment which can be recorded and enforced in the manner provided by law.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-35.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-35.01
Section 45-51A-35.01 Odessa Redden Avenue
Status: in_force

In honor and recognition of the significant contributions and achievements of Odessa Redden to the Civil Rights Movement, Bragg Street in the City of Montgomery, Alabama, is hereby renamed Odessa Redden Avenue.
Ala. Code § 45-57-140.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-140.01
Section 45-57-140.01 Eligible Volunteer Fire Departments
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares that eligible volunteer fire departments and the Russell County Firefighters Association that receive funds pursuant to this article are nonprofit organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-1-235.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 45-1-235.06
Section 45-1-235.06 Disposition of Sale Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited into any bank located in Autauga County to a fund designated as the Sheriff’s Fund. The fund shall be drawn upon by the sheriff and used exclusively for purposes of law enforcement in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit.
Ala. Code § 45-12-82.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 45-12-82.11
Section 45-12-82.11 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 district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender in the pretrial diversion program and actively pursue the prosecution of the offender for the crime or crimes charged. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the district attorney to terminate him or her from the pretrial diversion program, including the reason for the termination. Upon removal from the program, the offender will be deemed to forfeit, for the use of the pretrial diversion program purposes provided for in this part, any fees paid for the admission into the pretrial diversion program.

(b) The district attorney may waive a violation for good cause shown why the offender should stay in the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-48-60 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-60
Section 45-48-60 Expense Allowance
Status: in_force

(a) The Coroner of Marshall County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of one thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($1,350) per month to be paid from the county general fund.

(b) The expense allowance shall be in addition to any salary now being paid to the coroner, but shall be in lieu of any other expense allowances heretofore provided by law for the coroner.

(c) All payments made by the Marshall County Commission to the Marshall County Coroner since February 11, 2013, are hereby ratified and approved.

(d) For the purposes of determining future salary adjustments, the position of county coroner shall be determined by the Marshall County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-32-180 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 32 / Section 45-32-180
Section 45-32-180 Construction and Maintenance of Roads or Driveways
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commission of Greene County is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain any road or driveway, exclusive of bridges, leading from a public road to the residence of an abutting landowner for a distance of one-fourth of a mile.

(b) The actual cost of operating and constructing the road or driveway shall be borne and paid by the homeowner. The county governing body is hereby authorized and empowered to require the posting of a cash bond to insure the payment of such actual cost. The county governing body may, in its discretion, provide normal maintenance at county expense on any road or driveway, exclusive of bridges, leading from a public road to the residence of an abutting homeowner for a distance of one-fourth of a mile.

(c) Should any such homeowner desire the construction, opening, or maintenance of any drive extending beyond one-fourth of a mile, he or she shall pay the actual cost thereof and the county can require a cash bond for the estimated amount of such construction. Such additional construction shall be at the option of the county governing body.
Ala. Code § 45-44-150.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-150.21
Section 45-44-150.21 Oath of Appointees
Status: in_force

All appointees under this part shall take the same oath of office as is administered to other county officials.
Ala. Code § 45-14-90.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-14-90.03
Section 45-14-90.03 Emerald Triangle Commission - Powers and Duties
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-388, p. 712, §1, effective May 5, 2009.
Ala. Code § 45-50-230 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 50 / Section 45-50-230
Section 45-50-230 Expense Allowance; Compensation
Status: reserved

(a) Until January 18, 2027, the Sheriff of Monroe County shall continue to receive the same base annual salary the sheriff is receiving on May 31, 2025.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2025, in addition to the base salary authorized in subsection (a), the sheriff shall receive an expense allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be treated as salary for retirement purposes.

(c) Beginning January 18, 2027, the sheriff’s base salary authorized in subsection (a) shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum and the expense allowance authorized in subsection (b) is repealed.
Ala. Code § 45-51-243.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51 / Section 45-51-243.11
Section 45-51-243.11 Effective Date of Levy; Terms of Resolution
Status: in_force

If the governing body of the county elects to levy and impose the rental tax, it shall specify in the resolution levying and imposing the rental tax the first day of the second calendar month next following the month during which the tax levy is made as the effective date of the levy. The resolution may provide such other terms or provisions relating to the levy, collection, administration, and enforcement of the rental tax as are not contrary to or inconsistent with this part.
Ala. Code § 45-51A-35.27 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 51A / Section 45-51A-35.27
Section 45-51A-35.27 Appellate Procedures
Status: in_force

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications:

(1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidence standard.

(2) If the person is adjudicated by the circuit court to be responsible for payment of the civil fine, circuit court costs shall be owed by the person adjudicated responsible, with 100 percent of those court costs retained by court costs for criminal appeals from the municipal court, and in the event the circuit court finds the person appealing to not be responsible, no municipal court costs shall be owed to the city.

(3) Regardless of the civil nature of the proceedings, the circuit court, in its discretion and for its administrative convenience, may assign case numbers as for criminal appeals and place the appeals on criminal dockets in the same manner as criminal appeals from municipal court.

(4) The circuit court shall sit as trier of both fact and law in the civil proceedings in the circuit court.

(5) The city shall be responsible for providing an attorney to represent the city and to prosecute the civil proceedings in the circuit court.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-54.05
Section 45-35A-54.05 Mayor and Associate Commissioners - Salaries and Expense Allowances
Status: in_force

The mayor and associate commissioners shall continue to receive their respective salaries and allowances until the expiration of their respective terms of office. In addition, all reasonable expenses incurred by such mayor and associate commissioners in the performance of their duties as such mayor and associate commissioners shall be paid by the city. All such salaries shall be payable by the city in equal monthly installments and at the same rate for every fraction of a year which the commissioners serve. After the expiration of the term or terms of office of the present mayor and each associate member now holding office, the Mayor of Dothan shall receive an annual salary of fourteen thousand four hundred dollars ($14,400) and each associate commissioner shall receive an annual salary of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200). All such salaries and expense allowances shall be payable by the city in equal biweekly installments and at the same rate for every fraction of a year which the commissioners serve. The payment of all funds out of the treasury shall be by warrants signed by the city clerk and countersigned by the mayor, provided that during the absence of the mayor from the corporate limits of the city, and necessity therefor arising, warrants may be countersigned by one of the associate commissioners designated by the mayor to act in his or her stead. All such disbursements shall be authorized by resolution of the commission or by voucher signed by the city clerk-treasurer and three members of the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-41-72.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-72.30
Section 45-41-72.30 Purchase of Personal Property
Status: in_force

(a) The Lee County Commission may adopt supplemental purchasing processes for the purchase of personal property otherwise authorized to be purchased by the county. The supplemental purchasing process may provide for the use of vendor cards and procurement cards providing for the purchase and billing of the county for purchasing transactions.

(b) In adopting a supplemental purchasing process, the Lee County Commission shall assure that the process meets all of the following criteria:

(1) The process shall be in accordance with effective business practices.

(2) The process shall include safeguards to significantly reduce the risk of misappropriation of funds.

(3) The process shall achieve cost savings to the county.

(4) The process shall provide training to employees on the implementation and operation of purchasing procedures in compliance with this section.

(c) The Lee County Commission may receive rebates from any procurement card program. Any rebates shall be deposited in the Lee County General Fund to be used first to reimburse the county for any costs related to the operation of the supplemental purchasing process and thereafter for general county purposes.

(d) This section is enacted pursuant to the authority of the county commission to direct, control, and manage the property of the county pursuant to subdivision (1) of Section 11-3-11.

