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AL Code § 45-49-85.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-85.04 - Additional Recording Fee; Methods of Archiving Court Records.

Section 45-49-85.04Additional recording fee; methods of archiving court records. (a) In Mobile County, a special recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be collected by the judge of probate on each real or personal property, uniform commercial code, judicial, or other instrument recorded or filed for record in the probate court of the county. The special recording fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the recording or filing for record of any real or personal property, uniform commercial code, judicial, or other instrument. All special recording fees collected shall be deposited by the judge of probate in any depository in the county as designated by the county governing body. (b) The fees collected under this section shall be expended at the discretion of the judge of probate for the preservation and restoration of court records and to develop, purchase, install, upgrade, and maintain a computerized system for recording, indexing, imaging, and storing of real and personal property records, uniform commercial code filings, judicial proceedings, financial accounts, and any other records required to be maintained by the court. (c) The judge of probate may retain all or parts of court records for archival purposes utilizing optical disks, or other acceptable computerized methods for records storage, or any combination thereof. The use of microfilm to retain and archive court records in the county may be discontinued and replaced with digitized or scanned images of records committed to optic disks, or the like. Records archived and retained on optic disks, or the like, shall constitute official records of the court and may be compiled and certified and sold to the public in accordance with applicable statutes. All funds collected for copies and certifications shall be paid to the county general fund. (d) The judge of probate from time to time shall establish a policy on the sale of or access to computerized index information and digitized images maintained in the probate court. All funds received from the sale of the information and images shall be paid to the county general fund. (e) This section is cumulative. Nothing contained in this section shall alter or change an existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Judge of Probate of Mobile County.  (Act 98-646, p. 1423, §§ 1-5.)
AL Code § 45-49-85.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-85.05 - Electronic Signatures; Transmittal or Exchange of Documents in Electronic Format.

Section 45-49-85.05Electronic signatures; transmittal or exchange of documents in electronic format. (a) In Mobile County, the judge of probate and chief clerk of the probate court may utilize a computer generated, digitized electronic signature of the judge of probate or the chief clerk of the probate court as the required signature of the judge of probate or the chief clerk for purposes of issuing summons, subpoenas, orders, or other legal process from the probate court to the Sheriff of Mobile County or the sheriff of any other county in this state, for service on parties named. (b) The Judge of Probate and Sheriff of Mobile County and the sheriff of any other county in this state, may enter into arrangements to use data processing means and technology to transmit legal process to and from the Probate Court of Mobile County and their respective offices, including returns on service status. All documents transmitted or exchanged in electronic format shall be afforded the same validity as the original documents.  (Act 2005-99, p. 150, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-85.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Divisions.|Section 45-49-85.20 - Administrative Divisions.

Section 45-49-85.20Administrative divisions. (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County, may in his or her discretion, create and establish administrative divisions in his or her office as he or she may determine necessary or convenient in the efficient and expeditious performance of the functions and duties in his or her office. He or she may assign functions and duties to the divisions, and may delegate to the chiefs thereof such powers as he or she may deem proper. The judge may reassign functions and duties as between existing divisions. The chiefs of the divisions shall be appointed by the judge of probate, and shall serve at his or her pleasure, but shall not be related to him or her by blood or marriage. The salary of the chief of any division shall not be less than 80 percent of the minimum salary for the administrative assistant position existing in the office of the judge of probate nor more than 80 percent of the maximum salary of the administrative assistant position existing in the office of the judge of probate, the amount to be fixed by the judge of probate, to be paid in equal installments, as the salaries of other county employees are paid. The chiefs of divisions provided for in this section shall be in addition to any other clerks or assistants heretofore provided by law or approved and designated as such by the Mobile County Personnel Board. (b) The chief of any division before he or she enters upon his or her duties, must take the oath directed to be taken by the officers of this state and give bond with surety, payable to the judge of probate, in such sum as he or she may prescribe. Upon this bond, the chief of the division shall be liable to the judge in consequence of any act of misfeasance or malfeasance of such chief in the duties of his or her office. The bond must be approved by the judge of probate and be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and paid for out of the county funds.  (Acts 1955, No. 87, p. 335, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1964, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 238, p. 322, § 1; Acts 1969, No. 1066, p. 1988, § 1; Acts 1977, No. 466, p. 605, § 1; Act 79-345, p. 558, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-85.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Employees.|Section 45-49-85.40 - Administration Expenses.

