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AL Code § 45-45-110.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 45-45-110.02 - Meeting Days.

Section 45-45-110.02Meeting days. (a) The Board of Registrars of Madison County shall meet at the county courthouse for the purpose of registering voters on the first Monday in each month, and may also meet an additional 220 days in each calendar year any place in the county that it may select. (b)(1) At any meeting of the board applications for registration shall be taken from persons residing anywhere in the county. The court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Madison County, or the governing body of any city in Madison County, in its discretion, may employ clerical assistants for the board, fix their compensation, and provide for the payment thereof from the general fund of the county or city. (2) The board shall meet for the purpose of purging the lists of registered voters and holding hearings thereon at the times now prescribed by law. In addition, the board may purge names from the lists of registered voters at any time the board is in session provided a hearing is held in case the person whose name is proposed to be stricken from the registration lists has become a nonresident of the county or has been convicted of any offense mentioned in Section 182 of the Constitution, and written notice of the hearing and the date thereof is given by the board to such person by first class mail at his or her last known address at least 30 days before any election and a copy of the notice is forwarded to the sheriff of the county for personal service upon such person within at least five days after receipt thereof by him or her, which service must be returned by the sheriff within 10 days after receipt thereof by him or her. (c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not inconsistent herewith.  (Acts 1973, No. 951, p. 1459, §§ 1-3; Act 84-817, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 249, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Part 2 - Election Officials.|Section 45-45-111 - Compensation.

Section 45-45-111Compensation. (a) The Madison County Commission may provide compensation to election officials in addition to that now provided by law, in an amount not less than ten dollars ($10) per diem. (b) This additional compensation shall be appropriated from the county general fund.  (Act 79-660, p. 1142, §§ 1, 2; Act 88-646, p. 1031, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 1 - County Vehicles.|Section 45-45-160 - Identifying Markings.

Section 45-45-160Identifying markings. (a) No later than 90 days after August 8, 1979, except for those motor vehicles used for investigatory purposes by the sheriff's department, the district attorney's office, and those motor vehicles assigned to elected officials for their use only, all motor vehicles owned by Madison County shall be marked for identification purposes with uniform county decals or stencils on the sides of the vehicles. (b) Uniform county decals or stencils shall not be smaller than 140 square inches; shall be prominently and permanently affixed to each side of each county vehicle; and shall contain the phrase Madison County Vehicle on its top line, followed by the word District and the appropriate district numerical designation on its second line, followed by the name of the department to which the vehicle is assigned on its third line. (c) The Madison County Commission shall be responsible for implementing this section and shall make all decisions regarding the format or pattern for the decals or stencils. However, no format or pattern shall be adopted other than that which would conform to subsection (b). (d) Any elected official of the county who has been assigned a county owned vehicle that is not marked for identification as provided in this section shall be fined personally fifty dollars ($50) per day up to five hundred dollars ($500) for the violation. If the vehicle is not assigned to a specific individual then the elected officials of the department to which the vehicle has been assigned shall be fined personally fifty dollars ($50) a day up to five hundred dollars ($500) collectively. The money shall be deposited into the general fund of the county treasury.  (Act 79-746, p. 1322, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 45-45-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Reimbursement for Monetary Loss.|Section 45-45-162 - License Commissioner.

Section 45-45-162License commissioner. (a) The Madison County governing body shall reimburse the office of license commissioner and the office of tax collector from the general fund of the county the amount of any shortage of funds or other monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, arising or caused by error, if the mistake or omission was caused without his or her personal knowledge, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. (b) It shall be the duty of the license commissioner and tax collector to insure that their employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the officials or any clerk or employee of their offices.  (Act 81-1104, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 368, §§ 1, 2; Act 2004-102, p. 136, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-162.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Part 3 - Reimbursement for Monetary Loss.|Section 45-45-162.01 - Judge of Probate and Tax Collector.

Section 45-45-162.01Judge of probate and tax collector. (a) The Madison County governing body shall reimburse the office of the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, arising or caused by error, if the mistake or omission was caused without his or her personal knowledge, including loss arising from acceptance of worthless or forged checks, drafts, money orders, or other written orders for money or its equivalent. (b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate to insure that his or her employees exercise due care in performing their duties and to make a diligent effort to correct the error, mistake, or omission and collect the amount subject to potential loss immediately upon becoming aware of the potential loss. This section shall not apply to any deliberate misuse or misappropriation of funds by the official or any clerk or employee of his or her office.  (Act 84-433, p. 1014, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Animal Control.|Section 45-45-170 - Animal Control Shelter Program.

