Title 45

As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings as ascribed herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BINGO. That game commonly known as bingo where numbers or symbols on a card are matched with numbers or symbols selected at random…

The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by qualified organizations for bona fide charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Montgomery County, subject to this article. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 3.)

(a) No qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a bingo game unless the sheriff first issues a permit to the organization authorizing it to do so. The permit described in this article is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other business licenses which may be requ…

(a) A qualified organization which does not hold a permit pursuant to Section 45-51-150.03 may apply for a special permit for conducting a bingo session at a designated location for a special occasion. Such an applicant shall submit to the sheriff a written application prepared i…

(a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address of the permit holder, the location at which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo, and the days of the week on which the permit holder is permitted to conduct bingo. (b) The bingo permit holder shall display the p…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only qualified organizations which are properly issued permits or licenses, pursuant to this article, shall be allowed to operate bingo games. A qualified organization shall not lend its name or allow its identity to be used by any …

All fees collected by the sheriff under this article shall be paid into the county general fund, and all necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be financed from the county general fund. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 8.)

The net proceeds of a bingo game shall be devoted to the charitable, educational, and other lawful purposes of the permit holder; provided, however, all reasonable expenses incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of bingo, including the following…

(a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which is not owned, being purchased, or being rented at a reasonable rate by the permit holder, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 45-51-150.06. (b) Prizes given by any organization for the playing of bingo …

Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to each bingo session for at least one year from the date of the session: (1) An itemized list of gross receipts for each session. (2) An itemized list of all expenses, including the name of each person to whom th…

(a) On or before April 15th, after this article has been in effect for one year, and on or before April 15 of each calendar year thereafter, each permit holder shall file with the sheriff a copy of the records required in Section 45-51-150.10 relating to the operation of bingo se…

The sheriff, for good cause shown, may revoke any permit issued pursuant to this article if the permit holder or any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the permit holder violates this article or rule promulgated hereunder. The revocation by the sheriff shall become …

(a) A permit holder whose permit is revoked in consequence of a violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article is ineligible to apply for a permit for a period of one year after the revocation. (b) A person convicted of an offense under Section 45-51-150.15 or…

The circuit court of this county shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall afford trial by jury for all appeals directed to it for alleged violations of this article leading to revocations of existing permits. (Act 82-575, p. 1067, § 15.)

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor upon first conviction hereunder. Any subsequent conviction hereunder shall be a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted pursuant to this section shall be punished as provided by law. (Act 82-57…

Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any bingo game or operation in violation of this article, may be contraband and may be seized and is forfeited. Property forfeited may be sold, destroyed, or retained for official use by the state or county law enforcement a…

Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a person who conducts or participates in bingo games, who possesses equipment used in conducting bingo, who permits bingo to be conducted on his or her premises, or who does other acts in connection with bingo, shall not apply …

(a) The board of revenue or other governing body of like jurisdiction of Montgomery County, Alabama, is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate out of any monies in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated and to expend not exceeding the sum of twenty-five thousand d…

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises within the unincorporated territory of Montgomery County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, d…

(a) The Montgomery County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered in Montgomery County for which fees may be charged and shall set the fee to be charged for each service. The health department is hereby authorized to charge and collect such fees. All fees collected …

(a)(1) The Montgomery County Commission shall create the Montgomery County Legislative Delegation Fund. The monies in the fund may be expended by the members of the delegation to support the operation of the Montgomery County Legislative Delegation Office. (2) Upon receipt of any…

Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a hunting or shooting preserve commercially in Montgomery County on which artificially propagated birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, harvested, or otherwise recovered, may do so upon obtaining a hunting preserve lice…

Each hunting preserve shall contain a minimum of 100 acres in one tract of leased or owned land, including water area, if any, and shall be restricted to not more than 1,000 contiguous acres including water, if any. The exterior boundaries of each hunting preserve shall be border…

Game which may be hunted on a preserve licensed under this article shall be artificially propagated or pen-raised bobwhite quail, pheasants, chuckar partridge, and such other species of fowl as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall designate. A minimum stoc…

The privilege license or permit fee for operating a hunting preserve shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per year for the first 100 acres of hunting preserve plus five dollars ($5) per year for each additional 100 acres or part thereof. Any person who desires to operate such a hun…

