Title 45

The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its members and shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its members. Such officers shall serve for such term as the authority by rule or regulation may prescribe. After the organi…

Upon the organization of the Industrial Development Authority of Greene County the authority shall be constituted an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential governmental functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this article, and the development of th…

The authority may employ a director, who shall be its chief administrative officer and serve as secretary to the authority. The authority shall fix the salary of the director who shall serve at its pleasure. The director shall have authority to employ clerical and other assistant…

The authority or its agents and employees may do all of the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the county and apply its findings in efforts to promote a sound and balanced agric…

The authority may establish and maintain an office at some suitable place within the county, and the cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining such office shall be a lawful charge against any funds appropriated for the use of the authority. (Act …

The county governing body of Greene County shall annually, before the end of the county’s fiscal year, fix the amount to be expended by the industrial development authority herein created, and shall deposit such amount as it determines to be necessary for the efficient operation …

(a) The members of the Greene County Board of Education shall be entitled to a one hundred dollar ($100) per month expense allowance. (b) The funds for paying the expense allowance may be paid from any legal fund of the Greene County Board of Education. (Act 82-837, p. 351, §§1, …

Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent members, subject to Section 16-1-26, the annual salary for the members of the Greene County Board of Education may be set at up to six hundred dollars ($600) per month, payable from the school funds of the county. (Act 97…

In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the members of the board of registrars in Greene County, each member of such board shall be entitled to a fifteen dollar ($15) per meeting day increase in such compensation with such increase to be paid in the usual m…

In Greene 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 …

The Greene County Racing Commission is hereby created and established and is vested with the powers and duties specified in this part, and all other powers necessary and proper to enable it to execute fully and effectually the purposes of this part. The official name of the commi…

(a) The members of the commission shall be qualified electors of Greene County and not less than 21 years of age, who shall have resided in the State of Alabama for a period of five years next preceding their appointment. Each commissioner shall take the same constitutional oath …

The compensation of each member of the commission shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) annually. Each commissioner who attends a racing event or performs the duties required by this part, at the facility, shall receive an additional fifty dollars ($50) per day. One mem…

The Greene County Racing Commission shall be empowered to appoint an individual to serve as Treasurer of the Racing Commission which may be one of the members of the racing commission, and shall collect all of the license fees, taxes, and monies provided in this part, and shall s…

The racing commission shall have the authority to employ legal counsel of its selection to advise the commission and represent it in all proceedings. The compensation of such counsel shall be paid out of funds deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the racing commissio…

It shall be the duty of the county racing commission to carry out this part; and it shall have the following specific duties: (1) To fix and set dates upon which race meetings may be held or operated. (2) To make an annual report to the county commission of its operation, showing…

Any person, association, or corporation desiring to operate a racetrack in the county, shall have the right, subject to this part, to hold and conduct one or more racing meetings at the track each year, provided that no such license shall be granted to any person, association, or…

No race or racing shall be permitted on Sunday. No person under 18 years of age shall be employed in any manner about the race track except as exercise boys and grooms; nor shall persons under 18 years of age be permitted to attend any race. (Acts 1975, No. 376, p. 926, §8.)

On or before the first day of December of each year, any person, association, or corporation possessing the qualifications prescribed in this part shall have the right to apply to the racing commission for a permit or license to conduct race meetings and racing under this part. O…

The commission may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee conducting a race meeting, upon the willful violation of any of the provisions of this part, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission or may invoke a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) p…

The commission is empowered to compel the production of any and all books, memoranda, or documents showing the receipts and disbursements of any person, association, or corporation licensed to conduct race meetings under this part. The commission may at any time require the remov…

The commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend, or withdraw licenses to all persons connected with race tracks, including gate keepers, announcers, ushers, starters, officials, drivers, dog owners, agents, trainers, grooms, stable foremen, exercise boys, veterinari…

(a) The commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on dog races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons known as pari-mutuel wagering, which method shall be legal to the extent that and so long as, the same is carried on and conducted stri…

Every licensee conducting race meetings under this part, shall pay to the ex-officio treasurer of the racing commission for the use of the commission, a tax in an amount equal to four percent of the total contributions to all pari-mutuel pools conducted or made on any race track …

If any free passes or complimentary cards shall be issued to guests by any licensee, such licensee shall nevertheless be responsible for payment of the admission tax upon such complimentary admission cards or passes as though they had been sold at regular admission price. However…

The license fees, commissions, and excise taxes imposed herein shall be in lieu of all license, excise, and occupational taxes to the State of Alabama, or any county, city, town, or other political subdivision thereof. (Acts 1975, No. 376, p. 926, §16.)

