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AL Code § 45-22-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 1 - Disclaimer.|Section 45-22-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-22-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Cullman County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Cullman County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-22-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-22-11 - Expenses for Various County Officials.

Section 45-22-11Expenses for various county officials. The members of the Board of Registrars, Jury Commission, and Board of Equalization in Cullman County shall receive an expense allowance of five dollars ($5) for each day they are in session, which shall be in addition to any other compensation, expense allowance, or salary now received, to be paid from the Cullman County General Fund.  (Act 80-423, p. 584, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-11.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-22-11.01 - Miscellaneous Salaries and Expenses.

Section 45-22-11.01Miscellaneous salaries and expenses. (a)(1) In lieu of any annual salaries now provided by law, certain officials in Cullman County shall be entitled to annual salaries as follows: a. Sheriff$33,500b. Judge of Probate$33,500c. Revenue Commissioner$33,000d. Chairman of County Commission$33,000e. Coroner $6,700 (2) The salaries shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (b) The provisions of this section are retroactive to January 1, 1984. (c) All court reporters serving the Thirty-second Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per annum. The allowances shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (Act 84-601, p. 1236, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-22-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 1 - Banks.|Section 45-22-40 - Branch Banks Authorized.

Section 45-22-40Branch banks authorized. (a) After, August 13, 1987, any established bank which is authorized by its charter or by law to do a general banking business in Cullman County may, with the written consent of the State Banking Department, open, establish, and operate branch banks, branch offices, or places for doing a banking business anywhere within the county, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Any bank situated or having an authorized place of business in any municipality within Cullman County, may with the approval of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama, establish, maintain, and operate branch banks, or additional offices or places of business within such municipality in which such bank is located, for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, making of loans, and conducting a general banking business. (c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and are in addition to any other provisions of law providing for branch banks, or additional offices or places of business for banks in Cullman County, and the municipalities therein. (Act 83-333, p. 509, §§1-3; Act 87-783, p. 1536, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Part 2 - Days and Hours of Operation.|Section 45-22-41 - Sunday Operations.

Section 45-22-41Sunday operations. (a) It shall be lawful for any flea market, as defined herein, to remain open all day for business on Sunday in Cullman County. For the purposes of this section, the words flea market shall mean and include any market place, street market, or other place of business where cheap, useful, and ornamental objects or second-hand goods, or both, are sold, bartered, or exchanged. (b) It shall be lawful for any nursery or nursery dealer that engages in the selling of nursery stock to remain open all day for business on Sunday in Cullman County. (c) It shall be lawful for all other merchants or shopkeepers, not otherwise allowed to open on Sunday, to remain open for business on Sunday in Cullman County from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. No employee of any business opened on Sunday under this section shall be discharged because he or she has refused to work on Sunday. (Acts 1977, No. 515, p. 681, §§1, 2; Act 84-59, p. 82, §2; Act 2004-318, p. 540, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Membership and Compensation.|Section 45-22-70 - Associate County Commissioner.

Section 45-22-70Associate county commissioner. REPEALED IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2020-161 EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The office of Associate County Commissioner in Cullman County shall hereafter be a full-time position and any person serving in such capacity shall devote full-time service to the duties and responsibilities of the office. An associate commissioner shall be entitled to the annual salary he or she is receiving on May 22, 2013, or as otherwise provided by general law, which shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. (Act 84-600, p. 1235, §§1, 2; Act 2013-300, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-70.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Membership and Compensation.|Section 45-22-70.01 - Composition; Election of Members; Terms; Meetings.

Section 45-22-70.01Composition; election of members; terms; meetings. (a) Effective until the end of the term of the members of the county commission expiring in November 2022, the county commission of Cullman County shall be composed of three members who shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the county at large. One member shall be elected for each district defined herein and the member shall be a resident and elector of the district from which the member is elected; however, the chair of the commission shall be a resident and elector from anywhere in the county. The powers, duties, terms, compensation, and manner of election for the members of the commission shall be the same as now provided by law, except as otherwise herein provided, and the incumbent commissioners shall continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms at which time the successor shall qualify as herein provided. (b)(1) Effective for the term of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Cullman County Commission shall be composed of a chair and four associate commissioners who shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the county at large. (2) One associate commissioner shall be elected for each district defined herein and each associate commissioner shall be a resident and elector of the district that the member represents. The districts of the county commission shall be designated Commission District One; Commission District Two; Commission District Three; and Commission District Four. In order to stagger the terms of the associate commissioners, the associate commissioner initially elected from Commission District Three and Commission District Four shall be elected for an initial term of two years and the associate commissioners elected from Commission District One and Commission District Two shall be elected for a term of four years. Thereafter, successors shall be elected for terms of four years. The associate county commissioners shall serve on a part-time basis. (3) The Chair of the Cullman County Commission shall continue to be a resident and elector from anywhere in the county and shall serve on a full-time basis. The chair of the county commission shall continue to serve a four-year term. (4) The powers, duties, terms, and manner of election for the members of the county commission shall be the same as now provided by law, except as provided otherwise in this section. The chair of the county commission may not vote except in the case of a tie vote of the associate commissioners. (5) Effective beginning in November 2020, the county commission shall hold at least one meeting of the commission each month after 6:00 p.m., in order to encourage members of the working public to attend commission meetings. (Acts 1977, No. 469, p. 612, §1; Act 2020-161, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-70.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Membership and Compensation.|Section 45-22-70.02 - Commission Districts.

