Title 45

(a) This section shall be operative only in Greene County. (b) The Sheriff of Greene County may allow vending machines to be placed in the canteen in the county jail. Proceeds from the vending machines shall be deposited into the Sheriff Fund. Any profits derived from the vending…

(a) In Greene County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) Any and all monies collected under subs…

The County Coroner of Greene County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary,…

(a) The Greene County Commission may provide the Coroner of Greene County with additional expense allowances and compensation or salary. The county commission may provide for any expense allowance granted to the coroner by this section or otherwise to convert to salary effective …

(a) The Greene County Commission is hereby authorized to establish by resolution the mileage rate in which the commission shall reimburse employees for travel incurred in performing their official duties. (b) The mileage rate established by the commission shall not exceed the cur…

(a) The County Commission of Greene County is hereby authorized to increase the clerk hire allowances given the tax assessor, tax collector, and the judge of probate. Any increase provided for by this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. (b) The County Com…

(a) In Greene County, there is hereby created a three member Greene County Districting Commission, hereinafter referred to as districting commission, to establish districts for the election of members of the Greene County Commission and the Greene County Board of Education. One m…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Greene County, an additional fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) shall be assessed and taxed as cost on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases, but excluding small claims c…

(a) All solicitor’s and district attorney’s fees hereafter taxed as cost and collected in all criminal cases in all courts in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit shall be paid by the clerk of the court collecting such fees into a fund to be designated as the Solicitor’s and District…

The District Attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit shall receive, in addition to any other compensation heretofore provided by law, an expense allowance of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month from each of the counties comprising the judicial circuit. The expense all…

(a) The District Attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit composed of Marengo, Greene, and Sumter Counties may appoint a chief investigator and, from time to time, additional investigators. The chief investigator and any additional investigators shall serve at the pleasure of…

(a) The judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit shall receive a local salary supplement in an amount to be determined under subsection (b). The local salary supplement provided by this section shall be in lieu of all local salary supplements and expense allowances provided the …

The governing body of Greene County is authorized to provide an additional clerk hire allowance of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) annually to the judge of probate to be used for clerical assistance; for the chief clerk one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) and fo…

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transaction fee in an amount determined by the county commission, but not exceeding four dollars ($4), shall be paid to the Greene County Judge of Probate when any public business is transacted in his or her offic…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Greene County shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles, and the issuance of motor vehicle tags and titles in Greene County which the revenue commissioner, tax assessor, and tax collector are required…

For the purpose of promoting industry and trade and to assist the county commission or other like governing bodies in Greene County in their pursuits therefor, there is hereby created an Industrial Development Authority for Greene County which shall be composed of seven members. …

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 Greene County the authority shall be constituted an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential governmental functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this article, and the development of th…

The authority may employ a director, who shall be its chief administrative officer and serve as secretary to the authority. The authority shall fix the salary of the director who shall serve at its pleasure. The director shall have authority to employ clerical and other assistant…

The authority or its agents and employees may do all of 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 agric…

The authority may establish and maintain an office at some suitable place within the county, and the cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining such office shall be a lawful charge against any funds appropriated for the use of the authority. (Act …

The county governing body of Greene County shall annually, before the end of the county’s fiscal year, fix the amount to be expended by the industrial development authority herein created, and shall deposit such amount as it determines to be necessary for the efficient operation …

(a) The members of the Greene County Board of Education shall be entitled to a one hundred dollar ($100) per month expense allowance. (b) The funds for paying the expense allowance may be paid from any legal fund of the Greene County Board of Education. (Act 82-837, p. 351, §§1, …

Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent members, subject to Section 16-1-26, the annual salary for the members of the Greene County Board of Education may be set at up to six hundred dollars ($600) per month, payable from the school funds of the county. (Act 97…

In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the members of the board of registrars in Greene County, each member of such board shall be entitled to a fifteen dollar ($15) per meeting day increase in such compensation with such increase to be paid in the usual m…

In Greene County, election officials who work at polling places are hereby 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 thirty dollars ($30) for each day they work at the …

The Greene County Racing Commission is hereby created and established and is vested with the powers and duties specified in this part, and all other powers necessary and proper to enable it to execute fully and effectually the purposes of this part. The official name of the commi…

(a) The members of the commission shall be qualified electors of Greene County and not less than 21 years of age, who shall have resided in the State of Alabama for a period of five years next preceding their appointment. Each commissioner shall take the same constitutional oath …

The compensation of each member of the commission shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) annually. Each commissioner who attends a racing event or performs the duties required by this part, at the facility, shall receive an additional fifty dollars ($50) per day. One mem…

The Greene County Racing Commission shall be empowered to appoint an individual to serve as Treasurer of the Racing Commission which may be one of the members of the racing commission, and shall collect all of the license fees, taxes, and monies provided in this part, and shall s…

The racing commission shall have the authority to employ legal counsel of its selection to advise the commission and represent it in all proceedings. The compensation of such counsel shall be paid out of funds deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the racing commissio…

It shall be the duty of the county racing commission to carry out this part; and it shall have the following specific duties: (1) To fix and set dates upon which race meetings may be held or operated. (2) To make an annual report to the county commission of its operation, showing…

Any person, association, or corporation desiring to operate a racetrack in the county, shall have the right, subject to this part, to hold and conduct one or more racing meetings at the track each year, provided that no such license shall be granted to any person, association, or…

No race or racing shall be permitted on Sunday. No person under 18 years of age shall be employed in any manner about the race track except as exercise boys and grooms; nor shall persons under 18 years of age be permitted to attend any race. (Acts 1975, No. 376, p. 926, §8.)

On or before the first day of December of each year, any person, association, or corporation possessing the qualifications prescribed in this part shall have the right to apply to the racing commission for a permit or license to conduct race meetings and racing under this part. O…

The commission may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee conducting a race meeting, upon the willful violation of any of the provisions of this part, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission or may invoke a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) p…

The commission is empowered to compel the production of any and all books, memoranda, or documents showing the receipts and disbursements of any person, association, or corporation licensed to conduct race meetings under this part. The commission may at any time require the remov…

The commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw licenses to all persons connected with race tracks, including gate keepers, announcers, ushers, starters, officials, drivers, dog owners, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen, exercise boys, veterinari…

(a) The commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on dog races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons known as pari-mutuel wagering, which method shall be legal to the extent that and so long as, the same is carried on and conducted stri…

Every licensee conducting race meetings under this part, shall pay to the ex-officio treasurer of the racing commission for the use of the commission, a tax in an amount equal to four percent of the total contributions to all pari-mutuel pools conducted or made on any race track …

If any free passes or complimentary cards shall be issued to guests by any licensee, such licensee shall nevertheless be responsible for payment of the admission tax upon such complimentary admission cards or passes as though they had been sold at regular admission price. However…

The license fees, commissions, and excise taxes imposed herein shall be in lieu of all license, excise, and occupational taxes to the State of Alabama, or any county, city, town, or other political subdivision thereof. (Acts 1975, No. 376, p. 926, §16.)

All fees, commissions, taxes, and other monies, including fines and forfeitures, received under this part shall be paid to the Treasurer of Greene County and deposited by the treasurer in the county treasury to the account of the Greene County Racing Commission. All such monies r…

Any corporation, association, or person who directly or indirectly holds any greyhound race without having procured a license as prescribed in this part, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of such a race, except in the pari-mutuel or mutuel met…

No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practices, shall be eligible as an applicant for any license or permit to operate a ra…

Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with any owner, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any kennel, greyhound, or race in which any greyhound participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any such race, or any pe…