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AL Code § 45-2-241.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.|Section 45-2-241.01 - Electronic Filing of Business Personal Property Tax Returns.

Section 45-2-241.01Electronic filing of business personal property tax returns. (a) This section is enacted pursuant to Amendment No. 783 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 5.01 of the Baldwin County Local Amendments, Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (b) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of Baldwin County and the operation of the office of the Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner to provide for the electronic filing of business property tax returns including payment of any taxes due. (c)(1) The Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner may establish procedures for electronic filing for the reporting, assessment, and payment of business personal property taxes pursuant to Section 40-7-14. A complete business personal property tax return filed electronically shall be in the format prescribed by the revenue commissioner and shall contain the same information as a business personal property tax return filed on paper. The timely filing and electronic signature requirements shall be as provided by the revenue commissioner generally in conformance with existing procedures for electronic filing of other electronic tax returns. (2) Effective for any business personal property tax return filed on or after October 1, 2014, any business personal property tax return filed with the office of the Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner for any business engaged in the leasing of personal property or for any business with personal property assets of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more or any business personal property tax return which is prepared for filing by any professional or other third party tax preparer shall be filed electronically. The revenue commissioner may grant a temporary exemption from this subdivision for good cause. (3) The Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner shall conduct training sessions and otherwise assist any taxpayer in the procedures for the electronic filing pursuant to this section. (d) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any laws relating to the operation of the office of the Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner. Any law in direct conflict with this section is repealed. (Act 2014-449, p. 1675, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-2-241.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.|Section 45-2-241.02 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-2-241.02Expense allowance; salary. (a) Commencing on June 1, 2017, the Revenue Commissioner of Baldwin County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent revenue commissioner, the annual salary for the revenue commissioner shall be increased by twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall be come null and void. (Act 2017-330, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-2-246 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 7 - Tax, Special.|Section 45-2-246 - Support of Public Schools.

Section 45-2-246Support of public schools. (a) Sections 1 and 3 of Act No. 609, H. 1167 of the 1900-1901 Legislature (Acts 1900-01, p. 1446), relating to the levy and collection of a two mill special tax, shall not apply as long as the privilege, license, and excise tax for school purposes levied by ordinance of the Baldwin County Commission adopted on December 20, 1988, pursuant to the authority vested in it by Sections 40-12-4 through 40-12-7, as amended, remain in force and effect or the rate of such tax is increased. Should the Baldwin County Commission amend, repeal, or rescind the ordinance of December 20, 1988, with the result that in and by the terms of such amendment, such repeal or recession of the tax imposed in the ordinance is repealed, abolished, or is reduced to a rate less than that imposed thereby; then, in that event, the provisions of this section shall thereupon become null, void, and of no force and effect, and the provisions of Sections 1 and 3 of Act No. 609, H. 1167 of the 1900-1901 Legislature of Alabama (Acts 1900-01, p. 1446), shall again become operative and in full force and effect to the same extent as if this section had not been enacted. (b) If this section is declared invalid or unconstitutional such declaration shall not affect the remaining portions of Act No. 609 which are now in force and effect. (Act 89-482, p. 1012, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-2-260 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 1 - Construction Setbacks.|Section 45-2-260 - Regulation of Setbacks.

Section 45-2-260Regulation of setbacks. (a) This section shall apply only to Baldwin County. (b) The Baldwin County Commission, through the county planning and zoning commission, shall regulate the construction setback from the centerline of any state or county public road or highway located outside the corporate limits of a municipality in Baldwin County. (c) The provisions of this section do not apply to poles, facilities, structures, water, gas, sewer, electric, telephone, bill boards, or utility lines or other facilities of public utilities. (d) The construction setback from any state or county public road or highway shall vary according to the highway functional classifications submitted by the Baldwin County Commission and approved by the Federal Highway Administration for Baldwin County. (e) The functional classifications and the construction setbacks required for each classification are established as follows: (1) Principal arterials require a 125 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (2) Minor arterials require a 100 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (3) Major collectors require a 75 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (4) Minor collectors require a 50 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (f) No permanent structure shall be erected or constructed within the designated construction setback. (g) Any landowner or other aggrieved party may appeal any decision made pursuant to this section by filing notice with the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission within a reasonable time after such decision. On such appeal, the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission shall have authority to grant such relief as it may deem appropriate to remedy a gross inequity or extreme economic hardship as may be occasioned by strict enforcement of this section or any determination made pursuant to it. From the decision of the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission, and within 30 days thereof, any party may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama, for trial, de novo. (h) The county may institute an appropriate civil action to prevent an unlawful setback or to otherwise enforce this section. (i) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any laws or any rules, regulations, or ordinances, state or local, relating to the right-of-way and the construction setback along or near any county or state public road or highway outside the corporate limits of a municipality in Baldwin County. (Act 94-572, p. 1044, §§1-9.)
AL Code § 45-2-260.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2 - Baldwin County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 1 - Construction Setbacks.|Section 45-2-260.01 - Regulation of Subdivisions; Application of Certain Setback Requirements.

