Title 45

Commencing August 1, 1989, there is levied on every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Cherokee County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount o…

The tax hereby levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28. The State Department of Revenue shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment …

The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §4.)

All laws and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating to the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 through Section 40-25-28, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the t…

The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue into the county general fund of Cherokee County. (Act 89-717, p. 1431, §6.)

(a) None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to be in violation of the commerce or other clauses of the federal or state constitution. (b) This part shall not be construed to apply to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco produ…

This part shall only apply in Cherokee County. (Act 2014-190, p. 577, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DECIBEL. The unit of measure for sound pressure using dBA scale. (2) FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. Any assurance provided in accordance with acceptable financial assurance instruments, which include …

(a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter, operate, or locate a wind energy conversion system in Cherokee County without first obtaining a permit from a local governing body of Cherokee County. (b) The property upon which the wind energy conversion system is pr…

(a) Each local governing body of Cherokee County shall adopt rules, laws, or ordinances governing the construction, installation, and operation of a wind energy conversion system, including the permit application process as provided in Section 45-10-260.02. At a minimum, the rule…

(a) An applicant shall maintain financial assurance in an amount equal to the costs associated with the reclamation plan and the removal of abandoned or unused wind energy conversion systems. (b) In addition to the financial assurance required in subsection (a), an applicant shal…

(a) The safety of the design of all conversion system towers shall be certified by a licensed engineer with prior experience with wind energy conversion systems. The standard for certification shall be good engineering practices, including the requirement that the systems comply …

A wind energy conversion system or tower that does not operate continuously for 365 consecutive days may be deemed abandoned and shall be removed by the operator of the system. The permit holder may request that the local governing body of Cherokee County delay the designation of…

This part shall not interfere with, abrogate, or annul any covenant or other agreement between any parties. However, if this part imposes a greater restriction upon the use of a wind energy conversion system than is imposed by another law, rule, regulation, covenant, or agreement…

To the extent that any applicant or owner of a wind energy conversion system undertakes business activities that cause it to be a utility or a commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier, the applicant or owner shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Alabam…

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Chilton County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Chilton 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 applicab…

The boundary line between Chilton and Bibb Counties shall be as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Township 21 north, Range 11 east, thence east along the township line between township 21 north and township 22 north to the southeast corner of the southwest 1/4 of the…

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a transaction fee of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25) shall be paid to the Chilton County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector or their successor office, the Judge of Probate, and the Sheriff when public business that i…

(a) This section shall apply only within the corporate limits of the City of Clanton in Chilton County. (b) The city council, by ordinance, may authorize the sale and distribution of draft beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Authorization shall inclu…

The Jemison City Council, by resolution, may authorize the sale or distribution of draft beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the City of Jemison. The authorization shall include the sale of draft beer for off-premises consumption in a growler, keg,…

(a) This section shall apply to the regulation of the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the City of Thorsby in Chilton County. (b) The governing body of the City of Thorsby, by resolution or ordinance, may authorize the sale and distribution of draft and keg beer by…

In Chilton 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 2004-495, p. 928, §1.)

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Calera, Alabama, may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear warrant arising …

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

In Chilton County, effective beginning the next term of office, the coroner shall receive an annual salary of nine thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars ($9,282) per year, which salary shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The salar…

The Coroner of Chilton County is hereby authorized to appoint one or more deputies, as he or she deems necessary, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the coroner and perform such duties, from time to time, as the coroner may direct. (Act 91-507, p. 898, §1.)

In addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law, the chair and members of the County Commission of Chilton County shall each receive an additional expense allowance of one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid out of the cou…

(a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member from each respective dist…

(a) In Chilton County, in addition to all other fees, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of five dollars ($5) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal case, quasi-criminal case, proceedings on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited bond…

(a) In all criminal, quasi-criminal, and traffic cases in district, circuit, and municipal courts in Chilton County, there shall be taxed as costs an additional ten dollars ($10) in each case. The additional court costs shall be collected in all cases where the defendant is adjud…

The Chilton County Judge of Probate shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within the county to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so that the tag or dec…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Chilton County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of an instrument in which the title to real property, or of any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an …

In Chilton County, a special recording fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate for each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate and for th…

Effective beginning the next term of office after March 15, 2018, the Judge of Probate of Chilton County shall receive an annual salary of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county in the same manner as ot…

REPEALED IN THE 2016 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION BY ACT 2016-466 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 30, 2016. (Act 2014-214, p. 650, §§1-5.)

(a) Beginning with the election in 2006, and thereafter, the Chilton County Board of Education shall be composed of five members. Each member of the board shall reside within Chilton County during his or her entire term of office. Each member of the board shall be elected by plac…

(a) Beginning with the election in 2006, and thereafter, each candidate for a position on the board shall specify the place on the board for which he or she seeks election. (b) At the election in 2006, the member elected to Place #1 shall serve a term of two years; the members el…

The purpose of this article is to respond to local needs that have not been substantially provided for and effectuated by general law, and this article shall be construed as supplemental to general law. (Act 2003-224, p. 565, §3.)

The Chilton County Commission shall take necessary steps to ensure that this article and any action taken pursuant to this article complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, before any election is conducted pursuant to this article. If the United States Depa…

In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the poll workers in Chilton County, each poll worker shall be entitled to a twenty-two dollar ($22) per working day increase in such compensation with such increase to be paid in the usual manner from the county gener…

In Chilton County, each member of the board of registrars shall receive twenty-two dollars ($22) per day for each meeting he or she attends. The compensation shall be in addition to other salary and compensation and shall be payable out of the general fund of the county pursuant …

(a) In Chilton County, the office of county treasurer is hereby abolished. The county commission is hereby authorized to appoint a county administrator that shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed by the county treasurer. (b) Subject to the a…

(a) The County Commission of Chilton County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Chilton County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Chilto…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. The Board of Commissioners of Chilton County 911. (2) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (3) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a b…

(a) The County Commission of Chilton County is hereby authorized to enter into contract for the purchase, lease, or contractual services for providing data processing, computerized services, or other modern or updated electronic based systems for bookkeeping, recording, indexing,…

(a) The Chilton County Commission shall reimburse the office of judge of probate and tax collector or other like official charged with collecting taxes or licenses of Chilton County for any monetary loss, up to a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), per annum, ari…