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AL Code § 45-25-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-25-200 - Revenue Officer.

Section 45-25-200Revenue officer. (a) In DeKalb County, the county commission shall employ a county revenue officer at an annual salary to be determined by the county commission. The revenue officer is authorized to collect any and all county taxes of whatever nature currently levied or to be levied in the future, except ad valorem taxes on real and personal property. (b) All duties and authority imposed on or vested in license inspectors by Section 40-12-10, or by any other statute, are imposed upon and vested in the office of the county revenue officer created by this section, and such revenue officer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the county commission from time to time. (c) The county commission may appoint such assistants, agents, inspectors, auditors, examiners, and secretarial and clerical assistance as the duties of the officer may from time to time require. (Act 81-1128, p. 393, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.01 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-25-250.01Legislative intent. This article is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the DeKalb County Water Authority develop a master plan of operation for the water authority in consultation with all existing water authorities in and adjoining DeKalb County and any county or local governments for the purpose of determining the method by which public water services, garbage disposal, and sewer service can be provided to the citizens of the county or area served by the authority. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §2.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.03 - Board of Directors.

Section 45-25-250.03Board of directors. The board of directors shall consist of seven directors that shall be appointed by the members of the state Legislature that represent all or any portion of DeKalb County for terms of four years. Provided, however, that initial appointments, as designated by the appointing authority, shall be made so that two directors shall serve for two years, two directors for three years, and three directors for four years, so that the terms of the directors are staggered. All directors shall serve until their successors are appointed and assume office. As soon as may be practicable after the organization of the authority, an election shall be held by the board of directors to elect a chair, vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer. Every two years thereafter, the board shall likewise reorganize itself. No chair or other board officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms as chair or other board officer. Upon the expiration of the initial terms, directors shall serve a term of four years and vacancies shall be filled by the respective appointing authority that made the initial appointment. In the event of a vacancy in office due to death, disability, resignation, or impeachment, the unexpired term of such office shall be filled by appointment by the appointing authority. Each director appointed shall be a duly qualified elector of the county he or she represents on the board and the owner of real property in that part of the service area of the authority which lies within that county. If the articles of incorporation so provide, each director shall be compensated in the same manner as provided in Chapter 88 of Title 11, relating to directors of water, sewer, and fire protection authorities. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175. The DeKalb County Commission may provide office space, staff, and supplies for the authority. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §4; Act 97-891, p. 251, §1; Act 2001-665, p. 1387, §1; Act 2003-379, p. 1074, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.05 - Additional Powers and Rights.

Section 45-25-250.05Additional powers and rights. (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article shall, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county, of the State of Alabama. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person, at such, if any, interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems or any part thereof. (b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities the payment of the principal of and interest on which is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America. (c) The authority shall be under no obligation to render service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise. (d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county, is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof. (e) Any water system or any part thereof leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county, whether the lease or sublease be by the authority or any private party, including without limitation corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes, including without limitation ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to such system or facility or any part thereof or any remainder or reversionary interest therein. (f) The county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system from the authority or from any vendee or lessee or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all rights of the authority with respect thereto, upon mutual consent of the parties. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §6.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.06 - Contracts of the Authority.

Section 45-25-250.06Contracts of the authority. As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any water, sewer, or garbage system owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from any such system or facility, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such system or facility will be sufficient to operate such system or facility, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such system or facility and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority under this article. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §7.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.07 - Rates, Fees, and Charges.

Section 45-25-250.07Rates, fees, and charges. Rates, fees, and charges for water, sewer, or garbage service rendered by the authority from any of its systems shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving the systems and facilities, or either, from which such services are rendered. (2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities together with revenues from any tax sources and fees as the principal and interest become due and payable. (3) Create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the assumption of any obligation or the acquisition of any such system or facility. (4) Make such annual payments if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §8.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.08 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Water, Sewer, or Garbage Systems.

Section 45-25-250.08Planning, development, operation, etc., of water, sewer, or garbage systems. For the purpose of securing water, sewer, or garbage service or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water, sewer, or garbage systems, any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Appropriate, lend, or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including, but without limitation, any water, sewer, or garbage system, any interest in any thereof and any franchise (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water, sewage, and garbage systems. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §9.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.09 - Rights-of-Way.

Section 45-25-250.09Rights-of-way. The authority is authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4, provided further, that the authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §10.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.10 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority.

Section 45-25-250.10Governmental functions; liability of authority. The furnishing of sewer and garbage service in conjunction with the water services by the authority as well as the furnishing of water services are declared to be a governmental function. The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the furnishing of water service or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any water or sewer or garbage facilities. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §11.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.11 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc.

Section 45-25-250.11Exemption from taxes, fees, etc. The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall not be obligated to payor allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation or the recording of any document. No license or excise tax may be imposed on the authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this article. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §12.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.12 - Exemption From Usury Statutes.

