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AL Code § 45-48-70.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.07 - Vacancies Filled.

Section 45-48-70.07Vacancies filled. Each district of Marshall County shall be entitled to one associate commissioner on the commission at all times, and should any vacancy occur, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the place which is vacant.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 8; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.08 - Commission Members Bonded.

Section 45-48-70.08Commission members bonded. Each member of the commission, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall execute a good and sufficient bond, in the same amount; with the same conditions, which must be approved in the same manner, and must qualify in the same manner in all respects, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with this subpart, as is provided under the general laws of the State of Alabama for boards of revenue, courts of county commissioners, or other like governing bodies.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 9; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.09 - Sessions.

Section 45-48-70.09Sessions. The commission shall hold regular sessions on the second and fourth Mondays in each month, at the courthouse in and for Marshall County, remaining in session as many days as may be necessary; and may hold special sessions at any time upon the call of the chair. Action in the name of and under the authority of the commission may be taken by a majority of the commission present and voting at any regular or special session, provided that, at least a quorum is in attendance. A quorum shall consist of the chair and two other associate commissioners or three associate commissioners.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 10; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.10 - Contingency Fund.

Section 45-48-70.10Contingency fund. The commission shall have the power, and is hereby authorized to appropriate, out of any monies in the county treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to expend not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum for any purposes, not otherwise provided for by law, which in their judgment are worthy and for the best interests of the county, the fund hereby authorized to be designated as the contingency fund. Provided, however, that the expenditures herein provided shall first be authorized by the commission, and spread upon the minutes; and, provided further, that not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be appropriated and expended in any one year, under this section, and should any sum or sums remain unexpended in the fund at the end of the year, only so much shall be appropriated for the next succeeding year as well, together with the unexpended sum, being the contingency fund to the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000).  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 17; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.11 - Expenses for Travel on Official Business.

Section 45-48-70.11Expenses for travel on official business. The members of the commission shall each be reimbursed actual expenses for travel on official business outside Marshall County. It is provided, however, that each member of the commission shall be furnished, at the expense of Marshall County, a low-cost automobile to be used by members of the commission in carrying out their duties of office, which shall not be used for personal business or pleasure.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 18; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.12 - County Highway Program.

Section 45-48-70.12County highway program. The commission shall provide for a county highway program for Marshall County consistent with this subpart and shall employ all such assistants as are necessary to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, parks, and other public properties of Marshall County, and shall have authority to prescribe their duties, and to discharge employees for cause, or when not needed. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 19; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 19.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.13 - Equipment Marking Designated.

Section 45-48-70.13Equipment marking designated. It shall be the duty of the commission to provide for the marking in the manner hereinafter prescribed of all vehicles, except those vehicles furnished for use by each member of the commission as provided in Section 45-48-70.11, and all road-building machinery and equipment owned or leased by Marshall County. All such vehicles owned by the county shall be plainly marked in letters not less than three inches high as follows: PROPERTY OF MARSHALL COUNTY-DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, or 4 as the case may be. All such vehicles held by the county under a lease-sale contract or a contract for the rental or hire thereof shall be marked as follows: UNDER LEASE OR RENTAL CONTRACT BY MARSHALL COUNTY-DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, or 4 as the case may be.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 20; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 20.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.14 - Annual Inventory of All Property.

Section 45-48-70.14Annual inventory of all property. It shall be the duty of each member of the commission and each department head of Marshall County to file for public record with the commission office a sworn statement and inventory of all equipment, machinery, and property of the county in his or her custody or under his or her control before October 1 each year. Such statement and inventory shall be included in the minutes of the first regular session of the commission in October each year.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 21; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 21.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.15 - Work Prohibited on Private Property Except in Certain Cases.

Section 45-48-70.15Work prohibited on private property except in certain cases. The use of any county equipment, materials, or supplies or property of any nature in the custody of or under control of the commission for any kind of work, job, or project on property not owned by the county (excepting church grounds, cemeteries, any public school property of the Marshall County Board of Education or city board of education within Marshall County, and property owned by organizations composed entirely of United States war veterans) or on property outside the county, or the authorization of such work by the commission or by any member of the commission, is strictly prohibited. This section shall not apply to reciprocal agreements authorized by the commission between Marshall County and any adjoining counties when such agreements are deemed to be in the best interests of Marshall County. Violation of this section shall result in forfeiture of office and removal by impeachment of such member or members and in addition the forfeiture of the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be covered by suit brought by a qualified elector of the county, one-half for use of such elector and one-half for use of the county.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 22; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 22.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.16 - Work in Municipalities.

