Title 45

The owner of a vehicle that has been issued a notice of violation shall be responsible for payment of the civil fine unless the owner successfully transfers responsibility, there is an adjudication that no violation occurred, or there is an otherwise lawful determination that no …

(a) The owner may not be responsible for payment of the civil fine resulting from a notice of violation if each of the following conditions apply: (1) The vehicle was operated at the time of the violation by a person who was not the owner, or an agent or employee of the owner. (2…

(a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a civil fine for a notice of violation issued under this part if the operator of the vehicle that is the subject of the notice of violation is adjudicated to have not committed a violation or there is otherwise a lawful determinat…

A person who contests a notice of violation and is adjudicated by the court to be responsible for the civil fine may appeal the adjudication for a trial de nova to the Circuit Court of Mobile County, in which the district or municipal court is located, using the procedures that a…

If the evidence produced by an electronic device does not produce an image or video of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a law enforcement officer to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of v…

(a) A civil violation of this part may not result in any punishment of a criminal nature, may not count as points and may not be entered into any person’s official driving history, may not be considered a criminal conviction for any purpose, may not be used to increase or enhance…

Adoption by a county or city board of education located in Mobile County, of the procedures under this part and the enforcement of this part by Mobile County or a municipality located in Mobile County, may not affect current procedure and prosecutions commenced by issuance of a u…

(a) Any person who is held responsible for payment of a civil fine as provided herein, but who was not actually operating the involved vehicle, who timely and properly followed the procedure to transfer responsibility but is ultimately held responsible because of the person’s own…

A child who is five years of age on or before October 1 shall be entitled to admission to the Mobile County public kindergartens at the opening of such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter; a child who is under five years of age on October 1 shall not…

In Mobile County, 20 percent of all teacher units in each school system in the county now allocated for the instruction of exceptional children shall be used for the purpose of instruction of intellectually gifted children. (Act 83-675, p. 1065, § 1.)

The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners is hereby directed to designate Martin Luther King’s birthday as a legal holiday. Schools shall be closed on that date and other business operations of the board shall function in the same manner as on other legal holidays observed …

In Mobile County, Mobile County High School shall henceforth be officially named and called Grand Bay High School. This section in no manner shall alter the powers, duties, property, personnel, function, or liability of the school. Provided, however, that those office supplies wh…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares each of the following: (1) The children of Mobile County have the right to an effective public school education. Both students and staff of the primary, elementary, junior, and senior high school campuses have the constitutional right to be …

(a) By January 1, 1999, the Mobile County School Board shall adopt a policy for implementing pilot programs for school-based decision making beginning with the 1999-2000 school year pursuant to this subpart and shall select schools to participate in the pilot program as follows: …

Each public school in a pilot program shall form a school council which shall be composed of three parent representatives, two teachers, and the principal or administrator. These six members shall select a seventh member who shall not be a relative of any other member of the scho…

The teacher representatives in a pilot program shall be selected for two-year terms by a majority of voting teachers at the school. The parent representatives on the school council shall be selected as follows: Two parent representatives shall be parents of children in the school…

No member of a school council in a pilot program shall participate in any vote or decision of the school council until the member has satisfactorily completed a school council training course as provided herein. The Mobile County School Board shall establish a school training cou…

Subject to applicable state and federal laws, the school council in a pilot program shall participate in setting school policy which shall provide an environment to enhance the achievement of the students and help the school meet the goals established by this subpart. The princip…

The school council in a pilot program shall determine the frequency of and agenda for their meetings but shall meet at least once a month. Matters relating to formation of school councils in a pilot program that are not provided for by this subpart shall be addressed by the Mobil…

The meetings of the school council in a pilot program shall be open to the public and all interested persons may attend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exceptions to open meetings provided in the sunshine law, Section 13A-14-2, shall apply. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 7.)

The school board shall adopt a policy establishing which monies may be budgeted and spent by a school council in a pilot program. The school board shall allocate funds each year to be spent by a school council in a pilot program. The allocation to each school shall be based solel…

The principal of each school in a pilot program shall be responsible for the collection and allocation of all sums and monies as determined by the school council. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 9.)

