Title 11

(a) Except where a contract for goods or services is competitively bid regardless of whether bidding is required under Alabama’s competitive bid law, no member of any county commission and no business with which any county commissioner is associated shall be a party to any contra…

A majority of members serving on a county commission shall constitute a quorum. A judge of probate or chair elected countywide shall be considered a member of the county commission for purposes of determining a quorum. No ordinance, resolution, policy, or motion shall be voted on…

(a) At the first county commission meeting held pursuant to Section 11-3-1 following each election of county commissioners, the county commission shall establish the day or days of each month on which regular meetings of the county commission shall be held. A county commission, b…

This article shall be known and cited as the “Alabama Local Government Training Act.” (Acts 1994, No. 94-598, p. 1109, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the citizens of this state to require newly elected county commissioners to participate in a course of training and education on matters pertaining to the administration and operation of county government. The…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Buddy Sharpless Education Institute. (2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body as created in Section …

(a) All persons elected as members of a county commission who were not serving as members of a county commission on June 1, 1994, may enroll in, participate in, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and education of at least 50 hours on matters pertaining to the admini…

(a) There is created and established the Buddy Sharpless Education Institute. All costs of operating and conducting the institute shall be paid from public funds appropriated for this purpose. (b) The institute shall have the power, duty, and authority to design, implement, and a…

(a) The institute shall be under the direction and supervision of the Board of the Buddy Sharpless Education Institute. The board shall have the power and duty to organize, administer, control, oversee, and advise the institute so that the institute shall be operated pursuant to …

(a) On or before the fifth legislative day of the regular session of the Legislature, the chair of the board, on behalf of the board, shall make a report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A copy of the report shall be deliv…

(a) For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. A person employed by the county commission of a county pursuant to Section 11-3-18. (2) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or cred…

(a) In addition to authority granted in Section 11-3-60, a county commission may adopt a procurement or purchasing program designed to simplify the purchasing of certain tangible personal property or services, provided the program is designed in a manner that shall provide signif…

The authorization to utilize a credit card or procurement card provided in this article shall in no way relieve or supersede the requirements for public bids applicable to the county commissions in Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. The Department of Examiners of Public Account…

This chapter shall be known as “The Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act.” (Act 2005-200, p. 399, §1.)

(a) Except where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property…

(a) Following the notice requirements set out in subsection (b), the county commission, by majority vote, may adopt ordinances for the implementation and enforcement of the powers set out in Section 11-3A-2. The county commission, in its discretion, may hold a separate public hea…

(a) This section shall apply to any county with a Class 3 municipality that has an elected county commission chair. (b) All other provisions of law, rules, or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may not issue in the unincorpor…

The powers authorized under this chapter shall be effective in a county only after an affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the county residing in the unincorporated areas of the county and voting in a referendum election held on the question of whether the …

Except as provided in subsection (h) of Section 11-3A-2, the county commission of a county shall call for a referendum election on the repeal of the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county following a resolution of the majority of the county commissi…

Act 562, 1953 Regular Session (Acts 1953, p. 799); Act 463, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 630); Act 716, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 1112); Act 87-758, 1987 Regular Session (Acts 1987, p. 1479); Act 89-527, 1989 Regular Session (Acts 1989, p. 1077); and Act 91-193, …

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any county in which the county treasurer, or county depository, or other custodian of its funds in lieu of a county treasurer is governed by a local law or a law, the application of which is determined by the population of the cou…

A county treasurer for each county having a population of more than 56,000 according to the 1930 federal census and not otherwise having a county depository or other custodian of its funds in lieu of a county treasurer shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof and he shall…

Vacancies in the office of county treasurer shall be filled by appointment by the county commission, and the person appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Code 1886, §913; Code 1896, §1427; Code 1907, §209; Code 1923,…

Before entering on the duties of his office, the county treasurer must give bond as provided by law, which bond shall be in a sum not less than $15,000.00, and in counties where the population is over 150,000, it shall not be less than $50,000.00, such bond to be payable to the c…

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer: (1) To receive and keep the money of the county and disburse the same as below stated: a. To pay out of the general fund of the county, on presentation and without being audited and allowed by the county commission, all grand and peti…

