Title 45

(a) No service charge shall be levied unless the same has been first approved by the majority of the votes cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors residing within the district, or within the proposed district. (b) An election on the question of levying servic…

(a) A district may be enlarged by consent pursuant to subsection (b) or by petition and referendum pursuant to subsection (c), provided, that no area lying within a municipality or another library district at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within the district. (b) P…

(a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished nor shall the boundaries of any district be diminished in any manner, when it has any indebtedness. The library board shall have …

In Shelby County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished. (Act 2007–249, p. 333, § 1.)

(a) The City of Columbiana has received proceeds from the sale of its natural gas distribution system. Two million nine hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($2,975,000) of the proceeds shall be used to establish an investment fund named the City of Columbiana Heritage Trust Fun…

(a) The City Council of the City of Columbiana by ordinance may provide for the establishment of not more than two entertainment districts in the city, as those districts are defined in the Columbiana City Code. The entertainment districts may contain one or more Alabama Alcoholi…

(a) The Shelby County governing body, beginning October 1, 1971, may appropriate from the General Fund of Shelby County an allowance for expenses for the Coroner of Shelby County in the amount of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per year. The allowance shall be payable i…

(a) In addition to any compensation and expense allowances now being paid, the Shelby County Coroner shall receive an expense allowance of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum payable from the county treasury in equal monthly installments. The county coroner, in writing, may …

(a) In Shelby County, after May 16, 2008, the coroner shall continue to receive the salary and expense allowance the coroner is receiving on May 16, 2008, subject to any adjustments as further provided herein. (b) The Shelby County Commission may set the compensation and any expe…

(a) The Shelby County Commission shall be composed of nine members, elected from single-member districts one through nine, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The nine districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside …

The Chair of Shelby County Commission shall receive an additional expense allowance of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other expense allowances and compensation paid to the chair. The money shall be paid in the same manne…

Each member of the County Commission of Shelby County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation …

(a) The County Commission of Shelby County may acquire and operate self-service computer terminals. The information and services available through the use of the self-service computer terminals shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Information on government ser…

(a) The Shelby County Commission may adopt ordinances or resolutions providing rules and regulations relating to the use of its properties including, but not limited to, its public parks, recreational areas, public buildings and facilities, and real property owned or leased by Sh…

When used in this subpart, the word ‘‘code,’’ unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall mean: Not less restrictive than the Southern Building Code, as of August 13, 1987 (and its companion codes on plumbing and gas, all as produced by the Southern Building C…

(a) The Shelby County Commission may by reference, adopt, amend, and provide for the enforcement of the code. The code, when adopted as herein authorized, shall apply to and govern in all unincorporated areas of the county and also in those parts of the county lying within the co…

The county commission shall have the authority for and the responsibility of enforcing this subpart. The county commission having established an enforcement program for the code, no building or affected project except temporary construction buildings shall be commenced without fi…

Any person violating this subpart or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this subpart after 10 days written notice of an enforcement agency shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by state law. (Act 87–785, p.1538, § 5.)

This subpart shall not be construed to impair or limit in any way the power of the county commission to enjoin or abate public nuisances within its jurisdiction. (Act 87–785, p.1538, § 6.)

Nothing in this subpart shall be construed as abrogating or otherwise affecting the power of any state department or agency to adopt regulations, make inspections, or approve plans in accordance with any other applicable provisions of law not in conflict with the provisions herei…

This subpart shall be liberally construed as being additional authority for the Shelby County Commission to adopt ordinances relating to the establish-ment and enforcement of minimum standards for buildings, dwellings, and the structures of all types and descriptions used for hum…

Manufactured homes, as defined in Section 24–5–2, are specifically excluded from this subpart. (Act 87–785, p.1538, § 9.)

