Title 45

For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County Commission in 1988 and 1990, the county is hereby divided into four county commission districts as defined by resolution duly adopted by the Geneva County Commission on July 12, 1976, and spread upon the minutes of the regular…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and juvenile court cases, not including traffic, in Geneva County, a fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the courts, three dollars ($3) shall be remitted monthly to the Juveni…

(a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b) In addition to any court cost and any court document service fee now imposed by law, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Sections 96,…

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

(a) The county governing body of Geneva County is hereby authorized to supplement the salary of the district judge, from the county general fund, in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum. (b) The county governing body of Geneva County shall supplement t…

In Geneva County, upon the passage of a resolution by the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting, the county commission may levy a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) which shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each …

(a) The judge of probate, as an option to providing for citizens to acquire motor vehicle tags from the office of the judge of probate, may provide for the mail-out of tags and the related collection of payment for ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle tags. (b) The judge of probate…

(a) This section shall only be operative in Geneva County. (b) In Geneva County, if a check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate shall notify the worthless check unit of the district attorney’s office, who shall make a reasonable …

(a)(1) Upon the date of adoption of a resolution of the Geneva County Commission declaring the implementation of this section, an additional special recording fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged and collected by the Judge of Probate of Geneva County for each real property i…

This part shall apply only in Geneva County. (Act 2013-343, p. 1205, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the municipality as a condition precedent to participating in a pretrial diversion program. (2) CITY ATTORNEY. The city attorney of …

(a) A municipality may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by a common law and provided by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the municipality shall be retained. (c) The pretrial diversion…

An offender may apply to the municipality for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2013-343, p. 1205, §4.)

Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole discretion of the city attorney. An offender deemed by the city attorney to be a threat to the safety or well being of the community shall not be eligible for the program. An offender charged with any of the following …

(a) The city attorney may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state, city, and the of…

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the evaluation process of the city attorney, the city attorney may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, …

(a) Following the decision of the city attorney to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the city attorney and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the program. The a…

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participating in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, fees, and assessments for the Crime Victim’s Co…

Application fees required by this part shall be collected by the court clerk of the municipal court. The fees shall be disbursed to each entity or department as allocated by Section 45-31-84.08. (Act 2013-343, p. 1205, §10.)

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the city attorney, the city attorney and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender together with the statement of facts of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the city at…

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the city attorney may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion p…

In no event shall the city attorney or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program. (Act 2013-343, p. 1205, §13.…

The Geneva County Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution passed at an open public session, to increase their monthly expense allowance to an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) per member per month. (Act 91-374, p. 707, §1.)

(a) The Geneva 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)(1) At the election in 2004, …

The provisions of this article shall apply in Geneva County. (Act 82-746, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 218, §1.)

Unless a contrary intent appears from the context, as used herein, the phrase county governing body means the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of any such county; the word election means any general, special, or primary election held i…

(a) Subject to subsection (b), when the use of voting machines at elections in the county has been, or shall hereafter be authorized, the county governing body of the county shall have the authority to designate a voting center or voting centers in the county. The order so design…

(a) The voting list of any territory which is furnished the election officers serving at the voting center designated for such territory shall contain the names of all qualified electors of the territory on a single roll; however, when the roll contains more than 2,400 names the …

The county governing body shall determine the number of voting machines deemed necessary to serve adequately the voters at an election, taking into consideration the nature or character of the election; provided, however, that at each election there shall be maintained at each vo…

(a) For each voting center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspec…

The provisions of this article shall be supplemental to other laws regulating the designating of voting places and the division of voting precincts into voting districts and shall be construed in pari materia with such laws but such provisions of these laws as conflict with this …

The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used herein, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, and shall include the singular as well as the plural: (1) ALLOCATION. The assignment of positions to a class on the basis of the nature, difficult…

All offices and positions of Geneva County shall be divided into the exempt service and the classified service. (1)a. The exempt service shall include: 1. The positions of all elected officials of Geneva County. 2. The positions of voluntary personnel and personnel appointed to s…

All employees who have acquired permanent status shall, subject to this part, have permanent status in their present positions so long as such positions remain in the classified service. All other employees shall be eligible to acquire permanent status in their present positions …

(a) The personnel program established by this part shall be administered by the board. The board shall be composed of five members who shall be appointed as follows: (1) One member shall be appointed by the judge of probate and the initial term shall be for two years. (2) One mem…

(a) The personnel board shall meet at least once each month at a time fixed by the board, or on the call of the chair, or upon call of three members of the board. Such meetings shall be held in the county courthouse in an office which the county commission shall provide. The boar…

So long as the same are not inconsistent with this part, the board shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the civil service system established hereby, including, but not limited to, a job classification plan, a pay plan, and a plan for the mandatory or permissive …

Any rule, determination, regulation, or plan may be amended or repealed in whole or in part in the same manner as is provided herein for making of such rules, determination, regulation, or plans. (Act 85-587, p. 902, §7.)

After the adoption by the personnel board of a job classification plan, allocation of each position in the classified service shall be made by the board to the end that all positions in the same class shall be sufficiently alike to permit use of a single descriptive title, the sa…

After the adoption by the personnel board of a pay plan and any rules of its administration, the board shall assign each position to one of the pay ranges provided in the pay plan to the end that the rate or range of compensation for each class provided for in the pay plan shall …

Eligibility for original appointment or promotion to vacancies in positions in the classified service occurring after October 1, 1985, shall be determined by the personnel board. The personnel board shall conduct such examinations as shall fairly test the abilities and aptitudes …

Pending the availability of a list of names certified as provided in Section 45-31-120.12, positions may be filled by temporary appointment. The personnel board may grant permanent status in a position in the classified service so long as such position remains in the classified s…

Lists of names of persons available for appointment to a vacancy in a position in the classified service shall be selected for certification as provided in Section 45-31-120.12 in the order in which they appear from among the laid off persons on the reemployment list, promotional…

(a) Except as hereinafter provided, vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled by the appointing authority by the appointment of a person whose name is certified, within 30 days of certification. Certification shall be made upon request of the appointing aut…

Except as provided in Sections 45-31-120.01 and 45-31-120.02, to acquire permanent status in a position in the classified service so long as such position remains in the classified service, employees shall be subject to a period of probation. The regular period of probation shall…

Rules shall be adopted in the manner hereinbefore provided prescribing hours of work and the conditions and length of time for which leaves of absence with pay and leaves of absence without pay may be granted. These shall cover such matters as vacancies, holidays, sick leaves, le…