Title 45

The authority may maintain an office in Colbert County or Lauderdale County, or both. The cost of securing, furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining the office shall be a lawful charge against any funds of the authority. (Act 95-409, p. 874, §1.)

Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, or other similar laws, commonly referred to as the Alabama Bid Law or Competitive Bid Law, shall not apply to the authority, its directors, officers, agents, or employees, or in their capacities as such, who shall be expressly exempt fr…

The authority, its property, real and personal, any income produced and all conveyances, deeds, leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust, shall be exempt from all taxation by the State of Alabama or any political or administrative subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, …

(a) The authority may institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue. The authority may be sued only in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County or Colbert County, Alabama. The officers, directors, agents, employees, and members of th…

It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this part that the Shoals Industrial Development Authority created pursuant to Act 86-244, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 372) and Act 86-231, 1986 Regular Session (Acts 1986, p. 341), continue in existence as the Shoals Eco…

For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) AUTHORIZED MUNICIPALITIES. The Cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Cherokee, Littleville, Leighton, Florence, Rogersville, Killen, Anderson, Lexington,…

The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise taxes in an amount not to exceed two cents ($.02) per gallon on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within such counties and to…

On or before the 20th day of each month after April 11, 2002, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Lauderdale County on forms prescribed by the county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals of gasol…

All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than three years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as will clearly show the amount of sale or withdrawals gasoline and motor fuel made in Lauderdale Co…

Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied under authority of this subpart, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-39-92.42 to t…

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required in this subpart or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the Lauderdale County Commiss…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lauderdale County to enforce this subpart upon its imposing the tax thereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every distributor, storer, or retail d…

If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under authority of this subpart, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this subpart and there shall be added to the am…

The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this subpart shall not preclude the collection of the amount actually due. However, the amount actually paid shall constitute a credit against the amount actually due. (Act 2002-292, p. 604, §9.)

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this subpart or shall fail to comply with any reasonable rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, may be restrained, and proper prosecution instituted in the name of Lauderdale County by the Attorney General of the State of Al…

Each agent of any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in Lauderdale County shall report to the County Commission of Lauderdale County on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasol…

Unless otherwise directly deposited with a paying agent or trustee as permitted in Section 45-39-92.52, the proceeds of the taxes imposed under authority of this subpart shall be paid into a special fund in the county treasury for use as provided in Section 45-39-92.52. (Act 2002…

Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-39-92.51 shall be made exclusively for the purposes of paying principal of and interest on securities evidencing obligations incurred for payment for the Shoals Economic Development Project. All of the proceeds of the …

(a) When the original securities secured by a pledge of the taxes authorized in this subpart, including refunding securities hereafter issued to refund the original securities, for the Shoals Economic Development Project have been paid in full, the local public corporation is abo…

(a) It is hereby determined that the development of the Shoals Economic Development Project is for a public purpose and will be in the best interest of the citizens of Lauderdale County and Colbert County. For the purposes of aiding or cooperating with Colbert County, the Cities …

(a)(1) Each member of the Lauderdale County Board of Education shall receive an expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month which shall be paid out of the Lauderdale County General School Fund and which shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, expense…

(a) Commencing with the next election of the Lauderdale County Superintendent of Education occurring after January 1, 2021, the superintendent shall be elected by the qualified electors of Lauderdale County who reside outside of the corporate limits of the City of Florence, and s…

At the general election held in Lauderdale County wherein the Lauderdale County Superintendent of Education shall be elected, he or she shall assume office on the first Monday in January immediately following the election and shall hold office for a term of four years and until h…

The salary of the county superintendent of education shall be fixed by the County Board of Education of Lauderdale County at not less than three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) per annum, which salary shall be paid in the same way and manner as now provided under the genera…

The county superintendent of education shall be charged with the same duties and shall exercise the same powers as are now or as may hereafter be provided by the general school laws of the state in the conduct of the office of county superintendent of education and no person shal…

In the event of a vacancy in the office for any cause, except removal, the vacancy shall be filled by the county board of education, and the person so appointed shall hold office until the next general election thereafter when his or her successor shall be elected. Should any cou…

The duties and powers prescribed by the general laws of the state for the office of county superintendents in the supervision of the schools of the several counties shall apply to and be incumbent upon the county superintendent. The county superintendent elected or appointed unde…

In Lauderdale County, each member of the board of registrars shall be entitled to receive additional compensation in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, which shall be payable out of the county general fund. Such amount shall be in addition to any and all a…

In Lauderdale County, an election officer who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount which, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, will make the total amount paid to each clerk one hundred dollars ($100)…

(a) It is the purpose of this section to create and establish a countywide personnel system in Lauderdale County for all elected county officials, except the Sheriff of Lauderdale County. The countywide personnel system shall include equity, fairness, and compliance with all appl…

The provisions of this article, other than Section 45-39-140.08, shall apply only to those portions of Lauderdale County located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Florence. Section 45-39-140.08 shall apply to the entire county. (Act 90-441, p. 604, §1.)

The Legislature hereby declares that volunteer fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this article are organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (Act 90-441, p. 604, §2.)

(a) There is hereby levied on the owner of each residential dwelling and on the owner of each business or commercial building or facility located in those portions of Lauderdale County located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Florence a fire protection service fee …

The fire protection service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced as closely as possible at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. The proceeds of the fee shall be paid into a special coun…

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this article, shall mean a volunteer fire department located in Lauderdale County that is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines. (Act 90-441, p. 604, §5.)

Funds paid to eligible volunteer fire departments shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase liability insurance to insure coverage of acts or omission which ar…

Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county commission. The fun…

The personnel of volunteer fire departments provided for in this article shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in a …

The Lauderdale County Commission shall have authority to employ a county fire marshal. The county commission shall prescribe the duties and set the salary of the county fire marshal. The fire marshal shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission. The fire marshal’s duties …

(a) The Lauderdale County Commission shall reimburse the office of judge of probate, revenue commissioner, and license commissioner from the general fund in the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum, arising or …

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM. Public property that is not by tradition a forum for expressive activity, which a municipality has opened, temporarily or otherwise, for use by the general public as a…

(a) The County Board of Health of Lauderdale County, which is a part of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department, is hereby authorized to recommend reasonable fees or charges to the governing body of the county and the governing body shall establish the actual amount of t…

In Lauderdale County, notwithstanding all laws, rules, and regulations to the contrary, upon request by a property owner, the county health department or its duly appointed agent shall perform a site evaluation test for a fee of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) when…

(a) In Lauderdale County, the county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations for the creation of a legislative office to assist the Lauderdale County Legislative Delegation in the performance of its duties. (b) The office provided for by this section …

(a) There is hereby created the office of County License Commissioner in Lauderdale County, Alabama. No later than 30 days from May 17, 1979, the legislative delegation representing Lauderdale County, by a majority vote thereof, shall appoint a county license commissioner who sha…

The county license commissioner shall have an official seal of office and shall maintain his or her permanent office in the court house of Lauderdale County. Before entering upon the duties of office, the county license commissioner shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitut…