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AL Code § 45-32A-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 32A - Greene County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Eutaw.|Part 1 - Ad Valorem Tax.|Section 45-32A-40 - Ad Valorem Tax.

Section 45-32A-40Ad valorem tax. Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Eutaw City Council may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 12.5 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the city. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the city general fund to be used for the general operational expense of the city. (Act 2001-483, p. 821, §1.)
AL Code § 45-32A-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 32A - Greene County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Eutaw.|Part 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-32A-41 - Regulation of Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday.

Section 45-32A-41Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. The governing body of the City of Eutaw in Greene County, by ordinance, may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption on Sunday by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board which are within the corporate limits of the city. Pursuant to this authority, the governing body of the City of Eutaw may regulate which retail licensees may sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday, whether the sale may be for off-premises consumption, and any other aspect of the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages. (Act 2019-367, §2.)
AL Code § 45-33-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-33-70 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-33-70Expense allowance. Each member of the Hale County Commission shall receive an expense allowance in the amount necessary to bring the total annual compensation, including salary and expense allowances, to the amount of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600). This expense allowance shall be payable out of the General Fund of Hale County. Beginning with the next term of office, in lieu of current salary and expense allowances, the compensation of each member of the Hale County Commission shall be as provided by state law. (Act 2003-280, p. 675, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Section 45-33-82 - Special Indexing Fee.

Section 45-33-82Special indexing fee. Thirty days after May 21, 1996, in Hale County, a special indexing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that is filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the judge of probate of the county. No instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special indexing fee of five dollars ($5) is paid thereon. The special indexing fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges required by law to be paid upon the filing for record of any real property instrument or personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the judge of probate of the county. All special indexing fees collected shall be paid into the county general fund.  (Act 96-627, p. 999, §1; Act 96-644, p. 1025, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-82.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Probate Court.|Section 45-33-82.01 - Additional Transaction Fees.

Section 45-33-82.01Additional transaction fees. (a) The Hale County Commission, in addition to any fees currently authorized, may set and authorize the judge of probate to collect an additional transaction fee up to the following amounts with regard to each of the following transactions in the probate office: (1) License tags: Five dollars ($5). (2) Motor vehicle titles: Two dollars ($2). (3) Mobile home titles: Two dollars ($2). (4) Driver's licenses: One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) (5) Duplicate driver's licenses: One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) (6) Privilege licenses: Twenty-five dollar ($25) flat rate plus section codes. (7) Notary Fee: Four dollars ($4). (b) The additional fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be paid to the general fund of the county to be used as a first priority to fund a pay increase for county employees and thereafter to be used for the operation of the probate office or for other county purposes as determined by the county commission. (Act 2017-142, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-33-230 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-33-230Expense allowance; salary. (a) The Sheriff of Hale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Hale County shall be increased by three thousand dollars ($3,000), payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall become null and void. (Act 99-311, p. 421, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-33-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Jails.|Section 45-33-231 - Jail Store and Telephone System; Sheriff's Jail Fund.

Section 45-33-231Jail store and telephone system; Sheriff's Jail Fund. (a) The Sheriff of Hale County is authorized to operate a jail store and contract telephone installation for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Hale County, or his or her appointed agent, in any bank located in Hale County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Jail Fund. (c) The Sheriff’s Jail Fund shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Hale County, or his or her appointed agent, and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) Any and all monies collected as outlined in subsection (a) prior to May 22, 1997 shall be transferred into the Sheriff’s Jail Fund. (e) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Jail Fund and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (f) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is authorized to audit the monies annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.  (Act 97-533, p. 934, §§1-6.)
AL Code § 45-33-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-33-232 - Fee; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund.

Section 45-33-232Fee; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. (a) In Hale County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A–11–75, shall be twenty dollars ($20). (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Hale County in any bank located in Hale County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund. (c) The Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Hale County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other mbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (Acts 1971, No. 1378, p. 2323, §1; Act 91-297, p. 555, §1; Act 99-227, p. 293, §1; Act 2008-446, p. 850, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Service of Process Serving Fund.|Section 45-33-233 - Hale County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund.

Section 45-33-233Hale County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund.  (a) This section shall apply only to Hale County. (b) The Hale County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund is created and hereinafter referred to as the fund. (c) The Sheriff of Hale County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process. (d)(1) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil and criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Hale County, shall assess a service of process fee of ten dollars ($10) per document and the fees shall be paid into the fund. (2) The court official designated in Hale County by law for the respective courts shall collect the service of process fee designated in this subsection and remit the fees collected to the sheriff for deposit into the fund. (e) The sheriff may use the monies generated by this section for law enforcement purposes in the county, at the discretion of the sheriff, including contracting with or entering into a contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for service of process of documents from the civil or criminal division of the district or circuit court. The funds may not revert to the general fund of the county at the end of the fiscal year. (f) The establishment of the Hale County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund and the use of the proceeds may not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the jail. (Act 2015-310, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Background Checks.|Section 45-33-234 - Local Background Checks; Fee; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-33-234Local background checks; fee; disposition of funds.  (a) This section shall apply only in Hale County. (b) At the request of a resident of the county, the Sheriff of Hale County or his or her designee may provide a local background check to the resident based on a search of the local criminal records available to the office of the sheriff. The search shall not include national or state databases of criminal records. (c) The fee for a local background check shall be ten dollars ($10) and the fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Fund. The sheriff may use the funds collected pursuant to this section for law enforcement purposes in Hale County, as the sheriff sees fit. The funds may not revert to the county general fund at the end of the fiscal year. (d) The funds and the use of the funds collected pursuant to this section may not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the jail. (e) Any funds collected, deposited, or disbursed relating to the service authorized by this section prior to September 1, 2015, are ratified and confirmed. (Act 2015-311, §1-5.)
AL Code § 45-33-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage.

