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AL Code § 45-47-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-47-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-47-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Marion County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Marion County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-47-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-47-40 - Branch Banking.

Section 45-47-40Branch banking. Any bank situated within any incorporated municipality in Marion County, with the approval of the State Superintendent of Banks, may establish, maintain, and operate branch banks, or additional offices or places of business for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, making of loans, and conducting a general banking business within such incorporated municipality. Provided, however, that any bank in Marion County shall be permitted to branch into any municipality in the county that does not presently have banking facilities.  (Act 1973, No. 312, p. 443, § 1; Act 82-304, p. 410, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-47-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-47-60 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-47-60Expense allowance. The Coroner of Marion County shall receive an expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month payable out of the county general fund which shall be in lieu of all other expense allowances, salaries, and compensation previously paid by the county. The coroner shall continue to be entitled to all fees paid pursuant to general law.  (Act 84-552, p. 1176, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-47-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-47-110 - Compensation of Election Officials.

Section 45-47-110Compensation of election officials. All election officials in Marion County shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per day for the performance of their official duties. The county governing body shall supplement the compensation already provided for by the general law with funds out of the county general fund sufficient to bring the compensation up to the amount provided by this section. In the case of municipal elections, the supplement shall be paid out of municipal funds by the municipal governing body.  (Act 79-197, p. 307, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-47-110.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-47-110.01 - Compensation Increase.

Section 45-47-110.01Compensation increase. In Marion County, the county commission may increase the compensation of each election official who works polling places. Any increase shall be paid from the county general fund.  (Act 2005-146, p. 258, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-47-110.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-47-110.02 - Establishment of Voting Centers.

Section 45-47-110.02Establishment of voting centers. (a) Pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 17-6-4, the governing body of Marion County may establish voting centers by combining voters from two or more precincts in order to facilitate or reduce costs for elections and may otherwise provide as necessary for these voting centers. (b) Voting centers considered by the governing body under this section shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following voting centers: (1) A new voting center located at the Byrd Volunteer Fire Department, 235 County Highway 13, Detroit, Alabama, to serve voters in Precincts 2, 3, 4, and 17. (2) A new voting center located at the Pea Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, 5710 County Highway 45, Guin, Alabama, to serve voters in Precincts 11 and 16. (Act 2020-171, §2.)
AL Code § 45-47-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-47-140 - Forest Fire Protection.

Section 45-47-140Forest fire protection. (a) The County Commission of Marion County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Marion County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Marion County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Marion County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a finance charge to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Marion County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such finance charge is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. (2) Forest lands, as used in this section, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth or which is being used or reserved for such purpose. Forest lands, as used in this section, shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes, nor shall it include any publicly owned lands. (3) The finance charge fixed as provided in this section shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes and the owners of the forest lands, as herein defined, shall make report of the same to the Tax Assessor of Marion County, Alabama, at the time fixed by law for making return of the property of such property owned. Finance charges levied shall constitute a lien on the property against which they are charged in case of default in the payment of such finance charge. (c) The county governing body of Marion County is authorized to appoint agents and delegate authority to individuals to search out forest lands in Marion County, to determine the area and owners thereof, and report the same to the Tax Assessor of Marion County who shall be authorized, after notice to such owners, to place the finance charge against the forest land as may be determined by the report of such agents or the determination of the county governing body. It shall be the responsibility of the Tax Assessor of Marion County to establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to administer this section. (d) The finance charge herein imposed shall be due and payable to the Tax Collector of Marion County, and, when collected, shall be paid to the Treasurer of Marion County. All monies collected in accordance with this section shall be spent in participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's forest fire protection program in Marion County. (e) The County Commission of Marion County is authorized to remove such finance charge after the county commission has determined that the finance charge is no longer needed. The county commission shall hold public hearings to determine whether or not the finance charge is still needed.  (Act 84-548, p. 1172, §§ 1-5.)
AL Code § 45-47-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-47-170 - Board of Health Fees.