Section 45-45-170Animal control shelter program. (a) The Madison County Commission is hereby authorized to establish an animal control shelter program in Madison County and to provide such program or to enter into contracts with other governmental or private agencies for the operation and maintenance of the program. (b) If an animal control shelter program is established, each dog and cat in Madison County shall be licensed annually. The Madison County Commission is authorized to establish the annual license fee; however, such annual fee shall not be less than one dollar ($1) nor more than six dollars ($6). Any dog or cat not having a license shall be taken into custody and retained for 10 days before its disposal, either by sale or putting to death. The county commission may establish a fee to reclaim an animal from one dollar ($1) to ten dollars ($10) for spayed dogs or cats and from one dollar ($1) to twenty dollars ($20) for unspayed dogs or cats. The license fee provided for by this section shall be in addition to all other dog or cat licenses or fees provided for by law. (c) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a separate fund in Madison County to be used solely for the animal control shelter program established hereunder. (d) The county commission is hereby authorized to create the position of animal control officer in Madison County and if the position is created, the officer shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and shall have the duty of administering this section, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the county commission from time to time. The officer shall also perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law or required of him or her by any organization or society under the law. (e) Any dog or cat on the property of its owner or on a leash shall be exempt from this section.  (Act 88-424, p. 626, §§ 1-5.)
AL Code § 45-45-170.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Animal Control.|Section 45-45-170.01 - Regulation of Dogs or Other Animals Running at Large.

Section 45-45-170.01Regulation of dogs or other animals running at large. The Madison County Commission shall have the power by ordinance to regulate and prevent within Madison County the running at large of all dogs or other animals and to pass all ordinances necessary for the impounding and sale of such dogs and destruction of dogs, so long as any ordinances are not inconsistent with Section 45-45-170 and no such ordinance shall permit the impounding of dogs which have a current Madison County license and a current inoculation for rabies unless the Madison County Commission has received a complaint regarding the dog running at large.  (Act 89-836, p. 1670, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-170.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Animal Control.|Section 45-45-170.02 - Disposition of Dead Animals.

Section 45-45-170.02Disposition of dead animals. It is hereby declared to be in the best interest of the public health and welfare that the Madison County Commission may provide for the burial or burning or other disposition of dead cattle, swine, livestock, or other animals on public property and private property when the owner or custodian of the animals fails to do so. The commission is authorized to make provisions for the disposition and may levy a fee to the known owner for the disposition.  (Act 2013-416, p. 1669, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-171 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Dead Bodies.|Section 45-45-171 - Opening of Graves for Interment.

Section 45-45-171Opening of graves for interment. The Madison County commissioners are authorized, provided the service is offered equally and upon payment of reasonable costs, except in the case of indigents, to cause the opening of graves for interment in other than cemeteries owned by private corporations licensed to operate a perpetual care cemetery in Madison County.  (Act 79-279, p. 428, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-171.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Dead Bodies.|Section 45-45-171.01 - Cremation of Deceased Indigent Person.

Section 45-45-171.01Cremation of deceased indigent person. (a)(1) The Madison County Commission may provide for expenses of cremation of any deceased indigent person, if the deceased was a resident of the county prior to his or her death, died without an estate, and has no relatives residing in the county who are financially able to provide for the burial or cremation expenses of the person. (2) The surviving spouse of the deceased person shall consent in writing to the cremation by the county. (3) If there is no surviving spouse, any adult child of the deceased person, if the adult child resides in the county, shall consent in writing to the cremation. (4) If there is no surviving spouse or surviving adult child of the deceased residing in the county, the agency referring the body and requesting the cremation may consent in writing to the cremation. A referring agency acting in good faith pursuant to this section shall be exempt from all civil and criminal liability regarding such action. (5) If written consent is not received for cremation, no legal obligation is created by this section for the county to provide burial expenses. (b) This section is cumulative and supplemental to any existing law regarding the disposal of the bodies of deceased indigent persons in Madison County.  (Act 93-894, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 179, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 3 - Health Department.|Section 45-45-172 - Board of Health.

Section 45-45-172Board of health. (a)(1) The Madison County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department may charge and collect the fees pursuant to this section. All fees collected shall be in addition to any and all federal, state, and local appropriations. Any fees collected shall be processed in accordance with the recommendations of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (2) The board of health shall submit to the Madison County Commission a list of environmental services rendered by the county health department for which a fee is charged pursuant to this section. The commission may repeal or amend any fees set pursuant to this section and shall approve any future increases for environmental services imposed by the board of health. (3) Fees authorized pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount necessary to carry out the activities of the corresponding environmental service for which each fee is collected. (b) This section shall not apply to nor affect any fees otherwise authorized, set, or collected under state or federal law or regulations. (c) All fees collected pursuant to this section are hereby continuously appropriated to the Madison County Board of Health which collected the fees. The fee collected shall be appropriated within the department performing the service for which the fee was paid. (d) The county health department shall act upon any application for a permit to have an on-site sewage disposal or septic system within 15 working days from the date the application was submitted. If the department does not approve the application, the department shall contact the applicant within 15 working days with the reasons for the denial and the recommendations for remedies.  (Act 2007-324, p. 580, §§ 1-4; Act 2009-387, p. 711, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-173 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 4 - Junkyards.|Section 45-45-173 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-45-173Legislative findings. The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Madison County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Madison County is hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands and the environment, and to promote the conservation of natural mineral resources by encouraging recycling. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that within the unincorporated areas of Madison County the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter and the operation of junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this part are a public nuisance.  (Act 93-709, p. 1372, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-173.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 4 - Junkyards.|Section 45-45-173.01 - Public Nuisance - Premises.

