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AL Code § 45-2-40.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-2-40.11 - Treatment by Person of Opposite Gender Prohibited.

Section 45-2-40.11Treatment by person of opposite gender prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor, regardless of whether it is a public or private facility, or any bath parlor, or any similar type business within the county, where any physical contact with the recipient of such service is provided by a person of the opposite sex. Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or 12 months in jail, one or both; and in addition, final conviction of any owner, manager, or person in charge of premises upon which a massage parlor is operated shall automatically terminate the license of the establishment and the county governing body shall so notify the holder thereof, and no new license for the operation of a massage parlor on the same premises shall thereafter be issued by the county governing body for a period of one year. (Act 80-498, p. 772, §12.)
AL Code § 45-2-40.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-2-40.12 - Unlawful Massage or Touching of Another.

Section 45-2-40.12Unlawful massage or touching of another. It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or offer any massage or physical touching of the genital organs of another in connection with such a massage. (Act 80-498, p. 772, §13.)
AL Code § 45-2-40.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-2-40.13 - Notification and Hearing; Revocation of License.

Section 45-2-40.13Notification and hearing; revocation of license. Any license issued hereunder by the county governing body upon the violation of any section, requirement, or provision of this article by the licensee or any agent, attendant, or other employee of the licensee, provided the licensee shall first be notified of the violation and be afforded a hearing before the county governing body. Written notice of any violation hereunder and any hearing thereon before the county governing body may be given to licensees by delivering the notice by hand to licensee, or in his or her absence to any adult person employed by licensee at the licensed premises or the deposit of the notice postage prepaid with the United States Postal Service and addressed to licensee at the licensed premises, not less than 10 days prior to such hearing before the county governing body and the licensee may present such evidence as he or she shall wish to the governing body. In the event of any revocation of a license for the operation of a massage parlor in accordance with this section, the licensee shall not be entitled to the issuance of a subsequent license for the operation of a massage parlor in the county within 12 months following the date of the revocation. (Act 80-498, p. 772, §14.)
AL Code § 45-2-40.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-2-40.14 - Penalties.

Section 45-2-40.14Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision or section of this article for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, or who shall do any act made unlawful by this article for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor as defined in Section 13A-5-3. (Act 80-498, p. 772, §15.)
AL Code § 45-2-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-2-50 - Office of Constable Abolished.

Section 45-2-50Office of constable abolished. In Baldwin County, the office of constable shall be abolished, pursuant to Section 36-23-1. All assets, money, property, real or personal, equipment, and supplies belonging to the office shall be transferred to the county governing body for use or disposition as deemed proper for the county. (Act 92-569, p. 1180, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 10 - Education.|Section 45-2-100 - Expenditure of Public School Funds for Supplies for Use by the Office of the County Superintendent of Education.

Section 45-2-100Expenditure of public school funds for supplies for use by the office of the county superintendent of education. (a) The Baldwin County Board of Education is hereby authorized to expend public school funds for supplies and equipment to be used in the office of the county superintendent of education over and beyond the supplies and equipment furnished by the Baldwin County Commission. (b) This authorization for the Baldwin County Board of Education to expend public school funds for supplies and equipment for the superintendent's office shall in no way relieve the Baldwin County Commission of its responsibility to continue furnishing suitable office quarters, forms, and supplies to the Baldwin County Superintendent of Education. (Act 91-300, p. 557, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-2-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120 - Purpose.

Section 45-2-120Purpose. The purpose of this article is to establish a Baldwin County personnel merit system in order to maintain high quality employee conduct, integrity, and concern for the public interest. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-2-120.01Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The sheriff, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, the county commission, or the county administrator authorized by the county commission to act in its behalf. (2) APPOINTED CONTRACT EMPLOYEE. A limited class of employees who serves under contract with the county commission as specified in this article or other statute. (3) APPOINTED EMPLOYEE. A limited class of employees who serves at the pleasure of a county department as designated in this article. (4) BOARD. The Baldwin County Personnel Appeals Board. (5) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. An individual who is assigned to a regular position authorized by the county commission whose salary is paid with funds allocated by the county commission and which initially includes a probationary period of not more than six months during which time a probationary employee is not a merit employee. Time spent in special training or education courses shall not be considered a part of the probationary period. (6) COUNTY. Baldwin County. (7) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of Baldwin County or any succeeding governing body that may be established. (8) DEPARTMENT HEAD. All persons having the authority to hire employees for the various departments of county government under their direct supervision or as may be authorized hereafter by the county commission. (9) PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. An employee assigned to a classified position who has not achieved permanent status. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §2.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.02 - Personnel Merit System Established.

