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AL Code § 45-4-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 4 - Bibb County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Redemption of Land.|Section 45-4-242 - Sale and Redemption of Lands.

Section 45-4-242Sale and redemption of lands. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Bibb County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the tax collector of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties. (Act 80-521, p. 801, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Compensation and Expenses.|Section 45-5-70 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-5-70Expense allowance. Each member, except the chair, of the County Commission of Blount County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation and salary provided for by law. (Act 95-699, p. 1516, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Contingent Fund.|Section 45-5-71 - Appropriations From General Fund.

Section 45-5-71Appropriations from general fund. (a) The Blount County Commission may appropriate from the county general fund an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each fiscal year, for a contingent fund to be used for any purpose the commission may deem appropriate. (b) Any funds appropriated for a fiscal year which remain unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the county general fund. (Act 80-710, p. 1444, §1; Act 2007-244, p. 329, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Districts.|Section 45-5-72 - Members Elected From Single-Member Districts; Reapportionment.

Section 45-5-72Members elected from single member districts; reapportionment. (a) Effective the next election of the Blount County Commission, the members of the Blount County Commission shall be elected from single-member districts. Each member of the commission shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she represents. (b) Not later than January 1, 2002, the Blount County Commission shall adopt a plan dividing the county into districts of approximately equal population based on the immediately preceding federal decennial census. The variation between districts shall not exceed five percent plus or minus based on districts of equal population. (c) The county commission shall reapportion the commission districts in accordance with the standard in subsection (b) after each federal decennial census. (d) The members of the Blount County Commission serving pursuant to this section shall serve full-time. (Act 99-656, 2nd Sp. Sess., §§1-4; Act 2000-335, p. 532, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 4 - Membship; Chair.|Section 45-5-73 - Compensation.

Section 45-5-73Compensation. The position of county commissioner of Blount County shall be a full-time position. Such commissioner shall receive compensation for serving as full-time officers in accordance with the minimum allowable by state law. The chairman of the county commission shall not be considered a county commissioner for the purposes of this section. (Act 85-620, p. 946, §1; Act 87-446, p. 660, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 5 - Private Roads.|Section 45-5-74 - Repair and Maintenance.

Section 45-5-74Repair and maintenance. The county commissioners of Blount County may authorize the use of county personnel and county equipment to load sand, gravel, and chert for the purpose of repairing and maintaining existing private roads when the use of the personnel and equipment is not detrimental to the use for county purposes and when the county is compensated for the reasonable costs of the use of the personnel and equipment, including any indirect costs such as overhead and depreciation. (Act 97-611, p. 1073, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 6 - Regulation of Explosives.|Section 45-5-75 - Rules and Regulations; Bond.

Section 45-5-75Rules and regulations; bond. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the regulation of the detonation of explosives for industrial purposes is not currently regulated and that it is in the interest of the health and safety of the citizens of Blount County for the Blount County Commission to regulate the detonation of explosives for industrial purposes. (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Blount County Commission may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the detonation of explosives for industrial purposes. Industrial purposes shall include but shall not be limited to the detonation of explosives for the hardening of metal. (c) The rules and regulations of the county commission shall include a provision for the licensing of persons who detonate explosives for industrial purposes and use permits for the detonation of explosives for commercial purposes. (d) The Blount County Commission is hereby empowered to require all licensed applicants to post a bond, in an amount to be approved by the commission, so as to insure that adequate compensation is available in case of injury or damage to any citizen or legal entity of Blount County, as a result of the blasting operation. (Act 94-387, p. 641, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-5-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 7 - Revenue Collection.|Section 45-5-76 - Collection Program; Establishment and Administration; Powers; Hiring.

Section 45-5-76Collection program; establishment and administration; powers; hiring. (a) The County Commission of Blount County may establish and administer a program of revenue collection for all legally authorized fees, taxes, licenses, and other revenues not presently being collected locally. (b) The County Commission of Blount County may with 30 days' written notice to the State Department of Revenue assume the collection of all such legally authorized tax proceeds currently being collected by the State Department of Revenue on behalf of Blount County. (c) If the county commission elects to collect one or more taxes, fees, or licenses, or other revenues under this section, the county shall have all lawful powers of the State Department of Revenue to collect revenues and conduct audits to determine the amounts of revenue liable and due to the county. (d) The county commission may, at its option, hire such persons, firms, corporations, auditors, or tax collectors it deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intents of this section. (Act 96-637, p. 1010, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-5-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-5-80 - Service for Actions Instituted Outside Alabama; Sheriff's Department Fund.

