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AL Code § 45-40-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 4 - Duties.|Section 45-40-73 - Annexation of Land.

Section 45-40-73Annexation of land. In addition to all other requirements of law, no municipality whose corporate limits or boundaries include lands outside of Lawrence County may annex lands within Lawrence County, or otherwise extend its corporate limits or boundaries in Lawrence County, without the consent of the Lawrence County Commission. (Act 87-442, p. 655, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-80 - Supplemental Expense Allowance - Circuit Judge.

Section 45-40-80Supplemental expense allowance - Circuit judge. Immediately upon October 1, 2001, the Circuit Judge for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall receive a supplemental expense allowance, payable in equal monthly installments from the Lawrence County General Fund, in an amount equal to 40 percent of the prevailing salary paid to such circuit judges by the state. The supplement shall be paid only in lieu of all other supplemental salary or expense payments heretofore authorized by law and acceptance shall constitute waiver of any other supplemental salary or expense allowance for service rendered after October 1, 2001. (Acts 1978, 2nd Sp. Sess., No. 59, p. 1746, §1; Act 2001-907, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 759, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-80.01 - Supplemental Expense Allowance - District Attorney, District Judge.

Section 45-40-80.01Supplemental expense allowance - District attorney, district judge. (a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to a supplemental allowance, paid from the county treasury of the county composing the judicial circuit, in a sum equal to the supplemental allowance paid from county funds to the District Attorney of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. (b) The District Judge of Lawrence County shall be entitled to a supplemental expense allowance, paid from the county treasury of Lawrence County, in a sum equal to the supplemental allowance paid from county funds to the District Judge of Morgan County. (c) The supplemental allowances shall be in lieu of any other supplemental allowances paid by the county, and shall be paid in the same manner that supplemental allowances for those offices in the Eighth Judicial Circuit and Morgan County are paid. (Act 85-719, p. 1172, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-40-80.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-80.03 - Court Reporter.

Section 45-40-80.03Court reporter. Each court reporter of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit composed of Lawrence County shall be paid three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month total expense allowance which shall be in addition to any and all other compensation provided for by law. The expense allowances shall be paid out of the General Fund of Lawrence County. (Act 85-741, p. 1192, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-80.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-80.04 - Supernumerary District Attorney.

Section 45-40-80.04Supernumerary district attorney. (a) A supernumerary district attorney for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall receive as additional compensation payable from the county general fund of the county within the circuit, an amount equal to the amount received by any retired circuit judge for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit as authorized by general law and Section 45-40-80.02. The additional compensation provided in this section shall be supplemental to the salary or compensation paid to a supernumerary district attorney by the state and shall be paid out of the general fund in 12 equal monthly installments on warrants drawn against the fund. (b) This section shall be applicable only to persons granted supernumerary status after May 7, 1992. (Act 92-410, p. 840, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81 - Law Library.

Section 45-40-81Law library. (a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of courts, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) in each civil or quasi civil action, criminal case, quasi criminal proceeding, or any other case of any kind whatsoever filed in the probate, municipal, district, or circuit courts in Lawrence County. (b) The additional costs shall be collected as other costs in such cases are collected and paid to the Treasurer of Lawrence County and shall be kept by him or her in a separate fund designated as Lawrence County Law Library Fund and may be expended as are other sums deposited in the fund. (Act 87-618, p. 1091, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81.01 - Juvenile Probation Services.

Section 45-40-81.01Juvenile probation services. (a) In Lawrence County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district and juvenile court cases with the exception of small claims cases, a fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. The monies derived from the additional fees provided for by this section shall be paid into the county treasury and the fund shall be kept as a separate fund in the county treasury. The fund shall be known as the juvenile probation services fund and shall be used and expended by the district judge as provided in subsection (b). (b) The district judge is hereby authorized to requisition expenditures from the juvenile probation services fund for any and all expenses to be incurred in the administration of juvenile justice and juvenile probation services. The Treasurer of Lawrence County shall distribute monies from the fund upon requisition made to the treasurer by the district judge. (Act 89-716, p. 1430, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81.02 - Historical Commission.

Section 45-40-81.02Historical commission. (a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of court, there is hereby levied an additional court charge of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per case filed in the circuit and district courts of Lawrence County. The additional court charge shall be collected as other costs and charges of court are collected. (b) The proceeds of the charge shall be paid to the Historical Commission of Lawrence County referred to in Act 511, S. 723 of the 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 565). The payment shall be in addition to all other payments provided by law to the historical commission. (Act 91-274, p. 515, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81.03 - Jail and Courthouse.

