Title 45

As used in this part, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Houston County. (2) ESTABLISHMENT DEALING IN OR PERMITTING THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Any business establishment operating within the county whichsells, dispenses, or otherwise allows …

(a) It shall be unlawful and no person shall expose to public view his or her genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or cleavage or any simulation thereof within an establishment dealing in or permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages or within 500 feet of an esta…

This part shall not be deemed to be violated in any of the following circumstances: (1) When a person appears nude in a public place provided or set apart for nudity, and the person is nude for the sole purpose of performing a legal function that is customarily intended to be per…

(a) In addition to any other remedy or penalty at law, when there is reason to believe that any person is violating or is about to violate this part, the Houston County Commission may initiate a civil action in the Circuit Court of Houston County in the name of the county against…

The operation of legally operating adult businesses that currently serve alcohol and are existing and lawfully operating on August 21, 2009, may continue, subject to the following requirements: (1) No legally nonconforming adult business premises shall be enlarged, extended, or s…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or offer for sale any spirituous or vinous liquors in Houston County except at Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control liquor stores and at retail liquor establishments within the corporate limits of the…

(a)(1) This section shall only apply in Houston County. (2) Subsection (b) shall take effect on July 1, 2006. (b)(1) The sale of draft or keg beer by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in Houston County outside of the corporate limits of any…

After July 22, 1987, any established bank which is authorized by its charter or by law to do a general banking business in Houston County, with the written consent of the State Department of Banks, may open, establish, and operate branch banks, branch offices, or places for doing…

In Houston County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished. (Act 98-236, p. 384, §1.)

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2025, the salary of the Coroner of Houston County shall be twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) per annum. (b) The coroner shall receive the same uniform increases in compensation granted to other county employees including, but not limited to, cost-of-l…

The Houston County Commission shall hereafter pay all necessary expenses for the operation of the county coroner’s office from the county general fund. Provided, however, that any expenditures heretofore made by such commission in support of such coroner’s office, retroactive to …

(a) Beginning on June 1, 2007, the compensation of the Chair of the Houston County Commission shall be adjusted so that the monthly compensation paid to the holder of the office shall be 85 percent of the monthly compensation which was being paid to the Houston County Judge of Pr…

This part relates to the election and tenure of the Houston County Commission. There shall be a county commission in Houston County which commission shall consist of a full-time chair who shall be elected from the county at-large and four associate commissioners who shall serve o…

In all primary and general elections held to choose members of the commission, the ballots shall separately designate and specify the candidates for the offices by separately specifying the office of chair of the commission, and separately specifying the offices of associate comm…

Candidates for nomination or election to the commission shall designate which of the five offices on the commission they are seeking. All candidates shall be 21 years of age and those qualifying for the positions of associate commissioners shall have resided in and be a qualified…

(a) In Houston County, vacancies on the Houston County Commission occurring due to death, disability, resignation, or nonresidency shall be filled by special elections called to fill any unexpired term and called by the judge of probate. Notice of such special elections shall be …

The county commission districts are hereby established and described as follows: (1) District one: Bound on the West by line beginning in the City of limits of Dothan at the intersection on West Main Street and Herring Street; North on Herring Street to Sioux Street; East on Siou…

(a) Commencing on October 1, 1988, the Circuit Judges and District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit shall each receive a local salary supplement from the Houston County General Fund in the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly ins…

(a) Beginning on the first day of the first pay period following June 1, 1999, each special roving court reporter appointed by the Administrative Director of Courts to serve the Twentieth Judicial Circuit on a full-time basis shall receive, in addition to all other compensation p…

Any law, whether special, local, or general to the contrary notwithstanding, in Houston County in addition to all other costs and charges in any criminal case or misdemeanor case, whose jurisdiction is in the district court, circuit court, or juvenile court, specifically includin…

(a) This section shall apply only in Houston County. (b) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Houston County, an additional docket fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed in each case. The f…

