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AL Code § 45-40-232.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Funding.|Section 45-40-232.02 - Sale of Surplus Property; Lamination of Documents of Records.

Section 45-40-232.02Sale of surplus property; lamination of documents of records. (a) The sheriff may sell surplus property of the sheriff's department including vehicles, at a time and manner the sheriff deems best to get the greatest return from the original investment. (b) All monies received from the sale of the property shall be deposited into the sheriff's vehicle fund set up by the sheriff in a bank in Lawrence County and used by the Sheriff of Lawrence County to purchase vehicles or equipment for the sheriff's department. (c) Proceeds received by the sheriff's department for laminating documents or records shall be deposited into the sheriff's vehicle fund and used in the same manner as other moneys in the fund. (Act 2009-386, p. 710, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Pistol Permit.|Section 45-40-234 - Fees, Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-40-234Fees, disposition of funds. (a) In Lawrence County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Lawrence County in any bank located in Lawrence County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the sheriff’s law enforcement fund and shall be audited by the Department Examiners of Public Accounts. (c) The sheriff's law enforcement fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Lawrence County or his or her appointed agent and shall be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public's interest and in the discharge of the sheriff’s office as the sheriff sees fit. (d) The establishment of the sheriff's law enforcement fund as provided in this section and the use of such fund shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other resource of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (Act 2008-77, p. 98, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-40-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Programs.|Section 45-40-235 - Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program.

Section 45-40-235Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program. (a) This section shall be operative only in Lawrence County. (b) There is in Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program. The program shall be administered by the Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program Board, consisting of the Circuit Judge, the Sheriff, and the Superintendent of Education of Lawrence County. (c) The board shall allocate funds donated by Champion International for recreation and drug abuse programs to various public or quasi public agencies for recreation and drug abuse programs. (Act 93-665, p. 1202, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-40-236 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 7 - Service of Process.|Section 45-40-236 - Methods of Service.

Section 45-40-236Methods of service. (a) In the courts of Lawrence County a subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness in any civil, criminal, or other case or proceeding, or before the grand jury, may be served by the sheriff personally or by leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness or in the discretion of the sheriff, the sheriff may serve the same by placing a copy thereof in the United States mail, enclosing the subpoena in an envelope properly stamped and addressed to the person or witness to be served. Upon service by the sheriff upon any witness or person by any one of the foregoing methods, the sheriff shall immediately mark the process executed in the manner so served. If the subpoena so mailed is not delivered to the addressee, but is returned to the sheriff by the United States Post Office Department, then the sheriff shall immediately make a diligent effort to serve the subpoena either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness. (b) Anything to the contrary notwithstanding in subsection (a), any judge of any of the courts of Lawrence County having jurisdiction of the proceeding or case, on motion of any party or on the court's own motion, may order any particular subpoena or the subpoenas in any case or proceeding to be served personally or by leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness or person or by United States registered or certified mail. (Act 95-353, p. 720, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-236.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 7 - Service of Process.|Section 45-40-236.01 - Additional Service of Process Fee; Out-of-State Documents.

Section 45-40-236.01Additional service of process fee; out-of-state documents. (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence County shall increase the fees by seventeen dollars fifty cents ($17.50) per document personally served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. (b) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the District and Circuit Courts of Lawrence County for documents generated out-of-state shall collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per document served by the sheriff's office, or its designee. For the purposes of this section, the term document shall include multiple papers served on a party or entity at one time. (c) For the purposes of this section, all fees imposed under this section are taxed as costs to any party to the action by the judge of the court presiding at the hearing of the matter. (d) The court official designated in Lawrence County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee designated in subsection (a) with five dollars ($5) retained by the Lawrence County Circuit Clerk's Office and the remaining fee remitted to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office for deposit in the Sheriff's Civil Process Fund. (e) The court official designated in Lawrence County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee designated in subsection (b) and remit to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office for deposit in the Sheriff's Civil Process Fund. (f) The Sheriff of Lawrence County may use the monies generated by this section for law enforcement purposes as the sheriff sees fit. (g) Any actions relating to the collection of service of process fees and use of the funds prior to August 1, 2020 are ratified and confirmed. (Act 2020-181, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-40-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-240 - Compensation of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector.

