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AL Code § 11-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-3 - Jurisdiction Over Navigable Streams Not Within Limits of Any County; Execution of Process on Said Streams.

Section 11-1-3Jurisdiction over navigable streams not within limits of any county; execution of process on said streams. The jurisdiction over navigable streams not included within the limits of any county belongs to the county or counties whose jurisdiction extends to the margin thereof, and all process may be executed on such streams by officers of either county. (Code 1852, §24; Code 1867, §25; Code 1876, §27; Code 1886, §27; Code 1896, §1400; Code 1907, §128; Code 1923, §207; Code 1940, T. 12, §175.)
AL Code § 11-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-5 - Uniform Designation for County Governing Bodies.

Section 11-1-5Uniform designation for county governing bodies. (a) In order to eliminate confusion and to provide clarity and uniformity of designation, each county governing body in this state shall, after October 1, 1970, be designated and known as the __________ county commission. (name of county)  (b) The provision of this section shall effect a change in name only and shall in no way affect the existing organization, establishment, composition, function, power, duties, authority, compensation, term, or manner of electing the members of any governing body in this state. (c) The governing bodies of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations and to initiate such procedures as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. (Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 26, p. 2628, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 11-1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-6 - Transfer of Money Erroneously Paid Into County Treasury, etc., to State Treasury.

Section 11-1-6Transfer of money erroneously paid into county treasury, etc., to State Treasury. Whenever any money to which the state is entitled and which should be paid into the State Treasury is erroneously or wrongfully paid into the county treasury to the credit of any fund therein or whenever any money from any source is in the county treasury and belongs to the state, the county commission in such county shall draw a warrant in favor of the person whose duty it is to collect and pay said money into the State Treasury, and it shall be the duty of the person in whose favor the warrant is drawn to collect said money and pay it into the State Treasury as in other cases. (Code 1907, §122; Code 1923, §180; Code 1940, T. 12, §2.)
AL Code § 11-1-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-8 - Closing of County Offices on Legal Holidays and for Special Circumstances; Deadlines Extended for Filing Documents.

Section 11-1-8Closing of county offices on legal holidays and for special circumstances; deadlines extended for filing documents. The county commission of any county in the State of Alabama may by resolution close the offices in the county courthouse or other county buildings on legal holidays set pursuant to Section 1-3-8, or for special circumstances deemed necessary or appropriate. Notice of the closing shall be posted at the courthouse and shall be published otherwise in the manner as the county commission may direct. In the event that any documents required to be filed by a time certain deadline cannot be filed in a timely manner due to the closing of an office under this section, the deadline for filing shall be extended to the date that the office is reopened as provided in Section 1-1-4. (Acts 1945, No. 74, p. 72; Acts 1967, No. 418, p. 1079; Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 11-1-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-9 - Payment of Costs of Defense of Lawsuits Against County Officials; Validation of Prior Payments.

Section 11-1-9Payment of costs of defense of lawsuits against county officials; validation of prior payments. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county commission of any county of the state of Alabama may, in its discretion, defray the costs of defending any lawsuit brought against any county official when such lawsuit is based upon and grows out of the performance by said official of any duty in connection with his office and does not involve a willful or wanton personal tort or a criminal offense committed by the official. The expenses of defending such litigation may include witness fees, transportation, toll and ferry expenses of witnesses, attorney's fees, court costs, and any other cost in connection with the defense of said litigation. (b) If any county has expended money for the purposes set out in subsection (a) of this section, such expenditure is hereby validated and shall not be charged back to the official making such payment nor shall the person who received such payment be liable for any reimbursement of same. (Acts 1967, No. 92, p. 422.)
AL Code § 11-1-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-10 - Contracts With Federal, State, and Other County Governments.

