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AL Code § 45-34-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 34 - Henry County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-34-242.02 - Violations.

Section 45-34-242.02Violations. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Henry County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 89-703, p. 1398, §3.)
AL Code § 45-34-242.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 34 - Henry County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-34-242.03 - Enforcement; Tobacco Stamps; Reporting.

Section 45-34-242.03Enforcement; tobacco stamps; reporting. It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Henry County to enforce this part upon its imposing the tax thereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in the business for which the tax is hereby levied and to make any and all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the collection of such tax. Upon resolution of the Henry County Commission, the State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to collect all taxes now or hereafter levied by the county under this part. The resolution must be submitted, received, and approved by the State Department of Revenue at least two months prior to the effective date of the collection and administration of this tax by the State Department of Revenue as set by the Henry County Commission. The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40–25–1 through Section 40–25–28. The State Department of Revenue, if directed by resolution of the Henry County Commission to collect all county privilege, license, or excise taxes levied under this part, for as long as the department is so directed, shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax. In accordance with Section 40–25–2(q), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available, for affixing to tobacco products packages and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing stamps, the commissioner of revenue may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue, and adopted by the Department of Revenue under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 89-703, p. 1398, §4.)
AL Code § 45-34-242.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 34 - Henry County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-34-242.04 - Collection of Taxes; Rules and Regulations.

Section 45-34-242.04Collection of taxes; rules and regulations. The State Department of Revenue, if directed by resolution of the Henry County Commission to collect all county privilege, license, or excise taxes levied under this part, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 89-703, p. 1398, §5.)
AL Code § 45-34-242.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 34 - Henry County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-34-242.06 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-34-242.06Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized less the actual cost of collection, not to exceed 10 percent, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission on a monthly basis. The proceeds are to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Henry County. These funds shall be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and shall be expended solely for purposes of fire protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer firefighters network in Henry County. The proceeds paid by the Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission shall be distributed by the Alabama Forestry Commission to volunteer fire departments in the county as determined by the Alabama Forestry Commission in consultation with the Henry County Volunteer Fire Department Association on an equal basis, share and share alike. (Act 89-703, p. 1398, §7.)
AL Code § 45-34-242.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 34 - Henry County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-34-242.07 - Construction and Application.

Section 45-34-242.07Construction 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 89-703, p. 1398, §8.)
AL Code § 45-35-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-35-20Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following:  (1) The authority of the Legislature to enact local laws regulating the liquor traffic is preserved in Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 104 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (2) Relying on prior judicial opinions of the federal courts, it has been clearly established that reducing the secondary effects associated with adult entertainment businesses serves and furthers a substantial governmental interest, particularly when the serving of alcohol is involved. (3) Any form of nudity and sexual conduct in establishments that serve alcohol or deal in alcoholic beverages encourages the conduct of prostitution, attempted rape, rape, murder, and assaults on police officers in and around an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages, and that actual and simulated nudity and sexual conduct and the depiction thereof coupled with alcohol in an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages begets undesirable behavior, sexual, lewd, lascivious, and salacious behavior or conduct among patrons and employees within establishments that deal in alcoholic beverages and results in violation of law and dangers to health, degradation of women, and safety and welfare of the public. It is the intent of this part to prohibit nudity, partial nudity, gross sexuality, and the simulation and depiction thereof in establishments dealing in alcoholic beverages and to thereby protect and preserve the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the people of Houston County by prohibiting any person from recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally appearing nude or semi-nude including, but not limited to, erotic dancing, bikini dancing, or other entertainment where the entertainers, employees, dancers, or waiters appear nude or semi-nude in an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages, or recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally causing or permitting another person to appear nude in an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages within the county. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §1.)
AL Code § 45-35-20.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20.01 - Construction; Purpose.

Section 45-35-20.01Construction; purpose. This part shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the State of Alabama for the protection of the public welfare, health, peace, and morals of the people of Houston County and this part shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of this purpose. The purpose of this part is to prohibit, within an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages, sexual conduct, nudity, simulated nudity, partial nudity, erotic dancing while nude or partially nude, dancing commonly referred to as bikini dancing, or other entertainment where entertainers, employees, dancers, or waiters appear nude or semi-nude. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §2.)
AL Code § 45-35-20.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20.02 - Adoption of Related Provisions.

