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AL Code § 45-42-242.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.05 - Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

Section 45-42-242.05Application of laws, rules, and regulations. All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40­25­1 to Section 40­25­28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this part as fully set out herein.  (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.06 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-42-242.06Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized less the actual cost of collection, not to exceed five per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Limestone County. These funds shall be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and will be expended solely for purposes of fire protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer fire fighters network in Limestone County. The proceeds paid by the Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission shall be distributed to volunteer fire departments in the county as determined by the Alabama Forestry Commission in consultation with the Limestone County Volunteer Fire Department Association on an equal basis, share and share alike. (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-42-242.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-42-242.07 - Construction and Application.

Section 45-42-242.07Construction and application. (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of the county, which are actually resold or reshipped. (Act 89­278, p. 438, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-42-244 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 5 - Tax, Indigent Health Care.|Section 45-42-244 - Use of Proceeds for Indigent Health Care.

Section 45-42-244Use of proceeds for indigent health care. The Limestone County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to use, and pay from, the unencumbered proceeds of any and all special county tax or taxes levied pursuant to Amendment 125, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to defray the expense of indigent health care in Limestone County, to pay obligations of Limestone County pursuant to the Alabama Health Care Responsibility Act, Sections 22-21-290 to 22-21-297, inclusive, or otherwise to fund indigent health care for Limestone County, including acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating, and maintaining public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers, and related public health facilities of any kind, or for any one or more of the purposes included within the meaning of the term public hospital purposes, for the purpose of providing hospital care and treatment for indigent residents of the county, or for the purpose of matching any state or federal funds made available for use in providing hospital care and treatment for indigent residents of the county. If any portion of the proceeds of such tax or taxes shall have been pledged to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, such portion of the proceeds of the tax as shall have been so pledged shall not be used for any purpose except in payment of such bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness.  (Act 84-580, p. 1216, §1.)
AL Code § 45-42A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-42A-20 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages.

Section 45-42A-20Sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages. (a) This section shall only apply to the City of Athens in Limestone County. (b) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the City of Athens. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer in such cities shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages. The Athens City Council may adopt an ordinance regulating the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages pursuant to this section. (c) All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this section are repealed. However, 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 2011­262, p. 482, §§ 1­3; Act 2011­292, p. 538, §§ 1­3.)
AL Code § 45-42A-20.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-42A-20.01 - Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday.

Section 45-42A-20.01Regulation of sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. The City Council of the City of Athens in Limestone County, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday, as determined by the city council, by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the City of Athens serving the general public in the city. (Act 2017­310, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42A-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 2 - Courts.|Section 45-42A-21 - Warrant Recall Fee.

Section 45-42A-21Warrant recall fee. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Athens in Limestone County may assess a defendant with a recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear or failure to comply warrant arising from any municipal ordinance violation or other offense brought against the defendant in the municipal court of the City of Athens.  (2) The warrant recall fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and is to be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled. (b) Nothing herein shall be construed or interpreted to require the City of Athens to recall a warrant that has been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued solely in the discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate. (c) All fees received by the City of Athens Municipal Court for the warrant recall fee shall be deposited into the City of Athens Corrections Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11­47­7.1. (Act 2013­293, §§ 1­4.)
AL Code § 45-42A-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 3 - Education.|Section 45-42A-22 - Eligibility to Vote for Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Education.

Section 45-42A-22Eligibility to vote for Board of Education members and Superintendent of Education. No person residing within the corporate limits of the City of Athens shall be eligible to vote for the members of the Limestone County Board of Education or the Limestone County Superintendent of Education. (Act 83­678, p. 1067,§ 1.)
AL Code § 45-42A-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 4 - Historic Preservation.|Section 45-42A-23 - Authority to Adopt Ordinances.

Section 45-42A-23Authority to adopt ordinances. The governing body of the City of Athens may from time to time adopt ordinances to protect its historical character in the manner hereinafter provided.  (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42A-23.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 4 - Historic Preservation.|Section 45-42A-23.01 - Designation of Historic Preservation Districts.

Section 45-42A-23.01Designation of historic preservation districts. The governing body may by ordinance designate as a historic preservation district any section within the corporate limits of the City of Athens, which section such governing body may determine possesses such historic significance by reason of antiquity, architecture, historic importance of persons or events identified therewith, of such number of historic structures or sites as to give the section a character of historic significance worthy of preservation for the protection of the historic character of the City of Athens. No ordinance designating a historic preservation district shall become effective unless the establishment of such district is requested in writing to the governing body by not less than 60 percent of the property owners within the proposed historic preservation district. The names of the persons last assessing the property for taxes shall be accepted by the governing body as prima facie the owners thereof.  (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-42A-23.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 4 - Historic Preservation.|Section 45-42A-23.03 - Duties of Commission.

Section 45-42A-23.03Duties of commission. It shall be the duty of the commission to pass upon the appropriateness of: (1) The exterior architectural features of buildings and structures to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, renovated, or restored within any historic preservation district, except as hereinafter provided. (2) The removal or demolition of any structure or building within any historic preservation district. (3) The erection of any sign within any historic preservation district, provided, however, that passing on the appropriateness of a marker identifying the address and occupants of a residence shall not be within the province of the commission.  (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-42A-23.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 4 - Historic Preservation.|Section 45-42A-23.04 - Recommendations of Commission.

Section 45-42A-23.04Recommendations of commission. The commission shall have no authority concerning the use of property which shall continue to be regulated by any applicable zoning regulations of the City of Athens, but the commission shall consider the height, the setback from street and property boundary lines, and the building area relative to lot area of buildings and structures proposed to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, or renovated. As to any of same, the commission shall make such suggestions relating to the proposed work and such recommendations relating to the grant of exceptions to the applicable zoning limitations as it shall deem appropriate and consistent with the purpose of historic preservation hereinbefore stated. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-42A-23.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 4 - Historic Preservation.|Section 45-42A-23.05 - Adoption of Regulations.

