Title 45

The Chair of the Marshall County Commission shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those as may be otherwise provided by the laws of this state: (1) All of the powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities, with relation to the commission as does the judge …

On or before July 31 of each year the associate county commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, coroner and all other county offices, departments, courts, or agencies, and any other public body or agency desiring appropriations from the county govern…

On or before August 15 of each year the chair shall prepare an estimate of the total income of the county for the coming fiscal year, listing and classifying the income according to source. (Act 79-466, p. 848, § 3.)

Not later than August 31 of each year the chair shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget. The aggregate sums tentatively budgeted for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year shall not exceed the estimated revenues for the ensuing year plus the amounts in county funds rema…

County offices, departments, boards, and agencies shall be given preference in the tentative and final budget so that funding, payments, and appropriations to any other public body or agency, except as may be required by law, shall be reduced or eliminated as may be necessary in …

(a) Within a reasonable time after the invitation for questions and comments on the tentative budget as provided for in Section 45-48-70.54, but before September 30, the commission shall adopt and approve a final budget for the ensuing fiscal year which budget may not thereafter …

(a) It shall be unlawful for the commission or any member thereof to purchase or vote to purchase any property or enter into a contract for any work at a purchase price or contract price greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000) with the costs thereof to become due or to be paid…

(a) The chair of the commission may employ a chief clerk who shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office and who shall receive such salary as the former chief clerk of the commission received until the same is changed or modified according to law. The chief cl…

The commissioners may be reimbursed for the actual costs of meals incurred in attending meetings held for the purpose of discussing or transacting county affairs and the commission may pay for the actual cost of meals of others attending meetings at the request of the commission …

Any person who willfully violates this subpart, in addition to any civil liability or penalty, shall on conviction be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12 months, or both. On trial by jury the punishment shall…

The Marshall County Salary Commission, created by Acts 1975, No. 909, Regular Session 1975 (Acts 1975, p. 1806), is hereby authorized and required to determine from time to time the salary of the custodian of voting machines in the county. The salary shall be paid from the county…

The county commission shall in addition have authority to purchase used equipment from other governmental agencies upon approval of the county engineer. (Act 79­466, p. 848, § 14.)

Pursuant to the authority of Section 11-3-1.1, the Marshall County Commission shall adopt a plan of four single member districts for the election of the county commission and shall submit the plan to the United States Justice Department by July 1, 1993, for preclearance. The init…

Any salary heretofore paid by the county commission to the custodian of voting machines during the period October 1, 1975, to October 1, 1978, is hereby ratified and confirmed. (Act 79-466, p. 848, § 12.)

The positions of county commissioner and county commission chair of Marshall County shall be full-time positions and the holder of any such position shall not hold a second job or be involved in any part-time work. The commissioners shall receive compensation for serving as full-…

(a) In order to further provide for the protection and welfare of children in Marshall County who are alleged to be or have been found by the juvenile court of the county to be abused and neglected or otherwise dependent pursuant to Section 12-15-102, a fee of four dollars ($4) s…

(a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Marshall County, an additional fee of twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court on each new divorce case filed in the county. (b) The clerk of the court s…

(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Marshall County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed…

(a)(1) In Marshall County, in order to provide a special fund for the creation and maintenance of the law library, for the improvement of judicial technology, and for judicial administration, there is established the Marshall County Law Library, Judicial Technology, and Judicial …

(a) In Marshall County, in addition to any and all court costs, fees, and charges now or hereafter authorized, there shall be assessed by the circuit court clerk an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) on the service of a failure to appear warrant executed by the deputies…

The County Commission of Marshall County is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to pay to the Judge of the District Court of the Twenty- seventh Judicial Circuit commencing October 1, 1985, a supplement to the state salary of the district judge in the same percentage amoun…

The District Attorney of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit shall receive, in addition to any other compensation and in addition to any county supplement provided by law, an annual expense and automobile allowance of three hundred dollars ($300) per month to be paid from the Dis…

In Marshall County, the elected district attorney in the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit, shall be paid, in addition to any other compensation and in addition to any other supplement provided by law, an expense allowance equal to one percent of the annual salary paid by the state…

