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AL Code § 45-36-172.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 3 - Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board.|Section 45-36-172.02 - Powers and Duties.

Section 45-36-172.02Powers and duties.  The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson County shall develop and, to the extent feasible using available funding, implement an aquatic plant management program in the waters of Lake Guntersville in Jackson County. The program shall address both short term and long term plant management goals balancing the need for controlling invasive aquatic plants with available funding. In order to carry out its duties, the board shall have authority to do any of the following: (1) Receive funds from federal and state governments or any private or public entity, in the form of grants, appropriated funds, private, corporation, or foundation contributions, or from any other source. (2) Disburse funds in the form of grants or subsidies or contract with persons or entities for the purpose of managing invasive species of aquatic vegetation in Lake Guntersville in accordance with state and federal law. (3) Using available funds, employ or contract with a person or persons to administer and oversee the day-to-day operations of the aquatic plant management program. (4) Merge with a similar entity in an adjoining county by mutual agreement. (Act 2014-312, p. 1114, §3.)
AL Code § 45-36-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 1 - Parks.|Section 45-36-220 - Use of Facilities.

Section 45-36-220Use of facilities. Members of the board of directors of any Jackson County Public Park Board may be permitted the use of its facilities in lieu of compensation or expenses for service as members of such board or boards. Authority to use facilities of such board or boards by board members in lieu of compensation and expenses shall be spread upon the minutes of the affected board. The use of such facilities shall be commensurate with the duties imposed upon the members. All prior use of such facilities by a public park board member in lieu of compensation is hereby ratified and confirmed. (Act 88-263, p. 412, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-220.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 1 - Parks.|Section 45-36-220.01 - Transfer of Surplus Funds.

Section 45-36-220.01Transfer of surplus funds.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson County Commission may transfer surplus funds over the operating costs of the Jackson County Public Parks System as determined by standard government fund accounting principles from the Jackson County Parks Fund to the Jackson County General Fund, provided that the county commission makes a determination that the funds are not needed for the operation and administration of the public park system. (Act 2014-313, p. 1116, §2.)
AL Code § 45-36-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Recreation.|Section 45-36-221 - Casting Light From Motor Vehicle for Hunting.

Section 45-36-221Casting light from motor vehicle for hunting. (a) In Jackson County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, on any highway, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an apparent attempt or with intent to locate deer or other wildlife. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles. (b) Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (Act 85-228, p. 96, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-36-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-36-230 - Salary and Expense Allowance.

Section 45-36-230Salary and expense allowance. (a) Commencing on June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of Jackson County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.  (b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the sheriff shall be increased by fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall become null and void. (Act 93-374, p. 636, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-36-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage.

Section 45-36-231Records of abandoned and stolen property; storage. (a) The Sheriff of Jackson County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s office. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, and the serial or other identifying number of the property. The records shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. (b) All abandoned or stolen property recovered by the sheriff’s office shall be stored in a suitable place to protect the property from deterioration. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.01 - Sale of Perishable Property.

Section 45-36-231.01Sale of perishable property. If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the property. The proceeds of such a sale shall be held in a separate account for a period of six months for the owner. During this period, the proceeds shall be paid to the owner upon demand, less any cost of recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale. If the proceeds are not claimed within six months, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of the property, the net funds shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Jackson County. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §2.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.02 - Record of Abandoned and Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction.

Section 45-36-231.02Record of abandoned and stolen firearms; sale or destruction. (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, and the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm. Firearm as used in this subpart shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1. (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the firearm within six months of the date the sheriff obtained it. (c) The sheriff may sell the firearms to the highest bidder as long as that person or business may purchase a firearm legally in the State of Alabama. The bidder shall be subject to a background check for any and all records that would prohibit the bidder from purchasing a firearm. If the bidder is legally prohibited from purchasing the firearm, the firearm shall be put up for auction at another time, and the bidder shall be refunded any money he or she placed on the bid. All sales shall be on a cash basis. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of the firearms shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Jackson County to be used for law enforcement purposes. (d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff's office funds for that purpose. (e) Any firearm held by the sheriff on August 1, 2012, shall be subject to this section, but shall be held for at least six months after August 1, 2012. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §3; Act 2015-76, §1; Act 2015-91, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property.

