Title 45

Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, or fire protection facility, or…

The Marion County Public Water Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Marion County Commission and the operations of the County of Marion. (Act 89-465, p. 950, § 18.)

(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Marshall County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Marshall 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 applic…

(a) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for only on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the Cities of Albertville, Arab, and Guntersville. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consum…

(a) The City Council of the City of Albertville, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment of an entertainment district or districts in the city. The number and boundaries of any entertainment district shall be defined in the ordinance. The ordinance of the city council sha…

(a) The City of Albertville in Marshall County, Alabama, herein called the city, is presently authorized by applicable provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for public school purposes, herein called the city school tax, at a rate …

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. That amendment to the constitution that was pro- posed by Act 383, H. 458, 1945 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, there is hereby approved a total special ad valorem tax to be levied and collected annually in the municipality for any public school or education pur…

(a)(1) For each motor vehicle, as defined in Section 40-12-240, as amended, or any successor provision thereto and excluding any trailer qualifying for a utility trailer tag, the governing body of the City of Albertville, Alabama, may levy an additional annual fee of twenty-five …

(a) The city council of each municipality in Marshall County, where the sale of alcoholic beverages is legal, except for Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages, by ordinance, may regulate the sale of all alcoholic beverages including, but not limited to, draft beer and keg beer in a…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, an increase of the district ad valorem school tax presently being levied pursuant to…

In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Amendment 373 to the Constitution of the State of Alabama, an increase of the ad valorem tax presently being levied in the City of Arab, A…

(a) The sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for only on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the City of Boaz. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled …

(a) Any bank, incorporated under the laws of this state and having a banking office in Marshall County, and any national bank having a combined paid in capital and earned surplus of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), shall have the power to establish, maintain, and…

In Marshall County, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished. (Act 2012-195, p. 325, § 1.)

(a) The Coroner of Marshall County shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of one thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($1,350) per month to be paid from the county general fund. (b) The expense allowance shall be in addition to any salary now being paid t…

(a) The Marshall County Commission may appropriate and expend county funds for expenses necessary for the operation of the office of the coroner in the county. Expenses may include, but are not limited to, computers, telephone service, equipment, supplies, office space, and any o…

Every annexation undertaken by the City of Guntersville prior to September 1, 2015, under any statutory procedure for annexation by the municipality and which annexation has been completed, notwithstanding any irregularity or defect in the annexation, either substantively or proc…

As used in this part, municipal corporation means the City of Guntersville in Marshall County. In addition to other powers, rights, and authority granted to municipal corporations generally, the municipal corporation may: Acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, en…

For the purposes of this part, the municipal corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain. The eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law. (Act 93-391, p. 673, § 3.)

(a) In payment for the purchase, lease, construction, acquisition, extension, or maintenance of the cable television system, the municipal corporation may issue its bonds in the manner provided by law. (b) The municipal corporation, in order to secure the prompt and faithful paym…

The municipal corporation shall have all the power and authority necessary to reasonably exercise the powers and responsibilities conferred by this part and implement the purposes of this part. (Act 93-391, p. 673, § 5.)

The municipal corporation shall be exempt from the regulation and control of the Alabama Public Service Commission with respect to the business transactions made pursuant to this part. (Act 93-391, p. 673, § 6.)

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 56. Amendment 56 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, now appearing as Section 216.04 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (2) AMENDME…

The Commission on Government and Finance of Marshall County, created by Act 294, 1963 Regular Session (Acts 1963, p. 755) and amended by Act 415, 1965 Regular Session (Acts 1965, p. 604), is abolished and there is created and established in lieu thereof the Marshall County Commis…

The commission shall consist of a chair and four associate commissioners who shall each and severally be chosen and possess the qualifications as hereinafter set out. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 2; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 2.)

The Chair of the Commission on Government and Finance of Marshall County shall serve as Chair of the Marshall County Commission and shall hold office until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January 1979, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, and shal…

The associate members of the Commission on Government and Finance of Marshall County shall serve as associate commissioners of the Marshall County Commission and shall hold office until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1979, and until their successors are ele…

For the purposes of this subpart, and for future election of associate commissioners, Marshall County is hereby divided into four subdivisions, to be known as districts, and to be numbered one to four, inclusive: District 1 shall embrace and be composed of voting precincts 1, 12,…

At the general election immediately prior to the expiration date of the term of office of each member of the commission, and as is hereinabove provided and every four years thereafter, their successors shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire county, and the term of…

Each candidate for election to the commission at the general election shall be nominated by the voters of the entire county who are authorized to participate in any primary election, caucus, or convention, called or held by any political party for the nomination of the office, an…

Each district of Marshall County shall be entitled to one associate commissioner on the commission at all times, and should any vacancy occur, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term …

Each member of the commission, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall execute a good and sufficient bond, in the same amount; with the same conditions, which must be approved in the same manner, and must qualify in the same manner in all respects, except in s…

The commission shall hold regular sessions on the second and fourth Mondays in each month, at the courthouse in and for Marshall County, remaining in session as many days as may be necessary; and may hold special sessions at any time upon the call of the chair. Action in the name…

The commission shall have the power, and is hereby authorized to appropriate, out of any monies in the county treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to expend not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum for any purposes, not otherwise provided for by law, …

The members of the commission shall each be reimbursed actual expenses for travel on official business outside Marshall County. It is provided, however, that each member of the commission shall be furnished, at the expense of Marshall County, a low-cost automobile to be used by m…

The commission shall provide for a county highway program for Marshall County consistent with this subpart and shall employ all such assistants as are necessary to properly maintain and construct the public roads, highways, bridges, parks, and other public properties of Marshall …

It shall be the duty of the commission to provide for the marking in the manner hereinafter prescribed of all vehicles, except those vehicles furnished for use by each member of the commission as provided in Section 45-48-70.11, and all road-building machinery and equipment owned…

It shall be the duty of each member of the commission and each department head of Marshall County to file for public record with the commission office a sworn statement and inventory of all equipment, machinery, and property of the county in his or her custody or under his or her…

The use of any county equipment, materials, or supplies or property of any nature in the custody of or under control of the commission for any kind of work, job, or project on property not owned by the county (excepting church grounds, cemeteries, any public school property of th…

No work shall be authorized or performed by the commission or any member of the commission for any municipality of the county, except for municipal school boards as provided in Section 45-48-70.15, having a population of more than 1,250 persons, requiring the use of county equipm…

It shall be the duty of the commission at some session in September of each calendar year, or not later than their first session in October following, to prepare and adopt an estimate of the income of the county for the fiscal year beginning on October first of the current calend…

The commission shall not issue any tax anticipation warrants, revenue bonds, or other evidences of temporary loans until a public hearing relative to the issuance thereof has been held. Notice of each hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in Marshall Coun…

(a) No warrant shall be issued or check drawn on the county treasury or county depository by any person except the chair of the commission, or such other officers as may be designated by the commission unless otherwise provided by law; and officers who are authorized to pay claim…

No used or secondhand trucks or road machinery shall be purchased for the county, nor shall any purchase be made or any contract of sale or lease-sale or for the leasing, renting, or hiring of any vehicles or other equipment be entered into unless the contractor certifies that th…

The commission shall comply with the state bid law applying to county governing bodies and any other sections of this subpart applying to competitive bid procedures and in addition, the commission shall furnish to a newspaper published in Marshall County, to be published therein …