Title 45

The sheriff may suspend or revoke any permit issued pursuant to this article if the permitholder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permitholder violates this article or rule promulgated hereunder. Appeal to the governing body of the county from an advers…

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months. (Act 80-609, p. 1027, §17.)

(a) A permitholder whose permit is revoked in consequence of a violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45-37-150.16 or …

If the vote on the constitutional amendment excepting bingo from the constitutional prohibition against lotteries in Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, is approved by a majority of the voters casting ballots thereon in Jefferson County, it shall not be necessary for …

Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who does other acts in connection with bingo shall not apply t…

The city government of the City of Fairfield in Jefferson County, may adopt a mayor-council form of government consisting of six single-member districts with one at-large member, to be designated as president of the city council, which shall be in addition to the office of the ma…

(a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into six single-member districts and designate t…

All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns, and such powers as are now vested in or exercised by the city council, or both, shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance. The council shall perform th…

(a) The members of the council, on the first Monday in October after their election, shall assemble and elect a president pro tempore of the council and such other officers as may be provided for by law or ordinance. (b) All elections of officers shall be by viva voce and a concu…

(a) In the event of a vacancy of the council, the council shall elect a successor for the remainder of the term from the district from which the riginal district member was elected. Such person shall be a qualified elector in the municipality and shall meet all other legal qualif…

The council shall judge the qualifications and election of the mayor, the president of the council, and each council member and such other officers as may be elected by the people, and the resolutions and ordinances that may be adopted by the council under this section shall not …

(a) This section shall apply only to the City of Fairfield in Jefferson County, Alabama. (b) Every action taken pursuant to any statutory procedure by the City of Fairfield, and which procedure has been completed in the establishment of the corporation known as the Fairfield Civi…

(a) The governing body of the City of Fairfield in Jefferson County may levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding 15 mills per each dollar on the value of the taxable property within the city, the proceeds of which tax shall be used exclusively for pub…

(a) This section shall be known as the Jefferson County Commission Accountability Act. (b) No warrants or checks shall be drawn on the county treasury or county depository until the county commission has adopted its annual budget. (c) Every request to issue a warrant or check to …

All cities and towns in Jefferson County shall on the 1st day of April of each year cause to be published in a daily or weekly newspaper, published in Jefferson County, a list of all persons whose compensation or any part thereof, is paid out of the treasury of the city or town t…

(a) Those Jefferson County officials holding elective or appointive office who now receive fifty dollars ($50) per month shall upon January 1, 1982, receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid monthly out of the county general fund. (b) This allowance shall be in lieu…

This part shall apply to both of the following: (1) Any debt issued by Jefferson County if the amount of the debt to be issued in a single transaction, or in a series of related transactions, exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000). (2) Any swap agreement entered into by Jeffer…

For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (2) DEBT. Indebtedness for borrowed money, whether in the form of bonds, warrants, notes, or other similar instruments or capitalized leases. (3) OFFICIAL STATEMENT.…

(a) The county may not issue debt unless it gives notice of the proposed debt issuance as provided in subsection (b) and a hearing is held as provided in Section 45–37–162.03. The county may not enter into a swap agreement unless notice of the proposed swap agreement is given as …

Not less than three days nor more than 10 days before the date that the county enters into a binding agreement to issue debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, the county shall hold a public hearing on the proposed debt or swap agreement. A majority of the governing body of…

The county shall competitively bid all swap agreements using the following procedures: (1) The county shall invite not less than four qualified swap providers to make independent written proposals to enter into a swap agreement delivered in person or transmitted electronically. (…

(a) Not less than seven days after the county enters into a binding agreement for the issuance of debt or enters into a binding swap agreement, it shall file a report in the public records of the county. The report shall include all of the following: (1) The final terms of such d…

(a) The county may not make any payment to a person described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-162.05 unless the county obtains a written statement under oath by the person declaring all of the following: (1) The amount and purpose of the payment received by …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the City of Fultondale may establish a pretrial diversion program for any defendant within the jurisdiction of the municipal court. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by a common law and provided by statutes and acts of this st…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the City of Fultondale as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program. (2) CITY PROSECUTOR. The person…

An offender may apply to the city for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2013-430, p. 1715, §3.)

(a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole discretion of the municipal court judge upon application approved by the city prosecutor. An offender deemed by the city prosecutor to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community shall not be eligible …

(a) The city prosecutor may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state, city, and of t…

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the evaluation process of the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal histo…

(a) Following the decision of the city prosecutor to recommend the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the city prosecutor and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the progra…

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, fees, and assessments for the Crime Victim’s Co…

Application fees required by this article shall be collected by the Director of the Municipal Court for the City of Fultondale. The fees shall be disbursed to each entity or department as allocated by Section 45-37A-160.07. (Act 2013-430, p. 1715, §9.)

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the city prosecutor, and the agreement between the city pros…

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the city prosecutor may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion…

In no event shall the city prosecutor or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program, unless the event was fores…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Fultondale in Jefferson County, Alabama, may assess a defendant with a warrant recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to…

(a) This section shall be known as the Cope and Norris Act. (b) It shall be unlawful for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, or other premises of two acres or less within the unincorporated territory of Jefferson County to fail to keep the lot or pr…

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 497 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, Local Amendments, Jefferson County, § 10 the Jefferson County Commission is hereby authorized to enact ordinances to do all of the…

(a) The County Commission of Jefferson County shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when the same are found by the county commission to be unsafe to t…

The following words and phrases used in this subpart, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to this subpart. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authori…

In the interest of flood control and prevention, there is hereby authorized, and shall be established as hereinafter provided, the Jefferson County Flood Control Authority. The authority shall be a public corporation with its principal office located in the City of Birmingham, go…

(a) The board of directors of the authority shall consist of 11 members residing in Jefferson County. Three members, two of whom shall reside in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County and one who shall reside in the Bessemer cutoff area, shall be chosen for six, eight, and …

(a) The persons who are designated to become members of the initial board of directors of the authority shall present to the Secretary of State an application, accompanied by certified copies of the resolution of the appointing authorities appointing the directors, which shall se…

When the application has been made, filed, and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name submitted in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under th…

(a) As soon as may be practicable after completion of the incorporation, the board of directors shall hold their first meeting, elect a chair, a vice chair, secretary, and treasurer of the board, set a regular time and place for meetings of the board, and attend to such other mat…

The authority shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of the powers stated in this section: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit. (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civ…