Title 45

Each member of the Hale County Commission shall receive an expense allowance in the amount necessary to bring the total annual compensation, including salary and expense allowances, to the amount of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600). This expense allowance shall be …

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

In any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed, whether at law or in equity in any circuit or district court in Hale County, there is hereby authorized to be charged a tax of two dollars ($2) which tax shall be in equity in any circuit or district court in Hale County, there …

Thirty days after May 21, 1996, in Hale County, a special indexing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that is filed for record in the offic…

(a) The Hale County Commission, in addition to any fees currently authorized, may set and authorize the judge of probate to collect an additional transaction fee up to the following amounts with regard to each of the following transactions in the probate office: (1) License tags:…

(a)(1) The Alabama Forestry Commission has notified the County Commission of Hale County that additional funding is necessary to maintain protection of the timberlands in Hale County. (2) The County Commission of Hale County is unable to fully fund the work of the Alabama Forestr…

(a) The Sheriff of Hale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shal…

(a) After September 1, 2023, any individual qualifying for election to the office of Sheriff of Hale County, or any individual appointed to serve as Sheriff of Hale County, in addition to any other qualifications required by law, shall meet all of the following qualifications: (1…

(a) The Sheriff of Hale County is authorized to operate a jail store and contract telephone installation for inmates within the confines of the county jail. The jail store and inmate telephones shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) Any and all mo…

(a) In Hale 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). (b) Any and all monies collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited by the Sheriff of Hale…

(a) This section shall apply only to Hale County. (b) The Hale County Sheriff Service of Process Serving Fund is created and hereinafter referred to as the fund. (c) The Sheriff of Hale County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into agreement with a priva…

(a) This section shall apply only in Hale County. (b) At the request of a resident of the county, the Sheriff of Hale County or his or her designee may provide a local background check to the resident based on a search of the local criminal records available to the office of the …

(a) The Sheriff of Hale County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s office. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or other identify…

If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a perishable nature and reasonable attempts to locate and identify the owner of the property are not successful, the property may be sold at once without notice. The sheriff shall attempt to obtain the best possible price for the…

(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms that are not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, the serial or other identifying number, …

(a) At least every six months, the sheriff may sell at public auction or Internet auction provider, to the highest bidder for cash all abandoned or stolen personal property, other than firearms and unauthorized sound or audiovisual recordings, which has been recovered by the sher…

The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Hale County Sheriff’s Office, including firearms, may claim the property at any time prior to its sale by submitting sufficient proof of ownership as determined by the sheriff and by paying any reasonable exp…

If property is sold at public auction, as provided in this part, a notation in the storage record book shall be made of the sale and of the amount received for the property. The person making the sale may reject any and all bids if the amount bid is unreasonably low and may conti…

The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction conducted under the authority of this part, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale of property, shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited into any bank located in …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account held by the Hale County Sheri…

(a) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Hale County shall be full time and each such officer shall be compensated by an annual minimum salary as provided by Section 40–6A–2, in lieu of any other compensation or expense allowance. The tax assessor and tax collector ea…

At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Hale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy there shall be the office of county revenue commissioner in H…

The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation, the collection of such taxes, the …

Subject to the approval of the county commission or other like governing body of the county, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her o…

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama, and execute a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the county commission or like governing body of the count…

The county commission or other like governing body of the county shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner in the courthouse, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, needed for the efficient p…

The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor and the tax collector are now or hereafter by law authorized or directed to charge or collect for the performa…

The officers of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Hale County are hereby abolished effective on the first day of the term to which he or she is elected, or on such earlier date as is prescribed in Section 45–33–240.20 if vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or tax …

It is the purpose of this subpart to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Hale County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor and tax collector of such county into one county office. (Act 83-696, p. 1136, §8.)

If the office of tax assessor or tax collector should become vacant between the time of ratification of this subpart by the electors of Hale County and the expiration of the term of office of either the tax assessor or tax collector, this subpart shall become effective immediatel…

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Hale County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 3 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional …

(a) All proceeds from the additional ad valorem tax provided for by Amendment 603 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be paid into the county general fund and distributed for the benefit of fire protection as provided therein and no fee shall be withheld for collection …

(a) The Hale County Commission is authorized to levy upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes certain tobacco products in Hale County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax of five cents ($0.05) on each package of cigar…

(a) Upon September 20, 1991, the county commission is authorized to levy on every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Hale County any cigarettes shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax le…

The tax hereby authorized to be levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40–25–1 to Section 40–25–28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue, if directed and authorized by the Hale County Commission to collect and ad…

The State Department of Revenue, if directed and authorized by resolution of the Hale County Commission to collect and administer the county privilege, license, or excise tax herein levied, for as long as directed by the county commission, is hereby authorized to promulgate and e…

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

The proceeds of the tax levied herein, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 percent shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the county general fund on a monthly basis to be expended by the Hale County Commission for general county purposes. (Act 91-783…

(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 stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of r…

(a) Upon adoption of a resolution by the Hale County Commission, the commission may impose on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Hale County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the…

Every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells, stores, or receives for the purpose of selling or storing in Hale County, any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and smoking tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed to the …

It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in or continuing in the business in Hale County for which the tax is levied to fail or continuing in the business in Hale County for which the tax is levied to fail or refuse to add to the sales price and collect…

All laws, rules, and regulations of the department relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Sections 40–25–1 to 40–25–28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied by th…

The proceeds from the tax authorized, less the amount or percentage of the actual cost of collection as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue and the Hale County Commission, shall be distributed to the Hale County General Fund to be used for the oper…

This subpart shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products stored by a wholesale dealer for the purpose of resale or reshipment outside of the county which are actually resold or reshipped. (Act 99-235, p. 302, §6.)

When used in this part, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Revenue. (2) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporati…