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AL Code § 45-49-42.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 3 - Massage Parlors.|Section 45-49-42.11 - Services Rendered Only by Persons of Same Sex; Violation.

Section 45-49-42.11Services rendered only by persons of same sex; violation. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor, regardless of whether it is a public or private facility, or any bath parlor or any similar type business within the county, where any physical contact with the recipient of such service is provided by a person of the opposite sex. Any person violating this part, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or 12 months in jail, one or both; and in addition, final conviction of any owner, manager, or person in charge of premises upon which a massage parlor is operated shall automatically terminate the license of the establishment and the county governing body shall so notify the holder thereof, and no new license for the operation of a massage parlor on the same premises shall thereafter be issued by the county governing body for a period of one year.  (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-49-42.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 3 - Massage Parlors.|Section 45-49-42.12 - Unlawful to Provide or Advertise for Services Including Genital Touching.

Section 45-49-42.12Unlawful to provide or advertise for services including genital touching. It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or any other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or offer any massage or physical touching of the genital organs of another in connection with such a massage.  (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-49-42.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 3 - Massage Parlors.|Section 45-49-42.13 - Revocation of License.

Section 45-49-42.13Revocation of license. Any license issued hereunder by the county governing body upon the violation of any section, requirement, or provision of this part by the licensee or any agent, attendant, or other employee of the licensee, provided the licensee shall first be notified of the violation and be afforded a hearing before the county governing body. Written notice of any violation hereunder and any hearing thereon before the county governing body may be given to licensees by delivering notices by hand to licensee, or in his or her absence to any adult person employed by the licensee at the licensed premises or the deposit of notice postage prepaid with the United States Postal Service and addressed to the licensee at the licensed premises, not less than 10 days prior to such hearing before the county governing body and the licensee may present such evidence as he or she shall wish to the governing body. In the event of any revocation of a license for the operation of a massage parlor in accordance with this section, the licensee shall not be entitled to the issuance of a subsequent license for the operation of a massage parlor in the county within 12 months following the date of the revocation.  (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-49-42.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 3 - Massage Parlors.|Section 45-49-42.14 - Penalties.

Section 45-49-42.14Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision or section of this part for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or six months in jail, one or both.  (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-49-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43 - License Required.

Section 45-49-43License required. It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct, pursue, or carry on the business of purchasing second-hand gold or silver, whether in the form of jewelry, household articles or furnishings, personal effects, bric-a-brac, settings for gems, watches, flatware, service sets, or other articles of like kind within Mobile County without first paying to the license commission the license tax hereinafter prescribed, and procuring a license from the officer.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.01 - License Tax.

Section 45-49-43.01License tax. The license tax levied against buyers as described in Section 45-49-43 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per calendar year. There shall be no half-year license.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.02 - Application - Requirements.

Section 45-49-43.02Application - Requirements. Applicants for license under this part shall file with the license commission a sworn application in writing, in duplicate, on a form to be furnished by the license commission which shall give all of the following information: (1) Name and physical description of the applicant. (2) Date of birth and drivers license number of the applicant. (3) Full local address of the applicant, and the length of time the applicant has resided within the county. (4) If employed, the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the employer-employee relationship. (5) A brief description of the nature of the gold or silver buying to be done. (6) The length of time for which the right to do gold or silver buying is desired and the location where such buying is to be done. (7) A photograph of the applicant, taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of filing the application, which picture shall be not smaller than two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner. (8) The fingerprints of the applicant, and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the county who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business respectability or, in lieu of the names of such references, such other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant, as shall enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility. (9) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal criminal ordinance, in any state, the nature of the offense, and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor. (10) The names, local addresses, drivers license numbers, and physical descriptions of all employees of the applicant.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.03 - Application - Fee.

Section 45-49-43.03Application - Fee. At the time of filing the application for the permit required by Section 45-49-43, a fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county to cover the cost of an investigation of the facts stated therein.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.04 - Application - Investigation; Qualifications; Appeals.

