Title 45

(a) This section applies only to Macon County. (b) The Legislature declares that the purpose of this section is to promote travel and tourism within Macon County, in order to enhance the economic opportunities of the citizens of Macon County. The Legislature further declares that…

(a) This section shall apply only to Macon County. (b) The Macon County Commission shall distribute forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per annum from the sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 P.M. on Sunday to the Macon County Public Library. (Act 99-555, p. 1199, §§ 1, 2.)

In Macon County, the sale of draft or keg beer in sealed containers of 128 ounces or less or in kegs of any size which are sold for off-premises consumption is lawful. (Act 2006-505, p. 1149, § 1.)

Any bank, either incorporated or unincorporated, which is established in Macon County, shall have the power to establish, to maintain, and to operate within the same city or town or within other communities, one or more branches or branch banks, branch offices, branch agencies, a…

In Macon 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 96-464, p. 579, § 1.)

(a) The Coroner of Macon County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month paid from the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expen…

(a) The Macon County Commission, within Macon County, may go upon private property and perform work or services for churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations and sell materials to churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corpo…

The Macon County Commission may set the hours for its regular monthly meetings, from time to time as it deems necessary, by adopting a resolution spread upon its minutes that specifies the time of day at which its regular monthly meetings shall commence. (Act 87-205, p. 292, § 1.…

(a) The Macon County Commission shall be composed of four members, each of whom shall be elected from the single-member districts previously established by the Macon County Commission. In addition, the chair of the county commission shall be elected from the county at-large. The …

(a) The Chair of the Macon County Commission shall be the chief administrative officer of the county commission, and shall serve full time. (b) The compensation of the chair of the county commission shall be forty-eight thousand four hundred dollars ($48,400) per annum. The compe…

The chief clerk of the county commission shall be appointed for a four-year term of office and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. (Act 97-663, p. 1272, § 3.)

Employees to be employed in the office of the county commission shall be recommended by the chair of the commission to the county commission. The county commission shall approve by a majority vote all personnel employed in the office of the commission. (Act 97-663, p. 1272, § 4.)

Each member of the county commission may inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district from time to time. The members of the county commission may also assist in securing right-of-way and assist in public relations generally. Each member of the county commission may elect …

In any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed, whether at law or in equity in any circuit or district court in Macon County, there is hereby authorized to be charged a tax of one dollar ($1) which tax shall be in addition to all other court costs heretofore authorized to be …

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit and district court cases in Macon County, a fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. This charge shall not be collected on small claims cases. When collected by the clerk of the c…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Macon County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed mo…

The assistant district attorney serving Macon County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month to be paid from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compen…

The Judge of the District Court of Macon County shall receive an annual expense allowance of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The expense allowance hereinabove provided for shall be the only e…

(a) If the incumbent Judge of Probate of Macon County on August 1, 2009, is reelected for a fourth term of office, commencing upon the fourth term of office, the annual compensation paid to the Judge of Probate of Macon County shall be equal to 90 percent of the annual salary pai…

The amount of any salary payments made to the Judge of Probate of Macon County beginning on January 15, 2019, and ending on March 31, 2022, which were incorrectly paid through no fault of the judge of probate, are ratified and confirmed. The salary of the judge of probate shall c…

(a)(1) On and after October 1, 1981, a special recording fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of…

(a) In Macon County the judge of probate, in lieu of the fees prescribed by the general law for the following services, shall charge and collect for such services the following fees: (1) Probate of will of not more than five pages, whether contested or not, with three copies of l…

This subpart shall apply only in Macon County. (Act 97-221, p. 340, § 1.)

The Legislature declares that the purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Macon County by providing for the installation of a improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the tit…

As used in this subpart, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2) IMPROVED RECORDING SYSTEM. A system of recording real property ins…

The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the installation and the maintenance of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieval system in the probate office. The initial installation of the improved recording, archival, and retrieval system shall include all of the foll…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records provided herein to be recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files to be stored and filed on either optical disk, or on paper, s…

The laws of Alabama with respect to the recording of real property instruments, personal property instruments, miscellaneous instruments, and other instruments and records that may constitute part of an improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system installed hereunder, inc…

The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the cost of purchasing, operating, or maintaining, after t…

Effective immediately after July 1, 1997, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each UCC statement that may be filed for…

Effective July 1, 1997, a special recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every court case filed in the Probate Court of Macon County, this amount shall be in addition to all other costs and fees heretofore collect…

Effective July 1, 1997, a special transaction fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to every transaction occurring in, or under the jurisdiction of the judge of probate, this amount shall be in addition to all other costs and …

Effective July 1, 1997, any and all revenues generated either directly or indirectly due to the use of or access to the improved recording, archiving, and retrieving system shall be paid directly in the aforementioned special fund of the judge of probate. These funds shall be use…

All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle ad valorem tax assessment and collection heretofore performed by the Revenue Commissioner of Macon County shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the Judge of Probate of Macon County. (Act 2017-331, §…

(a) In Macon County, there is created the Macon County Economic Development Authority to aid and assist current industries and coordinate efforts of all municipal and county agencies of Macon County, and to aid organizations in the development of new industries which will provide…

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of members to be appointed as follows: One member appointed by the Macon County Commission; one member appointed by the member of the Alabama House of Representatives who represents Macon County; one member ap…

The members of the board when traveling only outside of the county shall receive expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties which shall be the same as allowed by law for state employees. When attending board meetings, they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred …

(a) The authority may employ a qualified executive director who shall have the responsibility of implementing policies and directives of the board of directors and any necessary staff. The executive director shall have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in economic development, bus…

In Macon County, each member of the county board of education is hereby entitled to receive a travel allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month. The allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, allowances, or compensation heretofore provided by…

(a) That at the next general election and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected a County Superintendent of Education for Macon County by the qualified voters of the county, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the first day in July and until a success…

(a) In Macon County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided by law, there shall be paid to each member of the board of registrars an expense allowance in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) per day. (b) The amount paid under thi…

The members of the Board of Registrars of Macon County shall be included and shall be permitted to participate in the county insurance program. The premiums shall be paid from the county general fund as all other county employees. (Act 83-701, p. 1142, § 1.)

The Board of Directors of the Star–Mindingall Water and Fire Protection Authority and the boards of directors of all other public boards and authorities located in Macon County may elect by resolution to have their employees participate in the Employees’ Retirement System and the…

The Macon County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body, shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer and may or may not be a land surveyor. The county engineer shall possess all of the qualificat…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of the county, and prescribe the duties, discharge employees for cause, or when he or she is not ne…

It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities. The w…