Section 11-1-10Contracts with federal, state, and other county governments. (a) The county commission in addition to all other powers and authority is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, leases, compacts, or any other form of agreement with the United States of America or any of its agencies, departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions, with the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions and with any other county or municipality within or without the state for the purpose of receiving or acquiring funds, matching funds, services, materials, supplies, buildings, structures, waterways and docking facilities, and any and all other benefits deemed for the public interest in the promotion of industrial, agricultural, recreational, or any other beneficial development. (b) The contracts, leases, compacts, or other forms of agreement may contain such covenants and considerations as considered reasonable and necessary and for public use only, including, but not limited to, contributions by the county either in funds or materials, supplies, machinery, services, labor, rights-of-way, easements, buildings, terminals, and related facilities for waterway improvements and expansion and may contain other provisions required by the contracting agencies to provide a useful and feasible development for use by the public. (Acts 1973, No. 1122, p. 1890; Act 2015-53, §1.)
AL Code § 11-1-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-11 - Payment of Membership Fees in State Organizations, etc., for Sheriffs, Tax Assessors, Tax Collectors, Circuit Clerks and Registers, License Commissioners, Etc.

Section 11-1-11Payment of membership fees in state organizations, etc., for sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors, circuit clerks and registers, license commissioners, etc. (a) The county commissions of the several counties of the state are hereby authorized to pay all dues, fees, and expenses of the sheriffs, tax assessors, tax collectors, circuit clerks and registers and license commissioners, or other like officials in their respective counties that are incurred by such individuals through membership in and/or attendance at official functions of their state organizations. (b) Such dues, fees, and expenses may be paid from the general fund of each county. (c) Membership dues and fees may be paid by remittance to the secretary/treasurer of such organization upon presentation of a statement therefor. (d) Expenses may be remitted directly to the individual concerned upon presentation of an itemized statement, supported by receipts, indicating actual expenses incurred. Such statement may be properly sworn to and notarized. (Acts 1973, No. 1281, p. 2194.)
AL Code § 11-1-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-12 - Preparation, etc., of County Assessment Maps or Plats.

Section 11-1-12Preparation, etc., of county assessment maps or plats. The county commissions shall have prepared county assessment maps or plats showing the county boundary lines, main creeks, rivers, railroads, exempt lands, public roads, schoolhouses, and churches and all lands which have escaped state and county taxation for the next preceding five years in their respective counties, and which shall also show all subdivisions of lands made for the assessment of taxes or other purposes and shall pay for the same out of the county treasury. (Code 1907, §157; Code 1923, §249; Code 1940, T. 12, §227.)
AL Code § 11-1-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-13 - Alteration, etc., of Precinct or Beat Lines or Creation of New Precincts or Beats.

Section 11-1-13Alteration, etc., of precinct or beat lines or creation of new precincts or beats. The county commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama may alter or rearrange the boundary of beat or precinct lines of their respective counties so as to include in them any territory which has been or may be detached from one county and added to another or they may in their discretion create a new precinct or beat in said county out of the territory added to said county and detached from an adjoining county. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 201; Code 1940, T. 12, §228.)
AL Code § 11-1-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-14 - Provision of Voting Places Where Precinct or Beat Lines Altered, etc., or New Precincts or Beats Created.

Section 11-1-14Provision of voting places where precinct or beat lines altered, etc., or new precincts or beats created. The county commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama may provide voting places in all precincts or beats which have been established or where the boundaries of precincts or beats have been altered or rearranged as provided in Section 11-1-13. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 201; Code 1940, T. 12, §229.)
AL Code § 11-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-15 - Authority to Join National and State Association of County Commissions.

Section 11-1-15Authority to join national and state association of county commissions. (a) The county commission of each of the several counties of the state shall be authorized to join and to participate in a national and state association of county commissions organized for the purpose of promoting better county government, economy, efficiency in office, and representing the interests of the several counties before state departments, the state Legislature, and the United States Congress. (b) The county commissions of the several counties shall be authorized to appropriate for the maintenance and support of such associations such sums as it may deem necessary and appropriate. (Acts 1975, No. 1219, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-16 - Warrants for Borrowing Purposes - Execution.

Section 11-1-16Warrants for borrowing purposes - Execution. All warrants issued under the provisions of this title for borrowing purposes shall be signed by the presiding officer of the county commission and by each of the members of said county commission and shall have attached thereto the seal of said county commission. Coupons for interest need be signed only by such presiding officer. (Code 1923, §6787; Code 1940, T. 12, §82.)
AL Code § 11-1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-1-17 - Warrants for Borrowing Purposes - Form of Warrants, Refunding Warrants, Coupons, Etc.

