Title 45

(a) The Legislature has found and determined that in any county having a population of 500,000 or more the following conditions exist: (1) That there is a great metropolitan area extending over a substantial portion of the territory lying within the boundaries of the county. (2) …

(a) There is established in the county a public corporation for the purposes hereinafter specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the authority. (b) Subject to the co…

(a) The power of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors. The board may delegate to one or more of its members or its officers, agents, and employees such duties as it may deem proper. The board of directors shall elec…

(a) The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage a civic center in the county seat within the following described area: Beginning at the intersection of Thirteenth Avenue North and Twenty-sixth Street North (Carraway Boulevard); thence So…

(a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (e), the authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds as evidence of money so borrowed, which bonds shall be payable solely from taxes made payable to the authorit…

(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings: (1) Amendment 280 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, provides that no tax levied by the state or any municipality or county of the state shall apply to the authority, unless such tax applies to the county and to the city …

Each civic center authority heretofore or hereafter incorporated in any county having a population of more than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, pursuant to Sections 45-37-90 to 45-37-90.07, inclusive, is hereby granted the power and authority, in …

This part shall apply in every county of the state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (Acts 1969, No. 765, p. 1358, §1.)

The following words and terms, as used in this part, shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (2) BUREAU. The public corporation for which this part provides. (3) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. That organization the headquarters o…

(a) There is hereby established in the county a public corporation for the purposes herein specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the bureau. (b) Subject to the con…

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

(a) The affairs of the bureau shall be managed by a board of directors, called the board, that shall consist of the following: (1) A member of the House of Representatives representing the county chosen by members of the House of Representatives representing the county. (2) A mem…

(a) The power of the bureau shall be vested in and exercised by the board subject to this part. (b) The board shall be authorized to employ agents, employees, officers, consultants, attorneys, and to secure such services and assistance as the board deems necessary to enable it to…

(a)(1) The Jefferson County Board of Education is composed of five members: Four who reside in an area served by the Jefferson County School System who are elected from that area of the county not served by a municipal school system and one who resides in any area of Jefferson Co…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Center Point Automated Traffic Safety Act. (Act 2013-228, p. 546, §1.)

(a) The City of Center Point, Alabama, by ordinance, may provide for the implementation of an automated traffic safety system within the city as provided for in this article. (b) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Vehicles that violate traffic control regulatio…

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CITY. The City of Center Point, Alabama. (2) CIVIL VIOLATION. A violation of the ordinance authorized by this article, the penalty for which violation shall be the payment of a fine, the enforceme…

(a) The city as provided in this article, is empowered to adopt an ordinance providing for the utilization by the city or its designee of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, a photographic stop sign enforcement system, and a photographic vehicle speed enforcement sy…

(a) The city or its designee shall mail a notice of violation by United States mail to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system, photographic stop sign enforcement system, or photographic vehicle speed enforcement syst…

(a) An administrative hearing officer appointed by the mayor of the city is vested with the power and jurisdiction to conduct administrative hearings of civil violations provided for in this article. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the imposition of th…

(a) Following an administrative hearing, the administrative hearing officer shall issue an order stating all of the following: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation. (2) If the person is found to be liable, the amount of the fine asse…

The circuit court hearing a petition for judicial review shall utilize the procedures applicable to proceedings in the Jefferson County District Court with all of the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature with the circuit court applying the…

In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, a photographic stop sign enforcement system, or a photographic vehicle speed enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician …

The city may provide by ordinance that late fees not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid fines that are authorized pursuant this article and imposed pursuant to this article. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a fine or late …

The city is authorized to file civil actions to enforce the provisions of an ordinance authorized by this article, including, but not limited to, pursuing collection actions to obtain judgments for unpaid fines or fees, or both, imposed under an ordinance authorized by this artic…

(a) The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems or photographic stop sign enforcement systems in reducing traffic control device violations and intersectional collisions and shall communicate the data on an a…

The placement of control devices in the city and timing of yellow lights and red light clearance intervals shall conform to the most recent edition of the Traffic Engineering Handbook. It shall be presumed that such devices and timing are in compliance with this section unless th…

No fine may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this article if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Article 2, c…

Any person against whom a determination of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this article, and who actually pays the fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operating the vehic…

Under no circumstances shall the salary or other compensation of the trained technician be related to the number of notices of violation issued or amount of fines collected. (Act 2013-228, p. 546, §16.)

Nothing in this article shall be construed as invoking the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2013-228, p. 546, §17.)

(a) This section shall apply to counties of this state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (b) As herein used, these words and terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CHAIR. The chair of the …

(a)(1) This section shall apply only in Jefferson County. (2)a. In all general, municipal, special, and primary elections, the compensation of certain election officers and workers shall be as follows: The chief inspector shall be paid one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per d…

(a)(1) This section shall apply to any county having a population of 600,000 or more, according to the 1970 or any succeeding federal decennial census. (2) As herein used, these terms have the meanings here given them: The county means any county subject to this section, and gove…

(a) In this part words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders. (b) The terms governing body, governing bodies, and government as used in this part shall include the county…

In and for each separate county of the State of Alabama which has a population of 400,000 or more people according to the last or any future federal census, there shall be a personnel board for the government and control by rules and regulations and practices hereinafter set out …

The personnel board shall be comprised of seven members consisting of the following persons: The Chair of the County Commission of Jefferson County; the mayor of the municipality having the greatest number of employees in the classified service; one member of the Jefferson County…

The salaries and all other expenses of the personnel board, the personnel director, and all others arising under the provisions hereof, unless otherwise herein provided, shall be paid by warrants drawn by the personnel board and signed by at least two members thereof on the gener…

It shall be the duty of all elective officials in authority of either the counties or municipalities affected by this part to aid in all proper ways in carrying into effect this part and the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time thereunder, and especially at the requ…

The board of county commissioners of board of revenue or other like governing body of the county shall provide suitable rooms and accommodations for board and director of personnel, and cause the same to be furnished, heated, and lighted, for carrying out the work of the board, a…

If this part or its enforcement by the personnel board shall be called into question in any judicial proceeding, or if any person, county, or municipality shall fail or refuse to comply with the lawful orders or directions of the personnel board, such board may call upon the coun…

In the event that it both happens (1) that a municipality or other appointing authority shall hereafter become subject to this section and (2) that at the time such municipality or other appointing authority becomes subject to this section it then has in its employ employees or a…

There shall be a director of personnel for each county affected by this part. The board shall appoint the director who shall hold office at the will of the board. The director shall be a bona fide resident of such county and a voter thereof and his or her salary shall be an amoun…

The director of personnel, subject to this section and approval of the personnel board, shall: (1) Appoint or remove such subordinates as may be necessary to administer a scientific and economical personnel system and fix their compensation. (2) Prepare and submit to the board fo…

The director of personnel shall make investigations and report to the personnel board upon all matters touching the enforcement and the effect of this part and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. He or she may inspect all places of employment and services affected by…

The director of personnel shall have authority to investigate concerning the number of employees in any department or office and if in his or her judgment, after conference with the department head, there is an excessive judgment, after conference with the department head, there …