The holder of a license issued pursuant to this article, his or her guest, and patrons may hunt, take, capture, kill, harvest, or otherwise recover during the year no more than 80 percent of the total number of each species of birds released on the preserve during such year. Sinc…

Bobwhite quail shall be tagged with a self-sealing tag prior to being released on the preserve. The operators of hunting preserves shall cooperate in other requests which the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources might make for scientific investigations. The Departme…

Each hunting preserve operator shall maintain a register and record therein the names, addresses, hunting license numbers, the date on which each hunted, and the amount and species of game taken by each hunter. An accurate record by species shall also be maintained of the total n…

Alabama hunting licenses shall be required of all persons hunting on licensed hunting preserves. Alabama residents shall be licensed under the regularly established game laws. Each nonresident hunting on a licensed preserve shall be required to possess a regular nonresident annua…

Duly authorized agents of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, game wardens, and other law enforcement officers duly authorized to enforce game and fish laws shall have the authority to enforce all game and fish laws and regulations on such preserves; and for suc…

Any person, firm, or corporation who is found guilty of operating a licensed hunting preserve in violation of this article, upon conviction, shall have his or her hunting preserve license revoked forthwith. (Act 79-637, p. 1118, § 10.)

(a) Any person who is arrested and is held in the legal custody of any law enforcement agency in Montgomery County may be released from custody upon proof that such person owns an equitable interest in any real property located in the county in an amount equal to the amount of bo…

(a) Any individual employed by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department as a law enforcement officer for a period of 10 years or more who retires from the department in good standing may receive from the sheriff without cost a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pis…

(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) BAPTIST. Baptist Medical Center that is located on that certain 25 acre site in the southeast section of Montgomery and that is an Alabama nonprofit corporation and an affiliate of Baptist Health Service…

(a) The Director of the Montgomery Community Corrections Program and employees of the program shall constitute peace officers of the State of Alabama with authority to make arrests and serve arrest and search warrants in the performance of their official duties to the same extent…

(a) On or after May 18, 2020, a person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Montgomery County or any person appointed to serve as a sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications, in addition to any other qualifications required by law: (1) The pers…

Except as provided in Section 45-51-231.01, the annual salary of the Sheriff of Montgomery County shall be one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($155,000). (Act 2019-235, §§ 1, 2; Act 2023-295, §1.)

(a)(1) Any Sheriff of Montgomery County who has served two consecutive full terms shall receive an additional expense allowance of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) per year, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. This expense allowance shall …

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall sell, at public auction, any abandoned and stolen personal property recovered by the sheriff’s department which has remained unclaimed by the rightful owner for a period of six consecutive months. (b) The Sheriff of Montgomery County sha…

(a) The Legislature finds that there is a demonstrated local need to adequately fund the Montgomery County Work Release Program of the Montgomery County Community Corrections Department by assisting the county in its operation of those programs. (b)(1) In addition to any fees alr…

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County may charge and collect a total fee of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) per request for the following administrative services: Fingerprinting and, where authorized by law, criminal history investigations and reports thereon. The fee may …

(a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, in the civil division and in the criminal division of the district and circuit courts of Montgomery County, an additional one-time service of process fee of thirty dollars ($30) per document shall be im…

(a) In Montgomery County, the sheriff may conduct fundraising events including, but not limited to, rodeos and may use the proceeds and profits from the events for any lawful purpose relating to the operation of the office of sheriff. (b) This section is remedial and curative and…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “credit card” means a line of credit issued by a domestic lender or credit card bank. (b) To provide for convenience in making purchases of tangible personal property or services approved by the sheriff, the Sheriff of Montgomery Cou…

(a) The Sheriff of Montgomery County is authorized to operate a jail store/commissary for inmates within the confines of the Montgomery County Detention Facility and Annexes. The jail store/commissary shall be operated to serve the needs of the county jail population. (b) Any and…

(a) In Montgomery County the fee for issuance of a pistol permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as provided in Section 13A-11-75 shall be twenty dollars ($20), which shall be collected by the sheriff or his or her appointed agent. (b)(1) Any an…