Title 45

(a) After, August 13, 1987, any established bank which is authorized by its charter or by law to do a general banking business in Cullman County may, with the written consent of the State Banking Department, open, establish, and operate branch banks, branch offices, or places for…

(a) It shall be lawful for any flea market, as defined herein, to remain open all day for business on Sunday in Cullman County. For the purposes of this section, the words flea market shall mean and include any market place, street market, or other place of business where cheap, …

In Cullman 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 the office shall be transferred to the county governing body for use or disposition as they shall deem pro…

(a) Effective for the term of office beginning after the 2022 General Election, the Coroner of Cullman County shall receive an annual salary of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000), to be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county. The salary in th…

(a) Effective for the term of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Cullman County Commission shall be composed of a chair and four associate commissioners who shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the …

(a) Commission District One is described as follows: That area of the county which lies to the East of U.S. Highway 31 and North of U.S. Highway 278. (b) Commission District Two is described as follows: That area of the county which lies to the West of U.S. Highway 31 and North o…

(a) Effective beginning the next term of office of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year, pay…

The Cullman County Commission or like governing body of Cullman County shall be solely responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads and bridges in the county; but all construction, repair, and maintenance shall be done on the basis of the county as a uni…

(a) The person holding the office of clerk and register of the circuit court in Cullman County shall receive an annual supplemental salary, paid from the county treasury. The salary supplement shall be fixed at an amount equal to the supplemental salary upon which the Democratic …

(a) In the 32nd Judicial Circuit, all orders and decrees may be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the circuit on a sheet or sheets now commonly called trial sheets or case action summary sheets. There shall be a trial sheet or case action summary sheet or shee…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in criminal cases in any court of Cullman County, whether municipal, district, or circuit court, a fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of any such courts and deposited in a county fund for judicial a…

(a) This section shall be operative only in Cullman County. (b)(l) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied additional court costs and charges as follows: (2) The fee levied by this section shall be levied in all criminal cases including…

(a) This section shall apply only in Cullman County. (b) In addition to all other costs and charges in the circuit and district courts in Cullman County, the following additional court costs and fees shall be levied and assessed: (1) For traffic violations, the sum of ten dollars…

(a)(l) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit court, district court, and juvenile court cases in Cullman County, a fee ranging from five dollars ($5) to five hundred dollars ($500) may be assessed at the discretion of the judge upon the adjudication or dismissal of…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Cullman County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed …

In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Cullman County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all domestic violence cases, violation of protection from abuse cases, stalking cases, or …

(a) The District Attorney of the 32nd Judicial Circuit, which is composed of Cullman County only, shall appoint a clerical assistant or assistants who shall serve at his or her pleasure. Such clerical assistant or assistants shall perform such duties as the district attorney may …

Effective May 1, 1999, the salary of the Judge of Probate of Cullman County shall be increased by three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county and the expense allowance provided to the judge of probate shall b…

(a) In Cullman County, for petitions or in referendum elections, the judge of probate is authorized to use the following form to distinguish and identify signees: DATE: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY _____ COUNTY _____ STATE _____ ZIP CODE _____ COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: DATE OF BIRTH …

Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, the Judge of Probate of Cullman County shall set the fee for supplying a copy of an instrument. The fee shall be in lieu of any other fee prescribed by law for the service. The money shall be charged and pai…

(a) A special recording fee of one dollar ($1) shall be collected by the Judge of Probate of Cullman County, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for the recordin…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Cullman County is authorized to issue boat licenses, pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee established by the judge of probate in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing the…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Cullman County, or the authorized agent of the judge of probate, may install vending machines and collect money from the vending machines and charge and collect fees for copying documents in his or her office. (b) The judge of probate shall establish a…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-121, EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2023. (a) There is created the Cullman County Community Development Commission which may receive, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (c), and by majority vote may distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund cr…

(a) The Cullman County Community Development Commission is abolished. (b)(1) The Community Development Fund within the Cullman County Treasury is abolished. (2) Any remaining monies in the Community Development Fund shall be transferred to the Cullman County Legislative Delegatio…

The board of education and the office of superintendent of education of Cullman County are hereby abolished, and there is created in lieu of the board of education the Cullman County Commission on Education. The commission on education shall administer the school laws of the stat…

(a) The Cullman County Commission on Education shall be composed of seven members elected by districts as follows: One member shall be elected from each of the school attendance areas hereinafter described and shall be a qualified elector of and shall reside in the district, and …

The members of the Cullman County Commission on Education shall receive from the public school funds of the county seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) a day for attending commission meetings, and actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred. They shall not be allowed payor expenses…

The general administration and supervision of the public schools of Cullman County, with the exception of the schools of the City of Cullman, shall be vested in the Cullman County Commission on Education. The commission shall determine the educational policy of the county, and sh…

(a) The qualified electors of Cullman County residing outside of the City of Cullman but within the boundaries of newly created election precincts 34, 35-1, 35-2, and 36 are hereby authorized to vote in elections pertaining to county board of education matters in certain educatio…

(a) The Cullman County Commission on Education shall reimburse the office of the county superintendent of education from the general fund of the county, allocated for schools, the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total for each office of two thousand five hundred doll…

(a) Beginning at the time of expiration of the current term of office of the Cullman County Superintendent of Education, and thereafter, the Cullman County Superintendent of Education shall be appointed by the Cullman County Board of Education in accordance with Chapter 9 of Titl…

(a) In Cullman County, election officials who work at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount paid to each inspector sixty-five dollars ($65) f…

This article shall apply to and have application in Cullman County, Alabama, to all regular full-time employees whose wages, salaries, and benefits are provided in whole or in part from the general fund of the county and other designated and special funds under the management and…

Elected officials shall be authorized to reject any applicant for employment within their respective offices. (Act 79-574, p. 1022; Act 80-549, p. 851, §1; Act 92-486, p. 962, §2.)

As used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates a different meaning, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: “County” means Cullman County, Alabama; “employee” means any person who is employed in the service of …

All employees of the county as herein defined shall be subject to the personnel rules and regulations in or promulgated pursuant to this article. Present employees and those who may hereafter be employed shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior, efficienc…

(a) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out this article, and to provide for advertising of vacancies, recruitment, selection, hiring, classification, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, suspension, removal, disciplinary action, appeal, hearings, griev…

(a) There is created the Cullman County Personnel Board, which shall be composed of three members appointed by members of the legislative delegation representing Cullman County. One member shall be appointed initially for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one…

In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this article, the board shall: (1) Advise the commission on matters of personnel administration, including the development of personnel rules, a job classification plan, and a systematic pay plan. (2) Represent the public interest …

All rules, regulations, and policies in effect at the time of adoption of this article which are not in conflict with the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect after May 15, 1992, until the same are altered, amended, or repealed in the manner herein provided. An…

Each member of the board shall be paid, from the county treasury, twenty dollars ($20) per meeting of the board, and the chair shall be paid sixty dollars ($60) per meeting of the board, plus such mileage as is provided by law to the commission. The commission shall make necessar…

Any employee may be dismissed, suspended without pay, or demoted by the commission for, but not limited to, any violation of this article or whenever the good of the service will be served thereby or the employee’s work, performance, conduct on the job, or insubordinate attitude …

(a) An employee shall have the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken against him or her, provided, however, that an employee on probationary status shall have no such right unless such employee shall have had permanent status in some other position at the time he or she w…

(a) All employees of the county shall be divided into the exempt service and the classified service. The exempt service shall include: (1) The positions of all elected officials of the county. (2) The positions of voluntary personnel and personnel appointed to serve without pay. …

In the event that the county commission shall become responsible for the construction and maintenance of the roads of the county, then in such event any employee who has previously acquired permanent status with the state personnel system with the State Department of Transportati…