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AL Code § 11-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws.|Section 11-13-2 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Authorized.

Section 11-13-2Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Authorized. The county commission of any county may have published, at the expense of the county, within 60 days after the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, any or all laws of a local nature, said laws to be published in a newspaper published and at least partly printed in the county, which newspaper shall be permanently established and of general circulation in such county to which such laws relate. (Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §245; Code 1940, T. 12, §170.)
AL Code § 11-13-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws.|Section 11-13-3 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Contracts for Publication.

Section 11-13-3Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Contracts for publication. County commissions which desire publication of local acts as provided in this chapter shall procure from the Secretary of State certified copies of any laws affecting their respective counties and procure bids for the publication of said laws, and contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the publication of said law for three insertions, and the county commissions may contract for the publication of said laws on the basis of the lowest price in proportion to the circulation of newspapers bidding. (Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §246; Code 1940, T. 12, §171.)
AL Code § 11-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws.|Section 11-13-4 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Cost.

Section 11-13-4Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Cost. The cost of publication to the county shall in no instance exceed the rate now announced by law for legal publications. (Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §248; Code 1940, T. 12, §173.)
AL Code § 11-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws.|Section 11-13-5 - Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Furnishing of Copies to County and Precinct Officers; Recordation of Copies.

Section 11-13-5Publication of legislative laws of local nature - Furnishing of copies to county and precinct officers; recordation of copies. The newspapers selected to publish said laws shall furnish to all county and precinct officers copies of the paper containing such publications; and the judge of probate shall preserve in his record book copies of such publications, which record book shall become a public record in the office of the probate judge. (Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §247; Code 1940, T. 12, §172.)
AL Code § 11-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 13 - Codification and Publication of Laws.|Section 11-13-6 - Payment of Cost of Advertising Local Bill Introduction in Legislature; Reimbursement to County Commission.

Section 11-13-6Payment of cost of advertising local bill introduction in Legislature; reimbursement to county commission. (a) The county commission shall pay from the county treasury, at the regular legal rate, the cost of the advertising of notice and substance of all local bills which may be introduced in the Legislature by any member of the Legislature from the county, if the notice is signed by the member, whether the bill is passed by the Legislature or not. If the bill is for the benefit of or in reference to subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, the municipality or municipalities shall reimburse the county for the cost of the advertising. If two or more municipalities are liable to reimburse the county for the cost of advertising the same bill, each municipality shall pay to the county an amount which bears the same ratio to the total cost of advertising as such municipality's population bears to the total population of all the municipalities affected by the bill.  (b) After August 1, 1998, except in the case of a bill for the benefit of or on subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, if a proposed local law raising revenue for a public or private local entity other than the county commission becomes law, the public or private local entity receiving the proceeds of the revenue raising measure shall reimburse the county commission for the cost of advertising the local law from the first revenues generated by the local law. If the proposed local law would raise revenue for two or more local public or private entities, including the county commission or a municipality, each entity shall pay from the first revenues generated by the law, a pro rata share of the cost of advertising based upon the proposed percentage of generated revenue to each entity under the local law. (Acts 1951, No. 286, p. 571; Act 98-642, p. 1413, §1.)
AL Code § 11-14-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-1 - Effect of Deeds, Grants, etc., to Officers, etc., for Use of County.

Section 11-14-1Effect of deeds, grants, etc., to officers, etc., for use of county. All deeds, grants, or conveyances made to any officer or person for the use and benefit of the county vest in such county the title as fully as if made to such county by name. (Code 1852, §764; Code 1867, §898; Code 1876, §816; Code 1886, §887; Code 1896, §1401; Code 1907, §129; Code 1923, §208; Code 1940, T. 12, §176.)
AL Code § 11-14-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-2 - Custody of County Property; Conveyances of County Property Generally.

Section 11-14-2Custody of county property; conveyances of county property generally. The county commission shall have control of all property belonging to the county and may, by an order to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property which can be lawfully disposed, and direct the chairman of the county commission to make titles thereto and a conveyance made by the chairman of the county commission in accordance with such order invests the grantee with the title of the county. (Code 1852, §765; Code 1867, §899; Code 1876, §817; Code 1886, §888; Code 1896, §1402; Code 1907, §130; Code 1923, §209; Code 1940, T. 12, §177; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
AL Code § 11-14-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-3 - Conveyance of Waterworks Plants and Distribution Systems to Municipal Corporations.

