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AL Code § 45-27-120.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-27-120.09 - Appeals From Final Personnel Actions.

Section 45-27-120.09Appeals from final personnel actions. (a) The personnel board shall hear all appeals from final personnel action as requested by an affected and eligible employee, an appointing authority, or the county. Eligible employees shall include classified employees and may include other employees as authorized by the county commission so long as such inclusion does not violate the intent of this article. The board shall hear all appeals from final personnel action in accordance with guidelines approved by the county commission. Final action may be from administrative action; action based on the rules, policies, and procedures of the county; or disciplinary action. All appeals shall be made in good faith and timely filed. Willfully filing an appeal based on false facts or solely for the purpose of harassment may be the basis for disciplinary action. (b) Hearings before the personnel board shall be full, evidentiary hearings if the parties wish. However, hearings are not intended to follow the formalities of a court of law and the rules of evidence are not required. All testimony shall be under oath and the board has the power to subpoena witnesses and demand production of relevant documents. The personnel board has the authority to adopt its own rules regarding hearings and its rulings on hearings. The personnel board has the authority to render decisions at the conclusion of a hearing and a decision must be made within 10 days of the hearing. All decisions must be supported by factual findings based on the hearing and appropriate law, rules, policies, and procedures established by the county commission. The decision of the personnel board is binding on all parties. The board's decision may uphold, reverse, or amend any prior action. Only after all administrative remedies have been exhausted may an affected party take an appeal to the appropriate circuit court. (Act 92-396, p. 815, §10.)
AL Code § 45-27-120.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-27-120.10 - Employment Requirements.

Section 45-27-120.10Employment requirements. All classified employees shall be hired from a list of job applicants who meet the job related qualifications in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the county commission. The probate judge, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, and the county commission as a whole shall each be authorized one employee to serve as a principle assistant in that department. These persons are unclassified employees and need not be hired from a list of applicants, but must meet the job qualifications set for the position by the county commission. The county commission may authorize additional assistants, but it is the intent of this article to keep these assistants to a minimum. If two or more elected offices are combined, the elected official shall have no more than one unclassified employee. (Act 92-396, p. 815, §11.)
AL Code § 45-27-120.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-27-120.11 - Political Activity.

Section 45-27-120.11Political activity. (a) Any employee may participate in city or state political activities to the same extent any citizen of Alabama may. This activity may include endorsing a candidate and contributing to campaigns. Employees may join local political organizations and state and national political parties. Employees may also support issues of public welfare, circulate petitions, and make contributions. (b) No employee or elected county official shall use his or her official position or authority to influence the vote or political action of any person, nor shall any county funds, property, or time be used for any political activity. No employee or elected county official shall solicit political contributions or solicit work in any capacity in a campaign from any person who is a subordinate employee. (Act 92-396, p. 815, §12.)
AL Code § 45-27-120.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-27-120.12 - Elected Offices.

Section 45-27-120.12Elected offices. The elected offices in Escambia County are the county commission, probate judge, sheriff, tax assessor, and tax collector. Any subsequent change in the number, scope, title, or other aspect of these offices is subsumed within this article. (Act 92-396, p. 815, §13.)
AL Code § 45-27-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-27-160 - Liability for Monetary Loss.

Section 45-27-160Liability for monetary loss. (a) The office of Tax Collector or office of Judge of Probate of Escambia County shall not be assessed any monetary loss, up to a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per office, per annum, arising or caused by error if the mistake or omission was caused without the personal knowledge of the officer, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. (b) It shall be the duty of the tax collector or judge of probate to insure that the employees of the respective offices exercise due care in performing their required duties and make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission. The respective officers shall make a good faith effort to collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. (c) This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the tax collector or judge of probate, or by any clerk, or any employee of the respective officials. (d) No tax collector or judge of probate, or any official, any clerk, or any employee of the respective officials shall be liable for worthless checks if the respective officers make a good faith effort to collect on the worthless checks. (Act 95-354, p. 721, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-27-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 19 - Legislature.|Section 45-27-190 - Legislative Delegation Office.

Section 45-27-190Legislative Delegation Office. (a) There is hereby created an Escambia County Legislative Delegation Office which shall be managed by a secretary or office manager who shall be hired by and serve at the pleasure or the Escambia County legislative delegation. The salary for such secretary or office manager shall be set by the delegation up to no more than that of chief clerks in other county offices and paid by the commission as other county employees are paid. (b) The Escambia County Commission shall provide the necessary office space, supplies, furniture, and other equipment for the delegation. The office may be located outside the county courthouse or other county buildings if the office space is provided at no cost to the county. (Act 86-719, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 142, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-27-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-27-200 - Voiding of License for Invalid Payment.

