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AL Code § 45-39-85.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 6 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-39-85.41 - Recording Fees.

Section 45-39-85.41Recording fees. (a) In addition to all other fees now provided by law, the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County shall collect the following recording fees: (1) Five dollars ($5) for each lot of a subdivision platted, but not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for recording a subdivision plat regardless of the number of lots platted. (2) An amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10), as determined by the county commission by ordinance or resolution, for each real property instrument and each personal property instrument recorded in the office of the judge of probate. (b) The fees collected pursuant to this section by the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County shall be deposited in the county general fund. (Act 96-319, p. 360, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92 - Definitions.

Section 45-39-92Definitions. When used in this part, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Shoals Economic Development Authority. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority comprised of the members of the Shoals Economic Development Authority. (3) GOVERNING BODY or BODIES. The legislative, executive, or deliberative body of those counties or municipalities within counties that are vested with responsibility to appoint members to the authority. (4) MEMBER. An individual resident and registered voter of Lauderdale County or Colbert County, who has been appointed to the authority by their respective governing bodies to serve in a representative capacity. (5) SHOALS. The geographic region of the State of Alabama comprising the Counties of Colbert and Lauderdale. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.01 - Authority Created; Composition.

Section 45-39-92.01Authority created; composition. (a) To improve the Shoals economic quality of life through the active promotion and development of better employment opportunities and to assist the county commissions or other like governing bodies in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties in their pursuits therefor, there is created the Shoals Economic Development Authority. (b) The authority shall be composed of 24 members. All members of the authority shall be residents and qualified electors of Colbert County or Lauderdale County, respectively. Six members of the authority shall be appointed by the Lauderdale County Commission. Initial appointments by the Lauderdale County Commission shall include all of the following: (1) Two appointments for a one-year term. (2) Two appointments for two-year terms. (3) Two appointments for three-year terms. (c) Three members of the authority shall be appointed by the Colbert County Commission. Initial appointments by the Colbert County Commission shall include all of the following: (1) One appointment for a one-year term. (2) One appointment for a two-year term. (3) One appointment for a three-year term. (d) Six members of the authority shall be appointed by the governing body of Florence. Initial appointments by the Florence governing body shall include all of the following: (1) Two appointments for a one-year term. (2) Two appointments for two-year terms. (3) Two appointments for three-year terms. (e) The governing bodies of Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia shall appoint three members each to the authority. Initial appointments by the governing bodies of Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia shall include the following appointments by Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia: (1) Each shall appoint one person for a one-year term. (2) Each shall appoint one person for a two-year term. (3) Each shall appoint one person for a three-year term. (f) Upon the expiration of the initial terms of office, successor authority members shall be appointed by the appointing governing bodies for three-year terms of office. All members of the Shoals Industrial Development Authority shall continue to serve as members of the authority until the expiration of their term, as previously appointed. Successors to members of the board shall be appointed in the same manner as the original members are appointed and all members shall serve until their successors are appointed. (g) Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority making the original appointment, but any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of their term. The composition, appointment, and terms of office of the authority may be altered by subsequent legislative acts. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.02 - Board of Directors; Meetings; Compensation.

Section 45-39-92.02Board of directors; meetings; compensation. (a) The 24 members of the authority shall constitute the board of directors of the authority. The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its members and shall elect a chair, vice chair, and treasurer from among its members. (b) Terms of office and the duties and responsibilities of the officers shall be set forth in the bylaws of the authority. The board of directors shall oversee the affairs and management of the authority. (c) The authority shall meet at the time and place designated by the chair of the board or, in the absence of the chair, by the vice chair. The chair, or a majority of the members of the board, may call a meeting of the authority, and at least four meetings shall be held annually. The chair shall preside at each meeting of the authority. In the absence of the chair, the vice chair shall preside. A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum. (d) Members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (e) The procedure for election of officers and reasonable expense allowances may be altered by amending the bylaws of the authority or by subsequent legislative acts. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.03 - Bylaws.

