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AL Code § 45-39-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.01 - Applicability.

Section 45-39-230.01Applicability. This part shall apply to all regularly employed deputies of the sheriff, except the chief deputy who shall not be subject to the provisions herein. Provided, however, any deputy sheriff who is promoted to the position of chief deputy shall be entitled to the right of reemployment as a deputy upon completion of his or her term as chief deputy. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.02 - Creation; Composition; Compensation.

Section 45-39-230.02Creation; composition; compensation. (a) There shall be created a civil service board of appeals for the purpose of regulating the tenure of employment of certain deputies in the office of the sheriff. The Lauderdale County Commission shall appoint a civil service board of appeals as it relates to the Sheriff of Lauderdale County, Alabama, and the Sheriff’s Department of Lauderdale County, Alabama. The civil service board shall be composed of five individuals appointed by the Lauderdale County Commission. The county commission shall attempt to appoint those persons who are highly respected for their fairness, honesty, and general good character. Initially, two members shall be appointed for a three-year term, two members for a two-year term, and one member for a one-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for a period of three years. (b) No person shall be eligible to appointment who holds any civil office of profit under the federal, state, county, or city government, or is a candidate for such office. All appointed members shall be bona fide residents and qualified electors of the county, and shall be persons of recognized character and ability. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. Appointed members of the board shall be entitled to receive ten dollars ($10) for each day actually served in transacting the business of the board, but no member shall in any case receive more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in any one year, sums shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §3; Act 95-368, p. 742, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.03 - Meetings.

Section 45-39-230.03Meetings. The civil service board of appeals shall meet in organizational session in the county courthouse within 30 days after August 26, 1965, at which time it shall elect a chair from among its members, and shall meet at such other times as the chair shall designate or on call of any four of its members. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §4.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.04 - Political Activities of Deputy Sheriffs.

Section 45-39-230.04Political activities of deputy sheriffs. No deputy sheriff to whom this part applies shall engage in partisan politics or make political contributions nor use or attempt to use any political endorsement or favor in connection with his or her employment as a deputy, nor shall any deputy use or attempt to use any official authority or influence in connection with the vote or political action of any person or for any consideration. Provided, nothing in this part shall be interpreted to prevent any deputy from exercising his or her right to express his or her opinion privately and to cast his or her vote. No deputy shall be demoted or dismissed from his or her position or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to his or her employment because of his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §5.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.05 - Discipline of Deputies.

Section 45-39-230.05Discipline of deputies. Any deputy, to whom this part applies, who has been given permanent status may be disciplined through suspension, demotion, or dismissal. Before any deputy may be suspended or demoted, he or she shall be given written notice at least five days in advance of such cause of action, and no suspension shall be for more than 30 days duration in any 12 month period. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §6.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.06 - Dismissal of Deputies; Hearing; Appeals.

Section 45-39-230.06Dismissal of deputies; hearing; appeals. Any deputy, to whom this part applies, may be dismissed for good cause by giving him or her written notice of the cause, and such deputy shall have an opportunity within a specified period of not less than seven nor more than 30 days to answer the charges made against him or her and to ask for a hearing before the civil service board of appeals created herein. The board shall thereupon order the charge or complaint to be filed forthwith in writing and shall hold a hearing de novo on such charges. No deputy shall be removed, discharged, or demoted except for some personal misconduct, or fact, rendering his or her further tenure harmful to the public interest, or for some cause affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability. If such removal, dismissal, or demotion is appealed to the civil service board of appeals, then the same shall become final only after a hearing upon the written charges or complaint has been had, and after an opportunity has been given to the deputy to face his or her accusers, and to be heard in his or her own defense. Pending a hearing on the appeal, the affected deputy may be suspended. After such hearing the civil service board of appeals may order the deputy to be reinstated, demoted, removed, or discharged or suspended, or take such other disciplinary action as in its judgment is warranted by the evidence and under the law. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §7.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.07 - Charges; Hearings.