(a) The following exceptions may be excluded by the county commission from the provisions of these minimum codes: (1) One and two family dwellings and outbuildings in connection therewith. (2) Farm buildings. (b) Nothing in these minimum codes shall apply to any building or proje…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the City of Helena Civil Service System Act. (Act 2026-229, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor, city council, or any employee of the city duly authorized to make appointments to the regular service by virtue of his or her supervisory capacity. (2) CERTIFICATI…

(a) There is created a personnel board for the City of Helena which shall be comprised of the following members: (1) Member One, elected by the employees of the regular service. (2) Member Two, appointed by the mayor and city council. (3) Member Three, selected by Member One and …

The board shall do all of the following: (1) Meet in regular session at least semiannually. (2) Adopt board policies, rules, and regulations. (3) Hear and render decisions in appeals of disciplinary and related matters. (4) Transact any other business within the purview of the bo…

(a) The mayor may appoint a personnel director. (b) The personnel director shall carry out the policies established by the board. (c) The personnel director may be suspended or terminated by the mayor for cause, subject to a right of appeal directly to the board. (d) Any regular …

On June 1, 2026, all employees holding regular full-time positions in the service of the city shall continue in their regular status in the classified service as provided in this section, unless the position to which they are appointed or elected is otherwise exempted by this par…

(a) The classification plan shall provide a complete inventory of all employee positions in the service of the city and an accurate description of and specifications for each class of work, including all other employee positions in the city for which salary and benefits are set o…

(a) The city, after recommendation of the mayor and resolution of the council, shall adopt rules, polices, and procedures for employees, compiled in an employee handbook, which may be amended from time to time. At a minimum, the handbook shall contain policies and procedures cove…

(a) The council, with the aid of the director, mayor, and other city personnel the council deems necessary, by resolution, shall adopt a pay plan as the basis of compensation for employees in the service of the city. The plan shall be constructed to provide fair compensation for …

(a) Vacancies and newly created positions in the regular service shall be filled by open-competitive, transfer, promotion, appointment, reappointment, or demotion as determined by the appointing authority. (b) When a vacancy exists for a regular position that is not otherwise exe…

(a) The tenure of every employee in the regular service shall be conditioned on the satisfactory conduct of the employee and the continued efficient performance of assigned duties and responsibilities. A regular employee may be dismissed, demoted, or suspended for cause or for an…

(a) An employee with regular status may appeal disciplinary action of dismissal, demotion, or suspension. The discipline imposed shall not be otherwise set aside during the pendency of an appeal. An employee desiring to appeal, within 10 calendar days after notice of disciplinary…

(a) All of the following activities shall be prohibited: (1) No individual may be appointed or promoted to, or dismissed from, any position, or any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment on the basis of any characteristic protected by federal law. (2) No …

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 217 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, the City Council of the City of Helena may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the city. The revenue from the ad…

(a) The City Council of the City of Helena by ordinance may provide for the establishment of not more than two entertainment districts in the city, as those districts are defined in the Helena City Code. The entertainment districts may contain one or more Alabama Alcoholic Bevera…

(a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance of jury service in the Circuit Court of Shelby County may be served by first class mail, or may be served as provided by Section 12–17–73. If, in the discretion of the sheriff, the service is made by first class mail, the service s…

In addition to all other allowances and compensation now provided by law, there shall be paid to each official court reporter of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama in equal monthly installments, an allowance of five thousand four hundred dollars ($5,400) per annum, for th…

(a) In Shelby County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each part-time bailiff an increase in salary in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state as salary, compensati…

The District Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, in Clay, Coosa, and Shelby Counties, shall receive, in addition to any other compensation and in addition to any other supplement provided by law, an expense and automobile allowance, equal to one percent of annual salary …

(a) The judicial assistant to the presiding Circuit Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit shall receive an annual salary supplement in the amount of four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800). The salary supplement shall be in addition to any salary received by the judicial assist…

Upon March 1, 1996, the Chief Magistrate of Shelby County shall receive an annual supplemental salary of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) payable in equal monthly installments from the General Fund of Shelby County with prior approval of the Shelby County Commission, which mu…

(a)(1) The Shelby County Commission shall pay an annual county salary supplement to each circuit judge and the District Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit and to each Shelby County District Judge. Each county salary supplement shall be paid from the county general fund. …

The Shelby County Commission may provide an annual expense allowance to the circuit clerk in an amount not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum. The expense allowance provided by the county com-mission pursuant to this section shall be paid in equal monthly insta…