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AL Code § 45-42-200.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.11 - Assessment and Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes.

Section 45-42-200.11Assessment and collection of motor vehicle taxes. After the first day of January 1983, motor vehicles shall not be included in any other assessment made by any person, firm, or corporation under this code, and any such motor vehicle shall not be considered as escape property by reason of failure to include the same in any tax return as of the first day of October 1983, or any subsequent year. All motor vehicles shall be assessed and the taxes thereon shall be collected solely as herein provided. (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.12 - Books, Records, and Blanks.

Section 45-42-200.12Books, records, and blanks. The Comptroller, the State Department of Revenue, the State Department of Finance, and State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are hereby required to furnish to the county license commissioner all books, records, and blanks now or hereafter required by law to be furnished to judges of probate, tax assessors, and tax collectors in connection with the performance of their duties in the issuance of automobile license plates and the assessment and collection of ad valorem tax thereon, and in connection with the performance of their duties relative to the issuance of privilege licenses and all other licenses.  (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.13 - Application of Driver's Licenses.

Section 45-42-200.13Application of driver's licenses. The county license commissioner shall take applications for driver's licenses or renewals thereof, temporary driver permits, and other motor vehicles operator's licenses and give receipts for the fees paid therefor. All such applications shall be handled in every respect as prescribed in this code. The same fees and charges may be collected and remitted in the manner therein and herein prescribed, except that issuance fees therein prescribed for the judges of probate or other issuing officials shall be collected for the use of the county and shall be paid into the general fund in the county treasury at the same time that other monies due the county under this part are paid.  (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.14 - Applications for Motor Vehicle License Tags.

Section 45-42-200.14Applications for motor vehicle license tags. The county license commissioner shall take applications for replacement of motor vehicle license tags which have been lost, destroyed, or mutilated, and forward such application to the State Department of Revenue in the same manner that judges of probate or license inspectors are directed to do under this code. For services in this connection, he or she shall charge and collect the same fees prescribed herein. Such fees, less the amount required by this code, sent with the application to the State Department of Revenue, shall be the property of the county and shall be paid into the general fund of the county at the same time that other monies due the county pursuant to this part are paid. (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.16 - Additional Fees for Mailing Expenses.

Section 45-42-200.16Additional fees for mailing expenses. All applications for motor vehicle tags by mail and the correct amount of taxes and fees shall be received by the county license commissioner, on or before the last regular work day before the 20th day of each month, and the commissioner shall mail such tag not later than the end of the same month. The commissioner shall charge and collect a fee, not to exceed three dollars ($3), for each month vehicle tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. Such additional fees shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehicle with his or her mailed request for license tags and such fees collected by the commissioner shall be paid into the general fund of the county. The actual expense of mailing application forms to the owners of motor vehicles and of mailing tags as hereinabove provided, shall be paid from the general fund of the county upon warrants signed by the commissioner and approved by the county commission. The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem tax and motor vehicle license tax and the issuance of license tags shall be an optional alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and to receive a tag in person without payment of a mailing fee.  (Act 84­804, p. 221, §17.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.17 - Transfer of Title.

Section 45-42-200.17Transfer of title. Every purchaser of a motor vehicle, within 10 calendar days after the purchase, shall transfer the vehicle with the office of the county license commissioner. Failure to do so shall result in a penalty, not to exceed ten dollars ($10), as set by the county commission. This penalty shall be remitted by the collecting authority to the county general fund. (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.18 - Delivery of Records.

Section 45-42-200.18Delivery of records. All records in the custody of the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and tax collector relating to the duties herein imposed upon the commissioner, upon the effective date of transfer of these duties, shall as determined by the county commission be delivered to the office of the county license commissioner.  (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 19.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.19 - Abolition of Office of License Inspector; Transfer of Duties.

Section 45-42-200.19Abolition of office of license inspector; transfer of duties. The office of license inspector for Limestone County is hereby abolished. Thereupon, the county license commissioner shall become the ex-officio license inspector of the county. He or she shall perform all the duties required by law of the license inspector. The commissioner and such other assistants as are duly authorized by him or her, shall have the same powers and authority as license inspectors have under the general law. For performing the duties of license inspector required by this part, the commissioner shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees, costs, penalties, and commissions as license inspectors have heretofore been authorized by law to charge and collect. All such monies collected by the commissioner shall be paid into the general fund of the county. (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 20.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.20 - Copying Fee.

Section 45-42-200.20Copying fee. The county license commissioner is hereby authorized to charge one dollar ($1) per page or fraction of a page, to be paid into the county general fund, for copying any document or instrument which is on record in his or her office and if such copy is to be certified, he or she shall charge an additional one dollar ($1) for certifying the same.  (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 21.)
AL Code § 45-42-200.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-200.21 - Leger; Report.

Section 45-42-200.21Leger; report. The county license commissioner shall keep a ledger showing the amount of money collected each day for each service performed and such book shall be open at all times to inspection by the county commission. On or before the twentieth day of each month, the commissioner shall furnish the county commission a full report of all monies collected and the disposition thereof. (Act 84­804, p. 221, § 22.)
AL Code § 45-42-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - Operation of Office of License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-201 - Issuance of Boat Licenses by Mail.

