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AL Code § 45-31-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 2 - Personnel, Additional.|Section 45-31-121 - Mappers, Clerical Personnel, Etc.

Section 45-31-121Mappers, clerical personnel, etc. The County Commission of Geneva County shall act in conjunction with the civil service personnel board of the county to employ personnel as appraisers, mappers, clerical personnel to carry out the appraisal, mapping, and valuation of property in the county, and other additional county personnel deemed necessary by the county commission. (Act 99-310, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 3 - Transfer of Employees to New Personnel System.|Section 45-31-122 - Transfers to New County Personnel System.

Section 45-31-122Transfers to new county personnel system.  Upon the effective date of a new county personnel system adopted by the Geneva County Commission, the employees of Geneva County on that date under the existing civil service system shall be transferred in their status to the new personnel system, and Parts 1 and 2 of this article, providing for the existing civil service system in the county, are repealed. (Act 2020-139, §1; Act 2021-177, §1(b)(5).)
AL Code § 45-31-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 1 - Emergency Telephone Service Districts.|Section 45-31-140 - Failure to Identify Property.

Section 45-31-140Failure to identify property. Any person residing in or owning property in an unincorporated area of Geneva County who fails to identify his or her property pursuant to the regulations or requirements of the board of commissioners of the communications district created pursuant to Chapter 98 of Title 11 shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25). (Act 97-904, p. 289, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-31-141.01Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The board of directors of a district established pursuant to this article. (2) COUNTY. Geneva County. (3) DISTRICT. The district created under this article for establishing and maintaining a system for fighting or preventing fires and performing recognized scopes of practice of emergency services. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §2.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.02 - Establishment of Fire Protection Districts.

Section 45-31-141.02Establishment of fire protection districts. Any area situated entirely within the county may be established as a district for fighting fires pursuant to this article. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall be included in the district unless the municipality adopts a resolution to be included in the district. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or impede the right or ability of a municipality to provide fire protection within its corporate limits or its police jurisdiction. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §3.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.03 - Petition for Election.

Section 45-31-141.03Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question or questions on which the petition requests an election. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (b) The petition shall contain a map and description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article and the petition shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: "Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? Yes ( ) No ( )" (c) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of a district may change the name of a district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of the resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board. (d) The petition for election on the establishment of a district may be accompanied by a petition for an election on the question of levying a proposed service charge or fee which last named petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors residing within the proposed district. A petition for an election on the establishment of a district shall be deemed to be accompanied by a petition for an election on the question of levying a proposed service charge or fee and a petition for an election on the question of the proposed composition of the board, if the request for the election on the proposed district, the request for the election proposed service charge or fee, and the request for an election on the proposed composition of the board are combined in a single petition. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §4.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.04 - Time of Election.

Section 45-31-141.04Time of election. (a) When a petition for the holding of any election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election is held. (b) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the order with the costs assumed by the district requesting the special election. (c) This section shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §5.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.05 - Application of Election Laws.

Section 45-31-141.05Application of election laws. The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election for a fire district. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §6.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.06 - Notice of Election.

Section 45-31-141.06Notice of election. The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under Section 45-31-141.03 or Section 45-31-141.12 by publishing for three weeks at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed for the election the questions to be voted on shall be submitted to the electors of the territory. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §7.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.07 - Payment of Election Costs.

Section 45-31-141.07Payment of election costs. Where an election is held on the question of the establishment of a district, the governing body of the county shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. The district shall pay the expense of any special election held on behalf of the district. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §8.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.08 - Approval by Voters.

Section 45-31-141.08Approval by voters. No district shall be created unless the creation thereof is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the votes cast at the election, the proposed district shall be created and shall constitute a public corporation. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §9.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.09 - Board of Directors.

Section 45-31-141.09Board of directors. (a) The affairs and business of each district shall be managed by a board of directors composed of seven members. The initial members shall consist of seven members from the existing board of directors of the volunteer fire department serving the district. No person shall serve on the board unless the person is a qualified elector and resides in the district and is over the age of 21. Members of the board of directors of a district shall serve a term of four years; provided, however, that the initial terms shall be as follows: Of the seven members first elected, two shall be elected for a term of one year, two shall be elected for a term of two years, and three shall be elected for a term of four years. Their successors shall be elected from among those candidates who are nominated from the floor at the annual meeting of the district. The members of the board of the district shall be elected at the annual meeting by secret ballot of the district from among persons nominated. Any person who is a qualified elector and a resident of the district may vote on the election of the board of directors of a district. (c) The board shall elect annually from its own number a president, secretary, and a treasurer. The members of the board shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services, but they shall be entitled to reimbursement for all expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §10.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.10 - Powers of District; Bylaws.