Section 45-2-120.02Personnel merit system established. There is established a merit based personnel system for Baldwin County. This system is based on the following principles: (1) The recruitment, selection, and advancement of employees based on their seniority, education, demonstrated job performance, knowledge, and skills, including the open competition of qualified applicants for initial appointment. (2) The establishment of pay rates consistent with the principle of equal pay for equal jobs. (3) The opportunity for training of employees, as needed, to assure quality job performance. (4) The retention of employees on the basis of county needs, adequacy of performance, the correction of inadequate performance, when possible, and the separation of employees who cannot or will not improve their performance to meet standards. (5) The assuring of fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, impairment, or age. (6) The providing to all classified employees who have been notified of disciplinary action access to a fair and impartial hearing to review the disciplinary action. The hearing shall include for those employees who have been suspended without pay, demoted, or separated, due process procedures, and upon timely request of the employee, a hearing before the appeal board created in this article. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §3.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.03 - Employees Subject to System.

Section 45-2-120.03Employees subject to system. All county employees shall be hired, retained, disciplined, and dismissed based on rules, policies, and procedures adopted to implement this article. This personnel system shall apply to all employees except the following: (1) Elected officials. (2) Members of appointed boards and commissions. (3) Volunteers who receive no compensation from the county. (4) Persons performing work under contract with the county and not carried on the payroll as employees. (5) Persons whose employment is subject to the approval of the United States Government or the State of Alabama. (6) Appointed employees. (7) Appointed contract employees. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §4.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.04 - Hearing Required for Separation From County Employment.

Section 45-2-120.04Hearing required for separation from county employment. All classified county employees who have successfully completed a probationary period with the county shall not be separated from county employment without the minimum of a hearing with the employees' department head and the personnel director if requested by the employee. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §5.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.05 - Powers and Duties of County Commission.

Section 45-2-120.05Powers and duties of county commission. The county commission shall establish a personnel system for Baldwin County and create a personnel department. The county commission shall adopt all rules, policies, and procedures necessary for the creation and operation of the department. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §6.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.06 - Personnel Department - Duties; Funding.

Section 45-2-120.06Personnel department - Duties; funding. The personnel department shall assist the county commission in the establishment and implementation of a merit-based personnel system. The county commission shall fund the personnel department adequately for the department to carry out its tasks and duties including necessary and reasonable funding for operation of the personnel appeals board. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §7.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.07 - Rules, Policies, Procedures.

Section 45-2-120.07Rules, policies, procedures. The personnel department shall promulgate all rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement this article after consultation with the county commission and subject to the approval of the county commission. All rules, policies, and procedures shall be submitted to the county appointing authorities and department heads prior to final adoption and approval by the county commission. The initial rules, policies, and procedures to implement this article shall be approved by the county commission within 90 days of July 31, 1995. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §8.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.10 - Hiring of Employees; Placement Actions.

Section 45-2-120.10Hiring of employees; placement actions. (a) Each appointing authority and department head is authorized to hire employees to fill approved vacancies as established by the county commission. All classified employees and temporary employees shall be hired from a certified register provided by the personnel department of job applicants who meet the job-related qualifications. After a certified register is submitted to a county appointing authority or department head, the selection of an employee shall be acted upon within 30 days of submission for approval of the county commission. An appointed employee is not required to be hired from a certified register. Employees appointed by the county shall be classified employees, except as provided by this article. (b) All personnel activities shall be in accordance with the rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the county commission. (c) The county commission shall provide full, fair, and adequate justification for each placement action taken and must be able to relate each such action to objective criteria established from commencement of the requisition and recruiting process. The county commission is directed to establish sufficient safeguards to prevent the arbitrary or capricious application of personnel policies and procedures to classified employees. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §11.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.11 - Classification of Existing Employees.

Section 45-2-120.11Classification of existing employees. All existing employees of Baldwin County who have successfully completed a probationary period on July 31, 1995, as currently provided shall be classified employees except employees designated in appointed employee positions as provided in this article. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §12.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.12 - Appointed and Contract Employees.

Section 45-2-120.12Appointed and contract employees. One appointed employee position may be filled by the judge of probate which position shall be designated chief clerk. Two appointed employee positions may be filled by the revenue commissioner which positions shall be designated chief clerk of collections and chief appraiser. Three appointed employee positions may be filled by the sheriff which positions shall be designated chief deputy, chief jailer, and chief of the civil division. The following shall be appointed contract employees: County administrator, emergency management director, juvenile detention director, personnel director, building official, clerk/treasurer, county engineer, development and environmental director, budget director, and communication and information systems director. Each of the appointed contract employees shall be employed under contract with the commission. Each contract shall include at a minimum the following provisions: (1) A provision for termination and severance. (2) A job description for the position. (3) An annual written evaluation to be reviewed with the employee and retained by the commission in the employee's personnel file. (4) A provision that the contract will be nonbinding on the successor commission after each four-year election; however, the contracts must be cancelled or continued within 90 days of the successor commission taking office. (5) A provision that any appointed contract employee employed by the county commission may not be subject to any action to cancel or not to renew the contract or in any other manner dismiss or terminate the contract employee except by a three-fourths vote of the elected members of the county commission. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §13; Act 2005-159, p. 281, §1; Act 2010-566, p. 1147, §1; Act 2011-323, p. 597, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.13 - Power of Commission to Contract for Professional Services.

