Title 45

In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law: (1) Such municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a cable television system which may be defin…

For the purposes of this article, such municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §3.)

(a) In payment for the purchase, lease, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of such television cable system, the municipal corporation may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law. (b) Such municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful pa…

The municipal corporation furnishing television cable service pursuant to this article shall have the right to require any person furnishing television cable service to the public in this state to interconnect the television cable, lines, facilities, or systems furnishing such se…

The municipal corporation shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this article and in effectuating the purposes of this article. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §6.)

For the transaction of business pursuant to this article, the municipal corporation shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to such business. (Act 82-503, p. 833, §7.)

(a) The Baldwin County Board of Education is hereby authorized to expend public school funds for supplies and equipment to be used in the office of the county superintendent of education over and beyond the supplies and equipment furnished by the Baldwin County Commission. (b) Th…

Each member of the Baldwin County Board of Education, in addition to any other compensation provided by law, shall receive the same mileage reimbursement as paid to employees of the Baldwin County Board of Education for actual mileage to and from official meetings of the board. (…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The magnitude and patterns of the historical and projected increases of population in Baldwin County, Alabama, continue to create significant needs for the acquisition, construction, and capital improvement of the public s…

(a)(1) As the terms of the members of the Baldwin County Board of Education expire, subsequent board members shall be elected by only those qualified electors of the county who reside outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in the county that has its own separate city…

In Baldwin County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowance provided for by law, there may be paid to each member of the board of registrars a county expense allowance in the amount of forty dollars ($40) per day. The amount paid under this sec…

The Baldwin County Commission, by resolution duly adopted, may authorize the members of the Baldwin County Board of Registrars to be covered under the county health insurance program and may pay the full cost of the county’s share of the cost to the same extent as it pays for a f…

In Baldwin County, each poll worker shall receive compensation payable out of the general fund of the county as set by the county commission from time to time. The compensation shall be in lieu of any and all prior or subsequent compensation provided by local law. (Act 80-498, p.…

In Baldwin County, election officials who work at polling places are hereby entitled to an additional per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such officials thirty dollars ($30) for each day they work at the…

In addition to the authority granted in Chapter 46 of Title 11 and Article 1, commencing with Section 17-6-1, of Chapter 6 of Title 17, the Baldwin County Commission or any Baldwin County municipal governing body may designate any fire station whose fire department receives any p…

The purpose of this article is to establish a Baldwin County personnel merit system in order to maintain high quality employee conduct, integrity, and concern for the public interest. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §1.)

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The sheriff, judge of probate, revenue commissioner, the county commission, or the county administrator authorized by the county commission to act in its behalf. (2) APPOINTE…

There is established a merit based personnel system for Baldwin County. This system is based on the following principles: (1) The recruitment, selection, and advancement of employees based on their seniority, education, demonstrated job performance, knowledge, and skills, includi…

All county employees shall be hired, retained, disciplined, and dismissed based on rules, policies, and procedures adopted to implement this article. This personnel system shall apply to all employees except the following: (1) Elected officials. (2) Members of appointed boards an…

All classified county employees who have successfully completed a probationary period with the county shall not be separated from county employment without the minimum of a hearing with the employees’ department head and the personnel director if requested by the employee. (Act 9…

The county commission shall establish a personnel system for Baldwin County and create a personnel department. The county commission shall adopt all rules, policies, and procedures necessary for the creation and operation of the department. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §6.)

The personnel department shall assist the county commission in the establishment and implementation of a merit-based personnel system. The county commission shall fund the personnel department adequately for the department to carry out its tasks and duties including necessary and…

The personnel department shall promulgate all rules, policies, and procedures necessary to implement this article after consultation with the county commission and subject to the approval of the county commission. All rules, policies, and procedures shall be submitted to the coun…

(a) There shall be established the Baldwin County Personnel Appeals Board. The board shall hear all appeals from final action as requested by an affected employee. (b) The Baldwin County Personnel Appeals Board shall be composed of five persons who are residents of the county. Th…

(a) A classified employee shall have the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken against him or her. An employee on probationary status shall not have that right unless the employee had permanent status in some other position at the time of appointment to the probationary p…

(a) Each appointing authority and department head is authorized to hire employees to fill approved vacancies as established by the county commission. All classified employees and temporary employees shall be hired from a certified register provided by the personnel department of …

All existing employees of Baldwin County who have successfully completed a probationary period on July 31, 1995, as currently provided shall be classified employees except employees designated in appointed employee positions as provided in this article. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §12.…

One appointed employee position may be filled by the judge of probate which position shall be designated chief clerk. Two appointed employee positions may be filled by the revenue commissioner which positions shall be designated chief clerk of collections and chief appraiser. Thr…

This article shall not affect the power of the county commission to contract for professional services or services not performed by a county employee on a regular basis. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §14.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that the personnel system, appeals processes, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations herein established shall comply with and be construed to be in pari materia with orders of the Circuit Court of Baldwin County in that certain litigation…

The provisions of this article providing for the hiring of county employees from certified registers shall become operative 90 days from July 31, 1995. (Act 95-581, p. 1226, §17.)

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal magistrate of the Town of Silverhill 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 from any municipal ordinanc…

In Baldwin County, the county or any municipality or any of its respective agents, contractors, agencies, or departments may access property using privately owned roads for purposes of providing emergency services and debris cleanup when the Governor declares a state of emergency…

(a) The County Commission of Baldwin County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide for the protection of forests from fire, insects, disease, beavers, and other pests in Baldwin County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s forest protection program in the…

The Baldwin County Commission is hereby authorized to appropriate the combined sum of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) each year to the Baldwin County civil air patrol, the Daphne Search and Rescue Squad and/or the Hub City Search and Rescue Squad for the purpose of as…

(a) This section shall apply to voluntary nonprofit search and rescue units or squads which are operated as a public service for the benefit of the citizens of Baldwin County. It is declared that those search and rescue squads are quasi-public entities that are entitled to receiv…

(a) This section shall only apply in Baldwin County. (b) Each volunteer fire department and each rescue squad organized as a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 3 of Title 10A, or receiving ad valorem tax revenue pursuant to Section 45-2-242, shall keep correct and complete books…

(a) The boundaries of the municipality of Spanish Fort, in the County of Baldwin, and the State of Alabama, are hereby altered and rearranged so as to include within the corporate limits of the municipality all of that territory lying within and included in the following boundari…

(a) The Baldwin County Commission may establish a fund known as the “Baldwin County Employees Fund.” The purpose of the fund shall be to account for the receipt and expenditure of funds derived from sales from vending machines and pay telephones located in all county buildings an…

(a) This section shall apply only in Baldwin County. The governing body of Baldwin County may appropriate out of any moneys in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, and expend not more than the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per fiscal year for any purpos…

(a) The Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner, Judge of Probate of Baldwin County, and Sheriff of Baldwin County shall not be assessed any monetary loss, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year, arising or caused by error if the mistake or omission was made in good fa…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal magistrate of the Town of Summerdale 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 from any municipal ordinanc…

(a) This section shall apply only to Baldwin County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, the term “clays, sand clays, and other materials” means all soils and fill materials exhibiting red, pink, yellow and brown, or both, characteristics, including, but not limited to, Blakely…

(a) The Board of Health of Baldwin County may annually fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered, pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or of the county…

For the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) “Medically indigent person” means any natural person who is a resident of Baldwin County and who is ill, injured, and suffe…