Section 45-22-70.02Commission districts. (a) Commission District One is described as follows: That area of the county which lies to the East of U.S. Highway 31 and North of U.S. Highway 278. (b) Commission District Two is described as follows: That area of the county which lies to the West of U.S. Highway 31 and North of U.S. Highway 278. (c) Commission District Three is described as follows: That area of the county which lies East of U.S. Highway 31 and South of U.S. Highway 278. (d) Commission District Four is described as follows: That area of the county which lies West of U.S. Highway 31 and South of U.S. Highway 278. (Acts 1977, No. 469, p. 612, §1; Act 2020-161, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-70.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 1 - Membership and Compensation.|Section 45-22-70.03 - Salary; Health Insurance.

Section 45-22-70.03Salary; health insurance. (a) Effective beginning the next term of office of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year, payable from the general fund of the county. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any associate commissioner serving on May 18, 2020 who continues to be reelected for consecutive terms shall continue to receive the same salary he or she is receiving on that date as long as the commissioner is reelected for consecutive terms. (b) The Chair of the Cullman County Commission shall continue to receive the same salary per year payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county as provided on May 18, 2020. (c) The chair and the associate commissioners of the county commission shall be entitled to participate in the county health insurance program without costs to the member. (Act 2020-161, §3.)
AL Code § 45-22-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Roads and Bridges.|Section 45-22-71 - Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges; Duties of County Engineer.

Section 45-22-71Construction, repair, and maintenance of roads and bridges; duties of county engineer.  The Cullman County Commission or like governing body of Cullman County shall be solely responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads and bridges in the county; but all construction, repair, and maintenance shall be done on the basis of the county as a unit, without regard to district or quadrant lines, and under the supervision of an engineer or other qualified road supervisor. The county governing body shall have all the powers and jurisdiction with respect to county roads and bridges which are or which hereafter may be vested in or required of county governing bodies by the general laws of this state, or vested in or required of the governing body of Cullman County by local law. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, members of the county governing body of Cullman County shall perform all the duties and services and shall exercise all the powers and authority with respect to the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges which are or hereafter may be provided by law for members of county governing bodies. The county engineer shall be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the county road department on a unit basis and shall carry out policy and projects of the county in accordance with decisions of the county commission by a majority vote, except in the case of a tie vote, in which case the chair of the county commission may vote. The county engineer shall report on a regular basis to the chair in the organizational structure of the county and the chair shall keep the remainder of the county commission informed on the operation of the county road department. (Act 2013-300, p. 1013, §2; Act 2020-161, §2.)
AL Code § 45-22-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-22-81 - Juvenile Probation Fund, Juvenile Programs, and Sheriff.

Section 45-22-81Juvenile Probation Fund, juvenile programs, and sheriff. (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in criminal cases in any court of Cullman County, whether municipal, district, or circuit court, a fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such courts and deposited in a county fund for judicial administration or court administration. Three dollars ($3) of the monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be for the use of the Juvenile Probation Division of the Cullman County District Court. Five dollars ($5) of the monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be for the use of the Cullman County Sheriff's office in connection with administrative duties performed for the courts. (b) Also, in addition to all other costs and charges in criminal cases in any court of Cullman County, including the charge imposed in subsection (a), an additional fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such courts. The monies derived from the charges herein prescribed shall be remitted to the juvenile probation fund to be used solely for juvenile programs and the juvenile probation officer's expenses and subsistence. (c) The county governing body is hereby authorized to make expenditures from the fund to carry out the provisions and purposes of this section. (d) This section shall become retroactively effective to September 19, 1985. (Acts 1976, No. 711, p. 991, §1; Act 81-1037, p. 237, §1; Act 85-886, p. 144, §1; Act 86-113, p. 135, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 45-22-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-22-81.02 - Jail.

