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AL Code § 45-13-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Division 1 - Banks.|Section 45-13-40 - Branch Banks Authorized.

Section 45-13-40Branch banks authorized. Any bank, either incorporated or unincorporated, which is established in Clarke County, shall have the power to establish, to maintain, and to operate within the same city or town or within other communities, one or more branches or branch banks, branch offices, branch agencies, additional offices, or branch places of business for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, lending of money, and the conduct of a general banking business, provided that such bank, before establishment of any such branch or branches, shall first secure the written consent of the State Superintendent of Banks or the Comptroller of the Currency, as the case may require. (Act 83-692, p. 1134, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-13-60 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-13-60Expense allowance. The Coroner of Clarke County shall be entitled to receive a total expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation and salary provided for by law. (Act 2003-282, p. 678, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Deputy Cororners.|Section 45-13-61 - Office of Deputy Coroner Created.

Section 45-13-61Office of deputy coroner created. In Clarke County, there is hereby created the office of deputy coroner who shall have the same qualifications, powers and duties, and shall receive the same salary as the county coroner. The county governing body is authorized to appoint not more than two such deputies coroner.  (Act 80-412, p. 577, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-13-70 - Members to Serve Part-Time; Salary; Centralized Road System; Work Plan of County Engineer and Annual Budget; Clerical Assistance; Recordkeeping; Inspection of Roads and Bridges.

Section 45-13-70Members to serve part-time; salary; centralized road system; work plan of county engineer and annual budget; clerical assistance; recordkeeping; inspection of roads and bridges. (a) Beginning with the term of office of any member of the county commission which commences on or after November 2000, the chair and each member of the county commission shall serve on a part-time basis and receive a salary as provided by Section 11-3-4.1, for serving on a part-time basis. (b) The Clarke County Commission shall establish a centrally located shop and centralized road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county commission may vote to establish more than one shop location when the county engineer recommends any additional location is needed to facilitate the economical use of equipment and funds. The county engineer shall at each September or earlier meeting of the county commission make recommendations for a yearly work plan and present an annual budget. Approval of plan shall require a minimum of four favorable votes. The commission at its regular meetings shall discuss needs as they arise and vote on all issues that might affect the county. (c) The county commission may employ clerical help and assistance deemed necessary for the proper, efficient, and economical operation of the county commission. The chair of the commission shall enter the minutes of all proceedings of the county commission in a well-bound book provided for that purpose. The 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 chair shall keep a complete record of all receipts and disbursements of all county funds which shall be published once a year in a newspaper published in the county and shall be prepared upon request to show the financial condition of the county. (d) Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district, from time to time, hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestion or complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The members of the county commission shall also assist in securing right-of-way and assist in public relations generally. The members of the commission may use a county vehicle for the performance of their duties only on an as-needed basis or may receive mileage at the same rate paid state employees not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per month. (Act 97-650, p. 1214, §§ 1-3, 5; Act 98-573, p. 1276, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-13-80 - Increase to Costs and Charges; Pistol Permit Fund.

Section 45-13-80Increase to costs and charges; Pistol Permit Fund. Commencing June 1, 1980, all costs and charges of court in the Clarke County Division of the First Judicial Circuit of this state shall be increased by five dollars ($5) with the proceeds from such increase to be paid into the Pistol Permit Fund of Clarke County to be used exclusively for improvement of law enforcement by the Sheriff of Clarke County, with the approval of the county commission. (Act 80-413, p. 577, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-13-80.01 - Additional Court Costs and Fees; Courthouse Addition.

Section 45-13-80.01Additional court costs and fees; courthouse addition.  (a) In any case in which court costs are assessed in the district and circuit courts of Clarke County, or the municipal courts in the county, there shall be assessed and collected as other costs and charges are collected, an additional court cost as follows:  (1) In all circuit court criminal, civil, and domestic cases: Fifty dollars ($50). (2) In district court cases as follows: a. Criminal and civil (except as provided herein): Twenty-five dollars ($25). b. Traffic: Twenty-five dollars ($25). c. Small claims: Ten dollars ($10). d. Juvenile: Ten dollars ($10). (3) In all municipal court cases: Twenty dollars ($20). (b) The additional court costs and fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the cases are waived. (c) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Clarke County to be used by the Clarke County Commission for planning, designing, constructing, financing, furnishing, equipping, operating, and maintaining an addition to the existing county courthouse. The fee authorized hereunder shall not be collected after the retirement of all indebtedness, including refinancing indebtedness, incurred to finance the costs of constructing, financing, and equipping such addition to the county courthouse. (Act 2002-450, p. 1164, §§1-3; Act 2002-452, p. 1166, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-13-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Probate Court.|Section 45-13-81 - Compensation; Office Space, Personnel, Equipment; Chief Clerk.