All district attorney’s fees taxed as costs and collected in all criminal cases in Marshall County and the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit shall be paid into a separate fund in a depository designated by the district attorney and shall be known as the District Attorney’s Fund. Th…

At anytime the Guntersville Courthouse in Marshall County is damaged, destroyed, or is undergoing repair, renovation, or enlargement so as to interfere with the sittings of the district and circuit courts therein, in the discretion of the judge presiding over the respective court…

(a) Any civil or criminal action filed in the district or circuit court in Marshall County, including the juvenile and family court, after January 1, 2009, for which venue is otherwise appropriate in the county, may be filed at the Guntersville or Albertville Courthouses, and ven…

(a) In Marshall County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission and the jury commission clerk of the county an additional expense allowance in the amount of ten do…

The Judge of Probate of Marshall County is hereby authorized to renew Alabama business licenses by mail. The judge of probate shall mail notices during the month of September of each year stating the amount of the license if purchased by mail. In addition to all other sums collec…

The Marshall County Judge of Probate shall mail forms to all registered boat owners within the county to allow boat owners to complete such application forms for ordering the annual certificate of registration and pay for any taxes and tags or decals by mail so that the tag or de…

(a) In Marshall County, a special recording fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the county, and collected by the judge of probate, on each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the probate office and for the recording…

There is hereby created within the Probate Office of Marshall County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicles licenses and titles. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supp…

The judge of probate shall perform all duties relating to the issuing of licenses and titles on motor vehicles in the county which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor or the tax collector. The tax assessor and tax collector of Marshall County are hereby relieved of…

The judge of probate shall keep at all times an accurate record of all motor vehicle licenses and titles received by him or her from the Comptroller and of the disposition made of them, of all monies received, and of the licenses issued by him or her. He or she shall report to th…

Except as herein provided, the judge of probate shall be entitled to charge and collect the same fees that are provided for by law. For the performance of duties relative to the recording of the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles as prescribed in this code, the judge of …

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for a more efficient procedure for assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no licenses shall be issued to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the jud…

Before any vehicles can be assessed, the judge of probate shall be furnished the tag number presently on the vehicle unless such vehicle is new, in which case the judge of probate shall be furnished a bona fide bill of sale from the dealer showing when the vehicle was bought new.…

The judge of probate shall mail an application for renewal of licenses to whom such license has been previously issued such renewal forms required to be returned prior to the expiration date of the license. Such renewal forms may be in postcard form and with sufficient informatio…

(a) In Marshall County, when a negotiable instrument, such as a check or draft, given for a motor vehicle license is found to be noncollectible for any reason, the judge of probate, or his or her designee, shall notify the maker or drawer of the negotiable instrument, in writing,…

(a) The Judge of Probate of Marshall County shall not receive for record or permit the recording of an instrument in which the title to real property, or of any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, unless such an…

The Marshall County Superintendent of Education and the members of the county board of education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Marshall County school district. (Act 85-988, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 337, § 1.)

(a) Each member of the Marshall County Board of Education shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. (b) If the monthly compensation of the members of the Marshall County Board of Education is increased pursuant to authority grante…

(a) The several members of the Marshall County Board of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors in the county who are residing within the jurisdiction of the Marshall County school system as provided in Section 45-48-100. (b) The Marshall County Board of Educa…

(a) That area known as the Marshall County school system and served by the Marshall County Board of Education shall be divided by the board into four districts. The initial boundaries of the districts shall be based upon a map drawn by the board and filed in the office of the Jud…

(a) Following the release of any federal decennial census, the board, by majority vote, may change the boundaries of the districts in order to create single-member districts that comply with the one-person, one-vote requirement of the United States Constitution and may provide th…

A member appointed to fill a district member vacancy on the board for the unexpired term shall be a resident of the district of the vacating member. A member appointed to fill a vacancy to the at-large position on the board for the unexpired term shall be a resident of the Marsha…

If the boundaries of a district change, or if redistricting places an incumbent board member outside of his or her district, the member shall nevertheless continue to serve the remainder of the term to which he or she was elected. (Act 2012-324, p. 754, § 1(g).)