Section 11-14-3Conveyance of waterworks plants and distribution systems to municipal corporations. Any county in the state of Alabama now owning a waterworks plant and distribution system or portion thereof is hereby authorized to transfer or convey such plant and system or portion thereof, without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters of such county, to any municipal corporation situated in such county. Any such transfer or conveyance may be made with or without pecuniary consideration and on such terms and conditions as the county commission of the county owning such plant and system or portion thereof may determine, but only after such county commission shall have adopted a resolution authorizing such transfer or conveyance. It shall not be necessary to obtain any permission or approval from the Alabama Public Service Commission or other similar regulatory body for such transfer or conveyance. (Acts 1957, No. 629, p. 946.)
AL Code § 11-14-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-4 - Erection and Maintenance of County Buildings Generally.

Section 11-14-4Erection and maintenance of county buildings generally. The county buildings are to be erected and kept in order and repair at the expense of the county under the direction of the county commission, which is authorized to make all necessary contracts for that purpose. (Code 1852, §766; Code 1867, §900; Code 1876, §818; Code 1886, §889; Code 1896, §1403; Code 1907, §131; Code 1923, §210; Code 1940, T. 12, §178.)
AL Code § 11-14-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-5 - Payment to Municipalities in Which Courthouses Located of Costs of Improvements Which Benefit Property of County.

Section 11-14-5Payment to municipalities in which courthouses located of costs of improvements which benefit property of county. The county commission is hereby authorized, out of any road funds, to pay to the municipality in which the county courthouse is located, the reasonable cost of public improvements constructed by such municipality which benefit the property of such county; provided, that the consent of such county commission has been obtained before the commencement of the improvement. (Acts 1931, No. 503, p. 613; Code 1940, T. 12, §179.)
AL Code § 11-14-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-6 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Authorized.

Section 11-14-6Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Authorized. The county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate county funds not otherwise appropriated or set apart by law toward a partial payment of the cost of public improvements made by a city or town to the sidewalks and streets around or abutting the lot or block occupied by any building belonging to the county, whether such improvements have been heretofore made or are hereafter made. (Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §180.)
AL Code § 11-14-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-7 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Appropriations for Payment of Cost of Improvements - Generally.

Section 11-14-7Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Appropriations for payment of cost of improvements - Generally. No appropriation made under the authority of Section 11-14-6 for improvements hereafter constructed shall exceed the cost of such improvement; provided, that where the county commission of any county shall elect to pay the cost of such improvement in installments, the appropriation made may include interest on deferred installments at not more than six percent per annum. (Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §181.)
AL Code § 11-14-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-8 - Payment to Cities or Towns for Improvements to Sidewalks and Streets Around, etc., County Buildings - Ratification of and Discharge From Liability for Prior Payments.

Section 11-14-8Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around, etc., county buildings - Ratification of and discharge from liability for prior payments. The county treasurer or other person exercising the functions of county treasurer of every county who has heretofore paid county money to any city or town for public improvements around or abutting any lot or block occupied by buildings belonging to such county is hereby released, relieved, and discharged from any and all liability for any and all sums of money so paid, and all payments heretofore made for such improvements by any county are hereby ratified and confirmed. (Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §183.)
AL Code § 11-14-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-9 - Custody of Courthouse; Prevention of Trespasses.

Section 11-14-9Custody of courthouse; prevention of trespasses. The county commission has charge of the courthouse and the sheriff, at the direction of the county commission, must prevent trespasses, and keep out intruders. (Code 1852, §767; Code 1867, §901; Code 1876, §819; Code 1886, §890; Code 1896, §1404; Code 1907, §132; Code 1923, §211; Code 1940, T. 12, §184; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)
AL Code § 11-14-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-10 - Duty to Erect Courthouses, Jails, Hospitals, and Other County Buildings.

Section 11-14-10Duty to erect courthouses, jails, hospitals, and other county buildings. The county commission shall erect courthouses, jails, and hospitals and other necessary county buildings, and such county commission shall have authority to levy a special tax for that purpose. Each county within the state shall be required to maintain a jail within their county. In counties in which a circuit court has been or is hereafter authorized to be held in more than one place, the county commission may build courthouses in each place of holding court, and, in all counties wherein a circuit court is authorized to be held or may hereafter be authorized to be held in more than one place for six months or more during any year, the county commission shall erect a courthouse at each of such places where such court is held, such courthouses to be adequate and commodious for the business of such court and county at such place. In said counties wherein a circuit court is authorized to be held or may hereafter be authorized to be held in more than one place for six months or more during any year, the county commission may erect and/or maintain a jail upon any property owned by the county located within the county. The Legislature, by local act passed subsequent to February 9, 1982, may provide for the location of such jail. This section shall not affect in anywise any local law heretofore enacted that is not in conflict herewith. (Code 1852, §768; Code 1867, §902; Code 1876, §820; Code 1886, §891; Code 1896, §1405; Code 1907, §133; Acts 1915, No. 484, p. 544; Code 1923, §212; Code 1940, T. 12, §185; Acts 1982, No. 82-33, p. 49.)
AL Code § 11-14-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-11 - Special Tax for Erection, Furnishing, Maintenance, etc., of Public Buildings, Bridges, or Roads Authorized; Disposition of Excess Proceeds.

