reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AL Code § 45-28-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-28-81.03 - Additional Booking Fee in Certain Cases.

Section 45-28-81.03Additional booking fee in certain cases.  (a) In Etowah County, a booking fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed against and collected from each person booked or incarcerated into the Etowah County Detention Center and subsequently convicted. The fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any fines, court costs, or other charges imposed. (b) The booking fee imposed by this section shall be assessed against a defendant upon conviction by a court of law where the defendant is convicted. The clerk of the court shall enter the amount of the fee as provided in this section on the docket sheet and shall collect the fee in the same manner and the same time as court costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the fee shall not be deemed a court cost based on collection by the clerk. (c) The revenues derived from the booking fee shall be distributed as follows: Twenty dollars ($20) of the fee to the Etowah County Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement Fund to be used by the Sheriff of Etowah County for salaries, training, operational expenses, or other law enforcement uses as determined by the sheriff to best meet the needs of his or her office; five dollars ($5) of the fee shall be distributed to the Etowah County Circuit Clerk's Fund to be used for the operation of the office; and five dollars ($5) of the fee shall be distributed to the Etowah County District Attorney Fund to be used for the operation of the office.  (d) In any case where the booking fee provided by this section is not paid, the district attorney of the county may assist in the collection of the fees in the same manner as court-ordered monies. In addition, the sheriff may contract for the collection of the fees and pay a portion of the fees as a cost for collection. (e) The sheriff may withhold funds equal to the amount of the booking fee from any funds held while a person is incarcerated in the Etowah County Detention Center and those funds may be applied toward any assessment of a booking fee pursuant to this section. Any funds withheld shall be repaid to the defendant if no conviction results after dismissal of all charges or acquittal. (f) Any revenues derived from this section shall be in addition to other funding sources for the Etowah County Detention Center and the Etowah County Sheriff's Department and shall not reduce or replace any funding from any other sources. (Act 2016-383, §§1-6.)
AL Code § 45-28-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Jury Commission.|Section 45-28-83 - Clerk Compensation.

Section 45-28-83Clerk compensation. The Clerk of the Jury Commission of Etowah County shall receive for the performance of his or her official duties, in lieu of all other compensation heretofore provided for salary and all other compensation for such clerk, the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month. Such sum shall be payable from the county treasury in the same manner as the salaries of other county officials. (Act 80-388, p. 545, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Section 45-28-84 - Filing Fee for Mental Health Program.

Section 45-28-84Filing fee for mental health program. (a) The Probate Judge of Etowah County shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for filing for record or for recording each and every instrument, paper, writing, document, or decree in his or her office, including each real estate instrument, real estate mortgage, warranty deed, power of attorney, quitclaim deed, judgment, timber deed, deed/executive deed, subordination agreement, agreement, land lease, partial release/release, affidavit, official bond, plat, oath of office, bill of sale, custodian bond, declaration of trust, financing statement, transfer, assignment, satisfaction, bond of indemnity, declaration of vacation, lis pendens notice, order approving trustees bond, and excerpts of minutes. This fee shall not apply to judicial matters filed in the probate court section of the Probate Court of Etowah County nor shall the additional fee apply to marriage licenses. (b) By the tenth of the month following collection, all funds so collected shall be paid by the probate judge into the treasury of Etowah County and kept in a fund to be designated the Mental Health Fund. Not later than five days after the tenth of the month, all funds paid into the Mental Health Fund shall in turn be transferred to the governing board of the mental health center which was the first board incorporated in Etowah County under Chapter 51 of Title 22 for use in the benefit and furtherance of the mental health program in Etowah County, Alabama. This section is cumulative. Nothing herein contained shall alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees to be collected by the Probate Judge of Etowah County. (Act 88-623, p. 974, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-28-84.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Section 45-28-84.01 - Fee for Copies.

Section 45-28-84.01Fee for copies. Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, the Probate Judge of Etowah County shall set the fee for supplying a copy of an instrument. The fee shall be in lieu of any other fee prescribed by law for the service. The money shall be charged and deposited by the probate judge into a special fund kept by the probate judge. Such special fund shall be expended by the probate judge, at his or her discretion, for the general operations of his or her office. (Act 88-796, p. 233, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-84.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Section 45-28-84.02 - Special Recording Fee.

Section 45-28-84.02Special recording fee. (a) In Etowah County, a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be 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 governing body of the county, and, on and after such date, no such instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special recording fee of three dollars ($3) is paid thereon. The special recording 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 of personal property instrument, and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office in the discretion of the governing body of the county. All special recording fees so collected shall be deposited by the probate judge to any bank in Etowah County and spent by the judge of probate at his or her discretion for the improvement of the office of the Probate Judge of Etowah County. (b) The fees collected under this section shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the probate judge and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (Act 89-1011, p. 54, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-84.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Section 45-28-84.03 - Mail Order Registration for Boat Owners.