Section 45-45-173.01Public nuisance - Premises. (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Madison County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, debris, salvaged materials, household furniture, trash, used motor vehicle tires, inoperable motor vehicles, kitchen and other household appliances, rags, paper, cardboard, and other nondecorative matter, including any materials within which water may accumulate or which may shelter or encourage the growth of insects or rodents, or materials which generate obnoxious odors, or which offend the esthetics of the community and thereby cause a substantial diminution in the value of other property nearby, or which threaten the health and safety of any citizen. (b) This part shall not apply to any company, corporation, or business currently operating, whose primary purpose or business is to burn or incinerate wood materials, salvage materials, building refuse, waste products, timber stumps, trees, or brush and other debris that results from clearing land, cutting timber or refurbishing or constructing buildings. This part shall not apply to farm buildings or farm equipment and farm materials stored around farm buildings on a farm.  (Act 92-502, p. 981, § 1; Act 93-709, p. 1372, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-173.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 4 - Junkyards.|Section 45-45-173.02 - Public Nuisance - Motor Vehicles.

Section 45-45-173.02Public nuisance - Motor vehicles. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for any person to park, leave, or store upon any place or premises in public view within the unincorporated territory of Madison County more than one motor vehicle which is not currently and validly registered and tagged as required by state law. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a licensed business if the parking, leaving, or storing of the motor vehicle is reasonably necessary in the operation of the business, directly or indirectly.  (Act 92-502, p. 981, § 2; Act 93-709, p. 1372, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-173.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 4 - Junkyards.|Section 45-45-173.03 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards.

Section 45-45-173.03Licensing and operation of junkyards. (a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-45-173.01, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license to do so from the county commission through the county license director. No license shall be granted except for those junkyards which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the highway. The operation of an unlicensed junkyard constitutes a public nuisance. (b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards within the limits defined in this part, and may revoke the licenses at any time a junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this part, and shall charge a license fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500) payable each fiscal year. This license fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23-1-244. All licenses issued under this part shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Licenses may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.  (Act 92-502, p. 981, § 3; Act 93-709, p. 1372, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-173.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 4 - Junkyards.|Section 45-45-173.04 - Enforcement.

Section 45-45-173.04Enforcement. (a) This part shall be enforced by the Madison County Commission. (b) The Madison County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Madison County Commission in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this part. In any action, the Circuit Court of Madison County is authorized to assess all costs of abating the public nuisance declared by this part, including attorney’s fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance.  (Act 92-502, p. 981, § 4; Act 93-709, p. 1372, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-174 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 5 - Noise.|Section 45-45-174 - Noise Control.

Section 45-45-174Noise control. (a) In Madison County, the Madison County Commission may enact a noise ordinance for the areas outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and may provide that a violation of the ordinance constitutes a public nuisance subject to a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day to be assessed as provided in the ordinance. Any law enforcement officer or constable may issue a citation alleging a violation of the ordinance. The ordinance may provide that the person charged with a violation may pay a civil fine or request, within 30 days of receipt of the citation, a due process hearing before the Madison County Commission or a hearing officer designated by the Madison County Commission on the validity of the citation. An order of the Madison County Commission finding a violation and an assessment of a civil fine shall be final within 30 days thereof unless appealed to the Circuit Court in Madison County based on the administrative record of the hearing. Any fine due and owing shall be considered a debt owed to the Madison County Commission and shall be enforceable by civil action in the same manner as any other debt. The person owing the fine shall be liable for all costs, including court costs and attorney fees, and all other expenses of litigation if action is taken to collect the fine owed. (b) The Madison County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Madison County Commission in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisance declared pursuant to this part. In any action, the Circuit Court of Madison County may assess all costs of abating the public nuisance declared by this part, including attorney's fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance. (c) This part shall not allow for the enactment of ordinances regulating or restricting any state or federally permitted surface or underground mining activity or any operation or facility engaged in the activities of processing or distributing any product or material resulting from the mining activity. This part shall not allow for the enactment of ordinances regulating or restricting noise made by trains or locomotives which are conducting normal train movements and operations.  (Act 2005-104, p. 155, §§ 1-3.)