(e) This section shall not affect the requirement that any purchase be purchased pursuant to a competitive bid when required by general law.
Ala. Code § 45-49-30.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-30.07
Section 45-49-30.07 Fiscal Records; Annual Audit; Bond
Status: in_force

(a) Fiscal records shall be kept by the executive director or his or her designee, if applicable, otherwise by the commission chair and shall be subject to annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The audit report shall become a part of the annual report and shall be submitted in accordance with the regulations governing preparation and submission of the annual report.

(b) Commission members or employees of the commission who are responsible for receiving and disbursing commission funds shall be bonded in an amount satisfactory to the commission, but not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
Ala. Code § 45-43-246 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 45-43-246
Section 45-43-246 Authority to Levy Taxes Paralleling States Sales and Use Taxes
Status: in_force

If approved by a majority of the qualified voters of Lowndes County who vote thereon at the referendum election provided for by this subpart, the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of the county may adopt an order, ordinance, or resolution levying special county taxes, for educational purposes, to parallel state sales and use taxes, in the manner and at the rates prescribed in this subpart.
Ala. Code § 45-22-243.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-243.04
Section 45-22-243.04 Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price or Admission Fee
Status: in_force

Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales taxes levied in Section 45-22-243.01 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the taxes. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the sales taxes levied in Section 45-22-243.01 to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount herein required to be so added to the sales or admission price and collected from the purchaser, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the taxes to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount so collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the taxes or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-26-10 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 26 / Section 45-26-10
Section 45-26-10 Disclaimer
Status: reserved

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Elmore County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Elmore 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 effect 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 § 45-2-22.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-22.05
Section 45-2-22.05 Prohibited Activities - Wholesaler
Status: in_force

A wholesaler is prohibited from doing the following:

(1) Failing to devote reasonable efforts and resources, within supplier’s designated sales territory, to the sale and distribution of all the supplier’s brands of wine which the wholesaler has been granted the right to sell or distribute.

(2) Selling or delivering wine to a retail licensee located outside the sales territory designated to the wholesaler by the supplier of a particular brand or brands of wine. Provided, however, during periods of temporary service interruptions impacting a particular sales territory, a wholesaler who normally services the impacted sales territory shall file with the board and give to the affected supplier written notice designating the specific licensed wholesaler or wholesalers, not disapproved by the supplier, who will service the sales territory during the period of temporary service interruption and the approximate length of time for the service interruption. Each wholesaler designated to temporarily service the sales territory shall be a wholesaler who has a current written agreement with the supplier for the brand or brands affected. When the temporary service interruption is over, the wholesaler who normally services the sales territory shall notify in writing the board, the supplier, and the wholesaler, or wholesalers, servicing the sales territory on a temporary basis of this fact, and any wholesaler servicing the sales territory on a temporary basis shall cease servicing the sales territory upon receipt of notice. A wholesaler who is designated to service the impacted sales territory during the period of temporary service shall not be in violation of this part, and, with respect to the temporary service territory, shall not have any of the rights provided under Sections 45-2-22.06 and 45-2-22.08.

(3) Transfer the wholesaler’s business without giving the supplier written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler’s business, and, where required by this part, receiving the supplier’s approval for the proposed transfer. Provided, the consent or approval of the supplier shall not be required of any transfer of the wholesaler’s business to a designated member, or any transfer of less than control of the wholesaler’s business. Provided, however, that the wholesaler shall give the supplier written notice of any change in ownership of the wholesaler.
Ala. Code § 45-13-41 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 45-13-41
Section 45-13-41 License Requirements; Operation of Massage Parlor; Unlawful Activities; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all counties having a population of not less than 26,000 nor more than 26,800 inhabitants according to the 1970 or any subsequent federal decennial census.

(b) The following words and terms as used in this section shall, unless the context requires a different meaning, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) The term “massage parlor” shall mean any establishment, building, room, or place other than a regularly licensed hospital, medical clinic, nursing home, or dispensary, the offices of a physician, a surgeon, or an osteopath, where non-medical, non-surgical, non-osteopathic, and non-chiropractic manipulative exercises, massages, or procedures are practiced upon the human body, or any part thereof, for other than cosmetic or beautifying purposes, with or without the use of mechanical or other devices, by anyone not a physician, surgeon, osteopath, or chiropractor or of a similarly registered status, and shall include any place where baths, exercises, or similar services are offered

(2) The term “masseur (male) and masseuse (female)” is a person who practices any one or more of the arts of body massage, either by hand or mechanical apparatus, oil rubs, corrective gymnastics, mechanotherapy, including color therapy, dietetics, hot packs, cabinet, tub, shower, sitz, vapor, steam, or any other special type of bath.

(3) The word “establishment” shall mean a place of business or operation of any kind.

(4) The word “person” shall include a firm, partnership, association of persons, corporation, organization, or any other group acting as a unit.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor as herein defined without first having acquired from the county governing body a license for the operation of the business as required by this section.

(d) Any massage parlor licensed by the county governing body shall at all times comply with all health regulations, rules, and requirements as shall now or hereafter be promulgated by the State Board of Health, and any premises used for the purposes of a massage parlor shall, during all hours of operation, be made open and available to inspection by duly authorized county officials for the purpose of assuring compliance with said health rules, regulations, and requirements. Each massage parlor shall be equipped with toilet and lavatory facilities for patrons and separate readily available toilet and lavatory facilities for employees, and each operating area shall be equipped with a hand lavatory.

(e)(1) No towels, wash cloths, or other linen items shall come in contact with the body or any other part thereof of any customer or patron at a massage parlor that has not been boiled and laundered since last used.

(2) Every person applying or administering massages shall cleanse his or her hands thoroughly by washing same with soap and hot water before attending or massaging any person.

(3) Any person while applying or administering massages shall be clothed from the shoulders to the knees by a robe, smock, or other opaque apparel so that the patron or customer shall be protected from bodily contact with the person applying or administering the massage except for the hands and arms of the person applying or administering the massage.

(4) Any massage parlor licensed pursuant to this section shall be equipped with running hot and cold water, and with all appliances, furnishings, and materials as may be necessary to enable persons employed in and about the massage parlor to comply with the provisions of this section.

(f) No massage parlor shall be used as and for a dormitory or place of sleep, nor shall any licensee under this section permit any massage parlor to be so used.

(g) No massage 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.

(h) No masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant in any massage parlor shall apply or administer any massage or other treatment to any person behind locked doors.

(i) Subsequent to July 3, 1979, it shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant to administer massages in any massage parlor within the county without first, and within six months from the date thereof, having secured a written verification from a licensed Alabama physician that the person or employee is free of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and the masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant of any massage parlor shall, at all times while on duty or working in any such massage parlor, have upon his or her person, the written medical verification.

(j) It shall be unlawful for any person to render any service to the public upon the premises of a massage parlor within the county except during the time that the establishment is open with free access thereto by the public, during which time all portions of such establishment shall be open to the inspection of any county official and to any law enforcement officer of the state, or of the jurisdiction where the establishment is located.

(k)(1) It shall be unlawful for the owner, manager, or supervisor of a massage parlor within the county to allow, authorize, or tolerate in his or her establishment any activity or behavior prohibited by the laws of the State of Alabama including such laws proscribing acts of prostitution, sodomy, adultery, fornication, or any lewd or obscene act or performance.

(2) Any final conviction of any owner, manager, or supervisor of any massage parlor of a violation of the foregoing mentioned acts occurring on or in connection with the establishment shall automatically terminate the license of the establishment and the county governing body shall so notify the holder thereof, and no new license for the operation of a massage parlor on the same premises thereafter shall be issued by the county governing body for a period of one year.

