Title 45 — Title 45

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Barbour County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Barbour County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicab…

In lieu of all other compensation authorized by law, including expenses incurred in attending meetings, each member of the Barbour County Board of Education shall receive from the public school funds of Barbour County the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for each month or portio…

The compensation of each member of the Board of Registrars of Barbour County, excluding the usual compensation paid by the state, may be up to twenty dollars ($20), for each day’s attendance on sessions of the board, as the county commission or like governing body of the county m…

The Barbour County Commission may appoint additional members to the board of registrars pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 17-4-150. History: (Act 92-482, p. 959, §1.)

(a) This section shall only apply to Barbour County. (b) Pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 17-6-4, the Barbour County Commission may establish voting centers by combining voters from two or more precincts in order to create new voting centers in order to facilitate or reduce …

It is the purpose of this article to create and establish a county-wide personnel system in Barbour County based on principles of human resource management which shall include equity, fairness, and compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. History: (Act 92-679, p. 61…

For purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. An individual who is assigned to an on-going position, full or part-time, authorized by the county commission and whose salary is paid with funds …

There is established a personnel system for Barbour County based on the following principles: (1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees based on their ability, knowledge, and skills, including the open competition of qualified applicants for initial and subsequent appoin…

All personnel activities required to create and administer the personnel system authorized by this article shall be based upon rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the Barbour County Commission. All county employees shall be hired, retained, and separated based on such rule…

The employment of all individuals covered by this article shall be contingent upon: (1) Availability of funds. (2) Need for the work to be done. (3) Compliance with all rules, policies, and procedures established in accordance with this article. (4) Completion of a satisfactory p…

Under the personnel system, the appointing authority in Barbour County shall be the Barbour County Commission. The county commission may also designate other appointing authorities. Appointing authorities shall be authorized to hire individuals to fill approved vacancies and to s…

Under the personnel system, the appointing authority in Barbour County shall be the Barbour County Commission. The county commission may also designate other appointing authorities. Appointing authorities shall be authorized to hire individuals to fill approved vacancies and to s…

Administrative Support; Meetings. (a) There is created the Barbour County Personnel Board. The personnel board shall be composed of five persons. The board members shall be registered voters and residents of the county. No member of the board, while a member of the board or for a…

(a) The personnel board shall hear all appeals from final personnel action as requested by an affected and eligible employee. Eligible employees shall include regular status classified employees and may include other employees as authorized by the county commission so long as the…

(a) All classified employees shall be hired from a list of job applicants who meet the job related qualifications for a vacancy. Other employees will be employed in accordance with procedures established by the Barbour County Commission. (b) The judge of probate, sheriff, tax ass…

Any employee may participate in city or state political activities to the same extent that any citizen of Alabama may so participate. This activity may include endorsing a candidate and contributing to campaigns. Employees may join local political organizations, and state and nat…

For the purpose of this article, the elected offices in Barbour County are: The county commission, sheriff, tax assessor, and the tax collector. Any subsequent change in the number, scope, title, or other aspect of these offices is subsumed within this article. History: (Act 92-6…

The provisions of this article shall apply to all portions of Barbour County except that portion of Barbour County which lies within the city limits of the City of Eufaula. History: (Act 2007-272, p. 366, §1.)

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments and the Barbour County Firefighters Association that receive funds pursuant to this article are nonprofit organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the coun…

The purposes and use of funds generated by this article are to enable all participating volunteer fire departments in Barbour County to lower their ISO ratings and to provide fire protection services to the citizens of the county. All volunteer fire departments are required to at…

(a) There is levied on the owner of each residence or dwelling in Barbour County, a fire protection service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year and on each commercial business at a specified location, a fire protection service fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) per year. (b) For …

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

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

Funds paid to the county volunteer fire departments shall only be expended for fire protection services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase insurance, including liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which…

Department. Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article, after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county …

The personnel of volunteer fire departments or the volunteer fire association provided for in this article shall not be considered employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the officers and employees of the county shall not be liabl…

The Barbour County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services by the Barbour County Health Department for which a fee may be levied and shall set the fee to be levied for each service. Any fees to be levied, or increased, pursuant to this section shall be subject …

The provisions of this part shall only apply to any municipality located in Barbour County, Alabama. History: (Act 97-886, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 242, Art. I, §1; Act 97-929, p. 382, Art. I, §1.)

All weeds growing upon streets, sidewalks, or upon private property within any municipalities located in Barbour County, Alabama, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature, which attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or d…

Nuisance. The term appropriate city official as used in Section 45-3-171.02 to 45-3-171.14, inclusive, shall mean any city official or employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties dele…

After the passage of a resolution, the appropriate city official shall send notice of the action to the last person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the revenue com…

Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 14 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation, may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with objections to the finding by the city governing bo…

Nuisance; Abatement by Private Contractor. If the nuisance on the property has not been abated within 14 days after the city governing body’s resolution, the major of the city shall order the nuisance to be abated. The abatement may be accomplished, at the option of the city, by …

The appropriate city official shall given an itemized written report to the city governing body regarding the cost of abating the nuisance. The cost of abatement shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the abatement, including administrative costs. Should the city contract fo…

Amounts to Be Included in Tax Bills; Collection. The confirmed cost of abatement shall hereinafter be referred to as a weed lien and thus made and confirmed shall constitute a weed lien on the property for the amount of the weed lien. After confirmation of the reports, a copy sha…

Any municipality located in Barbour County, Alabama, shall have authority, after notice provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls and foundations, when the same are found by the governing body of the city to b…

The term appropriate city official as used in Sections 45-3-171.16 to 45-3-171.26, inclusive, shall mean any city building official or deputy and any other city official or city employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercis…

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with…

Proceeds of Sale of Salvaged Materials; Objections to Finding of Cost; Notice. Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make an itemized written report to the governing body of the cost thereof. The cost of the demolition shall be the actu…

The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for nonpayment of taxes, and where any assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of the land, a…

Payment of any assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments as provided for the payment of an delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant to…

This part shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which any city may have under any other law. History: (Act 97-886, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 242, Art. III, §7; Act 97-929, p. 382, Art. III, §7.)

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

In Barbour County, in addition to all other containers provided for by law, beer or ale may be sold in containers that do not exceed 32 ounces in size. The taxes on the beer or ale in such containers shall be as provided by general state law. History: (Act 89-792, p. 1584, §1.)

The Barbour County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to impose, by resolution duly adopted and spread upon its minutes, a citation issuance fee in an amount not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15) per each citation issued by the county license inspector citing a delinquen…