Title 45

(a) The Sheriff of Lauderdale County may conduct fundraising events, including, but not limited to, rodeos, and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of the sheriff. (b) The provisions of this section are r…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDIT CARD. A line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (2) DEBIT CARD. A card issued by a bank in relation to a checking or savings account authorized by law to be expen…

(a) The Lauderdale Court’s County Commission, or other like governing body of the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to authorize the sheriff of the county to employ a cook at the county jail, which cook shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff. (b) Such cook employed u…

Each member of the Board of Equalization of Lauderdale County shall be paid the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35) per day for the time actually engaged in the discharge of his or her duties as such member, to be paid by warrants drawn on the county treasurer on order of the county…

(a) This section shall apply to Lauderdale County. (b) The procedure for selling and redeeming lands for taxes in the county shall be the same as provided in Title 40, as amended, except that all duties as are required of and are performed by the judge of probate shall be transfe…

(a) The Lauderdale County Revenue Commissioner may establish procedures for electronic filing for the reporting, assessment, and payment of business personal property taxes pursuant to Section 40-7-59. A complete business personal property tax return filed electronically shall be…

In Lauderdale County, in addition to all other fees, penalties, and interest, a special delinquency fee in an amount to be determined by the Lauderdale County Commission, but not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each month that a tax payment remains delinquent, shall be paid to…

(a) The tax assessor and tax collector serving Lauderdale County on April 13, 1981, and being active members of the supernumerary tax collectors and tax assessors of Alabama pursuant to Section 40-6-1, as amended, shall each be entitled to claim and purchase up to five years cred…

In Lauderdale County, all persons serving as supernumerary tax collectors and supernumerary tax assessors as of September 25, 1986, shall receive a minimum annual salary payable in equal monthly installments from the county in the amount of fifteen thousand five hundred dollars (…

The County Commission of Lauderdale County, by resolution of such commission passed not later than April 1, 1984, may combine the offices of tax assessor and tax collector in the county, effective September 30, 1984. (Act 81-606, p. 1020, §1.)

(a) In Lauderdale County, the combination of the offices of tax assessor and tax collector authorized by a resolution by the county commission, pursuant to Section 45-39-241.60, is hereby designated as the office of revenue commissioner. The revenue commissioner shall receive an …

Effective beginning the next term of office, the Revenue Commissioner of Lauderdale County shall receive a cost-of-living salary increase in the same total percentage as any cost-of-living increases granted to any other county elected officials on or after October 1, 2001, until …

In Lauderdale County, all senior citizen centers and community centers which primarily sponsor senior citizens’ activities are hereby exempted from all county and municipal ad valorem taxes. (Act 92-250, p. 605, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Lauderdale County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not …

The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to levy, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise tax on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within Lauderdale County at a rate …

On or before the 20th day of each month after August 1, 1989, 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 two 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 of gasoline and motor fuel made in Lauderdale C…

Within 30 days, after the effective date of the levy of the tax authorized by this part, 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 45-39-243.02…

It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lauderdale County to enforce this part 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 deal…

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 the authority of this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be added to the amou…

The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this part 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 89-700, p. 1391, §8.)

Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this part 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 Alaba…

Each agent or 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…

The proceeds of any tax received under authority of this part shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after its receipt to the county general fund. Provided however, the proceeds of the tax received under authority of this part within the corporate limits of the City of F…

In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is hereby levied a privilege or license tax against every person engaging in Lauderdale County in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to any transient in any hotel, motel, inn, to…

There are exempted from the provisions of the tax levied by this part and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied or payable hereunder the following: Charges for property sold or services furnished which are required to be included in the tax levied by the state sale…

(a) The taxes levied by this part, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be due and payable to the State Department of Revenue on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the 20th day of each month after the effecti…

All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax; make reports, or otherwise; the promulgation o…

None of the provisions of this part shall be applied in such manner as to violate the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Should any provision of this part be held invalid, the invalidity thereof shall not affect remaining provisions of this part. (Act 86-411,…

The State Department of Revenue shall charge Lauderdale County for collecting the county tax levied herein, an amount or percentage of total collections not to exceed 10 percent of the total amount of tax collected hereunder. Such charge for collecting the tax for the county may …

(a) The Alabama Department of Revenue shall distribute the net proceeds of the lodging tax as follows: (1) Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds of the lodging tax shall be distributed to the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Board. (2) Twenty-five percent of the proceeds shall be d…

All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of monthly reports and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after the due date of the tax, penalties for failure to pay the t…

In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, there is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax against the person on account of the business activit…

(a) In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, an excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of tangible personal property, not including, however, materials a…

In the City of Florence, Alabama, there is hereby levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax against the person on account of the business activities and in the amount to be determ…

(a) In the City of Florence, Alabama, an excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in the City of Florence, Alabama, of tangible personal property, not including, however, materials and supplies bought for use in fulfilling a contract for the painting…

The taxes as herein levied, together with the interest and penalties imposed by this subpart, shall be a lien upon the property of any person, firm, or corporation due the taxes under this subpart, and all of the provisions of the revenue laws of the State of Alabama applying to …

The taxes herein levied shall constitute a debt due Lauderdale County and the City of Florence, and may be collected by civil suit in addition to the methods provided by law or herein otherwise provided. (Acts 1949, No. 296, p. 426, §6.)

(a) Unless otherwise authorized and directed by the governing body of Lauderdale County as provided in subsection (b), the taxes herein levied shall be collected by and paid to the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County in his or her official capacity. All reports required to be m…

(a) In the event the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 45-39-245.06 are utilized for the collection of the taxes herein levied, the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County shall at monthly intervals pay over any monies collected by him or her from such taxes, less his or her …

Taxes hereby imposed applicable to Lauderdale County outside of the limits of the City of Florence, shall be in addition to all other licenses and taxes levied by law as a condition precedent to engage in any business taxable hereunder in Lauderdale County, outside the limits of …

In event the taxes herein levied are being collected by and paid to the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County under this subpart, the taxes herein levied shall be due and collectible at the times and manner and as set out in the aforesaid Act 100 of the 1959 Second Special Sessio…

All revenues arising from the taxes hereby levied applicable to Lauderdale County outside the city limits of the City of Florence shall be used exclusively for public school purposes and solely for capital outlay, construction, and maintenance of the county public schools in Laud…

All revenues arising from the taxes hereby levied applicable to the City of Florence in Lauderdale County shall be used exclusively for public school purposes in the City of Florence, including capital outlay, construction, and maintenance of city public schools and the payment o…

Each taxpayer may comply with this subpart by filing with the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County, Alabama, a copy of the report made by him or her to the Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama, and paying to the judge of probate the tax due according to the report com…

(a) The following words, terms, and phrases, as used in this subpart, shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) AUTHORITY. The Shoals Economic Development Authority, an agency or instrumentality of the county …