(l) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor, regardless of whether it is a public or private facility, or any bath parlor, or any similar type business within the county, where any physical contact with the recipient of such service is provided by a person of the opposite sex. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or 12 months in jail, one or both; and in addition, final conviction of any owner, manager, or person in charge of premises upon which a massage parlor is operated shall automatically terminate the license of the establishment and the county governing body shall so notify the holder thereof, and no new license for the operation of a massage parlor on the same premises shall thereafter be issued by the county governing body for a period of one year.

(m) It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or offer any massage or physical touching of the genital organs of another in connection with such a massage.

(n) Any license issued hereunder by the county governing body upon the violation of any subsection, requirement, or provision of this section by the licensee or any agent, attendant, or other employee of the licensee, provided the licensee shall first be notified of the violation and be afforded a hearing before the county governing body. Written notice of any violation hereunder and any hearing thereon before the county governing body may be given to licensees by delivering the notice by hand to licensee, or in his or her absence to any adult person employed by licensee at the licensed premises or the deposit of the notice postage prepaid with the United States Postal Service and addressed to licensee at the licensed premises, not less than 10 days prior to such hearing before the county governing body and the licensee may present such evidence as he or she shall wish to the governing body. In the event of any revocation of a license for the operation of a massage parlor in accordance with this subsection the licensee shall not be entitled to the issuance of a subsequent license for the operation of a massage parlor in the county within 12 months following the date of the revocation.

(o) Any person who shall violate any provision of this section for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, or who shall do any act made unlawful by this section for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor as defined in Title 13A.
Ala. Code § 45-44-242.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 44 / Section 45-44-242.08
Section 45-44-242.08 Delinquency in Payment of Tax
Status: in_force

If any distributor, retail dealer, or storer in gasoline or motor fuel fails to make monthly reports or fails to pay the tax imposed under this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent. A penalty in the amount of 25 percent of the tax liability shall be added to the amount due. If the county commission determines that a good and sufficient cause exists for the delinquency, the penalty may be waived by the county commission. If any person is delinquent in the payment of the tax imposed pursuant to this part, the county commission shall issue execution for the collection of the tax, directed to any sheriff of the state. The sheriff shall then proceed to collect the tax in the manner now provided by law for the collection of delinquent taxes by the county tax collector and shall make a return of the execution to the county commission. The tax imposed pursuant to this part and any penalties provided herein shall be held as a debt payable to the county by the person against whom the tax has been imposed or against whom the penalties shall have accrued. All taxes and penalties shall be a lien upon the property in the county and elsewhere in this state of the person against whom the tax has been imposed and the penalties have accrued.
Ala. Code § 45-23-71 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-71
Section 45-23-71 Expense Allowance for Chair and Commissioners
Status: in_force

The chair and the members of the Dale County Commission shall each be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) 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.
Ala. Code § 45-57-244.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-244.30
Section 45-57-244.30 Authorize the Levy and Imposition on Lessors or Renters of Tangible Personal Property
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect, to the person. (2) COUNTY. Russell County, Alabama. (3) EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. Any organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501, as in effect from time to time. (4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from leasing or renting tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest paid, or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also include on the part of any person claiming an exemption under subdivision (4) of Section 45–57–244.32 an amount equal to the amount of rental paid on any tangible personal property acquired under the exception and thereafter diverted to the use of the person. (5) LEASING or RENTING. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks, and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart. (6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(2) COUNTY. Russell County, Alabama. (3) EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. Any organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501, as in effect from time to time. (4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from leasing or renting tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest paid, or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also include on the part of any person claiming an exemption under subdivision (4) of Section 45–57–244.32 an amount equal to the amount of rental paid on any tangible personal property acquired under the exception and thereafter diverted to the use of the person. (5) LEASING or RENTING. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks, and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart. (6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(3) EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. Any organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501, as in effect from time to time. (4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from leasing or renting tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest paid, or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also include on the part of any person claiming an exemption under subdivision (4) of Section 45–57–244.32 an amount equal to the amount of rental paid on any tangible personal property acquired under the exception and thereafter diverted to the use of the person. (5) LEASING or RENTING. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks, and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart. (6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from leasing or renting tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest paid, or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also include on the part of any person claiming an exemption under subdivision (4) of Section 45–57–244.32 an amount equal to the amount of rental paid on any tangible personal property acquired under the exception and thereafter diverted to the use of the person. (5) LEASING or RENTING. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks, and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart. (6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(5) LEASING or RENTING. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks, and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart. (6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(6) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not limited to, hospital beds, wheel chairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(7) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, trust, estate, or other entity, or any other group or combination of any thereof acting as a unit.

(8) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Personal property which may be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or is in any other manner perceptible to the senses. The term tangible personal property shall not include stocks, bonds, notes, insurance, or other contracts or securities.
Ala. Code § 45-37A-54.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37A / Section 45-37A-54.09
Section 45-37A-54.09 Public and Government Functions
Status: in_force

The establishment, conduct, equipment, and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, and recreational activities, by any such city shall each and all be public and governmental functions of such city.
Ala. Code § 45-18-81.33 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-81.33
Section 45-18-81.33 Funding
Status: in_force

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversion program.
Ala. Code § 45-18-82.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-82.22
Section 45-18-82.22 Office Space, Equipment, Personnel
Status: in_force

The Conecuh County Commission shall furnish suitable quarters or additional space if necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the judge of probate and shall transfer all necessary forms, books, records, and supplies from the office of the revenue commissioner to the judge of probate as are pertinent to the transference of the duties. The county commission shall provide clerks to the judge of probate for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of the office at the rate of compensation set by the county commission and the Conecuh County Merit Board. The compensation of the clerks shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as other county employees are paid. The one-stop tag office shall be staffed by three clerks, two being classified as motor vehicle clerks and one being classified as a motor vehicle supervisor. The position of motor vehicle supervisor shall be classified the same as a financial clerk position within the county’s merit system board.
Ala. Code § 45-18-90.08 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-18-90.08
Section 45-18-90.08 No Authority to Levy Tax; Veto of Actions
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall not be interpreted to grant the authority any power to levy any tax.

(b) Any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any act taken by the Conecuh Count Reservoir Management Area Authority may be vetoed by a majority vote of the Conecuh County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-8-82.22 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-82.22
Section 45-8-82.22 Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The District Attorney of Calhoun County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Calhoun County Drug Task Force. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or other identifying number of the property, and the place of recovery of the property. The records shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

(2) All abandoned or stolen property recovered by the drug task force shall be stored in a suitable place to protect the property from deterioration.

(b) If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The district attorney shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of 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 district attorney to be used for the operation of the drug task force.

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

(2) Unless otherwise provided by law, the district attorney may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the firearm within six months of the date the drug task force obtained the firearm.

(3) The district attorney may sell the firearms only to a person who has been licensed as a gun dealer for at least one year immediately prior to the date of the sale. The district attorney shall establish a procedure to notify gun dealers of a sale. A firearm shall be sold to the gun dealer submitting the highest sealed bid. All sales shall be on a cash basis. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of the firearms, shall be paid to the office of the district attorney to be used for the operation of the drug task force.

(4) The district attorney may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary funds for that purpose.

(5) Any firearm held by the drug task force on November 1, 2009, shall be subject to this subsection, but shall be held for at least six months after November 1, 2009.

(d)(1) At least every six months, the district attorney shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the drug task force and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner during the preceding six-month period.