Section 45-5-80Service for actions instituted outside Alabama; Sheriff's Department Fund. (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or criminal action instituted outside the State of Alabama, whether at law or equity. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other court costs in actions instituted or arising outside the State of Alabama. (b) All funds generated by the provisions of this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County, designated for the "Sheriff's Department Fund," and shall be used for the costs and expenses incurred and related to the service of the civil or criminal papers or documents. 45-5-80.10. (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at law or in equity, whether such proceeding is in any inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether such proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts. (b) All funds generated by the provisions of this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County, designated for the "Sheriff's Department Fund," and shall be used for the costs and expenses incurred and related to the service of the civil papers or documents. (Act 81-641, p. 1058, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-80.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-5-80.10 - Services of Papers or Documents; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-5-80.10Services of papers or documents; disposition of funds. (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) in the service of any papers or documents by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding at law or in equity, whether such proceeding is in any inferior court, municipal court, district court, or circuit court and whether such proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, or on appeal, certiorari or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts. (b) All funds generated by the provisions of this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County, designated for the "Sheriff's Department Fund," and shall be used for the costs and expenses incurred and related to the service of the civil papers or documents. (Act 81-642, p. 1059, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-80.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-5-80.20 - Conviction of Misdemeanor or Felony.

Section 45-5-80.20Conviction of misdemeanor or felony. (a) In Blount County, in addition to all other fees or costs levied, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10) upon conviction in any criminal proceeding arising out of the commission of a misdemeanor or felony. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in such cases in the respective courts. (b) All funds generated by the provisions of this section shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County and shall be used exclusively for the maintenance and supervision of the county jail building. (Act 81-643, p. 1060, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-80.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-5-80.30 - Civil and Criminal Cases; Service of Pleadings or Documents.

Section 45-5-80.30Civil and criminal cases; service of pleadings or documents. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) 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 Blount 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 Blount County to be used by the Blount County Commission for the operation, equipping, furnishing, and financing of a newly constructed county jail. The Blount County Commission may set and adjust by resolution the fees within the limits authorized by this section based on the needs associated with the county jail. (Act 96-638, p. 1011, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-80.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-5-80.40 - Additional Fee; Municipal Courts.

Section 45-5-80.40Additional fee; municipal courts. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars ($40) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases. 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 municipal courts of Blount County that have opted not to be included in the District Court of Blount County shall collect costs, fees, fines, and charges from cases that originate and are executed in the municipal courts from violations within the municipalities. The municipality shall retain 50 percent of the costs, fees, fines, and charges collected and 50 percent shall be remitted by the clerk to the General Fund of Blount County. (c) The additional fees when collected by the clerks or their collection officers of the courts shall be paid into the General Fund of Blount County to be used by the Blount County Commission for the operation, equipping, furnishing, and financing of the county jail or other law enforcement expenses. (Act 2002-340, p. 917, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-5-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Jury Commission.|Section 45-5-81 - Compensation.

Section 45-5-81Compensation. In addition to any compensation provided by the state, each member and the clerk of the jury commission in Blount County shall receive a supplemental salary in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day for each day spent in the discharge of his or her duties up to a maximum of 120 days per year to be paid out of the county treasury upon the warrant of the probate judge of the county upon satisfactory evidence that such service has been rendered. That part of the compensation of the members and the clerk of the jury commission not paid by the state shall be paid from the general fund of the county. (Act 80-230, p. 310, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - Investigator.|Section 45-5-83 - Investigators.

Section 45-5-83Investigators. (a) In Blount County, the district attorney for the Forty-first Judicial Circuit may appoint, with the concurrence of the county governing body, an investigator for the office who shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The investigator shall be responsible to the district attorney and shall perform all duties assigned by the district attorney. (b) The investigator authorized by this section shall have the same authority and powers vested in deputy sheriffs and all other law enforcement officers of this state, including the power of arrest, and in addition thereto, he or she may administer oaths and take testimony. (c) Compensation of the investigator shall be a minimum of twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) per year. The salary shall be set by the district attorney with the approval of the county commission and shall be paid from any funds available for the operation of the office of the district attorney. (d) Equipment and supplies for the investigator and other expenses of the investigator shall be paid for in the same manner as paid for other employees in the office of the district attorney. (Act 2007-254, p. 341, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 2 - Insurance of Schools.|Section 45-5-101 - Board of Education Authorized to Insure School Property.