Section 45-35-20.02Adoption of related provisions. (a) The definitions contained within the Alabama Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act, commencing with Section 13A-12-200.1, are adopted by reference in this part. (b) The definitions relating to alcoholic beverages, commencing with Section 28-3-1, are adopted by reference in this part.  (c) The provisions of unlawful acts and offenses pertaining to alcoholic beverages, Section 28-3A-25, are adopted by reference in this part. (d) The rules adopted by the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and as may be adopted or amended thereafter by the board, the violation of which constitutes a misdemeanor, are adopted by reference in this section. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §3.)
AL Code § 45-35-20.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20.03 - Definitions.

Section 45-35-20.03Definitions. As used in this part, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Houston County. (2) ESTABLISHMENT DEALING IN OR PERMITTING THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Any business establishment operating within the county whichsells, dispenses, or otherwise allows or permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. (3) OWNER. When applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of the building or land. (4) PERSON. Includes all associations, clubs, societies, firms, partnerships, and bodies politic and corporate, as well as individuals or groups of individuals, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof. (5) PERSONAL PROPERTY. Every species of property except real property. (6) REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §4.)
AL Code § 45-35-20.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20.05 - Exceptions.

Section 45-35-20.05Exceptions. This part shall not be deemed to be violated in any of the following circumstances: (1) When a person appears nude in a public place provided or set apart for nudity, and the person is nude for the sole purpose of performing a legal function that is customarily intended to be performed within the public place, and the person is not nude for the purpose of obtaining money or other financial gain for the person or for another person or entity. (2) When the conduct of being nude cannot constitutionally be prohibited by law because it constitutes a part of a bona fide live communication, demonstration, or performance by a person when the nudity or simulated nudity is expressive conduct incidental to and necessary for the conveyance or communication of a genuine message or public expression and is not a guise or pretense utilized to exploit nudity for profit or commercial gain. (3) When the conduct of being nude cannot be constitutionally prohibited by law because it is otherwise protected by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §6.)
AL Code § 45-35-20.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Licensing.|Section 45-35-20.07 - Limitations on Existing Adult Businesses.

Section 45-35-20.07Limitations on existing adult businesses. The operation of legally operating adult businesses that currently serve alcohol and are existing and lawfully operating on August 21, 2009, may continue, subject to the following requirements: (1) No legally nonconforming adult business premises shall be enlarged, extended, or structurally altered. (2) No legally nonconforming adult business shall be moved, renamed, or have a change or transfer of ownership. (3) Legally nonconforming adult business premises which have been damaged by fire or other causes to the extent of more than 50 percent of the current replacement value at the time of the damage shall not be rebuilt or restored for business operation except in full conformity with this part. (4) Any legally nonconforming adult business which ceases to operate for a period of more than six consecutive months is declared to no longer be a legal nonconforming adult business and shall not be reopened for any business except in full conformity with this part. (5) No expansion of the building presently existing on August 21, 2009, shall be permitted at the location unless the expansion is underway on August 21, 2009, with an authorized building permit or the expansion is undertaken within 12 months from August 21, 2009, by the issuance of an authorized building permit, and unless the construction in either instance is completed within 12 months from the date the building permit was issued. (Act 2009-817, p. 2544, §8.)
AL Code § 45-35-21.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 2 - Sale.|Section 45-35-21.01 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer by Retail Licensees.

Section 45-35-21.01Sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees. (a)(1) This section shall only apply in Houston County. (2) Subsection (b) shall take effect on July 1, 2006. (b)(1) The sale of draft or keg beer by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in Houston County outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county. (2) Within the corporate limits of any municipality in the county, the municipal governing body may authorize the sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for on-premises consumption or off-premises consumption, or both. (Act 2006-363, p. 958, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-35-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-35-60 - Salary and Expense Allowance.

Section 45-35-60Salary and expense allowance. (a) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the Coroner of Houston County shall receive an additional monthly expense allowance from the Houston County Commission in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. Deductions from the expense allowance provided in this section shall be made the same as if the expense allowance were salary as provided in Chapter 2A, Title 11. (b) Effective with the next term of office, the annual salary of the Coroner of Houston County shall be eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) and the expense allowance provided in subsection (a) shall be repealed. The salary provided by this section shall be in lieu of any salary or expense allowance provided by law prior to the commencement of the next term of office. (Act 2007-214, p. 271, §3.)
AL Code § 45-35-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-35-61 - Expenditures; Deputy Coroner.

