Title 45

(a) The Crenshaw County Commission is hereby authorized to increase the expense allowance of the members of the commission up to an additional three hundred dollars ($300) per month. The action shall require a majority vote of all members of the commission. The expense allowance …

In addition to any court costs currently provided by law in Crenshaw County, there shall be levied in all cases filed in circuit and district courts, except small claims cases, an additional court cost fee of two dollars ($2). When collected by the clerk of the court, the fees sh…

(a) The Crenshaw County Commission may, from time to time, increase the compensation, expense allowances, or salary of the assistant district attorney, upon resolution made and a favorable vote by the majority of such commissioners. Such increases shall be in the amount the commi…

(a) In Crenshaw County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission of the county an expense allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the …

The Judge of Probate of Crenshaw County shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles in Crenshaw County which the revenue commissioner is required under the law to perform. The reve…

Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this subpart, the judge of probate shall execute an additional bond in a sum prescribed by a written recommendation to the judge of probate from the Examiners of Public Accounts, giving as surety a bonding company authorized t…

The Crenshaw County Commission shall furnish suitable quarters or additional space as it deems necessary for the efficient performance of the additional duties of the judge of probate and shall transfer all necessary forms, books, records, and supplies from the offices of the rev…

The judge of probate shall charge and collect the same fee that is prescribed in the general law for a like service when performed by the tax assessor, tax collector, revenue commissioner, or license commissioner as the case may be. All fees shall be the property of Crenshaw Coun…

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on motor vehicles, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the judge…

(a) Every person, firm, or corporation residing in or owning a motor vehicle which is principally used in Crenshaw County who desires to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of Alabama shall first be required to pay ad valorem taxes and sales taxes to the judge of proba…

The Comptroller, the State Department of Revenue, and the State Department of Finance shall furnish the judge of probate all books, records, and blanks now or hereafter required by law to be furnished to judges of probate, tax assessors, tax collectors, revenue commissioners, or …

The judge of probate shall receive for the assessing and collecting of state and county ad valorem taxes and sales taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles the same fees charged and commissions fixed by law to be paid to tax assessors, tax collect…

The judge of probate may mail to any person to whom a motor vehicle license has been previously issued an application for renewal of a license required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. The application for renewal may be in the form of a postcard and sha…

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this subpart shall be construed to increase the taxes and fees of motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and non-motorized vehicles as prescribed by law. (Act 2007-273, p. 371, §10.)

This subpart shall become operative on January 1 of any year after June 6, 2007, only upon the approval of implementation by a resolution of the Crenshaw County Commission. (Act 2007-273, p. 371, §11.)

This subpart shall apply only in Crenshaw County. The purpose of the subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Crenshaw County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and docu…

The following words and phrases when used in this subpart shall have the following meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real…

The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate office of Crenshaw County. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall in…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records to be recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files or to be stored and filed on either optical disk or on paper, as determined b…

All laws of Alabama relating to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, general property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving syste…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after …

Effective September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Crenshaw County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instru…

Effective September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every case filed in the Probate Court of Crenshaw County. This amount shall be in addition …

Effective September 1, 2007, and upon approval of the county commission, a special transaction fee of four dollars ($4) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate on any transaction occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of, the judge of probate. What constitutes an …

This subpart shall expire and shall be repealed July 1, 2027. (Act 2007-270, p. 362, §11; Act 2016-233, §1.)

(a) The Crenshaw County Board of Education shall appoint the Superintendent of Education of Crenshaw County pursuant to the general law of the state. The county superintendent of education shall possess all the qualifications prescribed for county superintendents of education by …

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Crenshaw County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid out of the Crenshaw County General Fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all othe…

(a) In Crenshaw County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each election official of the county an expense allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, as sa…

The Crenshaw County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body performing the functions of the county governing body in the county, shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications as s…

The county engineer shall be appointed by the county commission from a nomination made by the Director of Transportation. If the nomination is not acceptable to the board the Director of Transportation shall be requested to make additional nominations. Should the Director of Tran…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer, (1) to employ, supervise, and direct all such assistants as are necessary properly to maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of Crenshaw County, and he or she shall have authority to prescribe their dut…

The county engineer is the person authorized to make written requisition upon the duly designated purchasing agency, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, and ferries in Crenshaw County. (Act 87-420,…

It shall be the duty of the board 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, and ferries, and the wage or salary scale …

The board shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from the road and highway funds of Crenshaw County. (Act 87-420, p. 617, §6.)

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 Crenshaw County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and for th…

The board shall furnish the county engineer with an office at the courthouse, or elsewhere, at the county seat, and all necessary office supplies, and shall furnish him or her with necessary transportation in connection with his or her duties under this article. (Act 87-420, p. 6…

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of Crenshaw County, and he or she shall be accountable for the same, at all times. The board shall furnish the necessary storage facilities in which to keep tools, machinery, supplies…

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, and ferries of Crenshaw County as may be set aside and appropriated by the county commission, as hereinafter p…

The county engineer shall make written requisition to the chair of the county commission for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of Crenshaw County. Requisitions …

It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by Crenshaw County for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries, when the same is delivered, and the same shall not be accepted and paid for without its fi…

In the event an emergency should arise, in which it would be impossible for the county commission to employ an engineer, as hereinabove provided for, then, in that event the county commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so emplo…

(a) This section shall apply only in Crenshaw County. (b) For purposes of this section, the following term shall have the following meaning: ELIGIBLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS and ELIGIBLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. A fire department in Crenshaw County that maintains an ISO-approved rati…

(a) This section shall apply only to Crenshaw County. (b) The Crenshaw County Commission may grant an additional exemption to the mandatory solid waste collection program to individuals in households whose total income does not exceed 75 percent of the federal poverty level. (c) …

(a) In Crenshaw County, the county board of health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county he…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency within Crenshaw County which is authorized by the sheriff to exercise the authority described in this section. (2) LAW ENFORCEMEN…

(a) The Sheriff of Crenshaw County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or other …