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AL Code § 45-38-243.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.

Section 45-38-243.01Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Upon September 1, 1989, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Lamar County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and the tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Lamar County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §2.)
AL Code § 45-38-243.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.02 - Enforcement; Tobacco Stamps; Reporting.

Section 45-38-243.02Enforcement; tobacco stamps; reporting. It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lamar County to enforce this part, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in the business for which the tax is hereby levied and to make any and all rules and regulations necessary and proper for the collection of such tax. Provided, however, upon resolution of the Lamar County Commission, the State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized and directed to collect all taxes now or hereafter levied by the county under this part. The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Lamar County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-38-243, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax. However, in the event the required stamps are not available for affixing to tobacco products packages and containers or, by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing stamps and replacing such requirement, a monthly reporting system approved by the Department of Revenue shall be accepted as evidence of payment of such taxes. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §3.)
AL Code § 45-38-243.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.03 - Collection of Taxes; Rules and Regulations.

Section 45-38-243.03Collection of taxes; rules and regulations. The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Lamar County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-38-243, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §4.)
AL Code § 45-38-243.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.04 - Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

Section 45-38-243.04Application of laws, rules, and regulations. All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this part as fully as if set out herein. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §5.)
AL Code § 45-38-243.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.05 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-38-243.05Disposition of funds. (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Lamar County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority or the Lamar County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association as follows: (1) Fifty percent to the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. (2) Thirty percent to the fire departments in Lamar County. (3) Twenty percent to the Lamar County Rescue Association with five percent of this directed to public licensed ambulance services if such services are authorized and created by such association. (b) The Lamar County Firefighters Association and the Lamar County Rescue Association shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations having the force and effect of law for the distribution of the funds under subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a). (c) Distribution shall be made by the Lamar County Commission to the separate accounts upon written request of the Chair of the respective Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority and the Lamar County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. The written request shall be submitted to the Lamar County Commission and shall become a permanent part of the minutes of the commission. A copy of the written request shall be retained by the requesting authority or association to be entered in their permanent records. (d) In the event this part shall become effective prior to the passage of an act providing for the incorporation of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, any funds held by the Lamar County Commission to the credit of the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be held in escrow until such time as such authority is incorporated. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §6.)
AL Code § 45-38-243.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38 - Lamar County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-38-243.06 - Construction and Application.

Section 45-38-243.06Construction and application. (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of such counties which are actually resold or reshipped. (Act 89-473, p. 992, §7.)
AL Code § 45-38A-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 38A - Lamar County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Sulligent.|Division 1|Section 45-38A-50 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer.

Section 45-38A-50Sale of draft or keg beer. The sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may be authorized in the City of Sulligent upon the adoption of an ordinance by the city council authorizing and regulating the sale of draft or keg beer in the city. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer in the city shall apply to draft or keg beer.  (Act 2020-132, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 1 - Chair.|Section 45-39-70 - Election of Chair; Term; Salary; Duties.

Section 45-39-70Election of chair; term; salary; duties. (a) This section shall apply only in Lauderdale County. (b)(1) Effective beginning the next general election for the election of the Lauderdale County Commission, the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be elected on a countywide basis. The chair shall take office at the same time as members of the Lauderdale County Commission take office and shall serve a four-year term, or until a successor is elected and qualified. The chair shall preside over meetings of the county commission and shall vote only in the case of tie vote of the commissioners. After the election of the first chair as provided in this section and thereafter, the judge of probate shall no longer serve as chair of the county commission. (2) The salary of the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per year payable in equal semi-monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (3) In addition to the other duties and responsibilities of the chair, the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall do all of the following: a. Promote economic development in the county. b. Establish and enhance intergovernmental partnerships. c. Serve as the representative of Lauderdale County and the Lauderdale County Commission on any boards, committees, or other organizations that require representation of the county. d. Perform any other duties as determined by a majority vote of the county commission. (Act 2010-577, p. 1274, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-39-71 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-39-71Expense allowance. Each County Commissioner of Lauderdale County shall receive a further and additional expense allowance of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month which shall be paid in addition to any and all other expense allowances and compensation provided by law. (Act 79-352, p. 565, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 3 - Duties.|Section 45-39-72 - Revenue Collection Program.

Section 45-39-72Revenue collection program. (a) The County Commission of Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, within 30 days' written notice to the State Department of Revenue, may assume the collection of all legally authorized tax proceeds currently being collected by the State Department of Revenue on behalf of Lauderdale County pursuant to local law. (c) If the county commission elects to collect one or more taxes, fees, licenses, or other revenues under this section, the county shall have those lawful powers of the State Department of Revenue provided by local law to collect revenues and conduct audits to determine the amounts of revenue liable and due to the county. (d) The county commission may hire persons, firms, corporations, auditors, or tax collectors it deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this section. (Act 96-316, p. 358, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-39-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-39-81.01 - Additional Court Costs - Criminal Cases.

Section 45-39-81.01Additional court costs - Criminal cases. In addition to all other fees and court costs, the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court of Lauderdale County shall assess and collect a fee to be determined by the county commission, not exceeding thirty-five dollars ($35), in each criminal case, felony and misdemeanor, where costs or fees are assessed against the defendant. The fee is to be paid by the clerk to the county for the support of its work release program and for county jail purposes. (Act 96-315, p. 357, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-39-81.02 - Additional Court Costs - District Court Cases.

