Title 45

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County, Alabama, is hereby authorized to sell at public auction, in the manner provided in this section, abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the Sheriff’s Department of Madison County which has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner th…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for fingerprinting persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons; however, a fee may not be charged if the fingerprinting is performed for a public purpose or on behalf o…

(a) Any device which is used as a weapon in the commission of a crime against any person or any device which is used as a weapon in any attempt to commit any crime against any person, and any weapon or device possessed during any violation of the laws concerning controlled substa…

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, the clerk, sheriff, or other appropriate court official in the civil division of the district and circuit courts of Madison County shall increase the fees by ten dollars ($10) for each subpoena served a…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County may charge a fee of ten dollars ($10) for a local criminal history background check on persons for passport identification, employment purposes, or other personal reasons if the sheriff is authorized by law to conduct a background check and relea…

(a) The Sheriff of Madison County is hereby authorized to operate a jail store within the confines of the county jail. The jail store shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) All funds generated by the jail store after business and operating expense…

(a) The sheriff of Madison County may operate a jail store and a telephone and messaging system for inmates within the confines of the Madison County Jail. The jail store and the telephone and messaging system shall each be operated to serve the needs of the county jail populatio…

Any person who has been committed to the county jail or to any city jail in Madison County under a criminal sentence may be released therefrom at the sentencing court, either on its own motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at the time of sentence or at any time during the …

Any person who has been sentenced to the Madison County Jail or any city jail within Madison County and who has been ordered released under Section 45-45-233.20, may at the time of sentence or at any time while any part thereof remains unserved, be required by the sentencing cour…

Any person released under Section 45-45-233.20, or ordered confined under Section 45-45-233.21, who wilfully fails to report for confinement as ordered shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he or she has been sentenced and, upon conviction, shall be subjec…

Any person released from jail pursuant to Section 45-45-233.20 shall pay to the county a sum equal to 25 percent of his or her gross earnings earned while so released. The court having jurisdiction of the case, as a condition to releasing a prisoner pursuant to this subpart, may …

In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of the case determines that the collection and payment of the sums provided for in Section 45-45-233.23 will impose a definite and significant financial hardship on the dependents of the prisoner involved, the court, may in its d…

All sums collected under this subpart shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart including, but not limited to, paying salaries and other expenses involved in making investigations and studies necessary to determine whether or not particular prisoners will be grante…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this subpart pertaining to pretrial release shall be a guide to judicial officers in Madison County, as defined herein, to insure that no person be needlessly detained in the county because of his or her personal economic…

As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means, unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge or equivalent thereof in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, any judge of probate in Madison County, any district court judge or judge of any other court created in lieu thereof…

(a) Any person in Madison County charged with an offense, at his or her appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending trial on his or her personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the judicial off…

(a) Whoever, having been released pursuant to this subpart, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required, shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or was pledged for his or her release, and, in addition shall be guilty of a Class B mi…

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-45-233.28 and who has violated a condition of release, shall be subject to revocation of release and, in addition, may be prosecuted for contempt of court. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release may be ini…

(a) A person who has been conditionally released pursuant to Section 45-45-233.28 and as to whom there is probable cause to believe he or she has committed a felony or misdemeanor while released, shall be subject to revocation of release. (b) Proceedings for revocation of release…

Any person engaged in the business of undertaking to act as surety on bail bonds in Madison County, or any servant, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of acting as surety on bail bonds in Madison County who shall pay a fee or rebate or …

Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, peace officer, warrant magistrate, or any other person who has the power to arrest or to hold another person in custody, or any public official or employee, who receives a fee or rebate or receives or agrees to receive anything of value, in…

All forfeitures of cash or other security deposited with the clerk of any court, and all deposits otherwise retained pursuant to this subpart shall be paid over to the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Fund hereby created, to be used to implement this subpart. (Act…

(a) There is hereby created a body to be known as the Madison County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called the commission. The commission shall be composed of eight persons, including the following: The Sheriff of Madison County, the District Attorney o…

Any funds which have been collected pursuant to Act 895, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1753) and Act 608, 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 867) as amended by Act 435, 1975 Regular Session (Acts 1975, p. 1045) and which on April 25, 1978, are unexpended shall be paid over…

Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of Alabama of its power to punish for contempt. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 18.)

The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bail and release procedures provided by law. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, § 19.)

(a)(1) In Madison County, the fees for the issuance of a license by the sheriff pursuant to Section 13A-11-75, to authorize a person to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person, at the request of the licensee, shall be as provided below: a. For a reg…

(a) Any sheriff or any person who has served as Sheriff of Madison County who meets either of the following qualifications may elect to participate in the supernumerary sheriff’s program: (1) A person who has had 12 years of service as a law enforcement officer, four of which hav…

The governing body of Madison County shall begin deducting, upon May 8, 2001, and each month thereafter, from the salaries of such sheriffs an amount equal to six percent of the monthly salary paid to the sheriff and shall be deducted monthly and paid into the general fund of the…

Any sheriff, serving on January 17, 1995, of Madison County who elects to participate in the supernumerary sheriff’s program shall receive service for supernumerary status for any time served as sheriff after January 17, 1995. Any sheriff, in order to receive service credit for p…

Those persons eligible under either subsections (a) or (b) of Section 45-45-235, having served 30 years as a Madison County law enforcement officer, eight of which were served as Sheriff of Madison County, shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 75 percent of the monthly …

Those persons eligible under subsections (a) or (b) of Section 45-45-235 and 45-45-235.02 who may elect to become a supernumerary sheriff shall be entitled to receive a cost-of-living increase as the remuneration of the office of sheriff increases from which the supernumerary she…

If any sheriff is eligible for retirement benefits under any other county, state, or municipal retirement plan or act, then, in that event, he or she shall elect the plan or act in which he or she desires to participate and shall so notify the proper authority within 60 days afte…

The county commission of Madison County is hereby authorized to provide county salary supplements for the members of the Madison County Board of Equalization in any amount so long as such supplement shall not make the total compensation of such members any more than fifty dollars…

In Madison County, all property owned by the Mayfair Towers Corporation, a Huntsville, Alabama, corporation, and used by the organization is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation. (Act 84-612, p. 1252, § 1.)

All property owned by the Optimist Boys Center, Inc., a Madison County nonprofit corporation organized under Section 10-4-250, and used for the promotion or betterment of the community, is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation. (Act 88-380, p. 568, § 1.)

The Huntsville Land Trust, Incorporated, is hereby exempted from all county, local, or municipal ad valorem taxes on all property owned and used by the organization. (Act 88-813, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 254, § 1.)

All property owned by the Optimist Club of Hazel Green, Incorporated, a Madison County nonprofit corporation, is hereby exempted from all county and local ad valorem taxation. (Act 89-637, p. 1248, § 1.)

In Madison County, the Monrovia Parks and Recreation Association is exempted from paying any county and municipal sales and use taxes, and all property owned and used by this organization is exempted from county and municipal ad valorem taxes. (Act 96-750, p. 1321, § 1.)

In Madison County, the Huntsville–Madison County Senior Center, Incorporated, the Madison Baseball Association, the Youth Development Association, Incorporated, the Madison Dolphins Swim Team, the Wesco Girls Softball Team, and the American Youth Soccer Organization, Region 498, …

Beginning the next term of office of tax collector and tax assessor on October 1, 1991, the annual salary shall be forty-six thousand dollars ($46,000). Such salary shall be in lieu of any other annual salaries and expense allowances heretofore provided by law for such officers t…

(a) The Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Madison County, respectively, shall each be responsible for the budgetary operations and functions of his or her office. The expenses of each office shall be financed on a pro rata share basis from the proceeds of any state, county, and m…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, in Madison County, of the proceeds of the beer tax collected pursuant to Article 5B, commencing with Section 28-3-190, Chapter 3, Title 28, in addition to the one-eighteenth allocated to the county general fund, four cents ($0.04) per case…

The first twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) received by the Madison County Commission, pursuant to paragraph t. of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of Section 28-3-190, from the excise tax on beer shall be distributed monthly by the county commission to fund the Senior Citizens’…

(a) The Madison County Commission, by resolution adopted by a simple majority of the entire commission, may do the following: (1) Levy, provide for the assessment and collection of, and provide penalties for the nonpayment of, in addition to all other taxes of every kind and natu…

Any privilege or license fee levied by the Madison County Commission shall be collected by the Madison County Commission, and the net proceeds from the privilege or license fee, less a reasonable cost of collection which shall be retained by the Madison County Commission, shall b…