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AL Code § 45-37-73.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 4 - Powers.|Section 45-37-73.02 - Indigent Health Care.

Section 45-37-73.02Indigent health care. Beginning July 1, 2014, the Jefferson County Commission shall submit to each member of the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation and the public on their Internet website a quarterly accounting of the collections and disbursement of the proceeds from the Indigent Health Care Fund for Jefferson County and a yearly account of the Indigent Health Care Fund conducted by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (Act 2014-260, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs and Fees.|Section 45-37-81 - District Court - Treatment to Alternative Street Crime; Birmingham Division Law Library Fund.

Section 45-37-81District court - Treatment to Alternative Street Crime; Birmingham Division Law Library Fund. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases in district court, an additional fee of seven dollars ($7) and in circuit court, an additional fee of two dollars ($2). When collected by the clerk of the district court, five dollars ($5) of the fee collected in each case shall be remitted monthly to the program director of the Treatment to Alternative Street Crime (TASC), who shall deposit the funds in a special fund known as the TASC Fund, and two dollars ($2) of the fee collected in each case in the district and circuit court shall be remitted to the Birmingham Division Law Library Fund. (2) The TASC Fund shall be maintained by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with the director of the TASC program having the authority to draw upon the funds. (3) The appropriation from the funds shall be strictly limited to TASC programs endorsed by the director of the TASC program and approved by the presiding criminal court judge. (4) The presiding circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall administer the Birmingham Division Law Library Fund, disburse the funds, and appoint librarians and assistants as are necessary for the proper operation of the library. The presiding circuit judge may appoint an advisory committee to the law library. (Act 94-665, p. 1277, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs and Fees.|Section 45-37-81.01 - District and Circuit Courts - Tasc Fund.

Section 45-37-81.01District and circuit courts - TASC Fund. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County, Bessemer Division, commonly known as the Bessemer Cut-Off. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases in district and circuit courts, an additional fee of five dollars ($5). When collected by clerks of the district and circuit courts, the fee collected in each case shall be remitted monthly to the program director of the Treatment to Alternative Street Crime (TASC), who shall deposit the funds in a special fund known as the TASC Fund. (2) The TASC Fund shall be maintained by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with the director of the TASC program having the authority to draw upon the funds. (3) The appropriation from the funds shall be strictly limited to TASC programs endorsed by the director of the TASC program and approved by the presiding criminal court judge. (Act 95-666, p. 1377, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs and Fees.|Section 45-37-81.02 - District and Circuit Courts - Birmingham Division Law Library Fund.

Section 45-37-81.02District and circuit courts - Birmingham Division Law Library Fund. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County. (b) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases filed in circuit and district court in the Birmingham Division of the Tenth Judicial Circuit an additional court cost of three dollars ($3) which shall be in addition to the fees presently in effect. When collected by the clerk of the court, the fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the Birmingham Division Law Library Fund. (Act 99-549, p. 1193, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs and Fees.|Section 45-37-81.03 - District and Circuit Courts - Bessemer Division Law Library Fund.

Section 45-37-81.03District and circuit courts - Bessemer Division Law Library Fund. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson County. (b) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied on all cases filed in circuit and district court in the Tenth Judicial Circuit, the Bessemer Division, an additional court cost of three dollars ($3) which shall be in addition to the fees presently in effect. When collected by the clerk of the court, the fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the Bessemer Division Law Library Fund. (Act 2006-239, p. 436, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-81.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs and Fees.|Section 45-37-81.04 - District, Circuit and Municipal Courts - Solicitor’s Fee.

Section 45-37-81.04District, circuit and municipal courts - Solicitor’s fee. (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in the Birmingham Division and the Bessemer Division of Jefferson 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 as follows: Three dollars ($3) from each case to the circuit clerk to be deposited into the circuit clerk’s fund or, if the case originates in the municipal court, three dollars ($3) to the municipal court clerk to be deposited into the municipal clerk’s fund or the fund otherwise established for the operation of the office of the municipal court, to be used as provided by law for the operation of the office of the circuit court clerk or municipal court clerk as the case may be and the remainder of each fee to the Solicitor’s Fund or District Attorney’s Fund in the division of the county where the case originated or to the fund in each division that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee. The solicitor’s fee shall be in an amount not less than 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. In no event shall the solicitor’s fee be less than an amount equal to the Fair Trial Tax Fund docket fee which are prescribed for an adjudication or finding of guilt of the criminal offense charged. (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 unless the defendant proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the sentencing judge that the defendant is not capable of paying the fee within the reasonably foreseeable future. (c) The solicitor’s fee may be expended by the district attorney of the division of the county where the fee is collected for the payment of any and all  expenses incurred or for any legitimate law enforcement purpose. (Act 2009-612, p. 1775, §§1-3; Act 2011-711, p. 2197, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Civic Center.|Section 45-37-90 - Applicability.

