Title 45

(a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Russell County Commission. (b) The Russell County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Russell County Commission in the Circuit Court of Russell County to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this subpart.…

This subpart shall be operative in Russell County upon the adoption of a resolution by the county commission providing for the county to be covered by this subpart. The resolution may provide additional procedures to implement this subpart not in conflict with this subpart. (Act …

A manufactured dwelling, as defined in Section 35–12A–1, or any other dwelling may be declared a public nuisance pursuant to this subpart if the dwelling is located outside the corporate limits of any municipality and it is dangerous or injurious to the health, safety, or general…

(a) The county commission shall appoint a county employee or employees who shall be responsible for assessing the existence of a public nuisance pursuant to this subpart. (b) Upon a determination by the county employee of the instance of a public nuisance pursuant to this subpart…

(a) If the real property owner has not abated the nuisance within 60 days of the notice from the county employee, or a reasonable time agreed upon by the county employee and the property owner, the county employee shall report to the county commission that a public nuisance exist…

(a) At the time stated in the notice, the county commission shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of the public nuisance. (b) Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the county commission may allow or overrule any or all objections. If th…

(a) All necessary employees and agents of the county are expressly authorized to enter upon private property to carry out this subpart. (b) Any real property owner may have any nuisance removed at his or her own expense prior to the arrival of the employees or agents of the count…

(a) An accounting for the cost of abating the nuisance shall be made by the county commission. A copy of the account shall be mailed to the owner of the real property at least five days prior to the account being considered by the commission. (b) At the time fixed for considering…

(a) In addition to the above provisions, the county commission may enforce this subpart by the commencement of a civil action to abate or enjoin any public nuisance pursuant to this subpart. Prior to commencing a civil action, the county commission shall give reasonable notice to…

The Russell County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services by the Russell County Health Department for which a fee may be levied and shall set the fee to be levied for each service. Any fees to be levied, or increased, pursuant to this section shall be subject …

All monies hereafter accruing to Russell County which are dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and repair of roads and bridges and traffic control, shall be paid into the county road and bridge fund. (Act 81–428, p. 674, § 1.)

The Russell County Commission may set the fees for the issuance of business licenses in the same manner as business licenses are set in any municipality in the county. The cost of any business license set pursuant to this section may not exceed the cost of any business license se…

(a) The Russell County Commission may establish an additional fee to be entitled mail order fee which shall be set from time to time by the commission to pay the costs of mailing or overhead relating to business license renewals. The fee shall be collected by the judge of probate…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 40–12–10 and any other general or local law of this state to the contrary, the Russell County Commission may hire a county license inspector who shall hold the office at the pleasure of the county commission and shall perform the function…

(a) The Russell County Commission shall establish from its general fund a special reserve fund of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per fiscal year in the budget of the Russell County Motor Vehicle License Commissioner to pay for losses incurred in accepting worthless or forge…

(a) The Russell County Commission may provide for cost-of-living increases for the motor vehicle license commissioner in addition to any salary or compensation being paid to the motor vehicle license commissioner. (b) This section shall be read in pari materia with Section 40–6A–…

There is created a motor vehicle license division under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Russell County Commission. The division shall function under the direction and administrative supervision of a motor vehicle license commissioner who shall be appointed by the county c…

The motor vehicle license commissioner’s duties and responsibilities include the administration and enforcement of: Motor vehicle title registration, processing, and transfer; motor vehicle ad valorem tax assessment and collection; motor vehicle license and license tag issuance; …

The license commissioner may mail order process the renewal, issuance, and distribution of license tags with the authority to collect a mail fee charge in such amount as the county commission shall determine from time to time, in order to cover the overhead and expenses of the ma…

Before entering upon the duties of the office, the license commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall enter into bond conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned. The bond shall be in such sum as may be prescribed by the governing…

Suitable office space in the courthouse of the county, and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office, shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the commissioner of the motor vehicle license division, except the statio…

