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AL Code § 45-45-175 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 6 - Tank Farms.|Section 45-45-175 - Location - Proximity to Existing Schools.

Section 45-45-175Location - Proximity to existing schools. (a)(1) In Madison County, no petroleum product tank farm may be constructed within one and one-half miles of any existing school. In addition, the site shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by either resolution of the municipal governing body or compliance with applicable zoning laws if located within the corporate limits of a municipality. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term petroleum product tank farm means a terminal for the storage of gasoline, diesel fuel, or jet fuel in large quantities greater than 200,000 gallons for loading into tanker trucks. (b) For any violation outside a municipality, the Madison County Commission shall seek injunctive or remedial relief for any violation of this section as may exist under the general laws of Alabama. For any violation within a municipality, the municipality shall seek injunctive or remedial relief for any violation of this section as may exist under the general laws of Alabama.  (Act 2001-107, p. 128, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-175.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 6 - Tank Farms.|Section 45-45-175.01 - Location - Proximity to Fire Department.

Section 45-45-175.01Location - Proximity to fire department. (a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by either resolution of the municipal governing body or by compliance with applicable zoning laws if located within the corporate limits of a municipality. The petroleum product tank farm operator shall provide periodic training and fire protection equipment to the fire department staff, at no cost, for specific risks of fire and spills that could occur. In addition, the petroleum product tank farm operator shall do all of the following: a. Include all fire protection equipment required by the National Fire Protection Association Code for petroleum products terminals. b. Participate in a mutual aid group within the community to train with and assist in emergencies that could occur at similar facilities. c. Be designed to contain spills on the petroleum tank farm property. d. Maintain an emergency response plan that would address fire and petroleum spill hazards. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term petroleum product tank farm means a terminal for the storage of gasoline, diesel fuel, or jet fuel in quantities over 1,000,000 gallons for loading into tanker trucks. (b) For any violation outside a municipality, the Madison County Commission shall seek injunctive or remedial relief for any violation of this section as may exist under the general laws of Alabama. For any violation within a municipality, the municipality shall seek injunctive or remedial relief for any violation of this section as may exist under the general laws of Alabama.  (Act 2001-108, p. 129, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - Fees.|Section 45-45-200 - Boat Licenses.

Section 45-45-200Boat licenses. The License Commissioner of Madison County is hereby authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee in an amount not exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing such licenses.  (Act 85-315, p. 221, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-200.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 1 - Fees.|Section 45-45-200.01 - Special Issuance Fee.

Section 45-45-200.01Special issuance fee. (a)(1) In Madison County, the county commission is authorized to impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed seventy-five cents ($.75) to be collected by the license director on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manufactured home registration, business license application, or other instrument registered or application applied for in the office of the license director. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges provided by law. All special issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited by the license director in any depository in the county designated by the county governing body. (2) The fee authorized by this section shall be set by the Madison County Commission, by resolution of the commission, adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting. (b) The issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be expended at the discretion of the license director for the preservation and storage of motor vehicle registrations, boat registrations, and business licenses as prescribed by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and for the purchase, installation, improvement, development, and maintenance of a computerized system for issuing registrations and any other instruments in the office of License Director of Madison County. No funds from the fees may be used for automobile purchases or leases. (c) The license director may retain all or parts of motor vehicle records, boat records, manufactured home records, or business license records utilizing disks, or other acceptable methods for record storage, or any combination thereof, or may continue to use microfilm to retain records in the county. Records retained by microfilm or disks shall constitute official records of the license director. All funds collected for copies and certifications from the records shall be paid to the county general fund. (d) This section is cumulative. This section shall not alter or change an existing law relating to charges and fees collected by the License Director of Madison County.  (Act 2005-143, p. 247, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 45-45-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201 - Creation.

Section 45-45-201Creation. In Madison County there is hereby created a county license department. The county license department is hereinafter referred to as the department.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 2; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.01 - Director - Election; Term; Vacancies.

Section 45-45-201.01Director - Election; term; vacancies. Upon written notification to the county commission by the director of the department holding office on April 13, 1998, of the director’s intention to retire on a future specified date, a succeeding director of the department shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county at the next countywide election and every six years thereafter. The director shall serve for a term of six years. Any vacancy in the office of the director of the department, because of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The appointee shall serve as director until the end of the unexpired term of the previously elected director.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 3; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.02 - Director - Salary.

