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AL Code § 45-38-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-38-160 - Beaver Fund.

Section 45-38-160Beaver fund. (a) The county governing body of Lamar County shall establish a special beaver fund in the county treasury with an initial deposit of five thousand dollars ($5,000) from the county general fund. The beaver fund shall be used to pay bounties to any resident of the county in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per beaver that is freshly trapped or killed in Lamar County. (b) The payment of a bounty of ten dollars ($10) per beaver shall be administered by the senior state conservation officer assigned to Lamar County, who shall give an annual accounting and report to the county governing body on the beaver bounty program in Lamar County. Bounties shall be paid only upon the written authorization of the conservation officer. (c) All claims for bounties shall be filed with a conservation officer assigned to Lamar County and the conservation officer shall have due reason to believe that the claimant is a resident of Lamar County and that the beaver trapped or killed were freshly trapped or killed in Lamar County. (d) The conservation officer shall have absolute discretion in paying the bounty provided for in this section and his or her decision shall be final. Provided, however, any person who falsely makes claim for a bounty is guilty of a Class C felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (e) The county commission shall appropriate such sums annually at the beginning of the fiscal year as shall start the beaver bounty fund off with five thousand dollars ($5,000) annually. (Act 82-112, p. 140, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 45-38-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-38-170 - Board of Health Fees.

Section 45-38-170Board of Health fees. (a) The Lamar 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 and shall not affect funding from the state in any way. (d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the health department which collected such fees. (Act 88-420, p. 619, §§1-4; Act 88-563, p. 884, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-38-170.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-38-170.01 - Expense Allowance for Members of Governing Board and Executive Committee.

Section 45-38-170.01Expense allowance for members of governing board and executive committee. The Lamar County Hospital Association Health Trust Fund may pay from the trust fund an expense allowance in an amount to be set by the board to those persons serving as members of the governing board, members of the executive committee, and the chair of the executive committee. (b) All previous payments made to persons serving in the capacities as provided in subsection (a) are ratified and confirmed. (Act 2007-321, p. 577, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-38-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-38-200 - Abolition of License Inspector; Transfer of Duties.

Section 45-38-200Abolition of license inspector; transfer of duties. In Lamar County, notwithstanding Section 40-12-10, and any other general or local law of this state, no person shall be appointed to the position of county license inspector of or for Lamar County. The position of county license inspector in the county is hereby abolished and the powers, duties, and functions of the office shall henceforth be vested in and performed by the sheriff of the county. All fines, fees, and penalties heretofore paid to the license inspector for the performance of his or her duties of office shall be paid into the general fund of the county to be utilized to aid the elderly citizens of the county. (Act 81-610, p. 1023, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-39-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-39-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Lauderdale County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Lauderdale 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 § 45-39-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-39-20 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages; Tax.

Section 45-39-20Sale of alcoholic beverages; tax. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to sell or offer to sell any alcoholic beverage in Lauderdale County except within an incorporated municipality thereof. (b) Any tax on alcoholic beverages levied by a municipality in Lauderdale County shall be distributed two thirds to the general fund of the municipality where the tax is levied and collected and one-third to the General Fund of Lauderdale County. (Act 81-1150, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 430, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30 - Applicability.

Section 45-39-30Applicability. This article shall only apply in Lauderdale County. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-30.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30.01 - Short Title.

Section 45-39-30.01Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Lauderdale County Elder Abuse Prevention Act. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-30.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30.02 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-30.02Definitions. The following words are defined for the purposes of this article: (1) COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. The total effort in the county, inclusive of service coordination/case management, that is directed at meeting the needs of individuals who are at risk of elder abuse. (2) COUNCIL. The Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. (3) ELDER ABUSE. The maltreatment of an older person, age 60 or above, by any person, including the following: a. Emotional/Psychological Abuse. The intentional infliction of mental or emotional anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation, or other verbal or nonverbal abusive conduct. Examples of psychological abuse Examples of psychological abuse include name calling, insulting, ignoring for extended periods of time, frightening, intimidating, and isolating from friends and family. b. Material Exploitation. The unauthorized use of funds or any resources of an elderly individual; the misuse of power of attorney or representative payee status for one’s own advantage or profit. Examples include stealing jewelry or other property and obtaining the elderly person’s signature for transfer of property or for a will through duress or coercion. c. Neglect. The intentional or unintentional failure by the caregiver to obtain adequate goods or services for the elderly person’s maintenance and well-being. Examples include a caregiver who fails to buy groceries or prescription medications. d. Physical Abuse. The intentional use of physical force that results in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Examples of physical abuse include beating, slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, pushing or shoving, excessively restraining, force-feeding, and physical punishment. e. Self-neglect. Behavior of an elderly person that threatens his or her own health or safety. Examples are failure to provide oneself with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medication, safety, and proper hygiene. f. Sexual Abuse. The nonconsensual sexual contact of any kind with an elderly individual. Examples include fondling of the breast or genitals, rape, coerced nudity, and sexually explicit photographing. (4) LEAD AGENCY. A participating department or agency designated by the council to be the lead agency for the council. (5) PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT. A department, commission, council, board, division, community service provider, or an office or other entity which may provide services to individuals at risk of elder abuse and their families. (6) POLICIES. Directives by the lead agency, participating departments, or the executive committee, or other written documents that represent the position of the council concerning any matter within the purview of this article. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §3.)
AL Code § 45-39-30.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30.03 - Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.

Section 45-39-30.03Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. (a) There is created the Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. The members of the council shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Each member of the local legislative delegation, or his or her designee. (2) Members of the Alabama Silver Haired Legislature, representing state legislative districts in Lauderdale County. (3) A member, chosen by the local legislative delegation, from each of the following communities: a. The faith-based community. b. The banking community. c. The financial planning community. d. The mental health community. (4) The Sheriff of Lauderdale County, or his or her designee. (5) The Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County, or his or her designee. (6) The District Attorney of the 11th Judicial District, or his or her designee. (7) The Mayor of the City of Florence, or his or her designee. (8) The President of the Lauderdale County Bar Association, or his or her designee. (9) The Director of the Lauderdale County Department of Human Resources, or his or her designee. (10) The chief executive officer, or his or her designee, of the following departments and organizations: a. The Lauderdale County Health Department. b. The Lauderdale County Department of Veterans’ Affairs. c. The Lauderdale County 911 Network. d. The North Alabama Council of Local Governments. (11) The Director of Safeplace, Inc., of Florence, Alabama, or his or her designee. (12) The Lauderdale County Coroner, or his or her designee. (13) The Lauderdale County Circuit Court Clerk, or his or her designee. (b) The membership of the council shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the county. (c) The council shall meet at least bimonthly and the meetings shall be open to the public. (d) No member of the council shall cast a vote on any matter which would provide direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the appearance of a conflict of interest under county or state law. (e) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the council at its first called meeting. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §4.)
AL Code § 45-39-30.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30.04 - Powers and Duties.

Section 45-39-30.04Powers and duties. The council shall have the following duties and authority: (1) To define the roles and responsibilities of all participating departments. (2) To adopt rules for the internal operation of the council. (3) To recommend to the lead agency the appointment of additional members to serve on the council as deemed necessary and appropriate. (4) To develop a long-range plan, reviewed semiannually, for a comprehensive countywide system of care, which, to the extent practical, is derived from scientific based research and nationally recognized best practices. The council shall provide a copy of the plan and a detailed summary of any progress toward implementation of the plan to the lead agency annually. The plan should include, but not be limited to, all of the following: a. The elimination of barriers to identifying and reporting elder abuse, such as duplicative or fragmented policies which may require modification. b. The development of a coordinated program of services for victims of elder abuse, to include the identification, intervention, prevention, and prosecution of the crime of elder abuse. c. A comprehensive fiscal review and analysis with recommendations for county spending on programs and services for elder abuse prevention. d. The identification of annual action steps toward implementation. (5) To ensure council collaboration, public participation, and mutual sharing of information to facilitate policy decisions and the implementation of a plan for a comprehensive countywide system of care to those at risk for elder abuse. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §5.)
AL Code § 45-39-30.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.|Section 45-39-30.05 - Role of Lead Agency.

Section 45-39-30.05Role of lead agency. The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of all council activities. (Act 2012-420, p. 1134, §6.)
AL Code § 45-39-40.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-39-40.01 - Applicability; Purpose; Construction.

Section 45-39-40.01Applicability; purpose; construction. This article is applicable only in Lauderdale County. It is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for county administrative control, supervision, and regulation, including certain registration and licensing, of the practice of barbering, teaching of barbering, barbers, barber instructors, barber students, barber apprentices, barbershops, and barber schools. Barbering is declared to affect the public interest, and this article shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the foregoing purpose. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-40.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-39-40.02 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-40.02Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BARBER. Any person who practices barbering. (2) BARBER APPRENTICE. Any person who practices barbering under the constant and direct supervision of a licensed barber. (3) BARBERING. The occupation of shaving or trimming the beard, cutting, styling or dressing the hair, giving facial or scalp massages, giving facial or scalp treatment with oils or cream or other preparations made for this purpose, either by hand or by a means of mechanical appliances, singeing and shampooing the hair, dyeing the hair, or permanently waving or straightening the hair, styling, cutting, fitting, measuring, and forming head caps for wigs or hairpieces, hair weaving to the extent that surgical or medical procedures are not involved, or hair removal of any living person for compensation. (4) BARBERSHOP. The immediate premises upon or within which the practice of barbering is carried on. (5) BOARD. The Lauderdale County Board of Barbering. (6) COUNTY. Lauderdale County. (7) INSTRUCTOR. Any person who is a barber and who teaches barbering in a duly registered school of barbering; provided that nothing contained herein shall apply to any instructor employed as a teacher in a school or class executed by a public school board of education or public trade school. (8) MANAGING BARBER. A barber who manages or conducts a barbershop or school of barbering. (9) MASTER BARBER. A person holding a managing barbers license who has completed a course of study in continuing education approved by the board of barbering within a licensing period and who has paid the original licensing fee as herein provided. This is an optional license and persons who do not wish to complete the continuing education requirement may obtain a managing barber license when renewing their license. (10) SCHOOL OF BARBERING. Any place or part thereof, used for the instruction or training of persons in the practice of barbering, including a school of barbering, college of barbering, and any other institution; provided, that nothing contained herein shall apply to any school or class operated by a public school board of education or public trade school. (11) STUDENT. Any person enrolled and pursuing a course of study in a school of barbering registered or licensed under this article. (12) STUDENT INSTRUCTOR. A barber who is receiving instructions in teacher’s training in a duly registered school of barbering. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §3.)
AL Code § 45-39-40.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-39-40.03 - License Required.

Section 45-39-40.03License required. It shall be unlawful for any person in this county to engage in or follow or to attempt to engage in or to follow or to hold himself or herself out as engaging in or following, or to advertise or to assume to engage in or follow the practice of barbering as a barber, manager, apprentice, or student, in and upon whatever place or premises, unless the person shall have first obtained a license from the Lauderdale County Board of Barbering, or to engage in the teaching of barbering, or to receive teacher’s training in a school of barbering without first procuring a license from and becoming registered with the Lauderdale County Board of Barbering, as the case may be. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §4.)
AL Code § 45-39-40.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-39-40.04 - Certificate of Registration.

Section 45-39-40.04Certificate of registration. It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association, or corporation, foreign or domestic, to engage in or to follow, or to hold himself, herself, or itself out as engaging in or following, or to advertise or to assume to engage in or to follow the conducting and operation of a barbershop or school of barbering, by whatever name or designation, in and upon whatever place or premises within the county without first procuring from the Lauderdale County Board of Barbering a certificate of registration, as provided by this article. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §5.)
AL Code § 45-39-40.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-39-40.06 - Application for Certificate; Apprentices; Teaching.

Section 45-39-40.06Application for certificate; apprentices; teaching. (a) It shall be necessary for any person, firm, corporation, or association to apply to the board for a certificate of registration as a registered barbershop or school of barbering, within the meaning of this article, the application to be upon a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by the payment of the original registration fee as hereinafter provided for. Any barbershop or school of barbering, after April 4, 1988, shall fully comply with all the provisions of this article applicable thereto, and with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the board as hereinafter provided. (b) No barbershop shall accept an apprentice unless the barbershop is in charge of a managing barber licensed as such. The shop may register one additional apprentice for each additional managing barber attached to its staff. In addition, such shop shall possess the necessary apparatus and equipment for the proper instruction in all subjects for the practice of barbering, and shall maintain a daily record of the attendance of the apprentice or apprentices, together with the number of hours of apprenticeship, and shall certify to the board, upon termination of apprenticeship, the credits earned. Instruction shall require the necessary training for a complete course in barbering as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 45–39–40.05, and the course shall include practical demonstrations and theoretical studies and studies in sanitation, sterilization, and other safety measures, and the use of antiseptics and electrical appliances, consistent with the practical and theoretical requirements as applicable to barbering, as provided for in this article. (c) Any person, firm, or corporation teaching any or all of the practices of barbering shall be required to comply with all provisions applicable to schools of barbering or to barbershops having apprentices and any and all rules which may be promulgated by the board. No school of barbering or barbershop shall operate within this county unless a proper certificate of registration under this article has first been obtained. The practice of barbering shall not be followed in this county except in a duly registered barbershop or school of barbering except for educational purposes. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §7.)