Title 45

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the City of Decatur which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining height…

(a) Whenever in the opinion of the city official or any other city employee designated by the mayor, a nuisance exists, the official shall order the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located to abate the condition. (b) The enforcing official shall give the owner writ…

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the condition after notice to do so, the enforcing official shall cause the offending grass or weeds to be cut. (b) Upon completion of the abatement work performed by the city, including work by contractors employed by the cit…

Where an assessment is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment, but a r…

The purposes of this part are to provide for the establishment of a historic preservation commission and architectural review board, and to promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the City of Decatur, in Morgan County, Alabama, through the preservation …

The governing body of the City of Decatur electing to enact an ordinance, pursuant to this part, to provide for the creation, protection, and enhancement of historic properties or historic districts, shall establish an historic preservation commission, hereinafter sometimes calle…

(a) An historic preservation commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part shall be composed of not less than seven members, who shall have demonstrated training or experience in the fields of history, architecture, architectural history, urban planning, archae…

The commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part shall be authorized to: (1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance. (2) Prepare a survey of all …

(a) On recommendation of the historic preservation commission the City of Decatur may designate historic properties and historic districts within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Decatur. (b) The commission shall not recommend designation of an historic property or his…

(a) Before the commission shall recommend the designation of an historic property or historic district, it shall hold a public hearing on the proposed recommendation of historic designation to be held at a time and place, and pursuant to such notices specified in the ordinance cr…

Upon the designation of any historic property or historic district by the City of Decatur pursuant to an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part, the historic preservation commission shall give notice in writing of that designation to all agencies of Decatur and to all owners of …

(a) No change in the exterior appearance of an historic property or any building, structure, or site within an historic district may be made, and no historic property may be demolished, and no building or structure in an historic district may be erected or demolished unless and u…

Any person having a request for a certificate of appropriateness denied by the historic preservation commission, or architectural review board as hereinafter provided, may appeal the denial to the Circuit Court of Morgan County. (Act 89-400, p. 780, § 10.)

(a) The commission shall approve an application and issue a certificate of appropriateness if it finds that the proposed change, erection, or demolition conforms to the general design standards established by the commission, is compatible with the character of the historic proper…

The commission, or the City of Decatur, shall be authorized to institute any appropriate action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any change in the exterior of a building or structure which is either an historic property or which is contained in an his…

(a) The City of Decatur, enacting an ordinance pursuant to this part, may elect to create an architectural review board, hereinafter sometimes called the board, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the historic preservation commission in accepting, considering, and appro…

The City of Decatur may create a joint commission and board with other municipalities within Morgan County or with Morgan County pursuant to an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part, with all the powers granted by this part to the commissions. Any joint commission and joint boa…

No provision of this part shall be construed to require the dissolution of any historic development commission or architectural review board created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to prior laws. Any historic development commission or architectural review board created by an ord…

There is created and established the Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, to be composed of three members. (Acts 1939, No. 89, p. 47, § 1.)

H. A. Wyatt of Decatur, Morgan County, is named and appointed as a member of the board to serve until the second Monday in January, 1942, and until his successor is elected and qualified. James H. Johnson of Decatur, Morgan County, is named and appointed as a member of the board …

No person shall be eligible for membership on the board who is not a qualified elector of the City of Decatur, or who is an officer of the city, or an employee thereof or is a member of the governing body of the city, or the term for which he or she was elected on the governing b…

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama, the Constitution of the United States, and that I will faithfully, zealou…

The members of the board shall serve staggered terms of nine years each. Each term shall begin on July 1, following the expiration of the term of the member whose term has expired and shall expire on June 30 of the year concluding the nine-year term. At a meeting of the governing…

At the first meeting of the board after March 3, 1939, the members shall elect one of their number as chair and one of their number as secretary, thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chair and secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chair and secreta…

The chair of the board shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per month and each of the other members of the board shall be paid at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month. The compensation of the members of the board shall be paid in monthly ins…

(a) The board shall hold a regular meeting each month on a meeting date fixed by the board from time to time and shall hold such other meetings at such times and places as the members of the board may elect. (b) The chair of the board or any two members may call a meeting at any …

(a) The board shall have complete control of each of the public utilities owned by the City of Decatur including, without limitation, the electric, gas, water, and wastewater services and facilities of the City of Decatur, and shall manage and operate each such municipally owned …

The board shall obtain and carry individual bonds or a blanket bond on all employees under the control of the board, in such amount and with such insurance company or insurance companies as may from time to time be determined by the board, insuring the City of Decatur and underta…

Members of the board may be removed from office in the manner and on the same grounds provided by the general law of this state for the impeachment and removal of officers, as set out in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1939, No. 89, p. 47, § 11.)

The board shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at the end of each fiscal year by a certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants. Upon completion of the examination for a fiscal year, the accountant or firm of accountants shall make a fu…

Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the board, the board shall furnish to the governing body of the City of Decatur a copy of the audit of its books and accounts made in accordance with the requirements of Section 45-52A-35.11 and will make such other reports to t…

Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the board, the board shall make a publication in a newspaper published in the City of Decatur of a report showing the receipts and expenditures of money of the board, specifying generally the source from which received and the p…

No expenditures for property to be acquired and for any new construction, additions, or replacement to any public utility, or the equipment used by the same, shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without the c…

All funds of the board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the city and in the city depository, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law, and only upon warrants sig…

The board shall require from the depository adequate bond or securities to secure the safety of the deposit which bond or securities shall be in the sum that the board shall fix having due regard to the safety of the board’s funds. (Acts 1939, No. 89, p. 47, § 18.)

(a) In Morgan County, any bank, whether incorporated or unincorporated, within this state, now or hereafter situated within the county shall have the power to establish, maintain, and operate within the corporate limits of Priceville, Alabama, one or more branches or branch banks…

(a) Commencing on the first day of May, 2008, the Coroner of Morgan County shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount so that the total compensation and expense allowance of the coroner equals thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per annum. This expense allowance sha…

The Hartselle City Council, by ordinance, may regulate and permit the sale of draft or keg beer by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for on-premises consumption and for off-premises consumption provided the beer sold for off-premises consu…

An elected board of education for the City of Hartselle is established. The board shall be called the Hartselle City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of five members, with each member being elected at-large by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside …

A board member shall reside in the City of Hartselle during his or her entire term of office. (Act 2010-113, p. 155, § 3.)

A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 19 years of age, a resident and qualified voter of the City of Hartselle for at least 90 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and shall not have a record of c…

(a) The Hartselle City Council shall take necessary steps to ensure that this part complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (b) The initial election for board members shall be held in conjunction with the next general municipal election at which city counc…

(a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Hartselle City Board of Education as provided in this part shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the …

A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 45 days, the chair, or the vice chair…

The compensation for the initial members of the board of education shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per month and thereafter the compensation of the members shall be established by the board. (Act 2010-113, p. 155, § 8.)