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AL Code § 45-28-234.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.04 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.04THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) The personnel director shall be appointed by the county commission. The personnel director shall attend all meetings of the board, serve as the recording secretary of the board, provide clerical assistance to the board, and administer this part and the rules established hereunder that are not specifically reserved to the board. The personnel director and the personnel department shall facilitate the administration of compensation and benefits to the employees of the office of the sheriff in the same manner as those benefits are administered to the employees of the county. (b) In any matter requiring the services of an attorney, the board may call upon the county attorney to render such legal service to the board as it may deem necessary or advisable. In the event of a conflict of interest, the board may retain outside counsel, to be paid from the county treasury. (c) For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, each member shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per day, not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per month paid from the county treasury, plus reimbursement for mileage based on the current business mileage rate as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service. For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, the chair shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per day, not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per month, paid from the county treasury, plus reimbursement for mileage based on the current business mileage rate as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service. (Act 2015-351, 6.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.05 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.05THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The board shall hold such regular meetings as it may by rule prescribe. Special meetings shall be held at such times and places within Etowah County as determined by the board upon the call of its chair, or as otherwise required to hold hearings upon complaint as hereinafter provided. A majority of the board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Act 2015-351, §7.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.06 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.06THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The board shall keep minutes of its meeting and a record of all business transacted by it. All board records, except those required by board rules to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be open for inspection by any resident of the county at all reasonable times. (Act 2015-351, §8.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.07 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.07THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The board may promulgate such rules governing the employees of the office of the sheriff through a personnel manual which shall contain provisions for equal opportunity in employment and advancement on a nondiscriminatory basis for all persons, and shall contain provisions that all employment policies shall be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in regard to examinations, eligible registers, appointments, transfers, salaries, promotions, demotions, annual, holiday, and sick leave, and such other matters as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part. Any proposed rule shall become effective only after it is adopted at a meeting of the board which meeting is open to the public, and after a certified copy thereof has been filed with the office of the judge of probate . All employees shall be appointed upon a nonpartisan merit basis. The rules promulgated by the board shall not apply to those exempt appointees enumerated in subsection (b) Section 45-28-234.01, who shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. (Act 2015-351, §9.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.08 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.08THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The board shall perform, but shall not be limited to, all of the following specific duties: (1) Classify the various types of service under its jurisdiction. (2) Prescribe minimum qualifications, including those of education, training, and experience to each classification of service. (3) Provide a salary range, from minimum to maximum salary authorized, for each class of service; however, for a period of five years following December 16, 2016, the minimum salary for any class shall not be less than any existing pay plan for such class or service, provided further that after the five-year period has elapsed, the salary ranges prescribed by the board shall be used exclusively, subject to the budgetary approval of the county commission as otherwise required by state law. (4) Classify and identify each position of the classified service existing in the present system to its proper class of service in the new system. (5) Periodically provide for the rating of employees' performances in the new system. (6) Establish rules governing appointments, promotions, salary increases or decreases, as well as layoffs, leaves of absence, suspensions, dismissals, terminations, and other disciplinary actions affecting employees. (7) Hear and decide appeals submitted by any person in the classified service. (8) Conduct investigations or hearings, examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance or the production of evidence before it by subpoenas issued in the name of the Etowah County Sheriff's Personnel Board. (9) Administer oaths to witnesses who appear before the board. (Act 2015-351, §10.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.09 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.09THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The personnel director shall keep a register of all persons eligible and available for appointment to each class and position in the service of the county under this part, ranked according to ability. Employees laid off who are subsequently available for reemployment shall be placed at the head of this list for eligible registrants in the inverse order of their terminations. Employees who voluntarily terminate their services may be granted reemployment status only under such circumstances and in such manner as may be provided for in the board's rules and regulations. (Act 2015-351, §11.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.10 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.10THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Persons seeking employment in any position shall file an application with the personnel director, who shall make those applications available to the appointing authority. The appointing authority, from time to time, shall conduct examinations to test the ability of such applicants. All qualified applicants shall be examined based upon factors pertinent to the ability to discharge the duties of the position. Examinations shall be practical and shall relate to those matters which test the ability of the person examined to discharge intelligently the duties of the position for which he or she applies. Once the qualified applicants have been examined, those selected for employment may then be hired by the appointing authority, as long as funding is available for the position. Any person may make reapplication for any position. (Act 2015-351, §12.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.11 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.11THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Whenever a vacancy exists in any position, it shall be filled by appointment of one of the appropriate eligible registrants, or by transfer within the service from another position of the same class. However, any eligible person of the same class who has been laid off, as provided in Section 45-28-234.10, shall receive preference in hiring. Whenever it is impossible to certify eligible persons to a vacancy, the board may authorize the appointing authority to fill the vacancy temporarily pending the establishment of an eligible registrant. Temporary appointments shall be effective for six months, and may be extended for six additional months by the board, upon request by the appointing authority. All appointments other than temporary appointments shall be probationary for six months from the date of appointment. A probationary employee may be discharged by his or her appointing authority without cause during the probationary period. After the expiration of the probationary period, an appointment shall be permanent, subject to discharge thereafter only for cause. (Act 2015-351, §13.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.12 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.12THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The sheriff, or the appointing authority to whom the sheriff has delegated such disciplinary powers, may remove, discharge, suspend, or demote any employee in the classified service of the office of the sheriff, provided that within five days thereof, a written report of such action is made to the board, giving the reason or circumstances surrounding such disciplinary action. If any aggrieved employee is suspended for more than three days, removed, discharged, or demoted, he or she shall be entitled to a board hearing on such disciplinary action, upon written demand thereon within 10 days of such action. A hearing shall be held within 10 days of the receipt of the written request therefor. All meetings of the board on disciplinary matters shall be open to the public, and shall observe the aggrieved employee's right to face his or her accusers and be heard in his or her own defense. Pending a hearing on any disciplinary action, the aggrieved employee may be temporarily suspended. Upon a hearing, the board may order the employee reinstated with back pay from the time of such action to the date of reinstatement, or take or approve such disciplinary action as, in its judgment, is warranted by evidence and under the law. Either aggrieved party, the sheriff, or the employee shall, after an adverse hearing, have the right to rehearing and appeal as hereinafter provided. (Act 2015-351, §14.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.13 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.13THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The board shall have the power to administer oaths, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers necessary as evidence in connection with any hearing, investigation, or proceeding within the purview of this part. The sheriff, or some other person so designated by the sheriff, shall serve all processes of the board, and shall attend and preserve order at all public hearings conducted by the board. If a person refuses to obey a subpoena from the board, the board or its authorized representative, may ask the Circuit Court of Etowah County to order the evidence to be produced. Upon proper showing, the circuit court may order compliance with the subpoena. Failure to comply with such an order may constitute contempt of court. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as fees for witnesses in the circuit courts of this state, which fees shall be paid from the county treasury. (Act 2015-351, §15.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.14 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.14THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The sheriff or the employee aggrieved by a decision of the board in the original hearing shall be entitled to rehearing of the issue before the board as provided herein. The aggrieved party shall make written request upon the board within five days of an adverse decision of the original hearing and the board, within 10 days of receipt of a request for rehearing, shall hold the rehearing in substantially the same manner as the original hearing to review its earlier decision. If, on rehearing, either party is aggrieved by the decision of the board, the party may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court of Etowah County within 30 days from the release of the decision by the board. The proceedings before the circuit court shall be without jury and shall be de novo. (Act 2015-351, §16.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.15 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.15THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Whenever, in the judgment of the sheriff, it becomes necessary in the interest of the economy or because the necessity for a position no longer exists, the sheriff may abolish any position in the classified service and lay off employees, based on seniority, without filing written charges and without the right to a hearing as provided in this part. (Act 2015-351, §17.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.16 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.16THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  All reasonable, necessary, and ordinary expenses incurred in the implementation of this part shall be paid by the county out of the county treasury, subject to the budgetary approval of the county commission as otherwise required by state law. (Act 2015-351, §18.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.17 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.17THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  It is the intent of this part to create a personnel system for the employees of the office of sheriff to be separate from that of other county offices and departments. (Act 2015-351, §19.)
AL Code § 45-28-234.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Etowah County Personnel Board for Sheriff.|Section 45-28-234.18 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2017 Regular Session, Effective June 3, 2015. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-28-234.18THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 3, 2015. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  This part shall in no way impair or affect the sheriff's exclusive authority over the use and disposition of discretionary funds available for the use of the Office of Sheriff of Etowah County. (Act 2015-351, §20.)
AL Code § 45-28-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-28-240 - Compensation.

