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AL Code § 45-39-200.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - Creation of Office of License Commissioner.|Section 45-39-200.19 - License Inspector.

Section 45-39-200.19License inspector. (a) The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to appoint the Lauderdale County License Inspector, pursuant to Section 40-12-10, as amended, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The salary and the expense allowance shall be fixed by the commission. All other provisions of Section 40-12-10 applicable to the duties, powers, and authority of the license inspector and the powers of the county commission shall be applicable in Lauderdale County. (b) No provision of this section shall be construed to abolish the office of Lauderdale County License Commissioner and the duties and powers prescribed by this part, except as otherwise herein provided; and such provisions shall be construed in pari materia with this section. (Act 79-107, p. 129, §19; Act 91-369, p. 702, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 45-39-200.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - Creation of Office of License Commissioner.|Section 45-39-200.20 - Copying Fee.

Section 45-39-200.20Copying fee. The county license commissioner is hereby authorized to charge one dollar ($1) per page or fraction of a page, to be paid into the county general fund, for copying any document or instrument which is on record in his or her office and, if such copy is to be certified, he or she shall charge an additional fifty cents ($.50) for certifying the same. (Act 79-107, p. 129, §21.)
AL Code § 45-39-200.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - Creation of Office of License Commissioner.|Section 45-39-200.21 - Pay Book or Ledger; Report.

Section 45-39-200.21Pay book or ledger; report. The county license commissioner shall keep a pay book or ledger showing the amount of money collected each day for each service performed and such book shall be open at all times to inspection by the county governing body. On or before the tenth day of each month, the commissioner shall furnish the county governing body a full report of all monies collected and the disposition thereof.  (Act 79-107, p. 129, §22.)
AL Code § 45-39-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - Fees.|Section 45-39-201 - Voiding of License When Payment Noncollectible.

Section 45-39-201Voiding of license when payment noncollectible. (a) This section shall apply to Lauderdale County. (b) In cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the county license commissioner shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the license commissioner shall so state and that statement shall constitute authorization to void any license in question. Once the license has been voided, the license commissioner 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. (c) 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 79-581, p. 1043, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-39-201.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - Fees.|Section 45-39-201.01 - Boat Licenses.

Section 45-39-201.01Boat licenses. The License Commissioner of Lauderdale County is hereby authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing the license. (Act 89-385, p. 742, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-201.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - Fees.|Section 45-39-201.02 - Transaction Fee; Transfer Fee; Delinquency Fee.

Section 45-39-201.02Transaction fee; transfer fee; delinquency fee. (a) This section shall apply only in Lauderdale County. (b) In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transaction fee in an amount to be determined by the county commission, but not exceeding one dollar twenty-five cents ($1.25), shall be paid to the Lauderdale County License Commissioner for all transactions transacted in his or her office excepting hunting, fishing, and driver's licenses. (c) In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transfer fee in an amount to be determined by the county commission, but not exceeding four dollars ($4), shall be paid to the Lauderdale County License Commissioner for each transfer of a motor vehicle license tag as described in Section 40-12-261. (d) In addition to all other fees, penalties, and interest, a special delinquency fee in an amount to be determined by the county commission, but not exceeding four dollars ($4), shall be paid to the Lauderdale County License Commissioner for any license or tax which is not paid by its due date. (e) The transaction fee, transfer fee, and the delinquency fee shall be collected by the Lauderdale County License Commissioner for deposit in the county general fund and for appropriation for general county purposes. (Act 96-318, p. 359, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-39-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 1 - Hunting.|Section 45-39-220 - Nighttime Hunting of Raccoons and Opossums.

