Title 45

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor without first having acquired from the county governing body a license for the operation of the business as required by this part. (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 3.)

Any massage parlor licensed by the county governing body shall at all times comply with all health regulations, rules, and requirements as shall now or hereafter be promulgated by the State Board of Health, and any premises used for the purposes of a massage parlor, during all ho…

(a) No towels, wash clothes, or other linen items shall come in contact with the body or any other part thereof of any customer or patron at a massage parlor that has not been boiled and laundered since used last. (b) Every person applying or administering massages shall cleanse …

No massage parlor shall be used as and for dormitory or place of sleep, nor shall any licensee under this part permit any massage parlor to be so used. (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 6.)

No massages shall be administered or applied by any licensee hereunder or any employee, operator, or attendant while working for such licensee, except in or upon the premises or regular place of business of the licensee where the license is regularly displayed and at the place an…

No masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant in any massage parlor shall apply or administer any massage or other treatment to any person behind locked doors. (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 8.)

Subsequent to March 20, 1981, it shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant to administer massages in any massage parlor within the county without first, and within six months from the date thereof, having secured a written verification from a lic…

It shall be unlawful for any person to render any service to the public upon the premises of a massage parlor within the county except during the time that the establishment is open with free access thereto by the public, during which time all portions of such establishment shall…

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, manager, or supervisor of a massage parlor within the county to allow, authorize, or tolerate in his or her establishment any activity or behavior prohibited by the laws of the State of Alabama including such laws proscribing acts of prosti…

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a massage parlor, regardless of whether it is a public or private facility, or any bath parlor or any similar type business within the county, where any physical contact with the recipient of such service is provided by a person of t…

It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or person employed in a massage parlor within the county to massage or in any way touch the genital organs of another in connection with any massage or any other service rendered by the establishment. It shall be unlawful…

Any license issued hereunder by the county governing body upon the violation of any section, requirement, or provision of this part by the licensee or any agent, attendant, or other employee of the licensee, provided the licensee shall first be notified of the violation and be af…

Any person who shall violate any provision or section of this part for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or six months in jail, one or both. (Act 81-132, p. 152, § 15.)

It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct, pursue, or carry on the business of purchasing second-hand gold or silver, whether in the form of jewelry, household articles or furnishings, personal effects, bric-a-brac, settings for gems, watches, flatware, service sets, or other ar…

The license tax levied against buyers as described in Section 45-49-43 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per calendar year. There shall be no half-year license. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 3.)

Applicants for license under this part shall file with the license commission a sworn application in writing, in duplicate, on a form to be furnished by the license commission which shall give all of the following information: (1) Name and physical description of the applicant. (…

At the time of filing the application for the permit required by Section 45-49-43, a fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county to cover the cost of an investigation of the facts stated therein. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 5.)

Upon receipt of an application for the license required by Section 45-49-43, the original shall be referred to the chief of police of the city or municipality in which the business is to be located or the sheriff of the county who shall cause such investigation of the applicant’s…

The license required by Section 45-49-43 shall contain the signature of the license commission and shall show the name, address, and photographs of the licensee, the date of issuance and length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number. The license shall …

The license commission shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued under this part. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 8.)

Each applicant who secures a license under this part for purchasing gold or silver in any form set out in Section 45-49-43 shall keep a book in which shall be entered promptly at the time of purchase a brief description of the articles or property purchased, the date and hour of …

Each licensee under this part, after the beginning of business, shall promptly register with the chief of police or sheriff, in a book kept for that purpose, his or her name, address, and every place where he or she carries on business or stores property. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 1…

The books and records kept by each licensee of the articles described in Section 45-49-43, shall be open for inspection by the chief of police or by any officer of the police department or the sheriff or any law enforcement officer at all times and the licensee and his or her age…

Each licensee under this part purchasing gold or silver in any form set out in Section 45-49-43 shall attach to or place on each such article purchased a tag or other identifying mark or label numbered to correspond with the serial number of the book required by Section 45-49-43.…

The property of the kind described in Section 45-49-43 shall be held in the same form, shape, or condition in which they were purchased, without mutilation, melting, reduction to block or lump form, or destruction of the form thereof, for a period of 86 hours after the hour when …

The word applicant, when used herein, shall include the plural where applicable, and all agents, officers, servants or employees of the applicants if the applicant is other than a sole proprietor. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 14.)