(2) Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Calhoun County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting a notice in a conspicuous place at the Calhoun County Courthouse for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a description of each item of personal property to be sold at the auction. If publication of notice is made in the newspaper, the first notice shall run at least 20 days prior to the auction.

(3) The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the drug task force, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the district attorney and by paying any reasonable expenses incurred in the recovery of the property, its maintenance, storage, and a pro rata share of the costs, if any, of publication of notice of the sale of the property.

(4) If personal property is sold at public auction, as provided in this section, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may continue the sale, from time to time, if no bidders are present.

(5) The proceeds from the sale of personal property at an auction conducted under the authority of this section, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the office of the district attorney to be used for the operation of the drug task force.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-115 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-115
Section 45-8A-115 Additional Ad Valorem Taxes; Special Election Approval; Use of Proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with the pertinent provisions of Amendment 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the governing body of the City of Oxford, Alabama, in Calhoun County and Talladega County may levy and provide for the collection of an additional 15 mills ad valorem taxes on taxable property situated within the city.

(b) The additional ad valorem taxes levied and collected pursuant to this section are subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the City of Oxford who vote on the proposed additional ad valorem taxes at a special election called and held for such purpose as provided for in Amendment 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(c) The net proceeds from any additional revenue accruing to the city from the additional tax revenue resulting from this section shall be paid to the municipal general fund and shall be allocated and expended solely for public school purposes within the city.
Ala. Code § 45-52A-61.07 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 52A / Section 45-52A-61.07
Section 45-52A-61.07 Board of Education - Annual Audit
Status: reserved

An independent auditing firm shall conduct an annual audit of the financial records of the city school system and of the board of education. The audit results shall be made a matter of public record and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. All monies of the school system shall be accounted for whether reserved for capital outlay or held for any other purpose.
Ala. Code § 45-41-83.04 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-83.04
Section 45-41-83.04 Alternative Sentencing Board - Terms; Expenses; Vacancies; Officers; Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Each nonpermanent member shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed by the Lee County Commission and shall be a resident of Lee County.

(b) The nonpermanent members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their respective duties as board members from funds held by the board.

(c) The terms of office for each nonpermanent member shall be staggered as follows:

(1) The first term of one member shall be for two years.

(2) The first term of the remaining member shall be for four years.

(3) Thereafter the term of office for each member shall be four years.

(d) If any nonpermanent board member dies, resigns, or becomes incapable of acting as a member, or ceases to reside in the county, the county commission shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired period of the term in the manner prescribed herein.

(e) Members may succeed themselves in office.

(f)(1) The board shall select from its membership a president and other officers as needed, and may appoint an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

(2) The board shall make and publish its own rules for the conduct of its affairs.

(3) Board meetings shall be held at least once a quarter, at the call of the president, or upon the request of any three board members.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.171 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.171
Section 45-8A-23.171 Director of Finance - Qualifications
Status: in_force

The director of finance shall have knowledge of municipal accounting and taxation and shall have had experience in budgeting and financial control.
Ala. Code § 45-53-240.56 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 53 / Section 45-53-240.56
Section 45-53-240.56 Performance of Duties; Salary
Status: in_force

The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor or tax collector of the county is authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) payable as provided in Section 40-6A-2.
Ala. Code § 45-42-62 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-62
Section 45-42-62 Education and Training; Transportation; Office Space, Supplies, Etc
Status: in_force

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

(b) The Limestone County Commission may pay the education and training expenses including, but not limited to, tuition, travel, lodging, books, and continuing education fees for the county coroner and his or her employees.

(c) The county commission may provide for the purchase, maintenance, and operation of a motor vehicle for the transportation of bodies to labs and to funeral homes. The county commission may assess and charge a fee for the transportation of bodies to a funeral home payable to the county general fund.

(d) The county commission may furnish the county coroner with office space, office equipment, computers, books, stationery, postage, and all other supplies necessary for carrying out the duties and functions of the office of coroner.
Ala. Code § 45-25-241 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 25 / Section 45-25-241
Section 45-25-241 Dekalb County Rural Water Authority
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any penalty heretofore imposed by law for the late payment of ad valorem taxes in DeKalb County, there is imposed a delinquent payment penalty in the amount of one dollar ($1) per day on that portion of ad valorem taxes due to the county as prescribed on each bill of assessment distributed, as provided by law, to property owners in the county. The additional penalty hereby imposed for late payment of the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due shall be administered and collected in the same manner as now prescribed by law for any existing delinquent payment penalties on taxes including the placement of liens on properties on which payment of such taxes may be delinquent. It is the express intent of this section that the additional penalty herein imposed shall apply only to the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law and that the additional penalty shall not be applicable to any state or local ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law.

(b) The proceeds of the additional penalty on the county ad valorem taxes imposed by this, less costs of administration, shall be deposited to the credit of the DeKalb County Rural Water Authority to be expended to alleviate the water needs of citizens residing in the rural areas of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-30-111 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-111
Section 45-30-111 Compensation
Status: in_force

Each election official of Franklin County shall receive twenty dollars ($20) per day for the performance of his or her official duties and five dollars ($5) for one day election school attendance. The County Commission of Franklin County shall supplement the compensation already provided by the general law of the state with funds out of the county general fund sufficient to bring the compensation up to the amount provided for by this section, including the one day election school attendance, provided, however, in any municipal election in which the official serves, the supplement provided for herein, shall be paid by the municipality in which such election is held.
Ala. Code § 45-49-150.11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-150.11
Section 45-49-150.11 Maintenance of Records; Inspection of Premises
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of the records required in Section 45-49-150.10 shall be filed with the sheriff on or before the 15th of each month and shall contain the required information for the previous month.

(b) The records required by Section 45-49-150.10 and this section shall be provided to the sheriff on forms as required by rule of the sheriff.

(c) The records required to be kept by Section 45-49-150.10 by the bingo permit holders shall be available and open to inspection by the sheriff or any law enforcement agency or their duly authorized representatives.

(d) The records required in Section 45-49-150.10 shall be held by the bingo permit holders for a period of one year from the date of the bingo session.

(e) The location at which bingo is being conducted or at which any applicant or bingo permit holder intends to conduct sessions of bingo shall be open to inspection, during regular business hours or during any bingo session, to any law enforcement officer or agency.
Ala. Code § 45-56-231.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 56 / Section 45-56-231.06
Section 45-56-231.06 Disposition of Sale Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Randolph County and shall be used solely for law enforcement purposes. The receipts and expenditures of funds shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-110.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35A / Section 45-35A-110.03
Section 45-35A-110.03 Warrant Recall Fee
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or magistrate of the Town of Webb may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant arising from any municipal ordinance violation against the Town of Webb.

(b) The warrant recall fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and is to be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Town of Webb to recall a warrant that has been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued solely in the discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate.

(d) All fees received by the Town of Webb Municipal Court for the warrant recall fee shall be deposited into the Town of Webb Corrections Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11-47-7.1.
Ala. Code § 45-36-61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 36 / Section 45-36-61
Section 45-36-61 Appointment; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Coroner of Jackson County is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a deputy coroner who shall have authority to exercise all the functions pertaining to the office of the coroner and who shall serve at the pleasure of the coroner.

