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AL Code § 45-41A-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 41A - Lee County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Opelika.|Part 4 - Taxation.|Section 45-41A-43 - Ad Valorem Taxation for Education Purposes.

Section 45-41A-43Ad valorem taxation for education purposes. (a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 650, 1919 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session. (3) CITY. Opelika, Alabama. (4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (5) COUNCIL. Opelika City Council. (6) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX. The special ad valorem tax for the support and furtherance of education authorized in Amendment 8 and elections held in the city on July 19, 1948, and December 10, 1968, and May 9, 1989, and levied and collected on taxable property in the city. (b) The city presently levies and collects the special school tax at a rate of fifty cents ($.50) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 8. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the council in accordance with Amendment 373, the city proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the special school tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar ten cents ($1.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (11 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. (c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the council after a public hearing, the council may increase the rate at which the city levies and collects the special school tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar ten cents ($1.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (11 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. (d) The increase in the rate at which the special school tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of Amendment 373. (Act 99-234, p. 300, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-42-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 1 - Disclaimer.|Section 45-42-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-42-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Limestone County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Limestone County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-42-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 2 - Compensation of County Commission, Judge of Probate, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Sheriff, and Coroner.|Section 45-42-11 - Salaries; Expense Allowances.

Section 45-42-11Salaries; expense allowances. (a)(1) The following officers of Limestone County shall receive the following annual salaries to be paid from county funds in equal monthly installments: a. Chair, county commission $19,200 b. County commission members $13,200 c. Judge of probate $17,500 d. Tax assessor $15,700 e. Tax collector $15,700 f. Sheriff $19,000 g. Coroner $2,500 (2) Such salaries shall be in lieu of all other compensation heretofore provided by law and all fees, commissions, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of any of the above officers shall be collected and paid into the general fund of the county. (b) In addition to the salary provided the county commission members and county commission chair hereinabove, the county commission shall provide an expense allowance of eight hundred dollars ($800) annually for the office of county commissioner and county commission chair and an expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) monthly for the office of coroner. (c) The chair and all members of the County Commission, the Judge of Probate, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, and Sheriff of Limestone County shall receive an additional expense allowance of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year; the county coroner of the county shall receive an additional expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) per year. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowance heretofore received, and shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the county general fund. (d)(1) Upon May 6, 1981, and for the remainder of the present term of office, the following Limestone County officials shall be entitled to the following expense allowances which are to be paid on a monthly basis from the county treasury: a. Chair of county commission $241.66 b. Members of county commission $200.00 c. Tax collector $95.84 d. Tax assessor $95.84 e. Sheriff $166.67 f. Coroner $75.00 (2) Beginning with the next term of office of each such official, the following Limestone County officials shall be entitled to the following compensation which is to be paid on a monthly basis from the county treasury: a. Chair of county commission $483.33 b. Members of county commission $400.00 c. Tax collector $191.67 d. Tax assessor $191.67 e. Sheriff $333.33 f. Coroner $150.00 (3) The additional expense allowances provided by this subsection, when they become effective, shall be in addition to any and all other compensation or allowances provided by law. (Act 1978, No. 366, p. 309, §§ 1, 2; Act 79­780, p. 1408, § 1; Act 79­781, p. 1409, § 1; Act 81­418, p. 661, §§ 1­3.)
AL Code § 45-42-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 3 - Municipal Annexation.|Section 45-42-12 - Consent for Annexation.