Section 45-2-260.01Regulation of subdivisions; application of certain setback requirements. (a) The Baldwin County Commission is authorized to regulate the minimum size of lots located or to be located in subdivisions of land situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county and is authorized to regulate the planning and construction of all public streets, public roads, and drainage structures located or to be located in subdivisions of land situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county, including the power to require the filing and posting of a reasonable surety bond with the county commission by the developers of such subdivisions to guarantee the actual construction and installation of approved proposed public streets, public roads, and drainage structures before the sale or offering for sale of any lots from such subdivision to the public. The county commission may require the developers of all proposed subdivisions of lands situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county to submit the plat of such proposed subdivision to the county commission for approval before such plat is filed for record in the office of the judge of probate. (b)(1) If any such public street, public road, or drainage structure is erected, constructed, or maintained in violation of this section or any regulations made pursuant thereto, the county may institute appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, or maintenance, or to require such erection, construction, or maintenance to conform to the regulations prescribed therefor. (2) Notwithstanding any authority otherwise conferred by this section, after June 15, 1973, once a subdivision has been approved in accordance with the subdivision regulations applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval, the county commission shall have no authority to impose, by amendment to any subdivision regulations, zoning regulations, or otherwise, any new or additional front, side, rear, or wetland setback requirements on any lot contained within a previously approved subdivision which would increase the setback requirements or impose a more restrictive setback requirement on the use of the lot. (Acts 1973, No. 1094, p. 1860, §1; Act 2010-722, p. 1797, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2A-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Daphne.|Part 2 - Courts.|Section 45-2A-31 - Warrant Recall Fee.

Section 45-2A-31Warrant recall fee. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Daphne, Alabama, may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant arising from any municipal ordinance violation against the City of Daphne. (2) The warrant recall fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100) and is to be paid by the defendant at the time the warrant is recalled. (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to require the City of Daphne to recall a warrant that has been issued. All orders to recall a warrant shall be issued solely in the discretion of the municipal judge or magistrate. (b) All fees received by the City of Daphne Municipal Court for the warrant recall fee shall be deposited into the City of Daphne Corrections Fund and allocated in conformity with subsection (a) of Section 11-47-7.1. (Act 2006-392, p. 996, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61 - Utilities Board.

Section 45-2A-61Utilities Board. As used in this part the words "utilities board" shall mean the Utilities Board of the City of Foley in Baldwin County, a corporation organized and existing under the authority of Sections 11-50-310 through 11-50-318 and 11-50-320 through 11-50-324. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.01 - Acquisition and Administration of Cable Television System and Auxiliary Services.

Section 45-2A-61.01Acquisition and administration of cable television system and auxiliary services. In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law:  (1) Such utilities board is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a cable television system which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations, and distributes such signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service; and  (2) Such utilities board is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a system of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, in addition to the cable television transmissions, which shall include, but be not limited to burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communications services. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §2.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.02 - Eminent Domain.

Section 45-2A-61.02Eminent domain. For the purposes of this part, such utilities board may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §3.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.03 - Bond Issue Authorized.

Section 45-2A-61.03Bond issue authorized. (a) In payment for the purchase, lease, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of such television cable system, the utilities board may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law.  (b) Such utilities board, in order to secure the prompt and faithful payment of the principal and interest of all debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred or issued by it for the construction, acquisition, lease, extension, or maintenance of a television cable system may execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon any or all of such system and all property used in connection therewith, including the franchise or any part thereof.  (c) Such mortgage or deed of trust may contain such terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the utilities board and holders of such bonds or securities issued by such utilities board as may be determined and agreed upon by the governing body of the utilities board and persons, firms, or corporations owning such debts, bonds, or securities.  (d) Such mortgages may provide that in the event of the foreclosure of such mortgage or deed of trust, that the purchaser at such foreclosure sale may acquire the right, privilege, or franchise of operating such system as may be so sold or conveyed, and such purchaser or his or her vendee may have the right, authority, and privilege to carry on and operate such system in the same manner, on the same terms and to the same extent as the utilities board is authorized to operate until the utilities board is authorized to operate until the utilities board may redeem such system from such mortgage sale.  (e) Such mortgage or deed of trust may provide that during the ownership of the system by the utilities board, its control of the service of the system shall not be diminished or interfered with by the grant of any other franchise for the operation of any other plant or system for similar purposes; and that such rates and charges shall be established and maintained as are sufficient to meet the costs of operation and maintenance; and such utilities board may pledge all of the receipts, earnings, and revenues from the operation of the system for the payment of the debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by such mortgages or deeds of trust. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §4.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.04 - Interconnection of Cable Lines.

