Title 45

The Etowah County Commission shall distribute, no less than quarterly, the net revenues together with any earned interest thereon, generated pursuant to Amendment 445, Amendment of Amendment 432, to the Constitution of 1901, as amended, which levied a tax for fire protection purp…

(a) In Etowah County, there is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations t…

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Etowah County. (b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other surcharges of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license surcharge upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furni…

In Etowah County, the portion of the tax proceeds collected pursuant to Section 40-26-1 which is distributed to the county commission pursuant to Section 40-26-20, to be used for the promotion of tourism, recreation, and conventions, shall be distributed to the Etowah County Mega…

(a) The Etowah County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to levy either a county gasoline tax that would remain in effect indefinitely in all areas of the county in an amount not to exceed two cents ($0.02) per gallon on gasoline and motor fuel and substitutes therefor…

(a) In Etowah County, there is levied a one cent ($0.01) county sales and use tax in all areas of the county, which may become effective no sooner than January 1, 1996. (b) The tax shall parallel the state sales and use taxes including exemptions therefrom and enforcement proceed…

(a) In Etowah County, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 45-28-244.01, the amount of the tax authorized to be levied pursuant to Section 45-28-244.01 upon each person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of selling at retail machines used in mining, quarrying, com…

(a) When used in this section, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any combination thereo…

This part shall only apply in Etowah County. (Act 2014-191, p. 582, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DECIBEL. The unit of measure for sound pressure using dBA scale. (2) FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. Any assurance provided in accordance with acceptable financial assurance instruments, which include …

(a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter, operate, or locate a wind energy conversion system in Etowah County without first obtaining a permit from a local governing body of Etowah County. (b) The property upon which the wind energy conversion system is propos…

(a) Each local governing body of Etowah County shall adopt rules, laws, or ordinances governing the construction, installation, and operation of a wind energy conversion system, including the permit application process as provided in Section 3. At a minimum, the rules, laws, or o…

(a) An applicant shall maintain financial assurance in an amount equal to the costs associated with the reclamation plan and the removal of abandoned or unused wind energy conversion systems. (b) In addition to the financial assurance required in subsection (a), an applicant shal…

(a) The safety of the design of all conversion system towers shall be certified by a licensed engineer with prior experience with wind energy conversion systems. The standard for certification shall be good engineering practices, including the requirement that the systems comply …

A wind energy conversion system or tower that does not operate continuously for 365 consecutive days may be deemed abandoned and shall be removed by the operator of the system. The permit holder may request that the local governing body of Etowah County delay the designation of a…

This part shall not interfere with, abrogate, or annul any covenant or other agreement between any parties. However, if this part imposes a greater restriction upon the use of a wind energy conversion system than is imposed by another law, rule, regulation, covenant, or agreement…

To the extent that any applicant or owner of a wind energy conversion system undertakes business activities that cause it to be a utility or a commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier, the applicant or owner shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the Alabam…

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

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any special, local, or general law to the contrary, there is levied additional court costs and charges of fifteen dollars ($15) upon any criminal or civil cases including, but not limited to, felony cases, misdemeanor cases, and traffic violation cases whos…

(a) This section shall only apply to the City of Fayette in Fayette County. (b) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the City of Fayette. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, c…

(a) The county coroner of Fayette County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, sal…

In Fayette County, the salary of the Chair of the County Commission of Fayette County shall be nineteen thousand six hundred dollars ($19,600) annually, which shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as other county employees. The salary provided in this section shal…

This part shall be operative only in Fayette County. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §1.)

The organization and composition of the County Commission of Fayette County is altered to comply with this part. The governing body of Fayette County shall continue to be known as the County Commission of Fayette County and shall have and exercise all powers, duties, limitations,…

(a) Beginning on the second Monday of the year 2019, the Judge of Probate of Fayette County shall serve as the chair of the county commission. These duties shall be in addition to the other duties of the judge of probate, who shall receive the compensation provided in Section 45-…

Each district commissioner may serve a one-year term as vice-chair on the basis of a six-year rotation, the term beginning on the anniversary date of the seventh day next following the general election next preceding his or her term each year in the following order: District 1, D…

The district members of the Fayette County Commission shall be elected from six single-member districts within the county, of which one district shall have a population of which the majority of the population is minority or as near to a majority as is possible under the law. The …

Commissioners shall continue to receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum until the terms in November 1994, at which time the salaries of the commissioners shall be fourteen thousand six hundred dollars ($14,600) per annum. Commissioners elected and beg…

For the purposes of this part, and for future elections of members of the county commission, Fayette County is hereby divided into six separate geographical districts, to be numbered one to six, inclusive, the boundaries of which shall be delineated by resolution of the county co…

The Fayette County Commission shall establish a shop and unit road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county engineer shall, at each October meeting of the county commission, make recommendations for a yearly work plan and present budget information for…

A vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled in the manner otherwise provided by law concerning the filling of vacancies of county commissioners. (Act 93-611, p. 999, §9.)

The chair, with approval of the county commission, shall employ a clerk/administrator who shall devote his or her time to the duties of his or her office, and he or she shall receive compensation for his or her services as may be determined and fixed by the county commission, and…

(a) The county commission may, by designating one of its employees or, in its discretion, employ as new personnel, a county supervisor. The county supervisor shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and his or her compensation shall be fixed by the county commission. …

It shall be the duty of each member of the county commission to inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district from time to time and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the complaint to the county commission with his or her recommendations. The m…

(a) This section shall only apply in Fayette County. (b) All contracts for the sale or disposal of tangible personal property, equipment, or other items owned by or under the control of the county commission shall be let by free and open competitive sealed bids. The chair of the …

(a) The Fayette County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, within Fayette County, to go upon private property and perform work or services for churches or individuals, and to sell materials to churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations. …

The governing bodies of the counties composing the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to pay to each circuit judge and the district attorney of such circuit a supplemental salary in the amount of 15 percent of their respective compensati…

(a) The Judicial Administration Fund is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties. The fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account under the supervision of the presiding circuit court judge. (b) The J…

(a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance with Article 1, commencing with Secti…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Fayette County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed …

The District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit shall receive a five hundred dollar ($500) per month expense allowance to be paid by the district attorney’s funds in the two counties of the circuit which do not contribute to the expense allowance of the presiding judg…

(a) This section shall apply in Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties. (b) Each county of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit may provide supplemental compensation to any assistant district attorney in the county. The compensation shall be in addition to any other compensation alre…

A supernumerary district attorney for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit granted supernumerary status in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit after May 17, 2001, shall receive as additional compensation payable from the District Attorney’s Fund for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circui…

(a) Any person employed as an investigator for the District Attorney of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, composed of Fayette, Lamar, and Pickens Counties, for a period of 10 years or more who leaves the office in good standing, by retirement or otherwise, shall receive from th…

(a) All fees which may be by law taxed as district attorneys’ fees against defendants on convictions hereafter imposed and collected by the circuit court in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall be periodically deposited by the clerk, or other proper custodian of fu…

An amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month shall be paid from the district attorney’s fund in the county where the presiding judge’s office is principally located to the Judicial Administration Fund of the 24th Judicial Circuit. (Act 2017-449, §2.)