Section 45-28-84.03Mail order registration for boat owners. (a) The Etowah County Probate Judge shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within the county to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so that the tag or decal and receipts therefor may be forwarded to the owner by mail. The probate judge’s office shall assess an additional two dollar ($2) fee for each registration certificate issued by him or her by mail. These fees shall be kept by the probate judge and expended, in his or her discretion, for the general operations of the probate office. (b) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or parts of laws not directly inconsistent herewith. (Act 91-304, p. 561, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-84.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Section 45-28-84.04 - Rites of Marriage Fee.

Section 45-28-84.04Rites of marriage fee. The Judge of Probate of Etowah County may charge an additional fee when celebrating the rites of marriage. The amount of the additional fee shall be in the discretion of the judge of probate. The fee authorized by this section shall be in addition to the fee imposed pursuant to Section 12-19-90, and shall be retained by the judge of probate. (Act 2005-147, p. 258, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Etowah County Community Development Committee.|Section 45-28-90 - Creation; Composition; Dispersement of Funds; Compensation.

Section 45-28-90Creation; composition; dispersement of funds; compensation. (a) This section shall be operative only in Etowah County. (b) There is created the Etowah County Community Development Committee which shall have all authority as to the expenditure of the funds received for community development in this county from the one cent ($.01) sales tax which is provided by Section 45-28-244.01. (c) The committee shall be composed of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the county legislative delegation, and the fifth member who shall not have voting privileges shall be the Etowah County Administrator. Each member of the committee shall serve for four years and vacancies on the committee shall be filled by the appointing authority. The committee shall be appointed within 90 days after June 20, 1995. The first meeting of the committee shall be set by the Etowah County Administrator. Thereafter, the committee may meet as provided in its bylaws. (d) The committee shall not spend any funds received from the sales tax to pay any compensation to the members of the committee. The county commission shall provide secretarial assistance for the committee and pay the costs of the secretarial assistance. (Act 95-208, p. 338, §§1-4; Act 96-284, p. 329, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Etowah County Tourism Board.|Section 45-28-91 - Applicability.

Section 45-28-91Applicability. This part shall be applicable only to Etowah County. (Act 2009-497, p. 917, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-91.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Etowah County Tourism Board.|Section 45-28-91.02 - Applicability and Disposition of Lodging Tax.

Section 45-28-91.02Applicability and disposition of lodging tax. (1) Beginning October 1, 2016, the first four hundred ninety-one thousand dollars ($491,000) of the annual proceeds of any lodging tax due Etowah County pursuant to Section 45-28-243, Section 45-28-243.01, or any other lodging tax payable to the county shall be paid into the county treasury to be distributed to the Etowah County Tourism Board established by this part to be used to carry out the purposes of this part. The remaining portion of the proceeds shall be distributed to the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Authority. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 45-28-243 or Section 45-28-243.01, the lodging taxes levied by Section 45-28-243 and Section 45-28-243.01 shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place. (Act 2009-497, p. 917, §3; Act 2016-370, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-91.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Etowah County Tourism Board.|Section 45-28-91.03 - Tourism Board Tax Exemption.

Section 45-28-91.03Tourism board tax exemption. The Etowah County Tourism Board established by this part is exempt from any and all county and municipal ad valorem taxes and sales and use taxes. (Act 2009-497, p. 917, §4.)
AL Code § 45-28-91.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Etowah County Tourism Board.|Section 45-28-91.04 - Transfer of Funds, Contracts, Assets. Etc.

Section 45-28-91.04Transfer of funds, contracts, assets. etc. Any and all funds held by and any contracts of the Civic Center Authority on May 14, 2009, shall be transferred to the Etowah County Tourism Board established by this part. Any and all funds held by or distributed to the Gadsden-Etowah County Tourism Board pursuant to Section 45-28-243 shall be transferred immediately on May 14, 2009, to the Etowah County Tourism Board established by this part. All assets, real property, and personal property held by the Gadsden-Etowah County Tourism Board and Civic Center Authority existing on May 14, 2009, shall be transferred to the new board and the Gadsden-Etowah County Tourism Board and Convention Center Authority is hereby abolished. Notwithstanding any provision of this part, this part shall not affect any funding received by the Clean and Beautiful Community Commission pursuant to Section 45-28-243 or any other act, resolution, or ordinance. (Act 2009-497, p. 917, §5.)
AL Code § 45-28-91.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Etowah County Tourism Board.|Section 45-28-91.05 - Reversion of Proceeds to Tourism Board.

Section 45-28-91.05Reversion of proceeds to tourism board.  (a) The portion of the proceeds distributed to the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Authority under Section 45-28-91.02(a)(1) shall revert to the Etowah County Tourism Board, if, within three years from May 12, 2016, the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Authority has not made substantial progress. (b) For the purposes of this section, substantial progress means securing architectural drawings for the project, purchasing land upon which facilities will be located, and having engaged an architectural firm for the construction of the project. (Act 2016-370, §2.)
AL Code § 45-28-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 1 - Compensation and Benefits.|Section 45-28-120 - Health Insurance.

