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AL Code § 45-2-41.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.04 - Termination, Modification, etc., of Dealership Agreement - Notice.

Section 45-2-41.04Termination, modification, etc., of dealership agreement - Notice. Provided good cause exists for the purposes of an amendment or modification, termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of a dealership agreement, a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days' prior written notice of the amendment or modification, termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of the dealership agreement. The notice shall state all of the reasons for the amendment or modification, termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of a dealership agreement and shall provide that the dealer has 90 days in which to rectify any claimed deficiency. If the deficiency is rectified within 90 days the notice shall be void. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §5.)
AL Code § 45-2-41.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.05 - Repurchase of Inventory.

Section 45-2-41.05Repurchase of inventory. If a dealership agreement is terminated by a grantor, the grantor, at the option of the dealer, shall repurchase all inventories sold by the grantor to the dealer for resale under the dealership agreement at the fair wholesale market value. This section applies only to merchandise with a name, trademark, label, or other mark on it which identifies the grantor. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §6.)
AL Code § 45-2-41.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.06 - Competing Product Lines or Brands.

Section 45-2-41.06Competing product lines or brands. It shall be a violation of this part for a grantor to prevent a dealer from having investments in, or holding a dealership agreement for, the sale of, competing product lines or brands of liquid goods. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §7.)
AL Code § 45-2-41.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.07 - Remedies.

Section 45-2-41.07Remedies. If any grantor violates this part, a dealer may bring an action against the grantor in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the grantor's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable actual attorneys' fees. The dealer may seek and the court may grant injunctive relief against unlawful amendment or modification, termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of the dealership agreement. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §8.)
AL Code § 45-2-41.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.08 - Irreparable Injury; Temporary Injunction.

Section 45-2-41.08Irreparable injury; temporary injunction.  In any action brought against a grantor under this part, any violation of this part by the grantor may be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an irreparable injury to the dealer in determining if temporary injunctions should issue. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §9.)
AL Code § 45-2-41.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Liquid Goods.|Section 45-2-41.09 - Relation to Other Laws; Rights of Transferees and Successors.

Section 45-2-41.09Relation to other laws; rights of transferees and successors. (a) This part applies to a new or existing dealership agreement for the sale or distribution of liquid goods within Baldwin County, Alabama. However, the provisions of this part shall not apply to those business relations, actions, transactions, dealerships, or franchises subject to the provisions of Title 28, Chapter 9; Title 8, Chapter 20; or Title 8, Chapter 21A. (b) This part shall apply to a dealership agreement in existence on January 1, 2008, as well as any dealership agreement entered into or renewed after January 1, 2008. (c) A transferee of a dealer that continues business as a dealer shall have the benefit of and be bound by all terms and conditions of the dealership agreement with the grantor in effect on the date of the transfer. (d) A successor to a grantor that continues in business as a grantor shall be bound by all terms and conditions of each agreement of the grantor in effect on the date of succession. (Act 2008-462, p. 897, §10.)
AL Code § 45-2-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-2-60 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-2-60Expense allowance; salary.  (a) The coroner of Baldwin County shall receive an additional expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) per month which shall be paid from the county general funds. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any salary and other expense allowance heretofore provided to such officer. (b)(1) The Coroner of Baldwin County shall receive an additional expense allowance not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month, the amount of which shall be determined by the county governing body and paid from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any salary and other expense allowance heretofore provided to the coroner, including the expense allowance provided in subsection (a). (2) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent coroner, the salary for the coroner shall be increased by the amount of the then existing expense money allowable, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time subdivision (1) shall become null and void. (c) In Baldwin County, the coroner shall be entitled to the same cost of living increase percentage granted to other public officials pursuant to Act 2000-108. If an increase is due during the term of the coroner, the increase shall be in the form of an expense allowance which will convert to salary effective the next term of office. (Act 79-653, p. 1133, §1; Act 93-572, p. 953, §§12; Act 2000-437, p. 797, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61 - Coroner's Investigation.

Section 45-2-61Coroner's investigation. A coroner's investigation shall mean a process of collecting pertinent information concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of an individual, and background information, including all, but not limited to, medical information, which may be helpful in determining the cause and manner of death, or the identification of the deceased. A coroner's investigation does not include criminal investigation responsibilities. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.01 - Qualifications.

Section 45-2-61.01Qualifications. The county coroner must have a high school education or an equivalent degree. The county coroner prior to beginning his or her first term and all deputy coroners prior to their first such appointment shall complete at least a 20-hour coroner's death investigation course comparable to the standard course designed for death investigators by the National Association of Medical Examiners. After their first year of service, all coroners and deputy coroners shall attend not less than 20 hours of coroner's death investigation training during each calendar year that they serve and certification made and recorded in the Probate Office of Baldwin County. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §2.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.02 - Limitation of Coroner's Investigation.

Section 45-2-61.02Limitation of coroner's investigation.  (a) A coroner's investigation is limited to inquiries for determining the cause and manner of death, the identity of the deceased, and circumstances surrounding death. (b) If the coroner's investigation reveals any evidence or suspicion of foul play in regard to the death, he or she shall immediately notify the proper law enforcement agency and shall cooperate fully in such law enforcement agency's criminal investigation. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §3.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.04 - Postmortem Examination and Autopsies.

Section 45-2-61.04Postmortem examination and autopsies. When the Baldwin County Coroner determines a death under investigation is one described in Section 45-2-61.03, the coroner may, and upon request, shall be assisted by a state medical examiner in the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, as necessary, to help determine the cause and manner of death or to provide other information to the coroner or investigating law enforcement agency. The state medical examiner may upon request, assist by reviewing the coroner's case file and the circumstances of the death, by conducting an external examination of the body, or by conducting an autopsy on the body under the following circumstances: (1) An autopsy or postmortem examination shall be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the district attorney or his or her authorized representative in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (2) In a death where the Baldwin County coroner or state medical examiner does not deem it advisable and in the public interest that an autopsy be performed, the state medical examiner, or his or her designated pathologist, may perform the autopsy and the cost thereof shall be paid by the next of kin, funds to be deposited in the State Treasury for the Department of Forensic Sciences. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §5.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.05 - County Coroner or State Medical Examiner May Take Charge of Bodies.

Section 45-2-61.05County coroner or state medical examiner may take charge of bodies. While conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or state medical examiner shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and he or she or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction may take possession and examine or have examined related physical evidence on or about the body at the scene as may be useful in establishing identity of the deceased or the cause, manner, and circumstances of death. The Baldwin County Coroner is authorized to take or order the taking of certain tissues and fluids under Section 22-19-80. When a state medical examiner takes charge of a body, he or she is authorized to take, retain, and examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other evidence from the body he or she deems necessary to determine the cause, manner, and circumstances of death and the identity of the deceased. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §6.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.06 - Responsibility to Certify Deaths.

Section 45-2-61.06Responsibility to certify deaths. If after conducting a coroner's investigation of a death, the Baldwin County Coroner or the designated deputy coroner is satisfied that the death was not caused by a criminal act or omission, that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, that the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has no questions about the death, and that he or she knows to a reasonable certainty the cause of death, then he or she or the designated deputy coroner may execute a death certificate in the form required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified or if the Baldwin County Coroner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission or if the cause of death is obscure or if the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction has questions about the death, the coroner shall ask a medical examiner for assistance in the death investigation. The state medical examiner or a qualified pathologist under his or her direction, may then execute a death certificate in the form required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as prescribed by the State Health Department or provide the cause and manner of death to the coroner so the coroner can execute the death certificate. If the state medical examiner executes the death certificate, he or she shall furnish a copy to the coroner at the time of execution. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §7.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.07 - Hospital and Medical Records.

Section 45-2-61.07Hospital and medical records. While conducting a coroner's investigation of a death hereunder, the Baldwin County Coroner or a state medical examiner or the director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of pertinent medical records, radiographs, and biological tissues and fluids as may be required by his or her investigation to determine the cause and manner of death. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §8.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.08 - Duty to Report Deaths; Alteration of Body Evidence Prohibited.

Section 45-2-61.08Duty to report deaths; alteration of body evidence prohibited. It shall be the duty and responsibility of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-2-61.03 to report such death promptly to the Baldwin County Coroner or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall promptly report the same to the Baldwin County Coroner. Deaths reportable to the Baldwin County Coroner shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains or evidence on the body until authorized by the Baldwin County Coroner or his or her designee except for the purpose of preserving such body or remains from loss or destruction. No person shall knowingly fail to make such report or withhold related medical or other evidence, or willfully alter the body or related evidence without the authority of the county coroner and outside the exceptions stated. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §9.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.09 - Duty to Notify Next of Kin and Account for Personal Effects.

Section 45-2-61.09Duty to notify next of kin and account for personal effects. The county coroner or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with approval of the county coroner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and ascertain that the next of kin is notified in regard to the death. Such personal effects may: (1) Be retained as evidence if deemed necessary, or (2) forthwith be returned to the next of kin. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §10.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.10 - Cost of Assistance.

Section 45-2-61.10Cost of assistance. The assistance provided by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences through its state medical examiners or other scientists, employees, or agents shall be provided without fee to Baldwin County unless otherwise provided for by the law or agreement between the county governing body and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §11.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.11 - Reports as Evidence.

Section 45-2-61.11Reports as evidence. The reports of death investigations conducted by the county coroner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county coroner or the director of the department, respectively, are admissible in any court in the county with or without testimony by the county coroner or Department of Forensic Sciences' officials. However, any person preparing a report given in evidence under this part may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the case. (Act 92-691, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 78, §12.)
AL Code § 45-2-61.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Investigations.|Section 45-2-61.12 - No Liability Incurred for Proper Performance.

Section 45-2-61.12No liability incurred for proper performance. Neither the Baldwin County Coroner nor any member of his or her staff, the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, the state medical examiners or any member of the department's staff or agents, shall incur any civil or criminal liability for the proper and reasonable performance of their duties under this part. (Act 90-704, p. 1364, §12.)
AL Code § 45-2-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-2-70 - Mileage Allowance.

Section 45-2-70Mileage allowance.  (a) In Baldwin County, each member of the county commission, at the discretion of the county commission, shall be entitled to receive a mileage allowance in the same amount as the mileage allowance authorized by the Internal Revenue Service. (b) The provisions of this section shall be retroactive to January 1, 1987. (Act 91-172, p. 232, §§1-2.)
AL Code § 45-2-70.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-2-70.01 - Basic Compensation; Compensation of Chair; Effect of Increase in Commission Members; Waiver; Compensation Adjustments.

Section 45-2-70.01Basic compensation; compensation of chair; effect of increase in commission members; waiver; compensation adjustments. (a) In Baldwin County, effective beginning the next term of office, the annual basic compensation of each member of the county commission shall be an average of the median annual household income in Baldwin County for the previous four years as ascertained and adjusted each four-year term by the State Department of Labor to take effect on the first day of November the first year of each four-year term and to be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the member serving as chair of the commission shall receive additional compensation in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum for service as chair, payable from the general fund of the county in equal monthly installments. (c) In the event the number of county commissioners in Baldwin County is increased for any reason or if the county commissioners are no longer elected at-large in countywide elections, the salary of each county commissioner, including the chair as provided in subsections (a) and (b), shall revert back to the amount of compensation received on November 1, 2004. (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, in order to be eligible to receive any compensation or expense allowance increase provided pursuant to this section, a county commissioner shall waive in writing any compensation increase otherwise provided pursuant to Section 11-2A-4. (Act 2005-124, p. 206, §§1, 2, 5, 6; Act 2007-266, p. 358, §1; Act 2014-451, p. 1677, §1; Act 2017-324, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Publication of Codes.|Section 45-2-71 - Commission Authorized to Contract for Printing and Publishing of Local Laws, Regulations, etc.; Sale of Codes.

Section 45-2-71Commission authorized to contract for printing and publishing of local laws, regulations, etc.; sale of codes. (a) This section shall apply only to Baldwin County. (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Baldwin County Commission may contract for the codifying, printing, and publication of the laws, resolutions, bylaws, ordinances, court orders, constitutional laws, rules and regulations, and all other related legal issues of the county. (c) The county commission shall sell copies of the codes to the general public and state, county, and local governmental agencies and departments. The cost shall include all expenses in the preparation, printing, and publication of the codes. (Act 95-503, p. 1010, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-2-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Terms of Office.|Section 45-2-72 - Duration of Terms; Elections.

Section 45-2-72Duration of terms; elections. In Baldwin County, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county commissioners elected in November whose terms of office commence January 1985, shall serve two years, and each commissioner elected thereafter shall serve for a term of four years each. Elections shall be held accordingly. (Act 84-639, p. 1289, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-72.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Terms of Office.|Section 45-2-72.01 - Membership; Terms of Office.

Section 45-2-72.01Membership; terms of office. (a) Effective beginning the next term of office, the position of Chair of Baldwin County Commission shall rotate from among the members of the commission on an annual basis. At its organizational meeting required in Section 11-3-1, the commission, by majority vote of its members, shall elect a chair who shall serve in that capacity for 12 months. Also during the meeting, the commission shall establish a rotation of the position of chair to enable a commissioner from each of the other three districts to serve as chair for 12 months beginning with the first meeting in November of the year following the organizational meeting required in Section 11-3-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member may decline to serve as chair during all or part of the period of his or her rotation by the submission of a written statement to the commission, and the commission shall select a member to serve as chair during the rotation period of the member. (b) During the current term of the county commission, the chair of the commission serving on May 12, 2005, shall serve as chair until the first meeting in November 2005, and the commission shall elect another member of the commission to serve as chair to serve until the organizational meeting of the commission after the next election of the commission. (Act 2005-124, p. 206, §§2-3; Act 2007-266, p. 358, §1.)