Section 45-45-201.02Director - Salary. The salary of the director of the department shall be in the same amount and payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Madison County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 4; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.03 - Director - Oath; Bond.

Section 45-45-201.03Director - Oath; bond. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the director of the department shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall enter into bond conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned. The bond shall be in a sum as may be prescribed by the governing body of the county. The bonds shall be approved by the county governing body and filed with and recorded by the judge of probate of the county and may be made by a surety company or surety companies authorized by their charters to execute official bonds, provided they are qualified to do business in this state, or the bond may be made with individual sureties or banks or other corporations qualified to do business in this state and authorized under their charters to make bonds. All premiums on the bonds shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.04 - Office Space, Stationery, Supplies, Etc.

Section 45-45-201.04Office space, stationery, supplies, etc. Suitable office space, and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office, shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the director of the department, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires to be furnished by the State Department of Revenue, the State Department of Finance, or the Comptroller.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.05 - Deputy Director.

Section 45-45-201.05Deputy director. The director of the department may appoint a deputy director of the department, who shall perform duties as the director may prescribe, and who, in the absence of the director, shall have the same powers and authority herein granted to the director of the department. The director of the department also may appoint a sufficient number of clerks and assistants properly to perform the duties of the office. Their compensation shall be fixed by the county governing body and paid out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as the salaries of other county employees are paid.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.06 - Duties.

Section 45-45-201.06Duties. It shall be the duty of the director of the department to collect for and issue all licenses for motor vehicles, motor vehicle licenses, temporary instruction permits to drive motor vehicles, and any and all other licenses, which are now or may hereafter be required by law to be issued, collected for, and paid to the State of Alabama or the counties thereof in connection with motor vehicles and for exercising any right or privilege in connection therewith for which a license is now or may hereafter be required; and to collect for and issue all other licenses, except marriage licenses, which are now required or which may hereafter be required by law to be collected for and issued by judges of probate.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.09 - License Procedures by Mail; Fees; Forms.

Section 45-45-201.09License procedures by mail; fees; forms. The Director of the Madison County License Department shall charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each motor vehicle license tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. The additional fee shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehicle with his or her mailed request for license tags, and the fees collected by the director of the department shall be paid into the general fund of the county. The actual expense of mailing application forms to the owners of motor vehicles and of mailing tags as hereinabove provided shall be paid from the general fund of the county upon proper warrant signed by the director of the department and approved by the county governing body as provided by law. All the forms necessary in the administration of this part shall be furnished by the State Department of Revenue.  (Act 96–794, p. 1495, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.10 - Alternative Procedures.

Section 45-45-201.10Alternative procedures. (a) The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, and alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes and to receive his or her tag in person without the payment of the additional fee hereinabove provided. (b) Every purchaser of a motor vehicle shall within 10 days after transfer of title to him or her, have the transfer of title made on the records contained in the office of the judge of probate; should the purchaser fail to so do he or she shall pay to the director of the motor vehicle license department the sum of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) as a penalty; this penalty shall be remitted by the director to the county general fund.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.11 - Transfer of Duties - Judge of Probate.

Section 45-45-201.11Transfer of duties - Judge of probate. Any and all duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of judges of probate with reference to the registration, sale, and distribution of tags for motor vehicles, the issuance of motor vehicle drivers licenses and temporary instruction permits, and the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles, and the collection and issuance of all other licenses, except marriage licenses, shall be performed by the director of the department, and the director of the department shall be entitled to collect all fees, commissions, charges, penalties, and allowances now or hereafter fixed by law for judges of probate to collect in connection with the performance of those duties, and the judge of probate is relieved from any and all duties, liabilities, and responsibilities in reference thereto. The fees, commissions, charges, penalties, and allowances collected by the director of the department in connection with the performance of the duties hereinabove enumerated shall be distributed as now, or as hereinafter, provided by law, either general or local. All records in the custody of the judge of probate relating to the duties herein imposed on the director of the department, upon September 17, 1971, shall be delivered to the director of the department for the county.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.12 - Transfer of Duties - Tax Assessor, Tax Collector.

