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AL Code § 11-2-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2 - Bonds of County Officers, Employees, etc., Generally.|Article 2 - Requirement of New or Additional Bonds.|Section 11-2-34 - Proceedings as to Sufficiency of Bonds of Certain County Officers - Proceedings Upon Failure of Officer to Execute New Bond Within Prescribed Time.

Section 11-2-34Proceedings as to sufficiency of bonds of certain county officers - Proceedings upon failure of officer to execute new bond within prescribed time. Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009. (Code 1876, §195; Code 1886, §290; Code 1896, §3122; Code 1907, §1538; Code 1923, §2672; Code 1940, T. 41, §72.)
AL Code § 11-3-1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-1.1 - Authority of Single-Member District Commissioners to Alter District Boundaries.

Section 11-3-1.1Authority of single-member district commissioners to alter district boundaries. (a) Following the release of any federal decennial census, any county commission of this state which is at that time electing its members from single-member districts, pursuant to either state or local law or a court order, may, by resolution, alter the boundaries of the districts. (b) Any revised single-member district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, in the 1992 primary and general election shall be adopted by the county commission not later than 75 days prior to the primary election in 1992. Any revised district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, for the first time in any year after 1992 shall be approved by the county commission not later than 180 days prior to the primary election in which it will first be used. (c) No resolution making changes in the boundaries of existing districts shall be adopted by the county commission unless the commission shall first have advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least two consecutive weeks the time and place of the meeting at which the resolution shall be considered. The advertisement shall include one or both of the following items: (1) A map of the county indicating the proposed district boundaries. (2) Notification that a map indicating the proposed district boundaries is available for inspection at a specified public location where the map shall be displayed for at least two consecutive weeks preceding the meeting of the commission in which the resolution shall be considered. (d) Any resolution making changes in district boundaries shall describe the revised district boundaries by reference to standard census units or county voting precincts, or both. (e) Upon passage of any resolution effecting changes in district boundaries pursuant to this section, the county commission shall file with the judge of probate of the county a certified copy of the resolution, together with a map of the county showing the boundaries of the revised districts. (Acts 1992, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 92-1, p. 3, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 11-3-1.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-1.2 - Contesting County Commission Redistricting or Reapportionment Actions.

Section 11-3-1.2Contesting county commission redistricting or reapportionment actions. Any legal action which contests or challenges the validity or any county commission redistricting or reapportionment action by a county commission pursuant to its authority under Section 11-3-1.1, or seeks to require the county commission to exercise its authority pursuant to Section 11-3-1.1, shall be commenced in the circuit court of the county for which the county commission redistricting or reapportionment plan was or allegedly should have been adopted. (Act 2001-728, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 206, §3.)
AL Code § 11-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-3 - Bond of Commissioners.

Section 11-3-3Bond of commissioners. Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 290, p. 284; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203; Code 1940, T. 41, §75; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-2 - Eligibility of Commissioners to Serve on Public Boards, Etc.

Section 11-3-2Eligibility of commissioners to serve on public boards, etc. (a) Subject to the restrictions of Section 280 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the laws of this state, any member of a county commission may be appointed to and may serve on public boards, commissions, and authorities within this state unless otherwise prohibited by law. Except where otherwise specifically authorized or required by general state or federal law, only one member from a particular county commission may serve on any particular public board, commission, or authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subsection shall not be interpreted to authorize a county commission to appoint a member to serve on the board of any authority, corporation, or association organized pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 22 unless the appointment is authorized in the articles of incorporation of the authority, corporation, or association. (b) All service on a board, commission, or authority by a member of a county commission prior to September 1, 2007, meeting the requirements of subsection (a) and all actions taken by any member of a county commission acting in his or her official capacity on the board, commission, or authority are ratified and confirmed. (c) A member of a county commission shall not be reimbursed for expenses by both the public board, commission, or authority, and the county commission on which he or she serves. The member may elect to be reimbursed from either the public board, commission, or authority, or the county commission. (Code 1852, §699; Code 1867, §827; Code 1876, §741; Code 1886, §821; Code 1896, §953; Code 1907, §3308; Code 1923, §6750; Code 1940, T. 12, §7; Acts 1945, No. 355, p. 574; Act 99-703; 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 220, §1; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-4 - Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Commissioners.

