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AL Code § 45-45-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 1 - Parks.|Section 45-45-220 - Authorization to Prepare Certain Sites and Adjacent Property - Monrovia School District.

Section 45-45-220Authorization to prepare certain sites and adjacent property - Monrovia School District. (a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation located in the Monrovia School District. (b) The Madison County Commission may expend public funds for site preparation as provided in subsection (a).  (Act 94-351, p. 598, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-220.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 1 - Parks.|Section 45-45-220.01 - Authorization to Prepare Certain Sites and Adjacent Property - Hazel Green Area.

Section 45-45-220.01Authorization to prepare certain sites and adjacent property - Hazel Green area. (a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation operating Trojan Park in the Hazel Green area which serves the public. (b) The Madison County Commission may expend public funds for site preparation as provided in subsection (a).  (Act 2014-450, p. 1677, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Recreation.|Section 45-45-221 - Casting Light From Motor Vehicle for Hunting.

Section 45-45-221Casting light from motor vehicle for hunting. (a) In Madison County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, on any highway, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an apparent attempt or with intent to locate deer or other wildlife. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles. (b) Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (Act 81-252, p. 335, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-45-230 - Clothing Allowance.

Section 45-45-230Clothing allowance. (a) The Madison County Commission shall have the authority, at its discretion, to appropriate and pay to the Sheriff of Madison County, any deputy sheriff, or other member of the sheriff's force, an annual amount to be determined by the Madison County Commission for each deputy sheriff or other member of the sheriff's force for clothing, apparel, and uniforms provided such deputy or other member of the sheriff's force is regularly employed on a full-time basis by the sheriff of the county. (b) The appropriation, when so paid to the Sheriff of Madison County or to any deputy sheriff or other member of the sheriff's force, shall be used exclusively by the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other member of the sheriff's force employed by the sheriff on a full-time basis, exclusively for clothing, apparel, and uniforms.  (Act 84-426, p. 1004, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-45-230.01 - Salary; Expenses.

Section 45-45-230.01Salary; expenses. (a) Commencing with the next term of office beginning in January of 1999, the Sheriff of Madison County shall receive an annual salary of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000). (b) The Sheriff of Madison County shall not receive any monetary compensation of any kind other than reimbursements for itemized expenses and other than the annual salary set forth herein.  (Act 90-286, p. 379, §§ 1, 2; Act 97-610, p. 1072, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-45-231 - Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission Employees.

Section 45-45-231Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission employees. All personnel employed by the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 16, Act 488, 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 530), who have been certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, shall have the same authority and powers vested in deputy sheriffs and all other peace officers of the State of Alabama. Such personnel shall be responsible to the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission and shall perform all duties assigned to them by the commission.  (Act 80-547, p. 850, § 1)
AL Code § 45-45-231.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-45-231.01 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement.

Section 45-45-231.01Receipt of badge, pistol, etc., upon retirement. Any individual employed by the office of Sheriff of Madison County as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a badge, a retired commission card, and his or her pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the department.  (Act 2002-145, p. 391, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-231.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-45-231.02 - Commemorative Badge and Firearm for Retired Detention Officers.

Section 45-45-231.02Commemorative badge and firearm for retired detention officers. (a) Any individual employed by the office of the Sheriff of Madison County as a detention officer who has served as a Madison County detention officer for a minimum of 10 years, who retires under the Retirement Systems of Alabama in good standing, and who is at least 62 years of age may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a commemorative badge designed by the office of the sheriff to be paid from the discretionary fund of the sheriff. (b) Any individual employed by the office of the Sheriff of Madison County as a detention officer who has served as a Madison County detention officer for 25 consecutive years or more and who retires from the office in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a commemorative badge designed by the office of the sheriff and a commemorative firearm to be designated by the sheriff, costing not more than six hundred dollars ($600), to be paid from the discretionary fund of the sheriff.  (Act 2015-373, p. 1150, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-232.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Funding.|Section 45-45-232.01 - Fingerprinting Fee.

Section 45-45-232.01Fingerprinting fee. (a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for fingerprinting persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons; however, a fee may not be charged if the fingerprinting is performed for a public purpose or on behalf of a public entity. The fee provided by this section shall not apply to a person applying for a pistol permit. (b) The fees collected shall be paid over to the Madison County Commission and be placed into a separate account entitled the Madison County Fingerprint Account to be used for the betterment of Madison County law enforcement available upon requisition of the sheriff for that purpose. (c) The charging of a fee for fingerprinting persons, the payment of the fees to the Madison County Commission, the placing of the fees into a fingerprint account, and the requisition by the sheriff of funds from the fingerprint account for the betterment of Madison County law enforcement prior to April 21, 2004, are hereby validated.  (Act 2004-261, p. 361, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-45-232.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Funding.|Section 45-45-232.03 - Service of Process Fee.

