Title 45

(a) Any individual employed by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, his or her badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol…

(a) This section shall apply to Franklin County. (b)(1) BOARD. The Franklin County Work Release Board, which shall be composed of the following members: The judge of probate of the county, the sheriff of the county, and the chief deputy of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department…

(a) In Franklin County, the tax assessor, tax collector, and judge of probate each are hereby authorized to appoint not less than one clerk and any additional clerks to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties. Such clerks as are appointed under this section shal…

There is hereby created within the tax assessor’s office in Franklin County, Alabama, a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses and titles through the tax assessor’s office. Such license division shall also operate and maintain a branch office in Red Bay, Al…

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate and tax collector. The judge of probate and tax collector of Franklin County are hereby relieved of all dutie…

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle 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. He or she shall report to the Comptroller a…

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

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 vehicle can 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…

The tax assessor, at his or her discretion, may mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in post card form and wit…

(a) On September 30, 1997, or upon occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, there shall be a county Revenue Commissioner in Franklin County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1996 and at the general election every six…

(a) The Tax Assessor of Franklin County is hereby authorized to take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. Hereafter, the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of state, county, and municipal ad v…

In order that Franklin County might be able to purchase and maintain a unified and modern computerized system for county records, the proceeds from that fee prescribed in Section 40-4-5, to be limited to one dollar thirty-five cents ($1.35) per transaction, on transactions perfor…

(a) As used in this section public officer means the Tax Assessor and the Revenue Commissioner of Franklin County. (b) Every public officer having custody of any public writing, record, or document, including, but not limited to, property record cards and work cards, shall permit…

(a) This section shall apply only in Franklin County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding real property sales for failure to pay taxes and subsequent redemption heretofore performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and shall be performed by …

For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Franklin County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not ap…

The Franklin County Commission is hereby authorized to levy, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise tax on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within Franklin County at a rate not …

On or before the 20th day of each month after this part has become effective, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Franklin County on forms prescribed by such county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withd…

All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than two years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as shall clearly show the amount of sale or withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel made in Franklin Co…

Within 30 days after the effective date of the levy of the tax authorized by this part, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Franklin County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-30-241.02 to…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Franklin County to enforce this part upon its imposing the tax thereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every distributor, storer, or retail dealer…

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under authority of this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be added to the amount o…

The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this part shall not preclude the collection of the amount actually due. However, the amount actually paid shall constitute a credit against the amount actually due. (Act 90-463, p. 655, §8.)

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate any provisions of this part or shall fail to comply with any reasonable rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, may be restrained, and proper prosecution instituted in the name of Franklin County by the Attorney General of th…

Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in Franklin County shall report to the County Commission of Franklin County on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasoline …

The proceeds of any tax received under authority of this part shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after its receipt to the county general fund and shall be expended for materials and supplies for road maintenance and construction. (Act 90-463, p. 655, §11.)

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Franklin County. (b) The county commission is authorized to levy, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting o…

The proceeds of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 to 40-20-13, inclusive, which are distributed to the county General Fund of Franklin County, or to the general fund of any municipality therein shall be distributed only one time in a four-year period or a…

(a) The Franklin County Commission shall levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law and collect as herein provided, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer …

(a) In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes, cigarettes or cigars in Franklin County shall pay a privilege license or tax in the following amount: (1) One cent ($0.01) for each pack…

Every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Franklin County any cigarettes or cigars shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes and ci…

The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Chapter 25 of Title 40. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that i…

The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this subpart. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 1963, No. 515, p. 1100, §4.)

All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Chapter 25 of Title 40, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by this…

(a) The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county for collecting the special county taxes levied in this subpart an amount, not to exceed 10 percent of the amount collected, as the Commissioner of Revenue and the governing body of the county may determine. The charge fo…

(a) None of the provisions of this subpart shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes and cigars stored by a wholesale dealer for the p…

(a) In addition to the tax levied by subpart 1, there is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Franklin County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the fol…

Upon passage of this subpart there is levied on every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Franklin County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products the amount of the li…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Franklin County to enforce this subpart upon its imposing the tax thereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every dealer, storer, or distributor eng…

The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Franklin County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-30-245.30, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate…

All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the …

(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Franklin County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Franklin County Wa…

(a) None of the provisions of this subpart shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco…

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Franklin County Water Service Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (2) BOA…

This article is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the Fra…

(a) Three applicants shall be appointed to incorporate the Franklin County Water Service Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of incorporation that shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section…