Section 45-2-120.13Power of commission to contract for professional services. This article shall not affect the power of the county commission to contract for professional services or services not performed by a county employee on a regular basis. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §14.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.14 - Construction of Article.

Section 45-2-120.14Construction of article. It is the intent of the Legislature that the personnel system, appeals processes, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations herein established shall comply with and be construed to be in pari materia with orders of the Circuit Court of Baldwin County in that certain litigation styled Baldwin County Employees Association versus Baldwin County Commission Case No. CV-90- 831, CCP. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §16.)
AL Code § 45-2-120.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-2-120.15 - Effective Date.

Section 45-2-120.15Effective date. The provisions of this article providing for the hiring of county employees from certified registers shall become operative 90 days from July 31, 1995. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §17.)
AL Code § 45-2-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 19 - Legislature.|Section 45-2-190 - Baldwin County Legislative Office Established.

Section 45-2-190Baldwin County Legislative Office established. There is hereby established the Baldwin County Legislative Office. The County Commission of Baldwin County shall provide office space, office furniture, office equipment, telephone service, and accommodation for the members of the legislative delegation from the county. The personnel for the legislative delegation office shall be selected by the members of the legislative delegation. The personnel may or may not be considered county employees for the purposes of being eligible to participate in and be eligible for benefits available to county employees. The county commission or members of the legislative delegation may contract for services or employment with such personnel. The personnel shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative delegation. The amount of compensation for each of the assistants shall be fixed by the members of the legislative delegation and such compensation and benefits shall be paid by the county from the special fund established in Section 45-2-220.05. (Act 2000-275, p. 437, §3(e)).
AL Code § 45-2-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-2-200 - Payment With Dishonored or Invalid Personal Check.

Section 45-2-200Payment with dishonored or invalid personal check. (a) In Baldwin County, in cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the probate judge will notify the license inspector, who will make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the license inspector will so state and such statement shall constitute authorization for the probate judge to void any license in question. Once such license has been voided, the probate judge will receive credit for the cost of the license plus the issuance fee. The appropriate state office will mark the records pertaining to the void license and, upon inquiry by law enforcement agencies, will notify the agencies that the party in question is operating under a void license. All violations will be prosecuted in accordance with current law. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to such matters; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 79-717, p. 1272, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-2-200.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Section 45-2-200.01 - Renewal by Mail.

Section 45-2-200.01Renewal by mail. (a) In Baldwin County, all licenses issued by the judge of probate or the license commissioner, including, but not limited to, those relating to motor vehicles, utility trailers, manufactured homes, and business licenses may be issued and renewed by mail. (b) The judge of probate or the license commissioner shall charge and collect a reasonable postage and handling fee to include the applicable U.S. postal rates plus a fifty cent ($.50) handling fee, which combined amount shall be rounded to the nearest dollar figure for the issuance or renewal by mail of any license as provided for by this section. (c) The previous collection of any mailing or issuance fees for the issuance or renewal of licenses by mail by the office of the judge of probate is hereby ratified and confirmed. (Act 2001-460, p. 613, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-2A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Daphne.|Section 45-2A-30 - Continuation and Alteration of Name.

Section 45-2A-30Continuation and alteration of name. The name of the corporate limits of the City of Daphne and the incorporated area thereof shall continue to be called "Daphne" and shall not be changed except by unanimous vote of the full complement of all elected council persons of the City of Daphne. (Act 88-615, p. 955, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2A-30.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Daphne.|Section 45-2A-30.01 - Governing Body.

Section 45-2A-30.01Governing body. (a) The governing body of the City of Daphne shall consist of a mayor-council-city manager. The mayor shall be elected at large, represent the City of Daphne at all ceremonial functions and have veto power over all ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature. The council shall consist of seven members elected by districts in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1964. The council shall exercise the legislative functions of the city, shall have the power to appoint and remove a city manager, board, commission and/or committee member, to establish other administrative departments, to distribute the work of such departments, and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation thereof. (b) The council shall be presided over by a president elected by a majority vote of the council members and the president of the council shall be a voting member of the council. (c) The city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of the municipal government responsible to the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the municipality as listed in Section 11-43-28. (Act 88-615, p. 955, §2.)