Section 45-36-231.03Notice and sale of stolen or abandoned property. (a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff’s office and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a six-month period. (b) Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Jackson County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Jackson County Courthouse or on the sheriff’s office website for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a general description of items of personal property to be sold at the auction. If publication of notice is made in the newspaper, the first notice shall run at least 20 days prior to the auction. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §4.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.04 - Claim of Property.

Section 45-36-231.04Claim of property. The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasonable expenses incurred in the recovery of the property, its maintenance, storage, and a pro rata share of the costs, if any, of publication of notice of the sale of the property. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §5.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.05 - Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid.

Section 45-36-231.05Record of sale; rejection of bid. If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this subpart, a notation in the storage record shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may continue the sale, from time to time, if no bidders are present. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §6.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.06 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds.

Section 45-36-231.06Disposition of sale proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this subpart, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Jackson County and shall be used solely for law enforcement purposes. (Act 2012-460, p. 1277, §7.)
AL Code § 45-36-231.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Funding.|Section 45-36-231.07 - Interest Earned on Inmate Trust Fund Account.

Section 45-36-231.07Interest earned on Inmate Trust Fund Account. In Jackson County, all interest earned on the Inmate Trust Fund Account shall be used by the sheriff for the operation or maintenance of that account or for law enforcement purposes. (Act 2015-92, §1; Act 2015-118, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-36-233

Section 45-36-233Fees; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. (a) In Jackson County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be fifteen dollars ($15), which shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited into the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund. (b) The Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Jackson County in any bank located in Jackson County selected by the sheriff. (c) The Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Jackson County, or his or her appointed agent, and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public’s interest and in the discharge of the duties of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) Any and all monies on August 1, 2001, in the current Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund created under Act 91-183 shall be transferred into the new Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund created by this section and the fund created under Act 91-183 shall become null and void. Any expenditures under Act 91-183 prior to August 1, 2001, are ratified and confirmed. (e) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund as provided in this section and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the sheriff’s office. (Act 2001-455, p. 595, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-36-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Retirement.|Section 45-36-234 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc.; Upon Retirement.

Section 45-36-234Receipt of badge, pistol, etc.; upon retirement. Any individual employed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 25 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the department. (Act 2006-187, p. 265, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Relief Acts.|Section 45-36-235 - Authorization of Relief Payments.

Section 45-36-235Authorization of relief payments. (a) In Jackson County, the sum of one thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($1,379.95), or the amount as otherwise provided in this section, is hereby appropriated monthly for the relief of Mr. Willie Dean Mount. The monthly appropriations shall be payable as non-employee compensation from any funds available for the operation of the office of the sheriff. The monthly appropriation of one thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($1,379.95) shall be reduced by any and all amounts of workers' compensation or disability payments payable to and received by Willie Dean Mount, but shall in no event shall the amount be less than six hundred eighty-three dollars and ninety-five cents ($683.95) per month. (b) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to the date that the combined sum of workers' compensation benefits and Social Security disability benefits equaled one thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($1,379.95), and all actions taken and payments made pursuant thereto on and after that date are ratified and confirmed. (Act 84-540, p. 1166, §§1, 2; Act 2014-308, p. 1110, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-36-241 - Relief From Obligations Incurred in Relation to Excessive Homestead Exemptions.

Section 45-36-241Relief from obligations incurred in relation to excessive homestead exemptions. All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the Tax Assessor of Jackson County, Alabama, is hereby relieved from any monetary obligation incurred by the official as a result of carrying out a directive from the county commission to grant excessive homestead exemptions to certain property owners in the county during the tax collection year of 1982. The relief granted by this section shall include in full any amount which the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts has determined that the tax assessor is responsible for as a result of such directive. (Act 85-442, p. 410, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.|Section 45-36-243 - Definitions.

