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AL Code § 45-23-130.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County|Section 45-23-130.09 - Requisition for Materials, Supplies, etc.; Authority and Accountability of County Purchasing Agent.

Section 45-23-130.09Requisition for materials, supplies, etc.; authority and accountability of county purchasing agent. The county engineer shall make written requisition to a county purchasing agent for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of Dale County. The requisitions shall be filed and presented by the chair to the commission at its next meeting, for the approval of the commission. The county purchasing agent may make purchases without first obtaining the approval of the county commission if in the judgement of the engineer, the delay caused by this procedure may cause an unnecessary and harmful interruption in the operation of the county road system. The purchases shall be made in accordance with prevailing law. The county purchasing agent shall be solely responsible and accountable for purchasing the materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies under the approved requisitions and shall report these monthly to the county commission. (Act 97-550, p. 968, §10; Act 97-559, p. 991, §10.)
AL Code § 45-23-130.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County|Section 45-23-130.10 - Inspection and Approval of Materials, Supplies, etc., Prior to Payment.

Section 45-23-130.10Inspection and approval of materials, supplies, etc., prior to payment. It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect and approve on delivery all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by the county for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries prior to payment. Any deviation from this policy shall be reported by the engineer to the county commission. (Act 97-550, p. 968, §11; Act 97-559, p. 991, §11.)
AL Code § 45-23-130.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County|Section 45-23-130.11 - Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency.

Section 45-23-130.11Employment of road supervisor in emergency. In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, and be subject to this article. An emergency employment of a competent road supervisor shall not exist longer than necessary to employ a qualified engineer who shall accept employment by the commission under the terms of this article. It is the intention of this article to provide that, when county roads, bridges, and ferries are to be maintained or constructed in the county, the supervision thereof shall be under a qualified engineer. (Act 97-550, p. 968, §12; Act 97-559, p. 991, §12.)
AL Code § 45-23-130.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County|Section 45-23-130.12 - Duties of Commissioners.

Section 45-23-130.12Duties of commissioners. Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district, from time to time, hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestion or complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The members of the county commission shall also assist in securing right-of-way and assist in public relations generally. The members of the commission may use a county vehicle for the performance of their duties or a monthly allowance for the use of their personal vehicle not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per month. (Act 97-550, p. 968, §13; Act 97-559, p. 991, §13.)
AL Code § 45-23-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-23-160 - Liability for Monetary Loss.

Section 45-23-160Liability for monetary loss. (a) The County Commission of Dale County shall reimburse the office of judge of probate or revenue commissioner from the general fund the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, arising or caused by error if the mistake or omission was caused without the personal knowledge of the officer, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. (b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate or the revenue commissioner to insure that the employees of the respective offices exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission. The respective officers shall make a good faith effort to collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. (c) This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the judge of probate or the revenue commissioner, or by any clerk, or any employee of the respective officials. (Act 97-525, p. 919, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-23-160.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23 - Dale County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-23-160.01 - Contingent Fund.

Section 45-23-160.01Contingent fund.  (a) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014, the Dale County Commission may appropriate annually, out of the monies in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount not exceeding twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) into a fund to be known as the "Contingent Fund," which may be expended for any county purposes not otherwise provided by law which in the judgment of the Dale County Commission are in the best interest of the county. Any sums remaining unexpended in the contingent fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the county treasury, but the amount of unexpended funds shall be appropriated for the next succeeding year along with any funds which may be appropriated for that succeeding year provided the amount appropriated or expended in any fiscal year shall not exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000). (b) The Dale County Commission may establish procedures for the expenditure of the contingent fund. (Act 2014-80, p. 127, §1.)
AL Code § 45-23A-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 23A - Dale County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Newton.|Section 45-23A-80 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages.