Section 45-13-81Compensation; office space, personnel, equipment; chief clerk. (a) The Probate Judge of Clarke County shall be entitled to receive total compensation in the form of an annual salary in the amount of forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($47,500) per annum. Such salary shall be paid in lieu of all other fees, allowances, and percentages heretofore provided by law, and shall be paid in equal biweekly installments out of the general fund of the county as county employees are paid. (b) All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of the judge of probate, hereafter shall be collected and paid into the general fund of the county. (c) Upon the recommendation of the judge of probate, the governing body of Clarke County shall provide the probate office with such office personnel, clerks, deputies, and such quarters, books, stationery, furniture, equipment, and other such conveniences and supplies as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of such office. The judge of probate shall appoint a chief clerk who shall have the same power as the judge of probate, except the power to preside in a contested cause. Compensation of any personnel so provided shall be fixed by the county governing body and shall be paid in equal biweekly installments out of the general fund of the county, as other county employees are paid. (Act 87-471, p. 718, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-13-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-13-82 - Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Cases; Solicitor's Fair Trial Fund.

Section 45-13-82Assessment of docket fee in certain cases; Solicitor's Fair Trial Fund. (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Clarke County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees shall be collected by the circuit clerk and distributed monthly to the Solicitor's Fair Trial 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. (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 reasonable foreseeable future. (c) The District Attorney in Clarke County shall establish the Solicitor's Fair Trial Fund. The solicitor's fee paid pursuant to subsection (a) shall be placed in the fund and shall be used by the district attorney for the support of the district attorney's office or for any other legitimate law enforcement purpose. (Act 2008-490, p. 1069, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-13-82.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-13-82.01 - Assessment of Docket Fee in Certain Civil Cases; Fair Trial Tax Fund.

Section 45-13-82.01Assessment of docket fee in certain civil cases; Fair Trial Tax Fund.  (a) In all civil cases in the circuit and district courts in Clarke County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The solicitor's fee in civil cases shall be in the same amount as the docket fee or court cost which is assessed in civil cases in the circuit and district courts and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: Three dollars ($3) from each case to the office of circuit clerk to be deposited into the Circuit Clerk's Fund and to be used as provided by law for the operation of the office of the circuit clerk and the remainder of each fee to the solicitor's fund or district attorney's fund in the county or to the fund in the county that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor's fee. (b) The solicitor's fee may be expended by the district attorney for the payments of any and all expenses incurred and for any legitimate law enforcement purpose. (Act 2011-594, p. 1326, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 2 - Superintendent of Education.|Section 45-13-101 - Qualifications.

Section 45-13-101Qualifications. (a) In Clarke County, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for appointment by the county board of education or for any political party nomination, or for election to the office of county superintendent of education unless such person: (1) Holds a certificate in School Administration or Supervision. (2) Is of good character and reputation, has not been previously convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, has not been previously found guilty of a charge which would justify cancellation, pursuant to Alabama law, of a tenured contract, and, if not active as a teacher, principal, supervisor, or in some other capacity as a school administrator, in a public school system at the time of qualifying for county superintendent, has left his or her last public school system position voluntarily and while in good standing in that system. He or she must also have had experience of not less than five years, within the eight-year period next preceding qualifying for county superintendent, as a teacher, principal, supervisor, or as some other type of school administrator, in a public school system. (3) Submits proof to the state superintendent and to the Clarke County Board of Education that he or she meets the requirements hereof, and obtains from the county board of education a written certificate confirming that he or she is so qualified, under the terms hereof, to serve as county superintendent: the certificate from the county board of education must be obtained prior to and shall be a prerequisite to qualifying for the office of county superintendent. (Act 87-477, p. 728, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - License Inspector.|Section 45-13-121 - Appointment; Compensation; Oath and Bond; Office Space, Equipment; Powers and Duties; Delinquency Fees.

Section 45-13-121Appointment; compensation; oath and bond; office space, equipment; powers and duties; delinquency fees. (a) In Clarke County, there is hereby created and established the office of county license inspector. With the approval of the county commission, the license commissioner shall appoint the license inspector, who shall serve at the pleasure of such appointing authority and under the supervision of such appointing official. (b) The salary of the license inspector shall be in such sum as shall be approved by the county commission and shall be payable in biweekly installments out of any county funds available. (c) The license inspector shall upon entering upon the duties of office take the oath of office prescribed in the constitution, and shall enter into bond, which bond shall be conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned and be in such penal sum and form as the county commission may prescribe. The bond shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate of the county and may be made by any surety company or companies authorized and qualified to do business in the State of Alabama. All premiums on the bond shall be payable out of the general fund of the county. (d) The county commission shall furnish and equip suitable office space for the license inspector, within the office of the license commissioner, and shall furnish and supply all stationery, equipment, and supplies necessary for the conduct of such office, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires the State Department of Revenue or the State Department of Finance to furnish to license inspectors. (e) All duties and authority imposed on or vested in license inspectors by Section 40-12-10, or by any other statute, are hereby imposed upon and vested in the office of the county license inspector created by this section, and such license inspector shall perform such further duties as may be prescribed by the county commission. (f) Fees, commissions, and penalties due to license delinquencies shall be as provided by Section 40-12-10, or by other statute; provided, however, that in addition to all other penalties or fees for delinquency in payment of any license, there shall be a delinquency fee in the sum of five dollars ($5). (g) All citations to delinquents shall be served, by mail or otherwise, by any lawful officer, or by the county license inspector. (h) No fees, commissions, or penalties shall be paid to any license inspector appointed under the provisions of Section 40-12-10. All fees, commissions, and penalties allowable to the county license inspector under any provision of law, or to any license inspector appointed under the provisions of Section 40-12-10, shall be paid into the general fund of the county for use of the county.  (Act 87-469, p. 708, §§1-8.)
AL Code § 45-13-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-13-230 - Salary.

