Title 45

The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held hereunder. (Acts 1966, No. 79, p.…

(a) As used herein the following terms shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) DISTRICT. A district for fighting fires, a district for garbage disposal, or a district for fighting fires and garbage disposal. (2) FIRE STATION. A fire station maintained in a district o…

(a) Where an election is held on the question of the establishment of a district, the governing body of the county shall pay for the necessary expense of advertising and conducting such election out of the general funds of the county. If the district is established, the district …

No district shall be created unless the creation thereof is approved by the majority of votes cast at the election at which the proposed creation is submitted. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by th…

(a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members appointed by the governing body of the county. No person shall be appointed to the board unless he or she is a qualified elector of the district. Appointment shall be f…

(a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created including, but not limited to: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To have a seal and alter t…

(a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for from the proceeds of any service charge or fire dues which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The service charge or any fire dues shall be levied upon and collected…

(a) Subject to the conditions stated below in this section, the board of trustees shall be authorized to adopt service charge ordinances levying service charges provided for in Section 45-37-140.11. No service charge ordinance shall take effect and be enforced until the substance…

(a) Whenever any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 perc…

(a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness. (1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, …

This article shall be known and may cited as the Jefferson County Bingo Act. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §1.)

As used in this article: (1) BINGO. That specific kind of game commonly known as bingo in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card or electronic marking machine conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random. (2) CHIEF OF POLICE. The c…

(a) Any provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, no qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a bingo game until the sheriff issues a permit to the organization authorizing it to do so. In the event of any controversy concerning whether or not certain act…

(a) Any qualified organization desiring to obtain a permit to operate bingo games shall make application to the sheriff on forms prescribed by the sheriff and shall pay an annual fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150). No permit shall be issued to any qualified organization unle…

(a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address of the permitholder, the location at which the permitholder is permitted to conduct bingo, and the days of the week on which the permitholder is permitted to conduct bingo. (b) The bingo permitholder shall display the permi…

a) Upon special application submitted by a qualified organization licensed pursuant to Section 45-37-150.03 and upon the applicant’s payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50) to the sheriff, the sheriff may issue a special permit for conducting bingo at locations and on days other …

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only qualified organizations which are properly issued permits pursuant to this article shall be allowed to operate bingo games. (b) A qualified organization shall not lend its name or allow its identity to be used by any individual…

All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall be paid into the county general fund, and all necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be financed from the county general fund. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §8.)

The entire net proceeds of a bingo game shall be devoted exclusively to the lawful purposes of the permitholder. An item of expense shall not be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of bingo except the following bona fide expenses in reasonabl…

(a) A person other than a bona fide member of the permitholder may not participate in the management of bingo. Persons other than bona fide members of the permitholder may participate in the operation of bingo as provided by rule of the sheriff. (b) A person may not receive any c…

No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play any game or games of bingo conducted pursuant to any permit issued under this article. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to conduct or assist in the conduct of any game of bingo conducted pursuant…

State or local taxes of any kind whatsoever shall not be imposed upon the recipient of any prize, whether merchandise or money, awarded by a permitholder during a bingo game conducted in conformity with this article. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §12.)

(a) The sheriff shall enforce and supervise the administration of this article. The sheriff shall employ personnel as necessary to implement this article. (b) The sheriff by rule shall regulate the holding, operation, or conducting of bingo, including the following: (1) The metho…

The sheriff is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations which he or she deems necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this article. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §14.)

(a) Each permitholder shall maintain the following records for at least three years from the date on which the last bingo game is conducted: (1) An itemized list of the gross receipts for each session. (2) An itemized list of all expenses, other than prizes paid during a bingo se…

The sheriff may suspend or revoke any permit issued pursuant to this article if the permitholder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permitholder violates this article or rule promulgated hereunder. Appeal to the governing body of the county from an advers…

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §17.)

(a) A permitholder whose permit is revoked in consequence of a violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45-37-150.16 or …

If the vote on the constitutional amendment excepting bingo from the constitutional prohibition against lotteries in Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, is approved by a majority of the voters casting ballots thereon in Jefferson County, it shall not be necessary for …

Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who does other acts in connection with bingo shall not apply t…

(a) This section shall be known as the Jefferson County Commission Accountability Act. (b) No warrants or checks shall be drawn on the county treasury or county depository until the county commission has adopted its annual budget. (c) Every request to issue a warrant or check to …

All cities and towns in Jefferson County shall on the 1st day of April of each year cause to be published in a daily or weekly newspaper, published in Jefferson County, a list of all persons whose compensation or any part thereof, is paid out of the treasury of the city or town t…

(a) Those Jefferson County officials holding elective or appointive office who now receive fifty dollars ($50) per month shall upon January 1, 1982, receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid monthly out of the county general fund. (b) This allowance shall be in lieu…

This part shall apply to both of the following: (1) Any debt issued by Jefferson County if the amount of the debt to be issued in a single transaction, or in a series of related transactions, exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000). (2) Any swap agreement entered into by Jeffer…

For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (2) DEBT. Indebtedness for borrowed money, whether in the form of bonds, warrants, notes, or other similar instruments or capitalized leases. (3) OFFICIAL STATEMENT.…

(a) The county may not issue debt unless it gives notice of the proposed debt issuance as provided in subsection (b) and a hearing is held as provided in Section 45–37–162.03. The county may not enter into a swap agreement unless notice of the proposed swap agreement is given as …

Not less than three days nor more than 10 days before the date that the county enters into a binding agreement to issue debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, the county shall hold a public hearing on the proposed debt or swap agreement. A majority of the governing body of…

The county shall competitively bid all swap agreements using the following procedures: (1) The county shall invite not less than four qualified swap providers to make independent written proposals to enter into a swap agreement delivered in person or transmitted electronically. (…

(a) Not less than seven days after the county enters into a binding agreement for the issuance of debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, it shall file a report in the public records of the county. The report shall include all of the following: (1) The final terms of such d…

(a) The county may not make any payment to a person described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-162.05 unless the county obtains a written statement under oath by the person declaring all of the following: (1) The amount and purpose of the payment received by …

(a) This section shall be known as the Cope and Norris Act. (b) It shall be unlawful for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, or other premises of two acres or less within the unincorporated territory of Jefferson County to fail to keep the lot or pr…

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 497 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, Local Amendments, Jefferson County, § 10 the Jefferson County Commission is hereby authorized to enact ordinances to do all of the…

(a) The County Commission of Jefferson County shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when the same are found by the county commission to be unsafe to t…

The following words and phrases used in this subpart, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to this subpart. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authori…

In the interest of flood control and prevention, there is hereby authorized, and shall be established as hereinafter provided, the Jefferson County Flood Control Authority. The authority shall be a public corporation with its principal office located in the City of Birmingham, go…

(a) The board of directors of the authority shall consist of 11 members residing in Jefferson County. Three members, two of whom shall reside in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County and one who shall reside in the Bessemer cutoff area, shall be chosen for six, eight, and …