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AL Code § 45-26-20.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-26-20.01 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective July 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 45-26-20.01Draft or keg beer sales authorized; permit fees. (a) The Elmore County Commission, by resolution of the commission, may authorize, regulate, and permit the sale and distribution of draft or keg beer in any size container for on-premises and off-premises consumption by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the unincorporated areas of Elmore County and within the corporate limits of any municipality in the county upon approval of the municipal governing body of the municipality. The Elmore County Commission may set and charge an additional fee for a permit to sell draft or keg beer. Any proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the county general fund. (b) Any municipality in Elmore County, by ordinance, may authorize, regulate, and permit the sale and distribution of draft or keg beer in any size container for on-premises and off-premises consumption by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the corporate limits of the municipality. The municipality may set and charge an additional fee for a permit to sell draft or keg beer. Any proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the municipal general fund. Any action by the municipality under this subsection shall supersede any prior approval related to the sale or distribution of draft or keg beer under subsection (a). (c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplementary and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or parts of laws not directly inconsistent herewith. (Act 2021-144, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-26-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-26-50 - Office Abolished.

Section 45-26-50Office abolished. (a) In Elmore County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 36 is abolished. (b) Any assets, money, property, equipment, and supplies belonging to any office of constable shall be transferred to the Elmore County Commission for use or disposition as the county commission deems appropriate. (Act 2021-148, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-26-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-26-60 - Compensation.

Section 45-26-60Compensation. (a)(1) The Coroner of Elmore County shall receive a total compensation of seven hundred eighty-four dollars ($784) per month to be paid out of the county general fund on a monthly basis. (2) The Elmore County Commission may adjust the salary and benefits of the coroner by resolution. (3) This subsection validates salary and benefits paid to the Coroner of Elmore County retroactive to January I, 1995; however, it does not authorize payments in addition to those received by the Coroner of Elmore County prior to June 18, 1999. (b) With prior approval by the county commission, the commission is authorized to reimburse the county coroner for actual expenses incurred in the operation of his or her office and further may pay the coroner for actual mileage in an amount not to exceed the amount paid to other county employees in the performance of their duties. The provisions of this subsection shall be retroactive to January 20, 1991. (c) The coroner may appoint a chief deputy coroner to serve in his or her absence and may also appoint deputy coroners from among deputy sheriffs with the consent of the sheriff. The county commission may, by resolution, provide for the payment of expenses to the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroners. Provided, however, deputy sheriffs acting as deputy coroners during their normal duty hours shall not receive additional compensation. The coroner shall furnish to the county commission a proposed budget for operating expenses for each fiscal year prior to each October 1.  (Act 91-539, p. 966, §§2, 3; Act 99-551, p. 1196, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-26-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-26-120 - Mileage Allowance.

Section 45-26-120Mileage allowance. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county governing body of Elmore County may, at any regularly scheduled meeting, increase the mileage payable to county employees on official business up to twenty cents ($.20) per mile. (Act 81-751, p. 1277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-26-120.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-26-120.01 - Clerical Assistance for County Officials.

Section 45-26-120.01Clerical assistance for county officials. The Elmore County Commission shall provide compensation for deputies, clerks, assistants, and secretaries for the offices of the judge of probate, tax assessor, tax collector, and sheriff in such number as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of such offices. Each officer shall appoint his or her own deputy, clerk, secretary, and assistant and shall fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the county commission as to number and rate of pay. (Act 85-600, p. 928, §1.)
AL Code § 45-26-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-26-170 - Collection and Disposition of Fees; Ability to Pay.

Section 45-26-170Collection and disposition of fees; ability to pay. (a) The Elmore County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (b) No person shall be denied any service because of that person's inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on one's ability to pay. (c) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations. (d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the respective health department which collected such fees. (Act 88-440, p. 646, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-26-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-26-200 - Voiding of License for Invalid Payment.

Section 45-26-200Voiding of license for invalid payment. (a) In Elmore County, in cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate shall notify the license inspector, who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the license inspector shall so state and such statement shall constitute authorization for the judge of probate to void any license in question. Once such license has been voided, the judge of probate 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 79-532, p. 953, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-26-200.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-26-200.01 - Mileage Allowance.

Section 45-26-200.01Mileage allowance. The Elmore County Commission is hereby authorized to pay a mileage allowance to the county license inspector for official business, provided such allowance does not exceed the amount of allowance paid other county employees. (Act 84-635, p. 1286, §1.)
AL Code § 45-26-200.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 26 - Elmore County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-26-200.02 - Mobile Homes.

