Title 45

The City Council of the City of Athens in Limestone County, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday, as determined by the city council, by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and t…

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipal judge or a municipal magistrate of the City of Athens in Limestone County may assess a defendant with a recall fee that shall be paid in order for a municipal judge or magistrate to recall a failure to appear or failure …

No person residing within the corporate limits of the City of Athens shall be eligible to vote for the members of the Limestone County Board of Education or the Limestone County Superintendent of Education. (Act 83­678, p. 1067,§ 1.)

The governing body of the City of Athens may from time to time adopt ordinances to protect its historical character in the manner hereinafter provided. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 1.)

The governing body may by ordinance designate as a historic preservation district any section within the corporate limits of the City of Athens, which section such governing body may determine possesses such historic significance by reason of antiquity, architecture, historic imp…

A historic preservation commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, with the following membership, duties, and powers, may be established by ordinance of the governing body: (1) The commission shall be composed of five members. Residents of the historic district or dis…

It shall be the duty of the commission to pass upon the appropriateness of: (1) The exterior architectural features of buildings and structures to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, renovated, or restored within any historic preservation district, except as hereinaf…

The commission shall have no authority concerning the use of property which shall continue to be regulated by any applicable zoning regulations of the City of Athens, but the commission shall consider the height, the setback from street and property boundary lines, and the buildi…

The City of Athens governing body may also adopt by ordinance such other regulations as are necessary to effect the purposes of this part not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 6.)

This part shall apply only in the City of Athens. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 1.)

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryne…

(a) For purposes of this part, the enforcing official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee as the mayor from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official, a public nuisance exists as described in Section 45–42A–24.0…

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the nuisance, or the nuisance is not otherwise abated, (1) within the time permitted to do so as stated in the enforcing official’s notice, where such notice was not suspended by the request for a hearing before the administra…

When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the city, but a redemptioner or pu…

This part is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 6.)

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 650, S. 593, 1919 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Se…

The municipal governing body of the City of Athens in Limestone County may waive, or authorize the waiver by any municipal utility board, any costs and fees for permits, water meters, sewer taps, the installation of temporary electric service poles, and other similar costs and fe…

In Limestone 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, Title 36, is abolished. (Act 96­288, p. 332, § 1.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-446, EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE TERM OF THE CURRENT CORORNER. (Act 91­275, p. 515, §§ 1­3; Act 2000­433, p. 794, § 1; Act 2008­35, p. 54, §§ 2­4.)

(a) In Limestone County, effective beginning the term of office of the coroner after the effective date of Act 2024-446, the salary of the coroner shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per year payable in installments from the general fund of the county. The salary provided b…

In Limestone County, the county coroner, subject to approval of the county commission, may appoint one or more deputy coroners who shall have the same responsibilities as the coroner. If the county coroner should for any reason vacate the office, any deputy coroner shall serve un…

(a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b) The Limestone County Commission may pay the education and training expenses including, but not limited to, tuition, travel, lodging, books, and continuing education fees for the county coroner and his or her employees. (c…

(a) The chair and members of the county commission in Limestone County shall receive an expense allowance of nine hundred dollars ($900) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expense allowances, or benefits granted to the chair and membe…

All Limestone County Commissioners shall devote their entire time to the performance of the duties of their office and all laws or parts of laws pertaining to county commissioners of Limestone County shall be read and interpreted consistent with this section. (Act 85­272, p. 172,…

(a) In Limestone County, it shall be lawful for the several district commissioners, serving as members of the county commission or other like governing body, to authorize the opening of any grave within their district for the interment services of deceased individuals. (b) There …

In the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, each circuit judge is hereby authorized to receive as a supplemental salary to that paid by the state a sum equal to 30 percent of the salary paid the judges by the state. The County Commission of Limestone County is hereby directed to pay th…

In the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, each district judge is hereby authorized to receive as a supplemental salary to that paid by the state a sum equal to 30 percent of the salary paid the judges by the state. The County Commission of Limestone County is hereby directed to pay t…

Each court reporter of the judicial circuit composed of Limestone County shall be allowed and paid an additional supplement in an amount to be determined by the Limestone County Commission which shall be in addition to any and all other compensation or expense allowances provided…

(a) In the 39th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all orders and decrees may be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the circuit on a sheet or sheets now commonly called trial sheets or case action summary sheets. There shall be a trial sheet or case action summary sh…

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in juvenile cases in Limestone County, a one-time supervision fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) may be assessed in each juvenile court case at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be col…

(a)(1) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases that arise within the geographic boundaries of Limestone County in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts exercising jurisdiction within the geographic boundaries of Limestone County, a docket fee,…

In addition to any other compensation or expense allowance now provided by law, the District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit shall have the option of receiving either an automobile furnished for his or her use by the county or a monthly expense allowance equal to on…

An offender may apply to the district attorney for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. The application shall be made in the time and manner designated by the district attorney. (Act 2012­360, p. 892, § 3.)

The lawfully appointed investigators of the District Attorney for the Thirtyninth Judicial Circuit shall have the same arrest authority and powers vested in deputy sheriffs of Limestone County while such investigators are performing authorized duties within Limestone County. Prov…

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program.…

(a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise provided by law for the D…

Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the absolute discretion of the district attorney. However, an offender deemed by the district attorney to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community shall not be eligible for the program. Further, an offender char…

(a) The district attorney may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state and of the of…

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission and as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, the district attorney may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educa…

(a) Following the decision of the district attorney to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the district attorney and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the progra…

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs or fees and assessments for the crime victim’s c…

(a) Application fees required by this subpart shall be collected by the appropriate circuit or district court clerk of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit. The fees shall be disbursed to the appropriate court clerk, the Limestone County Children’s Advocacy Center, the Limestone Cou…

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney and the offender shall submit the offender’s written application together with the offender’s statement of facts, the district attorney’s acceptance of the offender, and the agreement be…

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the district attorney may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the agreement. (3) Require the offende…

In no event shall the district attorney, the Limestone County Community Corrections program, the Limestone County Drug Court, or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversi…

The district attorney, to the extent practicable, shall utilize the services of community corrections programs established pursuant to Section 15–18–170, to provide for the supervision of offenders in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2012­360, p. 892, § 13.)