Title 45 — Title 45

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. History: (Act 2005-148, p. 258, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion o…

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views…

Commencing June 1, 1984, the judge of the District Court for Chambers County shall receive an annual supplemental salary payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of Chambers County in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. History: (Act 84-560, p.…

(a) There is hereby created within the judge of probate’s office of Chambers County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the judge of probate’s office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the nece…

The Probate Judge of Chambers 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, typewritten, or stamped statement, stating the mailing address of the …

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 380 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, in Chambers County, an additional recording fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county and collected by the judge of probate. No court d…

Documents. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply in Chambers County. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Chambers County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, a…

(a) In Chambers County, fees collected for copying documents and papers in the office of the judge of probate shall be deposited into a special fund of the judge of probate. The funds shall be earmarked for probate copier maintenance, service, and supplies. (b) This section shall…

(a) In Chambers County, the judge of probate shall be relieved of personal liability for programming or data entry errors and omissions made in good faith. (b) It shall be the duty of the judge of probate to ensure that employees exercise due care in performing their required dut…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) In Chambers County there has been an increase in the filing of cases involving mental health involuntary commitments resulting in increased probate court docket filing and other duties prescribed by the courts and the Legi…

(a) This section shall apply only in Chambers County. (b)(1) The judge of probate of the county may charge and collect an additional fee for the remote access of records in the office of the judge of probate by computer. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposit…

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…

Parks. (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 A…

(a) The City of LaFayette has received proceeds from the sale of its gas distribution system, and all one million nine hundred twenty thousand dollars ($1,920,000) of such proceeds shall be used to establish an investment fund named “City of LaFayette Gas System Sale Investment F…

(a) If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from ti…

The Cities of Lanett and Valley in Chambers County are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contractual agreements to furnish and provide municipal services and to share services and facilities, including but not limited to: jails, fire protection equipment and services,…

The Cities of Lanett and Valley in Chambers County are hereby authorized and empowered to make a contract to provide for the distribution of the municipal license tax, as measured by gross receipts, authorized and levied pursuant to Section 11-51-129 and Section 11-51-91, on publ…

Sunday. (a) This section applies only in the City of Lanett in Chambers County. (b) The sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays may be authorized by the city council within the corporate limits of the City of Lanett after approval by a referendum as provided in th…

The police jurisdiction of the City of Valley in Chambers County shall extend to the adjoining territory within a mile and a half of the corporate limits of such city. Provided, however, that such police jurisdiction shall not extend beyond the boundaries of Chambers County. Hist…

Sunday. (a) This section applies only in the City of Valley in Chambers County. (b) The sale of alcoholic beverages after 12:00 p.m. on Sundays may be authorized by the city council within the corporate limits of the City of Valley after approval by a referendum as provided in th…

(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…

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

(a) In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the poll workers in Cherokee County, each poll worker shall be entitled to a ten dollar ($10) per meeting day increase in compensation with such increase to be paid in the usual manner from the county general fund…

(a) This section shall apply only to Cherokee County. (b) All returning officers, as appointed by the local appointing board, the judge of probate, sheriff, and circuit clerk, shall receive an additional compensation of ten dollars ($10) and shall receive the same mileage allowan…

Upon the receipt by Cherokee County of any funds received pursuant to Act 2010- 135 of the 2010 Regular Session amending Section 40-28-2, the additional amounts received shall be distributed as follows: Forty-five percent of the funds shall be distributed to the Cherokee County I…

(a) The Cherokee County Health Department may, at its discretion, enforce littering laws, and other laws relating to litter in Cherokee County, in addition to health laws and regulations governing the control and disposal of solid waste in Cherokee County, and shall be empowered …

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “decentralized wastewater system” is defined as a system for collection, treatment, and dispersal or reuse of wastewater from clusters of homes and businesses near the point of origin of wastewater generation, in which solids, greases, a…

This subpart shall apply only in Cherokee County. History: (Act 2001-909, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 761, §1.)

As used in this subpart, the term “resort area” means any area located outside the corporate limits of any municipality in Cherokee County in which the primary use of the majority of the real property is for recreational pursuits or those associated with relaxation, avocation, or…

(a)(1) The Cherokee County Commission, through the county health department, shall compel connection of any new construction in resort areas to any available public sewerage system, whether publicly or privately owned. (2) The county commission, through the county health departme…

(a) When the county health department determines that the connection of property to an available public sewerage system, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be required, the property owner shall be given written notice at least 90 days prior to the date upon which the conn…

(a) Any violation of this subpart shall constitute a public nuisance subject to a civil fine of fifty dollars ($50) per day not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be assessed by the county commission. Any person assessed a fine pursuant to this section may pay the fine …

Nothing in this subpart shall be construed as creating a cause of action against the county or any of its officials or employees based upon any actions taken pursuant to this subpart or upon the failure to take any actions pursuant to this subpart. History: (Act 2001-909, 3rd Sp.…

Kin; Fees; Violations. (a) In Cherokee 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 …

(a) The Cherokee 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…

In Cherokee County, the Cherokee County Healthcare Authority may use a portion of the proceeds of any special county ad valorem tax for indigent health care. History: (Act 2007-348, p. 615, §1.)

County roads in Cherokee County shall be constructed, repaired, and maintained as a unit without regard to district or beat lines. History: (Act 82-313, p. 426, §1.)

(a) In Cherokee County, any person or entity engaged in construction, excavation, or similar activity resulting in the cutting across or going under a county road or county right-of-way shall obtain a permit from the county commission. The issuance of the permit by the county com…

(a) The Legislature of Alabama is cognizant of “Opinion of the Justices No. 376,” issued April 9, 2002, which states that a local bill for Cherokee County “purporting to allow by local law the creation of a traffic in alcohol that does not presently exist in smaller municipalitie…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant to authority to regulate the liquor traffic granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of an incorporated municipality located in Chero…