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AL Code § 45-36-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Membership.|Section 45-36-71 - Terms of Office.

Section 45-36-71Terms of office. Notwithstanding Act 65, 1950 Fifth Special Session (Acts 1950-1951 Special and Regular Sessions, p. 126), as amended, the terms of members of the Jackson County Commission shall be staggered as follows: Effective for the general election in 2012, two members of the county commission shall be elected for a term of four years and two members of the county commission and the chair shall be elected for a term of six years. Thereafter, at the general election preceding the expiration of the term of any member of the commission, a successor shall be elected for a term of four years. (Act 2009-16, p. 39, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Powers.|Section 45-36-72 - Computerized Recordkeeping and Filing.

Section 45-36-72Computerized recordkeeping and filing. (a) The County Commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, or contractual services for providing data processing, computerized services, or other modern or updated electronic based systems for bookkeeping, recording, indexing, and filing of all documents, instruments, and writings that are of record in the office of the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector of the county. The commission may provide for the microfilming of all records, documents, files, papers, or other writings which are required by law to be recorded in the office of the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, or tax collector and for such projective and reading equipment as may be necessary. Such microfilms or prints therefrom when duly authenticated by the commission, judge of probate, tax assessor, or tax collector, as the case may be, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record or of copies thereof when made by any other legally authorized means, and may be offered in like manner, and shall be received in evidence in any court where such original record or copy thereof made by other legally authorized means, could have been received in court. (b) The county commission shall provide for the services, equipment, and supplies necessary to implement subsection (a) by either lease or outright purchase or by contractual services, whichever in the discretion of the county commission is deemed to be in the best interest of the county. The commission of the county shall be authorized to select the type of services to be used and to recommend and approve all contracts thereof. Because of the specialized nature of such services, all contracts therefor may be made without regard to any applicable statewide or local competitive bid law. (c) All funds necessary and incidental for the implementation of this section shall be paid out of the General Fund of Jackson County. (Act 85-903, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 175, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-36-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-36-80 - Additional Fees and Costs; Jackson County Jail.

Section 45-36-80Additional fees and costs; Jackson County jail. (a) In Jackson County, in addition to any and all court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, the following fees shall be charged and collected by the circuit court clerk on the following cases: (1) Additional court costs in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed and collected on all small claims, domestic relations, and traffic cases filed in the Jackson County Circuit Clerk's office and all municipal court cases filed in the several municipal courts of Jackson County, Alabama. (2) Additional court costs in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) shall be assessed and collected on all district civil and district criminal cases filed in the circuit clerk's office. (3) Additional court costs in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75) shall be assessed and collected on all circuit civil and circuit criminal cases filed in the Jackson County Circuit Clerk's office. (4) In addition to any other costs and charges now provided by law, a monthly supervision fee shall be assessed and collected by the community corrections office or court referral officer in the amount of ten dollars ($10). (5) Additional court costs in the amount of ten dollars ($10) per day shall be assessed and collected upon conviction against each person incarcerated or booked in the Jackson County jail. (6) Additional court costs in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be assessed and collected in criminal cases involving convictions for the sale or trafficking of controlled substances. (7) All applicants for professional surety or professional bail companies shall pay a fee of five hundred dollars ($500) at the time the application is submitted to the circuit clerk. There shall also be a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each bondsman process that is obtained by the aforementioned companies. (b) The additional fees and costs provided herein, when collected by the clerks, shall be paid to the General Fund of Jackson County to be used for the planning, construction, or maintaining the Jackson County jail and for operations of the Jackson County jail. Appropriations may be made to the circuit clerk for collection of these costs. (c) The aforementioned fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived. (Act 2004-66, p. 81, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-36-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-36-80.01 - Service of Papers and Documents.

Section 45-36-80.01Service of papers and documents. (a) This section shall only apply to Jackson County. (b) In addition to all other fees or costs levied, the county commission may require that there shall be taxed as costs the sum of ten dollars ($10), for the service of each paper or document by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff arising out of any civil or quasi-civil proceeding in any court in Jackson County, whether the proceeding is filed in or arising in any of the courts, on appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the district court or the circuit court. The sum shall be collected in each court in which any service of any papers or documents is made by the sheriff. The costs shall be collected in the same manner as other costs in the cases in the respective courts and deposited in the county general fund. (Act 99-672, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 174, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-36-80.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-36-80.02 - Fee for Service of Failure to Appear Warrants.

Section 45-36-80.02Fee for service of failure to appear warrants. (a) In Jackson County, in addition to any and all court costs, fees, and charges now or hereafter authorized, there shall be assessed by the Circuit Court Clerk a one hundred dollars ($100) charge on the service of all failure to appear warrants issued and executed by the Jackson County Sheriff. (b) The additional charge provided herein, when collected, shall be paid to the Jackson County Sheriff and shall be used for law enforcement purposes. (Act 2015-75, §1; Act 2015-90, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-80.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-36-80.03 - Domestic Violence Cases.