Section 45-49-43.04Application - Investigation; qualifications; appeals. Upon receipt of an application for the license required by Section 45-49-43, the original shall be referred to the chief of police of the city or municipality in which the business is to be located or the sheriff of the county who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character to be made as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public good. If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory or if he or she does not otherwise qualify under this part, the chief of police or sheriff shall endorse on such application his or her disapproval and the reason for the same and return the application to the license commission who shall notify the applicant that his or her application is disapproved and that no license will be issued. If, as a result of such investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant are found to be satisfactory, and he or she otherwise qualifies under this part, the chief of police or sheriff shall endorse on the application his or her approval, and return the application to the judge of probate who shall deliver to the applicant his or her license, in the same manner as to other licenses of the county. In the event the license is disapproved, the applicant may appeal to the judge of probate by filing a written appeal notice with the license commission within 14 days of date of disapproval notice.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.05 - License Requirements.

Section 45-49-43.05License requirements. The license required by Section 45-49-43 shall contain the signature of the license commission and shall show the name, address, and photographs of the licensee, the date of issuance and length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number. The license shall be displayed at all times whenever the applicant conducts business.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.06 - Record of Licenses.

Section 45-49-43.06Record of licenses. The license commission shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued under this part.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.07 - Records of Purchases; Transcripts.

Section 45-49-43.07Records of purchases; transcripts. Each applicant who secures a license under this part for purchasing gold or silver in any form set out in Section 45-49-43 shall keep a book in which shall be entered promptly at the time of purchase a brief description of the articles or property purchased, the date and hour of the purchase, and a brief description of the person from whom the purchase is made, together with the address, drivers license number, sex, race, and date of birth of such person. Each entry of such transaction shall be serially numbered on the book at the time of making the entry. Such buyer, on every day, before the hour of 10:00 a.m., shall deliver to the chief of police or the sheriff, upon a form provided by him or her, a legible transcript of the business done during the business day immediately preceding the filing of the transcript.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.08 - Registration.

Section 45-49-43.08Registration. Each licensee under this part, after the beginning of business, shall promptly register with the chief of police or sheriff, in a book kept for that purpose, his or her name, address, and every place where he or she carries on business or stores property.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.09 - Inspections.

Section 45-49-43.09Inspections. The books and records kept by each licensee of the articles described in Section 45-49-43, shall be open for inspection by the chief of police or by any officer of the police department or the sheriff or any law enforcement officer at all times and the licensee and his or her agents and employees shall at all times exhibit the book to such officers on request.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.10 - Identifying Numbers.

Section 45-49-43.10Identifying numbers. Each licensee under this part purchasing gold or silver in any form set out in Section 45-49-43 shall attach to or place on each such article purchased a tag or other identifying mark or label numbered to correspond with the serial number of the book required by Section 45-49-43.07; except, where small articles are bought in bulk and are too numerous to conveniently tag or mark, an identifying number shall be placed on the container or wrapper in which the articles are kept or placed.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.11 - Property Held for Inspection or Examination.

Section 45-49-43.11Property held for inspection or examination. The property of the kind described in Section 45-49-43 shall be held in the same form, shape, or condition in which they were purchased, without mutilation, melting, reduction to block or lump form, or destruction of the form thereof, for a period of 86 hours after the hour when the licensee reports the purchase to the chief of police or sheriff, during which time the article or articles shall be open to inspection or examination by the chief of police, or such officer or officers of the police department or sheriff or other law enforcement officer as may be delegated to make such examination or inspection, unless permission for change in form or sale is obtained in writing from the chief of police or sheriff after the filing of the report required by Section 45-49-43.07.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.12 - Construction of Terms.

Section 45-49-43.12Construction of terms. The word applicant, when used herein, shall include the plural where applicable, and all agents, officers, servants or employees of the applicants if the applicant is other than a sole proprietor.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.13 - Application of Part; Violations.

Section 45-49-43.13Application of part; violations. This part shall be binding upon every employee or agent of the buyer of the articles described in Section 45-49-43, and it shall be unlawful and an offense against the county for any licensee or his or her agents, servants, officers, or employees to fail or refuse to carry out the provisions of this part. Any person who shall violate this part or do business within the county, as defined in this part, without first obtaining a permit or license as provided herein shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment, not to exceed six months, or to both such fine and imprisonments in the discretion of the court trying the case.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.14 - Exemptions.

Section 45-49-43.14Exemptions. Anyone who has operated a jewelry store or business with a jewelry license for three years prior to May 7, 1981, is hereby exempt from the application of this part.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-49-43.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.|Section 45-49-43.15 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-49-43.15Disposition of funds. All revenues payable to the county under this part shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county general fund.  (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-49-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-49-70 - Salary.

