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AL Code § 45-37-171.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-171.45 - Disposition of Fees.

Section 45-37-171.45Disposition of fees. All fees established and collected pursuant to this subpart shall be retained by the Jefferson County Board of Health, and such fees are hereby appropriated to such board of health for use in carrying out its responsibilities to promote and maintain the health of the people of Jefferson County. Fees for services authorized by this subpart shall be collected and processed in accordance with recommendations made by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-171.46 - Construction With Other Laws.

Section 45-37-171.46Construction with other laws. This subpart shall not apply to or affect any fees otherwise authorized, established, or collected under state or federal law or regulations. To the extent applicable to Jefferson County, all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this subpart are hereby repealed. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 4 - Hospitals.|Section 45-37-171.70 - Funds Generated by Cooper Green Mercy Hospital.

Section 45-37-171.70Funds generated by Cooper Green Mercy Hospital. (a) This section shall only apply in Jefferson County. (b)(1) All funds generated by Cooper Green Mercy Hospital shall be retained by the hospital in its general fund to be expended as budgeted by the hospital in its general fund to be expended as budgeted by the hospital. (2) Funds generated by Cooper Green Mercy Hospital shall not be required to be deposited in or appropriated from the Jefferson County General Fund. (Act 2009-790, p. 2481, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Employees.|Division 1 - Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division.|Section 45-37-232 - Office Continued.

Section 45-37-232Office continued. (a) The office of Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, Alabama, is hereby continued. The duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and term of the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall remain the same as now provided by law. (b) Whoever is serving in the office of Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, on September 30, 1988, shall continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which he or she was appointed. Subsequent appointments shall be made in the same manner as is now provided and eligibility for return to the civil service system as per Section 36-26-32.1 shall be continuing. (c) The Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall receive all benefits that are received by civil service system employees and is to be compensated at a rate equal to three civil service system pay grades, 15 percent, higher than the total compensation received by the highest paid employee serving under the sheriff, except that the total compensation received by the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall be maintained at a rate equal to the total compensation received by the Chief Deputy Sheriff, Birmingham Division. Compensation for the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division, shall be paid in equal biweekly installments out of the county general fund. (Act 88-937, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 551, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-37-232.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Employees.|Division 2 - Chief Deputy Sheriff.|Section 45-37-232.20 - Unclassified Service; Compensation.

Section 45-37-232.20Unclassified service; compensation. (a) Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of Chief Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson County, such office shall cease to be in the classified service of the county pursuant to the county civil service or merit system law. Thereafter the Chief Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson County shall be an employee of the county in the unclassified service. Such chief deputy shall be appointed by the sheriff without regard to the county civil service or merit system law, and he or she shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. (b) The compensation of the Chief Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson County shall be a salary payable out of the county treasury, in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other employees of such county are paid. The chief deputy shall receive salary compensation in an amount equal either to (1) an amount 15 percent more than the total salary being paid to the highest paid employee of Jefferson County serving under the sheriff, other than the Chief Deputy or the Assistant Sheriff, Bessemer Division; or, (2) such greater amount as shall be fixed by the sheriff with the approval of the county commission. The chief deputy shall also receive the same benefits as do employees in the classified service of the county, including longevity or any other kind of pay. (c) The Sheriff of Jefferson County shall not fill the position of chief deputy in the manner herein authorized until the next vacancy in such office occurs. (Act 83-671, p. 1058, §§1, 2; Act 88-851, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 323, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-232.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Employees.|Division 3 - Confidential Secretary.|Section 45-37-232.40 - Compensation; Benefits; Employment Status.