Section 45-31-141.10Powers of district; bylaws. (a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) To sue or be sued. (2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. (3) To acquire, hold, and dispose of property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, or interests therein and to pay therefor in cash or credit, and to secure and procure payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof on such terms and conditions as the board shall determine. (4) To acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve a system or systems. (5) To pledge all or any part of its revenues, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, all or any part of its property for the purpose of securing the payment of the principal of and interest on any of its obligations. (6) To sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber or dispose of all or any part of its property, as hereinafter provided. (7) To contract debts, borrow money, and to issue or assume the payment of obligations. (8) To levy and collect service charges or fees, as herein provided, subject to the limitations prescribed in this article. (9) To provide refunds of overpaid service charges and fees previously collected by the district and to otherwise correct errors made in assessment or collection of service charges and fees. (10) To terminate the assessment and collection of service charges and fees upon the withdrawal of a property owner from the district as provided herein. (11) To employ agents, servants, and attorneys. (12) To enter into mutual assistance agreements and response and coverage agreements with municipalities and other governmental and public entities. (13) To perform any and all of the foregoing acts and to do any and all foregoing things under, through, or by means of its own officers, agents, and employees, or by contracts with any person, federal agency, or municipality. (b) This article shall constitute the articles of incorporation of the public corporation; however, the board shall adopt bylaws for the governance of the district. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §11.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.12 - Approval of Service Charge or Fee.

Section 45-31-141.12Approval of service charge or fee. (a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless the same has first been approved by the majority of the votes cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors residing within the district, or within the proposed district. (b) An election on the question levying a service charge or fee in a proposed district may be held at the same time that the election is held on the creation of the district; provided that the petition for the election on the question of the service charge or fee accompanies the petition for the election on the establishment of the proposed district as provided herein. An election on the question of a service charge or fee may be held upon the board of the district submitting to the judge of probate a petition for an election as provided. The board shall file in the office of the judge of probate a petition that he or she call an election in the district on the question of whether the service charge or fee proposed should be levied. No election shall be required to refund overpaid service charges or fees to correct errors in the assessment thereof or to terminate the assessment and collection thereof upon withdrawal of a property owner from a district as provided herein, all of which shall be effectuated by written authorization of the president of the board. (c) The petition shall state specially the charge or fee for which it is proposed to be levied. The petition may request that an election be held on more than one proposed charge or fee. Upon the petition being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held within the time provided for by this article. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §13.)
AL Code § 45-31-141.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.|Section 45-31-141.13 - Abolition of District.

Section 45-31-141.13Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for by this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness. All assets and equipment shall go to the Geneva County Volunteer Firefighters Association. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district within the time provided, at which the qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a majority of the votes cast at the election, the district shall be abolished. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §14.)
AL Code § 45-31-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-31-230 - Salary.

Section 45-31-230Salary. Commencing with the next term of office beginning January 1999, the Sheriff of Geneva County shall receive an annual salary of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000), in lieu of any and all salary now provided by law. (Act 97-526, p. 920, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-230.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-31-230.01 - Salary and Expense Allowance.

Section 45-31-230.01Salary and expense allowance. (a) In Geneva County, the total compensation, including salary and expense allowance, paid to the sheriff prior to May 24, 2013, is hereby ratified and confirmed as the proper compensation for the sheriff, and shall continue as the sheriff's compensation, including salary and expense allowance, plus the sheriff shall be entitled to any additional increases in compensation provided by Section 11-2A-4(a). Any compensation being paid as expense allowance on May 24, 2013, shall convert to salary beginning at the next term of office of the sheriff. (b) When the sheriff serving on May 24, 2013, vacates office, this section shall become null and void and shall be repealed. (Act 2013-410, §1, 3.)
AL Code § 45-31-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Pistol Permits.|Section 45-31-232 - Fees; Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-31-232Fees; disposition of funds. In Geneva County, the total fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol as provided by Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year. Fifteen dollars ($15) of the amount shall be paid to the sheriff’s department to be used for law enforcement purposes and five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the county commission for the county general fund. The fee provided by this section shall be in lieu of all other pistol permit fees required by law. (Act 94-461, p. 717, §1; Act 2012-449, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Employees.|Section 45-31-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement.

Section 45-31-233Receipt of badge, pistol, etc., upon retirement. Any law enforcement officer employed by the Geneva County Sheriff's Office for 10 years or more who retires from the office in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, provided the pistol is furnished by the office. (Act 2020-136, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax. Tobacco.|Section 45-31-242 - Levy of Tax.

Section 45-31-242Levy of tax. (a) The Geneva County Commission is hereby authorized to impose upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Geneva County a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: (1) Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Two cents ($0.02) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, with the exception of the cigarette sized or near cigarette sized cigars which may be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes under subdivision (1). (3) Two cents ($0.02) 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 are prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Three cents ($0.03) 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). (5) Three cents ($0.03) for each can, bottle, glass, tumbler, package, or other container of snuff made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (b) The privilege, license, or excise tax shall be in addition to all other federal, state, or local 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 87-415, p. 611, §1.)
AL Code § 45-31-242.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax. Tobacco.|Section 45-31-242.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.

Section 45-31-242.01Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Upon adoption of a resolution by the Geneva County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose in Geneva 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 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 like 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. (Act 87-415, p. 611, §2.)
AL Code § 45-31-242.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 3 - Tax. Tobacco.|Section 45-31-242.02 - Violations.

Section 45-31-242.02Violations. It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in Geneva 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 absorb or advertise directly or indirectly the absorption of the tax or any portion thereof. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association violating this section shall be guilty of a violation, 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 87-415, p. 611, §3.)