Title 45 — Title 45

The tax levied by this part shall constitute a debt due Chambers County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. The collection age…

All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax, making of reports, keeping and preserving records, penalties for failure to pay the tax, promulgating rules and regulations with respect …

The collection agency may charge Chambers County for collecting the tax levied under this part in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the collection agency and the Chambers County Commission. The charge shall not exceed two percent of the total a…

Proceeds from the additional taxes as prescribed by this part and deposited into the county’s general funds shall be utilized as follows: (1) Forty percent of all revenues generated from the additional sales tax shall be utilized for the public safety concerns of the citizens of …

(a) The County Commission of Chambers County, in addition to all other taxes presently levied, may levy the following additional sales and use taxes not to exceed the lowest municipal rates collected in the City of LaFayette, City of Lanett, or City of Valley: (1) AGRICULTURAL MA…

(a) In Chambers County, the county commission is hereby authorized to appoint members of the Chambers County Library Board. The board shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members and shall serve staggered terms to be determined by the county commission. (b) Upo…

In Chambers County, effective at the end of the current term of office or immediately upon the written consent of all current Chambers County constables, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished. History: (Act 2…

(a) Pursuant to Amendment No. 103 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the coroner serving Chambers County shall receive a monthly salary of seven hundred dollars ($700) effective September 1, 2003. (b) The salary provided for in this section shall be paid in equal monthly ins…

The Coroner of Chambers County shall receive a monthly travel allowance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) each month, in lieu of any mileage allowance heretofore prescribed by law, and such allowance shall be payable from the county general fund. History: (Act 81-466, p. 816, §…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the following expense allowances in response to a resolution adopted by the County Commission of Chambers County on October 6, 1980. (b) Each member of the County Commission of Chambers County, except the chairman, shall receive …

(a) The Court of County Commission of Chambers County is hereby abolished, and there is created in lieu thereof the Chambers County Commission, to be composed of five commissioners as hereinafter provided. Each commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of a commissio…

(a) Each of the circuit judges of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this state (as such circuit is now or hereafter constituted) shall be paid a local expense allowance, in addition to all compensation and expenses paid by the state, from the general funds of the counties composing s…

(a) That in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, Alabama, all orders and decrees may be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the circuit court in such county on a sheet or sheets now commonly called case action summaries and that there shall be a case action sum…

Fund. (a) In Chambers County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in each criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a…

(a)(1) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Chambers County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distribu…

The District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to travel allowances in like amounts as are now provided by law to the circuit judges of the judicial circuit. Payment of these expenses are chargeable to and shall be paid from any funds accessible to the dist…

(a) The District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts for this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the Dis…

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The elected District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A person who is employed by an agenc…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this section whose jurisdiction is in the Circuit or District Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit may apply to the District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. (b) A per…

(a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older, or 16 years of age or older, if the offense is a traffic citation at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a p…

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part or the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family histor…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the toll…

(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. In the case of traffic citations, application shall be made within 21 days of the issuance of the citation. (b)…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law…

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. Fees paid by offenders pursuant to Section 45-9-82.27 shall be placed into the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund to pay costs a…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender and the district attorney, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the dis…

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. History: (Act 2005-148, p. 258, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion o…

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views…

Commencing June 1, 1984, the judge of the District Court for Chambers County shall receive an annual supplemental salary payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of Chambers County in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. History: (Act 84-560, p.…

(a) There is hereby created within the judge of probate’s office of Chambers County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the judge of probate’s office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the nece…

The Probate Judge of Chambers County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of any instrument in which the title to real property is conveyed, unless such instrument has endorsed on it a printed, typewritten, or stamped statement, stating the mailing address of the …

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 380 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, in Chambers County, an additional recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate. No court d…

Documents. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply in Chambers County. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Chambers County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, a…

(a) In Chambers County, fees collected for copying documents and papers in the office of the judge of probate shall be deposited into a special fund of the judge of probate. The funds shall be earmarked for probate copier maintenance, service, and supplies. (b) This section shall…

(a) In Chambers County, the judge of probate shall be relieved of personal liability for programming or data entry errors and omissions made in good faith. (b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate to ensure that employees exercise due care in performing their required dut…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) In Chambers County there has been an increase in the filing of cases involving mental health involuntary commitments resulting in increased probate court docket filing and other duties prescribed by the courts and the Legi…

(a) This section shall apply only in Chambers County. (b)(1) The judge of probate of the county may charge and collect an additional fee for the remote access of records in the office of the judge of probate by computer. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposit…

Any bank, whether incorporated or unincorporated, within this state, now or hereafter situated in Chambers County, and where the principal place of business of such bank is situated in the county shall have the power to establish, maintain, and operate within the county, one or m…

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 678 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, there is created and established the Chambers County Industrial Development Council on September 1, 2001. Initially, the council shall consist of the current members of the Industrial Development Authority of C…

Parks. (a) Subject to the written approval of the owners of 100 percent in interest based on assessed value for ad valorem tax purposes of each 10 acres, or the part thereof to be included in the proposed industrial park, the County Commission of Chambers County in the State of A…