Section 45-28-240Compensation. (a) The Etowah County Commission, by resolution of the commission, may provide for compensation for the chair and members of the Etowah County Board of Equalization in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting, not to exceed 180 meeting days per annum. (b) Beginning on September 1, 2007, the compensation for the chair and members of the Etowah County Board of Equalization shall be paid as provided for by law. (Act 2007-474, p. 995, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Taxation, Fire Protection.|Section 45-28-242 - Distribution of Funds.

Section 45-28-242Distribution of funds. The Etowah County Commission shall distribute, no less than quarterly, the net revenues together with any earned interest thereon, generated pursuant to Amendment 445, Amendment of Amendment 432, to the Constitution of 1901, as amended, which levied a tax for fire protection purposes. Such distribution shall be made to the volunteer firefighters within the county rendering such protection and services. (Act 87-646, p. 1150, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Taxation, Lodging.|Section 45-28-243 - Privilege or License Tax.

Section 45-28-243Privilege or license tax. (a) In Etowah County, there is hereby 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 two percent of the charge for such room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in such room. There is exempted from the tax levied under this section any taxes on rentals or services under Division 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Article 1, Chapter 23, 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. (b) Municipal privilege license taxes which are levied and collected by the application of a flat percentage rate on gross sales or gross receipts from sales, and which are passed on directly by the licensee-seller to the purchaser-consumer or user shall be excluded from gross sales or gross receipts, as the case may be, in the computation of the tax herein levied. (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 shall be additional thereto; and the net proceeds thereof shall be payable to the county general fund for the purposes on promoting tourism and beautification. Such funds shall be used as follows: Fifty percent for the support and promotion of tourism and fifty percent for the support and promotion of beautification and ecology as determined by the resolutions of the Clean and Beautiful Community Commission and the Gadsden-Etowah County Tourism Board. The State Department of Revenue shall promulgate such rules and regulations and provide such forms and instructions as are necessary to implement this section. (Act 88-608, p. 949, §§1-3.)