Section 45-39-81.02Additional court costs - District court cases. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, an additional fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court on each district court case in the county in order to further provide for the protection and welfare of children in Lauderdale County who are alleged to be or have been found by the juvenile court of the county to be abused or neglected or otherwise dependent pursuant to Section 12-51-1. (b) The clerk of the court shall collect the fee in the same manner as other costs in district court and shall remit the fee to the Child Protection Fund in the county treasury to be administered by the Presiding Juvenile Judge of Lauderdale County. Any money distributed from the Child Protection Fund shall be used for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program and as approved by the Presiding Juvenile Judge of Lauderdale County. (Act 2003-162, p. 468, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-39-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-39-81.03 - Additional Court Costs - Domestic Violence Cases.

Section 45-39-81.03Additional court costs - Domestic violence cases. In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Lauderdale County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cases in Lauderdale County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domestic violence cases. The clerk of the court shall collect the court costs and shall remit the proceeds quarterly to the office of the Chief Presiding District Court Judge of Lauderdale County to be used to operate domestic violence shelters located in Lauderdale County that are in compliance with the standards for operation of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (Act 2009-395, p. 720, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-81.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-39-81.04 - Additional Court Costs - Certain Circuit, District, and Municipal Court Cases.

Section 45-39-81.04Additional court costs - Certain circuit, district, and municipal court cases. (a) In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, additional court costs shall be charged and collected in each case as provided below by the clerk of the circuit court and district court of the county or by the clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Florence according to one of the following amounts as appropriate: (1) In all misdemeanor drug or drug paraphernalia cases .......$25 (2) In all felony drug cases ....................................................$50 (3) In all other criminal cases not to include traffic cases ......$25 (b) All amounts collected, including the amounts collected by the clerk of a court, shall be remitted monthly to the Chief Accountant of the City of Florence General Fund Accounting Office to be deposited into the general operating fund of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force to be used solely to support drug enforcement efforts of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force. (Act 2011-650, p. 1660, §1.)
AL Code § 45-39-82.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-39-82.01 - Pretrial Diversion Program Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control.

Section 45-39-82.01Pretrial diversion program established; discretionary powers; supervision and control. (a) The district attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program within the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Lauderdale County. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law, provided for by statute and acts of this state, or otherwise provided by law for the district attorneys of this state shall be retained. (c) The pretrial diversion program shall be under the direct supervision and sole control of the district attorney. (d) The district attorney may contract with any agency, person, or corporation for services related to this part and may employ persons necessary to accomplish this part, who shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. (Act 2011-651, p. 1661, §2.)
AL Code § 45-39-82.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-39-82.02 - Applicants for Admittance.

Section 45-39-82.02Applicants for admittance. (a) An offender charged with any of the following criminal offenses in a circuit court or district court may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program: (1) A drug offense, excluding trafficking in controlled substances or cannabis as provided in Section 13A-12-231, or manufacturing of controlled substances in the first degree as provided in Section 13A-12-218. (2) A property offense. (3) A misdemeanor. (4) A traffic or conservation offense, except that a holder of a commercial driver's license, an operator of a commercial motor vehicle, or a commercial driver learner permit holder who is charged with a violation of a traffic law in this state shall not be eligible for a deferred prosecution program, diversion program, or any deferred imposition of judgment program pursuant Section 32-6-49.23. (b) An offender charged with any of the following offenses is ineligible for consideration for the pretrial diversion program: (1) Any Class A felony or capital offense. (2) Any offense involving serious physical injury to a person. (3) An offense involving violence in which the victim was a child under 14 years of age, a law enforcement officer, a school officer, a correctional officer, active duty military personnel of the United States military, or an individual over the age of 65. (4) Any offense involving death. (5) A person deemed by the district attorney to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community. (6) Bribery of a government or public official. (7) Any offense wherein the offender is a public official and the charge is related to his or her capacity as a public official. (8) Abduction or kidnapping. (9) Any sex offense involving forcible compulsion or incapacity. (Act 2011-651, p. 1661, §3.)
AL Code § 45-39-82.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-39-82.03 - Standards for Admission.

Section 45-39-82.03Standards for admission. (a) In determining whether an offender may be admitted into the pretrial diversion program, it shall be appropriate for the district attorney to consider any of the following circumstances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the offense was committed. (2) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the pretrial diversion program. (3) It is determined the needs of the community and of the offender can be met through the pretrial diversion program. (4) The offender appears to pose no substantial threat to the safety and well-being of the community or law enforcement. (5) The offender is not likely to be involved in further criminal activity. (6) The offender will likely respond to rehabilitative treatment. (7) The expressed wish of the victim not to prosecute. (8) Undue hardship upon the victim. (9) Whether the victim or the offender has medical, psychiatric, or vocational difficulties that would impede the administration of justice. (10) Whether there is a reason to believe that the victim or offender will benefit from and cooperate with a pretrial diversion program. (11) The impact of criminal charges or prosecution upon the victim, witnesses, or the community. (b) The district attorney may waive any of the standards specified in subsection (a) if justice or special circumstances dictate. (Act 2011-651, p. 1661, §4.)
AL Code § 45-39-82.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 39 - Lauderdale County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Section 45-39-82.04 - Admission Into Program.

Section 45-39-82.04Admission into program. (a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program shall be in the sole discretion of the district attorney. To assist the district attorney in the decision to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney, prior to the offender being admitted into the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, may require an offender to furnish to the district attorney information concerning past criminal history, education history, work history, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment history, psychological tests, or any other information concerning the offender which the district attorney believes is applicable to determine whether the offender should be admitted into the pretrial diversion program. (b) The district attorney may require the offender to submit to any test or evaluation process the district attorney deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this part. (Act 2011-651, p. 1661, §5.)