Title 45

(a) In Cullman County, for petitions or in referendum elections, the judge of probate is authorized to use the following form to distinguish and identify signees: DATE: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY _____ COUNTY _____ STATE _____ ZIP CODE _____ COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: DATE OF BIRTH …

Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, the Judge of Probate of Cullman County shall set the fee for supplying a copy of an instrument. The fee shall be in lieu of any other fee prescribed by law for the service. The money shall be charged and pai…

(a) A special recording fee of one dollar ($1) shall be collected by the Judge of Probate of Cullman County, with respect to 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 the recordin…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Cullman County is authorized to issue boat licenses, pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee established by the judge of probate in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing the…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Cullman County, or the authorized agent of the judge of probate, may install vending machines and collect money from the vending machines and charge and collect fees for copying documents in his or her office. (b) The judge of probate shall establish a…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-121, EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2023. (a) There is created the Cullman County Community Development Commission which may receive, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (c), and by majority vote may distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund cr…

(a) The Cullman County Community Development Commission is abolished. (b)(1) The Community Development Fund within the Cullman County Treasury is abolished. (2) Any remaining monies in the Community Development Fund shall be transferred to the Cullman County Legislative Delegatio…

The board of education and the office of superintendent of education of Cullman County are hereby abolished, and there is created in lieu of the board of education the Cullman County Commission on Education. The commission on education shall administer the school laws of the stat…

(a) The Cullman County Commission on Education shall be composed of seven members elected by districts as follows: One member shall be elected from each of the school attendance areas hereinafter described and shall be a qualified elector of and shall reside in the district, and …

The members of the Cullman County Commission on Education shall receive from the public school funds of the county seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) a day for attending commission meetings, and actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred. They shall not be allowed payor expenses…

The general administration and supervision of the public schools of Cullman County, with the exception of the schools of the City of Cullman, shall be vested in the Cullman County Commission on Education. The commission shall determine the educational policy of the county, and sh…

(a) The qualified electors of Cullman County residing outside of the City of Cullman but within the boundaries of newly created election precincts 34, 35-1, 35-2, and 36 are hereby authorized to vote in elections pertaining to county board of education matters in certain educatio…

(a) The Cullman County Commission on Education shall reimburse the office of the county superintendent of education from the general fund of the county, allocated for schools, the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total for each office of two thousand five hundred doll…

(a) Beginning at the time of expiration of the current term of office of the Cullman County Superintendent of Education, and thereafter, the Cullman County Superintendent of Education shall be appointed by the Cullman County Board of Education in accordance with Chapter 9 of Titl…

(a) In Cullman County, election officials who work at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount paid to each inspector sixty-five dollars ($65) f…

This article shall apply to and have application in Cullman County, Alabama, to all regular full-time employees whose wages, salaries, and benefits are provided in whole or in part from the general fund of the county and other designated and special funds under the management and…

Elected officials shall be authorized to reject any applicant for employment within their respective offices. (Act 79-574, p. 1022; Act 80-549, p. 851, §1; Act 92-486, p. 962, §2.)

As used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates a different meaning, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: “County” means Cullman County, Alabama; “employee” means any person who is employed in the service of …

All employees of the county as herein defined shall be subject to the personnel rules and regulations in or promulgated pursuant to this article. Present employees and those who may hereafter be employed shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior, efficienc…

(a) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out this article, and to provide for advertising of vacancies, recruitment, selection, hiring, classification, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, suspension, removal, disciplinary action, appeal, hearings, griev…

(a) There is created the Cullman County Personnel Board, which shall be composed of three members appointed by members of the legislative delegation representing Cullman County. One member shall be appointed initially for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one…

In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this article, the board shall: (1) Advise the commission on matters of personnel administration, including the development of personnel rules, a job classification plan, and a systematic pay plan. (2) Represent the public interest …

All rules, regulations, and policies in effect at the time of adoption of this article which are not in conflict with the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect after May 15, 1992, until the same are altered, amended, or repealed in the manner herein provided. An…