Section 45-40-81.03Jail and courthouse. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed thirty-five dollars ($35) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases, but excluding small claims cases, filed in the circuit court, district court, or any municipal court in Lawrence County, as well as an additional fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) for the service of a pleading or other document in connection with any action or case. These fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived. (b) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Lawrence County to be used by the Lawrence County Commission for the planning, designing, construction, financing, furnishing, equipping, and operation of a new county jail and as otherwise provided in this section. Any funds in excess of the amounts needed to cover the debt service for the new county jail may be used by the county commission for the planning, designing, construction, financing, furnishing, equipping, maintenance, and operation of the Lawrence County Courthouse, or renovations thereto, and any annex buildings to the Lawrence County Courthouse, or renovations thereto. The Lawrence County Commission may set and adjust by resolution the fees within the limits authorized by this section based on the needs associated with the new county jail and the Lawrence County Courthouse, or renovations thereto, and any annex buildings to the Lawrence County Courthouse, or renovations thereto. (Act 95-119, p. 182, §§1, 2; Act 2010-569, p. 1152, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-81.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81.04 - Domestic Violence Programs.

Section 45-40-81.04Domestic violence programs. In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Lawrence County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall remit the proceeds quarterly to the office of the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Lawrence County to be distributed to domestic violence programs operating in Lawrence County that are in compliance with the standards for operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2009-371, p. 695, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-81.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-40-81.05 - Drug Cases.

Section 45-40-81.05Drug cases. In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lawrence County, an additional court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged and collected in each drug case charged under Article 5, commencing with Section 13A-12-20, of Chapter 12 of Title 13A, by the clerks of the circuit, district, and municipal courts for the county. The additional amount collected by the clerk of the court shall be remitted monthly to the Lawrence County Commission to be used for the enforcement of drug laws in Lawrence County. (Act 2010-394, p. 643, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-40-82 - Investigators.

Section 45-40-82Investigators. (a) All investigators employed by the district attorney's office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall have all the powers and authority and immunities of a deputy sheriff. All investigators employed by the district attorney's office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall meet the minimum standards required of law enforcement officers as provided in Section 36-21-46, or as otherwise provided by law. (b)(1) All investigators employed by the district attorney's office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, who have been employed as such for the past 17 years, on May 17, 1993, shall be grandfathered as to the requirements of Section 36-21-46, and shall be deemed qualified as meeting the minimum standards for applicants and appointees as law enforcement officers. (2) After May 17, 1993, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission shall issue a certificate of compliance with Section 36-21-46 to existing investigators of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, provided they meet the time requirement of subsection (a). (Act 93-666, p. 1202, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Community Development Commission.|Section 45-40-90 - Creation; Composition; Promulgation of Rules; Funding.

Section 45-40-90Creation; composition; promulgation of rules; funding. (a) There is created the Lawrence County Community Development Commission which shall be authorized to receive and by majority vote to distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic development including, but not limited to, water and sewer needs and paying the principal and interest on bonds issued for economic development, education, recreation, conservation, fire protection, and disaster relief. Not less than 40 percent of all funds distributed from the Community Development Fund shall be earmarked and expended for capital improvements. The commission shall be comprised of the following members: (1) A person appointed by each senator representing Lawrence County whose term shall coincide with the term of the senator or until a replacement is appointed. (2) A person appointed by the member of the House of Representatives representing Lawrence County whose term shall coincide with the term of the representative or until a replacement is appointed. (b) The commission may promulgate rules related to its operations and procedures for the awarding of grants within the community for the above mentioned purposes. (c) There is created the Community Development Fund within the Lawrence County Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of the additional three percent of TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments received pursuant to Section 40–28–2 beginning with the fiscal year which began October 1, 2006. (d) The moneys in the fund shall be expended only on the order of the Lawrence County Community Development Commission. (Act 2009-152, p. 307, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-40-100 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-40-100Expense allowance. The payment of an expense allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month being paid by the Lawrence County Commission to the members of the Lawrence County Board of Education, on September 1, 1981, shall be discontinued and thereafter such payment of the expense allowance shall be paid from the public school funds of the county. (Act 81-966, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 147, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 2 - Schools.|Section 45-40-101 - School District No. 2 Abolished.

Section 45-40-101School District No. 2 abolished. School District No. 2 in Lawrence County is abolished. All assets, liabilities, books, and records of School District No. 2 shall be transferred to and administered by School District No. 1 in Lawrence County. (Act 92-240, p. 588, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Superintendent of Education.|Section 45-40-102 - Compensation.

