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AL Code § 45-37-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-161 - Publication of Compensation Information.

Section 45-37-161Publication of compensation information. All cities and towns in Jefferson County shall on the 1st day of April of each year cause to be published in a daily or weekly newspaper, published in Jefferson County, a list of all persons whose compensation or any part thereof, is paid out of the treasury of the city or town together with the amount thereof, and the expense of the publication shall be paid by the county government, city or town. Violation of the terms of this section shall subject the city or town official or officials guilty of failing to publish the statement required to impeachment. (Acts 1931, No. 516, p. 628, §§1, 2; Acts 1947, No. 443, p. 302, §1; Act 2003-175, p. 481, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-161.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-161.01 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-37-161.01Expense allowance. (a) Those Jefferson County officials holding elective or appointive office who now receive fifty dollars ($50) per month shall upon January 1, 1982, receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid monthly out of the county general fund. (b) This allowance shall be in lieu of an automobile furnished by the county, and shall be in addition to all other compensation and allowance provided for such officials by any general, special, or local law. (Act 81-1201, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 532, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-162.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Debt and Swap Agreements.|Section 45-37-162.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-37-162.01Definitions. For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (2) DEBT. Indebtedness for borrowed money, whether in the form of bonds, warrants, notes, or other similar instruments or capitalized leases. (3) OFFICIAL STATEMENT. An official statement, offering memorandum, placement memorandum, or a similar document prepared for distribution to investors or purchasers of debt. A preliminary official statement refers to an official statement prepared for distribution to prospective investors or purchasers, and a final official statement refers to an official statement prepared for distribution after the final terms of issuance have been determined. (4) QUALIFIED SWAP PROVIDER. A counterparty as defined in Section 41-1-41. (5) SWAP AGREEMENT. Either of the following: a. Any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate collar agreement, or any other similar agreement, including any option to enter into any of the foregoing. b. Any agreement subject to Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 41. (Act 2010-519, p. 873, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-162.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Debt and Swap Agreements.|Section 45-37-162.03 - Public Hearing.

Section 45-37-162.03Public hearing. Not less than three days nor more than 10 days before the date that the county enters into a binding agreement to issue debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, the county shall hold a public hearing on the proposed debt or swap agreement. A majority of the governing body of the county shall be present at the public hearing. The public hearing shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to address questions to members of the county governing body about the debt or swap agreement or the contents of the notice or any preliminary official statement, subject to reasonable procedures established by the governing body. (Act 2010-519, p. 873, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-162.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Debt and Swap Agreements.|Section 45-37-162.04 - Public Bidding of Swap Agreements.

Section 45-37-162.04Public bidding of swap agreements. The county shall competitively bid all swap agreements using the following procedures: (1) The county shall invite not less than four qualified swap providers to make independent written proposals to enter into a swap agreement delivered in person or transmitted electronically. (2) The county shall provide each potential qualified swap provider a set of bid documents. The bid documents shall be in the form proposed by the county to be executed and delivered in connection with the swap agreement. The bid documents shall include all of the terms and conditions customarily included in such documents and appropriate to the circumstances. The terms of the swap agreement shall be fully specified, including, without limitation, such terms as payment frequencies, day counting conventions, method of averaging, reference indices, and similar terms. The bid documents shall leave blank a single term expressed as an interest rate or monetary amount, herein called bid number, to be proposed by qualified swap providers submitting bids and to be included in the definitive swap agreement and related documents upon determination of the best bid. The bid number shall be a number that is critical to the value of the swap agreement to both parties. (3) The county shall provide each potential qualified swap provider financial and other information necessary and appropriate to a determination by a qualified swap provider of whether and how to respond to the request for proposal. The county shall respond to requests for additional information or modifications of the set of documents in writing with copies to all potential qualified swap providers. (4)a. The governing body of the county shall do all of the following: 1. Authorize an official of the county to establish a deadline date and time for receipt of proposals for a swap agreement. 2. Authorize the execution and delivery of all documents required to complete the swap transaction. 3. Authorize the official to receive the bid numbers from the qualified swap providers and determine the best bid. 4. Establish either a floor or a ceiling, known as a bid limit, for the best bid. b. Determination of the best bid complying with the bid limit shall be made immediately after the deadline for submission of bid numbers, and the authorized official shall then execute and deliver the swap documents. c. All bid numbers received shall be publicly announced. d. The county may reject all bids. (5) The qualified swap provider who offers the best bid shall furnish a statement under oath as required in Section 45-37-162.06. (Act 2010-519, p. 873, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-162.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Debt and Swap Agreements.|Section 45-37-162.05 - Information Filing by County.

