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AL Code § 45-40-233.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 2 - Jail Store.|Section 45-40-233.20 - Operation of Jail Store; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-40-233.20Operation of jail store; disposition of funds. (a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a law enforcement commissary fund in a bank located in Lawrence County selected by the sheriff. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited by the sheriff into the law enforcement commissary fund. (2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail store sales and transactions of the law enforcement commissary fund for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail store account and law enforcement commissary 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 shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for law enforcement purposes in the interest of the public as the sheriff sees fit. (d) The establishment of the law enforcement commissary 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 jail. (e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to April 15, 2008, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail store in the county jail prior to April 15, 2008, shall be deposited into the law enforcement commissary fund created by this section. (Act 2008-155, p. 264, §§1-5; Act 2008-402, p. 796, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.40 - Applicability.

Section 45-40-233.40Applicability. This subpart shall apply to Lawrence County. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.41 - Definitions.

Section 45-40-233.41Definitions. (a) BOARD. The Lawrence County Rehabilitation Board, composed of the following members: The judge of probate of the county; the sheriff of the county; and the Lawrence County Commission. (b) INMATE. Any person, male or female, convicted of a crime and sentenced to the county jail. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §2.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.42 - Regulations and Policies.

Section 45-40-233.42Regulations and policies. (a) The board shall adopt such written regulations and policies permitting the sheriff to extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate, as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe he or she will know his or her trust, by authorizing him or her under prescribed conditions to leave the confines of the county jail unaccompanied by a custodial agent for a prescribed period of time to work at paid employment while continuing as an inmate in the jail in which he or she shall be confined except during the hours of his or her employment, and thereto and therefrom. Inmates shall participate in paid employment at the discretion of the board. (b) Any rules, regulations, or policies promulgated by the board shall be written upon the minutes of the board, and shall be acknowledged and signed by each member of the board a minimum of 30 days before any such rules, regulations, or policies can be implemented or utilized for any prisoner pursuant to this subpart. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §3.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.43 - Inmate Wages.

Section 45-40-233.43Inmate wages. The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall pay the inmate's wages directly to the board. The board may adopt regulations concerning the disbursement of any earnings of the inmates involved in the work release program. The board shall be authorized to withhold from the inmate's earnings 25 percent of his or her gross earnings to pay such cost incident to the inmate's confinement as the board shall deem appropriate. The board may adopt policies to allow such monies to be spent exclusively for law enforcement and operation of the jail. After 25 percent has been deducted from the inmate's gross pay the remainder of the inmate's earnings shall be credited to his or her account in a local bank, and upon his or her release from confinement shall be turned over to the inmate. The board may elect, however, to turn the remaining 75 percent of the inmate's earnings over to his or her family to be used by them in their support while the inmate is confined, provided the inmate gives written consent to this procedure prior to inmate's release into the work program. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §4.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.44 - Escape From Custody.

Section 45-40-233.44Escape from custody. The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within the time prescribed by the sheriff to the county jail shall be deemed as an escape from the custody of the sheriff and shall be punishable as provided by law for escaped prisoners. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §5.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.45 - Requests for Job Opportunities.

Section 45-40-233.45Requests for job opportunities. Employees of the board or persons designated by the board are authorized to make investigation and recommendations pertaining to the validity of requests for job opportunities for inmates and to otherwise assist the sheriff in the implementation of the program herein authorized. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §6.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.46 - Employment Criteria.

Section 45-40-233.46Employment criteria. The board or members of the board shall endeavor to secure employment for eligible inmates under this subpart subject to the following: (1) The employment must be at a wage at least as high as the prevailing wage for similar work in the area or community where the work is performed in accordance with the prevailing working conditions in the area. (2) The employment shall not result in displacement of employed workers. (3) Inmates eligible for work release shall not be employed as strikebreakers or in impairing any existing contracts. (4) Exploitation of eligible inmates in any form is prohibited either as it might affect the community, the inmates, or the board. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §7.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.47 - Participation in Program.