Section 45-13-230Salary. (a) This section shall be operative only in Clarke County. (b) The Sheriff of Clarke County, Alabama, shall receive an annual salary equal to his or her current salary and expense allowances effective on the commencement of the next term of office of the sheriff beginning after August 31, 1993. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasury and shall be in lieu of any other salaries or expense allowances heretofore provided by law for the sheriff. (Act 93-872, p. 132, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-13-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Jails.|Section 45-13-231 - Jail Canteen; Inmate Telephone System; Sheriff's Jail Fund.

Section 45-13-231Jail canteen; inmate telephone system; Sheriff's Jail Fund. (a) The Sheriff of Clarke County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail canteen and inmate telephone system within the confines of the county jail to serve the needs of the jail population. After the costs and operating expenses are deducted from the income, excluding any income from fees paid for the boarding and feeding of prisoners, the net revenues shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Jail Fund. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sheriff's Jail Fund in a bank located in Clarke County. (2) The sheriff shall keep an account of all jail canteen and inmate telephone system sales and transactions and the Sheriff's Jail Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. The jail canteen and inmate telephone system account and 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 canteen and inmate telephone system shall be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for salaries, equipment, and supplies for the county jail and other law enforcement purposes in Clarke County that are in the interest of the public. (d) The establishment of the Sheriff's Jail 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 office. (e) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail canteen and inmate telephone system in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing proceeds derived from the operation of a jail canteen in the county jail prior to May 6, 1998, shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Jail Fund created by this section.  (Act 98-645, p. 1422, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-13-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-13-232 - Fee; Sheriff's Fund.

Section 45-13-232Fee; Sheriff's Fund. (a) This section shall apply only to Clarke County. (b) In Clarke County, the total fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol pursuant to Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff. (c) The fees collected by the sheriff or his or her agent pursuant to this section shall be deposited in any bank located in Clarke County into a fund known as "The Sheriff's Fund." (d) "The Pistol Permit Fund of Clarke County" created pursuant to Act No. 294, H. 1052, 1977 (Acts 1977, p. 396), is abolished on July 26, 1995, and all funds on deposit shall be transferred to "The Sheriff's Fund" created pursuant to this section. (e) The Sheriff of Clarke County or his or her appointed agent shall draw upon the fund and may use the fund exclusively for law enforcement purposes which are in the public interest. The fund shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant. (Act 95-411, p. 898, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-13-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-13-240 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-13-240Expense allowance.  In Clarke County, the members of the Board of Equalization shall be entitled to an expense allowance of thirty dollars ($30) a day for each day's service as provided by law. Such expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly payments and be in addition to any other compensation heretofore provided by law for such members. (Act 80-254, p. 330, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-13-242 - Additional Tax for Public School Purposes.

Section 45-13-242Additional tax for public school purposes. In Clarke County, Alabama, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, the county commission may, by resolution, impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of five mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. All proceeds from such levy shall be earmarked as follows: (1) Proceeds accruing from the first three and one-half mills of such levy shall be used to fund public schools in the county; and (2) proceeds accruing from the remaining one and one-half mills of such levy shall be paid into the county general fund. Any additional taxes levied under authority of this section shall be due for collection beginning October 1, 1985, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as existing ad valorem taxes are collected.  (Act 84-442, p. 1030, §1.)
AL Code § 45-13-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 13 - Clarke County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-13-243 - Levy of Tax; Promotion of Tourism and Economic Development.

Section 45-13-243Levy of tax; promotion of tourism and economic development. (a) This section shall be applicable only to Clarke County. (b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount of four percent of the charge on each room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations; provided, however, that there is exempted from the tax levied under this section any rentals or services taxed under Division 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place. (c) The tax herein levied shall be collected in the same manner as the state lodgings tax as provided in Chapter 26, Title 40, and the net proceeds, less a reasonable cost of collection, from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury to be used exclusively for the promotion of tourism and economic development. (Act 2004-264, p. 365, §§1-3; Act 2011-596, p. 1328, §1.)