Title 45

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties. Any provision in a…

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the council-manager form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of th…

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought by or against the city or any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-man…

All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state or in Title 11 as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to…

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility and any municipally owned service enterprise, including…

For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the council, the provisions of this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the council-manager form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate with the mayor of the city as …

Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, any officer or employee whose successor may be appointed by the city manager or by the head of any office, department, board, or agency, may be removed by the manager or other appointing office…

The city manager, the heads of all departments, and such other officers of the city as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of al…

The council, the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, or agency or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may sub…

No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance, and signed in the name of the city by the mayor and countersign…

All records and accounts of every office, department, board, or agency of the city shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the city manager, except competitive bids for contracts under negotiation. (Acts 19…

No member of the council, officer, or employee elected or appointed shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city, and no such member of the council, officer, or emp…

The city manager, the director of finance, and such other officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. (…

Every councilman, officer, and employee of the city shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am eligible for the…

All employees of the City of Anniston, except civil service employees and grandfathered employees who are subject to the civil service system, shall be employees of the city subject to the personnel policies and procedures adopted, and as amended, by the city council. The personn…

No city may change from the council-manager form of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government in the manner provided by law, provided that no election on the a…

(a) All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this part shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, a…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that the majority of the members appointed to the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Anniston shall be appointed by the City Council of Anniston. (b) The governing body of the City of Anniston, which authorized the cre…

(a) This section only applies to the City of Anniston and provides for the Anniston Ecotourism Beverage Bill. (b) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for on-premises consumption by licensed clubs and retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to make the deliberative process of the Fort McClellan Joint Powers Authority open to the public during meetings as defined in the Alabama Open Meetings Act, Chapter 25A (commencing with Section 36-25A-1) of Title …

In Calhoun 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 2003-173, p. 480, §1.)

(a)(1) After May 31, 2025, the Coroner of Calhoun County shall continue to receive the salary and expense allowances the coroner is receiving on May 31, 2025, subject to any adjustments as further provided in this section. (2) Commencing June 1, 2025, the coroner shall receive an…

The Calhoun County Commission shall pay all persons entitled to receive mileage compensation from the county commission the same rate for each mile traveled as the State of Alabama pays to persons entitled to receive mileage compensation from the state. The mileage compensation s…

(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County. (b) Each Commissioner of the Calhoun County Commission and the county commissioner of licenses shall have the option of electing, as hereinafter provided in subsection (c), to have an automobile furnished by Calhoun County, for…

(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County. (b) The Judge of Probate of Calhoun County shall not accept for recording any deed, plat, or other document purporting to convey to Calhoun County or the Calhoun County Commission any right, title, or other interest in land unl…

(a) Calhoun County, Alabama, may take title as a result of conveyance from the federal government to any property within the current boundaries of Fort McClellan in Calhoun County, Alabama, for purposes of developing or redeveloping and disposal of the property according to plans…

(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County. (b) There is hereby created a cause of action against subdividers of land who fail to construct roads and streets within their subdivisions in conformity with minimum standards established by the county commission. (c) The caus…

(a)(1) The members of the Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County shall serve extended terms until the day before the first Monday in October after the election to elect their successors. a. Elections for Place 3, Place 4, and Place 5 shall coincide with …

(a) The Civil Service Board of the City of Jacksonville is dissolved on July 1, 2024. (b)(1) The city’s governing body shall ensure that the vested or vesting rights of any existing appointees of the civil service board are protected and not otherwise altered or diminished, excep…

(a) This section only applies to the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County. (b) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the City of Jacksonville if approved by a majority vote…

(a) This section shall apply only in Calhoun County. (b) Any person who commences employment in the county as a court reporter after January 1, 2001, shall not be entitled to receive the salary supplements as provided in Act 392 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 680) and…

In Calhoun County, each part-time bailiff engaged in service in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in an amount not to exceed the prevailing minimum wage for each hour of service rendered to the court while in session. The exact …

(a) In Calhoun County, in addition to any costs and charges fixed by law upon conviction for violations of municipal ordinances in municipalities having a municipal court, there shall be assessed in each case an amount of additional court costs for law libraries in the same amoun…

(a) In Calhoun County, in any case in which court costs are assessed in the district and circuit court of the county, there shall be assessed and collected as other costs and charges are collected an additional court cost in the amount of five dollars ($5) which shall be used sol…

(a)(1) In Calhoun County, in any case in which court costs are assessed in a municipal court in the county, there shall be assessed and collected, in the same manner as other costs and charges are collected, an additional court cost in the amount of five dollars ($5) per case whi…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Calhoun County, a docket fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25), hereinafter referred to as a drug and violent crime reduction fee, shall be assess…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Calhoun County in the 7th Judicial Circuit, there shall be levied and assessed the following court costs: (1) Forty dollars ($40) in all domestic violence cases, violation of protect…

(a) The District Attorney of Calhoun County may appoint an investigator to conduct investigations of alleged violations of law in the circuit. Such investigator shall be entitled to a salary on the same scale as deputy sheriffs of that county receive. The salary shall be paid fro…

(a) The District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit shall maintain and keep a special fund known as the District Attorney’s Fund. Any funds on deposit in the treasuries of the counties in the circuit that generally would be designated for appropriation to the District Atto…

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

(a)(1) The District Attorney of Calhoun County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Calhoun County Drug Task Force. These records shall state the description of the property, the date of recovery of the property,…

(a) Monthly supervision fees assessed in juvenile court cases may continue to be assessed in the manner as currently assessed by law at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fees shall be collected by the juvenile court clerk’s office and deposited into the …

The Judge of Probate of Calhoun County is hereby authorized, at his or her discretion, to charge for celebrating the rites of matrimony. Any such fee, when charged by the judge of probate, may be retained by the judge of probate. (Act 91-643, p. 1216, §1.)

(a) In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges assessed pursuant to current applicable law in the Probate Court of Calhoun County, a fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be charged and collected for each marriage license and for each petition for adoption filed in the probate…

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply only in Calhoun County. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Calhoun County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing of instruments and document…

The Judge of Probate of Calhoun 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 or typewritten mailing address of the grantee within the body of the …