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AL Code § 45-22-225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 6|Section 45-22-225 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective June 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-22-225THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Cullman County Tourism Bureau shall be comprised as follows: (1) Two members appointed by the Cullman City Council, of which one shall be an elected city councilman and one shall be a representative of tourism relating to the restaurant industry; (2) two members appointed by the full board of the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce, of which one shall be either the chair of the chamber or the president of the chamber and one shall be a representative of tourism relating to the Smith Lake Community; (3) two members appointed by the Cullman County Commission, of which one shall be an elected county commissioner and one shall be a representative of tourism relating to the agri-tourism industry; (4) one member appointed by the hotel association; (5) one member appointed by the Wallace State Community College President; (6) one member who shall be the Cullman County Parks and Recreation Director; (7) one member appointed by the Cullman City Parks and Recreation Board Director or President; and (8) one member who shall be a representative of the tourism industry selected by a majority vote of the state delegation; provided however, that in the event the delegation vote is tied, the Senator representing Cullman shall make the deciding vote. (b) Members of the bureau shall serve staggered, four-year terms as follows: (1) appointees of the hotel association, Wallace State Community College; the Cullman County Parks and Recreation Board, and the Cullman City Parks and Recreation Board shall serve six year terms; (2) one appointee each for the Cullman City Council, the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Cullman County Commission shall serve four year terms; and (3) all other appointees shall serve two-year terms. (c) The Cullman County Treasurer shall open a separate bank account for the Cullman County Tourism Bureau by June 1, 2021. (Act 2021-543, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-22-230 - Deputy Sheriffs.

Section 45-22-230Deputy sheriffs. (a) Effective August 3, 1995, the Sheriff of Cullman County shall receive an additional compensation of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. The compensation shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits received. (b) The salary increase provided in this section shall be inoperative if the sheriff receives an additional salary increase pursuant to general law effective upon the beginning of the next term of office which is equal to or greater than the amount provided by this section. (Act 95-670, p. 1467, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-22-231.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-22-231.01 - Fundraising.

Section 45-22-231.01Fundraising. (a) In Cullman County, the sheriff may conduct fund raising events, including, but not limited to, rodeos, and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff. (b) The provisions of this section are remedial and curative and any actions taken by the sheriff in conformance with subsection (a) are ratified and confirmed. (Act 2015-355, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Jails.|Section 45-22-232 - Operation of Jail Store and Telephone System; Law Enforcement Fund.

Section 45-22-232Operation of jail store and telephone system; Law Enforcement Fund. (a) The Sheriff of Cullman County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store and a telephone system for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and telephone system shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Law Enforcement Fund in a bank located in Cullman County. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the Law Enforcement Fund. (2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales, telephone usage fees, and transactions of the Law Enforcement Fund for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account, telephone system account, and Law Enforcement Fund shall be audited at the same time other accounts of the sheriff are audited. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion. (c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail store and telephone system shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in Cullman County, including office expenses, that are in the interest of the public. (d) The establishment of the Law Enforcement Fund and the use of the proceeds shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office. (e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store and telephone system in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store and telephone system in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, shall be deposited into the Law Enforcement Fund created by this section. (Act 98-648, p. 1425, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-22-232.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Jails.|Section 45-22-232.01 - Work Release.

Section 45-22-232.01Work release. In Cullman County, any county or state inmate, in order to be eligible to participate in work release, shall enter into a contract or agreement authorizing the payment from the inmate's account with the county for the payment of up to one-third of the inmates' net wages for court-ordered payments, including, but not limited to, restitution, court costs, and child support. (Act 2005-152, p. 270, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-22-233 - Collection and Disposition of Fee.

Section 45-22-233Collection and disposition of fee. (a) The fee for the issuance of a permit in Cullman County to carry a pistol concealed on or about the person or in a vehicle as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be fifteen dollars ($15), which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected as provided above, in Cullman County within the purview of this section, shall be deposited by the sheriff in any bank located within the county into a fund known as the Sheriff's Fund. The fund shall be drawn upon by the sheriff of the county or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes and in the discharge of the sheriff's office as he or she sees fit. The establishment of the Sheriff's 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 source of income established for the sheriff or for the operation of his or her office. (Acts 1971, No. 1247, p. 2147, §§1, 2; Act 79-633, p. 1115, §1; Act 80-416, p. 580, §1; Act 91-517, p. 917, §1; Act 91-651, p. 1229, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Retirement.|Section 45-22-234 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement.

