Title 45

(a) Beginning March 1, 2025, the Coroner of St. Clair County shall receive an additional expense allowance to bring the coroner’s total base compensation to three thousand four hundred fifty dollars ($3,450) per month. (b) Beginning January 18, 2027, the base salary for the coron…

(a) The deputy coroner of the county is to be paid one hundred dollars ($100) for each month he or she serves, an expense allowance of six hundred dollars ($600) per annum, and a mileage allowance of ten cents ($0.10) per mile. (b)(1) Commencing on June 1, 2000, the Assistant Cor…

(a) Commencing on October 1, 2024, the Deputy Coroner of St. Clair County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600) per year, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary …

In St. Clair County, effective the next term of office, the chair of the county commission shall be a full-time position and shall receive a salary equal to the salary of the judge of probate of the county. (Act 2000–783, p. 1844, § 1.)

After May 17, 2004, the members of the St. Clair County Commission shall continue to be elected as provided by law and shall hold office for four years, except the term of office for members representing District 2, District 3, and District 4 shall be extended for two years, maki…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-33, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. (a) Effective beginning at the next term of office after August 1, 2020, each County Commissioner of St. Clair County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($30…

(a) Commencing June 1, 2026, the Chair of the St. Clair County Commission, in addition to the compensation the chair received on May 31, 2026, shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings the chair’s total annual compensation to one hundred thirty thousa…

(a) Commencing June 1, 2026, each non-chair member of the St. Clair County Commission, in addition to the compensation each member received on May 31, 2026, shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount that brings each member’s total annual compensation to forty-fiv…

(a) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama or of any general law of this state, the St. Clair County Commission or other like governing body shall have the power to levy and collect additional privilege license taxes, excise taxes, ad valorem taxes, and sales an…

(a) In St. Clair County, all orders and decrees shall be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the county on a sheet or sheets, commonly called trial sheets. There shall be a trial sheet or sheets for each case docketed in the court properly identified by the styl…

(a) The district judge of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, located in St. Clair County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in an amount equal to 90 percent of the total expense allowance and supplemental salaries paid by the county expense allowance paid by the count…

The St. Clair County salary supplement for the court reporters for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit shall be nine thousand one hundred seventy-five dollars ($9,175) per annum. The salary supplements provided herein shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the treasury of St…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in district and juvenile court cases in St. Clair County, a fee of seven dollars ($7) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. When collected by the clerk of the court, the funds shall be remitted monthly to the Juve…

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

(a) In St. Clair County, a booking fee in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) shall be assessed by the clerk of the court as court costs against each defendant incarcerated in or booked in any county jail in St. Clair County if the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty in cases …

(a) In addition to the salary paid to the District Attorney of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit by the state, there shall also be paid to the district attorney a supplemental salary in a sum equal to 50 percent of the supplement salary paid to the circuit judges by St. Clair County…

The lawfully appointed investigator of the District Attorney for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit shall have the same arrest authority and powers vested in deputy sheriffs of Blount County and St. Clair County while the investigator is performing authorized duties within Blount Cou…

(a) The District Attorney of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit composed of St. Clair 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 chief…

The District Attorney of St. Clair County may establish a pretrial diversion program. All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the district attorney shall be retain…

For the purpose of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the district attorney as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program. (2) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The electe…

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. (b) At the discretion of the district attorney, the time provision of this section may be waived. (Act 2009–649…

Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the absolute discretion of the district attorney. The district attorney may consider a person for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) The offender was 18 years of age or older at the …

To assist the district attorney in his or her decision to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney may require the offender to furnish information concerning any of the following: (1) Past criminal history. (2) Educational history. (3) Credit …

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

(a) An offender may be assessed an application fee when he or she is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the pretrial diversion program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for the crime victim’s compen…

(a) Application fees required by this subpart shall be collected by the St. Clair County Circuit Clerk’s office. The fees shall then be disbursed to the district attorney and shall be deposited by the district attorney into a lawfully established account, the pretrial diversion f…

(a) The district attorney may use application fees collected by the pretrial diversion program for the operation of the pretrial diversion program and for any purpose deemed necessary by the district attorney including, but not limited to, those listed in Section 45–59–82.45. (b)…

The district attorney shall establish a pretrial diversion fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the pretrial diversion fund to pay costs and expenses associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for other purposes contained in other pretri…

(a) After any violation of any pretrial diversion program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any pretrial diversion program agreement by the offender, the district attorney may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate …

The district attorney and the St. Clair County Community Corrections Program shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2009–649, p. 1991, § 12.)

The pretrial diversion program of St. Clair County may apply for grants applicable to the goals of the pretrial diversion program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to b…

The district attorney, to the extent practicable, shall utilize the services of community corrections programs established pursuant to Section 15–18–170, to provide for the supervision of defendants participating in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2009–649, p. 1991, § 14.)

For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the municipality as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT. As defined in Se…

(a) A municipality may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by common law and provided by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the municipality shall be retained. (c) The pretrial diversion p…

An offender may apply to the municipality for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2013–432, p. 1732, § 3.)

(a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole discretion of the prosecutor. An offender deemed by the prosecutor to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community shall not be eligible for the program. An offender charged with any of the following ty…

(a) The prosecutor may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state, municipality, and o…

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

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

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, fees, and assessments for the Crime Victim’s Co…

Application fees required by this subpart shall be collected by the court clerk of the municipal court. The fees shall be disbursed to each entity or department as allocated by Section 45–59–82.77. (Act 2013–432, p. 1732, § 9.)

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the prosecutor, the prosecutor and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender together with the statement of facts of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the prosecutor, a…

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the prosecutor may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion prog…

In no event shall the municipality or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program. (Act 2013–432, p. 1732, § 12.…

The Judge of Probate of St. Clair County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property is conveyed, unless the instrument has endorsed on it a printed or typewritten mailing address of the grantee within the body of the…

In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges assessed pursuant to applicable law in the Probate Court of St. Clair County, a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged and collected for each marriage ceremony performed by the Judge of Probate of St. Clair County. The addi…