Section 45-36-243Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Jackson County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in Jackson County by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction of such distributor in interstate commerce. (3) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha, and other liquid motor fuels or any device or substitute therefor commonly used in internal combustion engines; provided, that such term shall not be held to apply to those products known commercially as kerosene oil, fuel oil, or crude oil when used for lighting, heating, or industrial purposes. (4) MOTOR FUEL. Diesel oil, tractor fuel, gas oil, distillate, kerosene, jet fuel, or any substitutes or devices therefor when sold, distributed, stored, or withdrawn from storage in any county for use in the operation of any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state. (5) PERSON. Persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, associations, incorporated or otherwise, singular or plural. (6) REFINER. Any person who manufactures, distills, blends, compounds, or mixes any one or more products in the production of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined. (7) RETAIL DEALER. Any person herein defined as a distributor who is also engaged in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in Jackson County at any place in this state in broken quantities. (8) STORER. Any person who ships or causes to be shipped or receives gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, into Jackson County in any quantities and stores the same in any manner and withdraws or uses the same for any purpose. (9) USER. Any person who uses or consumes gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in Jackson County in any manner or for any purpose; provided, that the term user is not to include any refiner who has a refinery or refineries located within Jackson County when using gasoline or motor fuel in the manufacturing or refining process, or any person who holds a federal permit to blend motor fuels under the federal law and statutes and who pays the federal excise tax on such motor fuels directly to the federal government, when such person uses gasoline in Jackson County in such blending process. (Act 88-291, p. 444, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-243.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.|Section 45-36-243.01 - Excise Tax Authorized.

Section 45-36-243.01Excise tax authorized. The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise taxes on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel, as herein defined, within Jackson County not to exceed three cents ($.03) per gallon and to require every distributor, retail dealer, or storer of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined to pay such excise taxes upon the selling, distributing, or withdrawing from storage for any use, gasoline and motor fuel as herein defined in such county; provided that excise taxes levied pursuant to this part shall not be levied upon the sale of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in interstate commerce, and provided further that if the excise tax imposed under this part upon the sale of such gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, shall have been paid by a distributor or by retail dealer or storer, such payment shall be sufficient, the intention being that the taxes shall not be paid but once. The excise taxes imposed pursuant to this part shall apply to persons, firms, corporations, dealers, or distributors storing gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, and distributing the same or allowing the same to be withdrawn from storage, whether such withdrawal be for sale or other use, provided that sellers of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, and its substitutes paying the taxes herein provided may pay the same computed and paid on the basis of their sales as hereinafter required, and storers and distributors shall compute and pay such taxes on the basis of their withdrawals or distributors. The taxes herein provided for shall be in addition to any and all excise or other taxes imposed on gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, or any device or substitute therefor, or on the business of selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose, gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined; however, the county commissions of such counties shall exempt from any tax levy upon any gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined and shall be limited the following when used in essential governmental functions by the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, or county governing agencies, municipalities, boards of education, National Guard Armories, and the federal government or any agency thereof. (Act 88-291, p. 444, §2.)
AL Code § 45-36-243.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.|Section 45-36-243.02 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals.

Section 45-36-243.02Statement of sales and withdrawals. On or before the 20th day of each month after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this part, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Jackson County on forms prescribed by such county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel as herein defined made by him, her, or them during the next preceding month, liable for payment of the excise tax imposed pursuant to this part, and shall furnish to the county commission such additional information as such county commission may require upon blanks to be formulated and furnished by the county commission, and at the time of making such report shall pay to the county commission an amount of money equal to the excise tax levied under this part. The statement herein required to be made by the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and any false statement sworn to shall constitute perjury and upon conviction thereupon the person so convicted shall be punished as provided by law for the crime of perjury. (Act 88-291, p. 444, §3.)