Section 45-37-90Applicability. This part shall apply to every county of the state having a population of more than 500,000 according to the last or any subsequent federal census, and to no other county. (Acts 1965, No. 547, p. 797, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-90.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Civic Center.|Section 45-37-90.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-37-90.01Definitions. (a) The words and terms defined in this section shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:  (1) AUTHORITY. The civic center authority created by this part. (2) COUNTY. Any county to which this part applies. (3) COUNTY SEAT. The municipality wherein the county seat of the county is situated. (4) MAYOR. The mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality. (5) NEXT TO THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY. That municipality of the county which, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, has the largest population of any municipality in the county, excluding the county seat. (6) PERSON. Means and includes a natural person, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or any other entity. (b) The masculine shall include the feminine and neuter; and the neuter shall include the masculine and the feminine. (Acts 1965, No. 547, p. 797, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-90.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Civic Center.|Section 45-37-90.02 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-37-90.02Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature has found and determined that in any county having a population of 500,000 or more the following conditions exist: (1) That there is a great metropolitan area extending over a substantial portion of the territory lying within the boundaries of the county. (2) That in the county there is a large number of municipalities, with the municipalities being contiguous to each other in many instances. (3) That it is to the interest of the citizens of the county that there be established at the county seat a civic center. (4) That such civic center, though located in one municipality, shall be a great cultural asset and constitute a great civic betterment for all people of the county, which shall be to the interest of all of the people of the county. (5) That it is desirable that there be established to operate, control, and manage the civic center the public corporation created by this part, vested with the powers conferred on the corporation by this part. (b) The Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this part to facilitate, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a civic center in the county and to provide for the operation and management of such civic center by the public corporation created by this part. (Acts 1965, No. 547, p. 797, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-90.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Civic Center.|Section 45-37-90.07 - Collection of Fees and Charges.

Section 45-37-90.07Collection of fees and charges. (a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings: (1) Amendment 280 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, provides that no tax levied by the state or any municipality or county of the state shall apply to the authority, unless such tax applies to the county and to the city where the authority is incorporated. (2) The authority engages in various transactions at its facilities that would give rise to taxes that would be levied by the state or any municipality or county of the state with respect to such transactions if Amendment 280 did not exempt the authority from such taxes, such taxes being herein referred to as transaction-related taxes. These transaction-related taxes may include, but shall not be limited to, leasing or rental taxes, sales taxes, lodging taxes, and taxes on the sale of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products. The Legislature intends that the authority shall be allowed to collect a fee or charge in lieu of such transaction-related taxes and retain the proceeds of such fees or charges for purposes authorized by this part. (b) The authority may impose and collect a fee or charge in lieu of any such transaction-related taxes. The authority may use the proceeds of any such fee or charge for any purpose for which the authority may apply its other funds under this part or other applicable law. (c) The collection and retention by the authority, prior to June 20, 2003, of any amounts that would have been authorized by this part are hereby authorized, ratified, validated, or confirmed. (Act 2003-357, p. 986, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-90.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 1 - Civic Center.|Section 45-37-90.08 - Authority to Borrow Money; Promissory Notes.

Section 45-37-90.08Authority to borrow money; promissory notes. Each civic center authority heretofore or hereafter incorporated in any county having a population of more than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, pursuant to Sections 45-37-90 to 45-37-90.07, inclusive, is hereby granted the power and authority, in addition to the power and authority heretofore granted by act of the Legislature or by amendment to the constitution, to borrow money from time to time for any corporate purpose and to issue its negotiable promissory note or notes to mature not later than three years from date of issue, as evidence of its obligation to repay the money so borrowed, with interest thereon, such notes to be payable solely (1) from one or more of the sources from which bonds authorized by Sections 45-37-90 to 45-37-90.07, inclusive, or by Amendment 280 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, are payable and, if the note or notes shall be issued to provide funds for a purpose for which such bonds are authorized to be issued, also (2) from the proceeds of any like promissory notes or bonds which may be issued to fund or refund such promissory notes. Any such civic center authority shall have the same power and authority with respect to such negotiable promissory notes as those which were granted to it with respect to the issuance of bonds by Section 45–37–90.06 and by Amendment 280 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; provided, however, that such promissory notes may be placed or sold at private negotiated sale without competitive bidding, and such negotiable promissory notes may be executed without the seal of such civic center authority being affixed thereto. (Acts 1973, No. 777, p. 1186, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Visitors Bureau.|Section 45-37-91 - Applicability.