Section 45-27-200Voiding of license for invalid payment. (a) In Escambia County, in cases where a check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the probate judge shall notify the worthless check unit of the district attorney's office, who shall make a reasonable attempt to collect the amount due for the license. In the event that the collection cannot be made, the district attorney's office will so state and such statement shall constitute authorization for the probate judge to void any license in question. Once any such license has been voided, the probate judge shall receive credit for the cost of the license plus the issuance fee. The appropriate state office shall mark the records pertaining to the void license and, upon inquiry by law enforcement agencies, shall notify the agencies that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to such matters; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 88-221, p. 346, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-27A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Atmore.|Section 45-27A-20 - Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday.

Section 45-27A-20Regulation of alcoholic beverage sales on Sunday. The City Council of the City of Atmore in Escambia County, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday, as determined by the city council, by properly licensed licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the City of Atmore, who hold licenses issued pursuant to Section 28-3A-3, and who serve the general public in the city. (Act 2018-256, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-28-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-28-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Etowah County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Etowah County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-28-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-28-30 - Etowah County Library Committee.

Section 45-28-30Etowah County Library Committee. (a) This section shall be operative only in Etowah County. (b) There is created the Etowah County Library Committee which shall have all authority as to the expenditure of funds received from the one cent ($.01) sales tax which is provided by Section 45-28-244.01. The funds shall be used only for the maintenance and operation of libraries, the purchase of books and other related supplies for the libraries, professional services, and expenditures for capital improvements, down payments for capital improvements, payment of architectural and engineering fees, and other capital expenditures (c) The committee shall be composed of five members, four of whom shall be appointed by the county legislative delegation, and the fifth member who shall not have voting privileges shall be the Etowah County Administrator. Each member of the committee shall serve for four years, and vacancies on the committee shall be filled by the appointing authority. The committee shall be appointed within 90 days after July 12, 1995. The first meeting of the committee shall be set by the Etowah County Administrator. Thereafter, the committee may meet as provided in its bylaws. (d) The committee shall not spend any funds received from the sales tax to pay any compensation to the members of the committee. The county commission shall provide a secretary for the committee and pay the salary of the secretary. (Act 95-322, p. 688, §§1-4; Act 96-285, p. 329, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-28-40 - Banks.

Section 45-28-40Banks. Any bank, whether incorporated or unincorporated, within the state, now or hereafter situated in, or having a branch in, Etowah County, shall have the power to establish, maintain, and operate within the limits of the county, where a place of business of such bank is situated, 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 and trust business, provided that such bank, before the establishment of any such branch or branches, shall first secure the written consent of the State Superintendent of Banks and meet the requirements of the appropriate regulatory banking authorities. Provided, however, that any branch bank established under this section shall be within the corporate limits of a municipality, in Etowah County and, where the population of the municipality was less than 3,000 persons according to the last federal decennial census, any branch shall be located no farther from the city hall than three-fourths of one mile, this provision deemed necessary for police and fire protection purposes. Provided further, that the limitation contained in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to the town of Hokes Bluff.  (Acts 1977, No. 302, p. 403, §1; Act 81-380, p. 563, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-28-50 - Compensation.

Section 45-28-50Compensation. The Constable of the District Court of Etowah County shall be paid an expense allowance of seven hundred dollars ($700) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to the expense allowance provided by Act No. 88-787, H. 302, 1988 First Special Session until it is repealed. The payments made to the constable prior to May 6, 1998, are confirmed and ratified. The expense allowance shall be paid from the county general fund. (Act 83-780, p. 1428, §1; Act 88-280, p. 436, §1; Act 98-661, p. 1448, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-28-60 - Compensation.

Section 45-28-60Compensation. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-219 EFFECTIVE BEGINNING THE NEXT TERM OF OFFICE OF THE ETOWAH COUNTY CORONER. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The Coroner of Etowah County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law. (Act 2000-651, p. 1305, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-60.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-28-60.01 - Use of County Vehicle.

