Title 45

This subpart shall apply only in Lamar County. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §1.)

The purpose of this subpart is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. S…

At the expiration of the current term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If …

The county revenue commissioner shall 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 taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and…

Subject to the approval of the county commission, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of deputies shall have the same force and le…

Before entering 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 of 1901, and execute a bond in a sum as may be fixed by Section 40-5-3, for tax collectors. The bond shall be co…

The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner, and his or her deputies, clerks, and assistants, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office and no…

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 or tax collector of the county is authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty…

(a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2003. (b) All personnel employed in the office of tax assessor or tax collector at the time the office of county revenue commissioner comes into being shall be absorbed into the sta…

If the election provided by the act from which this subpart is derived occurs in a year in which the office of the tax collector and the office of the tax assessor are filled by election, candidates for either office shall also be deemed candidates for the office of county revenu…

(a) This section shall apply only in Lamar County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of pr…

(a) There is hereby levied and imposed in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the La…

The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of…

All taxes levied in this subpart shall be paid to and collected by the Department of Revenue at the same time and along with the collection of the state sales tax and the state use tax. On or prior to the due dates of the taxes levied, each person subject to the taxes shall file …

Every registered seller regularly and continually making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in Lamar County (which storage, use, or other consumption is not herein exempted from the tax imposed in Section 45-38-241.21) shall at the time of …

Each person engaging or continuing with Lamar County in a business subject to the taxes levied in Section 45-38-241.21 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the taxpayer on account of …

Taxes constitute a lien on property of persons from whom due. The taxes imposed by this subpart shall constitute a debt due Lamar County and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this subpart. The taxes, together with interest and…

Each person subject to the license tax provided for in Section 45-38-241.21 shall be allowed and may retain, out of the taxes levied by Section 45-38-241.21 and payable by such retailer, a discount equal to five percent of the first one hundred dollars ($100) of taxes levied, and…

(a)(1) The Department of Revenue may charge an amount or percentage of the total collections, as may be agreed upon by the Lamar County Commission, to Lamar County for collecting the special county taxes levied by this subpart. (2) The charge shall not exceed five percent of the …

(a) Of the proceeds of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 through 40-20-13, which are distributed to the county General Fund of Lamar County, or to the general fund of any municipality therein, 10 percent of such proceeds shall be transferred to the county…

(a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Lamar County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: (1) Five cents ($.05) for each …

Upon September 1, 1989, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Lamar County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privileg…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lamar County to enforce this part, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in the business for which the tax is h…

The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Lamar County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-38-243, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and e…

All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating 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 force to t…

(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Lamar County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Lamar County Water Co…

(a) None of the provisions of this part 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 part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco produ…