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AL Code § 45-14-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-14-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-14-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Clay County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Clay 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or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment.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 § 45-14-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-14-40 - Branch Banks Authorized.

Section 45-14-40Branch banks authorized. Any bank, either incorporated or unincorporated, which is established in Clay County, shall have the power to establish, to maintain, and to operate within the same city or town or within other communities in Clay County, one or more branches or branch banks, branch offices, branch agencies, additional offices, or branch places of business for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, lending of money, and the conduct of a general banking business, provided that such bank, before establishment of any such branch or branches, shall first secure the written consent of the State Superintendent of Banks or the Comptroller of the currency, as the case may require. (Act 87-320, p. 435, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-40.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-14-40.01 - Interest Rates for Public Deposits.

Section 45-14-40.01Interest rates for public deposits. Repealed by Act 2007-276, p. 376, §1, effective September 1, 2007.
AL Code § 45-14-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-14-50 - Office Abolished.

Section 45-14-50Office abolished. In Clay County the office of constable shall be abolished, pursuant to Section 36-23-1. All assets, money, property, real or personal, equipment and supplies belonging to such office shall be transferred to the county governing body for use or disposition as it shall deem proper for the county. (Act 88-431, p. 632, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-14-60 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-14-60Expense allowance. In Clay County, the coroner shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, to be paid monthly out of the general fund of the county. The expense allowance provided in this section shall be in addition to the payment of the actual and necessary expenses of the coroner for the operation of the office. The expenses shall be paid and supplies requisitioned in the same manner as other county officers. (Act 2001-553, p. 1118, §§1, 2; Act 2010-197, p. 299, §1; Act 2011-325, p. 600, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-14-70 - Relief From Repayment of Certain Obligations.

Section 45-14-70Relief from repayment of certain obligations. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Clay County Commission is relieved from any obligation to transfer funds from the general funds of the county to the county special revenue funds in order to repay the special revenue funds as a result of transfers to the general fund on or before September 30, 1987.  (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any transfer of funds from special revenue funds to the general fund of the county prior to September 30, 1987, to the extent that special revenue funds have not been reimbursed prior to June 7, 2007, are ratified and confirmed.  (c) The provisions of this section shall be retroactive to the date of the transfer of any special revenue funds to the county general fund.  (Act 2007-344, p. 613, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-14-70.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-14-70.01 - Relief From Repayment of Certain Obligations After September 30, 1987.

Section 45-14-70.01Relief from repayment of certain obligations after September 30, 1987. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Clay County Commission is relieved from any obligation to transfer funds from the General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund of the county to the county special revenue funds in order to repay the special revenue funds as a result of transfers to the General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund on or after September 30, 1987, until May 16, 2008. (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any transfer of funds from special revenue funds to the General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund of the county after September 30, 1987, to the extent that special revenue funds have not been reimbursed prior to May 16, 2008, are ratified and confirmed. (c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall be retroactive to the date of the transfer of any special revenue funds to the county General Fund and Road and Bridge Fund. (Act 2008-435, p. 836, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-14-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-14-71 - Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, and Other Petroleum Products to Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads.

Section 45-14-71Sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products to volunteer fire departments and rescue squads. In Clay County, the Clay County Commission may sell gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products to any volunteer fire departments and rescue squads serving the county. The gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum products may only be used for the official business of any volunteer fire department or rescue squad. (Act 2013-358, p. 1287, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130 - Duties of County Commission; Emergency Situations.

Section 45-14-130Duties of county commission; emergency situations. In addition to all other authority now vested in the Clay County Commission, the commission shall be authorized to set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within the county, to insure a safe and adequate road system, upon a resolution duly passed and a public hearing thereon. It shall be the further duty of each associate member of the commission to inspect the roads of his or her district from time to time, and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the same to the commission with his or her recommendations; to advise with the county engineer concerning the problems of his or her district, particularly; and to assist in securing rights-of-ways, and assist in public service generally. It shall be the duty of the county engineer to provide the necessary equipment and personnel to respond to any request of an emergency nature made by an associate member of the commission or any citizen in the absence of a commissioner wherever and whenever an emergency shall arise.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.01 - Appointment of County Engineer; Qualifications.

Section 45-14-130.01Appointment of county engineer; qualifications. The county commission shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer not required to be a land surveyor, but otherwise possessing all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama; and he or she shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the maintenance and construction of the county public roads, highways, bridges, ferries, and other county engineering projects and shall, during his or her employment, reside in Clay County, Alabama. The county engineer shall serve at the pleasure of the Clay County Commission.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §2.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.02 - Powers and Duties.

Section 45-14-130.02Powers and duties. It shall be the duty of the county engineer, in accordance with policy established by the commission, within the law of the State of Alabama to: (1) employ, supervise, and direct all such assistants as are necessary to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of Clay County, and he or she shall have authority to prescribe their duties, and to discharge employees for cause; (2) perform such engineering service and surveying as may be required; (3) maintain the necessary accounting records to reflect the cost of the county highway system; (4) in accordance with the policies and priorities established by the commission, to build or construct new roads, or change old roads; (5) to locate within the various districts of the county the necessary equipment to perform routine maintenance of all public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries on a continuing basis; and (6) it shall be his or her further duty, insofar as is feasible, to construct and maintain all county roads on the basis of the county as a unit, without regard to any district or beat lines. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §3.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.03 - Wages and Salaries for Necessary Labor.

Section 45-14-130.03Wages and salaries for necessary labor. It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities; and the wage or salary scale shall not be exceeded by the engineer in the employment of labor and assistants. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §4.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.04 - Compensation of Engineer.

Section 45-14-130.04Compensation of engineer. The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from appropriate road and highway funds. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §5.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.05 - Surety Bond.

