Title 45

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first court appearance or arraignment, whichever comes first. (b) At the discretion of the municipal prosecutor, the provision contained in subsection (a) may be waived…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) when applying for admittance into the program. The amount of this application fee shall be set from time to time by the municipal court. The application fee shall be in ad…

(a) The municipal prosecutor and offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program that the offender be admitted to a drug, alcohol, violence, or other self-improvement or self-help program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatm…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into the program, there shall be a written agreement between the municipal prosecutor and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time afte…

All fees paid by offenders pursuant to Section 45-27A-30.07 shall be placed and maintained in a separate revenue account within the Court and Corrections Fund. The municipal court may use the fees collected by the pretrial diversion program for any of the following: (1) To fund t…

(a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender, the municipal prosecutor may terminate the participation of the offender in the pretrial diversion program and may actively pursue the prosecution of the offender fo…

The municipal prosecutor, the City of Brewton, or the municipal court shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while the offender is participating in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §13.)

The clerk of the municipal court may apply for and accept grant funding applicable to the aims of the program and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, state, or federal agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversio…

The revitalization and redevelopment of the City of Brewton and the economic development of the city develop and promote the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities and promote the general welfare of the city and state by creating …

The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written a…

(a) The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: Herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. (b) The definitio…

(a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city…

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Escambia County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance …

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which sh…

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereina…

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chair and vice chair of th…

The authority shall have all of the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be perpetuity, subject to Section 45-27A-31.…

(a) Source of payment. All bonds issued by the authority shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the board of its projects or of any thereof as may be designated in the proceedings of the board under which the bonds shall be au…

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but without limitation to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the p…

(a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premi…

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the city, a n…

The authority formed under this part, the property and income of the authority, whether used by it or leased to others, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or from any other sources, the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received …

The city shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds …

The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8, as it may at any time be amended. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §16.)

The authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Art…

This part is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the part by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this part, no proceeding, no…

The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for …

At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the offic…

The existence of the authority incorporated under this part shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by this part. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §21.)

The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power for the purpose of obtaining real property or any interest therein for any project it undertakes in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by municipalities…

For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the city, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consider…

The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with this part. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §24.)

(a) As used in this section the word city shall mean the City of Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law: The city is hereb…

(a) Students of cosmetology or barbering in Escambia County who have completed 250 hours of study in a registered school of cosmetology or barbering may work in a duly registered beauty shop or barber shop during non-school hours. (b)(1) Any person who has served as an apprentice…

(a) The office of constable is hereby abolished in Escambia County. (b) Any person now serving in such office in Escambia County shall be entitled to any vested rights accrued. (Act 85-526, p. 635, §§1,2.)

In Escambia County, Alabama, the office of coroner is abolished and all powers, rights, and duties now or hereafter authorized, or required by law to be performed by the coroner shall be exercised and performed by the county medical examiner as provided for by this article. (Act …

(a) The Escambia County Medical Examiner shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. (b) The county medical examiner shall be appointed by the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, from a list of qualified candidates submitted by a nominating…

The Escambia County Medical Examiner may appoint one or more assistant county medical examiners to assist the investigation and certification of deaths. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §3; Act 2025-438, §1.)

The county medical examiner shall complete eight hours of training in death investigation each year. The Department of Forensic Sciences may provide the training. (Act 97-571, p. 1010, §4; Act 2025-438, §1.)

It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner, or designated assistant county medical examiners, to investigate any death in Escambia County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories: (1) Deaths that occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when t…

While investigating a death pursuant to this article, the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County shall be authorized to take charge of the dead body, and the medical examiner or a law enforcement officer having jurisdiction, or the legal designee of the medical examiner, may …

(a) After investigating a death, if the county medical examiner or a designated assistant is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical examiner, or designated assista…

(a) In compliance with the provisions of Section 36-18-2, an autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed by a state medical examiner at the written direction of the Governor, the Attorney General, a circuit judge, or the Escambia County District Attorney or his or her auth…

The county medical examiner and assistant medical examiners of Escambia County, or any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction and the approval of the county medical examiner, shall take possession of personal effects on or about the dead body and notify the next of kin in re…

Any person in the county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section 45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the dea…

The county medical examiner, or the State Medical Examiner, or the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences may issue subpoenas for the production of medical documents, radiographs, tissues, fluids, or any other material thing as may be required while investigating…