Section 45-49-85.40Administration expenses. The Mobile County Commission may appropriate funds from the county general fund in the annual budget of the judge of probate for expenditures by the judge of probate for reasonable and necessary miscellaneous expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of the office of the judge of probate including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Training and educational expenses for the judge of probate and employees in the office of the judge of probate. (b) Membership in professional legal associations and attendance and participation at meetings and other events sponsored by professional legal associations, including lodging, travel, and meal expenses, as determined appropriate and reasonable by the judge of probate, in his or her sole discretion. (c) Other expenses incurred by the judge of probate and employees in the office of the judge of probate in the discharge of the duties of the office, as found proper by the judge of probate in his or her sole discretion.  (Act 2004-491, p. 924, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-85.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Employees.|Section 45-49-85.41 - General Administrator.

Section 45-49-85.41General administrator. Upon the effective date of the repeal of Act 3, 1890 Regular Session, and Act 91-373, 1991 Regular Session, the Mobile County Commission may appropriate funds, not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) annually, from the county general fund in the annual budget of the judge of probate for the following expenses: (1) Payment of publication costs relating to estates that have no cash assets available to pay the same. (2) Other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the General Administrator for Mobile County, appointed as provided by law, in the discharge of the duties of the general administrator as determined by the judge of probate.  (Act 2004-492, p. 925, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of School Commissioners.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-49-100 - Additional Compensation.

Section 45-49-100Additional compensation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the next term of office and thereafter, the compensation of the members of the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners shall be increased by the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month. The increase in compensation shall be paid in the same manner and from the same sources as the salaries are now paid.  (Act 97-542, p. 949, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-100.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of School Commissioners.|Division 2 - Finances.|Section 45-49-100.20 - Annual Appropriation.

Section 45-49-100.20Annual appropriation. (a) The Mobile County Commission shall appropriate annually for a period of 10 years the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) from the county general fund to the Mobile County School Board. The board shall use the funds for retirement of debt. (b) Subject to the requirements of Amendment 474 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the first appropriation shall be made within 30 days after May 7, 1992. Subsequent appropriations shall be made annually on or before the anniversary date of the first appropriation.  (Act 92-397, p. 821, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-100.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of School Commissioners.|Division 2 - Finances.|Section 45-49-100.21 - Monthly Financial Report.

Section 45-49-100.21Monthly financial report. (a) Beginning January 15, 1992, and on the fifteenth of each month thereafter, the Board of School Commissioners for Mobile County shall publish a summary financial report for the immediately preceding month. The financial report shall be in a form which can be easily read and understood by the general public. (b) The financial report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: Total receipts and expenses by major account codes of the school system; itemized list by source of all receipts; total salaries of all full-time classroom teachers; total number of all full-time classroom teachers; total salaries of all employees working at the school system’s central office; total number of employees working at the school system’s central office; total salaries of all supervisory personnel working at the school system’s central office; total number of all supervisory personnel working at the school system’s central office; and any other information, the inclusion of which the board of school commissioners determines would be beneficial to the general public. All dollar amounts shall be listed for the current month, the corresponding month of the previous year, the fiscal year to date, and the corresponding fiscal year to date of the previous year. All numbers of employees shall be for the current month and the corresponding month of the previous year. (c) Publication shall be done in the following manner: On the fifteenth day of each month, a copy of the financial report shall be mailed to the office of the Mobile County Commission and to the city hall of each municipality in the county for posting in a public place. Copies of the financial report shall be available for pick up by the general public at the offices of the Board of School Commissioners for Mobile County during all hours that the offices are open for business. (d) On October 1, 1992, and on October 1 of each year thereafter, the board of school commissioners shall submit a school-by-school budget which is to be made available to each school for public review. A copy of each budget shall be available for public review at the central office.  (Act 91-703, p. 1372, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 45-49-100.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of School Commissioners.|Division 3 - Membership.|Section 45-49-100.41 - Vacancies; Recordkeeping.