Section 45-39-92.03Bylaws. The board of directors of the authority shall have the authority to enact bylaws for the organization not inconsistent with this part or any law of the State of Alabama. Bylaws may include, among other provisions, any of the following: (1) The establishment of an executive committee and other standing, special, or ad hoc committees which may meet as often as necessary and whose duties and responsibilities shall be determined by the board of directors. (2) The establishment of attendance and residency requirements for the board of directors, any standing or special committees of the board of directors, or any officers of the board of directors, which shall provide for the removal of any member, committee member, or officer, due to the failure of the member to meet minimum attendance responsibilities or residency requirements. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.04 - Exercise of Functions and Powers.

Section 45-39-92.04Exercise of functions and powers. Upon the organization of the Shoals Economic Development Authority, the authority shall be constituted as an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential governmental functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this part. The development of the Shoals area shall be deemed to be an essential governmental function of the cities and counties. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.05 - Executive Director.

Section 45-39-92.05Executive director. The authority may employ an executive director, who shall be its chief administrative officer and serve as secretary to the board. The board of the authority shall fix the salary of the executive director who shall serve at its pleasure. The executive director, with prior approval of the board of the authority, may employ clerical and other assistants who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The authority, through the board, may require the executive director and any employees to be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties before they enter upon the discharge of their duties. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.06 - Powers and Duties.

Section 45-39-92.06Powers and duties. The authority, or its agents and employees as directed, may do any of the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the cities and counties and apply its findings and efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural, industrial, and economic development of the cities and counties. (2) Cooperate with municipal, regional, state, or federal planning entities or other industrial and economic development boards. (3) Publicize and advertise the industrial, commercial, and agricultural resources and growth opportunities of the cities and counties. (4) Collect, compile, and distribute literature concerning the facilities, advantages, and attractions of the cities and counties, the educational, historic, recreational, and scenic places of interest within the cities and counties, and the air, water, and highway transportation facilities. (5) Contract with other agencies, individuals, or corporations to promote the purposes of the authority. (6) Enter upon any real property in the cities and counties, with consent of the owner, and make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and markings on the real property. (7) Accept gifts, grants, bequests, or devises. (8) Allocate and expend funds from all donations, income, and revenue from any source coming into its treasury for the fulfillment and accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities in a manner as may be necessary and appropriate for the perfection of the purposes of the authority. (9) Acquire, sell, or lease land and improvements for economic development, and construct buildings for sale or lease. (10) Borrow money and mortgage, pledge, and assign assets as security for loans in furtherance of the purposes of the authority. (11) Promote industry, develop trade, and further the use of the agricultural products and natural and human resources of the Shoals and the development and preservation of the resources, by inducing manufacturing, services, commercial, and research enterprises to locate in the Shoals and to enlarge, retain, expand, or improve existing operations in the Shoals. (12) Perform the functions authorized or required by subsequent legislative acts. (13) Perform all other acts necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, and not otherwise prohibited by law. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.07 - Maintenance of Office Space.

Section 45-39-92.07Maintenance of office space. The authority may maintain an office in Colbert County or Lauderdale County, or both. The cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining the office shall be a lawful charge against any funds of the authority. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.08 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Law.

Section 45-39-92.08Exemption from competitive bid law. Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, or other similar laws, commonly referred to as the Alabama Bid Law or Competitive Bid Law, shall not apply to the authority, its directors, officers, agents, or employees, or in their capacities as such, who shall be expressly exempt from its application. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.09 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 45-39-92.09Exemption from taxation. The authority, its property, real and personal, any income produced and all conveyances, deeds, leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust, shall be exempt from all taxation by the State of Alabama or any political or administrative subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, all income, ad valorem, sales, excise, license, and privilege taxes and fees. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.10 - Power to Sue and Be Sued; Recovery of Damages.

Section 45-39-92.10Power to sue and be sued; recovery of damages. (a) The authority may institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue. The authority may be sued only in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County or Colbert County, Alabama. The officers, directors, agents, employees, and members of the authority may not be sued for their actions on behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by persons to be unlawful or performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions. (b) The recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment against the authority shall be limited to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate, where more than two persons have claims or judgments on account of a bodily injury or death arising out of any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under judgments against the authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the damage or loss of property arising out of any single occurrence. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.11 - Continuation of Prior Authority.