Section 45-26-200.02Mobile homes. (a) Every person, firm, or corporation who owns, maintains, or keeps in Elmore County a mobile home, except a mobile home which constitutes a part of his or her stock as a dealer and except a mobile home which has been assessed for ad valorem taxation as a part of the realty, shall pay an annual registration fee of three dollars ($3). Every person, firm, or corporation who owns, maintains, or keeps a mobile home which is considered for ad valorem tax purposes as separate from the realty on which it sits shall receive a colored decal upon the payment of both his or her mobile home registration fee and ad valorem taxes on the mobile home. Every person, firm, or corporation who owns, maintains, or keeps a mobile home which is considered for ad valorem tax purposes as a part of the realty on which it sits shall receive an alternative color decal upon the payment of the ad valorem tax on the mobile home. The decals shall be designed by the State Department of Revenue and displayed on the trailer for which the registration fee or ad valorem taxes, or both, were paid on or near the front entrance in such manner that it shall be readily accessible to the view of the license inspector. Such fee shall be paid to the judge of probate in Elmore County and shall be due, payable, and delinquent at the same times that motor vehicle licenses are due, payable, and delinquent. After payment of administrative expenses, including designer's fees, the judge shall deposit the proceeds of such registra¬tion fees to the county general fund. (b) The owner of any mobile home who fails to pay the registration fee herein provided for or who fails to place the decal on the front of the mobile home as required in subsection (a), shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500). Provided, however, no criminal sanction shall be imposed under this section until one year following May 3, 1988. Provided further, however, the civil penalties imposed by this subsection shall be levied upon May 3, 1988. In addition to all applicable criminal sanctions, a penalty of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed against any person, firm, or corporation who fails to pay their registration fee at the proper time. The thirty dollar ($30) penalty shall be distributed to the county general fund and to the office of the license inspector in amounts as may from time to time be determined by the county commission. (c) The judge of probate in the county and the State Department of Revenue are hereby empowered to promulgate and carry out all rules and regulations necessary to implement this section. (Act 88-443, p. 657, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-27-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-27-20 - Draft and Keg Beer Sales Authorized.

Section 45-27-20Draft and keg beer sales authorized. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may in its discretion grant permits to licensed retailers to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages anywhere within Escambia County, the provisions of Section 28-3-161, to the contrary notwithstanding, and the board may revoke any such permit so granted if, in the judgment of the board, the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages in the community is prejudicial to the welfare, health, peace, and safety of the people of the community or of the state. (Act 79-158, p. 265, §1.)
AL Code § 45-27-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-27-40 - Barbers and Cosmetologists.

Section 45-27-40Barbers and cosmetologists. (a) Students of cosmetology or barbering in Escambia County who have completed 250 hours of study in a registered school of cosmetology or barbering may work in a duly registered beauty shop or barber shop during non-school hours. (b)(1) Any person who has served as an apprentice in a barber shop under a master barber for not less than 3,000 hours within a minimum period of one year shall be granted a barber's license by the Alabama Board of Barber Examiners, provided he or she possesses and has met all the qualifications for receiving such license as prescribed by Section 34-5-5, not in conflict with this subsection. (2) Barbers and cosmetologists may work in the same shop in Escambia County. (3) This subsection is supplemental and insofar as possible it shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for licensing of the practice of barbering; nevertheless all laws and parts of such laws in conflict herewith are repealed. (Acts 1978, No. 613, p. 872, §1; Acts 1978, No. 829, p. 1232, §1; Act 81-1129, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 394, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-27-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-27-50 - Office of Constable Abolished.

Section 45-27-50Office of constable abolished. (a) The office of constable is hereby abolished in Escambia County. (b) Any person now serving in such office in Escambia County shall be entitled to any vested rights accrued. (Act 85-526, p. 635, §§1,2.)
AL Code § 45-27-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60 - Office of Coroner Abolished.

Section 45-27-60Office of coroner abolished. In Escambia County, Alabama, the office of coroner is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized, or required by law to be performed by the coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as provided for by this article. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §1.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.01 - County Medical Examiner.

