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AL Code § 45-21-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21 - Crenshaw County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-21-140 - Sales and Use Tax Authorized; Use of Funds.

Section 45-21-140Sales and use tax authorized; use of funds. (a) This section shall apply only in Crenshaw County. (b) For purposes of this section, the following term shall have the following meaning: ELIGIBLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS and ELIGIBLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. A fire department in Crenshaw County that maintains an ISO-approved rating of at least Class 9, is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines, and is a member in good standing of the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. An eligible emergency medical service means an emergency medical service that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of EMS and Trauma, and is in good standing with the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (c) Subject to approval at a local referendum as provided in this section, the Crenshaw County Commission may levy an additional one-half percent sales and use tax paralleling the state sales and use tax. The proceeds generated by the tax after approval at the local referendum shall be distributed as follows: (1) Seventy-five percent to the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments for distribution to eligible fire departments and eligible emergency medical service organizations to provide fire protection and to provide for emergency medical services. (2) Twenty-five percent to the Crenshaw County Commission for public safety purposes. (d) Funds paid to eligible fire departments and eligible emergency medical services may only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical and rescue services. The funds may also be expended to purchase liability insurance. The funds may not be expended for food, drink, social activities, fund-raising activities, or salaries. By September 15 of each year, the fire departments and emergency medical services shall file an annual financial statement to the Crenshaw County Commission. The filing shall also account for all unspent funds and whether the unspent funds have been obligated. (e) Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible fire department or eligible emergency medical service, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, any remaining funds or assets shall be transferred to the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. The funds and assets shall be reallocated by the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments to other fire departments and emergency medical services. In the event there are no eligible fire departments or emergency medical services, the funds or assets shall be placed in the county general fund. (Act 2013-344, p. 1213, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10 - Short Title.

Section 45-21A-10Short title. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Brantley Speed Limit Safety Act. (b) The City of Brantley, Alabama, may, by municipal ordinance adopt the procedures set out in this article.  (Act 2015-20, §1.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.02 - Automated Photographic Speeding Enforcement System Authorized.

Section 45-21A-10.02Automated photographic speeding enforcement system authorized.  (a) The City of Brantley is empowered to utilize an automated photographic speeding enforcement system to detect and record speeding violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded speeding violations which may occur within the corporate limits of the City of Brantley as provided in this article. A civil fine assessed under this article shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and municipal court costs may be assessed in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for municipal criminal speeding violations prosecuted as a misdemeanor. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be added to the Brantley Municipal Court costs authorized to be collected in connection with notices issued under this article. Court costs collected pursuant to this article shall be distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution of municipal court costs for misdemeanor violations. The additional ten dollars ($10) authorized by this article shall be paid to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center as compensation for record keeping with respect to speeding violation notices issued pursuant to this article. (b) If an ordinance is adopted for automated speeding enforcement, the City of Brantley shall cause a sign to be posted at each of a minimum of 10 roadway entry points to the city to provide motorists with notice that automated photographic speeding enforcement systems are in use. The sign shall comply with this requirement if it states substantially the following: "AUTOMATED CAMERAS USED IN SPEEDING ENFORCEMENT," or if it otherwise gives sufficient notice. (c) Prior to operating such an enforcement system, the City of Brantley shall make a public announcement and conduct a public awareness campaign of the use of an automated photographic speeding enforcement system a minimum of 30 days before using the devices. The City of Brantley may place photographic speeding enforcement systems at locations without public notice of the specific location, may change locations without public notice, and may install and move as needed decoy devices designed to resemble photographic speeding enforcement systems. (d) The city shall post signs warning of the use of an automated photographic device for speeding enforcement within 60 yards of every speed detection device used. Each sign shall be placed at least five feet from the edge of the road or street and shall be placed not lower than two feet and not higher than eight feet. (Act 2015-20, §3.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.05 - Order of Court; Appeal.

Section 45-21A-10.05Order of court; appeal. (a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating the following: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation and, if so, (2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with the fees and costs of court provided for herein. (b) The orders issued under this section may be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of Crenshaw County, Alabama, and shall operate as a judicial lien in the same manner and with the same weight and effect as any other civil judgment filed therein. (c) A person who is found liable after an adjudicative hearing may appeal that finding of civil liability to the Circuit Court of Crenshaw County, Alabama, by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the municipal court. The notice of appeal must be filed not later than the 14th day after the date on which the municipal court judge entered the finding of civil liability. The filing of a notice of appeal shall stay the enforcement of the civil fine penalty. An appeal shall be determined by the circuit court by trial de novo.  (Act 2015-20, §6.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.06 - Appellate Procedures.

