Title 45

(a) Effective the next election of the DeKalb County Commission, the members of the DeKalb County Commission shall be elected from single-member districts. Each member of the commission shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she represents. (b) Not later …

After June 18, 2003, members of the DeKalb County Commission shall continue to be elected as provided by law and shall hold office for four years, except the term of office for members representing District 1 and District 2 shall have the current term of office extended for two y…

(a) The DeKalb County Commission is continued as currently constituted. The DeKalb County Commission shall continue to be composed of four members elected as provided in Section 45-25-70.01 and a president elected from the county at large. The president shall serve a term concurr…

The circuit court register of DeKalb County shall be paid an expense allowance of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum which shall be in addition to any and all other expenses, allowances, salary and other compensation now provided by law. The allowance shall be paid in equal …

(a) This section shall be known and cited as the DeKalb County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The financial restraints exiting in the State General Fund budget have resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that…

In DeKalb County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district court cases, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. The monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be remitted to a juvenile probation…

(a) In order to provide funds for the maintenance of a public law library heretofore established in DeKalb County, a library fee of three dollars fifty cents ($3.50) shall be paid in all causes and cases of whatever nature in the circuit and district courts of the county, to be c…

(a)(1) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in DeKalb County, the DeKalb County Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, the following: a. Additional court costs in the amount of forty dollars ($40) to be assessed and taxed as cost on…

(a) This section shall only apply to DeKalb County in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. (b)(1) Commencing on August 1, 1999, the District Attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit shall be paid an additional annual expense allowance in an amount equal to 30 percent of the state base payor…

Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, the Judge of Probate of DeKalb County shall set the fee for supplying a copy of an instrument, provided however, the fee shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page. The fee shall be in lieu of any o…

The Judge of Probate of DeKalb County is authorized to renew Alabama business licenses by mail. The Judge of Probate shall mail notices during the month of September of each year stating the amount of the license if purchased by mail. The Judge of Probate may charge a fee of up t…

(a) This section shall only apply in DeKalb County. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in DeKalb County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing of instruments and documents affecting the titl…

(a) There is created the DeKalb County Community Development Commission which shall be authorized to receive, and by majority vote to distribute, any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic development, education, conservation…

(a) There is created the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority. The authority is created for the purpose and has the responsibility of aiding and assisting current industries and coordinating efforts of all municipal and county agencies of DeKalb County, Alabama, as well a…

(a) For the purpose of promoting industry and trade and to assist the county commission in DeKalb County in their pursuits therefor, there is created an Industrial Development Authority for DeKalb County which shall be composed of 19 members. All members of the authority shall be…

The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its members and shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its members. Such officers shall serve for such term as the authority by rule or regulation may prescribe. After the organi…

Upon the organization of the Industrial Development Authority of DeKalb County, the authority shall be constituted an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential government functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this part, and the development of the co…

The authority is empowered to employ an executive director who shall be its chief executive officer, and a treasurer to serve at the pleasure of the authority. The executive director and treasurer shall each be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties before each enter…

The authority or its agents or employees may do the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the county and apply its findings in efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural,…

The authority may establish and maintain an office at the county courthouse complex if space is available or at some other suitable place within the county. The cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining such office shall be a lawful charge agains…

Forty percent of the cost of operation of the authority shall be paid by the county and the remaining cost shall be paid by the aforementioned cities and towns. On or before January 15 of each year, the authority shall certify to the appropriate official of each city and town wha…

(a) There is established the Jackson/DeKalb Counties Industrial Development Authority. The purpose of the authority shall be to market and develop the Northeast Alabama Technology Park on the Campbell site near the Northeast Alabama Community College and other sites that may be s…

(a) The DeKalb County Board of Education shall consist of five members, each elected from a separate single-member district, nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the district. The members shall take office as provided by general law. (b) Beginning with the next term…

(a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected by the qualified electors of DeKalb County, Alabama, at the next general election who shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. (b) At the ne…

In DeKalb County, election officials who work at polling places are entitled to an additional per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day they work at the po…

(a) The DeKalb County Commission shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent, licensed professional civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The eng…

The County Commission of DeKalb County is authorized and empowered to make appropriations and expenditures from its general fund to the DeKalb County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the purpose of providing the association with the financial …

In DeKalb County, any county officer or such other person who is designated to draw warrants or checks on the county treasury or depository, is also authorized to use mechanical or facsimile devices for signatures on such warrants or checks. (Act 91-457, p. 829, §1.)

(a) The DeKalb County Commission shall reimburse the office of tax collector and the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, arising or caused by the acceptance of wor…

The distribution of the share of in-lieu-of-taxes payments of T.V.A. for DeKalb County shall be as follows: (1) DeKalb County Economic Development Authority shall be appropriated the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013. Beginni…

(a) The DeKalb County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county board department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected s…

(a) In DeKalb County, the county commission shall employ a county revenue officer at an annual salary to be determined by the county commission. The revenue officer is authorized to collect any and all county taxes of whatever nature currently levied or to be levied in the future…

In DeKalb County, each deputy sheriff who is engaged in hazardous duties shall be entitled to receive an additional one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month compensation to be paid out of funds as their other compensation is paid. As used in this section, the term “hazardous du…

(a)(1) Commencing June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of DeKalb 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. Th…

(a) The Sheriff of DeKalb County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store and an inmate telephone system for prisoners confined in the county jail. (b) The county commission shall establish and maintain a special jail fund. All proceeds collected under t…

(a) In DeKalb County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol concealed on or about the person or in a vehicle, as provided by Section 13-11-75, shall be fifteen dollars ($15), which shall be collected by the sheriff of the county. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the fe…

(a) After September 30, 1997, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in DeKalb County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1996, and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day…

There is created within the tax assessor’s office of DeKalb County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses and titles issued through the tax assessor’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, s…

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses and titles on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate or the tax collector. The Judge of Probate and Tax Collector of DeKalb County are relieved of all …

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses and titles received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her: He or she shall report to the Co…

Except as herein provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided 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 assessor shal…

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…

Before any vehicles may be assessed, the tax assessor shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new in which case the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the c…

In cases where a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the tax assessor shall notify the revenue officer who shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license in question. In the event that the license cannot be retrieved, the reve…

(a) The DeKalb County Commission shall furnish additional and sufficient personnel to the county tax assessor’s office for the purpose of researching and obtaining the name of each county resident that owns a motor vehicle. The name of the owner shall be placed on a separate mont…

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to DeKalb County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be…