Section 45-45-201.12Transfer of duties - Tax assessor, tax collector. All duties required by law of the tax assessor and tax collector of any county to which this part applies, with reference to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed and exercised by the director of the department; and the tax assessor and the tax collector of the county are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities in reference thereto. The State Department of Revenue shall furnish the director of the department all forms and blanks necessary for the assessment and collection of such taxes.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.13 - Fees, Charges, Penalties, and Commissions.

Section 45-45-201.13Fees, charges, penalties, and commissions. The director of the department shall collect for the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the tax assessor and tax collector for the same services. The fees, charges, penalties, and commissions collected by the director of the department shall be paid into the general fund of the county.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.14 - Election to Come Under Part; Resolution.

Section 45-45-201.14Election to come under part; resolution. This part shall become effective in Madison County only upon a writing subscribed to by the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and the tax collector requesting to come under this part and upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or other like governing body of the county, wherein the county elects to come under this part. The resolution, together with the proceedings had in connection with the passage thereof, shall be entered in the minute book of the county governing body and copies of the resolution, duly certified to by the chair or presiding officer of the county governing body, shall be forthwith forwarded by the chair or presiding officer of the county governing body to the State Department of Revenue, the State Department of Finance, the Comptroller, and to the judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector of the county, and copy of the resolution shall also forthwith be published in a newspaper published in the county once a week for four consecutive weeks. Should the county governing body desire to withdraw from the provisions thereof, it may do so by resolution to this effect unanimously adopted by the county governing body. The resolution shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body of the county and copies thereof, duly certified to by the chair or presiding officer of the county governing body, forthwith be forwarded to the State Department of Revenue, the State Department of Finance, the Comptroller, and the judge of probate, tax collector, and tax assessor of the county. Notice of the action of the county governing body in withdrawing from this part shall also be given forthwith by publication of the resolution in a newspaper published in the county once a week for four consecutive weeks. Provided, however, the action of the governing body to withdraw from this part shall be void unless the tax assessor, tax collector, and the judge of probate have first received notice in writing from the county governing body of the anticipated effective date of withdrawal, which date shall be not sooner than one year from the 1st day of October next to come.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.15 - Applicability and Operation of Part.

Section 45-45-201.15Applicability and operation of part. This part shall immediately apply and become effective in the county upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of the county, whereby it elects to come within this part; provided, however, that the governing body, if it deems it advisable for the purpose of properly establishing the department and allowing the personnel to plan and become familiar with the work thereof, may expend such funds as necessary to set up the department and pay the director and personnel during that period but to delay the actual date when the department is officially put into operation within the county to perform the duties and exercise the powers herein provided.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.16 - Purpose.

Section 45-45-201.16Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of the foregoing sections of this part to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better service to the people of the county, by incorporating in one county office the assessment and collection of all taxes on motor vehicles and the issuance of all licenses with the exceptions herein provided.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.17 - License Inspector - Created.

Section 45-45-201.17License inspector - Created. Any other provisions of law notwithstanding, there is hereby created the position of license inspector for the county.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 19.)
AL Code § 45-45-201.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 2 - License Department.|Section 45-45-201.18 - License Inspector - Director of License Department.

Section 45-45-201.18License inspector - Director of license department. The license inspector for the county shall be the director of the county license department.  (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 20.)
AL Code § 45-45-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.|Part 3 - Noncollectible Payments.|Section 45-45-202 - Voiding of License for Invalid Payment.

Section 45-45-202Voiding of license for invalid payment. (a) In cases where a personal check given for licenses, motor vehicle registrations, manufactured home instruments, or any other instruments is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the Madison County License Director shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license, motor vehicle registration, manufactured home instrument, or other instrument in question. In the event that the license, motor vehicle registration, manufactured home instrument, or other instrument cannot be retrieved, the license director shall so state and that statement shall constitute authorization to void any license, motor vehicle registration, manufactured home instrument, or other instrument in question. Once the license or instrument has been voided, the license director shall receive credit for the cost of the license plus the issuance fee. The appropriate state office shall mark the records pertaining to the voided license and, upon inquiry by law enforcement agencies, shall notify the agencies that the party in question is operating under a voided license, motor vehicle registration, manufactured home instrument, or any other instrument. All violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with current law. (b) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to such matters; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.  (Act 2009-598, p. 1757, §§ 2, 3.)