The commissioner of the motor vehicle license division also may employ a sufficient number of clerks and assistants properly to perform the duties of the office. The deputy director, clerks, and assistants shall be employed subject to the approval of the county governing body, an…

All duties required by law of the Judge of Probate, License Inspector, Tax Assessor, and Tax Collector of Russell County, with reference to the licensing, the assessment, and the collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed an…

The commissioner of the motor vehicle license division shall collect for the licensing and the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the judge of probate, licens…

It is the intent and purpose of this subpart to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better service to the people of Russell County, by incorporating in one county office the licensing, the assessment, and the collection of all taxes …

(a)(1) The County Commission of Russell County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a recorded roll call vote, may levy an additional annual issuance fee of up to ten dollars ($10) on each motor vehicle registration in the county. This issuance fee shall be in addition to all ot…

(a) Pursuant to Section 57-8.00 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Russell County shall be one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($135,000), which shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as other county employees. (b) The …

(a) After May 26, 2017, any person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Russell County, or any person appointed to serve as a sheriff, shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications in addition to any other qualifications required by law: (1) The person is …

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Russell County Commission and the sheriff of the county shall jointly prescribe the number of deputies in the sheriffs office. The deputies shall be paid in the same manner and from the same funds as are other deputies on the staff of …

(a) Any individual employed by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing, including a supernumerary sheriff, may receive from the sheriff, at his or her discretion, without co…

(a)(1) The Sheriff of Russell County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property, the serial or othe…

(a) The Russell County Sheriff Service of Process Fund is created and hereinafter referred to as the fund. (b) The Sheriff of Russell County, except for warrants for arrest, may contract with or enter into an agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpos…

(a) The Sheriff of Russell County may operate a jail canteen and the inmate telephone system within the confines of the county jail to serve the needs of the county inmates. After the cost and operating expenses are deducted from the income, excluding any income from fees paid fo…

The pistol permit fee in Russell County shall be a total of twenty dollars ($20) which shall be collected by the sheriff. Five dollars ($5) of the fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, and fifteen dollars ($15) of the fee shall be deposited in a special fund o…

(a) The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Russell County are abolished effective upon the approval of a majority of the electors of Russell County. Upon the abolition of the offices, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be created. The tax collector in offic…

(a)(1) Commencing on June 1, 2000, the Revenue Commissioner of Russell County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provid…

(a) The Russell County Commission shall employ sufficient appraisers, mappers, clerical personnel and other personnel to maintain on a current basis the appraisal and mapping of all real property and valuation of personal property within the county. (b) The state Revenue Commissi…

The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in the county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, as amended, except that all duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transferred to and be performed by the revenue commissioner of…

(a) The County Commission of Russell County is authorized by applicable provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for public buildings, bridges, or roads (herein called the special tax) at a rate of forty cents ($0.40) on each one hun…

The Russell County Commission may levy a privilege or license tax on all persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, and associations selling, distributing, or delivering to retailers in Russell County, except within the city limits of Phenix City and Hurtsboro an…

The privilege or license tax authorized by this part shall be collected by, or under the supervision of, the county commission and one-half of the net proceeds of the tax, the term net being that portion remaining after payment of expenses incurred as provided for herein, shall b…

The county commission may provide rules and regulations and administrative machinery for the enforcement and collection of the privilege or license tax authorized by this part, and may also provide reasonable compensation to sellers and distributors of malt or brewed beverages fo…

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this part, or the rules and regulations as may be provided by the county commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by law. Each month the violation continues shal…

Any person, firm, or corporation who fails to pay the tax herein levied within the time prescribed by this part, in addition to the tax, shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax, together with interest thereon at the rate of one-half of one percent per month, or fra…

In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount hereinafter prescribed against every person engaging in Russell County in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations, to any transient …

There are exempted from the tax levied by this part and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable hereunder the following: Charges for property sold or services furnished which are required to be included in the tax levied by the state sales tax act; charges…