Title 45

The Madison County Commission shall have the power by ordinance to regulate and prevent within Madison County the running at large of all dogs or other animals and to pass all ordinances necessary for the impounding and sale of such dogs and destruction of dogs, so long as any or…

It is hereby declared to be in the best interest of the public health and welfare that the Madison County Commission may provide for the burial or burning or other disposition of dead cattle, swine, livestock, or other animals on public property and private property when the owne…

The Madison County commissioners are authorized, provided the service is offered equally and upon payment of reasonable costs, except in the case of indigents, to cause the opening of graves for interment in other than cemeteries owned by private corporations licensed to operate …

(a)(1) The Madison County Commission may provide for expenses of cremation of any deceased indigent person, if the deceased was a resident of the county prior to his or her death, died without an estate, and has no relatives residing in the county who are financially able to prov…

(a)(1) The Madison County Board of Health shall designate the environmental services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department may charge and collect the fees pursuant to this…

The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Madison County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Madison County is hereby declared to be in the public…

(a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Madison County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from g…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for any person to park, leave, or store upon any place or premises in public view within the unincorporated territory of Madison County more than one motor vehicle which is not currently an…

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-45-173.01, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license…

(a) This part shall be enforced by the Madison County Commission. (b) The Madison County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Madison County Commission in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this p…

(a) In Madison County, the Madison County Commission may enact a noise ordinance for the areas outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and may provide that a violation of the ordinance constitutes a public nuisance subject to a civil fine of not more than one thousand…

(a)(1) In Madison County, no petroleum product tank farm may be constructed within one and one-half miles of any existing school. In addition, the site shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by eith…

(a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits …

(a) The Madison County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, under the conditions and limitations set forth herein, within Madison County, to go upon private property and perform road related service, for a fee, for churches, individuals, firms, or corporations and to se…

(a) It is the intent of this article to make available to Madison County residents the aforementioned services only when such road related services and road building materials are not available to them at a reasonable cost from private enterprise. Upon May 28, 1980, and annually …

In no case may county personnel or equipment be permitted to perform road related services on private property where a present public need exists for the county equipment and personnel. Moreover, the personnel and equipment necessary to perform such work on private property shall…

Before any road related services are performed on private property or road construction material is sold to churches, individuals, firms, or corporations, a written contract shall be signed by the party for whom the service is to be performed or to whom the material is to be sold…

The Madison County Commission shall not perform work on private property or sell materials to any church, individual, firm, or corporation within any 12-month period in excess of a total amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 5.)

The License Commissioner of Madison County is hereby authorized to issue boat licenses pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 33, by mail and may collect an additional issuance fee in an amount not exceed two dollars ($2) to cover the expense of mailing such licenses. (Act 85-315, p. 221, …

(a)(1) In Madison County, the county commission is authorized to impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed seventy-five cents ($.75) to be collected by the license director on each motor vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manuf…

(a) The Legislature finds that there is a shortage of individuals skilled in trades relating to the residential construction industry in Madison County, including municipalities that are located wholly or partially within the county and that, as authorized under Amendment 772 to …

In Madison County there is hereby created a county license department. The county license department is hereinafter referred to as the department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 2; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)

Upon written notification to the county commission by the director of the department holding office on April 13, 1998, of the director’s intention to retire on a future specified date, a succeeding director of the department shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county …

The salary of the director of the department shall be in the same amount and payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Madison County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 4; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the director of the department shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall enter into bond conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned. The bond shall be in a sum as may be prescribed by the…

Suitable office space, and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office, shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the director of the department, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires to be furnished b…

The director of the department may appoint a deputy director of the department, who shall perform duties as the director may prescribe, and who, in the absence of the director, shall have the same powers and authority herein granted to the director of the department. The director…

It shall be the duty of the director of the department to collect for and issue all licenses for motor vehicles, motor vehicle licenses, temporary instruction permits to drive motor vehicles, and any and all other licenses, which are now or may hereafter be required by law to be …

To prevent motor vehicles, as defined by Section 40–12–240, from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any trans…

On or after the first day of September each year, the director of the department, if he or she elects to do so, may mail an application in the form and containing the information hereinafter provided to all owners of motor vehicles listed as such in the motor vehicle license reco…

The Director of the Madison County License Department shall charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each motor vehicle license tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. The additional fee shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehic…

(a) The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, and alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay …

Any and all duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of judges of probate with reference to the registration, sale, and distribution of tags for motor vehicles, the issuance of motor vehicle drivers licenses and temporary instruction permits, and the transfer of the o…

All duties required by law of the tax assessor and tax collector of any county to which this part applies, with reference to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed and exercised by the director of the …

The director of the department shall collect for the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the tax assessor and tax collector for the same services. The fees, ch…

This part shall become effective in Madison County only upon a writing subscribed to by the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and the tax collector requesting to come under this part and upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of revenue, court of coun…

This part shall immediately apply and become effective in the county upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of the county, whereby it elects to come within this part; provided, however, that the governing…

It is the intent and purpose of the foregoing sections of this part to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better service to the people of the county, by incorporating in one county office the assessment and collection of all taxes o…

Any other provisions of law notwithstanding, there is hereby created the position of license inspector for the county. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 19.)

The license inspector for the county shall be the director of the county license department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 20.)

It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the county license department and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county of which he or she has been appointed license inspector, and if…

(a) In cases where a personal check given for licenses, motor vehicle registrations, manufactured home instruments, or any other instruments is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the Madison County License Director shall make a reasonable attempt to retrieve the license, …

(a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation located in the Monrovia School District. (b) T…

(a) The Madison County Commission may prepare sites and adjacent property in the county, accessible by the public, for parks and recreational and public purposes if the prepared property is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation operating Trojan Park in the Hazel Green area …

(a) In Madison County, it shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor ve…

(a) The Madison County Commission shall have the authority, at its discretion, to appropriate and pay to the Sheriff of Madison County, any deputy sheriff, or other member of the sheriff’s force, an annual amount to be determined by the Madison County Commission for each deputy s…