Section 45-14-130.05Surety bond. Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable to Clay County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and for the faithful accounting of all monies or property of the county, which may come into his or her possession or custody. The bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized and qualified to do business in Alabama, and be approved by the commission. The premiums shall be paid by the county.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §6.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.06 - Office Space; Equipment; Transportation.

Section 45-14-130.06Office space; equipment; transportation. The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and with necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §7.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.07 - Accountability for Machinery, Equipment, etc.; Inventory.

Section 45-14-130.07Accountability for machinery, equipment, etc.; inventory. The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by the county, and shall be accountable to the commission for the same at all times. The commission shall establish necessary policy and regulations governing accountability and relief therefrom. The commission shall furnish the necessary storage and repair facilities for tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment; and the county engineer shall keep on file in his or her office, at all times, an up-to-date inventory containing a list of all tools, machinery, equipment, and supplies belonging to the county. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §8.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.08 - Expenditure of Funds; Authorization of Funding.

Section 45-14-130.08Expenditure of funds; authorization of funding. The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of such funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, ferries, or any other duties for the county as may be set aside and appropriated by the commission as hereinafter provided; it shall be the duty of the commission at some meeting in September of each calendar year or not later than the first meeting in October following, by order or resolution spread upon the minutes, to fix and determine the amount of funds which will be available for the purpose of building, maintaining, and constructing public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county for the current fiscal year, beginning on October 1st, which amount, other than the salary of the county engineer and his or her necessary expenses, shall not be exceeded by him or her in building, maintaining, and constructing public roads, bridges, and ferries in the county during the period; provided, however, that the commission is authorized, from time to time within any such period, to increase the amount so allowed to be expended by the county engineer during the period, when such authorization will not conflict with provisions of the general laws of the state. Provided further, that if such funds are presently available, and have not heretofore been set aside by the present county commission, immediately upon the effective date, it shall be the duty of the commission to set aside a sufficient portion of the funds for the maintenance of the roads, bridges, and ferries until the meeting in September or October 1987, as hereinabove provided for.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §9.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.09 - Requisitions; Powers and Duties of County Purchasing Agent.

Section 45-14-130.09Requisitions; powers and duties of county purchasing agent. The county engineer shall make written requisition to the county purchasing agent for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of the county. Such requisitions shall be filed and presented by the chairman to the commission at its next meeting, for the approval of the commission. Provided, however, that the county purchasing agent shall have full power and authority to make purchases without first obtaining the approval of the commission if the delay might, in his or her judgment, cause an unnecessary and harmful interruption in the operation of the county road system, providing the purchases are made in accordance with prevailing law. The county purchasing agent shall be solely responsible and accountable for purchasing the materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies under the approved requisitions, and shall report monthly to the county commission.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §10.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.10 - Inspection and Approval of Equipment, Etc.

Section 45-14-130.10Inspection and approval of equipment, etc. It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies purchased by the county for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries, when the same is delivered, and the same shall neither be accepted nor paid for without its first having been approved by him or her and any deviation shall be reported by the engineer to the commission.  (Act 90-460, p. 649, §11.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.11 - Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency Situations.

Section 45-14-130.11Employment of road supervisor in emergency situations. In the event an emergency should arise, in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, as hereinabove provided for, then, in that event, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but when so employed, he or she shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, and be subject to the provisions of this article; but an emergency shall not exist longer than necessary to employ a qualified engineer who will accept employment by the commission under the terms of this article, it being the intention of this article to provide that, when county roads, bridges, and ferries are to be maintained or constructed in the county, the supervision thereof shall be under a qualified engineer. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §12.)
AL Code § 45-14-130.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 13 - Engineer, County.|Section 45-14-130.12 - Voter Approval for Structure of County Road System.

Section 45-14-130.12Voter approval for structure of county road system. (a) The Clay County Commission shall call a referendum to be held at the next special or general election to determine whether or not the qualified voters of the county wish for the county road system to remain under the present district or beat line system or be constructed and maintained hereafter under a county unit system. (b) If a vote at such election is in favor of the county remaining under the present system, then the county road system shall continue to be operated under the provisions of all laws now governing the Clay County road system. If the vote at such election is in favor of the county road system being operated under the county unit system, then the county commission shall arrange for an orderly transition into such system within a three-month period after the election and the provisions of any laws to the contrary are hereby repealed and superseded. (c) The county commission shall notify the Secretary of State of the results of the election and the Secretary of State shall cause results of the election to be reflected in the acts books in the appropriate manner. (Act 90-460, p. 649, §§13-15.)
AL Code § 45-14-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|Section 45-14-140 - Participation in Alabama Forestry Commission Fire Protection System.

Section 45-14-140Participation in Alabama Forestry Commission fire protection system.  The County Commission of Clay County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Clay County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.  (Act 84-573, p. 1194, §1.)
AL Code § 45-14-140.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 14 - Clay County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|Section 45-14-140.01 - Finance Charge or Tax Assessed on Forest Lands.

Section 45-14-140.01Finance charge or tax assessed on forest lands.  (a) After the Clay County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Clay County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a finance charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Clay County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such finance charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection.  (b) "Forest lands" as used in this article shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which under prevailing natural and economic conditions may be expected to support such a growth in the future, or which is being used or reserved for any forest purpose. "Forest lands" as used in this article shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes nor shall it include any publicly owned lands. (c) The finance charge or tax fixed as provided in subsection (a) shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes and the owners of the "forest lands", as herein defined, shall make report of the same to the Tax Assessor of Clay County, Alabama, at the time fixed by law for making return of the property of such property owned. Finance charges or taxes levied shall constitute a lien on the property against which they are charged or taxed in case of default in the payment of such finance charge or tax. (Act 84-573, p. 1194, §2.)