Title 45

There is created the Lamar County Industrial Development Authority which shall be composed of 13 members for the purpose of promoting economic growth and development and assisting the county commission and the city councils of Beaverton, Detroit, Kennedy, Millport, Sulligent, and…

All members of the Lamar County Board of Education, excluding the superintendent of education, shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month expense allowance and twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day’s attendance at official meetings of the board. The expense allowance sha…

Beginning with the next term of office, the county superintendent of education in Lamar County shall receive an annual salary that shall be fixed by the county board of education and shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the county funds available for that purpose…

The County Commission of Lamar County shall provide such additional amount of daily compensation as is necessary to grant each election clerk, inspector, and returning officer of elections a total compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25), and shall increase the mileage allowance…

Relating to Lamar County, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, on July 18, 1991, any funds held in escrow which were to be distributed to the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, which was to be incorporated pursuant to Part 2, and which funds were n…

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 Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to th…

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 Lamar …

(a) Within 45 days after May 4, 1989, or the passage and approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the creation of the authority, three applicants shall be appointed to proceed to incorporate the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority by filing for…

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. (b)(1) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the …

(a) The Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. (b) The initial board of directors shall consist of the three citizens ap…

(a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue …

(a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this part, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options…

(a) As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance…

Rates, fees, and charges for water service and fire protection service rendered by the authority from any of its water systems or fire protection facilities shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to do all of the follo…

For the purpose of securing water service and fire protection facilities or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water systems and fire protection facilities, any coun…

The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal cons…

(a) The furnishing of fire protection facilities in conjunction with the water services by the authority as well as the furnishing of water services are hereby declared to be a governmental function. (b) The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful,…

(a) The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. (b) The authority shall not be oblig…

The authority now or hereafter organized under this part is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 89-472, p. 975, §14.)

At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed by the authority are outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the re…

In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this part, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorporat…

(a) Except as expressly otherwise provided in this part, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, or fire protection facility, o…

The Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Lamar County Commission and the operations of the County of Lamar. (Act 89-472, p. 975, §18.)

(a) The county governing body of Lamar County shall establish a special beaver fund in the county treasury with an initial deposit of five thousand dollars ($5,000) from the county general fund. The beaver fund shall be used to pay bounties to any resident of the county in the am…

(a) The Lamar County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees coll…

The Lamar County Hospital Association Health Trust Fund may pay from the trust fund an expense allowance in an amount to be set by the board to those persons serving as members of the governing board, members of the executive committee, and the chair of the executive committee. (…

In Lamar County, notwithstanding Section 40-12-10, and any other general or local law of this state, no person shall be appointed to the position of county license inspector of or for Lamar County. The position of county license inspector in the county is hereby abolished and the…

(a) The Sheriff of Lamar County or the authorized agents of the sheriff may operate a jail store for prisoners within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the jail population. (b)(1) The sheriff shall establish and maintain a law…

Upon successfully completing the minimum standards of training and other requirements for law enforcement officers of the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, a community corrections officer employed by the Community Punishment and Corrections Authority of the 24th …

(a) In Lamar County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A–11–75, shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff and deposited into the sheriff’s pistol permit fund. (…

(a) The Lamar County Commission may levy an additional fee for the personal service of process by the sheriff or his or her deputies or agents of documents filed in the civil division of the district and circuit court in the county as follows: (1) For the personal service of proc…

The Lamar County Commission may set the amount the sheriff charges for the feeding of municipal inmates in the county jail. After September 1, 2023, the county commission shall set the amount the municipality pays at five dollars ($5) per day for municipal inmates held in the cou…

The Lamar County Commission may authorize the sheriff to charge a fee for fingerprinting individuals for non-law enforcement purposes, such as for passport identification or employment purposes. The proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Fund a…

This subpart shall apply only in Lamar County. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 745, §1.)

The purpose of this subpart is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner. (Act 2001-905, 3rd Sp. S…

At the expiration of the current term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If …

The county revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and…

Subject to the approval of the county commission, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to perform properly the duties of his or her office. The acts of deputies shall have the same force and le…

Before entering the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in a sum as may be fixed by Section 40-5-3, for tax collectors. The bond shall be co…

The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner, and his or her deputies, clerks, and assistants, and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies needed for the efficient performance of the duties of the office and no…

The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor or tax collector of the county is authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty…

(a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are abolished effective the first day of October 2003. (b) All personnel employed in the office of tax assessor or tax collector at the time the office of county revenue commissioner comes into being shall be absorbed into the sta…

If the election provided by the act from which this subpart is derived occurs in a year in which the office of the tax collector and the office of the tax assessor are filled by election, candidates for either office shall also be deemed candidates for the office of county revenu…

(a) This section shall apply only in Lamar County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of pr…

(a) There is hereby levied and imposed in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer required to be registered or licensed with the La…

The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this subpart shall have the following respective meanings, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar year and ending on September 30 of…