Title 45

Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or any public official or employee, who received a fee or rebate or receives or agrees to receive anything of value, in…

All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise retained pursuant to this subpart shall be paid over to the Jackson County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund hereby created, to be used to and implement this subpart. …

(a) There is hereby created a body to be known as the Jackson County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall be composed of seven persons, including the following: The Sheriff of Jackson County, the district attorney o…

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt. (Act 89-264, p. 380, §17.)

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Act 89-264, p. 380, §18.)

Any individual employed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office as a law enforcement officer for a period of 25 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff, without cost, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol, prov…

(a) In Jackson County, the sum of one thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($1,379.95), or the amount as otherwise provided in this section, is hereby appropriated monthly for the relief of Mr. Willie Dean Mount. The monthly appropriations shall be pa…

Each member of the Board of Equalization of Jackson County shall be paid a total of thirty dollars ($30) per diem for each day’s attendance upon the session of the board. Any portion of this amount not paid by the state shall be paid from the general fund of the county. (Act 80-1…

(a) The Revenue Commissioner of Jackson County may take the necessary action to merge the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of the office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and municipal ad valor…

(a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Jackson County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1984 and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years beginning on the first day…

There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner’s office of Jackson County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses, and titles, issued through the revenue commissioner’s office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the…

The revenue commissioner shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses and titles on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the judge of probate. The Judge of Probate of Jackson County is hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilit…

The revenue commissioner shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses and titles received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report t…

Except as herein provided, the revenue commissioner shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code the revenu…

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the rev…

Before any vehicles may be assessed, the revenue commissioner shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale or title or title application in the present owner’s name, also, if applicable, tag number and decal number presently on the vehicle, unless vehicle is new, in which case the…

In cases where a personal check given for a license tag is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the revenue commissioner has the authorization to void any license tag in question. The revenue commissioner shall then notify the sheriff, who shall attempt to retrieve the lice…

The revenue commissioner, near the end of each month, shall mail to each auto owner prior to the month of expiration of the current year’s tag or decal, an application form containing a space for the name and the last known address of the owner of the motor vehicle, the make, mod…

(a) This section shall apply to Jackson County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in such county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, as amended, except that all such duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be tran…

(a) In addition to any penalty heretofore imposed by law for the late payment of ad valorem taxes in Jackson County, the county commission may impose a delinquent payment penalty in the amount of two dollars ($2) per day on that portion of ad valorem taxes due to the county as pr…

For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Jackson County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in Jackson County by wholesale domestic …

The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise taxes on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel, as herein defined, within Jackson County not to exceed three cents ($.03) per gallon…

On or before the 20th day of each month after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this part, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Jackson County on forms prescribed by such county commission a true and correct stat…

All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than three years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as will clearly show the amount of sale of withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel, as herein defined…

Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this part every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in Jackson County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-…

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, in such county shall fail to make the reports of any of them as required in this part or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the county commiss…

It shall be the duty of the county commission of such county to enforce this part upon its imposing the tax hereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every distributor, storer, or retail dealer of g…

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel, as herein defined, shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under authority of this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be a…

The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this part shall not preclude the collection of the amount actually due. However, the amount actually paid shall constitute a credit against the amount actually due. (Act 88-291, p. 444, §9.)

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this part or shall fail to comply with any reasonable rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, may be restrained, and proper prosecution instituted in the name of the county by the Attorney General or by such counsel as the co…

Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in such county shall report to the county commission of the county on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasoline or motor …

The proceeds of any tax imposed under authority of this part shall be paid into a special fund in the county treasury for use as provided in Section 45-36-243.12 (Act 88-291, p. 444, §12.)

Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-36-243.11 shall be made exclusively for materials and equipment used for the repair, maintenance, and construction of public roads and bridges. (Act 88-291, p. 444, §13; Act 2009-340, p. 660, §1; Act 2019-226, §1.)

The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal other laws or parts of laws unless such laws or parts of laws are in conflict herewith. All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this part are repealed insofar as such conflicting provisions exis…

(a) In Jackson County, the county commission may levy a two percent lease tax in all areas of the county. (b) The tax shall parallel the state lease tax in Chapter 12, commencing with Section 40-12-220, of Title 40 and Section 40-9-30, including exemptions therefrom and enforceme…

(a) In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, the Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to levy a privilege or license tax in an amount not to exceed two percent against every person engaging in Jackson County in the business of renting or furnishing any room or roo…

(a) This section shall be applicable only to Jackson County. (b) 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 …

(a) There is levied from each producer of coal in Jackson County a privilege or license tax to be known as a severance tax. The rate of the tax shall be twenty cents ($.20) per ton of coal severed. (b) The tax herein levied shall be in addition to any state tax heretofore or here…

(a)(1) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Jackson County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: a. Five cents ($.05) for …

(a) This section shall apply only to Jackson County. (b) As used in this section, sales and use tax means a tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes and such other acts applicable to Jackson County, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23…

(a) This section shall apply only to Jackson County. (b) Pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 22-27-3, the Jackson County Commission may grant an additional exemption to the mandatory solid waste collection program to individuals in households whose total income does not exceed …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Jackson County Commission may reimburse the Jackson County General Fund for all payments made from the general fund for, or related to, the operation of the Jackson County Solid Waste Program. Funds used for a reimbursement b…

(a) This section shall apply only in Jackson County. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds the following: (1) It is in the best interest of the State of Alabama and the people of Jackson County to protect the Tennessee River and its watershed to promote the beneficial…

When used in this part, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) AUTHORITY. The Jackson County Water Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this part. (2) BOARD. The Board o…

This part is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the Jackso…