Title 45

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) INTERMITTENT FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any entity that has a physical address within Mobile County that does not prepare or serve food in its regular line of business but prepares a…

For the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Mobile County, as it is duly constituted on July 14, 1983, and any subsequent d…

At the determination of the county commission, there may be hereby established the Mobile County Indigent Care Board, hereinafter referred to as the board, whose composition and duties shall be as follows: (1) The county commission may appoint a Mobile County Indigent Care Board …

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this subpart to be in accordance with Section 88 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (Act 83-501, p. 704, § 3.)

(a) The county commission shall establish an account or accounts within the general fund of the county for payment of such amounts recommended by the Mobile County Indigent Care Board, as set forth herein. The county commission shall place into such account or accounts an amount …

The county commission also shall obligate such additional revenues from the General Fund of Mobile County in the amount of any oil and gas severance tax revenues being held in escrow designated for Mobile County and collected pursuant to Act 79-434 and Act 80-708, and in the amou…

The Mobile County Indigent Care Board shall be authorized and empowered to bring and prosecute any suits in its name, as agent for the County of Mobile, against any person whose cost of hospitalization, in whole or in part, has been paid by the board to the provider of medical ca…

In Mobile County, Alabama, the office of coroner is hereby abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized or required by law to be performed by such coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as hereinafter provided for in th…

The State Medical Examiner assigned to the Department of Forensic Sciences, Region IV office in Mobile, Alabama, shall also serve as the County Medical Examiner for Mobile County. Other state medical examiners may be assigned as deputy county medical examiners. (Act 87-525, p. 79…

The county medical examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and trained in anatomic and forensic pathology. Any vacancy in the county shall be filled by appointment of the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences, who may waive the requirement…

It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner to investigate any death in Mobile County when the death may fall within one or more of the following categories: (1) Any death that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under medical care for …

While investigating a death hereunder, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and he, she, or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or the medical examiner’s legal designee, may take possession and examine or hav…

If after investigating a death, the county medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances…

(a) An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a county medical examiner, at the written direction of the district attorney or his or her authorized representative, in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation. (b) An autopsy or …

The County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and with the approval of the county medical examiner shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in regard to the death. Such persona…

It shall be the duty of any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-49-171.63 to report such death promptly to the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County or to any law enforcement agency who, in turn, shall p…

While investigating a death hereunder, the county medical examiner or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is authorized to issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tis- sues, or fluids as may be required by the investigation. (…

Neither the county medical examiner nor any member of his or her staff, nor the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences nor any member of the department’s staff or agents, shall incur any civil or criminal liability for the proper performance of their duties under…

The reports of death investigations conducted by the county medical examiner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county medical examiner or the director of the department, are admissible in evidence in any court in Mobil…

In addition to the duties and authority described above, the County Medical Examiner of Mobile County shall also have all duties and authority now or hereafter vested in coroners by the law of Alabama. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 13.)

The state medical examiner shall serve as county medical examiner for Mobile County with no personal compensation from Mobile County. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 14.)

Upon July 22, 1987, title and control of all equipment in the Mobile County Coroner’s office shall be transferred by Mobile County to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall receive also, on an annual basis, all funds appropr…

This subpart makes no changes in the funding of, responsibility for, or existing methods of transporting bodies in Mobile County. The Department of Forensic Sciences is assigned no additional responsibilities for transportation of bodies under this subpart. (Act 87-525, p. 794, §…

The county medical examiner shall make an annual report to the county governing body listing the number of deaths investigated, the determinations made, and other reasonable facts as required by the governing body. (Act 87-525, p. 794, § 17.)

(a) The medical examiner or forensic science pathologist in Mobile County is hereby authorized to provide a cornea to any patient in need of corneal tissue for a transplant upon request of a certified eye bank, certified by the Eye Bank Association of America under all of the fol…

The Mobile County Commission is hereby empowered to grade, as it deems necessary, those county dirt surfaced roads traveled by rural mail carriers for the United States Post Office Department provided that the land owners along such roads are willing to donate to the county the r…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mobile County governing body shall pay for the expense, from the county general fund or any county fund designated for roads or bridges, of relocating water pipes and lines outside of the municipal police jurisdiction when: (1) Owned b…

The County Commission of Mobile County may accept each year a total number of miles of public roads equal to the number of miles of county maintained dirt roads graded, drained, based, and paved under any pay-as-you-go program during the preceding calendar year and shall not acce…

In order for a road to be considered under this part, all of the owners of property located adjacent to the named road, or portion of the named road to be considered, and whose property does not gain access from another openly traveled public or private right-of-way, shall sign t…

A chair shall be designated on this petition to represent the petitioners and to act on their behalf. A map of legible size indicating the location of the named road shall be presented with the petition. The petition should clearly state the name to be assigned to the road. The p…

On or prior to the first day of the month of February, the county commission shall submit copies of each petition received to the county engineer. The county engineer, on or prior to the last day of the month of March of the same year, shall return to the commission a prioritized…

The following sequence dates shall apply to this part: (1) January: Petitions for road maintenance may be accepted by the county commission only during the month of January. (2) February: Petitions forwarded to the county engineer for analysis and recommendations. (3) March: On o…

Any chair who has not met all the requirements pursuant to the schedule set out in this part may request in writing a one-year extension, and upon the recommendation of the county engineer and approval of the county commission, be continued in the program and allowed one addition…

The county engineer shall submit a prioritized list based on density of development, as determined by a check of the records in the office of the county tax assessor, of those roads which have been submitted by petition to the county commission. The list shall be submitted to the…

The petitioners shall not submit any road or portion of road for consideration in this program that does not connect directly to an existing county, municipal, or state maintained road. Individual property owners shall be required to bear the expense of the purchase of driveway c…

The chair designated on the petition shall be the official representative for the petitioners and shall be responsible for the following duties: (1) Upon notification by the county commission that the road has been selected for the program, the chair shall contact the county engi…

The county shall be financially responsible for the cost of all consulting fees for the surveying and design or roadway construction plans, right-of-way surveys and the preparation of all deed and easement documents, for the recording of all right-of-way deed and easement documen…

The alignment of the centerline of the proposed right-of-way will follow as closely as feasible the existing centerline of the existing roadway except where such alignment would not comply with accepted design criteria or compromise the safety of the traveling public. The right-o…

Upon acceptance of any public roads into the county road maintenance system, the county engineer shall instruct the appropriate road maintenance departments to commence maintenance and to install the appropriate traffic control devices. The chair for any selected road which does …

(a) The county commission may adopt the necessary rules for the construction of county maintained roads in the county. The county commission may adopt rules regarding the planning and construction of streets and roads within subdivisions. Subdivision rules shall be adopted or ame…

(a) The governing body of Mobile County, jointly with the governing bodies of any incorporated municipalities within the county, may provide office accommodations for the members of the state legislative delegation from the county and also provide legislative assistants and an of…

(a) The Mobile County License Commissioner shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within Mobile County so as to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so tha…

(a) Effective upon the expiration of the current term of office, the License Commissioner of Mobile County shall be paid an annual supplemental salary in the amount of ten thousand and five hundred dollars ($10,500). (b)(1) The supplemental salary, as above determined, is in addi…

(a) In Mobile County there is hereby authorized to be charged and collected by the license commissioner, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, or other public officer performing like duties an issuance, application, or license transfer fee as follows: (1) Motor vehicle license …

(a)(1) In Mobile County, the Mobile County Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) to be collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration,…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the license commissioner and other elected officials of Mobile County shall deposit all collection of monies by his or her office in an interest-bearing checking account or interest-bearing savings account within Mobile County. (b) Funds …