Section 45-23A-80Sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages. (a) This section only applies in the corporate limits of the Town of Newton. (b) Subject to subsection (d), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the town. The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the corporate limits of the town only if such beverages are sold in kegs. (c) All ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages. (d) The governing body of the town shall hold a referendum to determine if draft or keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption. If a majority of the voters voting thereon in the municipality vote in favor of the question, then the sale of draft or keg beer for on-premises consumption shall be authorized. (e) The referendum shall be held on the date of the next regular municipal election following May 16, 2008. Costs of the referendum shall be paid by the municipality. If a majority of the voters voting thereon do not vote in favor of the question, a subsequent referendum or referenda may be held. A second or subsequent referendum shall not be held within 12 months following a referendum which fails to be approved by the voters of the town.  (Act 2008-422, p. 822, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-24-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24 - Dallas County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-24-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-24-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Dallas County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Dallas County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-24-20.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24 - Dallas County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-24-20.03 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer - Unincorporated Areas and Municipalities.

Section 45-24-20.03Sale of draft or keg beer - Unincorporated areas and municipalities.  (a) This section shall apply only in the unincorporated areas of Dallas County and each municipality in Dallas County. (b) Draft beer and keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the unincorporated areas of the county. (c) Each municipality in Dallas County, by ordinance, may authorize the sale of draft beer and keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for on-premises consumption in the respective municipality. If authorized by a municipal ordinance, each retail licensee of the municipality may sell or dispense draft beer and keg beer pursuant to the requirements of its license and applicable law and regulations of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. (Act 2015-335, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-24-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24 - Dallas County.|Article 19 - Legislature.|Section 45-24-190 - Legislative Delegation.

Section 45-24-190Legislative delegation. (a) The governing body of Dallas County, jointly with the governing bodies of any incorporated municipalities within the county, shall provide office accommodations for the members of the legislative delegation from the county and also provide assistants to the legislative delegation. The county shall provide the office space with the county and the incorporated municipalities participating in the office expenses as provided in subsection (b). The assistants for the legislative delegation office shall be appointed by the members of the legislative delegation. The assistants need not be members of any county, city, or state merit system or retirement system. The amount of compensation for each of the assistants shall be fixed by the members of the legislative delegation and shall be paid by the county from the Legislative Delegation Expense Fund created in subsection (b). (b) There is established in the Dallas County Treasury the County Legislative Delegation Expense Fund. The Department of Revenue shall deposit the funds derived from the two percent sales tax on alcoholic beverages under Article 10 commencing with Section 28-3-280, of Chapter 3 of Title 28, in Dallas County to the credit of the County Legislative Delegation Expense Fund. The funds credited to the fund shall be used for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining the county legislative delegation office. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the county only upon direction of a majority of the members of the county legislative delegation. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the county fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to any other state or local fund. (Act 92-496, p. 971, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-24-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24 - Dallas County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-24-200 - Special Transaction Fee.

Section 45-24-200Special transaction fee. (a) The Dallas County Commission may impose a special transaction fee not exceeding five dollars ($5) to be paid to the Dallas County License Commissioner when public business is transacted in the office of the license commissioner. The fee may only be imposed by the county commission after two public hearings have been held on the proposed transaction fee held at least one week apart. The public hearings shall be advertised for three consecutive days prior to each hearing. After the public hearings, the fee may be imposed pursuant to this subsection, at a regular or special called meeting of the Dallas County Commission upon the adoption by the commission of a resolution by a majority vote of the total membership. The special additional transaction fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be collected by the license commissioner and deposited in the county general fund for appropriation for general county purposes.  (b) This section shall have retroactive effect to May 2, 1994. (Act 94-669, p. 1282, §1; Act 95-780, p. 1855, §§1,2.)
AL Code § 45-24-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24 - Dallas County.|Article 21 - Motor Vehicles and Transportation.|Section 45-24-210 - Issuance Fee for License Tags and Plates.

Section 45-24-210Issuance fee for license tags and plates. Pursuant to the authority granted in Amendment 138 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, in addition to all other issuance fees currently provided by law, the county officer charged with the duty and responsibility of issuing motor vehicle license tags and plates in Dallas County shall assess and collect an issuance fee of seventy-five cents ($0.75) on each tag or plate issued. The proceeds from the first twenty-five cents ($0.25) of the additional issuance fee shall be credited to the Dallas County Legislative Delegation Office established by Section 45-24-190. The proceeds from the remainder of the issuance fee shall be deposited in the county general fund.  (Act 93-661, p. 1144, §1.)
AL Code § 45-24A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 24A - Dallas County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Orrville.|Section 45-24A-20 - Distribution of Beer Tax Revenue.