Section 11-1-17Warrants for borrowing purposes - Form of warrants, refunding warrants, coupons, etc. (a) Warrants. The warrants issued under this title for borrowing purposes may be substantially in the following form, which is declared to be sufficient: The State of Alabama, County of _______ $________Warrant Number _______  The County of _____ acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to _______, or order, on the _______ day of _______, 2__, for value received, the sum of _______ dollars, with interest at the rate of _______ percent per annum at the proper depository of the county. This warrant is issued pursuant to law and an order of the county commission of the said county, who represent that all provisions of law have been complied with and that this warrant is legal in all respects. In testimony whereof, we, the undersigned presiding officer and members of the county commission of said county have hereunto set our hands and affixed the seal of said county commission, this the _______ day of _______, 2__.  (b) Retiring, adjusting, or refunding warrants. The retiring, adjusting, or refunding warrants issued under this title may be in substantially the following form, which is declared to be sufficient:The State of Alabama,Retiring, adjusting, or refunding warrants.County of _______ Warrant Number _____Number _____  The county of _____ will pay to the registered holder hereof, or his registered transferee or indorsee, at the proper county depository, the sum of $_____, on the _____ day of _____, 2__.  This debt bears interest at the rate of _____ percent per annum payable annually (or semiannually), evidenced by the _____ interest coupons hereto attached (if coupons are attached) each in the sum of $_____ (if the right is reserved to retire the certificate before maturity, the following may be added: The right is reserved to retire this debt at any interest period, or as the case may be). This warrant is issued pursuant to law and an order of the county commission of said county, who represent that all provisions of law have been complied with and that this warrant is legal in all respects. In testimony whereof, we, the undersigned presiding officer and members of the county commission of said county, have hereunto set our hands and affixed the seal of said county commission, this the _____ day of _____, 2__. (c) Coupons. The coupons attached to said warrant may be in substantially the following form, which is declared to be sufficient:County of _______, AlabamaWarrant Number _____ This interest coupon is a part of the attached warrant and entitles the registered holder thereof, or his registered transferee or indorsee, upon proper endorsement of this coupon, to the sum of $_____, on the _____ day of _____, 2__. (Code 1923, §6788; Code 1940, T. 12, §83.)
AL Code § 11-2A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-1 - Categorization of Counties.

Section 11-2A-1Categorization of counties. (a) For purposes of determining the amount of annual compensation which a county shall pay to a county commissioner, a judge of probate, a sheriff, a tax assessor, a tax collector, a revenue commissioner, a license commissioner, and an elected assistant tax assessor or collector, the 67 counties of the state shall be placed in categories based on population according to the most recent federal decennial census. (b) The population categories of counties are as follows: (1) CATEGORY 1. Population in excess of 450,000. (2) CATEGORY 2. Population from 350,001 to 449,999. (3) CATEGORY 3. Population from 200,001 to 350,000. (4) CATEGORY 4. Population from 50,001 to 200,000. (5) CATEGORY 5. Population from 19,000 to 50,000. (6) CATEGORY 6. Population of less than 19,000. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §1.)
AL Code § 11-2A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-3 - Additional Compensation.

Section 11-2A-3Additional compensation. In addition to the salary provisions set out in Section 11-2A-2, the following shall apply: (1) Any full-time county commission chairperson in Category 4, 5, or 6 who is elected countywide shall receive additional annual compensation in an amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). This additional compensation shall be paid beginning on October 1, 2000. (2) Any judge of probate in Category 4, 5, or 6 shall receive an additional two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in annual compensation if he or she is required to serve as chairperson of the county commission. This additional compensation shall be paid beginning on October 1, 2000. (3) Any local official charged by law with the administration of a "one-stop" tag program shall receive annual compensation for such administration in an amount not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000). Any additional compensation necessary to increase the official's salary to three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year for such administration shall be paid beginning on October 1, 2000. The provisions of this subdivision shall not affect any local law that provides annual compensation for the administration of the "one-stop" tag program in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000). (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §3.)
AL Code § 11-2A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-4 - Compensation Increases.