Section 45-49-70Salary. (a) The members of the Mobile County Commission, the governing body of Mobile County, shall each receive an annual salary of fifty-seven thousand dollars ($57,000). Such compensation shall become effective at the beginning of the next term of the county commission or other like governing body. In addition thereto, all expense allowance payable to such members of the Mobile County Commission existing on August 8, 1991, shall from that date until the expiration of the current terms of office continue to be payable as an expense allowance; however, upon the new terms of office, the payments shall be deemed to constitute salary compensation for all purposes and the same shall continue to be paid thereafter as salary compensation. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from any funds in the county treasury available for that purpose, as provided by law. (b) This section shall not become effective unless a resolution is adopted at an open public meeting by the Mobile County Commission which authorizes and ratifies this section.  (Act 91-668, p. 1303, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-49-71 - Cost of Advertising Local Bills.

Section 45-49-71Cost of advertising local bills. The Mobile County Commission is hereby required to pay the cost of advertising local bills in Mobile County within 30 days from receipt of the invoice.  (Act 86-391, p. 576, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-71.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-49-71.01 - Monthly Report of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.

Section 45-49-71.01Monthly report of receipts and expenses; annual examination of books and accounts. (a) The Mobile County Commission shall cause to be printed and upon request be distributed to any newspapers within the county, and to any members of the electronic media or others, a monthly report of receipts and expenses of the county, detailing for each fund of the county treasury receipts and expenditures and the nature thereof, by the tenth day of the succeeding month. The report shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting at which time any citizen of the county shall be given an opportunity to be heard, for or against the estimates of any item relating to the report. At the end of each fiscal year, the commission shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the county to be made by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, and shall cause the results thereof to be distributed in the same manner as the monthly report. (b) The provisions of this section relating to the duties of the members of the county commission are cumulative to any laws or parts of laws heretofore or hereafter enacted except to the extent there is a direct conflict herewith.  (Act 86-414, p. 610, §§ 1, 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-71.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-49-71.02 - Landfill Projects and Dirt Pits.

Section 45-49-71.02Landfill projects and dirt pits. (a) Whenever the Mobile County Commission deems it to be in the public interest to approve a landfill project to be established anywhere in the county, it shall call for a public hearing on such landfill project to be held at least 30 days prior to approving the project. The public hearing shall be attended by members of the county commission and at least two representatives of the business entity that is to serve as the primary contractor for the landfill project. In the event the public hearing is not held in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the county commissioner representing the commission district in which the proposed landfill project is to be situated is authorized and empowered to exercise veto power, at his or her discretion, over the remaining members of the county commission on any decision approving the project. Whenever the Mobile County Commission deems it to be in the public interest to approve a landfill project and dirt pits to be established anywhere in the county, it shall call for a public hearing on such landfill project and dirt pits to be held at least 30 days prior to approving the project and dirt pits. (b) The public hearing shall be attended by all of the members of the county commission and at least two competent representatives of the business entity that is to serve as the primary contractor for the landfill project and dirt pits. In the event the public hearing is not held in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the county commissioner representing the commission district in which the proposed landfill project and dirt pits are to be situated is authorized and empowered to exercise veto power, at his or her discretion, over the remaining members of the county commission on any decision approving the project and dirt pits.  (Act 86-480, p. 914, § 1; Act 87-500, p. 757, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-71.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-49-71.03 - Borrowing Money for General County Purposes; Repayment.

Section 45-49-71.03Borrowing money for general county purposes; repayment. (a) The Mobile County Commission is authorized and empowered to borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed, and may issue certificates covering such borrowed money and may pledge a sufficient amount of uncollected taxes and additional revenues of the subsequent fiscal year to secure the repayment of such borrowed money, provided, that the sum or sums of money borrowed during any fiscal year shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000). (b) Any loan by which money is borrowed under this section shall be repaid by the Mobile County Commission by February 1 of the subsequent fiscal year. (c) No money borrowed under this section shall be used for any purpose other than that for which the general funds of the county may now be used. (d) All certificates evidencing loans made under the authority of this section shall be registered by the county treasurer in the order of their issue. All certificates when paid by the treasurer shall be canceled and such cancellation and payment shall be noted on the register. All certificates issued under the authority of this section shall be exempt from taxation.  (Act 87-486, p. 740, §§ 1-4.)