Title 45

(a) The Marion County Commission is hereby authorized to levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law and to collect as herein provided, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer,…

All words, terms, and phrases that are defined in Act 100 of the 1959 Second Special Session (Acts 1959, p. 298), as amended, the state sales tax act, and in Article 11 of Chapter 20 of Title 51 the Code of Alabama 1940, as amended, shall, where used in this subpart, have the mea…

Effective on the first day of the month succeeding the month during which this subpart becomes a law, there is hereby levied in Marion County, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax ag…

(a) An excise tax is hereby imposed on the following: (1) The storage, use, or other consumption in Marion County of tangible personal property purchased at retail, on or after the first day of the month next succeeding the month during which this subpart shall become a law, for …

The taxes levied in Section 45-47-244.21 shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues; and the taxes levied in Section 45-47-244.22 shall be due and payable quarterly on or before t…

Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in Marion County (which storage, use, or other consumption is not herein exempted from the tax imposed in Section 45-47-244.22) shall at the time of making such sale or if th…

Each person engaging or continuing within Marion County in a business subject to the taxes levied in Section 45-47-244.21 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 …

The taxes imposed by this subpart shall constitute a debt due Marion 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 penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secu…

All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of monthly reports, and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax, penalties for failure to pay tax, make re…

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Marion County for collecting the special taxes herein levied by this subpart, the cost of making such collections which charge shall not exceed five percent of the amount collected. Such charge may be deducted once each month from the …

The proceeds derived from the taxes herein levied shall be distributed each year as follows: (1) The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest due on the bonds for hospital purposes or health facilities authorized to be issued by Amendment 75 to the C…

(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 Marion County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: (1) Four cents ($.04) for each…

Upon September 1, 1988, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Marion County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privile…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Marion County to enforce this part upon its imposing the tax thereunder, 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 …

The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Marion County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-47-245, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and …

All laws, and rules and regulations of the State Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with eq…

(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 Marion County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Marion County Water …

(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…

(a) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in an…

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Marion County Public Water Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (2) BOARD.…

This article is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the Mar…

(a) Within 45 days after May 4, 1989, three applicants shall be appointed to proceed to incorporate the Marion County Public Water Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and subs…

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this article may at any time, and from time to time, be amended in the manner provided in this section. (b)(1) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to…

(a) The Marion County Public Water Authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. (b) Beginning October 1, 2025, the board of directors shall consist of five residents of Marion Co…

(a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue …

(a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant opti…

(a) As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance…

Rates, fees, and charges for water service and fire protection service rendered by the authority from any of its water systems or fire protection facilities shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost o…

For the purpose of securing water service and fire protection facilities or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water systems and fire protection facilities, any coun…

The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal cons…

(a) The furnishing of fire protection facilities in conjunction with the water services by the authority as well as the furnishing of water services are hereby declared to be a governmental function. (b) The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful,…

(a) The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. (b) The authority shall not be oblig…

The authority now or hereafter organized under this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates including, without limitation, Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 14.)

At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed by the authority are outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the re…

In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this article, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorpo…

Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, or fire protection facility, or…

The Marion County Public Water Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Marion County Commission and the operations of the County of Marion. (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 18.)