Section 45-22-234Receipt of badge, pistol, etc., upon retirement. (a) Any individual employed by the Cullman County Sheriff's Office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the department. (b) This section shall have retroactive effect to January 1, 1999, upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming a law. (Act 2004-696, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 78, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 45-22-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Services Provided in Municipalities.|Section 45-22-235 - Contracting of Police Services by Municipality.

Section 45-22-235Contracting of police services by municipality. (a) This section shall apply only to Cullman County. (b) On and after August 1, 2013, any municipality within Cullman County may contract for police services with the sheriff of the county. The contract may include the enforcement by the sheriff and his or her duly commissioned deputies of all laws within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the municipality including municipal ordinances and the arrest or citation of any offenders as if the sheriff and his or her deputies were duly constituted police officers of the municipality. (c) A municipality entering into a contract with the sheriff for police services shall pay to the county treasury a sum sufficient to provide the necessary manpower and equipment as mutually agreed upon by the municipal governing body, the sheriff of the county, and the county commission. (d) The county governing body may receive from the municipality within the county money for police services and may expend funds for police services in the contracting municipality, including the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (e) Each contract between the county governing body and the contracting municipality shall be with the consent and approval of the sheriff and the county commission. (f) The sheriff and his or her duly commissioned deputies shall retain the legal and constitutional immunity afforded to each of them by law. (Act 2013-301, p. 1014, §§1-6.)
AL Code § 45-22-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Tax. Gasoline and Motor Fuel.|Section 45-22-241 - Administration and Collection of Taxes.

Section 45-22-241Administration and collection of taxes. In Cullman County, all taxes levied on gasoline or motor fuels, including taxes levied pursuant to Act No. 56, H. 325, 1943 Regular Session, and Act No. 410, H. 160, 1978 Regular Session, shall be administered and collected by the State Revenue Department in accordance with Chapter 17 of Title 40. (Act 92-249, p. 605, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-22-242Levy of tax. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-543 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) There is levied in Cullman County, in addition to all other taxes now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax paralleling the state tax on businesses renting rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients provided for in Sections 40-26-1 to 40-26-21, inclusive, hereinafter referred to as state lodging tax, in the manner and at the rate hereinafter prescribed. (b) Upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in Cullman County in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount to be determined by the application of the rate of five percent of the charge for the room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in the room. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the retirement of existing debt for the Exit 305 Interchange, County Road 222 and outstanding debt on the building occupied by the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce, located at 301 2nd Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055, the application of the rate to be charged for the room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in the room shall be four percent. There is exempted from the tax levied under this part any rentals or services taxed under the state sales tax provided for in Chapter 23 of Title 40. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §1; Act 83-778, p. 1426, §1; Act 92-279, p. 655, §1; Act 2021-543, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.01 - Collection of Tax.

Section 45-22-242.01Collection of tax. The tax levied under this part shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue, hereinafter referred to as the department, at the same time and along with the collection of the state lodging tax.  (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §2.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.02 - Filing of Monthly Report and Payment.

Section 45-22-242.02Filing of monthly report and payment. The tax levied under this part, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the twentieth day of each month after August 1, 1973, every person, firm, or corporation on whom the taxes levied by this part are imposed, shall render to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of the business for the next preceding month, together with such other information as the department may demand and require, and at the time of making such monthly report the taxpayer shall compute the taxes due and shall pay to the department the amount of taxes shown to be due. The department, for good cause, may extend the time for making any return required under this part, but the time for filing any such return shall not be extended for a period greater than 30 days from the date such return is due to be made.  (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §3.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.03 - Cash and Credit Business.

Section 45-22-242.03Cash and credit business. Any person, firm, or corporation taxable under this part having a cash and credit business may report such cash business, and the taxpayer shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the month preceding and shall pay the taxes due thereon at the time of filing such report, but in no event shall the gross proceeds of such credit business be included in the measure of the tax to be paid until collections of such credit business shall have been made. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §4.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.04 - Annual Report.