(b) The compensation of the deputy coroner shall be determined by the county commission and shall be payable in the manner prescribed by the county commission from the general fund of the county.
Ala. Code § 45-42-242.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 42 / Section 45-42-242.03
Section 45-42-242.03 Tobacco Stamps
Status: in_force

The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40­25­1 to Section 40­25­28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax.
Ala. Code § 45-3-243.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 45-3-243.20
Section 45-3-243.20 Additional Tax for Public School Purposes in School Tax District No. 1
Status: in_force

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, there is hereby approved an additional special district ad valorem tax to be levied and collected annually in the Barbour County Board of Education School Tax District No. 1, as hereinafter described, in Barbour County for public school purposes in the district at the uniform rate of forty cents ($0.40) on each one hundred dollars ($100) worth of taxable property in the district pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, for a period of 30 years beginning with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 (the tax for which year to be due and payable October 1, 2013) and ending with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2042 to September 30, 2043 (the tax for which year to be due and payable October 1, 2043), the levy and collection, if authorized, to operate to increase the district school tax authorized to be levied and collected pursuant to law in Barbour County Board of Education School Tax District No. 1, which constitutes and includes, for purposes of the levy and collection of the additional four mill tax, all of Barbour County outside the corporate limits of the City of Eufaula, and outside of Eufaula City Board of Education School Tax District No. 55 in Barbour County, for the proposed collection of the additional tax on October 1, 2013, and for the proposed collection of such additional tax on October 1 in each of the years 2014 through 2043, inclusive; provided, that the increased rate of tax, the time it is to continue, and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of Barbour County Board of Education School Tax District No. 1, which includes the qualified electors of Barbour County outside the corporate limits of the City of Eufaula, and approved by a majority of those voting at an election called and held in accordance with applicable law governing elections.
Ala. Code § 45-30-140.09 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 30 / Section 45-30-140.09
Section 45-30-140.09 Transfer of Funds Upon Dissolution or Abandonment of Eligible Volunteer Fire District
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire district, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with the funds derived from this article, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the association. The funds and assets shall be reallocated to remaining volunteer fire districts that provide fire protection services for the dissolved or abandoned area. In the event there are no remaining volunteer fire districts, the funds or assets shall be distributed to remaining volunteer fire departments in the county. Upon dissolution or abandonment of the fire district, the collection of fire protection service fees shall cease unless a new district is formed within 30 days to replace the dissolved or abandoned district.
Ala. Code § 45-41-70.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-70.01
Section 45-41-70.01 Mileage Allowance
Status: in_force

When traveling in performance of their duties, the members of the Lee County Commission shall be entitled to travel expense allowances based on the same rate per mile as is in effect from time to time for state employees. Such mileage allowances shall be paid in the usual manner from the county general fund and shall be in lieu of any mileage allowances heretofore provided by law for members of the Lee County Commission.
Ala. Code § 45-48-85.21 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-85.21
Section 45-48-85.21 Duties; Commissions and Fees
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses and titles on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor or the tax collector. The tax assessor and tax collector of Marshall County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the issuance of licenses and titles, payment of taxes collected by the tax collector, and collection of certain monies on such motor vehicles and titles. The judge of probate shall receive the commissions and fees now allowed the tax assessor and tax collector for performing these functions, and such fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such monies shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made by the tax assessor and tax collector.
Ala. Code § 45-22-90 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 22 / Section 45-22-90
Section 45-22-90 Community Development Commission; Promulgation of Rules; Fund
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-121, EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2023.

(a) There is created the Cullman County Community Development Commission which may receive, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (c), and by majority vote may distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic and community development, education, conservation, and fire protection. The commission shall be comprised of the following members:

(1) A person appointed by the Senator representing Cullman County and whose term will coincide with the term of the Senator or until replacement.

(2) A person appointed by each of the three members of the House of Representatives who represent Cullman County and whose term will coincide with the term of the appointing representative or until replacement.

A person appointed by the members of the legislative delegation from Cullman County, who shall serve as chair and shall serve at the discretion of the legislative delegation.

(b) No member of the commission shall be an elected official.

(c) The commission may promulgate rules related to its operations and procedures for the awarding of grants within the community for the above mentioned purposes.

(d) There is hereby created the Community Development Fund within the Cullman County Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of the following moneys received by the county:

(1) The additional three percent of TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments received pursuant to Section 40-28-2.

(2) The net proceeds of the state beer tax payable to Cullman County pursuant to Section 28-3-184, which shall be distributed as follows:

a. Fifty percent to the commission to be used for the purposes set out in subsection (a).

b. Fifty percent to the municipalities in Cullman County to be divided pro-rata based on the population of each municipality to be used at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality receiving the funds.

(e) The funds collected pursuant to subsection (d) may be expended on order of the Cullman County Community Development Commission.

(f) The commission may spend up to three hundred dollars ($300) per year for office supplies necessary to operate the commission.

(g) Any payments from the additional three percent received pursuant to Section 40-28-2, which were made before April 21, 2009, are ratified and confirmed.
Ala. Code § 45-37-150.03 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-150.03
Section 45-37-150.03 Bingo Games - Application for Permit
Status: in_force

(a) Any qualified organization desiring to obtain a permit to operate bingo games shall make application to the sheriff on forms prescribed by the sheriff and shall pay an annual fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150). No permit shall be issued to any qualified organization unless such organization has been in existence for 24 months immediately prior to the issuance of the permit. The permit shall expire at midnight on September 30th following the granting of the permit. Renewal application for each calendar year shall be filed with the sheriff prior to October 1st of each year and shall be on a form prescribed by the sheriff. Each application for a permit and each application for renewal of a permit shall contain the following information:

(1) The name and home address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a corporation, association, or other similar legal entity, the names and home addresses of each of the officers of the organization as well as the names and addresses of the directors, or other persons similarly situated, of the organization.

(2) The names and home addresses of each of the persons who will be operating or promoting the bingo game.

(3) The names and home addresses of any persons, organizations, or other legal entities that will act as surety for the applicant, or to whom the applicant is financially indebted, or to whom any financial obligation is owed by the applicant.

(4) The location at which the applicant will conduct the bingo games.

(5) A statement showing the convictions, if any, for criminal offenses, other than minor traffic offenses, of each of the persons listed in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).

(6) Any other necessary and reasonable information which the sheriff may require.

(b) The sheriff shall refuse to grant a bingo permit to any applicant who fails to fully provide the information required by this section.
Ala. Code § 45-16-84.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 16 / Section 45-16-84.01
Section 45-16-84.01 Compensation for Judge of Probate - Salary
Status: in_force

(a) A Judge of Probate of Coffee County who is first elected or appointed on or after March 8, 2021, shall receive an annual base salary of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) per year. Except as provided in subsection (b), the salary shall constitute the total compensation payable to the judge of probate, and shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law. The judge of probate shall be paid from the same funds and in the same manner as presently provided.

(b) The annual salary provided in subsection (a) shall continue to be adjusted thereafter as authorized in Chapter 2A of Title 11.

(c) If there is a break in continuous service as judge of probate on or after March 8, 2021, upon reappointment or reelection as judge of probate, he or she shall receive the base salary as provided in subsection (a), which may be adjusted as provided in subsection (b).

(d) The annual salary of the incumbent Judge of Probate of Coffee County holding office on May 17, 2021, shall be increased by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) beginning with the next term of such office following this date.
Ala. Code § 45-48-244.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 48 / Section 45-48-244.02
Section 45-48-244.02 Monthly Report; Records; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) The taxes levied by this subpart, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be due and payable to the State 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 such other information as the Department of Revenue may demand and require; and at the time of making such monthly report the taxpayer shall compute and pay to the Department of Revenue the amount of taxes shown to be due; provided, however, that any person subject to the tax who conducts any business on a credit basis may defer reporting and paying the tax until after the person has received payment for the items, articles, or accommodations furnished; and in the event he or she so defers reporting and paying any such 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 such report.