The Judge of Probate and the Revenue Commissioner of Houston County shall be provided an expense allowance of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month, payable out of the county general fund from money not otherwise appropriated or as specified by the governing body of the coun…

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-169 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) Beginning on June 1, 2015, the Judge of Probate of Houston County shall receive an annual salary of one hundred five thou…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall charge a special additional filing fee of two dollars ($2) for filing or for recording each and every instrument, paper, writing, document, or decree in his or her office including, but not limited to, those related to: each person…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall charge a special additional filing fee of three dollars ($3) for filing or for recording each and every instrument, paper, writing, or decree in his or her office, including, but not limited to, those related to personal property, …

(a)(1) The judge of probate shall collect a probate transaction fee in the amount of five dollars ($5) for each probate transaction that involves probate court, recording, licenses, or tags. (2) The probate transaction fee may not apply to tag transfers and replacement transactio…

(a) In Houston County, the judge of probate shall provide for the annual issuance of privilege licenses by mail. The judge of probate shall mail renewal forms to all businesses or individuals who purchased State of Alabama or Houston County privilege licenses the previous fiscal …

(a) The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall charge a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) for the compiling and printing of a list of privilege or business licenses issued by the judge of probate for an entire fiscal year or a fiscal year to date; and twenty dollars ($20) for th…

(a) On or after September 1st each year, the Judge of Probate of Houston County, if he or she elects to do so, may mail an application in the form and containing the information hereinafter provided to all owners of motor vehicles listed as such in the motor vehicle license recor…

(a) In Houston County, the judge of probate shall provide for the annual issuance of boat certificates of registration by mail. The judge of probate shall mail forms to all registered boat owners in the county to allow the boat owner to pay the annual registration fees and any ta…

The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall not record any instrument conveying the title to real property unless the current name and address of the grantee of the property is included in the instrument. (Act 93-694, p. 1330, §1.)

(a) The Houston County Commission and the Houston County Judge of Probate may establish and make available, by paid subscription, an on-line computer service allowing the general public limited access to certain records maintained, preserved, and made available to the general pub…

(a) In Houston County, when a negotiable instrument, such as a check or draft, given for a motor vehicle license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate, or his or her designee, shall notify the maker or drawer of the negotiable instrument, in writing, …

(a) The Judge of Probate of Houston County may appoint from the qualified electors of Houston County one or more temporary judges of probate to serve contemporaneously with him or her when the elected judge of probate finds that the temporary appointments are necessary due to cal…

The members of the Houston County Board of Education shall be entitled to an expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. The expense allowance shall be in lieu of any other expense allowance, salary, or other compensation, other than that provided by general law.…

In addition to any compensation authorized by general law, each member of the Houston County Board of Registrars shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per day for each meeting the member attends. The compensation shall be payable out of the general fund of the county. (Act 99-3…

(a) The members of the Board of Registrars of Houston County and their dependents shall be eligible for coverage under the Houston County Health Insurance Plan. (b) The premiums for the insurance coverage for the members of the Houston County Board of Registrars and their depende…

(a)(1) In Houston County, the election officials referred to in Section 17-8-12 as “inspectors” and “clerks” are respectively referred to as “chief inspectors” and “poll workers.” (2) The Houston County Appointing Board may appoint chief inspectors and deputy chief inspectors fro…

THIS CODE SECTION REPEALED BY ACT 2023-64, EFFECTIVE APRIL 27, 2023. (a) This section shall only apply in Houston County. (b) The chief poll inspectors shall receive additional compensation in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each election. The compensation provided in…

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 Houston County shall be divided into the exempt service and the classified service. (1) The EXEMPT SERVICE shall include: a. The positions of all elected officials of Houston County. b. 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 members of the five-member personnel appeals board, created pursuant to Act No. 2262, S. 1234, Regular Session 1971 (Acts 1971, p. 3643) and continued under Act No. 1049, S. 886, 1973 Regul…

(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 and/or permissi…

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 84-578, p. 1201, §7.)