Title 45

The Dale County Commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within Dale County, Alabama, to provide the people of Dale County with a safe and…

The Dale County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body, shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer and mayor may not be a land surveyor. The county engineer shall posses all of the qualification…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of the county, and prescribe the duties, discharge employees for cause, or when he or she is not ne…

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. The w…

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 97-550, p. 968, §5; Act 97-559, p. 991, §5.)

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount set from time to time by the county commission, payable to Dale County, conditioned on the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, and fo…

The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this section. (Act 97-550, p. 968, §7; Act 97-559, p. 991, …

The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to the county commission for all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by Dale County. The county commission shall establish necessary policies and regulations governing accountability and …

The authority of the county engineer to expend funds shall be limited to the requisition for the expenditure of funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, ferries, or any other duties for Dale County as may be set aside and appropriat…

The county engineer shall make written requisition to a 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 Dale County. The requisitions shall be …

It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect and approve on delivery all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by the county for use on public roads, bridges, and ferries prior to payment. Any deviation from this policy shall be reported by th…

In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, and be subjec…

Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district, from time to time, hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestion or complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The members of…

(a) The County Commission of Dale County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Dale County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After the Dale County …

This part shall apply to all portions of Dale County except that portion of Dale County which lies within the city limits of the City of Ozark. (Act 2006-390, p. 990, §1.)

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments, emergency medical service squads, the Volunteer Firefighters Association, and the Rescue Squad Association that receive funds pursuant to this part are organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, …

(a) There is levied on the owner of each dwelling and commercial building in Dale County, excluding the corporate limits of the City of Ozark, a fire protection emergency medical service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year for each dwelling and commercial building. (b) For the p…

Any person age 65 or over exempted from paying property tax in Dale County, in partial or in whole, shall also be exempted from paying the fee levied by this part. Any person less than the age of 65 and having an annual adjusted gross income of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) o…

The fire and emergency medical service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. In the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at …

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this part, shall mean a certified nonprofit volunteer fire department located in Dale County that is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines and is a member of the Dale County Volunteer Firefighters Ass…

Funds paid to the county firefighters and rescue squad association, to be distributed to volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service squads, shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The fu…

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad, any remaining funds derived from this part or any assets purchased with funds derived from this part, after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferr…

The personnel of volunteer fire departments, emergency medical service squads, volunteer fire association, or rescue squad association provided for in this part shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and th…

The purposes and use of funds generated by this part is to enable all participating volunteer fire departments in Dale County to lower their ISO ratings and to enable emergency medical service squads to guarantee emergency medical services to the citizens of the county. All fire …

With regard to the administration of the fees levied by this act, the Dale County Commission shall exercise such regulatory control and supervision over and may adopt rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this part. Any volunteer fire department or em…

(a) The County Commission of Dale County shall reimburse the office of judge of probate or revenue commissioner from the general fund 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 …

(a) Commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014, the Dale County Commission may appropriate annually, out of the monies in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount not exceeding twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) into a fund to be known as the “Conti…

(a) The Board of Health of Dale County may fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or regulation of the county or State Board of …

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

(a) Commencing with the next term of office, the salary of the Sheriff of Dale County is forty seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($47,500) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury.” (b) The compensation provided in this section shall be in lieu…

(a) The Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense a…

(a) Commencing April 1, 2012, the Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This e…

(a) Commencing on May 1, 2021, the Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This …

(a) In Dale County, the fee for the issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff or his or her designated agent. (b) Notwithstanding …

(a) This section shall apply only to Dale County. (b) Any person employed as a commissioned deputy of the Sheriffs Office of Dale County for a period of 10 years or more, who upon retirement leaves the office in good standing, shall receive from the office, without cost to him or…

(a) The Sheriff of Dale County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sh…

(a)(1) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, in the civil division and in the criminal division of the district court and the circuit court of Dale County, a service of process fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be collected for service or att…

(a) On and after July 1, 2021, any municipality within Dale County may contract for police services with the sheriff of the county. The contract may include the enforcement by the sheriff, and his or her duly commissioned deputies, of all laws within the corporate limits and poli…

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Dale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per annum; of which three thousand dollars ($3,000) shall be for the operation of the one-stop tag program, and w…

(a) In Dale County, the Revenue Commissioner shall collect a tag transaction fee in the amount of five dollars ($5) for each motor vehicle tag, except trailer tags, issued or renewed in the county. The fee shall not apply to tag transfers and replacement transactions. The tag tra…

(a) At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Dale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy there shall be the office of county Revenue Commissioner …

There is created within the Tax Assessor’s Office of Dale County a license division. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except for such stationery forms and supplies as are fu…

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in the county and issue applications for certificates of title on vehicles, which have heretofore been performed by the tax collector and the judge of probate. The Tax C…

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition of same, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and…

Except as hereinafter provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are now provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the tax …

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