Section 45-39-230.07Charges; hearings. (a) Charges may be filed by any resident of the county as follows: The charges shall be in writing, shall set forth succinctly the matter or matters complained of, and shall be sworn to before any member of the board or before any person authorized to administer oaths. Upon the receipt of the charges, the board, after due consideration, shall determine whether in its opinion it considers that the good of the service will be served by a trial thereon; and, if not, the charges may be dismissed by the board. If in the judgment of the board, the charges are of a minor nature, the charges may be referred to the sheriff who shall make an investigation and file his or her recommendations concerning the charges with the board within such time specified by the board as to what disciplinary action, if any, should be taken. After receipt of such recommendation and after due notice is given to the deputy affected, the board in its discretion, may adopt and order executed the recommended action or part thereof, as it deems appropriate. If, however, the complainant or affected deputy, or both, shall object to the recommendation of the sheriff, the civil service board of appeals shall hold a public hearing de novo on the charges, and take such disciplinary action as in its judgment is warranted by the evidence and under the law. (b) All hearings before the civil service board of appeals shall be open to the public, provided that when a written waiver of a public hearing, signed by the complainant and the affected deputy, is filed with the board, the public, in the discretion of the board, may be excluded. All testimony given in all hearings before the board shall be recorded verbatim whenever the complainant or the affected deputy requests that such record be made. In all cases, the decision of the board shall be reduced to writing and entered in the record. The board shall have power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers necessary as evidence in any hearing or investigation or proceedings within the purview of this part. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §8.)
AL Code § 45-39-230.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Civil Servcie Board of Appeals.|Section 45-39-230.08 - Appellate Review.

Section 45-39-230.08Appellate review. Any deputy aggrieved by the decision of the civil service board of appeals may appeal the decision to the circuit court of the county within 30 days from the rendition of the decision. Review by the court shall be without a jury and be confined to the record, and to a determination of the questions of law presented. The findings of fact of the civil service board of appeals shall be final and conclusive. (Act 1965, No. 586, p. 1095, §9.)
AL Code § 45-39-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-231 - County Supplement.

Section 45-39-231County supplement. (a) In addition to any and all other compensation, the Sheriff of Lauderdale County shall receive a county supplement of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from county funds. (b) In Lauderdale County, the county supplement for the sheriff's salary shall be diminished by a sum equal to any increase in the amount of compensation provided by the state, pursuant to Section 36-22-16, as amended or by local law. (Act 91-488, p. 882, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-231.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-231.01 - Additional County Salary Supplement.

Section 45-39-231.01Additional county salary supplement. In addition to any and all other compensation, the Sheriff of Lauderdale County shall receive an additional county salary supplement in the amount of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) per annum payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (Act 2019-263, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Employees.|Section 45-39-232 - Personnel; Uniforms; Vacation and Sick Leave.

Section 45-39-232Personnel; uniforms; vacation and sick leave. (a)(1) In lieu of the deputies and assistants heretofore authorized by law the Sheriff of Lauderdale County shall appoint: a. One chief deputy, and not less than eight nor more than 13 deputies in addition to the chief deputy, the exact number of such deputies to be determined by the county governing body. The chief deputy shall receive not less than five hundred fifty dollars ($550) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) monthly and each other deputy shall receive not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than six hundred fifty dollars ($650) monthly. b. One or more secretaries, at the discretion of the county governing body, who may be deputies but shall not be included in the number of deputies authorized in paragraph a. Such secretary, or secretaries shall receive not less than four hundred dollars ($400) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) monthly. c. Two or more jailers, at the discretion of the county governing body, who may be deputies, but shall not be included in the number of deputies authorized by paragraph a. Such jailers shall receive not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600) monthly. (2) The exact amount of compensation of each of such deputies, jailers, and assistants shall be fixed by the county governing body and shall be paid out of the general fund of the county as the salaries of other county employees are paid. (b) The county commission shall furnish each deputy, the chief deputy, the assistant deputy, the investigator, and any other employee designated by the sheriff, with uniforms or it may in its discretion pay to each deputy and designated employee annually a uniform allowance of three hundred dollars ($300). (c) Each employee of the sheriff’s office shall be granted two weeks vacation leave and two weeks sick leave with pay each year. Accumulation of vacation leave shall be allowed up to a maximum of 60 working days and accumulation of sick leave shall be allowed up to a maximum of 30 working days. Sick leave shall mean absence from duty of an employee because of any of the following: (1) Illness. (2) Bodily injury not incurred in line of duty, or bodily injury or occupational illness incurred in line of duty, but for which special leave is not granted. (3) Attendance on members of the immediate family whose illness requires the care of the employee. (4) Death in the immediate family of an employee. (Act 1969, No. 791, p. 1421, §§1-3; Act 79-683, p. 1213, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Fees and Funding.|Section 45-39-233 - Use of Funds.

Section 45-39-233Use of funds. (a) This section shall apply to Lauderdale County. (b) All monies received through the Lauderdale County Alternative Sentencing Program, including, but not limited to, work release and suspended work release, shall be under the sole jurisdiction and responsibility of the Sheriff of Lauderdale County and the accounting for the funds shall be the responsibility of the sheriff. (c) All other programs previously enacted by Lauderdale County, not directly affected or changed by this section, remain in full force and effect. (Act 2000-414, p. 769, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-39-233.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Fees and Funding.|Section 45-39-233.01 - Service of Process; Fees.