Section 45-40-233.47Participation in program. The board, at its discretion, may allow any inmate, between the ages of 14 and 22 only, to participate in the release program to further the inmate's education. Under this section the inmate must follow all the rules set forth for other inmates participating in the work release program. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §8.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.48 - Furloughs or Leave Time.

Section 45-40-233.48Furloughs or leave time. (a) The board may adopt rules and allow the sheriff to grant furloughs or leave time not to exceed 3 days or 72 hours for inmates that the board deems deserving, subject to the following restriction: (b) Each furlough can only be granted with the recommendation of the sheriff and must be approved in writing and signed by a majority of the board members granting and approving such furlough. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §9.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.49 - Status of Inmates.

Section 45-40-233.49Status of inmates. No inmate granted privileges under this subpart shall be deemed to be an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the board, state, county, or municipality while involved in the free community or while going to and from employment, or other specified areas, or while on furlough. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §10.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.50 - Annual Report.

Section 45-40-233.50Annual report. The sheriff or person or persons designated by the board shall jointly prepare an annual report to be filed not later than 60 days from the close of each fiscal year, a copy of the report shall be filed with each of the following persons or agencies: The board, the governing bodies to which this subpart applies, and to the circuit judge or judges serving Lawrence County. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §11.)
AL Code § 45-40-233.51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Jails.|Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.|Section 45-40-233.51 - Violations.

Section 45-40-233.51Violations. Anyone violating this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Act 79-736, p. 1307, §12.)
AL Code § 45-40-245 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245 - Applicability.

Section 45-40-245Applicability. This subpart shall apply only to Lawrence County.  (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245.01 - Payment of Taxes; Report.

Section 45-40-245.01Payment of taxes; report. Any sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, privilege license, or excise tax based on gross receipts, or similar tax levied by the Lawrence County Commission or for the benefit of the county shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. All taxes levied shall be paid to and collected by the county commission, or its designee, at the same time as Alabama state sales tax is due to be paid to the State Department of Revenue. On or prior to the due dates of any tax to be collected, each person subject to such tax shall file with the county commission, or its designee, a report or return in the form as may be prescribed by the county commission, or its designee, setting forth, with respect to all sales and business transactions that are required to be used as a measure of the tax levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all the sales and the gross receipts of all business transactions. The reports shall also include other items of information pertinent to the tax and the amount thereof as the county commission or its designee may require. Any person subject to the tax levied may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event the person so defers reporting them, the person shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the month preceding, and shall pay the tax due thereon at the time of filing the report. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §2.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245.02 - Collection and Enforcement.

Section 45-40-245.02Collection and enforcement. Any tax to be collected pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a debt due the county as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. All of the provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for license taxes due this state shall apply fully to the collection of any tax collected pursuant to this subpart, and the county commission, or its designee, shall collect the tax and enforce the tax and shall have and exercise for the collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the State of Alabama or the State Department of Revenue has for the collection of the state sales tax. The county commission shall have full authority to employ counsel, including the county attorney, as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of any tax to be collected pursuant to this subpart and to otherwise enforce this subpart, including any litigation involving this subpart; and the county commission shall pay counsel fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected hereunder. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §3.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245.03 - Application of State Statutes.

Section 45-40-245.03Application of state statutes. All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving of records with respect thereto, penalties for failure to pay the tax, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state sales tax, and the administration and enforcement of the state sales tax statutes, which are not inconsistent with this subpart when applied to the tax shall apply to any tax collected pursuant to this subpart. The county commission, and its designee, shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to any county tax levied that are imposed upon and exercised by the Commissioner of Revenue and the State Department of Revenue, respectively, by the sales tax statutes. All provisions of the state sales tax statutes that are made applicable by this subpart to any tax levied and to the administration and enforcement of the tax are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as it fully set forth herein. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §4.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245.04 - Charge for Collection.