Section 45-25-250.12Exemption from usury statutes. The authority now or hereafter organized under this article is exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §13.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.13 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 45-25-250.13Dissolution of authority. At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed by the authority are outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the 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 and be divided and apportioned among DeKalb County and any other county or counties in which any part of the service area may be located, all in such manner and to such extent as may be provided in the authority's certificate of incorporation, as amended; provided, however, that in the absence of a contrary provision in the certificate of incorporation, as amended, title to real estate and tangible personal property, other than cash, shall vest in the county in which the real estate or tangible personal property is located and the title to cash on hand and in banks, accounts receivable, choses in action, and other intangible property, other than intangible interest in land, shall vest in all of the counties in which any part of the service area lies. Each such county shall have title to cash and intangible items as a tenant in common thereof, the fractional interest of each such tenant in common in items being represented by a fraction the numerator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during its then next preceding complete fiscal year from service rendered in that part of its service area within that county and the denominator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during the same period from services rendered or otherwise in its entire service area. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §14.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.14 - Validity of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 45-25-250.14Validity of certificate of incorporation. In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this article, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorporated, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed, the attempted incorporation of such public corporation with respect to which such a certificate of incorporation has been filed shall be and hereby is validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity in the procedure for incorporation of such corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (1) The failure of the judge of probate in whose office such certificate of incorporation was filed to examine such certificate of incorporation or to enter an appropriate order with respect thereto. (2) The inclusion in the certificate of incorporation of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to such corporation. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §15.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.15 - Proceedings, Notice, and Approval of Authority Actions.

Section 45-25-250.15Proceedings, notice, and approval of authority actions. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water, sewer, and garbage system, or the issuance of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §16.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.16 - Auditing.

Section 45-25-250.16Auditing. The DeKalb County Water Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the DeKalb County Commission and the operations of the County of DeKalb. (Act 89-426, p. 893, §17.)
AL Code § 45-25-250.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-25-250.17 - Funding.

Section 45-25-250.17Funding. Beginning with the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the DeKalb County Commission shall appropriate annually funds accruing from the filing and recording fees levied by Resolution 92-1013-05, adopted by the county commission on October 13, 1992, as follows: (1) One-half of the funds accruing shall be appropriated annually to the Etowah-DeKalb Cherokee Mental Health Board, Inc., doing business as CED Mental Health Center, to be used to employ mental health professionals in DeKalb County. (2) One-half of the funds accruing shall be appropriated annually to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office to be used to employ school resource officers in the city and county schools in the county. (Act 93-265, p. 402, §1; Act 2020-201, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25A - Dekalb County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Collinsville.|Section 45-25A-10 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages.

Section 45-25A-10Sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages.  (a) This section shall only apply to the Town of Collinsville in DeKalb County. (b) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the Town of Collinsville. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer in such town shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages. The Collinsville Town Council may adopt an ordinance regulating the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages pursuant to this section. (c) All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this section are repealed. However, the provisions of this section are cumulative and supplementary and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or parts of laws not directly inconsistent herewith. (Act 2015-180, §1-3.)
AL Code § 45-25A-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25A - Dekalb County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Fyffe.|Section 45-25A-50 - Court Costs; Law Enforcement Fund.

Section 45-25A-50Court costs; Law Enforcement Fund. In DeKalb County, there is levied in the Town of Fyffe an additional fee of ten dollars ($10) for court costs. Funds from the fee shall be deposited in the Law Enforcement Fund to be used by the chief of police for law enforcement purposes. The chief of police shall prepare an annual report of the expenditures made from the fund during the fiscal year and annually submit the report to the city council. (Act 98-416, p. 843, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25A-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25A - Dekalb County Municipalities.|Article 14 - Rainsville.|Section 45-25A-140 - Disposition of Sales and Use Tax Proceeds.

Section 45-25A-140Disposition of sales and use tax proceeds. One-half of one cent of the existing city sales and use tax in the City of Rainsville in DeKalb County shall be distributed as follows: (1) The first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) received each month for a period of 40 years from June 1, 2005, shall be allocated for the operation and maintenance of the Agricenter, or its successor. (2) The remaining funds shall be allocated to the city general fund. (Act 2003-319, p. 781, §1; Act 2005-60, p. 89, §1.)
AL Code § 45-26-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-26-20 - Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday.

Section 45-26-20Regulation of alcoholic beverage sales on Sunday. (a) In Elmore County, the county commission outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and each municipality within its corporate limits, by ordinance, may regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, and any aspect thereof, for on-premises and off-premises consumption by properly licensed retail licensees serving the general public.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the county commission outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and each municipality within its corporate limits may not permit the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays for on-premises consumption until after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays. (Act 2017-271, §1.)