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

(c) Any 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 thereon from the date on which the tax became due and payable at the rate due and payable on the state lodgings tax, such penalty and interest to be assessed and collected as a part of the tax; provided, however, that the State Department of Revenue, if good and sufficient reason be shown, may waive or remit the penalty or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 45-17-90.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-90.06
Section 45-17-90.06 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The authority, or its agents and employees as directed, may do any of the following:

(1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the cities and counties and apply its findings and efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural, industrial, and economic development of the cities and counties.

(2) Cooperate with municipal, regional, state, or federal planning entities or other industrial and economic development boards.

(3) Publicize and advertise the industrial, commercial, and agricultural resources and growth opportunities of the cities and counties.

(4) Collect, compile, and distribute literature concerning the facilities, advantages, and attractions of the cities and counties, the educational, historic, recreational, and scenic places of interest within the cities and counties, and the air, water, and highway transportation facilities.

(5) Contract with other agencies, individuals, or corporations to promote the purposes of the authority.

(6) Enter upon any real property in the cities and counties, with consent of the owner, and make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and markings on the real property.

(7) Accept gifts, grants, bequests, or devises.

(8) Allocate and expend funds from all donations, income, and revenue from any source coming into its treasury for the fulfillment and accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities in a manner as may be necessary and appropriate for the perfection of the purposes of the authority.

(9) Acquire, sell, or lease land and improvements for economic development, and construct buildings for sale or lease.

(10) Borrow money and mortgage, pledge, and assign assets as security for loans in furtherance of the purposes of the authority.

(11) Promote industry, develop trade, and further the use of the agricultural products and natural and human resources of the Shoals and the development and preservation of the resources, by inducing manufacturing, services, commercial, and research enterprises to locate in the Shoals and to enlarge, retain, expand, or improve existing operations in the Shoals.

(12) Perform the functions authorized or required by subsequent legislative acts.

(13) Perform all other acts necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, and not otherwise prohibited by law.
Ala. Code § 45-49-81.61 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-81.61
Section 45-49-81.61 Semiretired or Retired District Judges
Status: in_force

Any semiretired or retired district judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit shall commence to receive as additional compensation payable from the treasury of the county, a sum equal to one and one half percent of the compensation paid the judge by the State of Alabama for each year served as judge up to a maximum of 25 percent. The salaries or compensation provided for herein is supplementary to the salaries or compensation paid the judges by the state and shall be paid out of the general funds of the county in 12 equal monthly installments on warrants properly drawn against the funds.
Ala. Code § 45-57-11 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 57 / Section 45-57-11
Section 45-57-11 Office Allowances for Certain Officers
Status: in_force

(a) All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of the Judge of Probate, Tax Assessor, and Tax Collector of Russell County, shall hereafter be collected and paid into the general fund of the county.

(b) The Russell County Commission shall provide each of the officers with the necessary quarters, books, stationery, office equipment, supplies, postage, and other conveniences and equipment for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of their offices.

(c) The Russell County Commission shall provide each of the officers annual allowances for the purpose of hiring clerks or assistants in an amount as is deemed appropriate by the commission.
Ala. Code § 45-17-91.25 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-17-91.25
Section 45-17-91.25 Investment of Moneys in Shoals Economic Development Fund
Status: in_force

Moneys on deposit in the Shoals Economic Development Fund may be invested, at the direction and discretion of the committee, only in investments that are at the time authorized to be made, with respect to county funds, pursuant to Section 11-81-21. Any interest or other income accruing on, or derived from, any such investments shall become a part of the Shoals Economic Development Fund and shall be invested as aforesaid or expended only for purposes for which moneys in the Shoals Economic Development Fund may be expended hereunder.
Ala. Code § 45-23-240.20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-23-240.20
Section 45-23-240.20 Consolidation of Offices and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Dale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy there shall be the office of county Revenue Commissioner in Dale County. If such office is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be. A revenue commissioner shall be elected at an election called for the purpose and every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve for a term of office of six years from the first day of or she the term next succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor is similarly elected, qualified, and takes office.

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

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

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

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

(f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty imposed by law on any such officers and hereby transferred to and imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for performance of the duties of his or her office, the revenue commissioner shall receive a salary of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per year, payable in 12 monthly installments.

(g) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Dale County are abolished effective on the first day of the term to which he or she is elected, or on such earlier date as is prescribed in subsection (a) if vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector.

(h) It is the purpose of this section to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Dale County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector of such county into one county office.
Ala. Code § 45-41-240 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-240
Section 45-41-240 Consolidation of Offices and Duties
Status: in_force

Effective October 1, 2003, or upon occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Lee County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 2002, and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day of October after his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.75 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.75
Section 45-8A-22.75 Credit for Continuous Service - Benefit Amounts and Limitations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-40-30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 40 / Section 45-40-30
Section 45-40-30 Lawrence County 2015 Commission
Status: in_force

(a) In Lawrence County, there is created the Lawrence County 2015 Commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the long-term planning of economic development, business, and education in the county, whose members serve on a voluntary basis and without compensation.

(b)(1) The commission shall be composed of volunteer residents of the county who submit written application for appointment to the Lawrence County Legislative Delegation as provided in this section for the following positions: Director, deputy director, associate directors for the areas described in subdivision (2), and other commission membership positions as the delegation may offer.

(2) Associate directorships shall be available for each of the following areas:

a. Education

b. Economic Development

c. Business and Industry

d. Recreation and Tourism

e. General Information

f. Environment

g. Governmental Relations

h. Regional Development

i. Any other areas deemed necessary by the delegation

(3) The legislative delegation shall make all appointments for a period of five years for each position described in this section or created by the delegation. Successors shall be appointed by the delegation for five year terms. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be made by the delegation.

(c) No direct appropriations from the state shall be made to the commission. The commission is authorized, however, to receive, hold, and expend any public or private grants for a specific purpose and is authorized to receive financial or other assistance from any governmental agency if approved by the agency for the purposes of, without limitation, the hiring of clerical or office personnel, supplies, furniture, office space, or other accommodations or equipment.

(d)(1) The commission shall prepare a 25 year plan, a 20 year plan, a 15 year plan, a 10 year plan, and a five year plan to correspond respectively with the years 2015, 2010, 2005, 2000, and 1995. The plans shall contain comprehensive projections, observations, suggestions, and comments which express the goals, responsibilities, needs, desires, and aspirations for the long range planning for the citizens of Lawrence County.

(2) These plans shall be presented by the 2015 commission to the county legislative delegation, and shall be made available to interested citizens of the county as follows:

a. The 1995 plan shall be presented between December 1, 1990 and January 15, 1991.

b. The 2000, 2005, 2010, and the 2015 plans shall be presented as soon as possible, but not later than 5 years before January 1 of each year listed.