Section 45-35-61Expenditures; deputy coroner. The Houston County Commission shall hereafter pay all necessary expenses for the operation of the county coroner’s office from the county general fund. Provided, however, that any expenditures heretofore made by such commission in support of such coroner’s office, retroactive to October 1, 1970, are hereby ratified and affirmed. Such coroner shall appoint a qualified deputy coroner to serve in his absence and shall make provisions for compensating such deputy coroner for his services. (Act 84-393, p. 902, §2.)
AL Code § 45-35-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Membership.|Section 45-35-71 - Composition; Terms.

Section 45-35-71Composition; terms. This part relates to the election and tenure of the Houston County Commission. There shall be a county commission in Houston County which commission shall consist of a full-time chair who shall be elected from the county at-large and four associate commissioners who shall serve on a part-time basis and be elected from four separate county commission districts described herein. The county commissioners shall be elected by the duly qualified voters as other state and county officials, commencing with the general elections in November, 1986, and each four years thereafter. The commissioners so elected shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January next after the general election at which they are elected until their successors are elected and qualified. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §1.)
AL Code § 45-35-71.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Membership.|Section 45-35-71.01 - Ballots.

Section 45-35-71.01Ballots. In all primary and general elections held to choose members of the commission, the ballots shall separately designate and specify the candidates for the offices by separately specifying the office of chair of the commission, and separately specifying the offices of associate commissioners to be elected from and represent the respective numbered district as commission district number one, commission district number two, commission district number three, and commission district number four. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §2.)
AL Code § 45-35-71.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Membership.|Section 45-35-71.02 - Qualifications.

Section 45-35-71.02Qualifications. Candidates for nomination or election to the commission shall designate which of the five offices on the commission they are seeking. All candidates shall be 21 years of age and those qualifying for the positions of associate commissioners shall have resided in and be a qualified elector registered in the area designated in the respective district for a period of one year prior to qualifying for such candidacy. Associate commissioners so elected shall reside in their respective district continuously during their term of office. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §3.)
AL Code § 45-35-71.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Membership.|Section 45-35-71.03 - Vacancies.

Section 45-35-71.03Vacancies. (a) In Houston County, vacancies on the Houston County Commission occurring due to death, disability, resignation, or nonresidency shall be filled by special elections called to fill any unexpired term and called by the judge of probate. Notice of such special elections shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for a period of four weeks prior to any such elections.  (b) The provisions of this section shall be curative and retroactive and any filling of a vacancy on the commission heretofore made by any special election is hereby validated and shall be deemed to be valid under the authority of this section. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §4; Act 2012-455, p. 1271, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-35-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Section 45-35-80 - Compensation - Circuit Judges, District Attorney.

Section 45-35-80Compensation - Circuit judges, district attorney. (a) Commencing on October 1, 1988, the Circuit Judges and District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit shall each receive a local salary supplement from the Houston County General Fund in the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. Commencing on October 1, 1988, the district judges in Houston County shall each receive a local salary supplement payable in equal monthly installments calculated to preserve the ratio between total compensation paid by the state to district judges and total compensation paid by the state to circuit judges. Provided nonetheless, that if the Legislature shall enact a statewide salary increase applicable to any judge or district attorney affected by this section at its 1988 or 1989 Regular Session, any local salary supplement payable to a judge or district attorney under the terms of this section shall be diminished in the amount of such increase. (b) This section shall not affect any other salary supplement currently provided by law and shall not be construed to increase retirement benefits for judges and district attorneys in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit. (Act 88-612, p. 953, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-35-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35 - Houston County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Section 45-35-80.01 - Compensation - Special Roving Court Reporters.

Section 45-35-80.01Compensation - Special roving court reporters. (a) Beginning on the first day of the first pay period following June 1, 1999, each special roving court reporter appointed by the Administrative Director of Courts to serve the Twentieth Judicial Circuit on a full-time basis shall receive, in addition to all other compensation provided by law, an additional compensation equal to the additional salary supplement currently paid to all official court reporters by Houston County. (b) Each special roving court reporter appointed by the Administrative Director of Courts to serve the Twentieth Judicial Circuit on a full-time basis shall be included in all future increases in the salary supplements paid to all official court reporters of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit by Houston County without the need for future legislation. (Act 99-312, p. 422, §§1, 2.)