Section 45-45-232.03Service of process fee. (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Madison County shall increase the fees by ten dollars ($10) for each subpoena served and by twenty dollars ($20) for all other documents served by the sheriff’s office, or its designee. (b) The court official designated in Madison County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee designated in subsection (a) and remit the fees collected to the Madison County Commission General Fund for deposit in the county fund. One-half of all monies collected shall be spent for salary increases for the employees of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, excluding the sheriff, and one-half shall be spent for salary increases for all other county employees, excluding the members of the county commission.  (Act 2000-447, p. 805, § 1; Act 2000-582, p. 1068, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-232.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Funding.|Section 45-45-232.04 - Background Check Fee.

Section 45-45-232.04Background check fee. (a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a local criminal history background check on persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons if the sheriff is authorized by law to conduct a background check and release the information. The fee provided by this section shall not apply to a person applying for a pistol permit. (b) All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Madison County Commission and placed into a separate account entitled Madison County Criminal History Background Check Account to be used for the betterment of county law enforcement available upon requisition of the sheriff for that purpose. (c) The charging of a fee for a local criminal history background check, the payment of the fees to the local criminal history background check account, and the requisition by the sheriff of funds from the local criminal history background check account for the betterment of county law enforcement prior to April 21, 2004, are hereby validated and confirmed.  (Act 2004-260, p. 360, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-45-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Pistol Permit .|Section 45-45-234 - Pistol Permit.

Section 45-45-234Pistol Permit. (a)(1) In Madison County, the fees for the issuance of a license by the sheriff pursuant to Section 13A-11-75, to authorize a person to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person, at the request of the licensee, shall be as provided below: a. For a regular paper license, the fee shall be ten dollars ($10). b. For an enhanced security license issued in hard plastic and not capable of being easily damaged or altered, the fee shall be twenty dollars ($20). (2) One dollar ($1) of each fee shall be retained and used by the county and the remainder of each fee shall be earmarked for the betterment of law enforcement and shall be available upon requisition by the sheriff for that purpose. (b) The fee shall be collected by the sheriff at the time the application for a license is presented to him or her and the fee shall be paid into the General Fund of Madison County on or before the 10th of the month following collection of same. The monies requisitioned by the sheriff for the betterment of county law enforcement shall be audited annually by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.  (Acts 1975, No. 489, p. 1120, §§ 1, 2; Act 92-501, p. 980, §§ 1, 2; Act 2011-591, p. 1323, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235 - Participation in Program.

Section 45-45-235Participation in program. (a) Any sheriff or any person who has served as Sheriff of Madison County who meets either of the following qualifications may elect to participate in the supernumerary sheriff's program: (1) A person who has had 12 years of service as a law enforcement officer, four of which have been as a sheriff, and who has become physically unable to carry out his or her duties on a full-time basis, proof of such disability being made by certificate of three reputable physicians.  (2) A person who has had 30 years of service as a Madison County law enforcement officer; eight of which have been as a Sheriff of Madison County, and who has reached the age of 55 years. (b) The person may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff of the county by filing a written declaration to that effect with the Governor not more than 90 days prior to the end of the 30-year period or reaching the age of 55 years, both having been fulfilled, or at any time thereafter. If the Governor finds that the declarant is qualified under either subdivision (1) or subdivision (2), hereinabove set forth, he or she shall then issue the declarant a commission as supernumerary sheriff. The office of sheriff made vacant by the election of the declarant shall be filled by appointment of the Governor as now provided by law. This section shall apply only to sheriffs who have been elected to that office.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-235.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235.01 - Salary Deductions; Benefits Under Program.

Section 45-45-235.01Salary deductions; benefits under program. The governing body of Madison County shall begin deducting, upon May 8, 2001, and each month thereafter, from the salaries of such sheriffs an amount equal to six percent of the monthly salary paid to the sheriff and shall be deducted monthly and paid into the general fund of the county. If any sheriff, subject to this part, ends his or her tenure of office prior to having reached the age of 55 years, but having had 30 years of service as a Madison County law enforcement officer, eight of which have been as Sheriff of Madison County, his or her supernumerary allowance as set out in Section 45-45-235.02, shall be vested and held in the general fund of the county until he or she attains the age of 55, at which time, or any time thereafter, he or she may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff as set out in Section 45-45-235. If any sheriff, subject to this part, ends his or her tenure of office prior to having had 30 years of service as a Madison County law enforcement officer, eight of which were served as Sheriff of Madison County as provided herein, an amount equal to the total paid by him or her into the general fund of the county under this section shall be repaid to him or her. In the event a sheriff should die in office prior to his or her eligibility then, in that event, the total amount paid by him or her to the general fund of the county hereunder shall be paid to his or her named beneficiary. In the event a sheriff dies in office who immediately prior to his or her death was eligible for supernumerary status but had not elected to be commissioned as a supernumerary sheriff, then, in that event, his or her spouse shall be entitled to the same benefits as if he or she had elected to be commissioned as a supernumerary sheriff. In the event of the death of any supernumerary sheriff in whose favor a monthly retirement allowance is accruing, his or her spouse shall be entitled to a monthly allowance equal to 50 percent of the retirement allowance the supernumerary sheriff was receiving when he or she died, as hereinafter specified. No spouse shall receive any benefits under this part unless such spouse was married to the deceased supernumerary sheriff at the time of his or her death.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-235.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235.02 - Service and Contributions.