(e) The commission shall not engage in partisan politics in any form concerning its official duties.
Ala. Code § 45-49-120.19 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-120.19
Section 45-49-120.19 Service Ratings
Status: in_force

In cooperation with authorities, the director shall establish, and may from time to time amend, standards of performance and output for employees in each class of positions in the classified service or for groups of classes, and a system of service ratings based upon such standards. In such manner and with such weight as shall be provided in the rules, unsatisfactory service ratings shall be considered in determining the salary increases and decreases within the limits established by the pay plan; as a factor in promotion tests; as a factor in determining the order of layoffs when forces must be reduced because of lack of funds or work, and the order in which names are to be placed on reemployment lists; and as a means of discovering employees who should be promoted, transferred, or dismissed. In the manner and at the time as the rules may require, each appointing authority shall report to the director the service ratings of employees in his or her division or information as the director may request as a basis for determining the service ratings.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.092 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.092
Section 45-8A-23.092 City Manager - Absence
Status: in_force

To perform his or her duties during his or her temporary absence or temporary disability, the manager may designate by letter filed with the city clerk a qualified administrative officer of the city. In the event of failure of the manager to make such designation, the council may by resolution appoint a qualified administrative officer of the city to perform the duties of the manager until he or she shall return or his or her disability shall cease.
Ala. Code § 45-49-40.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 49 / Section 45-49-40.02
Section 45-49-40.02 County Board of Barber Commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a Barbers’ Commission for the County of Mobile. The Governor shall appoint three persons, each of whom, immediately prior to the date of his or her appointment, has been a resident of the county for the past three years, and who has had at least five years’ experience as a barber; one member to be appointed for a term of one year, one member to be appointed for a term of two years, and one member to be appointed for a term of three years. In all counties to which this part applies which have in existence at the time of the passage of this part, a barbers’ commission, the members of the commission then serving as such barbers’ commission shall constitute the initial board of barbers’ commissioners of such county and they shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms or unless sooner disqualified; thereafter the term of any member appointed and qualified to succeed the members of the barbers’ commission of such county first appointed shall be for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the following manner: The commission, 60 days prior to the expiration of the term of any commissioner of the barbers’ commission for such county, shall give notice in writing to the licensed barbers of such county that there will be a vacancy on the date of the expiration of the term of the commissioner whose term is about to expire; or if a vacancy be caused for any reason other than the expiration of the term, the barbers’ commission, within 30 days after such vacancy occurs, shall give notice to the licensed barbers of such county of the existence of such vacancy. In this event the barbers will be requested to nominate three barbers to fill each vacancy thus occasioned; and to that end a ballot shall be prepared and enclosed along with the letter notifying the barbers of the vacancy or vacancies; the ballot reading as follows: I hereby nominate for appointment by the Governor of the State of Alabama to the Board of Barber Commissioners for Mobile County, the following named persons: ___________________.

(b) The ballots shall be numbered and identified in such manner as to prevent anyone employing any ballot other than that forwarded the licensed barber entitled to vote. In addition to the ballot, the barbers’ commission shall forward the licensed barber an envelope addressed to the barbers’ commission and properly stamped with United States postage. When the ballots are returned they shall be opened on a day designated in the notification, in the presence of the barbers’ commission then serving, and the ballots shall be counted and the names of the three barbers who shall receive the greatest number of votes shall be selected as the three nominees. The barbers’ commission shall then certify to the Governor the names of the three barbers receiving the highest number of votes, and the Governor shall appoint one of those three persons thus designated to fill the vacancy. If more than one vacancy exists at any time, there shall be nominated in the manner above designated and certified to the Governor three nominees for each vacancy so that if there be one vacancy there shall be three nominees, if there be two vacancies there shall be six nominees, and if there be three vacancies, there shall be nine nominees, certified to the Governor, who shall select for appointment one nominee from each group thus nominated. The commission, immediately upon the qualification of the member appointed each year, shall organize by selecting from its members a chair, and may do all things necessary or convenient for carrying into effect this part. The members of the commission shall receive as full compensation for each day actually spent in the work of the commission the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) per day and his or her actual and necessary expenses thereby incurred. The commission shall appoint and at its pleasure discharge a secretary-treasurer and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to discharge and faithfully carry out the duties imposed by this part. The individual so appointed shall be required to enter into a bond to be approved by the commission in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), conditioned to pay any shortage or loss of funds on hand by the secretary-treasurer during his or her term of office, or at the time that he or she is holding office. The commission shall outline the duties and fix the compensation of the secretary-treasurer. The commission shall obtain such office space, furnishings, and other proper conveniences as shall be reasonably necessary for carrying out this part. The principal office of the commission shall be located in the county seat of the county, provided, however, that upon the request of the commission, the county commissioners of the county shall furnish an office in the courthouse without charge. The commission shall adopt a seal with such design engraved thereon as it may prescribe, by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. In addition thereto, the board is empowered to make reasonable inspection of the barbers and the barber shops and barber schools and barber colleges of the county to the end that proper methods of sanitation and sterilization are observed. Copies of all records and papers in the office of the barbers’ commission duly certified and authenticated by its seal shall be received in evidence in all courts with like effect as the original. All the records kept in the office of the board and under authority of this part shall be open to public inspection under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the commission. All fees and charges collected by the board under this part, shall be paid to the treasurer of the commission; the funds shall be used and kept exclusively in the hands of the treasurer of this commission, and shall be used for purposes not inconsistent with this part, under the directions of the commission. Funds may be disbursed by order of the board on a check being drawn by the treasurer upon such funds, as may be on hand, and approved by the chair of the board for the purpose of paying all of the expenses incurred by the board, including the compensation of members of the board and its employees, provided the total expenses for every purpose incurred shall not exceed total fees and charges collected and paid in to the treasurer.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-23.055 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-23.055
Section 45-8A-23.055 Presiding Officer; Mayor and Assistant Mayor
Status: in_force

(a) The councilman elected by all of the qualified electors of the city shall have the title of mayor. He or she shall preside at meetings of the council, shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law, shall serve as chief executive officer for the city, shall develop the basic objectives and policies of the city in conjunction with the council and with advice from the city manager, shall ensure the preparations of adequate plans for the long-range growth and development of the city and annually present such plans for the review of the public and approval by the council, shall ensure the preparations of plans for the development of resources in this the city and periodically present such plans to the council for review and approval, shall maintain programs along with the council to ensure successful future management of the city, shall take the necessary steps with the advice and approval of the council to protect and enhance the city’s sound fiscal posture, shall develop orderly rules of procedure for the conduct of business by the council for consideration and approval by the council, and shall have all privileges as any other member of the council.

(b) The council shall elect an assistant mayor, who shall act as mayor during the absence of the mayor, or disability of the mayor. The mayor and assistant mayor when so elected, shall hold their respective offices until the next council takes office; provided that if the mayor or assistant mayor or both shall cease to be a member of the council, his, her, or their offices as such mayor or assistant mayor shall become vacant. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor, the assistant mayor shall immediately declare such 30 days nor more than 45 days from the date such vacancy occurred.

(c) The mayor shall receive as compensation for his or her services a sum to be decided by the council and in accordance with the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-22.72 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-22.72
Section 45-8A-22.72 Participant Eligibility for Benefits
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-484, §1, effective May 16, 2012.
Ala. Code § 45-21A-10.05 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21A / Section 45-21A-10.05
Section 45-21A-10.05 Order of Court; Appeal
Status: in_force

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

(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 Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw 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 § 45-37-122.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-37-122.02
Section 45-37-122.02 Vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) At any time there is a vacancy in the office of county manager, the county commission shall begin a national search for a qualified county manager by retaining a national search firm that specializes in the recruitment of either or both of the following: (1) city or county managers; (2) corporate or nonprofit executives. The hiring of a county manager shall conform with the antidiscrimination policies of the Jefferson County Personnel Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

(b) The search firm, after reviewing applications and conducting interviews, shall submit to the county commission the names of no less than three finalist applicants for additional interview and selection by the county commission.

(c) The county commission may only hire a county manager upon a four-fifths vote of the county commission. The county manager shall be exempt from the county merit system.
Ala. Code § 45-41-240.06 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 45-41-240.06
Section 45-41-240.06 Abolition of Offices; Staff
Status: in_force

(a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2003, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of tax assessor or tax collector. In the event that the office of tax assessor or tax collector becomes vacant before October 1, 2003, the office of county revenue commissioner shall immediately come into being, and the remaining officer, tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, shall immediately assume the duties of the office of county revenue commissioner and shall perform the duties until a county revenue commissioner has been elected as provided by this article.

