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AL Code § 45-10-201.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Commissioner.|Section 45-10-201.07 - Compensation.

Section 45-10-201.07Compensation. Repealed by Act 2006-382, §1, effective April 14, 2006. (Act 92-382, p. 782, §7; Act 2003-260, p. 625, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-10-230 - Expense Allowance; Salary Increase.

Section 45-10-230Expense allowance; salary increase. (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County shall receive an additional expense allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the sheriff. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, the expense allowance paid to the sheriff as provided in subsection (a) shall expire. In lieu thereof, the sheriff shall receive an additional compensation of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. The compensation shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits received. (c) The expense allowance and salary increase provided in this section shall be inoperative if the sheriff receives an additional expense allowance or salary increase pursuant to general law during the current term of office or effective upon the beginning of the next term of office which is equal to or greater than the amount provided by this section. (Act 95-499, p. 1005, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-10-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-10-230.01 - Salary; Executive Level Training.

Section 45-10-230.01Salary; executive level training. (a)(1) Effective beginning with the next term of office, the Sheriff of Cherokee County shall receive an annual salary that is 60 percent of the annual salary of the District Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2). (2) Subdivision (1) does not apply if the result would be a reduction in the annual salary of the sheriff. (b) Effective beginning with the next term of office, the Sheriff of Cherokee County shall annually complete a minimum of 12 hours of executive level training approved by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. (Act 2021-156, §§2-4.)
AL Code § 45-10-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-10-232 - Fee; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund.

Section 45-10-232Fee; Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. (a) In Cherokee 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 ten dollars ($10) for an individual age 65 and over and twenty dollars ($20) for an individual under age 65. The fees shall be collected by the sheriff and used for law enforcement purposes in the county. (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Cherokee County in any bank located in Cherokee County selected by the sheriff, into a fund known as the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. (c) The Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund as provided in subsection (b) shall be drawn upon by the Sheriff of Cherokee County or his or her appointed agent and shall be exclusively for law enforcement purposes in the public 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 funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other imbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. (Act 87-433, p. 643, §§1-4; Act 96-633, p. 1006, §1; Act 2003-327, p. 805, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Retirement.|Section 45-10-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement.

Section 45-10-233Receipt of badge, pistol, etc., upon retirement.  Any person employed as a law enforcement officer by the Sheriff's Office of Cherokee County for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the office in good standing may receive from the office, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and his or her service pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the office. (Act 2013-418, p. 1670, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Stolen, Abandon, and Unclaimed Property, Sale Of|Section 45-10-234 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage.

Section 45-10-234THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County shall keep and maintain a record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff's office. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, and the serial or other identifying number of the property. The records shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. (b) All abandoned or stolen property recovered by the sheriff's office shall be stored in a suitable place to protect the property from deterioration. (Act 2018-79, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-234.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 5 - Stolen, Abandon, and Unclaimed Property, Sale Of|Section 45-10-234.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property.

Section 45-10-234.03Notice and sale of stolen or abandoned property. (a) As often as necessary, the sheriff shall sell at public auction, including an Internet auction, to the highest bidder all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms, which has been recovered by the sheriff's office and has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a six-month period. (b) Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Cherokee County once a week for two successive weeks or by posting notice in a conspicuous place at the Cherokee County Courthouse and by posting on the sheriff's office website for a period of at least 20 days. The notice shall contain the place, date, and time of each auction and a general description of items of personal property to be sold at the auction. If publication of notice is made in the newspaper, the first notice shall run at least 20 days prior to the auction. (Act 2018-79, §4.)
AL Code § 45-10-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 6 - Fees.|Section 45-10-235 - Fingerprinting Fee.

Section 45-10-235Fingerprinting fee. (a) The Sheriff of Cherokee County may charge a fee of up to fifty dollars ($50) for fingerprinting persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons; however, a fee may not be charged if the fingerprinting is performed for law enforcement purposes. The fee provided by this section shall not apply to a person applying for a pistol permit. (b) The fees collected shall be paid over to the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund in Cherokee County to be used for law enforcement purposes available upon requisition of the sheriff. (c) The charging of a fee for fingerprinting persons and the payment of the fees to the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund in Cherokee County for law enforcement purposes prior to August 1, 2020, are ratified, validated, and confirmed. (Act 2020-185, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-10-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Redemption of Lands.|Section 45-10-240 - Procedure for Selling and Redeeming Lands.

Section 45-10-240Procedure for selling and redeeming lands. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Cherokee County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the revenue commissioner of the county, and the judge of probate shall be relieved of all such duties. (Act 90-462, p. 654, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-10-241.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.|Section 45-10-241.01 - Budgetary Operations and Functions; Financing of Office.

Section 45-10-241.01Budgetary operations and functions; financing of office. (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Cherokee County is hereby authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of the office. Hereafter, the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes collected in the county. The funds collected by the revenue commissioner's office shall be deposited into a separate county fund hereby created which shall be named the Revenue Commissioner's Operational Fund. This section is not intended to affect any other county office of Cherokee County. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. Is shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating the revenue commissioner's office in Cherokee County; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 91-436, p. 775, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-10-241.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.|Section 45-10-241.02 - Salary.

Section 45-10-241.02Salary. (a) Effective beginning the next term of office, the Revenue Commissioner of Cherokee County shall receive an annual salary that is 85 percent of the annual salary of the Judge of Probate of Cherokee County, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b). (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the result would be a reduction in the annual salary of the revenue commission. (Act 2021-156, §§1, 4.)
AL Code § 45-10-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem|Section 45-10-242 - Authorization to Increase Ad Valorem School Tax.

Section 45-10-242Authorization to increase ad valorem school tax. In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Cherokee County Commission is hereby authorized to increase the countywide ad valorem school tax presently being levied by 10 mills on each one hundred dollars ($100) worth of taxable property in Cherokee County. Such 10 mill increase in ad valorem tax shall be levied and collected by the governing body of Cherokee County for each year beginning with the levy for the tax year October 1, 1989, to September 30, 1990 (the tax for which year will be due and payable October 1, 1990) and ending with the levy for the tax year October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009 (the tax for which year will be due and payable October 1, 2009) for public school purposes with the proceeds from such increase to be expended at the direction of the county school board; provided, that the aforesaid increased rate of such tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of Cherokee County, and voted for by a majority of those voting at a special election that shall be held on May 30, 1989, to be called and held in accordance with the law governing special elections. (Act 89-719, p. 1442, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-245 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245 - Imposition of Tax.

Section 45-10-245Imposition of tax. (a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Cherokee County a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: (1) Nine cents ($.09) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Three cents ($.03) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (3) Nine cents ($.09) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which is prepared in such a manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Nine cents ($.09) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking as described in subdivision (3) of this section. (5) Nine cents ($.09) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (6) Fifteen cents ($.15) for each package of tobacco paper, both gummed and ungummed. (b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other taxes heretofore imposed by law. (c) Provided, however, when the license tax hereby required to be paid shall have been paid by a wholesaler or seller of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, such payment shall be sufficient, the intent being that such license tax hereby required to be paid shall be paid but once on each package of cigarettes and on each cigar. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.

Section 45-10-245.01Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Commencing August 1, 1989, there is levied on every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Cherokee County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and the tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Cherokee County in the business for which the tax is hereby levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser the amount due on account of the tax herein provided or to refund or offer to refund all or any part of the amount collected or to absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §2.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.02 - Tobacco Stamps.

Section 45-10-245.02Tobacco stamps. The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax. In accordance with Section 40-25-2(q), in the event the aforementioned tobacco stamps are not available, for affixing to tobacco products packages and containers, or by the authority of a duly promulgated regulation eliminating the requirement of affixing stamps, the Commissioner of Revenue may require a monthly report in lieu of stamps to report the amount of tax due. The monthly report shall be in a form approved by the Commissioner of Revenue and adopted by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Title 41, Chapter 22. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §3.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.03 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 45-10-245.03Rules and regulations. The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §4.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.04 - Application of Department of Revenue Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

Section 45-10-245.04Application of Department of Revenue laws, rules, and regulations. All laws and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this part as fully as if set out herein. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §5.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.05 - Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 45-10-245.05Disposition of proceeds. The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue into the county general fund of Cherokee County. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §6.)
AL Code § 45-10-245.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 6 - Tax, Tobacco.|Section 45-10-245.06 - Construction and Application.

Section 45-10-245.06Construction and application. (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of such counties which are actually resold or reshipped. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §7.)
AL Code § 45-10-260 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 1 - Wiind Energy Conversion Systems.|Section 45-10-260 - Applicability.

Section 45-10-260Applicability.  This part shall only apply in Cherokee County. (Act 2014-190, p. 577, §1.)
AL Code § 45-10-260.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 1 - Wiind Energy Conversion Systems.|Section 45-10-260.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-10-260.01Definitions.  For the purposes of this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DECIBEL. The unit of measure for sound pressure using dBA scale. (2) FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. Any assurance provided in accordance with acceptable financial assurance instruments, which include an escrow account, performance bond, or cash. (3) LICENSED ENGINEER. A professional engineer licensed by the State of Alabama. (4) LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. The Cherokee County Commission or a city or town council of a municipality or town located in Cherokee County within whose limits a wind energy conversion system is proposed to be constructed, maintained, or operated. (5) MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC CONTROLS. Devices that give protection to power grids and limit rotation of the blades to below the designed limits of the conversion system. (6) WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM or SYSTEM. Any device such as a wind charger, windmill, or wind turbine that is designed to convert wind energy to a form of usable energy for the sole purpose of resale. (Act 2014-190, p. 577, §2.)
AL Code § 45-10-260.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 10 - Cherokee County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 1 - Wiind Energy Conversion Systems.|Section 45-10-260.02 - Permit Required.

Section 45-10-260.02Permit required.  (a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter, operate, or locate a wind energy conversion system in Cherokee County without first obtaining a permit from a local governing body of Cherokee County. (b) The property upon which the wind energy conversion system is proposed to be located shall be appropriately zoned by the respective municipal council or county commission, if applicable. (c) In the event a municipality elects to regulate wind energy conversion systems within the corporate limits of the municipality, the regulations of the municipality shall govern. (Act 2014-190, p. 577, §3.)