Title 45

(a) In Madison County, there is hereby created and established a personnel board to hear and decide appeals filed by employees who are covered under this part as provided in Section 45-45-121.02. (b) The personnel board shall consist of three members: One to be appointed by the s…

The members of the board shall elect one of their members as chair, whose duties shall include calling, organizing, and presiding over meetings of the board, as well as ruling upon any evidentiary objections raised in the course of adjudicating appeals filed before the board. The…

(a) This part shall apply to all of the following: (1) All employees of the county tax assessor. (2) All employees of the county tax collector. (3) All employees of the county sheriff, except the chief deputy. (4) All employees of the Madison County License Director. (5) All empl…

During the period of suspension of any employee, or pending final action on proceedings to review the suspension, demotion, or dismissal of an employee, the vacancy may be filled by the appointing power only by temporary appointment. The personnel board’s power following a review…

(a) Upon initial hire and in the event of any promotion or change in job title, any employee covered by this part shall be subject to an initial probationary period of six months, except that the length of the probationary period for any employee of the sheriff shall be one year,…

Any employee covered by this part shall be subject to suspension without pay by the appointing authority without right of appeal pursuant to this part, provided any unpaid suspension may not exceed a total of 15 working days. Any unpaid suspension exceeding 15 working days shall …

(a) No employee covered by this part may be demoted, dismissed, or reduced in pay without just cause and the opportunity to demand a hearing pursuant to this section prior to implementation of the demotion, dismissal, or reduction in pay. (b) Any time an appointing authority prop…

Whenever in the judgment of any appointing authority it becomes necessary in the interest of economy or because the necessity for any position in his or her appointing authority no longer exists, the appointing authority may abolish any position held by any employee covered by th…

In any matter requiring the services of an attorney, the personnel board may call upon the county attorney to render any legal services to the board as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may contract with outside legal counsel to provide guidance and assistance to the board …

The compensation and all other expenses of the personnel board shall be paid by the county governing body; provided, however, that the county commission may establish and enforce a budget for the personnel board sufficient to fund the operations of the board. (Acts 1973, No. 941,…

It is the intent of this part to create a personnel board to hear and determine personnel appeals for Madison County. (Acts 1973, No. 941, p. 1447, §14; Act 2022-403, §4.)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part shall be subject to a suit for injunctive relief only. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the appeal procedure set out in subsection (f) of Section 45-45-121.06 shall be exclusive as to any action seeking a review of a person…

The terms “appointing authority” and “appointing power” mean any person, persons, department head, or elected official of the county who has the power by law to hire, to employ, make transfers, promotions, demotions, reinstatements, layoffs, suspensions, and dismissals of employe…

Any employee handbook and any pay plan adopted by the Personnel Board of Madison County prior to April 14, 2022, shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, revised, or modified by majority vote of the county commission. (Act 2022-403, §5.)

Any appeals perfected pursuant to Act 941 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 1447) prior to April 14, 2022, but not yet heard by the personnel board as of April 14, 2022, shall be timely taken up and adjudicated by the personnel board reconstituted by this part. (Act 2022…

(a) No later than 90 days after August 8, 1979, except for those motor vehicles used for investigatory purposes by the sheriff’s department, the district attorney’s office, and those motor vehicles assigned to elected officials for their use only, all motor vehicles owned by Madi…

(a)(1) Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 40-28-2, Madison County’s share of payments made by the Tennessee Valley Authority to the state in lieu of ad valorem taxes shall be distributed in the following manner: (1) Up to one percent of such payments each year shall be …

(a) The Madison County governing body shall reimburse the office of license commissioner and the office of tax collector from the general fund of the county the amount of any shortage of funds or other monetary loss, not to exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per ann…

(a) The Madison County governing body shall reimburse the office of the judge of probate from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, arising or caused by error, if the mistake …

(a) The Madison County Commission is hereby authorized to establish an animal control shelter program in Madison County and to provide such program or to enter into contracts with other governmental or private agencies for the operation and maintenance of the program. (b) If an a…

The Madison County Commission shall have the power by ordinance to regulate and prevent within Madison County the running at large of all dogs or other animals and to pass all ordinances necessary for the impounding and sale of such dogs and destruction of dogs, so long as any or…

It is hereby declared to be in the best interest of the public health and welfare that the Madison County Commission may provide for the burial or burning or other disposition of dead cattle, swine, livestock, or other animals on public property and private property when the owne…

The Madison County commissioners are authorized, provided the service is offered equally and upon payment of reasonable costs, except in the case of indigents, to cause the opening of graves for interment in other than cemeteries owned by private corporations licensed to operate …

(a)(1) The Madison County Commission may provide for expenses of cremation of any deceased indigent person, if the deceased was a resident of the county prior to his or her death, died without an estate, and has no relatives residing in the county who are financially able to prov…

(a)(1) The Madison County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department may charge and collect the fees pursuant to this…

The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Madison County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Madison County is hereby declared to be in the public…

(a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Madison County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from g…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for any person to park, leave, or store upon any place or premises in public view within the unincorporated territory of Madison County more than one motor vehicle which is not currently an…

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-45-173.01, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license…

(a) This part shall be enforced by the Madison County Commission. (b) The Madison County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Madison County Commission in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this p…

(a) In Madison County, the Madison County Commission may enact a noise ordinance for the areas outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and may provide that a violation of the ordinance constitutes a public nuisance subject to a civil fine of not more than one thousand…

(a)(1) In Madison County, no petroleum product tank farm may be constructed within one and one-half miles of any existing school. In addition, the site shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by eith…

(a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits …

(a) The Madison County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, under the conditions and limitations set forth herein, within Madison County, to go upon private property and perform road related service, for a fee, for churches, individuals, firms, or corporations and to se…

(a) It is the intent of this article to make available to Madison County residents the aforementioned services only when such road related services and road building materials are not available to them at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. Upon May 28, 1980, and annually …

In no case may county personnel or equipment be permitted to perform road related services on private property where a present public need exists for the county equipment and personnel. Moreover, the personnel and equipment necessary to perform such work on private property shall…

Before any road related services are performed on private property or road construction material is sold to churches, individuals, firms, or corporations, a written contract shall be signed by the party for whom the service is to be performed or to whom the material is to be sold…

The Madison County Commission shall not perform work on private property or sell materials to any church, individual, firm, or corporation within any 12-month period in excess of a total amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 5.)

The License Commissioner of Madison County is hereby authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee in an amount not exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing such licenses. (Act 85-315, p. 221, …

(a)(1) In Madison County, the county commission is authorized to impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed seventy-five cents ($.75) to be collected by the license director on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manuf…

(a) The Legislature finds that there is a shortage of individuals skilled in trades relating to the residential construction industry in Madison County, including municipalities that are located wholly or partially within the county and that, as authorized under Amendment 772 to …

In Madison County there is hereby created a county license department. The county license department is hereinafter referred to as the department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 2; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)

Upon written notification to the county commission by the director of the department holding office on April 13, 1998, of the director’s intention to retire on a future specified date, a succeeding director of the department shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county …

The salary of the director of the department shall be in the same amount and payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Madison County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 4; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the director of the department shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall enter into bond conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned. The bond shall be in a sum as may be prescribed by the…

Suitable office space, and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office, shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the director of the department, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires to be furnished b…