Section 45-47-170Board of health fees. (a) The Marion County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (b) Prior to establishing any fees, a public hearing with proper notice shall be held. (c) No person shall be denied any service because of his or her inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on one's ability to pay. (d) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations and shall not affect funding from the state in any way. (e) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the health department which collected the fees.  (Act 88-951, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 572, §§ 1-5.)
AL Code § 45-47-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.|Section 45-47-220 - Casting Light From Motor Vehicle to Locate Wildlife.

Section 45-47-220Casting light from motor vehicle to locate wildlife. (a) In Marion County, it shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, in a continuous and repeated manner, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, or while on foot, from any highway or road, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an attempt or with intent to locate deer and other wildlife other than raccoons. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles. (b) Any violation of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor and punishable as prescribed by law.  (Act 86-449, p. 815, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.01 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-47-250.01Legislative intent. This article is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the Marion County Public Water Authority develop a master plan of operation for the water authority in consultation with all existing water authorities in and adjoining Marion County and any county or local governments for the purpose of bringing about industrial development and economic expansion in the county as well as ensuring the health and safety of all citizens.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.06 - Additional Powers and Rights.

Section 45-47-250.06Additional powers and rights. (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity including, without limitation, the county or the State of Alabama. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person at such, if any, interest as the authority shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system, or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems, or any part thereof. (b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities the payment of the principal of and interest on which is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America. (c) The authority shall be under no obligation to render service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise for any system of the authority within such municipality without payment of any fee, charge, or cost other than the cost of publication of the ordinance granting the franchise. (d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4, commencing with Section 40-12-220, of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof. (e) Any water system or any part thereof leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county whether the lease or sublease be by the authority or any private party including, without limitation, corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes including, without limitation, ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to such system or facility or any part thereof or any remainder or reversionary interest therein. (f) The county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system from the authority or from any vendee or lessee or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all rights of the authority with respect thereto, upon mutual consent of the parties.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.07 - Contracts of the Authority.

Section 45-47-250.07Contracts of the authority. (a) As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any water system and fire protection facilities owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from any such system or facility, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such system or facility will be sufficient to operate such system or facility, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues, and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such system or facility, and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. (b) Any contract pursuant to this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority under this article.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.08 - Rates, Fees, and Charges.

Section 45-47-250.08Rates, fees, and charges. Rates, fees, and charges for water service and fire protection service rendered by the authority from any of its water systems or fire protection facilities shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving the systems and facilities, or either, from which such services are rendered. (2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities together with revenues from any tax sources and fees as the principal and interest become due and payable; (3) Create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the assumption of any obligation or the acquisition of any such system or facility. (4) Make such annual payments, if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.09 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Services and Facilitates.

Section 45-47-250.09Planning, development, operation, etc., of services and facilitates. For the purpose of securing water service and fire protection facilities or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water systems and fire protection facilities, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state, upon such terms and with or without consideration, may as it may determine: (1) Appropriate, lend, or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind including, but without limitation, any water system or fire protection facility, any interest in any thereof and any franchise. (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water systems and fire protection facilities.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.10 - Rights-of-Way.

Section 45-47-250.10Rights-of-way. The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4; provided further, that the authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.11 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority.

Section 45-47-250.11Governmental functions; liability of authority. (a) The furnishing of fire protection facilities in conjunction with the water services by the authority as well as the furnishing of water services are hereby declared to be a governmental function. (b) The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the furnishing of water service or fire protection facilities or service or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any water or fire protection facility.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.12 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc.

Section 45-47-250.12Exemption from taxes, fees, etc. (a) The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. (b) The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. (c) No license or excise tax may be imposed on the authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this article.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-47-250.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 47 - Marion County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-47-250.13 - Exemption From Usury Statutes.

Section 45-47-250.13Exemption from usury statutes. The authority now or hereafter organized under this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates including, without limitation, Chapter 8 of Title 8.  (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 14.)