Section 45-39-92.11Continuation of prior authority. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this part that the Shoals Industrial Development Authority created pursuant to Act 86-244, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 372) and Act 86-231, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 341), continue in existence as the Shoals Economic Development Authority. All assets, property, papers, furniture, equipment, office supplies, bank accounts, investment portfolios, books, and any rights, duties, functions, liabilities, or obligations of the Shoals Industrial Development Authority on July 25, 1995, shall become the property and obligations of the Shoals Economic Development Authority. Persons employed by the Shoals Industrial Development Authority on July 25, 1995, shall become employees of the Shoals Economic Development Authority without any interruption in employment or change in status. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 2 - Funding for the Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.41 - Imposition of Tax.

Section 45-39-92.41Imposition of tax. The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise taxes in an amount not to exceed two cents ($.02) per gallon on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within such counties and to require every distributor, retail dealer, or storer of gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined to pay excise taxes upon the selling, distributing, or withdrawing from storage for any use, gasoline and motor fuel as herein defined in such counties; provided that excise taxes levied pursuant to this subpart shall not be levied upon the sale of gasoline or motor fuel in interstate commerce, and provided further that if the excise tax imposed under this subpart upon the sale of such gasoline or motor fuel shall have been paid by a distributor or by retail dealer or storer, such payment shall be sufficient, the intention being that the taxes shall not be paid but once. The excise taxes imposed pursuant to this subpart shall apply to persons, firms, corporations, dealers, or distributors storing gasoline or motor fuel and distributing the same or allowing the same to be withdrawn from storage, whether such withdrawal be for sale or other use, provided that sellers of gasoline or motor fuel and its substitutes paying the taxes herein provided may pay the same computed and paid on the basis of their sales as hereinafter required, and storers and distributors shall compute and pay such taxes on the basis of their withdrawals or distributions. The taxes herein provided for shall be in addition to any and all excise or other taxes imposed on gasoline or motor fuel or any device or substitute therefor, or on the business of selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose, gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined; however, there shall not be levied any tax upon any gasoline or motor fuel as herein defined when used in essential governmental functions by the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, county governing agencies, municipalities, any other entity as determined by the county governing body to be exempted under existing state statutes, or boards of education. Provided, further, any user exempt from the state gasoline or motor fuel tax is hereby exempt from the tax levied pursuant to this subpart. (Act 2002-292, p. 604, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 2 - Funding for the Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.42 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals.

Section 45-39-92.42Statement of sales and withdrawals. On or before the 20th day of each month after April 11, 2002, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Lauderdale County on forms prescribed by the county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals of gasoline made by him, her, or them during the next preceding month, liable for payment of the excise tax imposed pursuant to this subpart, and shall furnish to the Lauderdale County Commission such additional information as the Lauderdale County Commission may require upon blanks to be formulated and furnished by the Lauderdale County Commission, and at the time of making such report shall pay to the Lauderdale County Commission an amount of money equal to the excise tax levied under this subpart. The statement herein required to be made by the distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and any false statement sworn to shall constitute perjury and upon conviction thereupon the person so convicted shall be punished as provided by law for the crime of perjury. (Act 2002-292, p. 604, §3.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 2 - Funding for the Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.43 - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-39-92.43Recordkeeping. All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than three years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as will clearly show the amount of sale or withdrawals gasoline and motor fuel made in Lauderdale County taxed under this subpart. (Act 2002-292, p. 604, §4.)
AL Code § 45-39-92.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 9 - Economc and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 3 - Economic Development.|Division 2 - Funding for the Shoals Economic Development Authority.|Section 45-39-92.44 - Report of Business Location and Postal Address; Change of Address.

Section 45-39-92.44Report of business location and postal address; change of address. Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this subpart, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-39-92.42 to the Lauderdale County Commission, showing the place and post office address at which he or she is engaged in the business of distributor or storer or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel within Lauderdale County, which information shall be entered by the Lauderdale County Commission on a book kept for that purpose, and should such distributor, storer, or retail dealer move his or her place of business from one business address to another such distributor, storer, or retail dealer shall within 30 days thereafter notify the Lauderdale County Commission of such removal giving the former place and post office address and also the place and post office address to which his or her place of business has been removed. After the tax imposed under this subpart has become effective, no person shall become a distributor, storer, or seller of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County until he or she shall have made such reports to the Lauderdale County Commission. (Act 2002-292, p. 604, §5.)