Title 45 — Title 45

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Butler County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Butler County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable…

(a) The Board of Education of Butler County, Alabama, shall consist of five members, a chairman and four associate members, who are qualified electors of the county. (b) One associate member shall be elected from each of the four commissioner’s districts constituted by Local Act …

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Butler County shall be entitled to receive an additional per diem compensation in the amount of five dollars ($5) for each day’s attendance to the business of the board. The supplemental compensation provided in this section shall be in a…

The Butler County Commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within Butler County, Alabama, to provide the people of Butler County with a sa…

The Butler County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body, shall appoint and employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer and may or may not be a land surveyor. The county engineer shall possess all of the qualifica…

It shall be the duty of the county engineer to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct all assistants to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries of Butler County, and prescribe the duties, discharge employees for cause, or when he or she is not…

It shall be the duty of the commission to fix, from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, the various scales of wages or salaries to be paid for labor necessary in the maintenance and construction of roads, bridges, ferries, and public facilities. The w…

The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from appropriate road and highway funds. History: (Act 92-667, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 45, §5.)

Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable to Butler County, conditioned on the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as engineer, and for the faith…

The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office within the county and all necessary office supplies, equipment, communication, utilities, and necessary transportation to accomplish his or her duties under this article. History: (Act 92-667, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 45, §…

The county engineer shall be the custodian and accountable to the Butler County Commission for all road machinery and equipment, tools, supplies, and repair parts owned by Butler County. The Butler County Commission shall establish necessary policies and regulations governing acc…

The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the requisition for the expenditure of funds for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or repairs of public roads, bridges, ferries, or any other duties for Butler County as may be set aside and appropriated by the comm…

County Purchasing Agent. The county engineer shall make written requisition to the county purchasing agent for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, or repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of Butler Count…

It shall be the further duty of the county engineer to inspect and approve on delivery all materials, machinery, equipment, and supplies, purchased by Butler County for the use on public roads, bridges, and ferries prior to payment. Any deviation from this policy shall be reporte…

In the event of an emergency in which it would be impossible for the commission to employ an engineer, the commission shall employ a competent road supervisor who need not be an engineer, but, when so employed shall have all the duties and authority of the engineer, and be subjec…

(a) The Butler County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county health departme…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, in Butler County, the proceeds of the beer tax collected pursuant to Section 28-3-190, shall be paid and distributed as follows: (1) All taxes collected on sales within the corporate limits of a municipality shall be paid to the municipali…

(a) This section only applies in Butler County. (b) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized within the county if approved by a majority vote of the Butler County …

Raccoons and opossums may be legally hunted and taken at night by catching or killing with the use of dogs, a light and a 22-caliber rimfire rifle using 22-caliber- short ammunition, and/or number six size shot used in shotguns. History: (Act 79-262, p. 401, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2010-270, p. 491, §6, effective April 1, 2010. History: (Act 97-594, p. 1049, §§1-4.)

(a) In Butler County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, as amended, shall be twenty dollars ($20) per year, which shall be collected by the sheriff. (b) dollars ($5) of each fee coll…

Any former sheriff of Butler County who is forced to withdraw from any retirement system in which he or she was a member and who by virtue of being a member of such retirement system was required to pay both the employer’s and the employee’s share of contributions, shall have ref…

Any individual employed by the Butler 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, retired commission card, and service weapo…

(a) The Sheriff of Butler County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a La…

(a) The Sheriff of Butler County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s office. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, and the serial or other id…

(a) This section shall apply only in Butler County. (b) The purpose of this section is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office …

Statutes. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases as used in this section shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue of the State. (2) “County” means Butler …

(a) The office of constable is hereby abolished in Butler County. (b) Any person now serving in such office in Butler County shall be entitled to any vested rights accrued. History: (Act 86-387, p. 573, §§1, 2.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-398, EFFECTIVE JUNE, 1, 2023. Commencing with the next term of office, the Coroner of Butler County shall be paid a total expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month, payable in equal monthly installments from county funds. History: (Act 90-119,…

(a) Effective October 1, 2023, the Coroner of Butler County shall receive a salary in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month to be paid in monthly installments from the county general fund. The salary provided in this section shall be the only compensa…

(a) The Butler County Commission shall be composed of five members, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Unless otherwise provided by ge…

(a) The County Commission of Butler County may establish and administer a program of revenue collection for all legally authorized taxes, licenses, fees, and other revenues not presently being collected locally. (b) The County Commission of Butler County may, with 30 days written…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Butler County, the Butler County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed forty-five dollars ($45) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil …

There shall be paid to the Circuit Court Reporter of the Second Judicial Circuit, by the counties composing the circuit, an additional annual expense allowance of four thousand dollars ($4,000). Such allowance shall be in addition to any compensation now payable to the court repo…

The District Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit shall have the authority to have his or her investigators and any other employees of his or her office assist him in the presence of the grand jury except when the jury is deliberating. History: (Act 86-286, p. 414, §1.)

For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama, or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who…

(a) The district attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) The district attorney shall retain 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 a…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in subsection (b) whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Alabama may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A person charged with…