Section 45-37-232.40Compensation; benefits; employment status. (a)(1) The Sheriff of Jefferson County may employ a confidential secretary in lieu of an executive secretary. The confidential secretary of the sheriff shall be paid the same compensation as the confidential secretary of the Jefferson County Commission. The confidential secretary of the sheriff shall not be subject to any merit system applicable to the employees of Jefferson County. If, at the time of employment as a confidential secretary of the sheriff, the person employed is an employee of Jefferson County and subject to a merit system, the person, upon the date of termination as a confidential secretary of the sheriff, shall be entitled to return to the employ of Jefferson County in a position subject to the merit system classification which is equal to or higher than the position that was held by the person as of the date the person was originally employed as a confidential secretary of the sheriff. (2) Service time as a confidential secretary of the sheriff shall be considered, for all purposes, as service time as a merit system employee of Jefferson County if the person subsequently returns to a merit system classification as described in subdivision (1). (3) A confidential secretary of the sheriff shall receive the same benefits that a merit system employee of Jefferson County receives, including, but not limited to, longevity pay. (b) A confidential secretary of the sheriff may become a member of any pension plan applicable to employees of Jefferson County, if application for membership is made to the pension plan within 30 days of the date of employment as a confidential secretary of the sheriff. (c) No person may run for elected county office while employed as a confidential secretary of the sheriff. (Act 96-858, p. 1666, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 45-37-232.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 3 - Employees.|Division 4 - Executive Assistant.|Section 45-37-232.60 - Compensation; Benefits.

Section 45-37-232.60Compensation; benefits. (a) The executive assistant to the Sheriff of Jefferson County shall receive all of the following: (1) A salary in the same amount as a person classified as captain employed by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. (2) The educational incentives paid to a sworn deputy with a four year college degree and all other benefits received by a sworn deputy. (3) Any uniform or clothing allowance as provided by resolution of the Jefferson County Commission. (b) In addition such executive assistant shall be eligible to receive additional compensation for longevity and for such cost of living pay increases as may be granted by the Jefferson County Commission to classified Jefferson County employees. (c) This section shall entitle the executive assistant to qualify for and receive vacation, retirement, and sick benefits in accordance with the same formula as applied to classified employees of the county. (d) The foregoing shall not be interpreted to prevent the executive assistant from receiving reimbursement for actual expenses legally incurred and authorized. (Act 87-790, p. 1550, §§1-4; Act 98-133, p. 205, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Fees.|Division 1 - Pistol Permit.|Section 45-37-233 - Pistol Permit Fee.

Section 45-37-233Pistol permit fee. (a) This section shall be known as the Pistol Permit Reduction Act of 1999 for Jefferson County. (b) In Jefferson County, the total fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol as provided by Section 13A-11-75 shall be seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) per year. The fee shall be paid by the sheriff to the county treasurer and the county treasurer shall distribute the seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) as follows: (1) Four dollars fifty cents ($4.50) shall be distributed to the retirement system established by Article 12. (2) Fifty cents ($.50) shall be distributed to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Fund. (3) Two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) shall be distributed to a fund in the county treasury designated the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation Office Fund to be further distributed as provided herein. Any amounts previously distributed and not expended pursuant to this subdivision shall be transferred to the fund. Any amounts in the fund over one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) on April 10, 2014, shall thereafter be distributed to the public school systems in the county to be used for the operation of the public schools, including, but not limited to, being used for school security, on a pro rata basis based on the number of school students in each school system, including the City of Gardendale School System, to the total number of students in the county based on enrollment numbers for the 2013-2014 school year as reported to the State Department of Education. Notwithstanding the distribution provided in the preceding sentence, in the event the City of Gardendale School System has not been officially separated from the Jefferson County School System at the time of any distribution provided for therein, the portion of the funds that would have been distributed to the City of Gardendale School System based on the distribution formula provided therein shall be distributed to the City of Gardendale to be used only for the operation of the Gardendale School System upon separation. The remaining balance in the fund and any amounts accruing pursuant to this subdivision after the distribution provided in the preceding sentence or the portion needed thereof shall be spent for the operation of a legislative office located in Birmingham. (Act 99-594, p. 1363, §§1, 2; Act 2014-454, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-233.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 23 - Sheriff.|Part 4 - Fees.|Division 2 - Service of Process.|Section 45-37-233.20 - Collection and Disposition of Fee.