Section 45-21A-10.06Appellate procedures.  The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidence standard. (2) If the person is adjudicated by the circuit court to be responsible for payment of the civil fine, circuit court costs shall be owed by the person adjudicated responsible, with 100 percent of those court costs retained by the circuit court. Court costs in the circuit court shall be calculated as are court costs for criminal appeals from the municipal court, and in the event the circuit court finds the person appealing not to be responsible, no municipal court costs shall be owed to the city. (3) Regardless of the civil nature of the proceedings, the circuit court, in its discretion and for its administrative convenience, may assign case numbers as for criminal appeals and place the appeals on criminal dockets in the same manner as criminal appeals from municipal court. (4) The circuit court shall sit as trier of both fact and law in the civil proceedings in the circuit court. (5) The city shall be responsible for providing an attorney to represent the city and to prosecute the civil proceedings in the circuit court.  (Act 2015-20, §7.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.07 - Identity of Owner or Vehicle.

Section 45-21A-10.07Identity of owner or vehicle.  In the event the evidence produced by an automated photographic speeding enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of violation may be issued pursuant to this article. If, however, a notice of violation is issued, to the degree constitutionally allowed, those issues related to the identity of the vehicle or its owner shall affect the weight to be accorded the evidence and shall not affect its admissibility. (Act 2015-20, §8.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.08 - Fees; Records of Adjudication of Civil Violations.

Section 45-21A-10.08Fees; records of adjudication of civil violations. The city may provide by ordinance that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil fines that are authorized in this article. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudication of civil violation made under this article shall be listed, entered, or reported on any criminal record or driving record, whether the record is maintained by the city or an outside agency. An adjudication of civil violation provided for in this article shall not be considered a conviction for any purpose, shall not be used to increase or enhance punishment for any subsequent offense of a criminal nature, shall not be considered a moving violation, and shall not be used by any insurance company to determine or affect premiums or rates unless an accident occurred due to the violation. The fact that a person is held liable or responsible for a civil fine for a speeding violation shall not be used as evidence that the person was guilty of negligence or other culpable conduct, and any evidence generated by an automated photographic speeding enforcement system may only be used as evidence in other proceedings if it is or becomes admissible under the rules of evidence applicable therein. (Act 2015-20, §9.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.09 - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-21A-10.09Recordkeeping.  The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of automated photographic speeding enforcement systems in reducing speeding violations and collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. (Act 2015-20, §10.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.10 - Violations of State Statutes.

Section 45-21A-10.10Violations of state statutes. No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this article if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Title 32, Chapter 5A, Article 8, including, but not limited to, Sections 32-5A-170 to 32-5A-178, inclusive, or any other municipal ordinance which embraces and incorporates the statutes contained in that article, and which occurred simultaneously with and under the same set of circumstances which were recorded by the automated photographic speeding enforcement system. (Act 2015-20, §11.)
AL Code § 45-21A-10.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 1 - Brantley.|Section 45-21A-10.11 - Reimbursement of Civil Fine; Civil Action Against Person Operating Vehicle.

Section 45-21A-10.11Reimbursement of civil fine; civil action against person operating vehicle.  Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to this article, or an ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehicle recorded at the time of the violation for the amount of the civil fine actually paid plus any consequential or compensatory damages and a reasonable attorney fee, without regard to the rules regarding joint and several liability, contribution, or indemnity. Provided, however, that as a condition precedent to the bringing of a civil action, that the person held responsible for payment of the civil fine must first make written demand on the other person for reimbursement of the civil fine, giving a minimum of 60 days to remit payment, and if reimbursement is fully made within the 60-day period then the cause of action shall be extinguished and no attorney fees or other damages shall attach to the reimbursement. Any cause of action brought pursuant to this section must be commenced within two years from the date of the payment of the civil fine for a speeding violation. (Act 2015-20, §12.)
AL Code § 45-21A-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 21A - Crenshaw County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Rutledge.|Section 45-21A-50 - Election of Rutledge City Council.

Section 45-21A-50Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge, Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office, application for candidacy and the fees therefor shall continue to be set by resolution of the city council. It is expressly provided that all other provisions of law and ordinances relating to elections for city council members shall remain effective and, except as herein provided, the office of city council member and the operation of the governing body of Rutledge, Alabama, shall continue as otherwise provided by law. (Act 91-754, p. 233, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-22-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-22-50 - Office Abolished.

Section 45-22-50Office abolished. In Cullman 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 they shall deem proper for the county. (Act 91-450, p. 825; §1; Act 91-494, p. 886, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-22-60 - Compensation; Office Space and Automobile; Expenses; Assistant Coroner.