Each member of the board shall be paid, from the county treasury, twenty dollars ($20) per meeting of the board, and the chair shall be paid sixty dollars ($60) per meeting of the board, plus such mileage as is provided by law to the commission. The commission shall make necessar…

Any employee may be dismissed, suspended without pay, or demoted by the commission for, but not limited to, any violation of this article or whenever the good of the service will be served thereby or the employee’s work, performance, conduct on the job, or insubordinate attitude …

(a) An employee shall have the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken against him or her, provided, however, that an employee on probationary status shall have no such right unless such employee shall have had permanent status in some other position at the time he or she w…

(a) All employees of the county shall be divided into the exempt service and the classified service. The exempt service shall include: (1) The positions of all elected officials of the county. (2) The positions of voluntary personnel and personnel appointed to serve without pay. …

In the event that the county commission shall become responsible for the construction and maintenance of the roads of the county, then in such event any employee who has previously acquired permanent status with the state personnel system with the State Department of Transportati…

(a) In county elections, no employee shall make, solicit, or receive any assessment, donation, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatsoever except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her opinion and cast his or her vote; no employee s…

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as restricting the right of the commission to increase or decrease proportionately the compensation of all employees; or to use independent contractors for performance of work or the rendering of service to the county. (Act 79-574, p. 1…

Any unexpended monies remaining in the fund required by law to be maintained by the State Department of Transportation for use in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County shall be paid over to the county governing body of Cullman Cou…

The State Department of Transportation shall transfer and turn over to the governing body of Cullman County adequate facilities and properties presently being used by the State Department of Transportation in carrying out the functions and duties in relation to roads and bridges …

The State Department of Transportation shall submit to the county a list of all persons employed by the department in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County, which list shall contain the following information regarding each such em…

Any contract for the construction, repair, or maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County entered into by the State Department of Transportation prior to the adoption of this article shall remain in full force and effect until the returns thereof shall have been com…

All outstanding financial obligations which were incurred prior to the adoption of this article for the construction, repair, or maintenance of county roads and bridges in Cullman County, shall, upon adoption of this article, become outstanding financial obligations of Cullman Co…

The Cullman County governing body shall employ a county engineer, possessing all of the qualifications specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama: and such engineer shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the maintenance and constru…

The county commission may fill the position of county engineer with any person possessing the qualifications herein required, and may request the State Department of Transportation to submit a list of such qualified persons. (Act 79-487, p. 896, §9.)

It shall be the duty of the county engineer, subject to the approval and direction of the county commission to: (1) Employ, supervise, and direct such assistants as are necessary to construct and maintain properly the county public roads, highways, and bridges. (2) Perform such e…

The county engineer is the person authorized to make written requisitions upon the county governing body of Cullman County, or its duly designated purchasing agent, for all articles, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for the maintenance and construction of roads, bridg…

All county highway employees shall be compensated in substantial accordance with the state salary schedule for similar positions, provided that the county commission may adopt from time to time, in accordance with prevailing economic conditions, such scales of wages or salaries t…

The Cullman County governing body shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer, payable in equal monthly installments from the road and highway funds of Cullman County. (Act 79-487, p. 896, §13.)

Before entering upon his or her duties, the Cullman County Engineer shall make and enter into a surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) payable to Cullman County, conditioned for the faithful discharge and performance of his or her duties as such engineer, and…

The Cullman County governing body shall furnish the county engineer with an office in the county, and all necessary office supplies, and shall furnish him or her with necessary transportation in connection with his or her duties under this article. (Act 79-487, p. 896, §15.)

The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road tools, machinery, supplies, and equipment of Cullman County and shall be accountable for the same, at all times. The Cullman County governing body shall furnish the necessary storage facilities in which to keep the tools, mac…

It shall be the duty of the county commission at some meeting in September of each calendar year, or not later than the first meeting in October next following, by order or resolution spread upon the minutes, to fix and determine the amount of funds which will be available for th…

The county engineer shall make written requisitions to the chair of the county governing body for all materials, machinery, equipment, and necessary supplies needed for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the public roads, bridges, and ferries of Cullman County. The requ…