Section 45-39-220Nighttime hunting of raccoons and opossums. In Lauderdale County, the provisions of any law or the provisions of any rule, regulation, or order of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be lawful to hunt, and to capture or kill raccoons and opossums between sunset and daylight with a light and a dog and if hunting on the lands of another, written permission of the landowner is necessary, and by the use of a shotgun using number 6 shot or a .22 caliber rifle using .22 caliber short cartridges, and the person or persons so hunting may not have in their possession any ammunition, except number 6 shot or short cartridges for a .22 caliber rifle. (Act 79-321, p. 474, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-221Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution adopted by the governing body of the City of Florence or the county, in accordance with this part, that authorizes the organization of the tourism board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the tourism board. (3) CODE. This code and all amendments thereto and, with respect to any particular title, chapter, article, division, section, or other portion thereof, any act of the Legislature or other code preceding such portion of this code or subsequently replacing the same. (4) COUNTY. Lauderdale County, Alabama. (5) COUNTY LODGING TAX. That certain tax levied pursuant to Part 5, commencing with Section 45-39-244, of Article 24 of this chapter. (6) DIRECTOR. A member of the board. (7) FLORENCE. The City of Florence, Alabama. (8) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to the county, its county commission, and, with respect to a municipality, its city or town council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body. (9) LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of the state. (10) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated municipality located wholly within the county. (11) PLANNING JURISDICTION. A municipality’s planning jurisdiction but excludes any portion of the planning jurisdiction located outside of the county. (12) STATE. The State of Alabama. (13) TOURISM BOARD. The public corporation organized pursuant to this part. (b) The terms herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion hereof in which any such word is used. The definitions set forth herein shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are used in the singular or plural. Whenever used herein any pronoun or pronouns shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.01 - Organization of Tourism Board.

Section 45-39-221.01Organization of tourism board. (a)(1) The governing bodies of Florence and the county may form a tourism board as a public corporation pursuant to this part by each adopting a resolution that does both of the following: a. Recites that the county and the City of Florence propose to form the tourism board pursuant to this part. b. States the name of the tourism board, which may be a name indicating in a general way the function of the tourism board and the geographical area proposed to be served by it, and shall include the word authority, bureau, or board, unless the Secretary of State shall determine that such name is identical to the name of another corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, in which case there may be inserted additional identifying words so as to eliminate the duplication or similarity or to adopt some other similar name that is available. (2) While it shall not be necessary that any such resolution be published in any newspaper or posted, the governing body of the county or the City of Florence, as the case may be, shall cause such resolution to be spread upon or made a part of the minutes of the meeting thereof at which final action thereon is taken. (b) Upon the adoption of both authorizing resolutions, the tourism board shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in each authorizing resolution. The authorizing resolutions shall both be filed, not more than 15 days after the date on which the latter thereof was adopted, for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county. (c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any law enacted by the Legislature, whether general, special, or local, or in any ordinance, resolution, or resolution and order previously adopted by the county and the City of Florence, the governing bodies of the county and the City of Florence, in the authorizing resolutions or any amendatory resolutions hereinabove authorized, may terminate or dissolve any public body that was theretofore formed for the purpose of promoting or developing tourism in either or both the City of Florence and the county. If a public body is dissolved, the county and the City of Florence, whether in the authorizing resolutions or in any amendatory resolutions adopted by them, may establish the tourism board as the successor in interest to all of the assets and liabilities of the public body so dissolved. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.04 - Powers of Board; Officers.

Section 45-39-221.04Powers of board; officers. (a) All powers of the tourism board shall be exercised, and the tourism board shall be governed, by the board or pursuant to its authorization, in accordance with this part. (b) The board, if and to the extent such action is consistent with succeeding provisions of this section, may delegate to one or more of the directors, or to any one or more of the employees, agents, or officers of the tourism board, such duties as it deems proper. (c) The officers of the tourism board shall consist of a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary or desirable. The board shall elect the chair, the vice chair, the secretary, and the treasurer; and the vice chair shall serve as chair in the event of the absence of the chair. The chair and vice chair shall be directors, and the treasurer and secretary may, but need not, be directors. One person may serve as treasurer and secretary. Each officer of the tourism board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties as an officer. (d) The board shall provide by resolution for the dates on which the chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, or any other officer shall be elected, which resolution shall also specify the term or period for which each officer shall serve as such. (e) The treasurer shall act as custodian of all funds, from whatever sources derived, that are received by the tourism board. (f) The treasurer shall execute a fidelity bond with a company authorized to write bonds in the state being surety thereon, which bond shall be in an amount approved by the board. (g) Contracts of the tourism board shall be executed in the name of the tourism board by the chair and attested by the secretary. The board, by resolution, may provide for a different form of the execution of contracts and for the execution by an officer or agent other than the chair and secretary. In no event may a contract, irrespective of its form and of the persons executing it, be binding unless the contract was authorized or ratified by the board. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §5.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.05 - Obligations Not Debts of State, County or Municipality.