Section 11-3-4Reimbursement of travel expenses of commissioners. Each member of the county commission, including the judge of probate when he or she serves as chair of the county commission shall be entitled to reimbursement of all actual travel expenses, other than mileage, and mileage at the mileage rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Code for income tax deduction while traveling in his or her personal vehicle within or outside of the county, in performing the duties of the office of county commissioner. Reimbursement shall be paid on warrants drawn on the county treasury on the order of the county commission provided he or she presents proper documentation of such expenses under procedures adopted by the county commission and in compliance with Article 1, commending with Section 36-7-1, of Chapter 7 of Title 36. This section shall not operate to repeal or amend any local law affecting any county with respect to the matters contained in this section. In the discretion of the county commission, the mileage reimbursement authorized herein may be paid out of the county gasoline tax revenues when the mileage is incurred by a member while occupied in the discharge of his or her duties in inspecting, accepting, building, repairing, or supervising any of the county roads or bridges. Travel reimbursement based on number of miles traveled and/or actual expenses incurred shall not be deemed to constitute salary compensation under this section, Section 11-3-4.1, or Chapter 2A of this title. (Code 1852, §697; Code 1867, §825; Code 1876, §739; Code 1886, §834; Code 1896, §967; Code 1907, §3322; Code 1923, §6771; Acts 1939, No. 662, p. 1049, §1; Code 1940, T. 12, §28; Acts 1953, No. 880, p. 1182; Acts 1959, No. 172, p. 697; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663; Acts 1991, No. 91-550, p. 1013, §1; Act 2004-519, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-5 - Awarding of Contracts, etc., With Related Family and Business Interests; Employment of Family Members.

Section 11-3-5Awarding of contracts, etc., in which county interested to relatives by commissioner.  (a) Except where a contract for goods or services is competitively bid regardless of whether bidding is required under Alabama's competitive bid law, no member of any county commission and no business with which any county commissioner is associated shall be a party to any contract with the county commission on which he or she serves. Except where a contract for goods or services is competitively bid regardless of whether bidding is required under Alabama's competitive bid law, no county commission shall award any contract to a family member of a county commissioner. Under no circumstances shall a county commissioner participate in the bid preparation or review of a bid received from the county commissioner, a business with which he or she is associated, or a family member of the county commissioner and a county commissioner shall not deliberate or vote on acceptance of a bid submitted by the county commissioner, a business with which he or she is associated, or a family member of the county commissioner. (b) No county commissioner shall employ a family member to do any work for the county ; provided, however, the family member of a county commissioner may be employed by the county if the family member is hired pursuant to a county personnel policy that does not require a vote of the county commission or if the county commissioner does not participate in the hiring process through recommendation, deliberation, vote, or otherwise. (c) Any county commissioner in violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) In compliance with Section 36-25-11, any contract executed with a member of the county commission or with a business with which a county commissioner is associated shall be filed with the Ethics Commission within 10 days after the contract has been executed. Any contract executed in violation of this section shall be void by operation of law and any person employed by the county in violation of this section shall forfeit his or her employment by operation of law. For the purposes of this section, the definition of family member shall be the same as the definition in subdivision (15) of Section 36-25-1 for the family member of a public official. (Acts 1923, No. 477, p. 630; Code 1923, §5076; Code 1940, T. 12, §29; Act 2015-53, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-6 - Vacancies.

Section 11-3-6Vacancies. Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.  (Code 1852, §698; Code 1867, §826; Code 1876, §740; Code 1886, §820; Code 1896, §952; Code 1907, §3307; Code 1923, §6749; Code 1940, T. 12, §6; Act 2004-455, p. 809, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-7 - Quorum.