Section 45-42A-23.05Adoption of regulations. The City of Athens governing body may also adopt by ordinance such other regulations as are necessary to effect the purposes of this part not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-42A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 5 - Nuisances.|Section 45-42A-24 - Applicability.

Section 45-42A-24Applicability. This part shall apply only in the City of Athens. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42A-24.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 5 - Nuisances.|Section 45-42A-24.01 - Weeds May Be Declared a Public Nuisance and Abated.

Section 45-42A-24.01Weeds may be declared a public nuisance and abated. An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury on a person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or a growth of grass or weeds, including plants of no value, undesirable, and usually of rank growth; or grass, shrubs, and undergrowth, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height, may be declared to be a public nuisance and abated as provided in this part.  (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-42A-24.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 5 - Nuisances.|Section 45-42A-24.04 - Weed Lien.

Section 45-42A-24.04Weed lien. When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the city, but a redemptioner or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which a weed lien has been made, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the weed lien. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-42A-24.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 5 - Nuisances.|Section 45-42A-24.05 - Construction of Part.

Section 45-42A-24.05Construction of part. This part is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-42A-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 6 - Taxation.|Section 45-42A-25 - Ad Valorem Taxation.

Section 45-42A-25Ad valorem taxation. (a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 650, S. 593, 1919 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Second Special Session. (3) CITY. Athens, Alabama. (4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (5) COUNCIL. Athens City Council. (6) PROPERTY TAX. The ad valorem tax authorized in the first clause of the first sentence of Amendment 8 to be levied and collected on taxable property in the city, at the rate of 5 mills on each dollar of assessed value. (b) The city presently levies and collects the property tax at a rate of fifty cents ($.50) on each one hundred dollars (5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 8. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the council in accordance with Amendment 373, the city proposes to increase (by 12 mills) the rate at which it may levy and collect the property tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar seventy cents ($1.70) on each one hundred dollars (17 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. Pursuant to subsection (1) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the council after a public hearing, the council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the property tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar seventy cents ($1.70) on each one hundred dollars (17 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, the increase of 12 mills on each dollar of assessed value to be paid over to the Athens City Board of Education and used for public school purposes. The increase in the rate at which the property tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for that purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373.  (Act 2002­86, p. 264, §§ 1­4.)
AL Code § 45-42A-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42A - Limestone County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Athens.|Part 7 - Utilities.|Section 45-42A-26 - Waiver of Certain Fees for Habitat for Humanity.

Section 45-42A-26Waiver of certain fees for Habitat for Humanity. The municipal governing body of the City of Athens in Limestone County may waive, or authorize the waiver by any municipal utility board, any costs and fees for permits, water meters, sewer taps, the installation of temporary electric service poles, and other similar costs and fees for the Habitat for Humanity for the construction of housing for low-income residents of the city. (Act 94­134, p. 175, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-43-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 43 - Lowndes County.|Article 1 - General and Miscelleous Provisions.|Part 1 - Disclaimer.|Section 45-43-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-43-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Lowndes County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Lowndes County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-43-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 43 - Lowndes County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Contingent Fund.|Section 45-43-70 - Appropriations From County Treasury.

Section 45-43-70Appropriations from county treasury. (a) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010, the Lowndes County Commission may appropriate annually, out of the monies in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) into a fund to be known as the contingent fund, which may be expended for any county purposes not otherwise provided by law which in the judgment of the Lowndes County Commission are in the best interest of the county. Any sums remaining unexpended in the contingent fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the county treasury, but the amount of unexpended funds shall be appropriated for the next succeeding year along with any funds which may be appropriated for that succeeding year provided the amount appropriated or expended in any fiscal year shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). (b) The Lowndes County Commission may establish procedures for the expenditure of the contingent fund. (Act 2010­682, p. 1653, § 1; Act 2010­740, p. 1869, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-43-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 43 - Lowndes County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-43-81 - Law Library.

Section 45-43-81Law library. In each civil and criminal case hereafter filed in any municipal, circuit, or district court in Lowndes County, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2). The costs taxed under this section shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected, and when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers of such courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall be by them paid over to the treasurer or depository of Lowndes County for deposit in the county treasury. The sums so paid over to the county treasury or depository shall be maintained in a separate fund in the county treasury, designated as the Lowndes County Law Library Fund, and shall be expended by the district court judge presiding over Lowndes County for establishing, maintaining, equipping, and operating a law library at Hayneville. The presiding district court judge shall draw warrants on the county treasury in making expenditures for the purposes contemplated in this section, and shall indicate on the warrants the fund against which the warrants are drawn. The items of cost above referred to shall be designated as law library fee, and when any part of the costs in a case have been paid, the amount necessary for the payment of the fee shall be applied thereto before applying any of the amount paid as costs to any other item of costs. On or before the tenth day of each month, the clerks or other collecting officers of the respective courts, including the register of the circuit court, shall pay over to the county treasurer or depository all amounts collected as law library fees previously to the first day of the month. The management of the law library is vested in the presiding district court judge of Lowndes County. All books or other property purchased with the funds produced by this section shall be the property of Lowndes County. (Acts 1977, No. 52, p. 1473, § 1; Act 83­348, p. 526, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-43-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 43 - Lowndes County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-43-100 - Compensation.

Section 45-43-100Compensation. Effective beginning the next term of office, the members of the Lowndes County Board of Education may receive reasonable compensation for their services not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, as set by a majority vote of the members of the board. (Act 2017-68, § 1.)