Title 45

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this part if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Articl…

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made under this part, or the ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operatin…

(a) This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the “Midfield Speed Limit Safety Act.” (b) The City of Midfield, Alabama, by municipal ordinance, may adopt the procedures set out in this subpart. (Act 2014-426, p. 1563, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Accident data establishes that speeding vehicles have been and are a dangerous problem in Midfield, Alabama. (2) Studies have found that automated speeding enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method for detect…

As used in this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CITY. The City of Midfield, Alabama. (2) CIVIL FINE. The monetary amount assessed by the City of Midfield pursuant to this act for an adjudication of civil liability for a speeding violation, incl…

(a) The City of Midfield is empowered to utilize an automated photographic speeding enforcement system to detect and record speeding violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded speeding violations which may occur wi…

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty pursuant to this subpart, the City of Midfield shall first mail a notice of violation by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the automated photographic speeding enforc…

(a) The Midfield Municipal Court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this subpart and to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this subpart. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may …

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating the following: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation and, if so, (2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with th…

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidenc…

In the event the evidence produced by an automated photographic speeding enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably est…

The city may provide by ordinance that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil fines that are authorized in this subpart. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudicat…

The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of automated photographic speeding enforcement systems in reducing speeding violations and collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Cri…

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this subpart if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Tit…

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to this subpart, or an ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been …

In the City of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, whenever by reason of the dilapidated, deteriorated, unsafe, or unhealthful condition of real property or any improvements situated thereupon, the municipality files a civil action in any court of the state to compel the owner or…

The following words and phrases used in this section and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 316. That certain amendment to the …

(a) In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 336 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, an increase of the municipal ad valorem tax presently being levied p…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 383, H. 458, 1945 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 325. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 116, H. 56, 1971 …

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT NO. 56. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Constitution of 2022. (2) AMENDMENT NO. 325. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of…

(a) In addition to any other authority for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, the City Council of the City of Mountain Brook may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the corporate limits of the city on Sunday commencing at 10:00 a.m. (b…

(a) This section is adopted pursuant to the authority in Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (b) The City Council of the City of Mountain Brook by ordinance may provide for the establishment of entertainment districts in the historic villages of the city designate…

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the City Council of the City of Pleasant Grove may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount equal to a total of 30 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the co…

(a) In the event the Utilities Board of the City of Pleasant Grove or the City of Pleasant Grove should receive proceeds from the sale of its gas and water distribution systems, there shall be established an investment fund named Pleasant Grove Gas and Water Systems Sale Investme…

(a) In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the district ad valorem school tax presently being levied pursuan…

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama has investigated the economic, financial, and environmental impact associated with the potential for duplication of electric distribution facilities used for the furnishing of retail electric service in and around the City of Tarrant Ci…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901,…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 19…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended. (2) CITY. The City of Trussville, Alabama. (3) CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Trussville. (4) SCHOOL BO…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the ad valorem tax presently being levied in the City of Vestavia Hil…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Sec…

(a) The following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. Amendment 56 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 325. Amendment 325 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City Council of Vestavia Hills, by ordinance, may establish up to five total entertainment districts within the city permitting consumption of alcoholic beverages purchased from on-premises alcoholic beverage retail licensees to be …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or municipal magistrate of the City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant ar…