Section 45-37-162.05Information filing by county. (a) Not less than seven days after the county enters into a binding agreement for the issuance of debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, it shall file a report in the public records of the county. The report shall include all of the following: (1) The final terms of such debt or swap agreement to the extent such terms were referenced or described in the related notice of public hearing. (2) A description of any variation in the expected facts and circumstances described in the related notice of the public hearing, or the related preliminary official statement, and the final terms of the debt or the swap agreement, and the reason for such variation. (3) Each person who has been paid, or will be paid, directly or indirectly, for services rendered in connection with the debt or swap agreement, including the underwriter rendering underwriting or investment banking services, and the amount of each payment. (b) If the information required in the report delivered pursuant to subsection (a) is included in a final official statement prepared in connection with the debt, or the debt related to the swap agreement, the report may adopt by reference the information in the final official statement. (Act 2010-519, p. 873, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-162.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Debt and Swap Agreements.|Section 45-37-162.06 - Statements Under Oath by Third Parties.

Section 45-37-162.06Statements under oath by third parties. (a) The county may not make any payment to a person described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-162.05 unless the county obtains a written statement under oath by the person declaring all of the following: (1) The amount and purpose of the payment received by the person. (2) The identity of each third person who received, directly or indirectly, any portion of the payment. (3) The amount and purpose of any payment to a third party. (b) Each statement obtained by the county shall be filed in the public records of the county. The county may not enter into any swap agreement unless the county obtains a written statement under oath by the person identifying any third person to whom the payment was made and the amount paid to the person. (Act 2010-519, p. 873, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-230 - Salary; Expense Allowance.

Section 45-37-230Salary; expense allowance. (a) Effective beginning the next term of office, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Jefferson County shall be one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000). (b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the sheriff shall receive the same cost-of-living increases provided to deputy sheriffs in Jefferson County granted after that date. (Act 2005-186, p. 375, §§1, 2; Act 2015-469, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-230.01 - Subsistence Allowance for Certain Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 45-37-230.01Subsistence allowance for certain law enforcement officers. (a) Any nonelected law enforcement officer, including the sheriff’s executive assistant, who is employed by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department on a full-time basis, shall receive a subsistence allowance of eight dollars for each working day of a pay period while engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a law enforcement officer. This allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expenses, and allowance provided for such officers. Provided, however, that this subsistence allowance shall remain in effect only as long as any portion of the one-half percent occupational tax passed by the Jefferson County Commission in ordinance #1120 dated September 29, 1987, remains in effect. (b) This subsistence allowance shall not be subject to any income or other taxes levied by the State of Alabama or the federal government. (c) Provided, however, this section shall become null and void upon the repeal in its entirety of Jefferson County ordinance #1120 dated September 29, 1987. (Act 88-897, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 454, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-230.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-230.02 - Replacement of Clothing or Equipment.

Section 45-37-230.02Replacement of clothing or equipment. The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of any county having a population of more than 600,000 according to the 1970 or any subsequent federal decennial census, may appropriate county funds to pay the actual cost of replacing any clothing or equipment of a deputy sheriff, probation officer, or juvenile detention officer of the county that is damaged or destroyed while such officer is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and acting within the line and scope of his or her authority. (Act 80-287, p. 402, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Crimes and Offenses.|Section 45-37-231 - False Personation of a Peace Officer.

