Title 45 — Title 45

(a) On and after May 17, 1981, a special recording fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) shall be paid to the county, and collected by its judge of probate, with respect to each real property instrument and each personal property instrument that may be filed for record in the off…

In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a special transaction fee not exceeding two dollars ($2) shall be paid to the Bibb County Judge of Probate when any public business is transacted in his or her office. The special additional transaction fees shall be collec…

(a) There is created within the office of the Judge of Probate of Bibb County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses and titles. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, …

(a) This section shall only apply if the judge of probate in Bibb County is licensed to practice law in the state. (b) In Bibb County, the salary of the judge of probate shall equal 80 percent of the first step of the state base salary paid to a state district court judge on the …

Supervision and Control. (a) The District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law and provided for by statutes and acts of this state or powers or discretion otherwise pr…

For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The elected District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is employed by an agenc…

(a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit may apply to the district attorney for admittance to the pretrial diversion program. A person charged with any of the fo…

(a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate in any of the following instances: (1) The offender is 18 years of age or older, or 16 years of age or older if the offense is a traffic citation, at the time the alleged offense was committed. (2) There is a p…

(a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, an applicant may be required by the district attorney to furnish information concerning past criminal history, educational history, work record, family histor…

(a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) Voluntarily waive, in writing, and contingent upon the successful completion of the program, his or her right to a speedy trial. (2) Agree, in writing, to the toll…

(a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first appearance or arraignment, whichever occurs first. In the case of traffic citations, application shall be made within 21 days of the issuance of the citation. (b)…

(a) An applicant may be assessed a fee when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law…

The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program of an offender that the offender be admitted to a drug or alcohol program on an inpatient or out-patient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abus…

(a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the perio…

The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. Except for the twenty-five dollars ($25) payable to the circuit clerk pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 45-4-83.07, fees paid by offenders pursuant to Section 45-4-83.07 shall be placed into the Pretrial…

(a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender and the district attorney, the district attorney may terminate the participation of the offender. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the dis…

The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program. History: (Act 2006-418, p. 1036, §13.)

The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to the aims of the program, may accept gifts from individuals or corporations, and may receive funding or appropriations from city, county, or state agencies or departments to be used in the maintenance or expansion o…

The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates. The district attorney shall retain the final decision as to the admittance of individuals or administration of the program regardless of the board’s views…

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

(a) Members of the county Board of Education of Blount County, except the member serving from beat or precinct 36, serving on August 10, 1973, shall serve out the terms for which they have theretofore been elected. The Governor shall appoint a member of the board to fill the vaca…

In Blount County, the members of the county board of education are hereby granted an additional expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances pr…

In accordance with Section 41-15-1, the Blount County Board of Education is hereby authorized to insure school buildings and property in the state insurance fund or in an insurance company, whichever in the opinion of such board provides the best coverage for such school building…

The Blount County Superintendent of Education shall be elected by only those qualified electors residing in the jurisdiction of the Blount County School District. History: (Act 81-509, p. 872, §1.)

Beginning October 1, 2007, each supernumerary county officer, or his or her surviving spouse, if applicable, shall receive the same percentage cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to income as the COLA provided for county employees, payable from the county general fund. History: (Act…

Each member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County, upon approval by the Blount County Commission, shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance of twenty dollars ($20) per day to be paid as prescribed by general law for the payment of other compensation and e…

(a) The Probate Judge of Blount County shall appoint one or more regular clerks in the probate office as deputy registrars empowered to take applications, testimony, and oaths of applicants for voting registration at any time the probate office is open to the public for business.…

In Blount County, election officials shall allow voters who have signed in to vote, to use the voting machine with the fewest number of voters standing in line to use the machines. History: (Act 94-570, p. 1043, §1.)

(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) “County” means Blount County; (2) “Municipality” means any municipality in Blount County; (3) “Employee” means any person, includ…

Officers. (a) In addition to all other authority vested in the Blount County Commission, the county commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public faciliti…

(a) The County Commission of Blount County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Blount County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Blount C…

(a) In Blount County the county commission shall have the power and authority to establish rules and regulations governing the establishment, operation, and control of fire districts on matters not specifically covered by local or general law. (b) The Blount County Commission sha…

Election. (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who…

Good Faith; Voiding of Licenses Based on Worthless or Forged Instruments. (a) The Blount County Commission shall reimburse the offices of judge of probate, revenue commissioner, and sheriff from the general fund in the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed two thousand five …

(a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on the file for one year fol…

(a) The Board of Health of Blount County may fix a schedule of fees which shall cover the actual cost or a portion thereof involved in the performance of services rendered pursuant to the duties, functions, and programs required by law or by regulation or of the county or State B…

(a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dump…

Each city council of a municipality located in Blount County, by ordinance, may authorize each retail licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to sell, dispense, or distribute draft beer. History: (Act 2015-193, §1.)

(a) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent sheriff in office on March 31, 2022, the annual salary for the Sheriff of Blount County shall be equal to 90 percent of the annual base salary of the judge of probate of the county, payable in equal monthly installmen…