Section 45-27-60.01County medical examiner. The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be appointed by the senior state medical examiner in Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The appointment shall be made, with the approval of the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified physicians submitted by the Escambia County Medical Society after review by the district attorney of the county. The appointment shall establish the Escambia County Medical Examiner as a contract employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the same liability coverage as provided to Merit System employees of the State of Alabama. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §2.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.02 - Appointment of Assistant County Medical Examiners.

Section 45-27-60.02Appointment of assistant county medical examiners. The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall appoint one or more assistant county medical examiners to assist the investigation and certification of deaths from the list of qualified physicians provided by the Escambia County Medical Society. Each assistant county medical examiner shall also have approval of the senior medical examiner of Region IV and the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and also shall be a contract employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §3.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.03 - Death Investigation Training.

Section 45-27-60.03Death investigation training. The county medical examiners shall complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic Sciences state medical examiners shall provide the training, or the county medical examiners may attend other training in death investigation with prior approval of the senior medical examiner of Region IV of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. All training shall be approved for continuing medical education credits. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §4.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.04 - Duty to Investigate Certain Deaths.

Section 45-27-60.04Duty to investigate certain deaths. It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner, or designated assistant medical examiner, to investigate any death in Escambia County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under medical care for significant disease of the heart or lung, or other disease. (2) Deaths suspected to be due to violence, resulting from anyone of the following: Suicide, accident, homicide, or undetermined injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3) Deaths suspected to be due to alcohol, or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due to poisoning. (5) Deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7) Deaths unattended by a physician. (8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more weeks gestation unattended by a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal abortion.  (11) Any death of an infant or child under 19 years of age where the medical history has not established some preexisting medical condition to clearly explain the death and the preterminal circumstances. (12) Deaths which are possibly directly or indirectly attributable to environmental exposure not otherwise specified. (13) Deaths suspected to be caused by infectious or contagious disease wherein the diagnosis and extent of disease at the time are undetermined. (14) Deaths occurring under suspicious or unusual circumstances. (15) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea.  (16) When a body is brought into Escambia County without proper medical certification. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §5.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.05 - Medical Examiner's Investigative Authority.

Section 45-27-60.05Medical examiner's investigative authority. While investigating a death pursuant to this article, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and the medical examiner or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or the legal designee of the medical examiner, may take possession and examine or have examined related physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful in establishing identity of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death. The county medical examiner shall examine the body externally and take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever biological fluids or other evidence from the body he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, and circumstances of death and the identity of the deceased. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §6.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.06 - Execution of Death Certificate; Circumstances Requiring Notice to Department of Forensic Sciences.

Section 45-27-60.06Execution of death certificate; circumstances requiring notice to Department of Forensic Sciences. (a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or the designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or designated assistant, may execute a death certificate as required by law, and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department. (b) The county medical examiner shall contact the State Medical Examiner of Alabama Forensic Sciences under the following circumstances: (1) If the deceased is unidentified. (2) If the county medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission. (3) If the cause of death is obscure. (c) The State Medical Examiner shall further examine the body, take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the body that he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, or circumstances of death, and the identity of the deceased. The county medical examiner or state medical examiner shall then execute a death certificate, as required by law, and also shall authorize release of the body for final disposition by executing a certificate required by the State Health Department. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §7.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.07 - Autopsies or Postmortem Examinations.

Section 45-27-60.07Autopsies or postmortem examinations. (a) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the Escambia County District Attorney or his or her authorized representative in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (b) The county medical examiner or the State Medical Examiner may authorize an autopsy or postmortem examination, or the autopsy may be performed by the State Medical Examiner when the county medical examiner suspects the death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or the cause of death is obscure or, in his or her opinion, an autopsy is advisable and in the public interest. (c) In a death where the county medical examiner does not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be performed, but the next of kin of the deceased requests that an autopsy be performed, the State Medical Examiner, or a designated pathologist, may perform the autopsy and the cost therefor shall be paid by the next of kin. The funds paid by the next of kin shall be deposited by the State Treasurer into the Forensic Services Trust Fund. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §8.)
AL Code § 45-27-60.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27 - Escambia County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-27-60.08 - Personal Effects of Deceased; Notice to Next of Kin.

Section 45-27-60.08Personal effects of deceased; notice to next of kin. The county medical examiner and assistant medical examiners of Escambia County, or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and the approval of the county medical examiner, shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. The personal effects may either be retained as evidence if deemed necessary or be returned forthwith to the next of kin. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §9.)