Section 45-39-221.05Obligations not debts of state, county or municipality. All agreements and obligations undertaken by the tourism board shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the tourism board and shall not create any obligation or debt of either the state, the county, or any municipality. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §6.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.06 - Transfer of Funds and Assets to Tourism Board.

Section 45-39-221.06Transfer of funds and assets to tourism board. (a) The county, any municipality, and any other public agency, authority, bureau, or body that provides services of any kind or otherwise operates in the county, are authorized to transfer and convey to the tourism board, with or without consideration, both of the following: (1) Any properties, real or personal, and any interest therein, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, relative to the ownership or operation of any such that may be owned by the county, the municipality, or other public agency, authority, bureau, or body, as the case may be, or that may be jointly owned by any two or more thereof. (2) Any funds owned or controlled by the county, the municipality, or other public agency, authority, bureau, or body, as the case may be, or jointly by any two or more thereof, that may have been raised or allocated for any of the purposes for which the tourism board shall have been organized, whether or not such property is considered necessary for the conduct of the governmental or public functions of the county, the municipality, or other public agency, authority, bureau, or body. (b) Each transfer or conveyance shall be authorized by an ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the county or municipality, or by the board of directors or other governing body of the public agency, authority, or body, all as the case may be. It shall not be necessary, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, to obtain any permit for any such transfer or conveyance. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §7.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.08 - Earnings of Tourism Board.

Section 45-39-221.08Earnings of tourism board. The tourism board shall be a public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event the board determines that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses and other obligations of the tourism board, any portion, as determined by the board, of the net earnings of the tourism board thereafter accruing may be paid to the City of Florence. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §9.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.09 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 45-39-221.09Exemption from usury and interest laws. The tourism board shall be exempt from all laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but not limited to, Chapter 8 of Title 8.  (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §10.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.10 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 45-39-221.10Exemption from taxation. All property of the tourism board, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all notes or other evidences of indebtedness executed or issued by the tourism board and the income therefrom, and all instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to this part and all revenues derived from any such leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to the tourism board, shall be exempt from any and all taxation by the state, or by the county, any municipality, or any other political subdivision of the state, including, but without limitation to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the tourism board may engage. The tourism board shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of the recording of any document. Further, the gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipment of any properties for the tourism board, regardless of whether such sale is to the tourism board or to any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by the state or by the county, any municipality, or any other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof; and any property used in the construction and equipment of any property for the tourism board, regardless of whether such property has been purchased by the tourism board or by any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2, commencing with Section 40-23-60, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to any such property by the state, the county, any municipality, or any other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §11.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.11 - Dissolution of Tourism Board.

Section 45-39-221.11Dissolution of tourism board. At any time when the tourism board does not have any debt outstanding, and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by the tourism board that are then outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the tourism board should be dissolved; provided, however, that no such resolution may be adopted except upon the affirmative vote of not less than four directors, with such vote having been taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minutes of the board. After the adoption of the resolution by the board, and only if the governing bodies of the county and the City of Florence each adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon their respective minutes, approving the dissolution of the tourism board, then, upon the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county of a certified copy of each such resolution, the tourism board shall thereupon stand dissolved; and in the event that it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its assets and property, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibition to the contrary, shall thereupon vest in the City of Florence. In no event may the tourism board be dissolved hereunder except upon the adoption of appropriate resolutions by the board and by the respective governing bodies of the county and the City of Florence. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §12.)
AL Code § 45-39-221.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Part 2 - Tourism.|Section 45-39-221.12 - Formation of Only One Tourism Board.

Section 45-39-221.12Formation of only one tourism board. Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize the organization or formation hereunder of more than one tourism board. (Act 2014-267, p. 859, §13.)
AL Code § 45-39-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-230Definitions. For the purposes of this part the following words shall have the following meaning: (1) CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF APPEALS. The board created by this part. (2) COUNTY. A county having not less than 61,000 nor more than 65,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census. (3) COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The existing county governing body or any succeeding county governing body performing the function of the court of county commissioners. (4) DEPUTY. Any person deputized and regularly employed by the sheriff of the county, and whether or not such employment is regular employment shall be determined by the court of county commissioners or other like county governing body. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §1.)