Title 45

This subpart shall apply only in Baldwin County. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205, §1.)

As used in this subpart, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTED EMPLOYEE. A limited class of employees who serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. These employees are the chief deputy, chief corrections officer, chief civil deputy, financial officer, and per…

This subpart applies to all law enforcement officials, corrections officers, and employees employed by the office of Sheriff of Baldwin County except the chief deputy, chief corrections officer, chief civil deputy, financial officer, and personnel officer. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205,…

All employees to whom this subpart applies shall be governed by merit system rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, layoffs, and terminations adopted by the appointing authority and administered by the board. Presently employed persons shall remain in their resp…

All employees of the office of Sheriff of Baldwin County shall continue to participate and be serviced in matters of health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance by the Baldwin County Commission. The office of sheriff shall administer all matters regarding personnel…

All sick leave and longevity time accrued by an employee shall be transferred, with the employee, from the county system to the Sheriff’s Personnel Merit System. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205, §6; Act 2020-157, §1.)

(a) There shall be established the Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board. The board shall hear all appeals from final action as requested by an affected employee of the sheriff’s office, other than an appointed employee. (b) The Sheriff’s Office Personnel Appeals Board shall b…

(a) The personnel officer shall notify all classified employees that nominations for membership on the board will be accepted for a period of 10 days from that date and instructing all interested classified employees to submit nominations to the personnel officer of the sheriff’s…

(a) The original members shall serve for the following terms: One for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and two for four years, as determined by the drawing of lots. Thereafter, all members shall serve for a period of four years. No person shall be appointed to th…

(a) A classified employee, other than an appointed official, 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 o…

All appointments of employees to which this subpart applies, other than temporary appointments, shall be probationary for 12 months from the date of appointment. A probationary employee may be discharged by the sheriff at his or her pleasure at any time before the expiration of 1…

Whenever a new sheriff is elected or appointed, he or she may appoint any person as his or her chief deputy sheriff and chief civil deputy provided the person meets the minimum standards for law enforcement officers as prescribed by the general law of the state. The persons holdi…

The office of sheriff shall insure the generation of new and continued required files and records of all employees transferred pursuant to this subpart and on all new employees of the office of sheriff. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205, §13.)

Each employee may exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her opinion and to cast his or her vote. No employee shall receive any appointment or advancement as a reward for his or her support of a candidate for a political office nor shall he or she be dismissed, …

Any merit employee who willfully violates any provision of this subpart, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance to this subpart, may be dismissed from service under the system and, if dismissed, shall not be appointed or reemployed for two years. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205, §1…

Employees to which this subpart applies shall be covered by the merit system upon implementation of this subpart. (Act 2002-463, p. 1205, §16.)

Any individual employed by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s office as a law enforcement officer, including the sheriff, for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission …

(a) In Baldwin County the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13-6-155, shall not exceed the sum of thirty dollars ($30), as set by the sheriff. The fee shall be collected by the sheriff of the cou…

(a) This section shall apply only to Baldwin County. (b) On and after September 1, 2007, any municipality within Baldwin 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 commissione…

In Baldwin County, any municipality which is enforcing laws within its police jurisdiction shall give 180 days’ notice in writing to the county commission and sheriff of the county if the municipality elects not to enforce laws within its police jurisdiction. (Act 2008-449, p. 85…

(a) This section shall apply only to Baldwin County. (b) After May 13, 2013, any person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in the county or any person appointed to serve as a sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qu…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account held by the Baldwin County Sh…

(a) In addition to the per diem paid by the state pursuant to the general law, the members of the Baldwin County Board of Equalization shall receive a supplement in an amount sufficient to bring the per diem to one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for the years 2008 and 2009, includi…

(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 Baldwin County, then immediately upon the occurrence of a vacancy there shall be established the office of County Revenue Commissioner in Ba…

(a) This section is enacted pursuant to Amendment No. 783 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 5.01 of the Baldwin County Local Amendments, Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (b) The Legislature finds that it is …

(a) Commencing on June 1, 2017, the Revenue Commissioner of Baldwin County shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other expense allowances, compensation, or salary provid…

(a) In addition to any other taxes levied and collected in Baldwin County, there is hereby levied, and shall be collected, a one and one-half mill ad valorem tax on all property located in Baldwin County. (b)(1) The net proceeds of the tax herein levied shall be equally distribut…

Pursuant to Amendment No. 319 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Baldwin County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in the county, beginning with the tax year commencing October…

(a) Residential property located in Baldwin County shall include single-family dwellings and the underlying lot which is destroyed or damaged to the extent that the dwelling is uninhabitable. The property shall retain its classification as residential property while the dwelling …

(a) The Baldwin County Commission and any municipality located in Baldwin County, if authorized by resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the Baldwin County Commission or the governing body of the municipality, may enter into agreements by which a designee may administer and enf…

There is created and established in Baldwin County a public corporation, which shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this subpart. The corporation shall be known as the “Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau,” or other name as the board of directors of …

(a) The bureau shall conduct programs, including but not limited to, programs of information and publicity designed to attract conventions and tourists to the area. The bureau shall conduct programs in Alabama and elsewhere, and expend its funds in the furtherance of the programs…

(a) The affairs of the bureau shall be managed by a board of directors, hereinafter called “the board,” which shall consist of the following: At least one and no more than four board members representing each incorporated municipality located within the defined “lodging tax distr…

(a) The power of the bureau shall be vested in and exercised by the board of directors pursuant to this subpart. (b) The board shall employ agents, employees, officers, consultants, attorneys, and secure services and assistance the board deems necessary to enable it to conduct an…

There is established a “lodging tax district” located in Baldwin County, to include all areas within the following boundaries: (1) All areas within the corporate limits of the City of Gulf Shores, Alabama. (2) All unincorporated areas of Baldwin County located south of the Intrac…

In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount prescribed against every person within the defined lodging tax district engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a room or rooms, lodging or accommodations, to a trans…

(a) There are exempted from the provisions of the tax levied by this subpart and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable the following: Charges for property sold or services furnished which are required to be included in the tax levied by the state sales t…

(a) The taxes levied by this subpart, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable to the Department of Revenue on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the 20th day of each month after the effective date of…

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records, interest after due date of tax, or otherwise; the promulgation of rules and regulations with respec…

None of the provisions of this subpart shall be applied in a manner to violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. If a provision of this subpart is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this act. (Act 93-706, p. 1352, §10.)

The Department of Revenue shall charge and deduct from the proceeds of the tax levied, an amount equal to the cost to the department of making the collections and the charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount of tax collected. Following that deduction, the departme…

(a) The Baldwin County Commission shall have authority to control, manage, supervise, regulate, repair, maintain, and improve any type public improvement which enhances the value of property; including but not limited to paving, sewerage, sanitation, water, drainage, gas, lightin…

When any assessment is made pursuant to this subpart, the chairman of the county commission shall cause to be prepared a roll or list showing the names of the property owners so assessed and opposite each name a description of the lot or parcel of land assessed for such repairs, …

Such list shall be entered in a well-bound book or loose-leaf book firmly bound, prepared for that purpose, and shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited and the lien of the assessment satisfied by the tax collector of the county. The book shall be known…

After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement, the book shall be delivered to the tax collector of the county, who shall thereupon give notice by publication one time in some newspaper published in Baldwin County or of general circulation therein that the assessm…

The notice provided for in the preceding section shall state that, at a time and place therein mentioned, not less than 20 days from the date of publication, the Baldwin County Commission shall meet to hear and determine any objections or defense that may be filed to such assessm…