Section 45-2A-61.04Interconnection of cable lines. The utilities board furnishing television cable service pursuant to this part shall have the right to require any person furnishing television cable service to the public within its jurisdiction to interconnect the television cable, lines, facilities, or systems furnishing such service with, or otherwise make available such cables, lines, facilities, or systems to the utilities board's television cable, lines, facilities, or system in order to provide a continuous line of communication for the utilities board's subscribers. In the event such person and the utilities board shall be unable to agree upon the terms and conditions of such interconnection, including compensation therefor, the Alabama Public Service Commission, upon the request of the utilities board, shall establish such terms and conditions which shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §5.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.05 - Power and Authority of Board.

Section 45-2A-61.05Power and authority of board. The utilities board shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this part and in effectuating the purposes of this part. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §6.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.06 - Exemption From the Jurisdiction and Control of Alabama Public Service Commission.

Section 45-2A-61.06Exemption from the jurisdiction and control of Alabama Public Service Commission. For the transaction of business pursuant to this part, the utilities board shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to such business. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §7.)
AL Code § 45-2A-61.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Foley.|Part 2 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-61.07 - Debt.

Section 45-2A-61.07Debt. No provision of this part shall be used to constitute the incurring of a debt by the utilities board within the state constitutional provisions or statutory limitations on debts of the City of Foley. (Act 80-441, p. 671, §8.)
AL Code § 45-2A-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Loxley.|Part 1 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-80 - Municipal Corporation

Section 45-2A-80Municipal corporation  As used in this article the words "municipal corporation" shall mean the Town of Loxley in Baldwin County.  (Act 82-503, p. 833, §1.)
AL Code § 45-2A-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Loxley.|Part 1 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-80.01 - Acquisition and Administration of Cable Television System.

Section 45-2A-80.01Acquisition and administration of cable television system. In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law:  (1) Such municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a cable television system which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations, and distributes such signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service; and  (2) Such municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a system of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, in addition to the cable television transmissions, which shall include, but be not limited to burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communication services. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §2.)
AL Code § 45-2A-80.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Loxley.|Part 1 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-80.02 - Eminent Domain.

Section 45-2A-80.02Eminent domain. For the purposes of this article, such municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §3.)
AL Code § 45-2A-80.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 2A - Baldwin County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Loxley.|Part 1 - Utilities.|Section 45-2A-80.03 - Bond Issue Authorized.

Section 45-2A-80.03Bond issue authorized. (a) In payment for the purchase, lease, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of such television cable system, the municipal corporation may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law. (b) Such municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful payment of the principal and interest of all debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred or issued by it for the construction, acquisition, lease, extension, or maintenance of a television cable system may execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon any or all of such system and all property used in connection therewith, including the franchise or any part thereof. (c) Such mortgage or deed of trust may contain such terms, conditions, covenants, and warranties for the protection of the utilities board and holders of such bonds or securities issued by such municipal corporation as may be determined and agreed upon by the governing body of the municipal corporation and persons, firms, or corporations owning such debts, bonds, or securities.  (d) Such mortgages may provide that in the event of the foreclosure of such mortgage or deed of trust, that the purchaser at such foreclosure sale may acquire the right, privilege, and franchise of operating such system as may be so sold or conveyed, and such purchaser or his or her vendee may have the right, authority, and privilege to carry on and operate such system in the same manner, on the same terms and to the same extent as the municipal corporation is authorized to operate until the municipal corporation may redeem such system from such mortgage sale.  (e) Such mortgage or deed of trust may provide that during the ownership of the system by the municipal corporation, its control of the service of the system shall not be diminished or interfered with by the grant of any other franchise for the operation of any other plant or system for similar purposes; and that such rates and charges shall be established and maintained as are sufficient to meet the costs of operation and maintenance; and such municipal corporation may pledge all of the receipts, earnings, and revenues from the operation of the system for the payment of the debts, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness secured by such mortgages or deeds of trust. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §4.)