Section 45-42-12Consent for annexation. (a) In addition to all other requirements of law, no municipality whose corporate limits or boundaries include lands outside of Limestone County may annex lands within Limestone County, or otherwise extend its corporate limits or boundaries in Limestone County, without the consent of the Limestone County Commission. (b) The requirement of consent of the Limestone County Commission shall apply to all annexation proceedings now pending, or hereafter taken. (Act 86­394, p. 581, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-42-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-42-60 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-42-60Expense Allowance. (a)(1) The coroner in Limestone County shall receive an expense allowance of six hundred dollars ($600) per month and the deputy coroner shall receive an expense allowance of seventy-five dollars ($75) per month. The expense allowances shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the coroner and deputy coroner. (2) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowances paid to the coroner and the deputy coroner as provided in subdivision (1) shall be null and void. In lieu thereof, the coroner shall receive an additional compensation of six hundred dollars ($600) per month and the deputy coroner shall receive an additional compensation of seventy-five dollars ($75) per month. The compensations shall be in addition to all compensations, expense allowances, or benefits received. (3) The coroner and deputy coroner are hereby authorized to employ assistants when needed and to use their compensations to compensate the assistants. (b)(1) In Limestone County, the coroner shall receive an additional monthly expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month payable from the county general fund. (2) The coroner may employ an assistant coroner at a salary to be set by the county commission. (c)(1) The Coroner of Limestone County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided by law. (2) The assistants to the Coroner of Limestone County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided by law. (3) The Deputy Coroner of Limestone County may be compensated in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month. The compensation of the deputy coroner shall be paid from the county general fund in the same manner as the compensation of the coroner. (Act 91­275, p. 515, §§ 1­3; Act 2000­433, p. 794, § 1; Act 2008­35, p. 54, §§ 2­4.)
AL Code § 45-42-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 2 - Deputy Coroner.|Section 45-42-61 - Appointment; Duties; Compensation.

Section 45-42-61Appointment; duties; compensation. In Limestone County, the county coroner is hereby authorized to appoint a deputy coroner who shall have the same responsibilities as the coroner when the coroner is absent or in some way incapacitated. If the county coroner should for any reason vacate the office, the deputy coroner shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected. The deputy coroner is authorized to receive a salary of seventy-five dollars ($75) a month to be paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other elected or appointed officials are paid. (Act 80­294, p. 409, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Part 3 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-42-62 - Education and Training; Transportation; Office Space, Supplies, Etc.

Section 45-42-62Education and training; transportation; office space, supplies, etc. (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b) The Limestone County Commission may pay the education and training expenses including, but not limited to, tuition, travel, lodging, books, and continuing education fees for the county coroner and his or her employees. (c) The county commission may provide for the purchase, maintenance, and operation of a motor vehicle for the transportation of bodies to labs and to funeral homes. The county commission may assess and charge a fee for the transportation of bodies to a funeral home payable to the county general fund. (d) The county commission may furnish the county coroner with office space, office equipment, computers, books, stationery, postage, and all other supplies necessary for carrying out the duties and functions of the office of coroner. (Act 2000–67, p. 84, §§ 1–4.)
AL Code § 45-42-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-42-70 - Expense Allowance; Salary.

Section 45-42-70Expense allowance; salary. (a) The chair and members of the county commission in Limestone County shall receive an expense allowance of nine hundred dollars ($900) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the chair and members of the county commission. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowance paid to the chair and members of the county commission as provided in subsection (a) shall be null and void. In lieu thereof, the chair and members of the county commission shall receive an additional compensation of nine hundred dollars ($900) per month. The compensation shall be in addition to all compensations, expense allowances, or benefits received. (c) Upon July 18, 1991, the district 4 county commissioner’s expense allowance shall be retroactively converted to salary.  (Act 91­76, p. 516, §§ 1­3)
AL Code § 45-42-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 2 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-42-71 - Use of Time; Construction of Laws.

Section 45-42-71Use of time; construction of laws. All Limestone County Commissioners shall devote their entire time to the performance of the duties of their office and all laws or parts of laws pertaining to county commissioners of Limestone County shall be read and interpreted consistent with this section. (Act 85­272, p. 172, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-71.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 7 - County Commissions.|Part 2 - Operation of Office.|Section 45-42-71.01 - Interment Services.

Section 45-42-71.01Interment services. (a) In Limestone County, it shall be lawful for the several district commissioners, serving as members of the county commission or other like governing body, to authorize the opening of any grave within their district for the interment services of deceased individuals. (b) There shall be a charge of fifty dollars ($50) per grave for such service, and all money received therefor shall be placed in the county general fund. (Acts 1975, No. 418, p. 1014, § 1; Act 87­323, p. 441, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-42-81 - Supervision Fee; Juvenile Court Services Fund.