All fees, commissions, taxes, and other monies, including fines and forfeitures, received under this part shall be paid to the Treasurer of Greene County and deposited by the treasurer in the county treasury to the account of the Greene County Racing Commission. All such monies r…

Any corporation, association, or person who directly or indirectly holds any greyhound race without having procured a license as prescribed in this part, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of such a race, except in the pari-mutuel or mutuel met…

No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practices, shall be eligible as an applicant for any license or permit to operate a ra…

Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with any owner, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any kennel, greyhound, or race in which any greyhound participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any such race, or any pe…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit or communicate to another by any means whatsoever the results, changing odds, track conditions, or any other information relating to any greyhound race from any race track in this county, between the period of time beginning one…

(a) The racing commission shall extend the limitations of time for greyhound racing not to exceed two days at any one track beyond the period otherwise provided by law so that any such track shall conduct a charity day or days of racing for any one or more recognized charities in…

It is the intent of this part to improve the economic well being of the citizens of Greene County, by providing an increased tax base, jobs for the citizens herein, and promotion of tourism and recreation in Greene County. It is further the intent of this part to provide for stri…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Greene County Commission is hereby authorized to expend available unearmarked funds, received pursuant to this part, in the county general fund for the establishment and maintenance of day care centers within the county. (…

Part 1, the racing act, to the contrary notwithstanding, the person now or hereafter licensed by the Greene County Racing Commission to conduct live greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering shall have the right, subject to the reasonable regulatory authority of the commission, t…

With respect to greyhound racing events that are conducted at the Greene County Racetrack and are transmitted by television to other locations, the racing operator may create and administer pari-mutuel pools that, in addition to bets made by bettors at the Greene County Racetrack…

(a) The total pari-mutuel pools or handle bet by bettors placing their bets at the Greene County Racetrack on greyhound racing events that are received by television from elsewhere shall be subject to the state privilege tax levied by Chapter 26A, Title 40, and to all local taxes…

In order to provide a uniform takeout for pari-mutuel wagering on live greyhound racing events and on televised horse or greyhound racing events received at the Greene County Racetrack, and to enable the Greene County Racetrack to maximize its participation in combined pools with…

This part shall be liberally construed to expand the opportunity of patrons of the Greene County Racetrack to wager on televised racing events conducted at other racetracks and to participate in combined pools with respect to the events. Nothing in this part shall be construed to…

(a) The Greene County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. Any fees to be charged under the authority of this section by the county health departme…

(a) The County Commission of Greene County is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain any road or driveway, exclusive of bridges, leading from a public road to the residence of an abutting landowner for a distance of one-fourth of a mile. (b) The actual cost of …

The Greene County Commission shall provide legislative office space, supplies, and personnel in the Sumter County Legislative Delegation Office and shall pay 40 percent of the overhead, salaries, and operational costs of the legislative delegation office. (Act 88-283, p. 437, §1.…

The members of the Greene County Board of Equalization shall be paid thirty-five dollars ($35) per diem for each day’s attendance upon the sessions of the board. Any amounts in excess of the compensation provided by the state as provided in Sections 40-3-7 and 40-3-8 shall be pai…

(a) This section shall apply only in Greene County. (b) The purpose of this section is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office …

In Greene County, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, the county commission is hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable property. Thirty-five percent of the tax shall be earmarked t…

(a) In Greene County, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, the county commission is hereby authorized to levy and impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 25 mills on each dollar of taxable property: (1) Thirty-four percent of the tax shall be ear…