Section 11-2A-4Compensation increases. (a) After August 1, 2016, the local officials covered by this chapter shall be entitled to receive the same uniform increases in compensation, whether the uniform increases are based on a percentage of compensation or a flat dollar amount, that are granted equally to all county employees by the county commission. The increases shall be in the same amount or percentage, as the case may be, as that amount or percentage increase provided to the county's employees. Except as otherwise provided herein, officials in Category 2 shall be eligible for the cost-of-living increases beginning on October 1, 2000. If the implementation of this chapter increases the compensation of an incumbent office holder, the increase shall be paid as provided in subdivision (5) of Section 11-2A-2. The base compensation for the purposes of implementation of this subsection shall be that compensation established on October 1, 2000, and shall remain those respective amounts until increased as provided under the provisions of this chapter. (b) Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the Legislature, by local law, may increase the compensation for local officials covered under this chapter. However, if a local law increases the compensation of a local official, such local official shall not be entitled to any uniform increases pursuant to the procedure in subsection (a), until such time as the total compensation he or she would have received under subsection (a) is equal to or exceeds the increase provided by the local law. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §4; Act 2016-335, §1.)
AL Code § 11-2A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-5 - Relation to Section 40-6a-2.

Section 11-2A-5Relation to Section 40-6A-2. This chapter shall be read in pari materia with Section 40-6A-2. All compensation paid under the provisions of this chapter to tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue commissioners, license commissioners, elected assistant tax assessors, or elected assistant tax collectors, or any official whose salary is prorated under the provisions of Section 40-6A-2, shall continue to be prorated and paid from the same funds and in the same manner as provided under that section. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §5.)
AL Code § 11-2A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-6 - Increase to Compensation Exceeding Minimums.

Section 11-2A-6Increase to compensation exceeding minimums. Except for officials affected by subdivision (3) of Section 11-2A-2, no local official receiving compensation in excess of the minimums prescribed by general law on September 30, 2000, plus the increases provided in Section 11-2A-2 shall be eligible to receive the increases authorized by Section 11-2A-2. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §6.)
AL Code § 11-2A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-7 - Applicability of Article.

Section 11-2A-7Applicability of article.  (a) This chapter shall not be applicable to local officials whose salaries, prior to March 8, 2000, are tied to the salaries of any state elected officials nor shall this chapter apply to local officials on a fee system of compensation, except as provided in Section 11-2A-8. Any local act in effect on October 1, 2000, providing compensation for a local official in excess of the compensation authorized by this chapter shall remain in full force and effect until expressly amended or repealed by the Legislature. (b) The provisions of this chapter and Section 12-19-90 shall not be applicable in Barbour, Tuscaloosa, Cullman, St. Clair, Pike, Henry, Coffee, Russell, Geneva, Dale, or Fayette Counties unless first approved by resolution of the respective county commission. (c) The provisions of Sections 11-2A-2 and 11-2A-3 shall not be applicable in Pickens County unless first approved by resolution of the county commission. (d) Provided, however, that if any of the counties listed in subsection (b) or (c) adopt a resolution after October 1, 2000, to come under the provisions of this chapter and the increases in fees under Section 12-19-90, as provided in Act 2000-108, the provisions of Sections 11-2A-2 and 11-2A-3, and the increases in fees under Section 12-19-90, as provided in Act 2000-108, will not become effective in such counties until the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year. (e) Any county identified as a "Category 1" county under the provisions of Section 11-2A-1, is exempt from the provisions of this section. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §7; Act 2001-697, p. 1487, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-2A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 2A - Compensation of County Officials.|Section 11-2A-8 - Judge of Probate - Income Cap Inapplicable.

Section 11-2A-8Judge of probate - Income cap inapplicable.  Any judge of probate on the fee system shall not be subject to any cap on income after October 1, 2000. (Act 2000-108, p. 148, §8.)
AL Code § 11-3A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 3A - Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act.|Section 11-3A-1 - Short Title.

Section 11-3A-1Short title. This chapter shall be known as "The Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act." (Act 2005-200, p. 399, §1.)