Section 45-40-102Compensation. Beginning 30 days after February 10, 1994, the monthly compensation provided by law for the Lawrence County Superintendent of Education, shall never exceed by more than eight hundred sixty dollars ($860), the monthly amount of compensation being paid to the highest paid employee employed by the county school system. In addition, any amounts disbursed for expenses to the superintendent, shall be in accordance with the same policy and procedure for expenses for education employees in the county. The county board of education shall take any action necessary to implement this section. (Act 86-405, p. 594, §1; Act 89-715, p. 1429, §1; Act 94-84, p. 88, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 45-40-110 - Compensation.

Section 45-40-110Compensation. In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the members of the board of registrars in Lawrence County, each member of such board shall be entitled to a ten dollar ($10) per meeting day increase in such board shall be entitled to a ten dollar ($10) per meeting day increase in such compensation with such increase to be paid in the usual manner from the county general fund. (Act 85-707, p. 1161, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Election Officials.|Section 45-40-111 - Expense Allowances.

Section 45-40-111Expense allowances. (a) In Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Commission may pay election officials who work at polling places an additional per diem allowance that together with the amount of compensation paid by the state equals up to sixty-five dollars ($65) for each day they work at the polls. The Lawrence County Commission may pay the returning officers an additional per diem allowance that together with the amount of compensation paid by the state equals up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each day they work at the polls. (b) In addition, the Lawrence County Commission may pay the officials and officers a mileage allowance up to the same rate as the mileage allowance allowed state employees. (c) The expense allowances provided for in this section shall be paid from the general fund of the county. (Act 97-863, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 203, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 1|Section 45-40-120 - Personnel Board and System; Chief Deputy and Chief Clerk or Sheriff.

Section 45-40-120Personnel board and system; chief deputy and chief clerk or sheriff. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-140 EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)(1) There is created and established a three member personnel board for Lawrence County, Alabama, with the members to be appointed as follows: a. One member shall be appointed by the state legislative delegation representing the county. b. One member shall be appointed by the county commission. c. One member shall be appointed by collective agreement of the sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, and judge of probate. (2) The appointments shall be made no later than the twenty-fifth day immediately after May 7, 1992. (b) The personnel board created in subsection (a) shall implement and administer the Lawrence County Personnel System using as a general guide for the system the manual for the system authored by Auburn University. The board may revise the pay scale as it deems appropriate. Any revision shall not lower the salary of any employee. The personnel board shall carefully and zealously monitor the implementation and administration of the personnel system to provide equal and fair treatment to all county personnel employed under the system. (c)(1) The Sheriff of Lawrence County is authorized to appoint and employ a chief deputy and a chief clerk without regard to the employment rules and procedures of the county personnel system. Likewise, the revenue commissioner and the judge of probate of the county shall have the authority to appoint and employ their chief clerks without regard to the rules and procedures. Employees appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be nonmerit and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. (2) Any employee appointed as a chief deputy or chief clerk pursuant to this subsection from a merit system position may revert to a merit system position at the same pay grade as the person would have been if the person had remained under the merit system including any step raises or cost of living raises. Any employee employed as a chief deputy or chief clerk serving on May 11, 2000, who was not from a merit system position may revert to a position under the merit system based on the number of years the person has served as a chief deputy or chief clerk. (d) Any county employee with a salary that was at or below pay grade 8 on the county salary schedule on December 10, 1990, shall receive at least a one step salary increase on October 1, 1992, that shall be paid from county funds in the usual manner. (Act 92-411, p. 841, §§1-5; Act 2000-421, p. 780, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2|Section 45-40-121 - Adoption of New County Personnel System for County Employees Authorized.

Section 45-40-121Adoption of new county personnel system for county employees authorized. (a) The Lawrence County Commission may adopt a new county personnel system for county employees pursuant to the authority granted in Amendment 909 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 43.02 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) Effective upon the effective date of the new county personnel system adopted by the Lawrence County Commission as provided for in subsection (a), the employees of Lawrence County on that date under the existing civil service system shall be transferred in their status on that date to the new personnel system. (Act 2021-140, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Alabama Forestry Commission's Forest Fire Protection Program.|Section 45-40-140 - Participation Authorized.

Section 45-40-140Participation authorized. The County Commission of Lawrence County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Lawrence County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (Act 81-846, p. 1522, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-140.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Alabama Forestry Commission's Forest Fire Protection Program.|Section 45-40-140.01 - Finance Charge or Tax Assessed on Forest Lands.

Section 45-40-140.01Finance charge or tax assessed on forest lands. (a) After the Lawrence County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Lawrence County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Lawrence 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 the financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of the fire protection. (b) Forest lands, as used in this part, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which under prevailing natural and economic conditions may be expected to support such a growth in the future, or which is being used or reserved for any purpose. Forest lands, as used in this part, shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes nor shall it include any publicly owned lands. (Act 81-846, p. 1522, §2.)