Section 45-28-60.01Use of county vehicle.  (a) The Etowah County Commission shall provide the coroner with the use of a county vehicle in order to assist the coroner in the performance of his or her official duties. The county commission may otherwise regulate the use of the vehicle to assure that the vehicle is available for use by the coroner whenever the coroner is on call, but that the vehicle is not used for purely personal purposes. (b) Any use of a county vehicle by the coroner prior to April 28, 2016, is ratified and confirmed. (Act 2016-235, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-60.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-28-60.02 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-28-60.02Expense allowance; salary. (a) The coroner of Etowah County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance so that the total compensation of the coroner including expense allowances and salary equals twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year payable from the general fund of the county. (b) Effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, subject to subsection (c), the annual salary of the coroner shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year payable from the general fund of the county and subsection (a) shall be repealed. (c) Effective beginning one year after the beginning of the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, and thereafter, the county commission may increase the expense allowance and salary of the coroner provided that any salary increase shall become effective beginning the next term of office of the coroner beginning after May 22, 2019, thereafter. (d) This section and Section 45-28-60.03 shall not affect the coroner's use of a county vehicle as provided for in Section 45-28-60.01. (Act 2019-219, §§2,4.)
AL Code § 45-28-60.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-28-60.03 - Deputy Coroner.

Section 45-28-60.03Deputy coroner. The coroner may appoint a qualified person to serve as deputy coroner to perform the duties of the coroner when the coroner is unavailable or absent or when the coroner is incapacitated. When called upon to serve, the deputy coroner shall have the same legal authority and responsibility as the coroner. The annual salary of the deputy coroner shall be six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year payable from the general fund of the county. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county commission, after May 22, 2019, may adjust and increase the salary of the deputy coroner as it determines necessary. (Act 2019-219, §3.)
AL Code § 45-28-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 10 - Education.|Section 45-28-100 - Board of Education - Membership.

Section 45-28-100Board of Education - Membership. (a) The several members of the Etowah County Board of Education shall hereafter be elected by only those qualified electors in the county who are served by the Etowah County Board of Education. (b) Nothing in this section shall affect the unexpired term of any present member of the Etowah County Board of Education. (c) The provisions of this section are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with all other laws relating to the Etowah County Board of Education; however, those laws or parts of laws in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 85-690, p. 1108, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-28-100.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 10 - Education.|Section 45-28-100.01 - Board of Education - Compensation.

Section 45-28-100.01Board of Education - Compensation. Each member of the Etowah County Board of Education shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any other compensation provided by law. (Act 2000-579, p. 1067, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-100.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 10 - Education.|Section 45-28-100.02 - School Resource Officers.

Section 45-28-100.02School resource officers.  (a) This section shall apply only in Etowah County. (b) A person who retired from the position of municipal police officer, deputy sheriff, or other position that required certification by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, the commission, and who retired in good standing may be employed as a part-time school resource officer by Etowah County or by a municipality or local school district in Etowah County in accordance with this section. (c) As a part-time employee, a school resource officer shall not be eligible for health insurance or retirement benefits beyond those benefits the person is already receiving through his or her former full-time employment. Even though part-time, a part-time school resource officer may be required to work a schedule that coincides with a full school day schedule for the period when school is in regular operation and as otherwise needed. (d) Part-time school resource officers shall have all rights, privileges, and powers of a law enforcement officer certified by the commission under the laws of the state. (e) A chief of police or sheriff and members of his or her force, as applicable, shall have immunity from civil liability for actions arising from his or her position as a part-time school resource officer. (f) In a municipality that has its own police force, preference in hiring a part-time school resource officer shall be given to a retired municipal police officer. In all other unincorporated areas of Etowah County, preference in hiring shall be given to a retired deputy sheriff. (g) Funding for part-time school resource officers may come from local, state, or federal budgets or from any board of education, or a combination thereof. The rate of pay for a part-time school resource officer shall not be tied to any existing pay scale used by the hiring authority but shall instead be at the discretion of the hiring authority. (h) This section shall not apply to a full-time law enforcement officer serving in the capacity as a school resource officer on a regular basis as of August 1, 2013, and employed by a law enforcement agency. A full-time law enforcement officer working in this capacity may continue his or her full-time status at the discretion of the chief of police or sheriff, as appropriate. (Act 2013-425, p. 1702, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-28-110 - Preparation of Voter Lists; Compensation of Judge of Probate.

Section 45-28-110Preparation of voter lists; compensation of judge of probate. (a) The Judge of Probate of Etowah County shall complete and properly prepare the lists of qualified electors required to be furnished to the election inspectors. For such service, the judge of probate shall be paid an amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of names on the lists by an amount not to exceed five cents ($.05) each. The judge of probate shall from the proceeds of this allowance pay the costs and expenses of preparing the lists. The expenses due under this section shall be paid by the county commission by warrants drawn on the county treasury upon certificate of the probate judge.  (b) The payments provided by this section are in lieu of any payments authorized by Section 17-3-60. (Act 79-354, p. 566, §§1, 4.)