Section 45-37-233.20Collection and disposition of fee. (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, constable, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Jefferson County shall increase the fee by ten dollars ($10) for each subpoena served and for all other documents served by the sheriff’s office, or its designee. (b) The court official designated in Jefferson County by law for the respective courts shall collect the additional service of process fee pursuant to subsection (a) and remit the fees collected to the county general fund. Five dollars ($5) of each fee collected shall be deposited in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Fund and used for law enforcement purposes as determined by the sheriff, two dollars ($2) of each fee collected shall be distributed to the General Fund of the City of Birmingham for public safety purposes, one dollar ($1) of each fee collected shall be distributed to defray the health insurance contributions of the employees of the sheriff’s office, one dollar ($1) shall be distributed evenly to the other municipalities, excluding Birmingham, in Jefferson County, and one dollar ($1) shall be distributed proportionately based on population based on the last federal census to the other municipalities, excluding Birmingham, in Jefferson County. (Act 2003-289, p. 687, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 1 - Compensation and Benefits.|Section 45-37-240.02 - Automobile Furnished by County; Automobile Expense Allowance.

Section 45-37-240.02Automobile furnished by county; automobile expense allowance. (a) This section shall apply only to Jefferson County. (b) As used in this section, the term county official shall mean each Jefferson County Commissioner, the Jefferson County Tax Assessor, the Jefferson County Tax Collector, the Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division, the Assistant Jefferson County Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division, the Jefferson County Treasurer, Birmingham Division, and the County Treasurer, Bessemer Division. (c)(1) Each incumbent county official shall have the option of electing, as hereinafter provided, either (i) to have an automobile with fuel, oil, and repairs furnished by Jefferson County, for use in carrying out his or her official duties as such county official, or, in lieu thereof, (ii) to have an automobile expense allowance from the county of one hundred dollars ($100) per week or portion of a week as reimbursement for the county official's use of a personal vehicle and fuel, oil, and repairs for such official duties. (2)a. Each incumbent county official shall inform the Jefferson County Commission in writing within 30 days of August 7, 1995, of his or her election of (1)(i) or (1)(ii). b. Thereafter, each county official shall, within 60 days after taking office, inform the county commission in writing of his or her election of (1)(i) or (1)(ii). c. The election authorized hereby, shall apply for the remainder of the county official's term of office. An election may be changed as follows: Within 30 days of the beginning of each fiscal year, a county official may make a new election by informing the county commission thereof in writing. d. The county commission may provide the county automobiles elected hereunder from the existing county fleet or as a new purchase at the discretion of the commission. The county official shall be entitled to receive the expense allowance authorized herein pending delivery of any automobile elected herein. (d) The automobile expense allowance authorized hereby shall be in lieu of any other automobile expense allowance for the county officials and shall be cumulative with, and not in lieu of, any other law providing an allowance to the county commissioners. (Act 95-735, p. 1569, §§1-4; Act 99–645, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 86, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 1 - Compensation and Benefits.|Section 45-37-240.03 - Appointment Chief Deputy Tax Assessor and Collector.

Section 45-37-240.03Appointment chief deputy tax assessor and collector. (a) In Jefferson County, the appointed chief deputy tax assessor and the appointed chief deputy tax collector, in Birmingham, and the appointed chief deputy tax assessor and appointed chief deputy tax collector, Bessemer Division, shall receive the same benefits as other county employees, including, but not limited to, all cost-of-living pay raises and longevity raises. (b) This section is declaratory of existing law and supplemental to all other laws relating to the chief deputy tax assessors and collectors in Jefferson County. This section shall not be interpreted to authorize the compensation of these employees to exceed 90 percent of the compensation of the appointing official. (Act 2004-380, p. 621, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 2 - Election of Assistant Tax Collector, Assistant Tax Assessor, and Deputy Treasurer, Bessemer Division.|Section 45-37-240.20 - Election Procedures.

