Title 45

The costs of installation or enhancement of any system shall be paid entirely out of the special recording fees. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall prohibit the county from using any part of its own funds for the purpose of paying the costs of purchasing, operating…

Effective immediately after June 1, 2012, a special recording and filing fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to and collected by the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, with respect to each real property instrument, each personal property instrument, and each Uniform Commer…

The fees collected pursuant to this subpart shall be controlled by the sole discretion of the judge of probate and shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. Records of the expenditures shall be open to the public on a continuous basis. All costs of the a…

All funds held on June 1, 2012, in a special account in the county treasury for the operation of an improved indexing and recording system in the office of the judge of probate pursuant to Act 591 of the 1965 Regular Session (Acts 1965, p. 1104), as amended, shall be transferred …

(a) Any individual who is a resident of Montgomery County and who has made a will may file the will in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County. (b) The judge of probate shall maintain a docket in which he or she shall register the will, the date on which the will …

(a) The Judge of Probate of Montgomery County 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 the judge of probate. (b) This section is rem…

(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 judge of probate, the Judge of Probate…

The Judge of Probate of Montgomery County may charge an additional reasonable fee for providing the service of celebrating the rites of matrimony. The fee authorized by this section shall be in addition to the fee imposed pursuant to Section 12-19-90 and shall be retained by the …

Commencing with the next term of office of the member elected in 1996, each member of the Montgomery County Board of Education shall receive a salary of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year in lieu of all other compensation, salaries, and expense allowances. The compensation s…

Each member of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars shall receive compensation of thirty-five dollars ($35) for each day’s attendance of the registrar upon the session of the board of registrars. This compensation shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be in …

(a) The Montgomery County Commission shall have the authority to increase the compensation of all election officials appointed to hold elections in the county up to twenty dollars ($20) per day per official. (b) In addition to all other compensation paid by law to election offici…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 833, 1969 Regular Session (Acts 1969, p. 1523), as amended by Act 356, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 492); Act 618, 1977 Regular Session (Acts 1977, p. 930); Act 81-724, 1981 Regular Session (Acts 1981, p. 1235); Act 85-568, 1985 Regula…

Employees of Montgomery County shall receive the same number of holidays as state employees to be observed as provided herein. Montgomery County employees shall observe as holidays the same holidays as employees of the federal government. If there are more state holidays than the…

Effective January 1, 2025, the Montgomery County Commission, pursuant to this part, shall establish and administer its own personnel merit system for county employees based on principles of human resources management which shall include equity, fairness, and compliance with all a…

For the purposes of this part, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPEALS BOARD. The personnel appeals board created by the county commission and whose members are elected by the county commission. (2) COUNTY. Montgomery County. (3) COUNTY COMMISSION. The Montgo…

(a) The Montgomery County Commission shall establish a merit based personnel system for classified employees of the county. The department shall adopt rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement a merit based personnel system based on the following principles: (1) Recr…

(a) All classified employment with the county is contingent upon all of the following: (1) Availability of funds. (2) The need for work to be done by the county or a county officer. (3) The employee’s compliance with all rules, policies, and procedures established in accordance w…

(a) The county commission shall establish a human resources department within the county. The county commission shall adopt all rules, policies, and procedures necessary for creation and operation of the department. (b) The department shall assist the county commission in the cre…

The rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement the county personnel system shall be adopted by the department and approved by the county commission by December 1, 2024. The rules, policies, and procedures adopted and approved by the county commission shall be based on…

(a) The county commission shall create an appeals board separate and apart from the county commission for the purpose of hearing all appeals from final employee actions by the county and as requested by the affected employee. The appeals board shall consist of three members elect…

All classified employees shall be hired from a certified register of job applicants who meet the job related qualifications as provided by the department. All personnel activities shall be in accordance with the rules, policies, and procedures enacted by the county commission. (A…

(a) Any employee may participate in county political activities to the same extent as authorized by state law. This activity may include endorsing a candidate and contributing to campaigns. Employees may join local political organizations and state and national political parties.…

All existing records related to employment of all county employees shall be transferred to the department. (Act 2024-337, §20.)

All property of the Montgomery City/County Personnel Board and Personnel Department on December 31, 2024, shall be transferred to the Montgomery County Human Resources Department established by this part. All records relating to any employee of the City of Montgomery shall be tra…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Montgomery County Bingo Act. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 1.)

As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings as ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BINGO. That game commonly known as bingo where numbers or symbols on a card are matched with numbers or symbols selected at random…

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by qualified organizations for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Montgomery County, subject to this article. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 3.)

(a) No qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a bingo game unless the sheriff first issues a permit to the organization authorizing it to do so. The permit described in this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business licenses which may be requ…

(a) A qualified organization which does not hold a permit pursuant to Section 45-51-150.03 may apply for a special permit for conducting a bingo session at a designated location for a special occasion. Such an applicant shall submit to the sheriff a written application prepared i…

(a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address of the permit holder, the location at which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo, and the days of the week on which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo. (b) The bingo permit holder shall display the p…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only qualified organizations which are properly issued permits or licenses, pursuant to this article, shall be allowed to operate bingo games. A qualified organization shall not lend its name or allow its identity to be used by any …

All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall be paid into the county general fund, and all necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be financed from the county general fund. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 8.)

The net proceeds of a bingo game shall be devoted to the charitable, educational, and other lawful purposes of the permit holder; provided, however, all reasonable expenses incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of bingo, including the following…

(a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented at a reasonable rate by the permit holder, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 45-51-150.06. (b) Prizes given by any organization for the playing of bingo …

Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to each bingo session for at least one year from the date of the session: (1) An itemized list of gross receipts for each session. (2) An itemized list of all expenses, including the name of each person to whom th…

(a) On or before April 15th, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15 of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the sheriff a copy of the records required in Section 45-51-150.10 relating to the operation of bingo se…

The sheriff, for good cause shown, may revoke any permit issued pursuant to this article if the permit holder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permit holder violates this article or rule promulgated hereunder. The revocation by the sheriff shall become …

(a) A permit holder whose permit is revoked in consequence of a violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45-51-150.15 or…

The circuit court of this county shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall afford trial by jury for all appeals directed to it for alleged violations of this article leading to revocations of existing permits. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 15.)

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor upon first conviction hereunder. Any subsequent conviction hereunder shall be a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted pursuant to this section shall be punished as provided by law. (Act 82-57…

Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any bingo game or operation in violation of this article, may be contraband and may be seized and is forfeited. Property forfeited may be sold, destroyed, or retained for official use by the state or county law enforcement a…

Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who does other acts in connection with bingo, shall not apply …

(a) The board of revenue or other governing body of like jurisdiction of Montgomery County, Alabama, is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate out of any monies in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated and to expend not exceeding the sum of twenty-five thousand d…

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises within the unincorporated territory of Montgomery County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, d…

(a) The Montgomery County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered in Montgomery County for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected …

(a)(1) The Montgomery County Commission shall create the Montgomery County Legislative Delegation Fund. The monies in the fund may be expended by the members of the delegation to support the operation of the Montgomery County Legislative Delegation Office. (2) Upon receipt of any…