Section 45-42-81Supervision fee; Juvenile Court Services Fund. (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in juvenile cases in Limestone County, a one-time supervision fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) may be assessed in each juvenile court case at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court clerk and deposited into the Juvenile Court Services Fund. (b) There is established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of the fees described in subsection (a). The fees shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Limestone County. (c) Any funds appropriated from the fund shall be solely for juvenile programs, for subsistence for the juvenile court staff in Limestone County, to aid the functions of the juvenile court and for the benefit of the children of Limestone County. Any funds expended shall be authorized by the Limestone County Juvenile Court Judge. (Act 2007-329, p. 586, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 45-42-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-42-81.01 - Solicitor's Fee.

Section 45-42-81.01Solicitor's fee. (a)(1) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases that arise within the geographic boundaries of Limestone County in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts exercising jurisdiction within the geographic boundaries of Limestone 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: a. Three dollars ($3) from each case: 1. To the circuit clerk to be deposited into the circuit clerk's fund; or 2. 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 if the case originates and is disposed of in a municipal court; or 3. Apportioned so that one dollar ($1) from each case is distributed to the circuit clerk to be deposited into the circuit clerk's fund, and two dollars ($2) from each case is distributed 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, if the case originates in a municipal court and is disposed of in a circuit court. b. The remainder of each fee to the Solicitor's Fund in Limestone County, the District Attorney's Fund in Limestone County, or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor's fee. (2) The solicitor's fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. In no event shall the solicitor's fee be less than an amount equal to the Fair Trial Tax Fund docket fees 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 for the payment of any and all expenses incurred or for any legitimate law enforcement purpose. (Act 2009-357, p. 679, §§ 1-3; Act 2019-324, §1.)
AL Code § 45-42-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-42-100 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-100Compensation. (a) Each member of the Limestone County Board of Education shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any other expense allowances provided by law. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, the monthly salary for each member of the Limestone County Board of Education shall be increased by two hundred fifty dollars ($250) payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and at that time, subsection (a) shall be inoperative. (Act 95­450, p. 945, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-42-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 10 - Education.|Part 3 - Textbooks.|Section 45-42-102 - Substitution of Books or Texts for State-Approved or State-Adopted Textbooks.

Section 45-42-102Substitution of books or texts for state-approved or state-adopted textbooks. In Limestone County, the county board of education, upon recommendation of the county superintendent of education, may substitute other books or texts for use in the county schools under its jurisdiction for the textbooks on the list of state-approved or state-adopted textbooks prescribed by the State Board of Education. Whenever books or texts are substituted for the state-approved or state-adopted textbooks, the books or texts shall be used by the teachers in the county school system in teaching any course or courses for which a substitution has been made. The textbook shall be paid for with state funds in the same manner as textbooks are paid for in other local school systems which have substituted textbooks for local use.  (Act 97­862, p. 202, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-42-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-42-110 - Compensation of Election Officers.

Section 45-42-110Compensation of election officers. (a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby authorized to establish and set the compensation of the election officers, the returning officer, and the inspectors and clerks, in such amounts as it shall determine. Provided, however, the compensation established and set by the county commission shall not be less than the minimum compensation provided by Section 17­8­12. (b) The compensation provided herein may be established by resolution of the county commission and changed or amended by subsequent resolution. (c) Election officers shall be entitled to all expenses provided by law in addition to any compensation established pursuant to this section. (Act 92­238, p. 587, §§ 1­3.)
AL Code § 45-42-110.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-42-110.01 - Expense Allowance for Members of County Board of Registrars.

Section 45-42-110.01Expense allowance for members of county board of registrars. (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b) Each member of the Limestone County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) per day for each day when the board is authorized to meet and conduct business. The expense allowance provided for in this section shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided by law and shall be paid out of the county general fund. (c) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to October 1, 2001, and all actions and payments made to the board on and after that date are hereby ratified and confirmed. (Act 2004­278, p. 383, §§ 1­3.)
AL Code § 45-42-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 42 - Limestone County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Voting Centers.|Section 45-42-111 - Establishment of Voting Centers.

Section 45-42-111Establishment of voting centers. (a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby empowered and authorized to establish, by resolution, voting centers by combining voters from two or more precincts in order to create a voting center, in order to facilitate, or reduce costs for elections. (b) The Limestone County Commission is specifically authorized to adopt the voting centers, or any of them, established by any municipality in Limestone County. (Act 90­320, p. 435, §§ 1, 2.)