Title 45

(a) This section shall apply to the regulation of the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in Russell County. (b) The Russell County Commission may authorize the sale and distribution of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the …

In Russell County, effective at the end of the term of office of the constable serving on June 1, 2025, the office of constable provided for in each precinct pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 36 is abolished. (Act 2025-179, §1.)

(a)(1) Pursuant to Amendment 380 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Russell County Coroner shall receive an annual salary of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The county coroner shall be entitled to the same cost-of-living increases as provided to other elected officia…

(a) There is created a county commission for Russell County, consisting of seven members, one to be elected from each of the seven districts apportioned by law. Each member shall be a resident of the district he or she is representing and shall hold office for a period of four ye…

(a) In Russell County, the county commission shall provide for the bond of the members of the county commission to be provided by one blanket bond, contract, or policy that covers the bonding requirements of each member of the county commission as otherwise required by law. (b) T…

(a)(1) Effective May 1, 2022, each member of the county commission shall receive an annual salary of twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) per year. The salary provided by this subdivision shall be in lieu of any salary, expense allowance, or other compensation provided by law …

(a) The Russell County Commission may construct or cause to be constructed, design or caused to be designed, contract for, and execute or cause to be executed, a contract for the construction or improvement of any type of public improvement which enhances the value of property in…

When any assessment for project costs is made under this part, the chair of the county commission shall cause to be prepared a list showing the names of the property owners so assessed and opposite each name a description of the lot or parcel of land belonging to the owner assess…

The list shall be entered in a well-bound book or loose-leaf book firmly bound, prepared for that purpose, and shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited and the lien of the assessment satisfied by the tax collector of the county. The book shall be known …

After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement, the assessment book shall be delivered to the county commission for its consideration and if the commission is satisfied that assessments have been properly made, it shall adopt a resolution approving the assessments…

The notice provided for in Section 45–57–71.03 shall state that, at a time and place therein specified, not less than 20 days from the first date of publication, the Russell County Commission shall meet to hear and determine any objections or defense that may be filed to the asse…

Any defect in the notice or proceedings before or subsequent to the notice, with respect to one or more interested persons, shall not affect the notice or proceedings, except insofar as it may touch the interest or property of that person or persons, and shall not avail any other…

The owner, or owners, or any person who has an interest in real estate against which it is proposed to assess the cost, or any part thereof, of the construction or improvement, or his or her agent or attorney, may appear at any time on or before the date named in the notice or at…

The county commission shall hear and pass upon all objections to and protests against the proposed assessment under any reasonable rules and regulations it may adopt. After the hearing, the commission shall have the power to reduce or abate assessments, including the power to aba…

The costs and expenses of materials and labor used in the construction or improvement of the public improvements, which are assessed by the county commission against property pursuant to this part, shall be paid to the revenue commissioner at the time or times as determined by th…

Assessment liens for charges and expenses authorized in this part, except as herein provided, shall insofar as feasible be governed by laws governing assessment liens for municipal improvements. All powers, duties, and authority relative to municipal improvements vested by the la…

In addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law, the bailiffs of the circuit court of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall each be paid two hundred dollars ($200) per month as an additional expense allowance. The expense allowa…

(a) That in the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all orders and decrees may be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the circuit on a sheet or sheets now commonly called case action summaries and that there shall be a case action summary for each case doc…

(a) In any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed, whether at law or in equity in the Circuit Court of Russell County or in the District Court of Russell County, there may be charged a tax of five dollars ($5) which tax shall be in addition to all other court costs heretofor…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Russell County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed …

The County Commission of Russell County may grant, at its discretion, to the district attorney of the county a salary supplement in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) per month. The supplement shall be in addition to any other compensation and expense heretofore …

(a) The District Attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit composed of Russell County may appoint a chief investigator and from time to time additional investigators. The chief investigator and other investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney. The chie…

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the District Attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program.…

(a) The district attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program within the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit in Russell County. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law, provided for by statute or acts of this state, or otherwise provided by law for the district at…

(a) An offender may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the absolute discretion of the district attorney and decisions to admit or to deny admittance to the program shall not be …

(a) In determining whether an offender may be admitted into the pretrial diversion program, it shall be appropriate for the district attorney to consider any or all of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability that justice will be served if the offender is placed in…

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, the district attorney may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history…

(a) Following the decision of the district attorney to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the district attorney and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the progra…

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the application fee shall be in addition to any other costs assessed pursuant to this program. A schedule of payments for the applicatio…

All fees paid to the district attorney by offenders pursuant to this subpart shall be paid into the District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund. The funds shall be used to pay any costs associated with the administration of this program or for any other lawful purpose of the district atto…

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney shall submit the offender’s written application, together with the offender’s statement of facts, the district attorney’s acceptance of the offender, and the agreement between the distri…

After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the district attorney may do either of the following: (1) Modify the terms, conditions, and requirements of the program for the offender. (2) Terminate the offender…

An offender who is accepted into the program shall pay all costs thereof including, but not limited to, treatment costs, testing costs, and monitoring costs. (Act 2012–364, p. 907, § 11.)

The district attorney, his or her staff, any treatment provider, monitoring provider, or any other agency or service provider shall not have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance o…

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding appropriations from federal, state, county, or local governments or agencies. (Act 2012–364, p. 907, § 13.)

The district attorney may utilize the services of the Russell County Drug Court and Russell County Community Corrections and may contract with any other agency, person, or corporation for services related to this subpart and may employ such persons as necessary to accomplish this…

(a) Any payments made to any judge of probate including, but not limited to, any payments pursuant to a mistaken interpretation of Section 12–13–20, are validated, ratified, and confirmed. (b) The operation of this section shall be retroactive to October 1, 1990. (c) The judge of…

(a) Beginning on the first day of the first month next following the salary of the Judge of Probate of Russell County shall be forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000), payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. (b)(1) Commencing on November 1, 2013, the Judge o…

In Russell County, any law, whether special, local or general, to the contrary notwithstanding, any person who is employed in the office of judge of probate prior to the election of any judge of probate and who is related by blood or marriage to the judge of probate may continue …

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 57-8.00 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and Section 12–19–90(d), in Russell County, a recording fee shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each instrument that may be filed for rec…

(a) The Russell County Board of Education shall be composed of seven members elected as follows: (1) One member shall be elected from each of the board of education districts hereinafter described and shall be a qualified elector thereof, and shall reside in the district. Members…

In Russell County, the county commission may increase the compensation of each member of the board of registrars in such amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to each member at least one hundred dollars ($100) for each working day of the …

In Russell County, the county commission may increase the compensation of election officials who work at polling places in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials at least sixty dollars ($60) for each day they work…

(a) All functions, duties, and responsibilities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries in Russell County are vested in the county engineer, who shall, insofar as possible, construct, and maintain such roads, highways, bridges…

This article shall apply to all portions of Russell County except that portion of Russell County which lies within the city limits of the City of Phenix City. (Act 2015–523, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 1866, § 1.)

The Legislature declares that eligible volunteer fire departments and the Russell County Firefighters Association that receive funds pursuant to this article are nonprofit organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents o…