The county treasurer shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the county commission, in no case exceeding two and one-half percent on the money received, and two and one-half percent of the money paid out by him. His compensation in no case shall exceed the aggregate …

The county treasurer of any county in this state may transfer any balance on hand at the end of the fiscal year of the fine and forfeiture fund in excess of the registered claims and lawful claims or charges against said fund to the general fund or to any special fund to which by…

The county treasurer must not refuse the payment of any lawful and valid claim for the reason that claims of prior registration have not been paid if there is money in the treasury belonging to the fund sufficient to pay such prior claims and the claim so presented. (Code 1896, §…

The books of the county treasurer are to be provided at the expense of the county. (Code 1852, §793; Code 1867, §928; Code 1876, §847; Code 1886, §917; Code 1896, §1431; Code 1907, §213; Code 1923, §306; Code 1940, T. 12, §36.)

The annual account of the county treasurer, when examined and approved by the county commission, must be recorded and a copy of the same posted at the courthouse door. (Code 1852, §794; Code 1867, §929; Code 1876, §848; Code 1886, §918; Code 1896, §1432; Code 1907, §214; Code 192…

In case of the resignation, expiration of his term, or removal from office, the county treasurer, or if he dies his personal representatives, must state his account and deliver all the money, books, papers, and property of the county to his successor, who must report the same to …

The treasurer of each county before going out of office shall make a settlement with the county commission of the county and shall pay over the balance of the money on hand to the order of the said county commission to the credit of said county. (Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code …

In all counties having a population of not more than 56,000 according to the 1930 federal census there shall be established a county depository in lieu of a county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by local act. (Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §312; Acts 1932, Ex. S…

The county commission shall select as the county depository for the placing therein of county funds a qualified public depository under Chapter 14A of Title 41. Where permitted by law, the commission shall select a qualified public depository or qualified public depositories that…

The county depositories shall be charged with all the duties and subject to the same liabilities insofar as the receipt, disbursement, and safekeeping of funds of the county are concerned as are now imposed by law upon county treasurers in Article 2 of this chapter. (Acts 1915, N…

The qualified public depository or depositories acting as county depositories pursuant to Section 11-4-41 shall not receive any compensation or commission or other allowance for services as county depositories. (Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 1923, §320; Code 1940, T. 12, §50; …

All moneys heretofore required by law to be paid to the county treasurer shall be put into such bank or savings association, which is a qualified public depository under Chapter 14A of Title 41, as the county commission of said county may elect to the credit of said county and al…

Accounts shall be opened and kept in said bank in such manner and funds as such county commission may direct, disbursements to be made upon the order of the county commission and said bank shall furnish said county commission with a full and detailed statement of the receipts and…

County depositories may maintain all civil actions and proceedings of every kind which county treasurers may maintain and all civil actions and proceedings may be brought against county depositories which can be brought against county treasurers, including extraordinary and summa…

All warrants drawn upon the depository must be signed by the probate judge of said county or the president of the county commission at the election of such county commission expressed in a resolution which must be spread upon the minutes and given to such depositories that may be…

If the county commission is unable to designate any depository for the county funds in its county by reason of its inability to secure from any bank or savings association which is a qualified public depository within its limits terms for the handling of the county funds as provi…

All acts required by law to be performed with respect to county funds other than the receipt and disbursement of county funds by the county depository shall be performed by the presiding officer of the county commission or other like officer. (Acts 1915, No. 378, p. 348; Code 192…

A coroner for each county shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof and shall hold office for four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Code 1852, §800; Code 1867, §935; C…

The judge of probate has authority to appoint a special coroner: (1) When the coroner has not qualified or the office is vacant and the emergency requires such officer; (2) When the coroner is absent from the county, having no deputy therein; (3) When the coroner is imprisoned; o…

A special coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff in such cases as the coroner is required and also when the sheriff and coroner are imprisoned and, on the direction of the judge of probate, when they are both parties or both interested. (Code 1852, §§808, 809; Code 1867…

For the failure to perform any duty or the improper or neglectful performance of such duty or for any wrongful act committed under color of office by the coroner or the special coroner while discharging the duties of sheriff, such coroner and his sureties and such special coroner…