Title 45

The tax levied under this part shall be collected by the county or the collection agency from time to time designated in writing by the governing body of the county to serve in such capacity for and on behalf of the county, the county or collection agency, as applicable, being he…

The tax levied under this part, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues. On or before the twentieth day in each month after June 1, 2001, every pe…

Any person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity taxable under this part having a cash and credit business may report such cash business and the taxpayer shall thereafter include in each monthly report all credit …

On or before 30 days after the end of the tax year, each person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity liable for the payment of a privilege tax as levied by this part shall make a return showing the gross proceeds…

It shall be the duty of every person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity engaged in or continuing within the county any business taxed hereunder to keep and preserve suitable records of the gross proceeds of suc…

The monthly reports herein required to be made are not required to be made on oath, but wherever in this part any report is required to be sworn to, the same shall be sworn to by the taxpayer or his or her agent before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and any false st…

All reports or returns filed with the agency under this part shall be available for inspection by the governing body of the county, or any duly designated representative, at reasonable times during business hours. (Act 2001-561, p. 1130, §8.)

It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship, or other entity engaged in or continuing within the county any business for which a license or privilege tax is required by this part to fail or refuse to …

The tax levied by this part, together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, 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 part. The taxes, together with interest and penalties, sh…

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, and compliance generally with the state lodgin…

The provisions of this part are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating taxes; provided, however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Act 2001-561, p. 1130, §13.)

This subpart shall apply only to Lawrence County. (Act 95-721, p. 1543, §1.)

Any sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, privilege license, or excise tax based on gross receipts, or similar tax levied by the Lawrence County Commission or for the benefit of the county shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the 20th day of the month ne…

Any tax to be collected pursuant to this subpart shall constitute a debt due the county as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or wh…

All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of reports and keeping and preserving of records with respect thereto, penalties for failure to pay the tax, the promulgation of rules and regulat…

The county commission may retain and deposit to the general fund of the county, for general fund purposes and uses, including the administration of this subpart, up to 10 percent of the total amount of any tax collected in the county under this subpart. The amount shall be in lie…

The provisions of this subpart shall be effective with respect to all sales and gross receipts levied by the county which are closed or received on and after October 1, 1995. The Alabama State Department of Revenue shall remain responsible for the collection of all taxes arising …

(a) 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) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the state. (2) COUNTY. Lawrence County in the State…

(a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and to collect as herein provided, a privilege or license tax on account of the business activities and in the amount to be…

(a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose excise taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption of property in the county as hereinafter provided in this section: (1) An excise tax is hereby authorized to be levied and imposed on the storage, u…

The sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues; and the use taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.32 shall b…

Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31 shall add to the sales price or admission fee and collect from the purchaser or the person paying the admission fee the amount due by the ta…

Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in the county, which storage, use, or other consumption is not exempted from the use taxes herein authorized to be levied, shall at the time of making such sale, or if the st…

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…

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…

The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county for collecting the taxes authorized to be levied herein, the costs of the department in collecting the taxes; provided such charge shall not, in any event, exceed five percent of the total amount of the taxes collected hereu…

The proceeds of any taxes herein authorized to be levied shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after their receipt as follows: (1) Fifty percent shall be paid over to the county board of education. (2) Fifty percent shall be paid over to the county general fund. (Act 80…

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 any such levy the first day of the second month following such levy. (Act 80-123, p. 176, §11.)

(a) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the amount of sales tax levied and imposed in Lawrence County upon every person, firm, or corporation engaged or continuing within the county in the business of selling at retail any automotive vehicle or truck is reduced by one …

(a) This section shall apply only in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County to protect the Tennessee River and its watershed to promote the benefici…

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Lee County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Lee 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 applicable law. …

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 362 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and Act 531 of the 1976 Regular Session, the following elected officials serving Lee County shall receive annual salaries as follows on August 1, 2000: (b)(1) The annual salaries provided for in this section sh…

In Lee County, the judge of probate, the revenue commissioner, and each member of the county commission shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month to be paid out of the county general fund for performance of any in-co…

The revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the City of Auburn develops and promotes for the public good and general welfare trade, commerce, industry, general business, and employment opportunities and promotes the general welfare of the city and sta…

The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof shall in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written app…

(a) The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: Herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. (b) The definitio…

(a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city,…

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with…

(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. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which sh…

(a) Each 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. The board shall consist of seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city. The board shall consist o…

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chair and vice chair of th…

(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 (which may be perpetuity, subject to Section 45-41A-10.19)…

(a) All bonds issued by the authority shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the board of its projects or of any thereof as may be designated in the proceedings of the board under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issu…

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but without limitation to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the p…

(a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premi…

Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority, in its discretion, may cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the city, a notic…