Section 45-28-120Health insurance. In the event that any person employed full time by Etowah County, Alabama, has to be laid off due to insufficient funds, the county shall continue to pay the health insurance premium necessary to keep such employee’s health insurance in force until either such time as the employee commences full-time employment elsewhere or a period of six months has lapsed from the date of such layoff, whichever occurs first. (Act 84-558, p. 1180, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-120.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 1 - Compensation and Benefits.|Section 45-28-120.01 - Supplemental Salaries.

Section 45-28-120.01Supplemental salaries. (a) The Sheriff, the Judge of Probate, and the Revenue Commissioner of Etowah County are each authorized to supplement the salaries of employees in the unclassified service of their respective offices through the use of discretionary funds, as provided in this section. (b) The supplementation of the salary of employees in the unclassified service pursuant to the authorization of this section shall in no way reduce, alter, or diminish the salaries and benefits that are otherwise provided to the employees of Etowah County. (c) The named elected officials are specifically authorized to supplement the salaries of the unclassified employees in their sole discretion without the necessity of the prior approval or consent of the Etowah County Commission. (d) Upon written notification of the decision by the elected official to the county commission to supplement the salary of any individual or individuals in the unclassified service, the county commission shall cause the salaries of the individuals affected to be adjusted consistent with the written instructions of the elected official, provided the elected official commits to provide adequate funding through discretionary funding of his or her office, to meet the obligation of the supplemental salary or salaries. (Act 2006-588, p. 1592, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-28-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121 - Creation; Composition; Meetings; Compensation.

Section 45-28-121Creation; composition; meetings; compensation. (a) In Etowah County, there is hereby created and established a personnel department for the government and control of all employees and appointees holding positions in the classified service, as defined in Section 45-28-121.03. (b) The personnel department shall consist of a personnel board and a personnel director. The personnel board shall consist of five members. Three members shall be appointed for a term of six years each as follows: One to be appointed by a joint appointee of the probate judge and the sheriff of the county; one to be appointed by the county commission; and one to be appointed as a joint appointee of the county tax assessor and the county tax collector; however, the terms for the above three named initial appointees shall be staggered. For the first appointments the joint appointee of the probate judge and the sheriff of the county shall be for two years; the first appointee by the county commission shall be for a term of four years; and the first joint appointee by the county tax assessor and county tax collector shall be for six years. The other two members of the board shall be appointed for one-year terms. One of the additional members shall be appointed annually by the President of the Etowah County Chamber of Commerce; and one member shall be appointed annually by the President of the Etowah County Labor Council. (c) The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the county. No person shall be appointed to the board who holds any salaried public office or employment with the county, nor shall any member, while a member of the board or for a period of one year after he or she has ceased to be a member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the county or any county elective office. (d) For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, each member shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per diem, not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per month paid from the county treasury, and the chair shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per diem, not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per month paid from the county treasury. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §1; Act 2018-579, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.01 - Conduct of Meetings; Functions of Board.

Section 45-28-121.01Conduct of meetings; functions of board. The members of the board shall elect one of their members as chair. The board shall determine the order of business for the conduct of its meetings and shall meet on the call of the chair or by three of the members or by request of one of the elected officials of Etowah County or the county governing body. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The functions of the board shall include all of the following: (1) To formulate and promulgate a set of rules and personnel manual to supplement this part and revisions and amendments thereof. The rules and personnel manual shall contain provisions for equal opportunity in employment and advancement on a nondiscriminatory basis for all persons, and shall contain provisions that all employment policies shall be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. The rules and personnel manual shall be consistent with the requirements of the Office of Revenue Sharing, Office of the Secretary of Treasury, United States of America, and shall be approved by the office. The rules shall be adopted only after consultation with and input in their formulation by the elected officials of Etowah County, namely, the sheriff, judge of probate, tax assessor, tax collector and county commission, and shall have force and effect of law only after their approval by the county commission. (2) To act in an advisory capacity to the governing body of the county and other elected officials of Etowah County on problems concerning personnel administration. (3) As provided by this part, and by rule, to hear and decide appeals submitted by any person in the classified service as set out in Section 45-28-121.08. (4) In any investigation or hearing conducted by the board, it shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance or the production of evidence before it by subpoenaes issued in the name of the county. Each member of the board shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §2.)
AL Code § 45-28-121.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel Department.|Section 45-28-121.02 - Personnel Director.

Section 45-28-121.02Personnel director. The county commission shall appoint a personnel director whose duty shall be to act in the capacity of director for the personnel system. The director shall be appointed only after consultation with and advice from the elected officials of the county and with the approval of the personnel board. The personnel director shall act as secretary at board meetings, and shall be the board’s executive officer, but shall not have a vote in determining the board’s policy. The director shall do all of the following: (1) Attend all meetings of the personnel board. (2) Administer this part and the rules established hereunder, not specifically reserved to the personnel board. (Act 84-462, p. 1072, §3.)