(b) All personnel employed in the office of tax assessor or tax collector at the time the office of county revenue commissioner comes into being shall be absorbed into the staff of the office of county revenue commissioner. Any position held by one of these employees may not be eliminated until the employee either retires or the position otherwise becomes vacant.
Ala. Code § 45-8-240.30 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 45-8-240.30
Section 45-8-240.30 Commission for Assessment and Collection of Property Taxes
Status: in_force

The Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall each be authorized to collect a commission of not to exceed one percent respectively for the assessment and collection of property taxes now or hereafter levied by any municipality located in Calhoun County.
Ala. Code § 45-55-81.77 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 55 / Section 45-55-81.77
Section 45-55-81.77 Special Recording Fee for Probate Court Cases
Status: in_force

Effective immediately after July 1, 2003, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every case filed in the Probate Court of Pike County. This amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collected. The additional fee shall be paid into the special fund of the judge of probate created in Section 45–55–81.76.
Ala. Code § 45-45-232.02 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-45-232.02
Section 45-45-232.02 Forfeiture of Weapons
Status: in_force

(a) Any device which is used as a weapon in the commission of a crime against any person or any device which is used as a weapon in any attempt to commit any crime against any person, and any weapon or device possessed during any violation of the laws concerning controlled substances, and any weapon or device found on or about the person of any juvenile regardless of whether or not they are charged or convicted of a crime, and any weapon for which a person has been convicted of the crime of carrying a concealed weapon, and any weapon or device which is found on or about the person of any person who is prohibited by law from carrying or possessing the device or weapon, and any device or weapon which is abandoned or otherwise found and the lawful owner cannot be located is hereby declared to be contraband, forfeited, and becomes property of the State of Alabama; provided, however, that a motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be a device or weapon within the terms of this section and shall not be declared contraband, forfeited, and become the property of the State of Alabama, although this exception shall not be construed to prohibit the seizure, condemnation, and sale of motor vehicles as provided by any other laws of the State of Alabama.

(b) Any weapon described in subsection (a) that has a serial or manufacturer’s identification number shall be reported to and checked through the National Crime Information Center and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and their computer terminal operators within seven days of receipt and possession by the arresting law enforcement agency seizing any such weapon. Such weapons shall again be checked through the criminal information center computers before disposing of or making disposition of such weapons as provided for herein.

(c) Any weapon or device confiscated under this section, when no longer needed for evidentiary purposes, shall be turned over by the person having custody of such device to the district attorney of the county wherein such device was confiscated. The district attorney shall as often as necessary, but, at least once during each calendar year, after receiving the weapons or devices either destroy same, submit the weapon or device for sale to licensed gun dealers, or retain the weapon or device for historical, instructional, or law enforcement purposes.

(d) The proceeds derived from all sales of such devices, after deducting the costs of the sale, shall be divided as follows:

(1) 25 percent to the Madison County District Attorney to be placed in the District Attorney’s Fund.

(2) 75 percent to the law enforcement agency that seizes the weapon for use in law enforcement.

(e) Any governmental agency receiving any weapon or device for historical, instructional, or law enforcement purposes shall give written receipt of the weapon or device to the district attorney. The agency receiving the weapon or device shall become responsible for the weapon or device.

(f) The district attorney, at least once each calendar year, shall file written notice with the circuit court clerk of the method of disposition of the weapon or device, identifying such by name, serial number, and description. The circuit court clerk shall present the written notice to the appropriate circuit court for an order granting the disposition of the weapon or device within 30 days. The district attorney shall be required to publish legal notice in a publication of general circulation in Madison County at least prior to sale or disposition of the weapons or devices. The district attorney shall within 90 days after the order entered by the court file with the circuit court clerk a sworn statement detailing the disposition of the weapon or device.

(g) Whenever any weapon or device is found to be stolen or otherwise in the wrongful possession of the person possessing the weapon or device, such weapon or device shall not be subject to this section and the same shall be returned to the rightful lawful owner; provided, however, if the rightful lawful owner cannot lawfully possess the weapon or device or if the rightful owner cannot be determined or located, this section shall apply to the weapon or device.
Ala. Code § 45-23A-20 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23A / Section 45-23A-20
Section 45-23A-20 Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies in the corporate limits of the City of Daleville.

(b) Subject to subsection (d), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the city. The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the city only if such beverages are sold in kegs.

(c) All ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages.

(d) The governing body of the city shall hold a referendum to determine if draft or keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption. If a majority of the voters voting thereon in the municipality vote in favor of the question, then the sale of draft or keg beer for on-premises consumption shall be authorized.

(e) The referendum shall be held at the next general, special, or City of Daleville Municipal election. If a majority of the voters voting thereon do not vote in favor of the question, a subsequent referendum or referenda may be held. A second or subsequent referendum shall not be held within 12 months following a referendum which fails to be approved by the voters of the city.
Ala. Code § 45-2-244.007 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 45-2-244.007
Section 45-2-244.007 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The county commission is hereby given the right, power, and authority to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations governing the collection of the county tax hereby imposed, if it is necessary so to do in order to more effectually carry out the terms and provisions of this subpart, but it shall not have the right to alter or change the distribution of the taxes herein provided for. The county governing body shall make available ample funds from the county general fund for the purchase of stamps and other materials and supplies needed for carrying out the provisions of this subpart. However, the county general fund shall be reimbursed for all monies expended in connection with the administration and enforcement of this subpart as provided under Section 45-2-244.006.
Ala. Code § 45-8A-111.19 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 8A / Section 45-8A-111.19
Section 45-8A-111.19 Dissolution of the Corporation and Vesting of Title to Property in the City
Status: in_force

At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall thereupon pass to the city.
Ala. Code § 45-24-242.01 — Alabama Code / Title 45 / Chapter 24 / Section 45-24-242.01
Section 45-24-242.01 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) COUNTY. Dallas County.

(2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Dallas County.

(3) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction by the distributor in interstate commerce.

(4) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha, and other liquid motor fuels or any device or substitute therefor which is commonly used in internal combustion engines. The term shall not include those products known commercially as kerosene oil, fuel oil, or crude oil when used for lighting, heating, or industrial purposes.

(5) MOTOR FUEL. Diesel oil, tractor fuel, gas oil, distillate or liquefied gas, kerosene, jet fuel, or any substitutes or devices therefore when sold, distributed, stored, or withdrawn from storage in the county for use in the operation of any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state.

(6) PERSON. Natural persons, corporations, partnerships, companies, agencies, associations, incorporated or otherwise, trusts, estates, and other entities.

(7) REFINER. Any person who manufactures, distills, blends, compounds, or mixes products in the production of gasoline or motor fuel.

(8) RETAIL DEALER. Any distributor who is also engaged in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel at any place in this state in broken quantities.

(9) STORER. Any person who ships, causes to be shipped, or receives gasoline or motor fuel in any quantities and who stores, withdraws, or uses gasoline or motor fuel for any purpose.

(10) USER. Any person who uses or consumes gasoline or motor fuel. The term shall not include any refiner who has a refinery, located in Dallas County, when using gasoline or motor fuel in the manufacturing or refining process, or any person who holds a federal permit to blend motor fuels and who pays the federal excise tax on the motor fuels directly to the federal government, when the person uses gasoline in this state in the blending process.