Title 45

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty pursuant to this subpart, the City of Midfield shall first mail a notice of violation by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the automated photographic speeding enforc…

(a) The Midfield Municipal Court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this subpart and to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this subpart. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may …

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating the following: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation and, if so, (2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with th…

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidenc…

In the event the evidence produced by an automated photographic speeding enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably est…

The city may provide by ordinance that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil fines that are authorized in this subpart. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudicat…

The city shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of automated photographic speeding enforcement systems in reducing speeding violations and collisions and shall communicate the data on an annual basis to the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Cri…

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this subpart 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 Tit…

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made pursuant to this subpart, or an ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been …

In the City of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, whenever by reason of the dilapidated, deteriorated, unsafe, or unhealthful condition of real property or any improvements situated thereupon, the municipality files a civil action in any court of the state to compel the owner or…

The following words and phrases used in this section and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 316. That certain amendment to the …

(a) In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 336 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, an increase of the municipal ad valorem tax presently being levied p…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 383, H. 458, 1945 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 325. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 116, H. 56, 1971 …

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT NO. 56. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Constitution of 2022. (2) AMENDMENT NO. 325. That amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of…

(a) In addition to any other authority for the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, the City Council of the City of Mountain Brook may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the corporate limits of the city on Sunday commencing at 10:00 a.m. (b…

(a) This section is adopted pursuant to the authority in Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (b) The City Council of the City of Mountain Brook by ordinance may provide for the establishment of entertainment districts in the historic villages of the city designate…

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the City Council of the City of Pleasant Grove may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount equal to a total of 30 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the co…

(a) In the event the Utilities Board of the City of Pleasant Grove or the City of Pleasant Grove should receive proceeds from the sale of its gas and water distribution systems, there shall be established an investment fund named Pleasant Grove Gas and Water Systems Sale Investme…

(a) In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the district ad valorem school tax presently being levied pursuan…

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama has investigated the economic, financial, and environmental impact associated with the potential for duplication of electric distribution facilities used for the furnishing of retail electric service in and around the City of Tarrant Ci…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901,…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 19…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended. (2) CITY. The City of Trussville, Alabama. (3) CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Trussville. (4) SCHOOL BO…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the ad valorem tax presently being levied in the City of Vestavia Hil…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Sec…

(a) The following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. Amendment 56 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 325. Amendment 325 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City Council of Vestavia Hills, by ordinance, may establish up to five total entertainment districts within the city permitting consumption of alcoholic beverages purchased from on-premises alcoholic beverage retail licensees to be …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or municipal magistrate of the City of Vestavia Hills, 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 appear warrant ar…

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Lamar County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Lamar County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable l…

(a) The members of the Lamar County Jury Commission shall be paid an amount of compensation by the county so that the combined state and county compensation shall total twenty-five dollars ($25) per meeting day. This amount and the amount provided in subsection (d) shall be the t…

The sale of draft or keg beer by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may be authorized in the City of Sulligent upon the adoption of an ordinance by the city council authorizing and regulating the sale of draft or keg beer in the city. All resolutions and ord…

The county Coroner of Lamar County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, a…

In Lamar County, the county commission may provide the coroner with a mileage allowance in the same amount as the prevailing rate per mile paid to other county officers and employees for the actual use by the coroner of the coroner’s personal motor vehicle in the performance of t…

(a) Beginning on May 24, 2023, the Coroner of Lamar County shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month to be paid out of the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, …

(a) Each member of the Lamar County Commission shall devote his or her full time to the business of the commission, effective upon the next term of office of any of the members. (b) The members of the Lamar County Commission shall receive an additional expense allowance of three …

(a) The Lamar County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, within Lamar County, to go upon private property and perform work or services for churches or individuals, and to sell materials to churches, schools, individuals, and nonprofit associations or corporations. (b) …

(a) This section shall only apply in Lamar County. (b)(1) All contracts for the sale or disposal of real property or tangible personal property owned by or under the control of the county commission shall be let by free and open competitive sealed bids. The chair of the county co…

The Lamar County Commission may maintain driveways for schools, churches, and church-owned cemeteries, and school bus turnarounds located within the county, at county expense. The county commission also may provide normal maintenance at county expense on any gravel road or drivew…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Lamar County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed mo…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Lamar County shall receive as his or her compensation an amount equal to 90 percent of the total amount paid the presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit. The compensation shall be paid out of the General Fund of Lamar County. (b) …

(a) Effective beginning the next term of office after June 1, 2024, the Judge of Probate of Lamar County shall receive as his or her total compensation a salary of one hundred ten thousand one hundred sixteen dollars ($110,116) per year. The compensation provided by this section …

(a) The offices of probate judge, tax assessor, and tax collector in Lamar County are each hereby authorized to hire a chief clerk. The chief clerks’ salaries shall be fixed by the Lamar County Commission and paid from the general fund of the county. (b) The office of probate jud…

This subpart shall only apply in Lamar County. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Lamar County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing and recording of instruments and documents affecting …

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) GENERAL PROPERTY INSTRUMENT. A real property instrument that affects the title to personal property as well as real property. (2)…

The judge of probate may provide for the installation and thereafter for the maintenance of an improved indexing and recording system in the probate offices of the county. The initial installation of the improved indexing system shall include the following: (1) The acquisition of…

Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records and indexes thereto shall constitute the official records of the instruments for the purpose of Section 12-13-43. (Act 93-491, p. 785, §4.)