Section 45-37-240.20Election procedures. (a)(1) Those deputy or assistant county officials serving in the branch offices in the City of Bessemer in Jefferson County maintained as required by Act No. 490, H. 1566, Regular Session, (General Acts of Alabama 1915, p. 549), hereinafter listed, in lieu of being appointed by the principal county officers, shall be elected and nominated in the same manner that the circuit judges sitting at Bessemer and the deputy district attorney of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County are nominated and elected, as follows, by the qualified voters of the territory over which the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit sitting at Bessemer has and exercises jurisdiction, and each of such officials shall at the time of his or her election and during his or her term of office reside within the territory from which he or she is elected. a. The assistant tax collector shall be elected at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every six years thereafter. b. The assistant tax assessor shall be elected at the first general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every six years thereafter. c. The deputy treasurer shall be elected at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and every four years thereafter. (2) The duties and compensation of such officials shall be the same as heretofore provided by law. (3) Each principal county officer may summarily remove his or her deputy or assistant elected as prescribed above only if he or she has good and valid reasons for believing that such deputy or assistant is guilty of one of the offenses for which the principal may be impeached, and if he or she does remove such deputy or assistant, the principal officer shall immediately notify the judge of probate of the county of the vacancy and the judge of probate shall call a special election to be held not less than 30 nor more than 45 days thereafter, to fill such vacancy. (b) The section is cumulative, and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating county offices and officers of Jefferson County, and particularly those provisions of law requiring, providing for, or in any way relating to the branch office system of the county; nevertheless all laws, or parts of laws which directly conflict herewith are hereby repealed. (Acts 1975, No. 458, p. 1085, §§1, 2; Acts 1978, No. 607, p. 863, §1; Act 80-508, p. 787, §1, Act 84-604, p. 1238, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 3 - Appointment of Chief Deputy Tax Assessors.|Section 45-37-240.40 - Qualifications; Compensation.

Section 45-37-240.40Qualifications; compensation. (a) The elected Jefferson County Tax Assessor and the elected Jefferson County Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division, are empowered to each appoint one person to serve as chief deputy. The appointees shall be residents of their respective divisions of the county at the time of their appointment and so long as they hold the positions of chief deputy. (b) Chief deputies shall present documentary proof of a minimum of five years' experience in cadastre prior to their appointment, and shall hold certification by the State of Alabama as a tax administrator, or, shall achieve such certification within three years of appointment. If the Alabama certification as tax administrator should cease to be available, appointees shall obtain comparable evidence of technical proficiency as may be required by the appointing authority. (c) Chief deputies shall be compensated at a rate equal to Jefferson County Merit System Class 30, however, in no event shall such compensation exceed 90 percent of the compensation received by the appointing authority. Funding for the chief deputies shall be prorated on the same basis as is provided for appointing officials, and compensation shall be paid in equal biweekly installments out of the county general fund. (d) Chief deputies shall receive any and all benefits that are received by Merit System employees, including longevity payments, and if they are Merit System employees at the time of their appointment, they may return to the Merit System upon termination of their appointment as provided in Section 36-26-32.1. (Act 87-421, p. 621, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 4 - Appoinment of Chief Deputy Tax Collectors.|Section 45-37-240.60 - Chief Deputy - Jefferson County Tax Collector.

Section 45-37-240.60Chief deputy - Jefferson County Tax Collector. (a) The elected Jefferson County Tax Collector is empowered to appoint one person to serve as chief deputy. The appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the elected Jefferson County Tax Collector. The appointee shall be a resident of the county at the time of his or her appointment and so long as he or she holds the position of the chief deputy. (b) The chief deputy shall receive any and all benefits that are received by Merit System employees, including longevity payments, and if he or she is a Merit System employee at the time of his or her appointment, he or she may return to the Merit System upon termination of his or her appointment as provided in Section 36-26-32.1. (Act 88-936, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 550, §§1-4; Act 96–540, p. 756, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-240.61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 24 - Taxation.|Part 1 - Operation of Office and Officials.|Division 4 - Appoinment of Chief Deputy Tax Collectors.|Section 45-37-240.61 - Chief Deputy - Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division.

Section 45-37-240.61Chief deputy - Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division. (a) The elected Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division, is empowered to appoint one person to serve as chief deputy. The appointee shall be a resident of the county at the time of his or her appointment and so long as he or she holds the position of chief deputy. (b) The chief deputy shall present documentary proof of a minimum of three years' experience in ad valorem property tax collections and shall hold certification by the State of Alabama as a tax administrator, or shall achieve such certification within three years of appointment. If the Alabama certification as tax administrator should cease to be available, the appointee shall obtain comparable evidence of technical proficiency as may be required by the appointing authority. (c) The chief deputy shall receive any and all benefits that are received by Merit System employees, including longevity payments, and if they are Merit System employees at the time of their appointment, they may return to the Merit System upon termination of their appointment as provided in Section 36-26-32.1. (Act 88-946, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 567, §§1-4.)