Section 45-48-70.16Work in municipalities. No work shall be authorized or performed by the commission or any member of the commission for any municipality of the county, except for municipal school boards as provided in Section 45-48-70.15, having a population of more than 1,250 persons, requiring the use of county equipment, materials, supplies, or labor, unless such work is first authorized pursuant to a written contract between the municipality and the commission under which the municipality agrees to pay the full cost of labor, materials, and supplies used in such work. Any contract so agreed upon must be approved at a regular session of the commission and signed by a majority of the commission including the chair.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 23; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 23; Act 85-721, p. 1173, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.17 - Annual Budgets.

Section 45-48-70.17Annual budgets. It shall be the duty of the commission at some session in September of each calendar year, or not later than their first session in October following, to prepare and adopt an estimate of the income of the county for the fiscal year beginning on October first of the current calendar year, for all public funds under their supervision and control; and to estimate for the same fiscal year the expense of operations, and to appropriate for the various purposes the respective amounts that are to be used for each of such purposes. Provided, the appropriations so made shall not exceed the estimated total income of the county available for appropriations. It shall be the duty of every county official who is authorized by law to purchase supplies for the use of his or her office, to prepare and submit to the commission at or before the session of the commission at which the county budget is adopted, an estimate of the amount necessary to be spent by him or her for office supplies during the following fiscal year. The commission shall examine into such estimates and pass upon them, allowing therefor such amounts as the commission may seem to be proper for the purpose mentioned herein. And no obligation incurred by such officer over and above the amount approved by the commission and appropriated therefor shall be an obligation of the county, except to the extent therefor approved by the commission.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 24; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 24.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.18 - Public Hearing Required for Issuance of Tax Anticipation Warrants.

Section 45-48-70.18Public hearing required for issuance of tax anticipation warrants. The commission shall not issue any tax anticipation warrants, revenue bonds, or other evidences of temporary loans until a public hearing relative to the issuance thereof has been held. Notice of each hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in Marshall County at least seven days prior to the public hearing.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 25; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 25.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.19 - Purchasing.

Section 45-48-70.19Purchasing. (a) No warrant shall be issued or check drawn on the county treasury or county depository by any person except the chair of the commission, or such other officers as may be designated by the commission unless otherwise provided by law; and officers who are authorized to pay claims which have not been first approved by the commission, shall issue orders for warrants or checks which shall be presented to the officer so authorized to issue warrants payable out of the county treasury or county depository. (b) Purchase orders shall be made by a requisition from the respective county department head or associate commissioner and the requisition order shall show the description, use, need, and approximate cost for the article, machinery, equipment, services, or materials of every kind to be purchased. (c) Every officer, agent, and department of the county in need of materials, equipment, supplies, and services of any kind for which the county is chargeable shall make requisition upon the commission or its designated officer, one or both, before obtaining the same. All purchases made for supplies, goods, services, merchandise, and materials of every kind for use of the county and which may be lawfully paid out of the county treasury or county depository, shall be first asserted to, made, or allowed, by the commission or designated officer or agent, either one or both. (d) The commission may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in complying with this subpart for the acquisition of supplies, materials, equipment, and supplies. (e) Purchases of materials and supplies not allocated in the county budget or for materials and supplies in excess of the allocated budget shall be approved by the commission. (f) Any other sections or subsections of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) shall be approved by the commission. (g) All purchases shall comply with the state bid law applying to county governing bodies.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 26; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 26.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.20 - Purchasing of Used Equipment Prohibited.