Section 45-40-240Compensation of tax assessor and tax collector. (a) Effective October 1, 1981, the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Lawrence County shall each receive an additional expense allowance of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. The expense allowances herein provided shall terminate upon the expiration of the present terms of office of tax assessor and tax collector. (b) Effective upon the termination of the present terms of office of the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Lawrence County, the officers shall each receive an additional annual compensation of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. (Act 81-591, p. 981, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-240.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-240.01 - Tax Assessor - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-40-240.01Tax assessor - Expense allowance. In Lawrence County, the tax assessor shall receive an additional expense allowance of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. The additional expense allowance shall be utilized to defer the costs of the additional duties and responsibilities imposed upon the tax assessor by Part 3 of this article. (Act 85-979, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 326, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-240.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-40-240.02 - Revenue Commissioner - Salary.

Section 45-40-240.02Revenue commissioner - Salary. (a) Beginning with the term of the revenue commissioner, the revenue commissioner shall receive an addition to his or her salary of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. This salary shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This additional salary shall be for the additional duties and responsibilities imposed upon the revenue commissioner by Part 3 of this article. (b) If at any time the duties of Part 3 of this article are moved to another office, this section shall become null and void. (Act 97-808, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 97, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-40-241 - Appraisers; Mapper.

Section 45-40-241Appraisers; mapper. The County Commission of Lawrence County is hereby authorized and empowered to employ an appraiser or appraisers to conduct ad valorem tax appraisal work on behalf of the county tax assessor's office. The county commission may spend such funds out of the county general fund as is necessary to carry out this section including any funds necessary to employ a mapper as needed to perform any functions related to the appraisals provided herein. (Act 80-352, p. 473, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242 - Created; Office Space, Equipment, Personnel; Compensation.

Section 45-40-242Created; office space, equipment, personnel; compensation. There is hereby created within the tax assessor's office of Lawrence County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses issued through the tax assessor's office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the tax assessor as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The tax assessor shall have a chief clerk for the assessment division and chief clerk for the motor vehicle license division. The tax assessor shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and to fix their compensation; however, the number and compensation of such clerks and other assistants shall be subject to the approval of the county commission. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.01 - Duties; Commissions and Fees.

Section 45-40-242.01Duties; commissions and fees. The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate and tax collector. The Judge of Probate and Tax Collector of Lawrence County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the issuance of licenses and collection of certain monies on such motor vehicles. The tax assessor shall receive the commissions and fees now allowed the judge of probate and tax collector for performing these functions, and such fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such monies shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made by the tax assessor. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §2.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.02 - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-40-242.02Recordkeeping. The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time in the same manner that other officials with those duties are required to do under the general law. All unissued licenses and the stubs or duplicates or carbon copies of licenses issued shall be accounted for in the same manner that the officials are required to account for by law. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §3.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.03 - Charge and Collection of Fees.

Section 45-40-242.03Charge and collection of fees. Except as hereinafter provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the tax assessor shall charge and collect a fee of one dollar ($1). All such fees shall be the property of the county and shall be paid to the general fund of the county. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake or fact of law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by this code. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §4.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.04 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License.

Section 45-40-242.04Payment of tax required for issuance of license. To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the tax assessor until the ad valorem tax on such vehicles shall have been paid to the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt from the tax assessor. Every person, firm, or corporation driving or owning a motor vehicle who desires to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of Alabama shall first return such motor vehicle for ad valorem taxation purposes to the tax assessor who shall issue a certificate of assessment on a form prescribed by the State Department of Revenue, shall collect the taxes shown thereon, and shall make a duplicate of the tax receipt and keep same on file in his or her office. The license tag shall be evidence of the payment of the license and ad valorem tax due as provided under this part. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §5.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.05 - Assessments.

