Title 45

This article and the rules and regulations established by the board under this article shall apply throughout the county. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §28.)

This article shall not apply in any county except Lauderdale. (Act 88-144, p. 223, §30.)

(a) The office of constable is hereby abolished in Lauderdale County. (b) Any person now serving in such office in Lauderdale County shall be entitled to any vested rights accrued. (Act 87-259, p. 365, §§1, 2.)

(a)(1) The Legislature of Alabama is cognizant of Opinion of the Justices No. 376, 825 So. 2d 109 (Ala. 2002), which states on page 115 that a local bill for Cherokee County “purporting to allow by local law the creation of a traffic in alcohol that does not presently exist in sm…

(a) The governing body of the Town of St. Florian, by ordinance adopted by a simple majority, may authorize and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages including permission to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages within the corporate limits of the municipality on e…

The County Commission of Lauderdale County, in its sole discretion, may set the monthly expense allowance for the county coroner payable from county funds not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month total expense allowance. (Act 79-682, p. 1213, §1; Act 99-334, p. 466, …

(a) Commencing with the next term of office, the salary of the Coroner of Lauderdale County shall be twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum, which shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as other county employees. (b) The salary provided in this section shall b…

(a)(1) The Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be elected on a countywide basis. The chair shall take office at the same time as members of the Lauderdale County Commission take office and shall serve a four-year term or until a successor is elected and qualified. The…

Each County Commissioner of Lauderdale County shall receive a further and additional expense allowance of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month which shall be paid in addition to any and all other expense allowances and compensation provided by law. (Act 79-352, p. 565, §1.)

(a) The County Commission of Lauderdale County may establish and administer a program of revenue collection for all legally authorized fees, taxes, licenses, and other revenues not presently being collected locally. (b) The County Commission of Lauderdale County, within 30 days’ …

(a) Any semi-retired or retired circuit judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to receive as additional compensation payable from the treasury of the county, a sum equal to one and one half percent of the compensation paid the judge by the State of Alabama for e…

In Lauderdale County, when the compensation of the circuit judge is increased, the compensation of the circuit clerk shall also be increased in an amount sufficient to maintain his or her total salary at the same relationship which the salary of the circuit clerk of the county be…

Upon the trial by jury in the circuit courts of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of any person indicted for a misdemeanor, or a felony not punished capitally, or upon appeals to the circuit courts from lower courts, the court shall require two lists of all the regular jurors empanel…

(a) The governing body of Lauderdale County, Alabama, by whatever named called, is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a public law library in the county, and to accomplish that purpose, may from time to time, expend such public funds of the county, as are not required by…

In addition to all other fees and court costs, the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court of Lauderdale County shall assess and collect a fee to be determined by the county commission, not exceeding thirty-five dollars ($35), in each criminal case, felony …

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, an additional fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court on each district court case in the county in order to further provide for the protection a…

In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Lauderdale County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cases in Lauderdale County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in whi…

(a) In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, additional court costs shall be charged and collected in each case as provided below by the clerk of the circuit court and district court of the county or by the clerk of the Municipal Co…

For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Lauderdale County or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is emplo…

(a) The district attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program within the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Lauderdale County. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law, provided for by statute and acts of this state, or otherwise provided by law for the district at…

(a) An offender charged with any of the following criminal offenses in a circuit court or district court may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program: (1) A drug offense, excluding trafficking in controlled substances or cannabis as provided…

(a) In determining whether an offender may be admitted into the pretrial diversion program, it shall be appropriate for the district attorney to consider any of the following circumstances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older at the time the offense was committed. (2) Th…

(a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program shall be in the sole discretion of the district attorney. To assist the district attorney in the decision to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney, prior to the offender being admitted into…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the tolling of periods of limitations established by statutes or rules…

An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program at a time to be determined by the district attorney. (Act 2011-651, p. 1661, §7.)

(a) An offender may be assessed an application fee when he or she is approved for the program. The amount of the fee for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, assessments for crime victim’s compensation fund, Department of Forensic Science assessme…

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement, as a part of the pretrial diversion program, that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse. The distric…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

All fees paid to the district attorney by offenders pursuant to this part shall be paid into the District Attorney’s Solicitor Fund. The funds shall be used to pay costs associated with the administration of the pretrial diversion program or for any other law enforcement purpose.…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender in the program. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the district attorney to terminate him or her from the …

The district attorney or his or her staff shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or of any service provider or their agents that are contracted to or who have agreed to provide services to …

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion of the pretrial diversion program. (Act…

The district attorney may form an advisory board within the county or judicial circuit named the Citizens Advisory Board for Pretrial Diversion to assist the district attorney in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain th…

The district attorney, to the extent practicable, may utilize the services of an existing community corrections program established pursuant to Section 15-18-170, to provide for the supervision of a defendant participating in the pretrial diversion program. The district attorney …

(a) The chief assistant district attorney and assistant district attorneys of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney and have no residency requirements. (b)(1) The chief assistant district attorney and three assistant district attorneys…

(a) In addition to all compensation heretofore provided by law, each member of the Jury Commission of Lauderdale County, including the clerk of the commission, shall be paid five dollars ($5) per day for the time actually engaged in the discharge of his or her duties as such memb…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in juvenile cases in Lauderdale County, a monthly supervision fee of not more than forty dollars ($40) may be assessed in juvenile court cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by t…

(a) The following county officials of Lauderdale County shall have the indicated salary and the indicated monthly expense allowance, viz: (b) This section shall supersede any and all other provisions in regard to the annual salary and monthly expense allowance of the above enumer…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County shall appoint one or more regular clerks in the probate office as deputy registrars empowered to take applications, testimony, and oaths of applicants for voting registration at any time the probate office is open to the public for bu…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County is authorized to charge a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for celebrating the rites of matrimony and may retain the fee for his or her personal use. This fee is in addition to any salary provided by law. (b) The provisions of this sectio…

(a) In addition to all other fees now provided by law, the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County shall collect the following recording fees: (1) Five dollars ($5) for each lot of a subdivision platted, but not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dolla…

(a) The Lauderdale County Community Development Commission is hereby created. The commission may receive and by majority vote distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created pursuant to subsection (d) for the purposes of promoting economic development, education, r…

In Lauderdale County, there is hereby established a county contingency fund to be funded by the county general fund in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, to be determined by the county commission. The fund may be expended by resolution of the county…

When used in this part, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Shoals Economic Development Authority. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority comprised of the members of the …

(a) To improve the Shoals economic quality of life through the active promotion and development of better employment opportunities and to assist the county commissions or other like governing bodies in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties in their pursuits therefor, there is created t…

(a) The 24 members of the authority shall constitute the board of directors of the authority. The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its members and shall elect a chair, vice chair, and treasurer from among its members. (b) …