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AL Code § 45-29-71.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.02 - Composition; Compensation.

Section 45-29-71.02Composition; compensation. (a) Beginning on the second Monday of the year 2019, the Judge of Probate of Fayette County shall serve as the chair of the county commission. These duties shall be in addition to the other duties of the judge of probate, who shall receive the compensation provided in Section 45-29-83. (b) The county commission shall consist of six district commissioners, plus the judge of probate, who shall serve as the chair. The compensation of each district commissioner shall be sixteen thousand seven hundred ninety dollars ($16,790) per year, and the amount shall be adjusted at any time the Fayette County employees are given an across the board raise, not to exceed five percent per year. The compensation adjustments for commissioners and other elected county officials, other than those set by state law, shall take effect at the beginning of the next term of each office affected. Multiple raises during a term of office shall be accumulated during the term of office and shall become effective at the start of the next term of office. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §3; Act 2016-252, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.03 - Vice-Chair.

Section 45-29-71.03Vice-chair. Each district commissioner may serve a one-year term as vice-chair on the basis of a six-year rotation, the term beginning on the anniversary date of the seventh day next following the general election next preceding his or her term each year in the following order: District 1, District 3, District 6, District 5, District 4, District 2. A commissioner may elect to pass at any time that the term of the vice-chair arises or may swap terms with another consenting commissioner. The vice-chair, when presiding in the absence of the chair, shall have a vote in all matters before the commission except in the event of a tie whereupon the vice-chair, when presiding, shall have a second vote for the limited purpose of casting the deciding vote. The vice-chair, during his or her term as vice-chair, shall receive a salary supplement of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year. In addition to his or her duties of presiding in the absence of the chair, the vice-chair will be expected to perform additional duties as assigned by the chair. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §4; Act 2016-252, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.04 - Election of Members; Employment of Part-Time Commissioners.

Section 45-29-71.04Election of members; employment of part-time commissioners. The district members of the Fayette County Commission shall be elected from six single-member districts within the county, of which one district shall have a population of which the majority of the population is minority or as near to a majority as is possible under the law. The district members of the county commission shall serve in a part-time capacity. The district members may not be precluded from holding other employment if it is not inconsistent with their duties and the laws of the state. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §5; Act 2016-252, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.05 - Compensation.

Section 45-29-71.05Compensation. Commissioners shall continue to receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum until the terms in November 1994, at which time the salaries of the commissioners shall be fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum. Commissioners elected and beginning four-year terms of office in November 1994, shall receive salaries of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §6.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.06 - Boundaries of Districts.

Section 45-29-71.06Boundaries of districts. For the purposes of this part, and for future elections of members of the county commission, Fayette County is hereby divided into six separate geographical districts, to be numbered one to six, inclusive, the boundaries of which shall be delineated by resolution of the county commission. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §7.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.07 - Shop and Unit Road System.

Section 45-29-71.07Shop and unit road system. The Fayette County Commission shall establish a shop and unit road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county engineer shall, at each October meeting of the county commission, make recommendations for a yearly work plan and present budget information for the new year. The commission at its regular meetings shall discuss needs as they arise and vote on all issues that might affect the county. The chair, with approval of the county commission, shall manage the daily operation of the county commission. It shall be the duty of the county commission to fix, from time to time in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the number of employees and the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and county shop operation. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §8.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.08 - Vacancies.

Section 45-29-71.08Vacancies. A vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled in the manner otherwise provided by law concerning the filling of vacancies of county commissioners. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §9.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.09 - Clerical Assistance.

Section 45-29-71.09Clerical assistance. The chair, with approval of the county commission, shall employ a clerk/administrator who shall devote his or her time to the duties of his or her office, and he or she shall receive compensation for his or her services as may be determined and fixed by the county commission, and the county commission may employ other clerical help and assistance as may be deemed necessary for the proper, efficient, and economical operation of the office of the county commission. The clerk/administrator shall enter the minutes of all proceedings of the county commission in a well bound book provided for that purpose, which book shall be kept in the office of the county commission and shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours. The clerk/administrator shall keep a complete record of all receipts and disbursements of all county funds and shall be prepared at all times to show the financial condition of the county. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §10.)
AL Code § 45-29-71.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Organization.|Section 45-29-71.11 - Duties of Commissioners.

Section 45-29-71.11Duties of commissioners. It shall be the duty of each member of the county commission to inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district from time to time and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The members shall also assist in securing rights-of-way and assist in public relations generally. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §13.)
AL Code § 45-29-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-29-81 - Public Defender Fund.

Section 45-29-81Public defender fund. (a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance with Article 1, commencing with Section 15-12-1, of Title 15. Upon May 4, 1982, the governing body of each county composing the circuit may establish a public defender fund to be administered by the clerk of the county commission of that respective county to receive and disburse funds paid therein in accordance with this section. (b) In order to provide funds for the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, the following docket fees shall be collected by the circuit court clerk in each county in addition to the docket fees that are presently provided by law and when collected by the clerk of the court shall be paid into the public defender fund. The additional docket fees shall be collected as follows: (1) Circuit court: a. Civil cases………………………..…………………….. $5.00 b. Felony criminal cases………..……………………….. $10.00 c. Misdemeanor criminal cases…………………………... $5.00 (2) District court: a. Civil cases (other than small claims)…………………... $5.00 b. Traffic infraction (except parking)………………….…. $2.50 c. Misdemeanor. ……………………………………….…. $5.00 d. Felony guilty plea…………………………..……….… $10.00 e. Preliminary hearing ………………………..……….… $10.00 f. Juvenile……………………………………......…….…. $5.00 (c) All sums herein provided to be paid to the public defender fund may be kept in a separate account and may be expended for purposes set forth in this section. The Public Defender Commission shall submit an annual budget to the commissioner’s court clerk and warrants shall be issued in accordance therewith. Extraordinary expenses or expenditures may be made upon approval of the presiding circuit judge. (d) At the end of each year, the Public Defender Commission may determine if there is a surplus within the public defender fund and if the commission may make that determination they may authorize the expenditure of such surplus funds in any other area of judicial operation. (Act 82-530, p. 879, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-29-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-29-81.01 - Solicitor's Fee.