Section 45-48-70.20Purchasing of used equipment prohibited. No used or secondhand trucks or road machinery shall be purchased for the county, nor shall any purchase be made or any contract of sale or lease-sale or for the leasing, renting, or hiring of any vehicles or other equipment be entered into unless the contractor certifies that the sale price or the hire or rental fee, as the case may be, charged Marshall County will not exceed the like charge made by him or her to other counties for like equipment, or its use, during the year in which the contract with Marshall County is made. If any such seller or lessor, during such period sells or leases any like equipment to another county, then Marshall County shall be entitled to be reimbursed the difference between the price it paid for such equipment or its use and the lowest charge made to another county by such seller or lessor for like equipment or its use; and in addition thereto to punitive damages in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), all of which may be recovered by the county in a proper action at law. Any dealer or seller who sells trucks, tractors, or any road building machinery or equipment to Marshall County representing the same to be new, when, in fact, it is used or secondhand equipment shall be guilty of fraud, and, in addition to being subject to the penalty prescribed therefor by law, shall also be liable to the county for any damages caused by delays in work because of the fact that such trucks, tractors, or other machinery or equipment was not new and shall also reimburse the county for the whole or any part of the purchase price paid by the county therefor. If there is a balance due on the purchase price when the fraud is discovered the county shall not be liable for the payment thereof, and may retain such truck, tractor, or other machinery and equipment until it is reimbursed the part of the purchase price theretofore paid and reimbursed for the damages for which such seller or dealer is liable under this section because of the fraud.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 27; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 27.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.21 - Competitive Bid Procedures.

Section 45-48-70.21Competitive bid procedures. The commission shall comply with the state bid law applying to county governing bodies and any other sections of this subpart applying to competitive bid procedures and in addition, the commission shall furnish to a newspaper published in Marshall County, to be published therein as a legal advertisement paid for at the usual rate by the county, a notice or advertisement stating that sealed bids will be received on a specified date at the office of the commission for the article or articles or services described in the order of the commission. The notice shall also state that complete specifications and description of the article or articles or service or services to be purchased are available at the office of the commission or on the bulletin board outside the commissioners' office. In sending such advertisements to the newspapers the commission shall take care that each newspaper published in the county gets a fair share of publishing of such notices and to this end a system of rotation shall be established whereby all newspapers published in the county shall be patronized. At the expiration of the time for receiving bids, the chair shall deliver all sealed bids unopened to the commission at its next session, and thereupon the commission shall open the bids and award the purchase to the lowest responsible bidder and order the chair to issue a purchase order thereon; or, the commission may reject all bids and invite new bids in the manner herein provided. The names of all bidders, the amounts bid, a complete description or itemization of items bid on, and the terms of the bid shall be listed and released as information for publication to all county newspapers. Neither the chair nor the commission shall have authority to accept any bid unless at the time of accepting the same the county has funds on hand sufficient to pay for the same.   (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 28; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 28.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.22 - Leasesale, Rental Contracts.

Section 45-48-70.22Leasesale, rental contracts. All leasesale contracts and contracts for the rental or hire of materials, equipment, supplies, and services of any kind shall be in accordance with the state bid law applying to county governing bodies and Sections 45-48-70.19, 45-48-70.20, and 45-48-70.21, and such contracts shall not be made unless authorized by resolution or order of the commission made at a regular session of the commission. Any and all leasesale contracts, or contracts for the rental or hire of any such property, not made in conformity with this subpart shall be null and void; and it shall be unlawful for a warrant to be issued in payment thereof.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 29; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 29.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.23 - Contracting for the Purchase of Expendable Items.

Section 45-48-70.23Contracting for the purchase of expendable items. Expendable materials and supplies including gasoline, fuel, oil, tires, pipe, food for county prisoners, any or all of them may be purchased as provided in Section 45-48-70.19, or the commission may enter into contracts for the purchase of the same, which contracts shall contain such terms as the commission may desire, provided that bids for such contracts shall be in conformance with Section 45-48-70.21. The commission may make one or several contracts for the purchase of the articles for concurrent terms and the members of the commission using or desiring any of such items may order the same from any person with whom the county has entered into a contract for the purchase of the same.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 30; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 30.)
AL Code § 45-48-70.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 48 - Marshall County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Creation.|Division 1 - Original Powers and Duties.|Section 45-48-70.24 - Emergency Purchasing.

Section 45-48-70.24Emergency purchasing. Each member of the commission shall have emergency purchasing authority as follows: (1) Emergency purchases shall be restricted to equipment repair, parts and supplies where needed equipment is idle because of lack of such parts and supplies, and items required to alleviate dangerous traffic conditions or other conditions constituting a danger to the public. Such purchases shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) in any instance. (2) When an emergency purchase is made, a requisition shall be prepared immediately in duplicate. The original and duplicate requisition shall be forwarded to the office of the commission on the day that the emergency purchase and requisition are completed, showing the name of the person or firm from which purchase is made and the office of the commission shall issue a confirming purchase order for the emergency purchase. The commissioner shall specify on the requisition the reason and cause thereof for such emergency purchase. The emergency purchase requisition shall be signed by the member of the commission requiring same.  (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 31; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 31.)