Section 45-42-201Issuance of boat licenses by mail. The License Commissioner of Limestone County is hereby authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing such license.  (Act 92­236, p. 586, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-201.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - Operation of Office of License Commissioner.|Section 45-42-201.01 - Budgetary Operations of Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner.

Section 45-42-201.01Budgetary operations of Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner. (a) The Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner of Limestone County, respectively, shall each be responsible for the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of each 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. Any funds retained pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the operation of each office, respectively, subject to approval of the budget for the office by the county commission in the same manner as the budget is currently approved. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regarding the offices of the Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner in Limestone County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are repealed. (Act 2006­343, p. 914, §§ 1, 2; Act 2018-507, §1.)
AL Code § 45-42-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-42-230 - Salary; Food Account.

Section 45-42-230Salary; food account. (a) Beginning with the next term of office, the Sheriff of Limestone County shall receive an annual salary that is 85 percent of the annual salary of the highest paid Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit Court Judge. (b) The sheriff shall not personally financially benefit from the food account used for the feeding of county and state prisoners. (Act 2010­281, p. 506, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-42-231 - Driver Education Seminar; Sheriff's Driver Education Fund.

Section 45-42-231Driver education seminar; Sheriff's Driver Education Fund. (a) In Limestone County, the fees for attendance at seminars conducted by the Limestone County Sheriff's Office, known as the Limestone County Sheriff's Office Driver Education Seminar, shall be not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150), which shall be set by the sheriff and collected by the sheriff or his or her appointed agent. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Limestone County or his or her appointed agent in any bank located in Limestone County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff's Driver Education Fund and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (c) The Sheriff's Driver Education Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Limestone County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the interest of the public and in the discharge of the duties of the office of sheriff as determined by the sheriff. (d) The establishment of the Sheriff's Driver Education Fund as provided in subsection (b) and the use of the funds shall not diminish or take the place of any other resource of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office of sheriff. (Act 2008­410, p. 808 §§ 1­4.)
AL Code § 45-42-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Jails.|Section 45-42-232 - Jail Store.

Section 45-42-232Jail store. (a) The Sheriff of Limestone County is hereby 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 Limestone County or his or her appointed agent in any bank located in Limestone County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff's Jail Fund. (c) The Sheriff's Jail Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Limestone 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 April 12, 1999, shall be transferred into the Sheriff's Jail Fund created by this section. (e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Jail Fund as provided in this section 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 hereby authorized to audit the monies annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion.  (Act 94­385, p. 638, §§ 1­6.)
AL Code § 45-42-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Personnel.|Section 45-42-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement.

Section 45-42-233Receipt of badge, pistol, etc., upon retirement. (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b) Any person employed as a commissioned deputy of the Sheriff's Office of Limestone County for a period of 10 years or more who upon retirement leaves the office in good standing shall receive from the office, without cost to him or her, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and his or her service pistol. (Act 2006­338, p. 851, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-42-233.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Personnel.|Section 45-42-233.01 - Authority of Certain Personnel.

Section 45-42-233.01Authority of certain personnel. All persons employed by the Limestone County Community Corrections Agency who have been certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission shall have the same authority and arrest power vested in deputy sheriffs and other peace officers of the State of Alabama. The personnel shall be responsible to the Director of the Limestone County Community Corrections Agency and shall perform all duties assigned to them. (Act 2008­36, p. 55, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-42-234 - Fees; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-42-234Fees; disposition of funds. (a) In Limestone 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 13A­11­75, shall be fifteen dollars ($15) which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Limestone County in any bank located in Limestone County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (c) The Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Limestone 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 as provided in this section and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other resource of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (Act 94­551, p. 1007, §§ 1­4.)
AL Code § 45-42-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-42-240 - Salary Supplements.

Section 45-42-240Salary supplements. The County Commission of Limestone County is hereby authorized to provide county salary supplements for the members of the Limestone County Board of Equalization in any amount so long as such supplement shall not make the total compensation of such members any more than forty dollars ($40) per day plus expenses. Such supplement shall be paid in the usual manner from funds available in the county treasury. (Act 79­557, p. 1006, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-42-242Levy of tax. There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Limestone County a county privilege, license, or tax in the following amounts: (1) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Two cents ($0.02) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, with the exception of the cigarette sized or near cigarette sized cigars which may be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes under subdivision (1). (3) Two cents ($0.02) 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 as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Three cents ($0.03) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3). (5) Three cents ($0.03) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other federal, state, or local taxes heretofore imposed by law. Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, such payment shall be sufficient, the intent being that such license tax hereby required to be paid shall be paid but once on each package of cigarettes and on each cigar.  (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.

Section 45-42-242.01Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Upon adoption of a resolution by the Limestone County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells, stores, or receives for the purpose in Limestone County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products. (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.02 - Violations.

Section 45-42-242.02Violations. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Limestone County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.03 - Tobacco Stamps.

Section 45-42-242.03Tobacco stamps. 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.  (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.04 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 45-42-242.04Promulgation of rules and regulations. The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 5.)