Section 45-24A-20Distribution of beer tax revenue. In Dallas County, pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of Section 28-3-190, the entire tax collected on beer sales inside the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the Town of Orrville shall be paid as follows: 72.23 percent shall be paid to the town and 27.77 percent shall be paid to the Dallas County Commission. (Act 94-668, p. 1282, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-25-60 - Compensation.

Section 45-25-60Compensation. (a) The Coroner of DeKalb County shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month. The expense allowance provided in this section shall be in lieu of any other salary, allowance, expense allowance, or other compensation provided for by general or local law and shall commence on June 1, 1997. (b) The Coroner of DeKalb County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law. (Act 97-269, p. 485, §1; Act 2003-256, p. 623, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-25-110 - Expense Allowances for Election Workers.

Section 45-25-110Expense allowances for election workers. In DeKalb County, election officials who work at polling places are entitled to an additional per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day they work at the polls. If the amount paid to such officials as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease in like amount. In addition, the election officials shall be entitled to a mileage allowance at the same rate as the mileage allowance allowed by state employees. The expense allowances provided for in this section shall be paid from the general fund of the county. (Act 80-191, p. 268, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-25-160 - Assistance to Dekalb County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.

Section 45-25-160Assistance to DeKalb County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. The County Commission of DeKalb County is authorized and empowered to make appropriations and expenditures from its general fund to the DeKalb County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the purpose of providing the association with the financial assistance in providing education, training, rehabilitation, and similar assistance to retarded citizens of DeKalb County, Alabama. (Act 82-662, p. 78, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-160.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-25-160.01 - Use of Mechanical or Facsimile Devices for Signatures.

Section 45-25-160.01Use of mechanical or facsimile devices for signatures. In DeKalb County, any county officer or such other person who is designated to draw warrants or checks on the county treasury or depository, is also authorized to use mechanical or facsimile devices for signatures on such warrants or checks. (Act 91-457, p. 829, §1.)
AL Code § 45-25-160.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-25-160.02 - Liability for Monetary Loss.

Section 45-25-160.02Liability for monetary loss. (a) The DeKalb County Commission shall reimburse the office of tax collector and the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, arising or caused by the acceptance of worthless or forged checks, if the acceptance was caused without their personal knowledge. (b) It shall be the duty of the tax collector and judge of probate to insure that employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the official or any clerk or employee of the office. (Act 2003-306, p. 726, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-25-160.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 25 - Dekalb County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-25-160.03 - Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

Section 45-25-160.03Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes. The distribution of the share of in-lieu-of-taxes payments of T.V.A. for DeKalb County shall be as follows: (1) DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall be appropriated the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. Beginning October 1, 2013, the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall receive the following appropriations: a. Fiscal year 2013-2014, the first seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). b. Fiscal year 2014-2015, the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). c. Fiscal year 2015-2016, the first one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000). d. In the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2016, and beyond, the amount appropriated to the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall remain at one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), unless otherwise specified by local act of the Legislature. (2) Of the amount remaining after the distributions described in subdivision (1), 37 percent shall be distributed to the county and city boards of education on a per pupil basis as determined by the student enrollment of the respective school systems at the end of the first 40-day enrollment period. (3) Of the 63 percent remaining after the distributions described in subdivisions (1) and (2), seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be appropriated to the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority. (4) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) are made, sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars sixty seven cents ($16,666.67) shall be distributed in equal monthly installments to the Animal Adoption Center Fund held by the DeKalb County Commission. (5) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) are made, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) shall be distributed to the county general fund for the purpose of operating an emergency communications program whereby the county may make mass emergency responses to the residents of the county. (6) After the distributions described in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) are made, 50 percent of the remaining amount shall be distributed to the county general fund and 50 percent of the remaining amount shall be distributed between the municipalities on the basis of population according to the most recent federal decennial census. (7) For municipalities that employ an animal control officer, a pro rata share of the amounts transferred to the county's Animal Control Center Fund pursuant to subdivision (4), on the basis of population according to the most recent federal census, shall be added to the municipalities' monthly distribution under subdivision (6), so long as the municipality employs an animal control officer. (Act 82-502, p. 832, §1; Act 2006-404, p. 1012, §1; Act 2009-494, p. 913, §1; Act 2013-405, p. 1549, §1.)