Title 45

The holder of a license issued pursuant to this article, his or her guest, and patrons may hunt, take, capture, kill, harvest, or otherwise recover during the year no more than 80 percent of the total number of each species of birds released on the preserve during such year. Sinc…

Bobwhite quail shall be tagged with a self-sealing tag prior to being released on the preserve. The operators of hunting preserves shall cooperate in other requests which the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources might make for scientific investigations. The Departme…

Each hunting preserve operator shall maintain a register and record therein the names, addresses, hunting license numbers, the date on which each hunted, and the amount and species of game taken by each hunter. An accurate record by species shall also be maintained of the total n…

Alabama hunting licenses shall be required of all persons hunting on licensed hunting preserves. Alabama residents shall be licensed under the regularly established game laws. Each nonresident hunting on a licensed preserve shall be required to possess a regular nonresident annua…

Duly authorized agents of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, game wardens, and other law enforcement officers duly authorized to enforce game and fish laws shall have the authority to enforce all game and fish laws and regulations on such preserves; and for suc…

Any person, firm, or corporation who is found guilty of operating a licensed hunting preserve in violation of this article, upon conviction, shall have his or her hunting preserve license revoked forthwith. (Act 79-637, p. 1118, § 10.)

(a) Any person who is arrested and is held in the legal custody of any law enforcement agency in Montgomery County may be released from custody upon proof that such person owns an equitable interest in any real property located in the county in an amount equal to the amount of bo…

(a) Any individual employed by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff without cost a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pis…

(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) BAPTIST. Baptist Medical Center that is located on that certain 25 acre site in the southeast section of Montgomery and that is an Alabama nonprofit corporation and an affiliate of Baptist Health Service…

(a) The Director of the Montgomery Community Corrections Program and employees of the program shall constitute peace officers of the State of Alabama with authority to make arrests and serve arrest and search warrants in the performance of their official duties to the same extent…

(a) On or after May 18, 2020, a person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Montgomery County or any person appointed to serve as a sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required by law: (1) The pers…

Except as provided in Section 45-51-231.01, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Montgomery County shall be one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($155,000). (Act 2019-235, §§ 1, 2; Act 2023-295, §1.)

(a)(1) Any Sheriff of Montgomery County who has served two consecutive full terms shall receive an additional expense allowance of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. This expense allowance shall …

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall sell, at public auction, any abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department which has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a period of six consecutive months. (b) The Sheriff of Montgomery County sha…

(a) The Legislature finds that there is a demonstrated local need to adequately fund the Montgomery County Work Release Program of the Montgomery County Community Corrections Department by assisting the county in its operation of those programs. (b)(1) In addition to any fees alr…

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County may charge and collect a total fee of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) per request for the following administrative services: Fingerprinting and, where authorized by law, criminal history investigations and reports thereon. The fee may …

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, in the civil division and in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Montgomery County, an additional one-time service of process fee of thirty dollars ($30) per document shall be im…

(a) In Montgomery County, the sheriff may conduct fundraising events including, but not limited to, rodeos and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff. (b) This section is remedial and curative and…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “credit card” means a line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (b) To provide for convenience in making purchases of tangible personal property or services approved by the sheriff, the Sheriff of Montgomery Cou…

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County is authorized to operate a jail store/commissary for inmates within the confines of the Montgomery County Detention Facility and Annexes. The jail store/commissary shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) Any and…

(a) In Montgomery County the fee for issuance of a pistol permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff or his or her appointed agent. (b)(1) Any an…

(a) The members of the Montgomery County Board of Equalization shall each receive an expense allowance of three hundred thirty-three dollars ($330) per month which shall be payable from the monies appropriated to the State Department of Revenue for the various boards of equalizat…

(a) Beginning with the next term of office, or upon occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Montgomery County. A commissioner shall be elected at the next general election and at the general el…

(a) The per annum compensation shall be seventy-eight thousand dollars ($78,000), as adjusted by subsection (c), for the revenue commissioner effective with the beginning of the next term of office. (b) The compensation amount in subsection (a) shall be paid out of the general fu…

All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle and non-motorized vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of probate. (Act 2014-176, p. 508,…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Greater Montgomery Act. (Acts 1978, No. 386, p. 358, § 1.)

The boundaries of the City of Montgomery are hereby altered, rearranged, extended, and fixed so as to be as follows: Beginning at the water’s edge on the northeast side of the Alabama River at a point where the half section line running east and west through Section 35, T 17 N, R…

Any area which is located within the boundaries of the City of Montgomery, as set out in Section 45-51-242.01, but which was not a part of the City of Montgomery prior to the passage and implementation, as herein provided, of this subpart fixing and providing for boundaries of th…

Any roads or streets which are located in those areas which have been annexed by the City of Montgomery pursuant to this subpart, which roads and streets were required by this subpart to be maintained by Montgomery County, upon the city and County of Montgomery entering into an a…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any redistricting of city council districts necessitated by any annexation, herein provided for, shall not occur until after publication of the 1980 Decennial Federal Census. Within six months after the publication the mayor shall …

(a) The County of Montgomery may henceforth grant county ad valorem tax exemptions for county property taxes to owner-developers who build new commercial or industrial facilities within the downtown business district of the City of Montgomery, as that district is defined by the g…

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the county commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 12 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax …

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this part to authorize Montgomery County to levy and provide for the collection of, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, a rental tax not to exceed the rate set forth herein. (b) The Legislature hereby find…

(a) As used in this part, the following words, terms, and phrases where used shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the ob…

(a) The county commission is authorized, by resolution duly adopted, to levy, in addition to all other taxes now imposed or authorized by law, and to collect as herein provided, a privilege, license, or excise tax, herein called a rental tax, on the leasing or renting of tangible…

The rental tax authorized by this part does not apply to the following transactions: (1) The leasing or rental of a film or films by a lessee who charges, or proposes to charge, admission for viewing the film or films. (2) The use of docks or docking facilities furnished for boat…

Each person engaging or continuing in the business of leasing or renting tangible personal property subject to the rental tax shall add to the rental price and collect from the renter or lessee the amount of tax owed by such renter or lessee. It shall be unlawful for any person e…

The county commission shall administer, enforce, and collect the tax herein authorized to be levied and collected, or shall cause the tax to be administered, enforced, and collected by the State Department of Revenue or a private collection agency at the same time and in the same…

The rental tax shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected in a civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this part. The tax, together with any interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon th…

(a) The rental tax, except where otherwise provided in this part, 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. (b) Except where otherwise provided in this part, on or before the tw…

Any person who is charged with collecting the rental tax and who makes cash or credit leases or rentals, may report such cash leases or rentals when made, and shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit collections made during the month preceding, and shall remit t…

It shall be the duty of every person required to collect the rental tax to keep and preserve suitable records of the rental revenues of the business and the rental tax collected, and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of rental tax that he or…

Any person subject to this part who shall sell out his or her business or stock of rental goods, or shall quit business, shall be required to make out the return provided for by this part within 30 days after the date he or she sold out his or her business or stock of rental good…

If the governing body of the county elects to levy and impose the rental tax, it shall specify in the resolution levying and imposing the rental tax the first day of the second calendar month next following the month during which the tax levy is made as the effective date of the …

The tax authorized to be levied by this part shall be conclusively presumed to be a direct tax on the lessee or renter, precollected for the purposes of convenience and facility only, and shall not be construed as a gross receipts or gross proceeds tax on the lessor or vendor cha…

(a) The county commission may anticipate the proceeds from the tax so required to be paid to it by issuing funding or refunding bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness of the county, and may enter into funding agreements or other obligations, to governmental entities …