Section 45-22-242.04Annual report. On or before 30 days after the end of the tax year, each person, firm, or corporation liable for the payment of a privilege tax as levied by this part shall make a return showing the gross proceeds of business done and compute the amount of tax chargeable against him or her or it in accordance with this part and deduct the amount of monthly payments as hereinbefore provided, if any have been made, and transmit with this report a remittance in the form required by this part covering the residue of the tax chargeable against him or her to the office of the department, and such report shall be verified by oath. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §5.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.05 - Preservation and Examination of Records.

Section 45-22-242.05Preservation and examination of records. It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation engaging, or continuing in Cullman County in any business taxed hereunder to keep and preserve suitable records of the gross proceeds of such business and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he or she or it is liable under this part. Such records shall be kept and preserved for a period of two years and shall be open for examination at any time by the department, or its duly authorized agent. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §6.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.06 - Perjury.

Section 45-22-242.06Perjury. The monthly reports herein required to be made are not required to be made on oath, but wherever in this part any report is required to be sworn to, the same shall be sworn to by the taxpayer or his or her agent before some officer authorized to administer oaths; and any false statement of a material fact made with intent to defraud shall constitute perjury, and upon conviction thereof the person so convicted shall be punishable as provided by law. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §7.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.07 - Inspection of Reports or Returns.

Section 45-22-242.07Inspection of reports or returns. All reports or returns filed with the department under this part shall be available for inspection by the governing body of Cullman County, or its designated agent, at reasonable times during business hours. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §8.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.08 - Failure to Add Tax to Service Price.

Section 45-22-242.08Failure to add tax to service price. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in or continuing within Cullman County in any business for which a license or privilege tax is required by this part to fail or refuse to add to the price of the service rendered the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the tax levied by this part. Nor shall any person refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected as tax under this part or to absorb such tax or to advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of such tax or any portion of the same. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §9.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.09 - Enforcement.

Section 45-22-242.09Enforcement. The tax levied by this part, together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, shall constitute a debt due Cullman County and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this part. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom taxes are due or who is required to collect the taxes. All provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for privilege or license taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the county taxes levied, and the department for the use and benefit of Cullman County shall collect such taxes and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that this state or the department has for collection of the state lodging tax. The department shall have full authority to employ such special counsel as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the taxes authorized to be levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigations involving the part; and the department shall pay such special counsel such fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the taxes collected by it for Cullman County. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §10.)
AL Code § 45-22-242.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-22-242.10 - Application of State Statutes.

Section 45-22-242.10Application of state statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports, and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax; make reports, or otherwise comply with the state lodging tax statutes, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state lodging tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state lodging tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this part when applied to the tax levied by this part, shall apply to the county tax levied. The commissioner of revenue and the department shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the county taxes levied as are imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the state lodging tax statutes. All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes that are made applicable to this part to the county taxes levied and to the administration of this part are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein. (Acts 1973, No. 161, p. 202, §11.)
AL Code § 45-22A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22A - Cullman County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Cullman.|Part 1 - Annexation.|Section 45-22A-20 - Ratification and Confirmation of Prior Annexations.

Section 45-22A-20Ratification and confirmation of prior annexations. Every annexation heretofore undertaken under any statutory procedure for annexation, by the City of Cullman, Alabama, and which the annexation procedure has been completed, and notwithstanding any irregularity or defect in the procedure, shall be, and is hereby, ratified and confirmed and given effect in all respects as if all provisions of law relating to such annexation proceeding had been duly and legally complied with, but provided that this section shall not apply to any annexation or attempted annexation which, prior to May 29, 1984, has been held invalid by the Supreme Court of Alabama, or by the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, or by any final decree of the circuit court or other court of like jurisdiction in Cullman County and from which decree an appeal was not taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama or the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama within the time provided by law for taking such appeals, or to any annexation, the validity of which is an issue in any pending suit commenced prior to May 29, 1984.  (Act 84-459, p. 1070, §1; Act 84-644, p. 1296, §1.)