Section 45-5-101Board of Education authorized to insure school property. In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Blount County Board of Education is hereby authorized to insure school buildings and property in the state insurance fund or in an insurance company, whichever in the opinion of such board provides the best coverage for such school buildings and property. (Act 82-840, p. 372, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Superintendent.|Section 45-5-102 - Method of Electing Superintendent.

Section 45-5-102Method of electing superintendent. The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Blount County School District. (Act 81-509, p. 872, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 45-5-110 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-5-110Expense allowance. Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County, upon approval by the Blount County Commission, shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid as prescribed by general law for the payment of other compensation and expenses of the members of the board of registrars. The portion of the compensation of the board of registrars which is not paid by the state shall be paid from the county general fund. (Acts 1978, No. 623, p. 884, §1.; Act 2000-287, p. 455, §1; Act 2000-334, p. 532, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Voter Registration and Procedure.|Section 45-5-111 - Appointment of Clerks; Rules and Regulations.

Section 45-5-111Appointment of clerks; rules and regulations. (a) The Probate Judge of Blount County shall appoint one or more regular clerks in the probate office as deputy registrars empowered to take applications, testimony, and oaths of applicants for voting registration at any time the probate office is open to the public for business. Such application shall then be submitted to the board of registrars at their next meeting and the board shall notify the applicants in writing of their action on the application. (b) The board of registrars is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (Act 80-232, p. 311, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-5-111.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Voter Registration and Procedure.|Section 45-5-111.20 - Use of Voting Machines.

Section 45-5-111.20Use of voting machines. In Blount County, election officials shall allow voters who have signed in to vote, to use the voting machine with the fewest number of voters standing in line to use the machines. (Act 94-570, p. 1043, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-5-230 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-5-230Expense allowance; salary. (a) Commencing July 1, 2000, the Sheriff of Blount County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Blount County shall be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall become null and void. (c) The expense allowance and salary provided in this section shall be inoperative if the sheriff receives an additional expense allowance or salary increase pursuant to general law during the current term of office or effective upon the beginning of the next term of office which is equal to or greater than the amount provided by this section. (Act 2000-318, p. 503, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-5-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-5-230.01 - Additional Expense Allowance.

Section 45-5-230.01Additional expense allowance. Effective October 1, 2012, and each October 1 thereafter, the Blount County Commission may provide the Sheriff of Blount County with an expense allowance for the fiscal year equal to the monthly expense allowance received by a county commission member, provided the county commission has approved the payment of the expense allowance for that fiscal year. The expense allowance provided by this section shall be paid monthly from the county general fund in the same manner as other salaries and expense allowances are paid and shall be in addition to any other salary and expense allowance of the sheriff. (Act 2012-534, p. 1582, §1.)
AL Code § 45-5-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 5 - Blount County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Jails.|Section 45-5-231 - Jail Commissary, Contract Telephones, and Vending Machines; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-5-231Jail commissary, contract telephones, and vending machines; disposition of funds. (a) The Sheriff of Blount County may operate a jail commissary and contract telephones for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail commissary and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) The sheriff may retain the profits derived from the commissary, inmate telephones, pay telephones, and vending machines located at the Blount County Law Enforcement Center. Any and all profits collected shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Blount County or his or her appointed agent in any bank located in Blount County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the "Sheriff's Jail Fund." (c) The Sheriff's Jail Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon the Sheriff of Blount County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public's interest in the discharge of the sheriff's office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail commissary, contract telephones, pay telephones, and vending machines located at the Blount County Law Enforcement Center of the Blount County Jail prior to May 21, 1996, are ratified and confirmed. Any existing profits derived from the operation of a jail commissary, contract telephones, pay telephones, and vending machines or/and combination of these services, in the law enforcement center or county jail prior to May 21, 1996, shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Jail Fund created by this section. (e) The establishment of the Sheriff's Jail Fund as provided in this section and the use of such funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (f) The State Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to audit the fund annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion. (Act 96-639, p. 1012, §§1-6.)