Section 45-22-60Compensation; office space and automobile; expenses; assistant coroner. (a) Effective after the 2018 General Election, the Coroner of Cullman County shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), to be paid in equal monthly installments, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. The salary in this subsection shall be the total compensation paid to the coroner. (b) The Cullman County Commission shall provide the coroner with office space and a county automobile for use in the performance of his or her duties.  (c) The Cullman County Commission shall reimburse the coroner for any actual expenses for supplies used in the performance of his or her duties. The benefits and expenses provided in this subsection shall be in addition to any other compensation or expense allowances provided by law. (d) The coroner may employ an assistant coroner, and the salary of the assistant coroner shall be paid out of the salary of the coroner. (Act 2008-152, p. 262, §§1, 2; Act 2018-242, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Section 45-22-90 - Community Development Commission; Promulgation of Rules; Fund.

Section 45-22-90Community Development Commission; promulgation of rules; fund. (a) There is created the Cullman County Community Development Commission which may receive, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (c), and by majority vote may distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic and community development, education, conservation, and fire protection. The commission shall be comprised of the following members:  (1) A person appointed by the Senator representing Cullman County and whose term will coincide with the term of the Senator or until replacement. (2) A person appointed by each of the three members of the House of Representatives who represent Cullman County and whose term will coincide with the term of the appointing representative or until replacement. A person appointed by the members of the legislative delegation from Cullman County, who shall serve as chair and shall serve at the discretion of the legislative delegation. (b) No member of the commission shall be an elected official. (c) The commission may promulgate rules related to its operations and procedures for the awarding of grants within the community for the above mentioned purposes. (d) There is hereby created the Community Development Fund within the Cullman County Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of the following moneys received by the county: (1) The additional three percent of TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments received pursuant to Section 40-28-2. (2) The net proceeds of the state beer tax payable to Cullman County pursuant to Section 28-3-184, which shall be distributed as follows: a. Fifty percent to the commission to be used for the purposes set out in subsection (a). b. Fifty percent to the municipalities in Cullman County to be divided pro-rata based on the population of each municipality to be used at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality receiving the funds. (e) The funds collected pursuant to subsection (d) may be expended on order of the Cullman County Community Development Commission. (f) The commission may spend up to three hundred dollars ($300) per year for office supplies necessary to operate the commission. (g) Any payments from the additional three percent received pursuant to Section 40-28-2, which were made before April 21, 2009, are ratified and confirmed. (Act 2009-285, p. 490, §1; Act 2015-243, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-22-110 - Compensation of Election Officials.

Section 45-22-110Compensation of election officials. (a) In Cullman County, election officials who work at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount paid to each inspector sixty-five dollars ($65) for each day the inspector works at the polls and make the total amount paid to each clerk fifty-five dollars ($55) for each day the clerk works at the polls. The additional expense allowance provided for in this section shall be paid from the county general fund. (b) Election officials who work at polling places shall receive an expense allowance of ten dollars ($10) per day while they attend courses on the operation of voting machines. (Act 93-377, p. 652, §§1,2.)
AL Code § 45-22-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-22-120 - Applicability.

Section 45-22-120Applicability. This article shall apply to and have application in Cullman County, Alabama, to all regular full-time employees whose wages, salaries, and benefits are provided in whole or in part from the general fund of the county and other designated and special funds under the management and administration of the county commission of the county, including regular full-time employees of the sheriff's department, revenue commissioner's office, judge of probate's office, and juvenile probation office, including the chief probation officer, except as limited in Section 45-22-120.01. (Act 79-574, p. 1022; Act 80-549, p. 851, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-120.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-22-120.01 - Rejection of Applicants for Employment.

Section 45-22-120.01Rejection of applicants for employment. Elected officials shall be authorized to reject any applicant for employment within their respective offices. (Act 79-574, p. 1022; Act 80-549, p. 851, §1; Act 92-486, p. 962, §2.)
AL Code § 45-22-120.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-22-120.02 - Definitions.

Section 45-22-120.02Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates a different meaning, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: "County" means Cullman County, Alabama; "employee" means any person who is employed in the service of the county on a regular full-time basis; "exempt service" means those employees to whom this article shall not apply; "classified service" means those employees to whom this article shall apply; "commission" means the County Commission of Cullman County; "board" means the personnel board; "head of department/office" includes the sheriff, revenue commissioner, judge of probate, and chair of the county commission. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular includes the plural, and the plural the singular.  (Act 79-574, p. 1022; Act 80-549, p. 851, §3.)