Section 45-45-235.02Service and contributions. Any sheriff, serving on January 17, 1995, of Madison County who elects to participate in the supernumerary sheriff's program shall receive service for supernumerary status for any time served as sheriff after January 17, 1995. Any sheriff, in order to receive service credit for prior service as a sheriff or law enforcement officer, shall pay into the Madison County General Fund an amount equal to the total contribution he or she would have made as a sheriff for a period not to exceed five years or the time of prior service as sheriff, whichever is less. Any contribution previously paid into the Madison County General Fund under Article 3, commencing with Section 36-22-60, Chapter 22, Title 36, shall be allowed as purchase of prior service under this part.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-45-235.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235.03 - Supernumerary Allowance.

Section 45-45-235.03Supernumerary allowance. Those persons eligible under either subsections (a) or (b) of Section 45-45-235, having served 30 years as a Madison County law enforcement officer, eight of which were served as Sheriff of Madison County, shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 75 percent of the monthly salary paid such person at the time of the completion of his or her service in office, but in no event shall any person receive payments pursuant to both the supernumerary and disability supernumerary provisions simultaneously. All payments shall be paid from the general fund of the county in which the eligible person is serving upon his or her election to become a supernumerary sheriff or to become a supernumerary sheriff due to disability.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-45-235.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235.04 - Cost-of-Living Increases.

Section 45-45-235.04Cost-of-living increases. Those persons eligible under subsections (a) or (b) of Section 45-45-235 and 45-45-235.02 who may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff shall be entitled to receive a cost-of-living increase as the remuneration of the office of sheriff increases from which the supernumerary sheriff elected to vacate. The cost-of-living increase allowed the supernumerary sheriff shall be equal to the percentage of any cost-of-living increase granted to the sheriff in office.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-45-235.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Supernumerary Sheriffs.|Section 45-45-235.05 - Election of Benefits.

Section 45-45-235.05Election of benefits. If any sheriff is eligible for retirement benefits under any other county, state, or municipal retirement plan or act, then, in that event, he or she shall elect the plan or act in which he or she desires to participate and shall so notify the proper authority within 60 days after he or she becomes eligible for any payments under this part. It is further provided, however, that such election shall not affect any person’s entitlement to benefits under Articles 1 to 4, inclusive, of Chapter 21, Title 36.  (Act 2001-413, p. 525, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-45-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-45-240 - Salary Supplements.

Section 45-45-240Salary supplements. The county commission of Madison County is hereby authorized to provide county salary supplements for the members of the Madison County Board of Equalization in any amount so long as such supplement shall not make the total compensation of such members any more than fifty dollars ($50) per day plus expenses. Such supplement shall be paid in the usual manner from funds available in the county treasury.  (Act 79-278, p. 428, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Exemptions.|Section 45-45-241 - Mayfair Towers Corporation.

Section 45-45-241Mayfair Towers Corporation. In Madison County, all property owned by the Mayfair Towers Corporation, a Huntsville, Alabama, corporation, and used by the organization is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation.  (Act 84-612, p. 1252, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-241.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Exemptions.|Section 45-45-241.01 - Optimist Boys Center, Inc.

Section 45-45-241.01Optimist Boys Center, Inc. All property owned by the Optimist Boys Center, Inc., a Madison County nonprofit corporation organized under Section 10-4-250, and used for the promotion or betterment of the community, is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation.  (Act 88-380, p. 568, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-241.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Exemptions.|Section 45-45-241.02 - Huntsville Land Trust, Inc.

Section 45-45-241.02Huntsville Land Trust, Inc. The Huntsville Land Trust, Incorporated, is hereby exempted from all county, local, or municipal ad valorem taxes on all property owned and used by the organization.  (Act 88-813, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 254, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-241.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Exemptions.|Section 45-45-241.03 - Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Inc.

Section 45-45-241.03Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Inc. All property owned by the Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Incorporated, a Madison County nonprofit corporation, is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation.  (Act 89-637, p. 1248, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-241.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Exemptions.|Section 45-45-241.04 - Monrovia Parks and Recreation Association.

Section 45-45-241.04Monrovia Parks and Recreation Association. In Madison County, the Monrovia Parks and Recreation Association is exempted from paying any county and municipal sales and use taxes, and all property owned and used by this organization is exempted from county and municipal ad valorem taxes.  (Act 96-750, p. 1321, § 1.)