Section 45-36-80.03Domestic violence cases.  Repealed by Act 2017-325, § 3, effective May 18, 2017. (Act 2015-119, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-80.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-36-80.04 - Additional Court Cost in Domestic Violence Cases.

Section 45-36-80.04Additional court cost in domestic violence cases. (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Jackson County, there shall be levied and assessed by the clerk of the court a court cost of thirty-five dollars ($35) in the following domestic violence cases: (1) Any case in which the defendant is assessed court costs for any of the following offenses: a. Domestic violence in the first degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-130. b. Domestic violence in the second degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-131. c. Domestic violence in the third degree pursuant to Section 13A-6-132. d. Domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation pursuant to Section 13A-6-138. e. Violation of a protective order pursuant to Section 13A-6-142. (2) Any case in which the judge has issued a final order on a petition for protection from abuse pursuant to Sections 30-5-1 to 30-5-11. (b) The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs. The clerk of the municipal court shall remit the proceeds to the circuit clerk monthly, and the circuit court shall remit all of the proceeds collected or received by the clerk quarterly to the Jackson County Commission or, in the case of court costs collected by the municipal court, to the governing body of the municipality. The court costs shall be disbursed by the county commission or governing body of the municipality to Crisis Services of Jackson County to be used to provide services to victims of domestic violence in Jackson County. (Act 2017-325, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - District Attorney.|Section 45-36-81 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-36-81Expense allowance. The District Attorney of the Thirty-eighth Judicial Circuit for Jackson County, Alabama, shall be entitled to receive as an expense allowance, payable from the general fund of such county, a sum equal to thirty percent of the compensation paid such district attorney by the State of Alabama. The expense allowance provided for herein is supplementary to the salary or compensation paid such district attorney by the state, but shall be in lieu of all salaries, allowances, or compensations now payable to such district attorney out of the general fund of such county. The payments provided herein shall be payable in 12 equal monthly installments on warrants properly drawn against the general fund of such county. (Act 82-236, p. 300, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Jury Commission.|Section 45-36-82 - Compensation.

Section 45-36-82Compensation. (a) The jury commission of Jackson County shall receive compensation of twenty dollars ($20) per day for up to a maximum of 60 days. The compensation shall be the total compensation, salary, and expense allowance received by the jury commission. (b) The clerk of the Jackson County jury commission shall receive compensation of twenty dollars ($20) per day for up to a maximum of 75 days. The compensation shall be the total compensation, salary, and expense allowance received by the clerk of the jury commission. (Act 81-288, p. 369, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-36-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Law Library.|Section 45-36-84 - Establishment, Administration, and Financing of County Law Library; Law Library Fee.

Section 45-36-84Establishment, administration, and financing of county law library; law library fee. (a) The Jackson County Commission shall maintain a county law library in the county. (b) In each case filed in the Circuit Court and District Court of Jackson County, there shall be assessed a law library fee in the amount of two dollars ($2). The fee shall be collected as other court costs and fees are collected by the circuit clerk. Not later than the tenth day of the month, the fees collected during the preceding month shall be deposited by the circuit clerk in the county treasury to the credit of a special fund designated the County Law Library Fund. (c) The presiding circuit judge of the Thirty-eighth Judicial Circuit composed of Jackson County shall administer the county law library and may authorize the expenditure of funds in the County Law Library Fund as provided in Section 11-25-13. (Act 2020-175, §§2-4.)
AL Code § 45-36-141 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Rescue Squads.|Section 45-36-141 - Funding; County Board of Directors.

Section 45-36-141Funding; county board of directors. (a) The County Commission of Jackson County is hereby authorized to contribute public funds in an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) in any fiscal year to an organized and established rescue squad operating within the county which shall have been in existence for at least five years on April 12, 1988. After the county commission shall have adopted and recorded in its minutes a resolution to make such contributions, payment shall be made from any funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated upon the warrant of the chair of the commission. (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of rescue squads applying for such contributions, there is hereby established a county board of directors composed of the county civil defense director, the sheriff, and the judge of probate who shall serve as ex officio members of such board and without compensation for their services. The county civil defense director shall preside at all board meetings.  (Act 80-550, p. 859, §§1, 2; Act 88-273, p. 430, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 1 - County Owned Vehicles.|Section 45-36-160 - Identifying Markings.