Section 11-14-11Special tax for erection, furnishing, maintenance, etc., of public buildings, bridges, or roads authorized; disposition of excess proceeds. The county commission may levy and collect such special taxes as it may deem necessary, not to exceed one fourth of one percent per annum, for the purpose of paying any debt or liability against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary bridges or public buildings prior to March 23, 1915, or incurred for the erection of public roads since November 28, 1901, or that may be created for the erection, repairing, furnishing, or maintenance of public buildings, bridges, or roads after March 23, 1915. The proceeds of special taxes authorized by Section 215 of the Constitution, as amended, and levied for public building, road, or bridge purposes in excess of amounts payable on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued by the county may be spent for general county purposes in such manner as the county commission may determine. (Acts 1915, No. 170, p. 210; Code 1923, §213; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 181, p. 217; Code 1940, T. 12, §186; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 203, p. 2182, §1.)
AL Code § 11-14-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-12 - Location of Courts and Offices When Courthouse Damaged, Destroyed, or Undergoing Repair.

Section 11-14-12Location of courts and offices when courthouse damaged, destroyed, or undergoing repair. When the courthouse of any county is damaged or destroyed or is undergoing repair so as to interfere with the sittings of the courts or the occupancy of offices therein, such courts may sit and such offices may be kept at such other place in the city, town, or village where such courts and offices are required by law to be held and kept as may be provided by the county commission, or, in case of an emergency, such place as may be provided by the judge of probate, sheriff, and clerk of the circuit court. (Code 1896, §1406; Code 1907, §135; Code 1923, §214; Code 1940, T. 12, §187.)
AL Code § 11-14-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-13 - Construction and Arrangement of County Jail.

Section 11-14-13Construction and arrangement of county jail. The county jail must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners which may be confined therein and must contain at least two apartments, properly ventilated so as to secure the health of those confined therein: One for men and one for women. (Code 1852, §769; Code 1867, §903; Code 1876, §821; Code 1886, §892; Code 1896, §1407; Code 1907, §136; Code 1923, §215; Code 1940, T. 12, §188.)
AL Code § 11-14-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-14 - Levy of Tax and Issuance of Proposals for Erection or Repair of County Jail.

Section 11-14-14Levy of tax and issuance of proposals for erection or repair of county jail. It is the duty of the county commission, if there is not a sufficient jail in its county, to levy a county tax for the erection thereof and cause proposals to be issued for building or repairing the same within 12 months thereafter. (Code 1852, §770; Code 1867, §904; Code 1876, §822; Code 1886, §893; Code 1896, §1408; Code 1907, §137; Code 1923, §216; Code 1940, T. 12, §189.)
AL Code § 11-14-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-15 - Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.

Section 11-14-15Failure to levy tax for erection or repair of county jail when necessary. If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues. (Code 1852, §1171; Code 1867, §905; Code 1876, §4178; Code 1886, §3966; Code 1896, §5140; Code 1907, §7483; Code 1923, §5075; Code 1940, T. 12, §190.)
AL Code § 11-14-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-16 - Special Tax for Courthouse or Jail; Disposition of Surplus.

Section 11-14-16Special tax for courthouse or jail; disposition of surplus. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the county commission of any county in this state to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges, or roads, such court shall have the power and authority to levy and collect a special tax upon the taxable property of such county, not to exceed in one year one fourth of one percent for such purposes; and such tax, when collected, shall be applied exclusively for the purposes for which the same was so levied and collected. (Code 1876, §823; Code 1886, §894; Code 1896, §1409; Code 1907, §138; Code 1923, §217; Code 1940, T. 12, §191.)
AL Code § 11-14-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-17 - Levy of Special Taxes.

Section 11-14-17Levy of special taxes. In all cases in which the county commission is directed or empowered to levy a special tax for county purposes, such levy shall be made by the county commission itself upon the assessment last made for state taxes. (Code 1876, §824; Code 1886, §895; Code 1896, §1410; Code 1907, §139; Code 1923, §218; Code 1940, T. 12, §192.)
AL Code § 11-14-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 14 - Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, etc., Generally.|Section 11-14-18 - Exemption of Securities From Usury and Interest Statutes.

Section 11-14-18Exemption of securities from usury and interest statutes. Any securities issued by any county payable from or secured by a pledge of any part of the tax proceeds of the special tax authorized to be levied under the second proviso of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 208, and Sections 11-14-10, 11-14-11, and 11-14-16, are hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code. (Acts 1975, No. 1132, §1.)