The school board shall adopt a policy for filling a vacancy in the position of principal at each school that will allow for significant input from school councils. Requests for transfer, termination of employees, and other personnel decisions shall conform to any statutory provis…

The school council in a pilot program shall not have authority to control, assign, or transfer individual students and this authority shall remain with the school board. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 11.)

Subject to applicable state and school board guidelines and statutory state and federal provisions, the school council in a pilot program shall adopt a policy to be implemented by the principal in the following additional areas: (1) Recommendation of optional courses to be approv…

Subject to applicable state guidelines and statutory provisions, the policy adopted by the school board to implement school-based decision making shall also address the following: (1) School budget and administration including, but not limited to, discretionary funds, activity an…

In addition to the authority granted to a school council in a pilot program in this subpart, the school board may grant to a school council any other authority permitted by law. The members of a school council in a pilot program are immune from civil liability for any claims aris…

The school board shall provide professional development activities to assist schools in implementing school-based decision making. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, § 15.)

A school selected to the pilot program may choose to be exempt from the administrative structure set forth by this subpart and may develop a model for implementing school-based decision making including, but not limited to, a description of the membership, organization, duties, a…

Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, all funds to be allocated to the school councils in a pilot program that are administered by or come into the possession of the school board shall be allocated and released within 30 days to the school councils. (Act 97-580, p. 1025, …

The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners shall elect a county superintendent of education, who shall hold his or her office for the period of four years, and they may elect or appoint such other officers and agents as they may from time to time deem expedient. The members …

The county superintendent of education shall be ex officio a member and treasurer of the board of school commissioners, and it shall be his or her duty to be present at every regular meeting of the board, and make full and detailed reports of the condition of the schools and of a…

(a)(1) Persons currently residing in nursing and convalescent homes and permanently disabled persons confined to home in Mobile County shall be entitled to register to vote by mail if they possess the qualifications of an elector and are not disqualified from voting under the Con…

The Board of Registrars of Mobile County, or their duly authorized deputies, shall not register any person as a qualified elector within 15 days prior to any election; provided, that the board shall maintain an open office during business days in such 15-day period and on electio…

(a)(1) The Mobile County Board of Registrars shall be available each year, between August 1 and July 31, at the county courthouse, or at other locations, as provided by law, for the purpose of voter registration and voter reidentification. The board members shall be available at …

(a) The County Commission of Mobile County is hereby authorized to extend, by resolution duly adopted and spread upon its minutes, the meeting days of the county board of registrars during the months of May, June, and July. (b) The operation of this section shall be retroactive t…

(a) In Mobile County, in addition to any and all other laws relating to voter registration, there shall be at least two additional deputy registrars from each ward or precinct in each legislative House and Senate district within the county, one appointed upon the recommendation o…

(a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction in each state Senate district in Mobile County for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at th…

(a) In Mobile County, the compensation of the election officers holding general, special, primary, and municipal elections shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per day for inspectors, two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per day for chief clerks, and two hundred dollars ($…

In Mobile County, the appointing board may appoint clerks as election officers, not to include inspectors and chief clerks, to work on a split shift schedule at any election so that the clerks work for one-half of the time of the election, consisting of not less than six consecut…

Any person who distributes, whether by gift or sale, any election campaign literature, pamphlets, buttons, stickers, or other election campaign materials within 600 feet of a polling place on any election day in Mobile County shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction s…

All polling places within Mobile County shall remain open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for all state and local elections held in the county. (Act 85-363, p. 307, § 1.)

In this part, words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders, and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders. The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this part, shall have the meanings respectively ascr…

The following shall be in the unclassified service: (1) Officials elected by popular vote and, in case of death, resignation, or removal, their legal substitute. (2) Where by present law official duties of any officer mentioned in subdivision (1) are or may be performed by a chie…

There is hereby created and established, in and for Mobile County, of the State of Alabama, a personnel department, with a citizens supervisory committee, a personnel board, and a personnel director, each of which shall have the nature, authority, functions, duties, and remunerat…

The personnel department created by this part shall, to the extent set out in this part, govern and control, by civil service rules, regulations, and practices, hereinafter set out or provided for, all individuals in the classified service. (Acts 1939, No. 470, p. 298, § 4.)