Section 45-49-100.41Vacancies; recordkeeping. The board of school commissioners shall have power to fill any and all vacancies that may occur therein or in the office of superintendent, and the persons that may be elected by the board to fill vacancies shall hold their offices until the term for which their predecessors were elected shall expire. In the event the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, within 30 days from and after the happening of the vacancy, the State Superintendent of Education shall fill such vacancy by appointment. The Superintendent of Education of Mobile County shall notify the State Superintendent of Education when a vacancy in the office of member of the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, has not been filled within 30 days. The board shall cause full minutes of their proceedings to be kept in well bound books, subject at all times to the inspection of the citizens of Mobile County. They shall cause to be published semiannually, in a newspaper published in the City of Mobile, a full statement of the revenue and disbursements of the preceding six months, the number of schools kept, of teachers employed, and of pupils instructed. They shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, annually, to the State Superintendent of Education, to be by him or her laid before the Legislature, a full statement of their receipts and disbursements during the year, and such further information and statistics of their transaction as the superintendent may require.  (Acts 1876, No. 242, p. 363, § 6; Acts 1935, No. 272, p. 162, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-49-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-102 - Minimum Age Requirements.

Section 45-49-102Minimum age requirements. A child who is five years of age on or before October 1 shall be entitled to admission to the Mobile County public kindergartens at the opening of such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter; a child who is under five years of age on October 1 shall not be entitled to admission to such schools during that school year; except that, an underage child who transfers from the public kindergarten of a school in another state may be admitted to school on the prior approval of the Mobile County Board of Education. The aforementioned underage children transferring from the public kindergartens of another state, upon successful completion of the kindergarten in Mobile County public schools, shall then be allowed admission to the first grade of the Mobile County public schools.  (Act 82-310, p. 418, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-102.01 - Teacher Units Allocated for Instruction of Gifted Children.

Section 45-49-102.01Teacher units allocated for instruction of gifted children. In Mobile County, 20 percent of all teacher units in each school system in the county now allocated for the instruction of exceptional children shall be used for the purpose of instruction of intellectually gifted children.  (Act 83-675, p. 1065, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-102.02 - Martin Luther King's Birthday Designated a Legal Holiday for School System Purposes.

Section 45-49-102.02Martin Luther King's birthday designated a legal holiday for school system purposes. The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners is hereby directed to designate Martin Luther King's birthday as a legal holiday. Schools shall be closed on that date and other business operations of the board shall function in the same manner as on other legal holidays observed by the board. Martin Luther King's birthday shall be observed on the same date as the state observes the holiday.  (Act 86-386, p. 572, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-102.03 - Mobile County High School Renamed Grand Bay High School.

Section 45-49-102.03Mobile County High School renamed Grand Bay High School. In Mobile County, Mobile County High School shall henceforth be officially named and called Grand Bay High School. This section in no manner shall alter the powers, duties, property, personnel, function, or liability of the school. Provided, however, that those office supplies which bear the present letterhead of the school shall continue to be used, without regard to the change herein prescribed, until the supplies need reordering at which time replacements therefor shall reflect the school’s new official name.  (Act 91-284, p. 537, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-102.04 - Student Dress Code Policy.