Section 45-37-91Applicability. This part shall apply in every county of the state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-91.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Visitors Bureau.|Section 45-37-91.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-37-91.01Definitions. The following words and terms, as used in this part, shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (2) BUREAU. The public corporation for which this part provides. (3) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. That organization the headquarters of which is in the largest city to the membership in which any reputable person engaged in mercantile, manufacturing, banking, jobbing, or similar business is eligible, and which most nearly of all organizations in such city, regardless of name, performs the functions of such organizations as are commonly known as chambers of commerce. (4) CITY MOTEL-HOTEL ASSOCIATION. That association in the largest city the membership of which is composed of persons engaged in the hotel, motel, tourist court, or similar business in such city or in the county and which has the largest membership of any such organization in the city.  (5) COUNTY. Any county to which this part applies. (6) LARGEST CITY. That city of the county having the largest population according to the last or any subsequent federal census. (7) PERSON. Includes a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-91.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Visitors Bureau.|Section 45-37-91.02 - Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Section 45-37-91.02Convention and visitors bureau. (a) There is hereby established in the county a public corporation for the purposes herein specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the bureau. (b) Subject to the conditions and qualifications hereinafter stated, the name of the corporation shall be Greater ___________ Convention and Visitors Bureau. In the blank space shall be inserted the name of the largest city. (c) The board of directors of the bureau may choose some name other than that above specified at any time it elects to do so; provided, however, that if the board of directors chooses any other name there shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a copy of the resolution of the board of directors stating the name adopted by the bureau, which resolution shall be followed by a certificate signed by the chairman of the board of directors stating the date on which the resolution was adopted and stating that the copy of the resolution preceding the certificate is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-91.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Visitors Bureau.|Section 45-37-91.03 - Powers of Bureau.

Section 45-37-91.03Powers of bureau. (a) The bureau may conduct programs including, but not limited to, programs of information and publicity designed to attract conventions and tourists to the area. The bureau may conduct the programs and expend its funds in the furtherance of the programs in Alabama and elsewhere. (b) The bureau may permit any county with area within the metropolitan area of the largest city in the county to come under this part by contracting with the county commission of any county or require funding by the county in an amount to be determined by the board of directors and the county commission. (c) The bureau may enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, or association to carry out the purposes set forth in this part. No contract entered into by the authority shall bind the state or any county or municipality of the state. (d) The bureau shall have the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To acquire property, rights, and interests, in property by gift, lease, or purchase. (3) To have a seal and alter the seal at pleasure. (4) To appoint officers, agents, employees, and attorneys, and fix their compensation. (5) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs. (6) To make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient to lease, purchase, and own real or personal property furtherance of the purposes for the accomplishment of which the authority is created. (7) To accept or receive gifts, bequests, and devises. (8) To borrow money and execute notes and other evidence of indebtedness that may be required by the lender, and pledge for up to one year from the date of the loan anticipated revenue or income to secure payment of any loan. (9) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this part. (e) For the purposes of this part, the bureau may use and apply the proceeds of any taxes that the Legislature provides shall be payable to the bureau. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §4; Act 92-30, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 39, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-91.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Part 2 - Visitors Bureau.|Section 45-37-91.05 - Employees; Delegation of Duties; Officers; Contracts.

Section 45-37-91.05Employees; delegation of duties; officers; contracts. (a) The power of the bureau shall be vested in and exercised by the board subject to this part. (b) The board shall be authorized to employ agents, employees, officers, consultants, attorneys, and to secure such services and assistance as the board deems necessary to enable it to conduct and engage in the activities and purposes for which this bureau is created. (c) The board may delegate to one or more of its members, employees, agents, or officers, such duties as it deems proper. (d) The board shall elect a chair and a vice chair of the board who shall serve as chair in the event of the chair’s absence. The board shall also elect a treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, and assistant secretary. One person may serve as treasurer and secretary, or as assistant treasurer and assistant secretary. The treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, or assistant secretary may, but need not be, a member of the board. (e) The board shall provide by resolution for the dates on which the chair, vice chair, treasurer, and secretary shall be elected, which resolution shall specify the term or period for which each of the officers last named shall serve. (f) The treasurer shall act as custodian of all of the funds from whatever sources derived received by such officer. (g) The treasurer of the bureau shall execute a fidelity bond with a company authorized to write such bonds in the State of Alabama being surety thereon, which bond shall be in an amount approved by the board. (h) Contracts of the bureau shall be executed in the name of the bureau by the chair of the board and attested by the secretary of the bureau; provided, however, that the board may by resolution provide for a different form for the execution of contracts and for the execution thereof by an officer or agent other than the chair and secretary. In no event shall a contract, irrespective of its form and of the persons executing the same, be binding unless such contract was authorized or ratified by the board. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §6.)