Section 45-37-231False personation of a peace officer. In Jefferson County, any person who falsely personates a peace officer of this or any other state, or any political subdivision thereof; or any person who under color of such false personation shall perform or attempt to perform, the duties of any such peace officer, or shall under color of such personation deprive any person of a legal right shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail at hard labor for a period not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by both in the discretion of the court. (Act 79-392, p. 612, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-231.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 2 - Crimes and Offenses.|Section 45-37-231.01 - Residential Limitations on Criminal Sex Offenders.

Section 45-37-231.01Residential limitations on criminal sex offenders. (a) This section shall only apply in Jefferson County. (b)(1) No adult or unrelated juvenile criminal sex offender may establish a residence or other living accommodation in a residence where another criminal sex offender whose name appears on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s official published sex offender list resides. (2) No more than one adult criminal sex offender whose name appears on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s official published sex offender list may establish residence or other living accommodations in any apartment complex unless there is a distance of 100 yards or more from the residence in the apartment complex of any other adult criminal sex offender. (3) The owner or lessee of the property who knowingly, willingly, or intentionally permits a violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) shall be subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation. When collected, those penalties shall be equally distributed to the Birmingham Police Department Sex Offender Unit and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Sex Offender Unit. (4) An owner or lessee of property shall not be in violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) if the sex offender is the spouse or child of the owner or lessee or if the spouse or child is the owner or lessee of the property. (5) An owner of property shall not be in violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) where the application for a lease or the lease itself provides a signed statement by the lessee that the lessee is not a convicted sex offender. (Act 2010-515, p. 865, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Jails.|Section 45-37-234 - Jail Store.

Section 45-37-234Jail store. (a) The Sheriff of Jefferson County is authorized to operate a jail store for inmates within the confines of the Jefferson County Detention Facility and Annexes. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) All monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Jefferson County or the appointed agent of the sheriff in any bank located in Jefferson County selected by the sheriff into a fund known as the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund. (c) The Sheriff’s Commissary Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Jefferson County or the appointed agent of the sheriff and shall be used for the betterment of law enforcement or in the interest thereof or in the public’s interest in the discharge of the office of the sheriff, as the sheriff sees fit. (d) All monies collected, if any, as outlined in subsection (a) prior to September 11, 1997, shall be transferred into the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund created by subsection (b). (e) Any funds spent for the betterment of law enforcement or in the interest thereof accruing from any jail store operated by the former or present Sheriff of Jefferson County prior to September 11, 1997, are ratified and confirmed as legal expenditures and, if necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, seven thousand one hundred dollars ($7,100) is hereby appropriated from the monies transferred under subsection (d) to the Sheriff of Jefferson County. (f) The establishment of the Sheriff’s Commissary Fund and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of the office. (g) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is authorized to audit the monies annually and submit a copy of the audit to the sheriff within 30 days of its completion. (Act 97-864, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 204, §§1-7; Act 97-953, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 531, §§1-7.)
AL Code § 45-37-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Office.|Section 45-37-235 - Office Space; Personnel and Functions.

Section 45-37-235Office space; personnel and functions. The Jefferson County Commission is hereby required to provide adequate and sufficient office space in the proposed new Jefferson County Sheriff's Headquarters building located at Eighth Avenue and 22nd Street, North, in the City of Birmingham, Alabama, for accommodation of the sheriff's department personnel now stationed at Fairfield so that such personnel and functions shall be returned to the county seat so as to reestablish a central and principal base of operations and to further enhance the sheriff in carrying out the duties of his or her office. Such personnel and functions shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, supervision, communications, records, equipment, investigatory, and office staff support personnel. (Act 88-806, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 246, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-37-242 - Taxation for Public School Purposes.