Section 45-49-102.04Student dress code policy. (a) The Legislature finds and declares each of the following: (1) The children of Mobile County have the right to an effective public school education. Both students and staff of the primary, elementary, junior, and senior high school campuses have the constitutional right to be safe and secure in their persons at school. However, children in many of our public schools are forced to focus on the threat of violence and the messages of violence contained in many aspects of our society, particularly reflected in gang regalia that disrupts the learning environment. (2) Gang-related apparel is hazardous to the health and safety of the school environment. (3) Instructing teachers and administrators on the subtleties of identifying constantly changing gang regalia and gang affiliation takes an increasing amount of time away from educating our children. (4) Weapons, including firearms and knives, have become common place upon even our elementary school campuses. Students often conceal weapons by wearing clothing, such as jumpsuits and overcoats, and by carrying large bags. (5) The adoption of a schoolwide uniform policy is a reasonable way to provide some protection for students. A required uniform may protect students from being associated with any particular gang. Moreover, by requiring schoolwide uniforms teachers and administrators may not need to occupy as much of their time learning the subtleties of gang regalia. (6) To control the environment in public schools to facilitate and maintain an effective learning environment and to keep the focus of the classroom on learning and not personal safety, schools need the authorization to implement uniform clothing requirements for our public school children. (7) Many educators believe that school dress significantly influences pupil behavior. This influence is evident on school dress up days and color days. Schools that have adopted school uniforms experience a coming together feeling, greater school pride, and better behavior in and out of the classroom. (b) The board of school commissioners is authorized to adopt a reasonable dress code policy that requires pupils to wear a schoolwide uniform. (c) A dress code policy that requires pupils to wear a schoolwide uniform shall be implemented by November 3, 1997. (d) A policy adopted pursuant to this section shall not preclude pupils that participate in a nationally recognized youth organization from wearing organization uniforms on days that the organization has a scheduled meeting. (e) The board of school commissioners shall not be responsible for the purchase of school uniforms for indigent students, however the board may authorize programs to promote donations of funds or uniforms, or both, to assist indigent students.  (Act 97-581, p. 1029, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.20 - School-Based Decision Making Pilot Programs.

Section 45-49-102.20School-based decision making pilot programs. (a) By January 1, 1999, the Mobile County School Board shall adopt a policy for implementing pilot programs for school-based decision making beginning with the 1999-2000 school year pursuant to this subpart and shall select schools to participate in the pilot program as follows: (1) One elementary school in each Senate district. (2) One middle school selected from the county. (3) One high school selected from the county. (b) In addition to the schools selected pursuant to subdivisions (1), (2), and of subsection (a), any other school located within the Mobile County School System may petition the Mobile County School Board to participate in the pilot program. The petition shall be on a standard form developed by the Mobile County School Board and shall include input from parent representatives, teachers, and the principal or administrator of the school. Upon receipt of a petition, the Mobile County School Board shall have 60 days to provide written notification to the petitioning school of the acceptance or rejection of a petition. (1) If a petition is rejected, the notice provided by the board shall specifically state the reasons for rejection and suggest any actions that may be taken by the school to remedy the situation. If the board discovers any reason to reject a petition before the end of the 60-day response period, the board shall inform the petitioning school of the reason, or reasons, and provide an opportunity for that school to remedy the situation before final notification. Any reason for rejection shall be reasonable based upon written criteria established and published by the board consistent with this subpart. There is no limit to the number of times a school may petition the board to participate in the pilot program. (2) If a petition is accepted, participation in the pilot program shall begin with the school year immediately following the date of acceptance.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 1; Act 2001-651, p. 1345, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-102.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Schools.|Division 2 - Site-Based Management.|Section 45-49-102.21 - School Council - Creation; Composition.

Section 45-49-102.21School council - Creation; composition. Each public school in a pilot program shall form a school council which shall be composed of three parent representatives, two teachers, and the principal or administrator. These six members shall select a seventh member who shall not be a relative of any other member of the school council. The seventh member need not be a parent, but shall be an individual interested in the participating school. The parent representatives on the school council shall not be relatives of any employee of the school. Any vacancy on the school council shall be filled by the remaining members for the remainder of the unexpired term.  (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 2.)