Section 45-29-81.01Solicitor's fee. (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Fayette County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the Solicitor’s Fund or District Attorney’s Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor's fee. The solicitor's fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The amount of the solicitor's fee assessed in each case shall be limited to the amount of the fair trial tax assessed in each case. (b) The solicitor's fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. The solicitor's fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The solicitor's fee shall not be waived or remitted unless the defendant proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the sentencing judge that the defendant is not capable of paying the fee within the reasonably foreseeable future. (c) The solicitor's fee may be expended, as the district attorney sees fit, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office. (Act 2007-490, p. 1046, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-29-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-29-100 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-29-100Expense allowance. All members of the Fayette County Board of Education, excluding the superintendent of education, shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month expense allowance and twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day’s attendance at official meetings of the board. The expense allowance shall be in lieu of all other compensation, expense allowance, or emoluments previously paid to board members. The expense allowance shall be paid out of the county department of education general fund. All board of education meetings shall be held in Fayette County. (Act 82-316, p. 429, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-100.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 2 - Superintendent of Education.|Section 45-29-100.20 - Travel and Subsistence Expenses.

Section 45-29-100.20Travel and subsistence expenses. (a) In addition to the salary and expense allowance as may be fixed by law, the Fayette County Board of Education shall reimburse the reasonable travel and subsistence expense which the county Superintendent of Fayette County incurs in the performance of the duties of such office and in attending educational functions and meetings within and outside the county and state. (b) The board shall fix the maximum amount to be expended for such travel and subsistence expense annually, the same to be paid upon claim filed by the superintendent out of any funds as may be available for such purpose. (Act 83-704, p. 1143, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-29-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-29-230 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-29-230Expense allowance. (a) The Sheriff of Fayette County shall receive an additional expense allowance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the sheriff. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowance paid to the sheriff as provided in subsection (a) shall be null and void. In lieu thereof, the sheriff shall receive a salary of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (Act 2008-438, p. 842, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-29-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-29-232 - Fees; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-29-232Fees; disposition of funds. (a) In Fayette County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Fayette County in any bank located in Fayette County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Pistol Permit Fund. (c) The Sheriff’s Pistol Permit Fund shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Fayette County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Pistol Permit Fund and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (Act 91-830, p. 233, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-29-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Tax, Oil and Gas.|Section 45-29-241 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-29-241Disposition of funds. (a) Of the proceeds of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 through 40-20-13, which are distributed to the County General Fund of Fayette County, or to the general fund of any municipality therein, 20 percent of such proceeds shall be transferred to the county education department and shall be used as follows: Five percent shall be used for classroom supplies and equipment, which shall be in addition to any classroom support provided by the state; five percent shall be used for the repair, renovation, or new construction of educational buildings or facilities, or for the purchase of new school buses; and 10 percent shall be used only for capital improvements, renovation, or to replace funds pledged to capital improvement projects. (b) The five percent pledged for school supplies shall be distributed by the county board of education to the principal of each public school located within the county on a per student basis. (c) The principal of each school shall control/distribute the moneys received by the school as follows: (1) Fifty percent of the money to each teacher based on the number of hours of instruction being presented by the teacher. (2) Fifty percent of the money shall be expended in the manner selected by a majority vote of the principal, counselors, teachers, coaches, and librarian. (3) Moneys allocated in subdivision (1) can be transferred between teachers as needed by written consent of the teacher losing the funds. (d) All unspent money allocated under subdivision (1) of subsection (c) shall be resubmitted to the principal and the principal shall resubmit the money to the board of education. The teacher shall submit receipts of all expenditures to the principal and the principal shall present the receipts to the board of education. The board of education shall make an accounting of all the money. (e) All unspent money under subdivision (2) of subsection (c) shall be resubmitted by the principal of the school to the board of education. The principal shall present receipts to the board of education for all expenditures. The board of education shall make an accounting of all the money provided in subdivision (1) and subdivision (2) of subsection (c). (f) All unspent money returned to the board of education shall be used for repair, renovation, or construction of educational buildings or facilities or for the purchase of new school buses. (Act 82-317, p. 429, §1; Act 86-296, p. 425, §1; Act 86-316, p. 469, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco|Section 45-29-243 - Levy and Collection of Tax.

Section 45-29-243Levy and collection of tax. (a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Fayette County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: (1) Five cents ($.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Five cents ($.05) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, except little cigars, such as Winchester cigars or cigarellos, which are similar to and which are packaged in the same manner as cigarettes, shall be taxed as cigarettes under subdivision (1). (3) Five cents ($.05) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Five cents ($.05) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3). (5) Five cents ($.05) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (6) Fifteen cents ($.15) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed. (b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes heretofore imposed by law. (c) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, such payment shall be sufficient, the intent being that such license tax hereby required to be paid shall be paid but once on each package of cigarettes and on each cigar. (Act 89-229, p. 279, §1.)
AL Code § 45-29-243.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 29 - Fayette County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco|Section 45-29-243.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.

Section 45-29-243.01Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Upon passage of this part there is levied on every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Fayette County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and the tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales, or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Fayette County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 89-229, p. 279, §2.)