This part shall be binding upon every employee or agent of the buyer of the articles described in Section 45-49-43, and it shall be unlawful and an offense against the county for any licensee or his or her agents, servants, officers, or employees to fail or refuse to carry out th…

Anyone who has operated a jewelry store or business with a jewelry license for three years prior to May 7, 1981, is hereby exempt from the application of this part. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 16.)

All revenues payable to the county under this part shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county general fund. (Act 81-445, p. 767, § 17.)

(a) In Mobile County, no person shall hold the office of constable unless the person has successfully completed the minimum standards and training for peace officers pursuant to Section 36-21-46. (b) All constables shall be required to obtain a minimum of 20 hours of training per…

(a) In Mobile County, beginning with the terms commencing in 2029, there shall be three constables for each Alabama House of Representatives district with territory in the county, to be elected as provided by law. Each constable shall hold office for four years from the first Mon…

(a) This section shall apply to any municipality in the State of Alabama having a population, according to the latest federal census, between 175,000 and 225,000 persons. (b) Any elected official of any such municipality who previously has served, or who is presently serving, or …

This section shall apply to the City of Mobile in Mobile County. Within 15 days after a municipal election and within 30 days after any runoff election, every candidate shall file a statement in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the candidate resides givin…

(a) This section shall apply in all cities in this state which have a population of not less than 175,000 nor more than 275,000 according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census. (b)(1) All employees of any such city (except members of the police or fire department…

In Mobile County, any person who retired from the Board of Health of the City of Mobile prior to September 7, 1967, is hereby authorized to receive any cost-of-living increase granted other persons who have retired from employment by the city. (Act 89-493, p. 1028, §1.)

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) INTERMITTENT FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any entity that has a physical address within the City of Mobile that does not prepare or serve food in its regular line of business but prepa…

(a) For purposes of this section, the term inoperable motor vehicle shall mean any motor vehicle, trailer, recreational vehicle, camper, or semi-trailer that has remained on private property and in view of the general public for 30 days or any greater period fixed by the municipa…

As used in this part, the following words and terms shall have meanings as follows: (1) ANNUITY STARTING DATE. The first day for which a benefit is payable as an annuity or any other form under Section 45-49A-63.80. (2) BENEFICIARY. The person or persons named by a member by writ…

The city shall pay into the fund monthly an amount equal to five percent of all fines and moneys, except costs of court, paid as a result of prosecutions for violations of ordinances or laws of the city during the prior month. (Act 97-689, p. 1379, §7(6.01).)

(a) On or before the first day of March of each year, each insurance company writing fire insurance on property within the city limits and its police jurisdiction shall pay to the city an amount equal to four percent of its gross premiums, including all renewal premiums, less ret…

Eight percent of the salary of every uniformed officer with less than 30 years of service shall be deducted from his or her pay and shall be transferred to the fund on a monthly basis. No amounts shall be deducted from the pay of a uniformed officer who has at least 30 years of s…

Any person, firm, association, or corporation may donate money to the fund and the board may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest any money, personal property, real estate, or any interest therein or any right of property for the benefit of the fund. Any gift, grant, devise, o…

(a) The city shall contribute to the fund an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the annual actuarial cost for the plan determined as of each October 1 over (ii) all amounts contributed to the fund under Sections 45-49A-63.100, 45-49A63.101, and 45-49A63.102 during the pla…

The city may recover without interest the amount of its contributions to the plan made on account of a mistake in fact, reduced by any investment loss attributable to those contributions, if recovery is made within one year after the date of those contributions. (Act 97-689, p. 1…

(a) The board is responsible for the general administration of the plan and for carrying out the plan. The board shall consist of (i) three members to be elected from the uniformed officers in the city’s police department by the uniformed officers in that department, (ii) three m…

All elections of uniformed officers to the board shall be by secret ballot and shall be administered by the city clerk. Elections shall be held no more than six weeks and no less than two weeks prior to the expiration date for the term of any elected member of the board, as the c…