Section 45-37-242Taxation for public school purposes. (a) The Legislature finds and confirms that pursuant to paragraph (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the County Board of Education of Jefferson County, the board, and the Jefferson County Commission of Jefferson County, the county commission, after separate public hearings thereon, have each proposed that the county commission increase above the limit otherwise provided in the constitution, the rate at which the ad valorem tax, hereinafter described, is levied on the taxable property in the Jefferson County School District, consisting of all areas of Jefferson County outside of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Tarrant City, and Midfield, the school district. (b) The Legislature hereby approves the aforesaid proposal and authorizes the county commission to increase the rate at which the ad valorem tax levied pursuant to the election held in the school district on February 11, 1969, under the Jefferson County Consolidation School Tax Amendment, Amendment No. 82, adjusted in accordance with Amendments No. 325 and 373 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901, for public school purposes in the school district, from eighty-eight cents ($.88) to one dollar thirty-eight cents ($1.38) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the school district, the proceeds of the tax to be used for public school purposes in the school district, and to continue each year to and including the tax year ending September 30, 1995. It is expressly provided that the increased levy of taxation shall not apply to totally disabled persons or persons over 65 years of age, either of whom have income of less than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum, and such persons shall not be required to pay the additional tax herein imposed. Provided, however, the rate of the tax shall not be so increased unless and until the proposed increase shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the school district who vote on the proposal at a special election called therefor. The election for submittal of the proposed increase in the rate of the tax, at the written request of the board, shall be ordered by the county commission and shall be held and conducted in accordance with Sections 16–13–183, et seq. (c) It is further provided that if the increased tax herein proposed becomes effective, it shall not apply to property owners whose property is subsequently annexed into the corporate limits of a municipality having its own public school system on and after tax year beginning after such annexation. (Act 82-177, p. 205, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-37-242.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-37-242.01 - Refunding of Certain Assessed Taxes.

Section 45-37-242.01Refunding of certain assessed taxes. In Jefferson County whenever any ad valorem tax is due on a tract of land identified by a single parcel identification number assigned by the tax assessor, or like officer, and the tax due is one dollar ($1) or less, the tax assessor, or like officer, does not have to levy taxes on the parcel and the taxes shall be considered paid when certified to the tax collector, or like officer. (Act 85-803, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 50, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-37-242.02 - Correction of Errors.

Section 45-37-242.02Correction of errors. In Jefferson County whenever an error is found in the calculation of the amount of ad valorem taxes due or any mechanical error is found in the tax return, listing and valuing of property by the tax assessor upon assessments legally made, the tax assessor is hereby authorized to correct the same in his or her records. The tax assessor shall file in the record the proper evidence to support his or her action, and shall immediately certify same to the tax collector, and if a refund of taxes is due, the tax collector shall refund the monies out of the next monies collected. The taxpayer shall furnish proof of such payment to the satisfaction of the tax collector within two years from the date of such payment. (Act 85-805, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 62, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-242.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.|Section 45-37-242.03 - Assessment and Collection of Fire District Fees, Charges, Etc.

Section 45-37-242.03Assessment and collection of fire district fees, charges, etc. (a) The Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Jefferson County and the Assistant Tax Assessor and Assistant Tax Collector for the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, or other public official performing the functions of assessing and collecting taxes in Jefferson County, upon request of any fire district located in Jefferson County, shall implement appropriate procedures necessary to assess and collect the fees, charges, or assessments levied by the governing body of the fire district, provided, the fees, charges, or assessments are related to the value of property. (b) The fire district fees, charges, or assessments shall be a lien upon the property on which levied and shall be assessed, collected, and enforced in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are assessed, collected, and enforced. A two percent commission on all amounts levied and collected shall be paid to both the assessing official and the collecting official, or other official charged with performing functions for the levy and collection of the fire district fees, charges, or assessments. The commissions shall be deposited to the county general fund. (Act 2004-385, p. 641, §§1, 2.)