Title 45

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency within Dale County that is authorized by the sheriff to exercise the authority described in this section. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF…

(a) Commencing with the next term of office, the salary of the Sheriff of Dale County is forty seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($47,500) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury.” (b) The compensation provided in this section shall be in lieu…

(a) The Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This expense a…

(a) Commencing April 1, 2012, the Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This e…

(a) Commencing on May 1, 2021, the Sheriff of Dale County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provided by law. This …

(a) In Dale County, the fee for the 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 or his or her designated agent. (b) Notwithstanding …

(a) This section shall apply only to Dale County. (b) Any person employed as a commissioned deputy of the Sheriffs Office of Dale County for a period of 10 years or more, who upon retirement leaves the office in good standing, shall receive from the office, without cost to him or…

(a) The Sheriff of Dale County, or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a Sh…

(a)(1) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, in the civil division and in the criminal division of the district court and the circuit court of Dale County, a service of process fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be collected for service or att…

(a) On and after July 1, 2021, any municipality within Dale County may contract for police services with the sheriff of the county. The contract may include the enforcement by the sheriff, and his or her duly commissioned deputies, of all laws within the corporate limits and poli…

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Dale County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per annum; of which three thousand dollars ($3,000) shall be for the operation of the one-stop tag program, and w…

(a) In Dale County, the Revenue Commissioner shall collect a tag transaction fee in the amount of five dollars ($5) for each motor vehicle tag, except trailer tags, issued or renewed in the county. The fee shall not apply to tag transfers and replacement transactions. The tag tra…

(a) At the expiration of the terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax Collector of Dale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy there shall be the office of county Revenue Commissioner …

There is created within the Tax Assessor’s Office of Dale County a license division. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except for such stationery forms and supplies as are fu…

The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in the county and issue applications for certificates of title on vehicles, which have heretofore been performed by the tax collector and the judge of probate. The Tax C…

The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate record of all licenses received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition of same, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to the Comptroller at the same time and…

Except as hereinafter provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are now provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the tax …

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the tax…

Before any vehicle can be assessed, the tax assessor shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the tax assessor shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new. In the c…

The tax assessor may, at his or her discretion, mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued, such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in postcard form and with…

(a) The county revenue commissioner shall mail applications for renewal of motor vehicle licenses and tags, boat licenses, and manufactured home licenses to the person to whom the license or tag was previously issued. Renewal forms shall be in postcard form and shall contain suff…

In Dale County, when a personal check given for a license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the revenue commissioner shall notify the Worthless Check Unit of the District Attorney’s Office which shall make a reasonable attempt to collect the amount due for the license…

(a) In order to provide funds for the benefit of public schools in Dale County, there is hereby levied in each separate school district in Dale County, and shall be assessed and collected in each separate school district, a sales and use tax generally paralleling the sales and us…

(a) The Dale County Commission is authorized to impose upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Dale County a county privilege, license, or tax in the following amounts: (1) Five cents (…

(a) Upon adoption of a resolution by the Dale County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose in Dale County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of…

The tax hereby authorized 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 paym…

The State Department of Revenue is 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 86-695, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 100, §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 …

(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…

(a) This section shall only apply in Dale County. (b) In addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, the Dale County Commission may levy a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room…

(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual cost of collection not to exceed five per centum shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Dale County Commission, on a monthly basis. Five percent of the revenue shall be paid into the county general …

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

(a) This section shall apply only in Dallas County. (b)(1) The voters of Dallas County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the county on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: Within 30 days from April 2, 2012, the Dallas County …

(a) This section shall apply only in Dallas County. (b)(1) The voters of Dallas County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the county on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: Within 30 days from May 1, 2012, the Dallas County Co…

(a) This section shall only apply to Dallas County. (b) For purposes of this section, the term liquor shall have the same meaning as ascribed to the term in subdivision (15) of Section 28-3-1. (c)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law and pursuant to Section 104 of the Constitu…

(a) This section shall apply only in the unincorporated areas of Dallas County and each municipality in Dallas County. (b) Draft beer and keg beer may be sold for on-premises consumption by any retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the unincorporated areas of…

In Dallas County, pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of Section 28-3-190, the entire tax collected on beer sales inside the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the Town of Orrville shall be paid as follows: 72.23 percent shall be paid to the town and 27.77 perc…

(a) If the majority of electors voting pursuant to Section 1 of the act from which this section is derived, vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City of Selma shall be established. The board shall be called the Selma City Board of E…

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Selma Red Light Safety Act. (b) The City of Selma, Alabama, by ordinance, may adopt the procedures set out in this part. (Act 2010-741, p. 1870, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Accident data establishes that vehicles running red lights have been and are a dangerous problem in Selma, Alabama. (2) Studies have found that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate meth…

As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CIRCUIT COURT or COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. The Dallas County Circuit Court. (2) CITY. The City of Selma, Alabama. (3) CIVIL PENALTY. The monetary amount assessed by the city pursuant to this part for an …

(a) The city is empowered to utilize an automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may oc…

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty under this part, the city shall first mail via first class United States mail a notice of violation to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system while committing a traffic signal vi…

(a) The municipal court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this part, and to issue orders imposing the civil penalties and costs set out in this part. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest th…

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and (2) If so, the amount of the civil penalty assessed against the person, along with the fees and …

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidenc…