Title 45

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…

(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 Alabama …

The County Commission of Chambers County, Alabama, is hereby exempted from the provisions of Section 16-9-24 which requires the commission to provide the county superintendent of education with necessary furniture, office equipment, stationery, postage, forms, and supplies. (Act …

(a) Signs, markers, and advertising, pertaining to political campaigns, on the rights-of-way of state and county controlled highways are prohibited in Chambers County except those official signs or markers placed thereon by the State Department of Transportation or by Chambers Co…

(a) In Chambers County, in lieu of any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the board of registrars an increase in salary in such amount as will together with any amount paid by the state, as salary,…

In Chambers County, each authorized county-appointed or city-appointed poll worker shall be entitled to receive a minimum of fifty dollars ($50) per day of service. The compensation provided for this section shall be in lieu of any and all other compensation provided by law and s…

(a) The following officers of Chambers County shall receive the following salaries on an annual basis in lieu of all other compensation: (1) Probate judge - Twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000) (2) Tax assessor - Eighteen thousand six hundred dollars ($18,600) (3) Tax collector …

(a) The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Chambers County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Chambers County is hereby declared to be in the …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Chambers County, which voluntarily operates a landfill as defined in Section 22-27-2, may charge a tipping fee for use of the county landfill. The fee shall be deposited into the county general fund and may be used for general purpo…

(a) This section applies in Chambers County. (b) The county commission may promulgate rules and regulations limiting and controlling noise in public places and establishments. A violation of the rules and regulations shall constitute a public nuisance. The county, after a due pro…

In Chambers County, all laws, rules, and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, upon request by a property owner, the county health department or its agent shall perform soil percolation tests for a fee of not more than fifty dollars ($50) which such tests are required for …

(a) In Chambers County any county health officer or administrator is hereby authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on file f…

(a) The Chambers 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. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees c…

(a) Every person, firm, or corporation who owns, maintains, or keeps in Chambers County a mobile home, except a mobile home which constitutes a part of his or her stock as a dealer and except a mobile home which has been assessed for ad valorem taxation as a part of the realty, s…

Beginning October 1, 1993, the Sheriff of Chambers County shall receive a salary of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per annum. The salary shall be in lieu of any and all other salary, expense allowance, or compensation heretofore provided by law and shall be payable in equal mon…

The Sheriff of Chambers County shall be entitled to receive a salary increase in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be added to his or her existing base salary. The additional increase shall become effective with the sheriff’s 2019 term of office. This increase shall…

(a) On or after May 18, 2020, any person qualifying for election as Sheriff of Chambers County or any person appointed to serve as sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required by law: (1) The person is a citizen …

(a) This section shall apply only to Chamber County. (b) Any person employed as a commissioned deputy of the sheriff’s office of Chambers County for a period of 10 years or more who upon retirement leaves the office in good standing shall receive from the office, without costs to…

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

The Sheriff of Chambers County may, in his or her discretion, use funds accruing to the Sheriff’s Work Release Fund for the operation of the county jail. (Act 96-463, p. 578, §1.)

The county jail administrator for Chambers County shall operate and manage an inmate commissary at the Chambers County detention facility. Proceeds and profits derived by the inmate commissary shall be reinvested by the county jail administrator to operate and supply the county d…

(a) In Chambers County, except as provided in subsection (b), the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited…

The members of the Chambers County Board of Equalization shall be paid fifty dollars ($50) per diem for each day’s attendance upon the sessions of the board. Any amounts in excess of the compensation provided by the state or a municipality as provided in Sections 40-3-7 and 40-3-…

(a) Effective October 1, 1991, upon the approval of a majority of the electors of Chambers County, there is hereby created the office of county revenue commissioner for Chambers County. Such revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1990 and at the general …

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Chambers County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and municipal ad valo…

(a) Effective June 1, 2023, the Revenue Commissioner of Chambers County shall receive an additional expense allowance so that the expense allowance and the salary of the revenue commissioner is equal to eighty-four thousand dollars ($84,000) per year payable in equal monthly inst…

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Chambers County Commission may levy for a period of 20 years, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of six mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. T…

Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as subsection (f) of Section 217 of the Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, the Chambers County Commission may levy for a period of 20 years, in addition t…

(a) Chambers County may henceforth grant county ad valorem exemptions, including real estate, equipment, and supplies for any manufacturing firm or facility that purchases or leases property for site location in the county, as that location is defined by the county tax assessor, …

In Chambers County, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, the county commission is hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of two mills on each dollar of taxable property. The tax shall be earmarked to the county general…

(a) This section shall apply only to Chambers County, Alabama, and to no other county. (b) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: “the county” means Chambers County, Alabama; “person” includes any natural person, pa…

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Chamber County. (b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any …

(a) The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiv…

(a) Upon adoption of the Legislature, there is hereby imposed on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Chambers County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: (1) T…

This part shall only apply to Chambers County. (Act 2006-396, p. 1000, §1.)

As used in this part, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63. (Act 2006-396, p. 1000, §2.)

The County Commission of Chambers County may levy, in addition to all other taxes presently levied, an additional sales and use tax not to exceed the highest municipal rates collected in the county. These additional rates shall be as follows: General sales, sales and use tax rate…

The tax levied by this part may be collected by the State Department of Revenue, the county commission, or a private collection agency under contract with the county commission, at the same time and in the same manner as state sales and use taxes are collected. On or prior to the…

Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied pursuant to this part, shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission for the amount due by the taxpayer because of the sale or admission. I…

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) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Cherokee County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Cherokee 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 applic…