Section 11-3-7Quorum. A majority of members serving on a county commission shall constitute a quorum. A judge of probate or chair elected countywide shall be considered a member of the county commission for purposes of determining a quorum. No ordinance, resolution, policy, or motion shall be voted on and approved by a county commission unless a quorum is present in the meeting chamber while the vote is taken and the matter is approved by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present and voting, unless otherwise required by Alabama law. (Code 1852, §700; Code 1867, §828; Code 1876, §742; Code 1886, §822; Code 1896, §954; Code 1907, §309; Code 1923, §6751; Code 1940, T. 12, §8; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-8 - Scheduling of Regular and Special Meetings.

Section 11-3-8Scheduling of regular and special meetings. (a) At the first county commission meeting held pursuant to Section 11-3-1 following each election of county commissioners, the county commission shall establish the day or days of each month on which regular meetings of the county commission shall be held. A county commission, by resolution, may alter the regular meeting days as necessary. The regular meeting days and the time and place where the meetings will be held shall at all times be posted in a public and conspicuous location in the courthouse and in other public buildings determined appropriate by the county commission and shall be forwarded to all local news media who have on file with the county commission a written request for notification of the schedule of regular meetings of the county commission. (b) A county commission may schedule a special meeting when determined necessary in writing by a majority of the members of the commission, or in case of an emergency, upon call of the chair. The purpose for and agenda of the meeting shall be included in all public notices of the meeting, and no other items shall be considered at the special meeting. Upon scheduling, except in an emergency, at least five days prior to the special meeting, notice of the meeting time, place, and agenda shall be posted in a public and conspicuous location in the courthouse and in other public buildings determined appropriate by the county commission and shall be forwarded to all local news media who have on file with the county commission a written request for notification of special meetings of the county commission. (c) When a regular meeting day of a county commission falls on a legal public holiday, the county commission may meet on any day of the following week instead of on the holiday, or at another time determined by the county commission, provided that at least five days prior to the meeting, notice of the meeting time and place shall be posted in a public and conspicuous location in the courthouse and in other public buildings determined appropriate by the county commission and shall be forwarded to all local news media who have on file with the county commission a written request for notification of the schedule of regular meetings of the county commission. (d) All meetings scheduled and held as provided herein shall be deemed to be in compliance with the notice provisions of Chapter 25A of Title 36. (Code 1852, §701; Code 1867, §829; Code 1876, §743; Code 1886, §823; Code 1896, §955; Code 1907, §3310; Acts 1919, No. 467, p. 703; Code 1923, §6752; Acts 1939, No. 577, p. 932; Code 1940, T. 12, §9; Act 2004-384, p. 639, §1; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 11-3-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-8.1 - Meetings When Regular Meeting Day Falls on Holiday.

Section 11-3-8.1Meetings when regular meeting day falls on holiday. Repealed by Act 2004-384, p. 639, §2, effective May 3, 2004.  (Acts 1980, No. 80-703, p. 1422.)
AL Code § 11-3-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-9 - Special Meetings.

Section 11-3-9Special meetings. Repealed by Act 2004-384, p. 639, §2, effective May 3, 2004. (Code 1852, §702; Code 1867, §830; Code 1876, §744; Code 1886, §824; Code 1896, §956; Code 1907, §3311; Code 1923, §6753; Code 1940, T. 12, §10; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
AL Code § 11-3-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-10 - Authority as to Establishment, etc., of Roads, Bridges, Ferries, Etc.

Section 11-3-10Authority as to establishment, etc., of roads, bridges, ferries, etc. The county commission shall possess authority in relation to the establishment, change, or discontinuance of roads, bridges, causeways, and ferries within the county, except where otherwise provided by law, to be exercised in conformity with the provisions of this Code. (Code 1852, §703; Code 1867, §831; Code 1876, §745; Code 1886, §825; Code 1896, §957; Code 1907, §3312; Code 1923, §6754; Code 1940, T. 12, §11.)
AL Code § 11-3-11.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-11.1 - Authorization, Adoption, Levy, Assessment, Collection, or Enforcement of Excise, Privilege, or License Taxes Ratified.