Section 45-39-233.01Service of process; fees. (a) The Sheriff of Lauderdale County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process. Nothing in this section should be construed as conflicting with Rule 4.1 (b)(2) of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (b)(1) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Lauderdale County shall increase the fees by twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) per document personally served by the sheriff’s office, or its designee. For purposes of this section, the term document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. The court costs imposed by this section may be taxed as costs to any party to the action by the judge in the case. (2) The court official designated in Lauderdale County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee designated in subdivision (1) and remit the fees collected to the sheriff for deposit in the Sheriff’s Civil Process Fund, which shall be established in the county treasury and shall be expended for law enforcement purposes. (c) The sheriff may use the monies generated by this section for law enforcement purposes in Lauderdale County, including contracting with or entering into a contract or agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for service of process of documents from the civil or criminal division of the district or circuit court. (Act 2004-494, p. 927, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-39-233.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Fees and Funding.|Section 45-39-233.02 - Fees for Certain Administrative Services.

Section 45-39-233.02Fees for certain administrative services. (a) The Sheriff of Lauderdale County may charge and collect a reasonable fee for administrative services, including, but not limited to, fees for fingerprinting, fees for reports, fees for copies of various requested records, and fees for photo identification cards. (b) The sheriff may not charge the fee authorized in subsection (a) to either of the following: (1) A law enforcement agency requesting a service for law enforcement purposes or a person requesting a service on behalf of a law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes. (2) An individual applying for a pistol permit. (c) Once the amount of the fee set forth in subsection (a) has been established by the sheriff, the amount may not be increased unless approved by majority vote of the county commission. (d) The sheriff shall deposit the fees collected pursuant to this section periodically into the sheriff's law enforcement fund to be used strictly for expenses related to the operation of the sheriff's office. (Act 2021-192, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-39-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Jails.|Section 45-39-234 - Cook of County Jail.

Section 45-39-234Cook of county jail. (a) The Lauderdale Court's County Commission, or other like governing body of the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to authorize the sheriff of the county to employ a cook at the county jail, which cook shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. (b) Such cook employed under this section shall receive such salary as, from time to time, may be fixed and allowed by the county commission or other like governing body of the county. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly or semimonthly installments out of the general fund of the county. (Act 79-521, p. 933, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Board of Equalization.|Section 45-39-240 - Compensation.

Section 45-39-240Compensation. Each member of the Board of Equalization of Lauderdale County shall be paid the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35) per day for the time actually engaged in the discharge of his or her duties as such member, to be paid by warrants drawn on the county treasurer on order of the county commission. The cost of such sums, to the extent that they exceed the amounts authorized under Section 40-3-8, shall be borne equally to the county and municipality. (Act 79-811, p. 1499, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-39-242 - Exemption for Certain Senior Citizen Centers and Community Centers.

Section 45-39-242Exemption for certain senior citizen centers and community centers. In Lauderdale County, all senior citizen centers and community centers which primarily sponsor senior citizens' activities are hereby exempted from all county and municipal ad valorem taxes. (Act 92-250, p. 605, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.|Section 45-39-243 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-243Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Lauderdale County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction of such distributor in interstate commerce. (3) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha, and other liquid motor fuels or any device or substitute therefor commonly used in internal combustion engines; provided, that the term shall not be held to apply to those products known commercially as kerosene oil, fuel oil, or crude oil when used for lighting, heating, or industrial purposes. (4) MOTOR FUEL. Diesel oil, tractor fuel, gas oil, distillate or liquefied gas, kerosene, jet fuel, or any substitutes or devices therefor when sold, distributed, stored, or withdrawn from storage in any county for use in the operation of any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state. (5) PERSON. Persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, associations, incorporated or otherwise, singular or plural. (6) REFINER. Any person who manufactures, distills, blends, compounds, or mixes any one or more products in the production of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined. (7) RETAIL DEALER. Any person herein defined as a distributor who is also engaged in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state at any place in this state in broken quantities. (8) STORER. Any person who ships or causes to be shipped or receives gasoline or motor fuel into this state in any quantities and stores the same in any manner and withdraws or uses the same for any purpose. (9) USER. Any person who uses or consumes gasoline or motor fuel in this state in any manner or for any purpose; provided, that the term user is not to include any refiner who has a refinery or refineries located within the State of Alabama when using gasoline or motor fuel in the manufacturing or refining process, or any person who holds a federal permit to blend motor fuels under the federal law and statutes and who pays the federal excise tax on such motor fuels directly to the federal government, when such person uses gasoline in this state in such blending process. (Act 89-700, p. 1391, §1.)