Section 45-36-160Identifying markings. (a) No later than 30 days immediately following June 26, 1995, all motor vehicles owned or leased by Jackson County shall be marked on the sides with decals or stencils identifying the vehicles as belonging to the county or being used as a county vehicle, except for the motor vehicles used for investigatory purposes by the offices of the sheriff and the district attorney. Any motor vehicles purchased or leased after June 26, 1995 shall not be assigned or issued for use until marked as provided in this section. The county identification marking shall be designed to be at least the size of the decals currently being used on the motor vehicles assigned to the county public works department and shall be prominently and permanently affixed to each side of each vehicle. The words Jackson County and the name of the department to which the motor vehicle is assigned shall be on the decal or stencil. No vehicle shall be leased from any leasing company that prohibits the marking or stencil. The district attorney shall certify that any motor vehicle is in compliance with this section before the county commission assigns or issues the motor vehicle for use. (b) The Jackson County Commission shall implement this section and shall make all decisions on the format or pattern for the decals or stencils according to the requirements of subsection (a). (c) The use by any elected official or employee of Jackson County of a county-owned or leased vehicle that is not properly marked for identification as provided by this section is a violation of Section 36-25-5. In addition, the expense allowance of each member of the county commission shall be suspended in the event of any violation of this section. (Act 93-379, p. 653, §§1-3; Act 95-248, p. 413, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 2 - Liability for Monetary Loss.|Section 45-36-161 - Reimbursement; Due Care Required.

Section 45-36-161Reimbursement; due care required. (a) The Jackson County governing body shall reimburse the office of tax collector and judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum, arising or caused by the acceptance of worthless or forged checks if the acceptance was caused without their personal knowledge. (b) It shall be the duty of the tax collector and judge of probate to insure that employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the official or any clerk or employee of the office. (Act 83-738, p. 1206, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-36-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Health.|Section 45-36-170 - Board of Health Fees.

Section 45-36-170Board of health fees. (a) The Jackson County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county health department shall be subject to approval by the respective county commission prior to implementation. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (b) No person shall be denied any service because of that person’s inability to pay. The county board of health may establish a sliding fee scale based on one’s ability to pay. (c) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations. (d) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby appropriated to the respective health department which collected such fees. (Act 88-274, p. 430, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-36-171 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Environment.|Section 45-36-171 - Abatement of Nuisances Related to Commercial Swine Farming Operations.

Section 45-36-171Abatement of nuisances related to commercial swine farming operations. (a) This section shall apply only in Jackson County, Alabama. (b) The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Jackson County. (2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The Jackson County Commission. (3) SWINE FARM or SWINE FARMING. Commercial concentrated animal feeding operations for swine. For purposes of this section, the term concentrated animal feeding operation for swine means an animal feeding operation defined in Title 40, Part 122, Appendix B of the Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), or as otherwise designated by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, and as defined and regulated by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management pursuant to Chapter 335–6–7 of the Alabama Administrative Code. (c)(1) Upon a written complaint and request from any person residing in the county, the county commission, after a public hearing on the complaint, may order the abatement of a public nuisance in the county related to noxious odors, dead animal decomposition or animal waste, or air or water pollution, arising from swine farming. (2) If the county commission finds sufficient evidence of the existence of a public nuisance at a hearing it may order the offending person or party to immediately cease the operation or activity constituting a public nuisance and to abate the nuisance. (3) If the operation or activity constituting a public nuisance is not abated within 30 days following an order by the county commission, the county commission may seek injunctive relief in the Circuit Court for Jackson County to abate the nuisance. (d) The county commission may adopt rules and regulations for implementing and administering this section. (Act 99-649, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 95, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-36-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 3 - Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board.|Section 45-36-172 - Creation; Purpose.

Section 45-36-172Creation; purpose.  The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson County is hereby created in Jackson County for the purpose of creating and implementing an aquatic plant management program for Lake Guntersville within the jurisdictional boundaries of Jackson County. (Act 2014-312, p. 1114, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36-172.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 3 - Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board.|Section 45-36-172.01 - Composition.

Section 45-36-172.01Composition. (a) The Guntersville Reservoir Aquatic Plant Management Board of Jackson County shall be composed of the following nine members: (1) The Mayor of Scottsboro or his or her designee. (2) The Chair of the Jackson County Commission or his or her designee. (3) One member appointed by the State Senator representing Jackson County. (4) One member each appointed by each of the two State Representatives representing districts of Jackson County. (5) One member appointed by the Alabama Bass Trail with a background in sport fishing. (6) One member appointed by the Mayor of Scottsboro who shall be a homeowner on Lake Guntersville. (7) One member appointed by the Jackson County Economic Development Authority who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member. (8) One member appointed by the Scottsboro-Jackson County Chamber of Commerce who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member. (b) By August 30, 2014, the Mayor of Scottsboro shall convene a meeting of the board to elect from its members a chair, vice chair, and other officers as the mayor deems necessary. The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings. A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for all meetings. The board shall meet as determined by the chair. A written record shall be maintained of all meetings. (c) All appointed board members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. (d) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as other designations and appointments are made. (e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation. (f) All members of the board shall be immune from individual civil liability while acting within the scope of their duties as board members. (Act 2014-312, p. 1114, §2.)