Section 11-3-11.1Authorization, adoption, levy, assessment, collection, or enforcement of excise, privilege, or license taxes ratified. The action of the governing body of any county in levying, authorizing, adopting, assessing, collecting, and enforcing any excise, privilege, or license tax levied, assessed, collected, and enforced on the effective date hereof is hereby ratified, approved, validated, and confirmed, regardless of any defect which might exist in the authorization, adoption, levy, assessment, collection, or enforcement of any such tax, including, without limitation, defects in the adoption of any underlying act of the Legislature authorizing such authorization, adoption, levy, assessment, collection, or enforcement, any failure to publish any notice which might otherwise be required with respect to any of the foregoing, or any failure by any such governing body to comply with any statutory requirement with respect to any of the foregoing matters; provided that this section shall not apply to any such tax, the validity of which is on the effective date hereof being challenged in any proceeding pending in any court in this state. (Acts 1989, No. 89-151.)
AL Code § 11-3-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-12 - Designation of Courthouse Offices for Installation of Telephones.

Section 11-3-12Designation of courthouse offices for installation of telephones. The county commission may designate which offices in the courthouse may have telephones installed therein. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 184, p. 201; Code 1940, T. 12, §13.)
AL Code § 11-3-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-13 - Adoption of Budget System for County; Appropriation of Funds for Payment of Actual Expenses.

Section 11-3-13Adoption of budget system for county; appropriation of funds for payment of actual expenses. Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.  (Acts 1919, No. 485, p. 722; Code 1923, §6789; Code 1940, T. 12, §14.)
AL Code § 11-3-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-14 - Disposition of Funds From Special Tax Levy.

Section 11-3-14Disposition of funds from special tax levy. The county commission may deposit any funds arising from any special tax levied to pay bonds issued by said county which are in excess of amounts then payable on said bonds in some solvent savings bank in the State of Alabama in the name of the county or invest the same in interest-bearing securities issued by the United States government or by the State of Alabama. The interest accruing on such deposit or from such securities shall be a part of such special fund and shall be devoted to the same uses as the principal of said fund. The county commission shall require adequate bond of said bank to secure the safety of said deposit, which bond shall be in such sum as such county commission shall fix, having due regard to the safety of county funds. (Acts 1923, No. 509, p. 680; Code 1923, §6756; Code 1940, T. 12, §15.)
AL Code § 11-3-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-15 - Operation, etc., of Bridges Over Navigable, etc., Streams - Authorized Generally; Expenditure of County Funds Therefor.

Section 11-3-15Operation, etc., of bridges over navigable, etc., streams - Authorized generally; expenditure of county funds therefor. The county commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama are vested with the following authority in connection with and in addition to any authority, general or special, heretofore vested in them by law. For and on behalf of the respective county which it represents, the county commission may contract for and take over, by lease or otherwise, the operation of bridges over navigable or other streams and may maintain the same as public highways and may expend county funds in the pursuance of such contracts, whether for the purpose of such leases or for the payment of the cost of maintenance or for liability accruing to such county or to the owners or lessors of such bridges on account of accidents or injuries that may arise from such operations. (Acts 1923, No. 238, p. 230; Code 1923, §6759; Code 1940, T. 12, §16.)
AL Code § 11-3-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3 - County Commission.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-3-16 - Operation, etc., of Bridges Over Navigable, etc., Streams - Joint Operation, etc., by Several Counties.

Section 11-3-16Operation, etc., of bridges over navigable, etc., streams - Joint operation, etc., by several counties. The several counties of the state through their respective county commissions shall have the authority to contract with each other on such terms or basis as to them may seem satisfactory for the joint taking over, leasing, maintenance, and operation of such bridges and for meeting such contractual obligations as are provided for in Section 11-3-15 for liability accruing to such counties on account of accidents or injuries that may arise from the operation of such bridges. (Acts 1923, No. 238, p. 230; Code 1923, §6760; Code 1940, T. 12, §17.)