Section 45-40-242.05Assessments. Before any vehicle can be assessed, the tax assessor shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the case of a used car brought into the state from a state which provides that upon sale or transfer of the motor vehicle the tags are either surrendered to an appropriate authority or subsequently reissued by the seller, the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide certificate of title properly assigned which shows when the car was sold to an individual, firm, corporation, or association, living or operating in this state. If such tag number or bill of sale or certificate of title is not furnished, the vehicle will be presumed to have been in the state the entire year for which taxes are being assessed. Those motor vehicles brought into the state during any tax year and new motor vehicles for which licenses have never been issued that have been sold from the stock of a dealer during any tax year, shall be subject to taxation as if they had been held or owned in the state on the first day of October. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §5.)
AL Code § 45-40-242.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - License Division.|Section 45-40-242.06 - Application and Renewal by Mail.

Section 45-40-242.06Application and renewal by mail. The tax assessor, at his or her discretion, may mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in post card form and with sufficient information thereon to adequately identify and process such renewal. The signature of the licensee thereon and proper remittance shall constitute sufficient authority for the tax assessor to issue such license and return to the licensee by mail. There is hereby established a fee to be entitled mail order fee which shall be set from time to time by the county governing body to pay the cost of the mailing procedure herein provided, and such fee shall be collected by the tax assessor at the time of issuance and paid over to the general fund of the county as are other fees and commissions. (Act 85-717, p. 1168, §7.)
AL Code § 45-40-243.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 4 - Revenue Commissioner.|Section 45-40-243.01 - Budgetary Operations and Functions.

Section 45-40-243.01Budgetary operations and functions. (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Lawrence County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes collected in the county in the same manner as the salary of the revenue commissioner is paid pursuant to Section 40-6A-2. Any funds retained pursuant to this act shall be used solely for the operation of the office of revenue commissioner subject to approval of the budget for the office by the county commission in the same manner as the budget is currently approved. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the Revenue Commissioner's Office in Lawrence County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are repealed. This section shall not affect the payment of commissions as otherwise provided by law. (Act 2016-448, 1st Sp. Sess., §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-40-244 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 5 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-40-244 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-40-244Levy of tax. (a) In addition to all other taxes now imposed by law, there is hereby levied in Lawrence County a privilege or license tax of three percent on the business of renting rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients as provided for in Chapter 26 of Title 40, as heretofore or hereafter amended or supplemented, hereinafter referred to as the state lodging tax, in the manner and at the rate hereinafter prescribed. (b) Upon every person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity engaged in or continuing within the county the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, bed and breakfast facility, tourist camp, tourist cabin, tourist court, or any other place in which rooms, lodging, or accommodations are rented or furnished to transients for a consideration, a privilege or license tax is hereby levied in an amount to be determined by application of the rate of three percent of the charge for such room or rooms, lodging, or accommodation, including any charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in such room. Provided, however, there is exempted from the tax levied under this section any rentals or services taxed under the Alabama sales tax act, provided for in Chapter 23 of Title 40, as heretofore or hereafter amended or supplemented. The tax shall not apply to rooms, lodgings, or accommodations supplied for a period of 30 continuous days or more in any place. The tax shall also not apply to those facilities owned or operated by churches or other religious organizations. (Act 2001-561, p. 1130, §1.)
AL Code § 45-40-244.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 5 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-40-244.01 - Collection of Tax.

Section 45-40-244.01Collection of tax. The tax levied under this part shall be collected by the county or the collection agency from time to time designated in writing by the governing body of the county to serve in such capacity for and on behalf of the county, the county or collection agency, as applicable, being hereinafter, for these purposes, referred to as the agency, and paid to the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, a public corporation organized in the State of Alabama, for the purpose of promoting and enhancing the tourism industry in Lawrence County, Alabama. (Act 2001-561, p. 1130, §2.)
AL Code § 45-40-244.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 5 - Tax, Lodging.|Section 45-40-244.02 - Filing of Monthly Report and Payment.

Section 45-40-244.02Filing of monthly report and payment. The tax levied under this part, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the twentieth day in each month after June 1, 2001, every person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity on whom or which the taxes levied by this part are imposed, shall render to the agency, on a form prescribed by the agency, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of the business for the next preceding month, together with such other information as the agency may require, and at the time of making such monthly report the taxpayer shall compute the taxes due and shall pay to the agency the amount of taxes shown to be due. The agency, for good cause, may extend the time for making any return required under this part, but the time for filing any such return shall not be extended for a period greater than 30 days from the date such return is due to be made. (Act 2001-561, p. 1130, §3.)