Section 45-22-81.02Jail. (a) This section shall apply only in Cullman County. (b) In addition to all other costs and charges in the circuit and district courts in Cullman County, the following additional court costs and fees shall be levied and assessed:  (1) For traffic violations, the sum of ten dollars ($10) per case. (2) In all other district and circuit court cases, the sum of thirty dollars ($30) per case, except in conservation cases and negotiating worthless negotiable instrument cases. (3) For issuing alias warrants, bondsman processes, alias summons, special process servers, and garnishments, the sum of five dollars ($5). (4) For issuing a subpoena in circuit and district courts, the sum of two dollars ($2) per subpoena. (c) The additional court costs levied pursuant to this section shall be used only for the financing, design, construction, and equipping of a new county jail in Cullman County and shall expire on September 30, 2022. (Act 2002-456, p. 1170, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-22-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-22-81.03 - Juvenile Day Treatment Fund.

Section 45-22-81.03Juvenile Day Treatment Fund. (a)(l) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit court, district court, and juvenile court cases in Cullman County, a fee ranging from five dollars ($5) to five hundred dollars ($500) may be assessed at the discretion of the judge upon the adjudication or dismissal of the case and collected by the clerk of the court and shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Day Treatment Fund of the Cullman County Commission. (2) Further, a monthly supervision fee not to exceed forty dollars ($40) per month may be assessed in juvenile cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge and collected by the clerk of the court and shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Day Treatment Fund of the Cullman County Commission. (3) There is established a Juvenile Day Treatment Fund for the deposit of the assessment fees and supervision fees provided in subdivisions (l) and (2). The fees shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank selected by the Cullman County Commission. (4) Any money appropriated from this fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs and subsistence of the juvenile court services staff in Cullman County, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children and families of Cullman County. (b) This section shall become retroactively operative and effective to January 1, 1993. (Act 2006-368, p. 964, §§1, 4.)
AL Code § 45-22-81.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-22-81.04 - Solicitor's Fee.

Section 45-22-81.04Solicitor's fee. (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Cullman County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the Solicitor's Fund or District Attorney's Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor's fee. The solicitor's fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. Three dollars ($3) of each fee when collected may be retained by the clerk of the court as an administrative fee. The administrative fee collected by the circuit clerk shall be expended pursuant to subdivision (2) of Section 12-17-225.4. (b) The solicitor's fee shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. The solicitor's fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The solicitor's fee shall not be waived or remitted. (c) The solicitor's fee shall be expended by the district attorney for the payment of any and all expenses incurred or for any legitimate law enforcement purpose. (Act 2009-228, p. 406, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-22-81.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-22-81.05 - Domestic Violence Cases.

Section 45-22-81.05Domestic violence cases. In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Cullman County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all domestic violence cases, violation of protection from abuse cases, stalking cases, or any other case which is determined by the judge to be a domestic violence case. Unless remitted by the court, upon conviction or dismissal, the clerk of each court listed above shall collect the court costs and shall remit the proceeds quarterly to the Cullman County Commission, which shall place the monies in a designated domestic violence account. These funds shall be dispersed quarterly to support the operation of the domestic violence shelter, Harbor Haus, in Cullman County, provided that the shelter is in compliance with the standards for operation set forth by the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In the event that the shelter is dissolved, the funds shall be remitted to the Cullman County Juvenile Day Treatment Fund to be utilized to assist families and juveniles who are adversely affected by domestic violence. (Act 2010-216, p. 359, §1.)
AL Code § 45-22-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 22 - Cullman County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-22-82 - Clerical Assistance.

Section 45-22-82Clerical assistance. (a) The District Attorney of the 32nd Judicial Circuit, which is composed of Cullman County only, shall appoint a clerical assistant or assistants who shall serve at his or her pleasure. Such clerical assistant or assistants shall perform such duties as the district attorney may prescribe and shall receive an annual salary to be set by the district attorney. The sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), annually, is hereby provided to the district attorney, for the payment of salaries of the clerical assistant or assistants, to be paid in equal installments as other county employees are paid, from the county general fund on warrants processed in the usual manner as other county employees. (b) The clerical assistant or assistants shall be entitled to all percentage pay raises and salary increases and benefits as other county employees. (Act 85-496, p. 489, §§1, 2.)