Title 45

The organization and composition of the County Commission of Fayette County is altered to comply with this part. The governing body of Fayette County shall continue to be known as the County Commission of Fayette County and shall have and exercise all powers, duties, limitations,…

(a) Beginning on the second Monday of the year 2019, the Judge of Probate of Fayette County shall serve as the chair of the county commission. These duties shall be in addition to the other duties of the judge of probate, who shall receive the compensation provided in Section 45-…

Each district commissioner may serve a one-year term as vice-chair on the basis of a six-year rotation, the term beginning on the anniversary date of the seventh day next following the general election next preceding his or her term each year in the following order: District 1, D…

The district members of the Fayette County Commission shall be elected from six single-member districts within the county, of which one district shall have a population of which the majority of the population is minority or as near to a majority as is possible under the law. The …

Commissioners shall continue to receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum until the terms in November 1994, at which time the salaries of the commissioners shall be fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum. Commissioners elected and beg…

For the purposes of this part, and for future elections of members of the county commission, Fayette County is hereby divided into six separate geographical districts, to be numbered one to six, inclusive, the boundaries of which shall be delineated by resolution of the county co…

The Fayette County Commission shall establish a shop and unit road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county engineer shall, at each October meeting of the county commission, make recommendations for a yearly work plan and present budget information for…

A vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled in the manner otherwise provided by law concerning the filling of vacancies of county commissioners. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §9.)

The chair, with approval of the county commission, shall employ a clerk/administrator who shall devote his or her time to the duties of his or her office, and he or she shall receive compensation for his or her services as may be determined and fixed by the county commission, and…

(a) The county commission may, by designating one of its employees or, in its discretion, employ as new personnel, a county supervisor. The county supervisor shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and his or her compensation shall be fixed by the county commission. …

It shall be the duty of each member of the county commission to inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district from time to time and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The m…

(a) This section shall only apply in Fayette County. (b) All contracts for the sale or disposal of tangible personal property, equipment, or other items owned by or under the control of the county commission shall be let by free and open competitive sealed bids. The chair of the …

(a) The Fayette County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, within Fayette County, to go upon private property and perform work or services for churches or individuals, and to sell materials to churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations. …

The governing bodies of the counties composing the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to pay to each circuit judge and the district attorney of such circuit a supplemental salary in the amount of 15 percent of their respective compensati…

(a) The Judicial Administration Fund is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties. The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account under the supervision of the presiding circuit court judge. (b) The J…

(a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance with Article 1, commencing with Secti…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Fayette 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 …

The District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit shall receive a five hundred dollar ($500) per month expense allowance to be paid by the district attorney’s funds in the two counties of the circuit which do not contribute to the expense allowance of the presiding judg…

(a) This section shall apply in Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties. (b) Each county of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit may provide supplemental compensation to any assistant district attorney in the county. The compensation shall be in addition to any other compensation alre…

A supernumerary district attorney for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit granted supernumerary status in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit after May 17, 2001, shall receive as additional compensation payable from the District Attorney’s Fund for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circui…

(a) Any person employed as an investigator for the District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, composed of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties, for a period of 10 years or more who leaves the office in good standing, by retirement or otherwise, shall receive from th…

(a) All fees which may be by law taxed as district attorneys’ fees against defendants on convictions hereafter imposed and collected by the circuit court in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall be periodically deposited by the clerk, or other proper custodian of fu…

An amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month shall be paid from the district attorney’s fund in the county where the presiding judge’s office is principally located to the Judicial Administration Fund of the 24th Judicial Circuit. (Act 2017-449, §2.)

(a) The District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for …

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The elected District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is employed b…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit may apply to the District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion…

(a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the …

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family histor…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the toll…

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. (b) At the discretion of the district attorney, the time provision of this section may be waived. (Act 2003-190…

(a) An applicant to the pretrial diversion program shall be assessed a nonrefundable application fee on each charge of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be …

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

The district attorney shall establish a pretrial diversion program fund. All fees paid by offenders pursuant to this subpart to the district attorney shall be placed into the pretrial diversion program fund. The district attorney shall disburse 20 percent of the funds to the Twen…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender and the district attorney, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the dis…

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2003-190, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 502, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion o…

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views…

(a) Beginning with the next term of office after August 1, 2016, the Judge of Probate of Fayette County shall receive as his or her compensation an amount equal to 75 percent of the starting total compensation paid the presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit…

(a) The judge of probate, tax assessor, and tax collector in Fayette County are each hereby authorized to hire a chief clerk. The chief clerks’ salaries shall be fixed by the Fayette County Commission and paid from the general fund of the county. (b) The judge of probate, provide…

There is hereby created within the Probate Office of Fayette County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, rec…

The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes and casual sales and use taxes on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor and the tax collector. The Tax Assessor and the Tax …

The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses 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. The judge of probate shall report to the Comptroller …

The judge of probate shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. Refunds for licenses issued by mistake or fact of law shall be made under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by this code. (Act 86-309, p. 458, §4.)

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 jud…

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. …