Section 45-40-245.04Charge for collection.  The county commission may retain and deposit to the general fund of the county, for general fund purposes and uses, including the administration of this subpart, up to 10 percent of the total amount of any tax collected in the county under this subpart. The amount shall be in lieu of any payment for collecting the tax and may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the tax before distribution of the balance of the tax as provided by law. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §5.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 1 - Collection.|Section 45-40-245.05 - Effective Date.

Section 45-40-245.05Effective date. The provisions of this subpart shall be effective with respect to all sales and gross receipts levied by the county which are closed or received on and after October 1, 1995. The Alabama State Department of Revenue shall remain responsible for the collection of all taxes arising from sales and gross receipts which are closed or received prior to October 1, 1995. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §6.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 2 - Levy of Tax,|Section 45-40-245.30 - Definitions.

Section 45-40-245.30Definitions. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the state. (2) COUNTY. Lawrence County in the State of Alabama. (3) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year. (4) MONTH. A calendar month. (5) QUARTERLY PERIOD. The period of three months ending on the last day of each March, June, September, and December. (6) REGISTERED SELLER. The person registered with the state Department of Revenue pursuant to the state use tax statutes or licensed under the state sales tax statutes. (7) STATE. The State of Alabama. (8) STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Department of Revenue of the state. (9) STATE SALES TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state sales tax statutes. (10) STATE SALES TAX STATUTES. Division 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the taxes levied in Division 1 and all other statutes which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Division 1 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein. (11) STATE USE TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state use tax statutes. (12) STATE USE TAX STATUTES. Article 2, commencing with Section 40-23-60, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, as amended, including all other statutes of the state which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in Article 2 and all other statutes of the state which expressly apply to or purport to affect the administration of Article 2 and the incidence and collection of the taxes imposed therein. (b) Except where another meaning is clearly indicated by the context, all definitions set forth in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes shall be effective as definitions of the words, terms, and phrases used in this subpart. All words, terms, and phrases used herein, other than those hereinabove specifically defined, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes and shall have the same scope and effect that the same words, terms, and phrases have where used in the state sales tax statutes and the state use tax statutes. (Act 80-123, p. 176, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 2 - Levy of Tax,|Section 45-40-245.33 - Payment of Taxes; Reports.

Section 45-40-245.33Payment of taxes; reports. The sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 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; and the use taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.32 shall be due and payable quarterly on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding each quarterly period during which the storage, use, or other consumption of the tangible personal property became taxable hereunder, each such quarterly period to end on the last day of each of the months of March, June, September, and December. The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time as and along with the payment and collection of the state sales tax; and the use taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.32 shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue at the same time as and along with the payment and collection of the state use tax. On or prior to the due dates of the taxes herein authorized to be levied, each person subject to such taxes shall file with the State Department of Revenue a report or return in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth, with respect to all sales and business that are required to be used as a measure of the sales tax herein authorized to be levied, a correct statement of the gross proceeds of all such taxes and the gross receipts of all such business, and setting forth, with respect to the use taxes authorized to be levied herein, the total sales price of all property, the use, storage, or other consumption of which became subject to the taxes during the then preceding quarterly period. Such report shall include all such other items of information pertinent to the taxes and the amount thereof as the State Department of Revenue may require. Any person subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied herein may defer reporting credit sales until after their collection, and in the event he or she so defers reporting them, he or she 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. All reports or returns filed with the State Department of Revenue under this section shall be available for inspection by the governing body of the county or its designated agent at reasonable times during business hours. (Act 80-123, p. 176, §4.)
AL Code § 45-40-245.34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.|Division 2 - Levy of Tax,|Section 45-40-245.34 - Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price or Admission Fee.

Section 45-40-245.34Sales tax to be added to sales price or admission fee. Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer on account of the taxes. It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 to fail or refuse to add to the sales price or admission fee and to collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount required to be so added to the sales or admission price and collected from the purchase, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person subject to the taxes to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount so collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption or refund of the taxes or any portion thereof. (Act 80-123, p. 176, §5.)