Section 45-33-235Records of abandoned and stolen property; storage. (a) The Sheriff of Hale County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff's office. 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. (b) All abandoned or stolen property recovered by the sheriff's office shall be stored in a suitable place to protect the property from deterioration. (Act 2018-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.01 - Sale of Perishable Property.

Section 45-33-235.01Sale of perishable property. If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of a sale shall be held in a separate account for a period of six months for the owner. During this period, the proceeds shall be paid to the owner upon demand, less any cost of recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale. If the proceeds are not claimed within six months, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of the property, the net funds shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Hale County. (Act 2018-277, §2.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.02 - Record of Abandoned or Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction.

Section 45-33-235.02Record of abandoned or stolen firearms; sale or destruction. (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a 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 and recovery of the firearm. Firearm as used in this part shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1. (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the firearm within six months of the date the sheriff obtained it. (c) The sheriff may sell the firearms only to gun dealers who have a current federal firearms license on the date of 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 firearm, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Hale County. (d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff's office funds for that purpose. (Act 2018-277, §3.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property.

Section 45-33-235.03Notice and sale of stolen or abandoned property. (a) At least every six months, the sheriff may sell at public auction or Internet auction provider, to the highest bidder for cash all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms and unauthorized sound or audiovisual recordings, which has been recovered by the sheriff and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner during the preceding six-month period. (b) Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Hale County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Hale County Courthouse for a period of noy less than 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 not less than 20 days prior to the auction. (Act 2018-277, §4.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.04 - Claim of Property.

Section 45-33-235.04Claim of property. The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Hale County Sheriff's Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff 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. (Act 2018-277, §5.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.05 - Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid.

Section 45-33-235.05Record of sale; rejection of bid. If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, 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. (Act 2018-277, §6.)
AL Code § 45-33-235.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property|Section 45-33-235.06 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds.

Section 45-33-235.06Disposition of sale proceeds. 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 Hale County into 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 at the discretion of the sheriff. (Act 2018-277, §7.)
AL Code § 45-33-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Tax; Ad Valorem.|Section 45-33-241 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-33-241Levy of tax. Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Hale County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 3 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund to be used exclusively for payment of the cost of the planning, construction, and equipping of a new county jail, or for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, warrants, or other obligations issued by or on behalf of the county to finance the costs of a new jail, as well as the expenses of issuance of any bonds, warrants, or other obligations. When the costs of planning, constructing, and equipping a new county jail shall be fully paid or when all bonds, warrants, or other obligations have been retired, whichever last occurs, the additional tax levied pursuant to this section shall no longer be collected. (Act 92-565, p. 1177, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-241.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Tax; Ad Valorem.|Section 45-33-241.01 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-33-241.01Disposition of funds. (a) All proceeds from the additional ad valorem tax provided for by Amendment 603 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be paid into the county general fund and distributed for the benefit of fire protection as provided therein and no fee shall be withheld for collection purposes. (b) This section is declaratory of existing law.  (Act 2001-555, p. 1121, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-33-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax. Severance.|Section 45-33-243 - Definitions.

Section 45-33-243Definitions. When used in this part, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Revenue. (2) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any combination thereof. (3) PRODUCER. Any person engaging in the business of severing pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel from the soil within Hale County. (4) PURCHASER. Any person acquiring title, outright or conditionally, to any interest in severed pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel. (5) SEVERING. Cutting, mining, stripping, or otherwise taking or removing from the soil within Hale County. (6) TON. A short ton of 2,000 pounds. (7) TRANSPORTER. Any person transporting pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel from the place where it is severed or from any other place to any other place, within or without Hale County. (Act 91-609, p. 1145, §1.)
AL Code § 45-33-243.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax. Severance.|Section 45-33-243.01 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-33-243.01Levy of tax. There is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise and privilege tax on every person severing pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel within Hale County. The tax shall be paid to the Department of Revenue at the rate of up to five cents ($0.05) per ton or six and one-half cents ($0.065) per cubic yard by every producer who severs pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel within Hale County. (Act 91-609, p. 1145, §2.)
AL Code § 45-33-243.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 33 - Hale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax. Severance.|Section 45-33-243.03 - Purchaser and Transporter Reports.

Section 45-33-243.03Purchaser and transporter reports. Purchaser and transporters of pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel severed in Hale County shall file a report with the Department of Revenue, on forms prescribed by the department, within 20 days after the end of each calendar month in which such purchaser or transporter purchased or transported pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel severed in Hale County. The report shall state the names and addresses of all producers in Hale County from whom such purchaser or transporter has received pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel during such calendar month; the total quantity of pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel so acquired; and, in the case of a transporter, to whom and where each ton of pit run sand, clay, sand-gravel, clay-gravel, sand-clay, and gravel was delivered; and such other information as the commissioner may reasonably require for the proper enforcement of this part. The report shall be signed by the purchaser or transporter in the case of an individual purchaser or transporter, or by a member, officer, or manager of the purchaser or transporter in all other cases. (Act 91-609, p. 1145, §4.)