Title 45

The taxes authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in this subpart. The taxes, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitu…

The entire proceeds derived by the county from the taxes herein authorized to be levied, including any income derived from the investment of such proceeds, shall be paid over and deposited, promptly upon receipt thereof, into a separate and distinct fund or account of the county,…

(a) If the governing body of the county elects to levy or impose any of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and imposed, it shall specify, as the effective date of such levy, the first day of the second calendar month next following that during which such levy is made; provi…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected may be abated by any governmental or other public body pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9B of Title 40. (Act 2007-352, p. 625, §10.)

(a) In Lauderdale County, the payments made to the county commission as authorized in Section 40-28-2 shall be distributed by the county commission as follows: 10 percent of the payments shall be distributed to the county to be used in the county road and bridge fund; 30 percent …

As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALARM MONITORING SERVICE. A service that uses a device located at a residence, place of business, or other fixed premises for both of the following purposes: a. To receive signals from other devices …

In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, municipalities and municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend, lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunicatio…

(a) In order to provide funds for payment of the costs of the acquisition, establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance, enlargement, extension, lease, or improvement of cable systems, telecommunications equipment, and telecommunications systems, municipalities and municipa…

In addition to all other powers, rights, privileges, and authority heretofore granted by law, in the exercise of the authority and power granted hereunder, municipalities and municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County may exercise all powers of eminent domain now or hereaft…

No action taken pursuant to this part shall create or authorize the incurrence of a debt by any municipality in Lauderdale County within the meaning of any state constitutional provisions or statutory limitation on debts. (Act 99-646, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 87, §5.)

This part shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing, including without limitation, powers previously conferred upon specific municipalities or m…

(a) This section shall apply only in Lauderdale County. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds the following: (1) It is in the best interest of the State of Alabama and the people of Lauderdale County to protect the Tennessee River and its watershed to promote the bene…

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Lawrence County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Lawrence 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 applic…

This article shall apply only to the Town of Courtland in Lawrence County. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §1.)

The municipal corporation of the Town of Courtland in Lawrence County may establish, purchase, construct, maintain, and operate a television cable system and furnish television cable service to its residents and residents of surrounding territory. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §2.)

The municipal corporation may construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire television lines or cables for the furnishing of television service from any point in this state or any other state to the municipal corporation and surrounding territory. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §3.)

For purposes of this article, the municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. The eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided by law. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §4.)

(a) In payment for the purchase, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of the television cable system, the municipal corporation may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law. (b) The municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful payment of …

The municipal corporation furnishing television cable service pursuant to this article may require any person furnishing television cable service to the public in this state to interconnect the television cable, lines, facilities, or systems furnishing the service with, or otherw…

The municipal corporation shall have all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers conferred on it by this article and in effectuating this article. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §7.)

For the transaction of business pursuant to this article, the municipal corporation shall be exempt from the jurisdiction and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to the business. (Act 97-570, p. 1008, §8.)

(a) In Lawrence County, there is created the Lawrence County 2015 Commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the long-term planning of economic development, business, and education in the county, whose members serve on a voluntary basis and without compensation. (b)(1) Th…

In Lawrence County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 36, is abolished. (Act 2008-427, p. 828, §1.)

(a) The Lawrence County Coroner shall be paid an expense allowance from the county general fund in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) monthly, which shall be in addition to any and all other salary, allowance, or other compensation provided by law for the county coron…

(a) The Chair of the Lawrence County Commission shall be a resident of good moral character and a qualified elector of Lawrence County and shall reside in the county during his or her term of office. The Chair of the Lawrence County Commission shall have and exercise all of the p…

(a) The members of the County Commission of Lawrence County, excluding the chair, shall receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month in addition to any other compensation and allowance provided by law. The expense allowance p…

(a) The Lawrence County shall be composed of five , elected from single-member one through five, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she …

In addition to all other requirements of law, no municipality whose corporate limits or boundaries include lands outside of Lawrence County may annex lands within Lawrence County, or otherwise extend its corporate limits or boundaries in Lawrence County, without the consent of th…

Immediately upon October 1, 2001, the Circuit Judge for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall receive a supplemental expense allowance, payable in equal monthly installments from the Lawrence County General Fund, in an amount equal to 40 percent of the prevailing salary paid to…

(a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall be entitled to a supplemental allowance, paid from the county treasury of the county composing the judicial circuit, in a sum equal to the supplemental allowance paid from county funds to the District Attorney o…

(a) The circuit and district court judges of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit who are holding office on May 29, 1984, shall have six months from May 29, 1984, to make an election, in writing, with the county commission of the county comprising the circuit to come within this sec…

Each court reporter of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit composed of Lawrence County shall be paid three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per month total expense allowance which shall be in addition to any and all other compensation provided for by law. The expense allowances shall b…

(a) A supernumerary district attorney for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall receive as additional compensation payable from the county general fund of the county within the circuit, an amount equal to the amount received by any retired circuit judge for the Thirty-sixth Jud…

(a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of courts, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) in each civil or quasi civil action, criminal case, quasi criminal proceeding, or any other case of any kind whatsoever filed in the probate, municipal, dis…

(a) In Lawrence County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district and juvenile court cases with the exception of small claims cases, a fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. The monies derived from the additional f…

(a) In addition to any and all other costs and charges of court, there is hereby levied an additional court charge of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per case filed in the circuit and district courts of Lawrence County. The additional court charge shall be collected as other costs…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed thirty-five dollars ($35) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each c…

In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Lawrence County, there shall be levied and assessed a court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) in all cases in which court costs are assessed which are determined by the judge to be domes…

In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lawrence County, an additional court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged and collected in each drug case charged under Article 5, commencing with Section 13A-12-20, of Chapter 12 of Title 13A, by…

(a) All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall have all the powers and authority and immunities of a deputy sheriff. All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shal…

(a) This section shall apply only to Lawrence County. (b) Effective April 1, 2000, any Judge of Probate of Lawrence County who has served continuously as Judge of Probate of Lawrence County for a period of 20 years or more shall be entitled to receive as his or her compensation a…

(a) A recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be collected by the judge of probate for each real property instrument and each personal property instrument filed for record in the office of the judge of probate. The county commission may, upon the adoption of a resolution, levy a …

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 321 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and subsection (d) of Section 12-19-90, in Lawrence County, a recording fee of four dollars ($4) shall be paid to the judge of probate and collected by the judge of probate, with respect…

(a) There is created the Lawrence County Community Development Commission which shall be authorized to receive and by majority vote to distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic development including, but not limit…

(a) All power and authority granted to Lawrence County pursuant to Amendment 190 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or to any public authority or corporation created by Lawrence County pursuant to Amendment 190 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be consolidated in…

The payment of an expense allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month being paid by the Lawrence County Commission to the members of the Lawrence County Board of Education, on September 1, 1981, shall be discontinued and thereafter such payment of the expense …