Title 45

(a) The Limestone County Board of Education shall set the salary of the county superintendent of education at an amount to be determined by the board and may raise the salary at any time during the contract period. (b) In addition to the salary provided in subsection (a), the Lim…

In Limestone County, the county board of education, upon recommendation of the county superintendent of education, may substitute other books or texts for use in the county schools under its jurisdiction for the textbooks on the list of state-approved or state-adopted textbooks p…

(a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby authorized to establish and set the compensation of the election officers, the returning officer, and the inspectors and clerks, in such amounts as it shall determine. Provided, however, the compensation established and set…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-244, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b) Each member of the Limestone County Board of Registrars shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of fifte…

(a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby empowered and authorized to establish, by resolution, voting centers by combining voters from two or more precincts in order to create a voting center, in order to facilitate, or reduce costs for elections. (b) The Limeston…

(a) In Limestone County, when any county officer’s or county employee’s clothing or equipment is damaged or destroyed while he or she is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and is acting within the line and scope of his or her authority, the county is authori…

The Limestone County Commission is authorized to pay for the reasonable charges of physical examinations, for prospective employees, from the funds of the county treasury, and to establish any procedures, from time to time, necessary to administer this section. (Act 87­422, p. 62…

The County Commission of Limestone County shall make provisions for health, hospitalization, surgical, and medical insurance for county employees retired under the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, and may pay all or any part of the cost thereof or the premiums thereon fro…

The Limestone County Commission shall allow retired county employees to participate in any health, hospitalization, surgical, or medical insurance program made available to regular county employees, or any related health program for retirees selected by the county commission. The…

This part shall apply to and have application in Limestone County, Alabama, to all regular full-time employees whose wages, salaries, and benefits are provided from the general fund and other designated and special funds under the management and administration of the board of cou…

As used in this part, unless the context plainly indicates a different meaning, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: (1) BOARD. The Board of County Commissioners. (2) COUNTY. Limestone County, Alabama. (3) EMPLOYEE. Any pe…

All employees of the county as herein defined shall be subject to the personnel rules and regulations in or promulgated pursuant to this part. Present employees and those who may hereafter be employed shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior, efficiency, …

(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this part, and to provide for hirings, promotions, demotions, suspensions, removals, disciplinary action, appeal, hearing, grievances, and the board may from time to time make changes in its rules, regul…

The board shall adopt and have printed such rules, regulations, and procedures as it may deem proper and in accordance with this part. The rules and regulations and all amendments thereafter adopted shall be kept on file in the commission office and open for public inspection. (A…

Any employee who willfully violates this part, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance hereof, shall be dismissed from service under the system and shall not be appointed or reemployed for two years. (Act 80­292, p. 405, § 6.)

In any matters related to this part wherein the board deems it necessary and proper to employ legal counsel, or if any person shall fail or refuse to comply with the lawful orders of the board in their actions pursuant to this part, the board may employ legal counsel to represent…

Nothing herein shall be construed as restricting the right of the commission to increase or decrease proportionately the compensation of all county employees; or to use independent contractors for performance of work or the rendering of service to the county. (Act 80­292, p. 405,…

This article shall apply only to those portions of Limestone County located outside the corporate boundaries of any municipality having a municipal fire department. (Act 2008­123, p. 161, § 1; Act 2008­414, p. 814, § 1.)

The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments and associations which 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 2008­123, p. 161, § 2.)

(a) There is levied on the owner of each dwelling and business located in those portions of Limestone County located outside the corporate boundaries of any municipality having a municipal fire department a fire protection service fee of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) monthly on…

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. In the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected, …

An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this article, shall mean a volunteer fire department located in Limestone County and is a member of the Limestone County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (Act 2008­123, p. 161, § 5.)

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

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 …

(a) The board of commissioners of a communication district established by the Limestone County Commission pursuant to Chapter 98 of Title 11, which serves territory lying within Limestone County may do any of the following: (1) Contract or otherwise cooperate with an emergency co…

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BINGO. The game, commonly known as bingo, where numbers or symbols on a card are matched with numbers or symbols selected at random. (2) BINGO SESSION. A consecutive period of time not to exceed f…

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by qualified organizations or qualified clubs for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Limestone County subject to this article. (Act 2000­124, p. 179, § 2.)

(a) No qualified organization or club shall be permitted to operate a bingo game unless the bingo game is located in the confines of Limestone County. The permit described in this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business licenses which may be required by …

(a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address of the permit holder, the location at which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo, and the day or days of the week on which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo. (b) The bingo permit holder shall displa…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only qualified organizations or qualified clubs which are properly issued permits or licenses pursuant to this article, shall be allowed to operate bingo games. A qualified organization or qualified club shall not lend its name or a…

(a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented at a reasonable rate by the permit holder, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 45­42­150.04. (b) Prizes given by any qualified nonprofit organization for t…

Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to each bingo session for at least one year from the date of the session: (1) An itemized list of gross receipts for each session. (2) An itemized list of all expenses, including the name of each person to whom th…

(a) On or before April 15, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15 of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the county commission a copy of the records required in Section 45­42­150.06 relating to the operation of …

The sheriff may revoke any permit if the permit holder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permit holder violates this article or rules promulgated pursuant to this article. The revocation shall become effective 10 days after the notice, by certified mail,…

(a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is revoked for a violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45­42­150.1…

The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall afford trial by jury for all appeals directed to it for alleged violations of this article leading to revocations of existing permits. (Act 2000­124, p. 179, § 11.)

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor upon first conviction under this article. Any subsequent conviction shall be a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2000­124, p. 179, § 12.)

Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any bingo game or operation in violation of this article, may be contraband and may be seized and be forfeited. Property forfeited may be sold, destroyed, or retained for official use by the municipal, county, state, or law …

Any other law providing a penalty or disability on a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who performs other acts in connection with bingo, shall not appl…

(a) The County Commission of Limestone County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection for the forestlands and other acreage protected by the Alabama Forestry Commission in Limestone County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s acreage protection…

(a) The Limestone County governing body shall reimburse the office of license commissioner, judge of probate, or tax collector from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, arising or caused …

The purpose of this part is to provide for the economic and efficient merger of the City of Athens and Limestone County and such other political subdivisions as by formal procedures agree to participate in the merger. (Act 87­324, p. 442, § 1.)

The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. The sheriff, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and judge of probate, and such other public offices of Limestone County which are established by the constitution or by statute. (2)…

Limestone County and any local government may merge to form a metropolitan-government. A metropolitan-government may exercise all powers and duties assigned by general law to both cities and the county in the territory merged. (Act 87­324, p. 442, § 3.)

Establishment of the metropolitan-government shall be initiated by a referendum which shall be participated in by Limestone County, the City of Athens, and such other local governments wholly within Limestone County as by resolution of the governing body agree to participate as a…