Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Chapter 11 - Chilton County
- Article 1 General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
- Part 1 Disclaimer.
- Section 45-11-10 Disclaimer
(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Chilton County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Chilton County prior...
- Part 2 Boundaries.
- Part 3 Compensation.
- Section 45-11-12 Transaction fees
In addition to all other fees and costs provided by law, a transaction fee of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25) shall be paid to...
- Article 2 Alcoholic Beverages.
- Article 3 Boards and Commissions.
- Article 4 Business, Labor and Occupations.
- Article 5 Constables.
- Section 45-11-50 Office abolished
In Chilton County, effective at the end of the current term of office, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to...
- Article 6 Coroner.
- Part 1 Compensation.
- Section 45-11-60 Salary
In Chilton County, effective beginning the next term of office, the coroner shall receive an annual salary of nine thousand two hundred eighty-two dollars ($9,282)...
- Part 2 Deputies.
- Article 7 County Commission.
- Part 1 Compensation.
- Section 45-11-70 Expense allowance
In addition to any and all other salary, compensation, and expense allowances provided for by law, the chair and members of the County Commission of...
- Part 2 Membership.
- Article 8 Courts.
- Part 1 Court Costs.
- Part 2 Probate Court.
- Division 1 Licensing Division.
- Division 2 Recording System.
- Part 3 District Attorney.
- Article 9 Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
- Article 10 Education.
- Article 11 Elections.
- Part 1 Poll Workers.
- Section 45-11-110 Compensation
In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the poll workers in Chilton County, each poll worker shall be entitled to a twenty-two...
- Part 2 Registrars, Board of.
- Section 45-11-111 Compensation
In Chilton County, each member of the board of registrars shall receive twenty-two dollars ($22) per day for each meeting he or she attends. The...
- Article 12 Employees.
- Article 13 Engineer, County.
- Article 14 Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
- Section 45-11-140 Forest fire protection
(a) The County Commission of Chilton County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Chilton County by participating in...
- Article 15 Gambling.
- Section 45-11-150 Reserved
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- Article 16 Government Operations.
- Part 1 Data Processing.
- Section 45-11-160 Recordkeeping and filing
(a) The County Commission of Chilton County is hereby authorized to enter into contract for the purchase, lease, or contractual services for providing data processing,...
- Part 2 Liability for Monetary Loss.
- Article 17 Health and Environment.
- Part 1 Environment.
- Section 45-11-170 Litter
(a) The Chilton County Commission or other like county governing body is hereby authorized to provide for printing and furnishing to the judge of probate...
- Part 2 Health.
- Part 3 Animal Control.
- Section 45-11-172 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
This part shall only apply in Chilton County in those areas of the county outside the corporate limits of any municipality.
- Section 45-11-172.01 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person employed by Chilton County who performs animal control functions or any...
- Section 45-11-172.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a) An animal control officer or law enforcement officer of the county shall investigate any incidents involving any dog reported to be dangerous or a...
- Section 45-11-172.03 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a) A dog may not be declared dangerous or a nuisance in any of the following circumstances: (1) When an injury or damage was sustained...
- Section 45-11-172.04 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a)(1) If a court determines that a dog is dangerous or a nuisance, but does not order that the dog be destroyed because evidence was...
- Section 45-11-172.05 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
The owner of a dog that has been declared to be dangerous or a nuisance by a court may petition the district court to remove...
- Section 45-11-172.06 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a) An owner of a dangerous dog who violates this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than...
- Section 45-11-172.07 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
An owner of a nuisance dog who violates this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three...
- Section 45-11-172.08 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
A law enforcement officer may enforce this part by immediately removing a dog to an appropriate facility, without requirement for a warrant or pending due...
- Article 18 Highways and Bridges.
- Article 19 Legislature.
- Article 20 Licenses and Licensing.
- Part 1 Business Licenses.
- Section 45-11-200 Renewal by mail
In Chilton County, the judge of probate may mail an application for renewal of business licenses to those persons to whom a license has been...
- Part 2 Noncollectible Negotiable Instruments.
- Article 21 Motor Vehicles and Transportation.
- Article 22 Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
- Article 23 Sheriff.
- Part 1 Compensation.
- Section 45-11-230 Expense allowance; salary
(a) The sheriff shall receive, in addition to his or her present compensation, an expense allowance of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) per annum...
- Section 45-11-230.01 Salary
Effective beginning the next term of office after March 16, 2018, the Sheriff of Chilton County shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars...
- Part 2 Employees.
- Division 1 Civil Service System.
- Section 45-11-231 Applicability - Locality
This subpart shall apply only in Chilton County.
- Section 45-11-231.01 Definitions
As used in this subpart, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The merit system board created by this subpart. (2) COUNTY. Chilton...
- Section 45-11-231.02 Applicability - Law enforcement personnel
This subpart applies to all law enforcement officials and employees employed by the office of Sheriff of Chilton County except the chief deputy.
- Section 45-11-231.03 Merit system rules and regulations; removal for cause
All employees to whom this subpart applies shall be governed by merit system rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, lay-offs, and terminations, adopted and administered...
- Section 45-11-231.04 Merit system board - Creation; composition; oath
(a) There is created a merit system board for the office of the Sheriff of Chilton County, which shall become effective February 27, 2002, and...
- Section 45-11-231.05 Merit system board - Meetings
(a) The board shall fix the times for its regular meetings and it may hold special, adjourned, or called meetings at any time. A majority...
- Section 45-11-231.06 County commission to furnish supplies, personnel, storage facilities, etc
The Chilton County Commission shall provide the board with materials and secretarial help when needed during meetings and shall assign an area from time to...
- Section 45-11-231.07 Probationary employment
All appointments of employees to which this subpart applies, other than temporary appointments, shall be probationary for one year from the date of appointment. A...
- Section 45-11-231.08 Chief deputy sheriff
Whenever a new sheriff is elected or appointed, he or she may appoint any person as his or her chief deputy sheriff, provided the person...
- Section 45-11-231.09 Suspension of merit employees
The sheriff may suspend, without pay, a merit employee for any personal misconduct or fact affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability to...
- Section 45-11-231.10 Removal, discharge, or demotion of merit employees; proceedings before board; appeal
(a) The sheriff may remove, discharge, or demote any merit employee who is directly under the sheriff, provided that within five days a report in...
- Section 45-11-231.11 Political activities
Each employee may exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her opinion and to cast his or her vote. No...
- Section 45-11-231.12 Violations
Any merit employee who willfully violates any provision of this subpart, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance hereof, shall be dismissed from service...
- Section 45-11-231.13 Applicability - Effective date
All employees to which this subpart applies shall be covered by the merit system by February 27, 2003.
- Division 2 Deputies.
- Part 3 Pistol Permits.
- Part 4 Service of Process.
- Part 5 Jails.
- Article 24 Taxation.
- Part 1 General Provisions.
- Division 1 Compensation.
- Division 2 License Division.
- Division 3 Revenue Commissioner.
- Part 2 Tax, Ad Valorem.
- Division 1 Law Enforcement, Public Health, and Other County Purposes.
- Division 2 Trade School and Rural and Industrial Development.
- Part 3 2014 Sales and Use Tax for Hospital.
- Section 45-11-244 Applicability
This part shall only apply to Chilton County.
- Section 45-11-244.01 Definitions
(a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this part shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a...
- Section 45-11-244.02 Authorization of levy of sales tax
(a) The governing body of the county is authorized to levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind...
- Section 45-11-244.03 Authorization of levy of use tax
(a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose excise taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption of property...
- Section 45-11-244.04 Sales tax to be added to sales price
Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-11-244.02 shall add...
- Section 45-11-244.05 Collection of taxes
(a) The governing body of the county shall administer and collect the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected, or shall cause such taxes...
- Section 45-11-244.06 Referendum authorized
The governing body of the county may call an advisory countywide referendum election on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the...
- Section 45-11-244.07 Enforcement; civil suit; taxes a lien
The taxes authorized to be levied pursuant to this part shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected by civil suit, in...
- Section 45-11-244.08 Applicability of state sales and use tax statutes
All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of reports, and keeping...
- Section 45-11-244.09 Abatement of taxes prohibited
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected may be abated by any governmental...
- Section 45-11-244.10 Use of proceeds
The proceeds of any taxes levied pursuant to the authorization contained in this part shall be used only for the purpose of providing funds to...
- Section 45-11-244.11 Effective date; termination of levy of taxes
(a) If the governing body of the county elects to levy and impose any of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and imposed, it...
- Part 4 2019 Sales and Use Tax for Hospital.
- Section 45-11-245 Applicability
This part shall only apply to Chilton County.
- Section 45-11-245.01 Definitions
(a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in this part shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a...
- Section 45-11-245.02 Authorization of levy of sales tax
(a) The governing body of the county is authorized to levy and impose in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind...
- Section 45-11-245.03 Authorization of levy of use tax
(a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to levy and impose excise taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption of property...
- Section 45-11-245.04 Sales tax to be added to sales price
Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a business subject to the sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-11-245.02 shall add...
- Section 45-11-245.05 Collection of taxes
(a) The governing body of the county shall administer and collect the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected, or shall cause such taxes...
- Section 45-11-245.06 Enforcement; taxes a lien; special counsel
The taxes authorized to be levied pursuant to this part shall constitute a debt due the county and may be collected by civil suit, in...
- Section 45-11-245.07 Applicability of state provisions
All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales tax, making of reports, and keeping...
- Section 45-11-245.08 Abatement of taxes prohibited
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected may be abated by any governmental...
- Section 45-11-245.09 Use of proceeds
The proceeds of any taxes levied pursuant to the authorization contained in this part shall be used only for the purpose of providing funds to...
- Section 45-11-245.10 Authorizing resolution; termination of levy of taxes
(a) If the governing body of the county elects to levy and impose the taxes authorized by this part, it shall adopt an authorizing resolution...
- Section 45-11-245.11 Effective date; legislative intent
It is the intent of the Legislature that this part be construed as retroactive and curative and that the authority for levying the taxes herein...
- Section 45-11-245.12 Relation to Part 3; credit for taxes paid
(a) The collection of taxes pursuant to Act No. 2014-162 or Act No. 2014-422 is hereby ratified, approved, validated, and confirmed; provided, however, that if...
- Section 45-11-245.13 Designation of Chilton County Health Care Authority as agent of county
Any designation made by the governing body of the county prior to the adoption of the authorizing resolution of The Chilton County Health Care Authority...
- Section 45-11-245.14 Pledge or assignment of taxes by Chilton County Health Care Authority
Any pledge or assignment of the taxes herein authorized (or the taxes authorized, or attempted to be authorized, by Act No. 2014-162 or Act No....
- Section 45-11-245.15 Severability
The provisions of this part are severable. If any part of this part is declared invalid or unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part...
- Part 5 Sales and Use Tax for Infrastructure, Public Safety, and Economic Development.
- Section 45-11-246 Definitions
As used in this part, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. Chilton County. (2) SALES AND USE TAX. A tax imposed by...
- Section 45-11-246.01 Levy of tax authorized
(a) The Chilton County Commission, upon a majority vote of the members and in addition to all other taxes, may levy a sales and use...
- Section 45-11-246.02 Collection of tax
The taxes levied by this part shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the state sales and use taxes...
- Section 45-11-246.03 Addition of tax to sales price
Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the taxes levied by this part shall add to the sales price and collect from...
- Section 45-11-246.04 Collection and enforcement
The taxes levied by this part shall constitute a debt due Chilton County. The taxes, together with any interest and penalties, shall constitute and be...
- Section 45-11-246.05 Applicability of state provisions
All existing provisions of the sales and use tax statutes, whether imposed by state statutes or local act applicable to Chilton County, with respect to...
- Section 45-11-246.06 Disposition of funds
All taxes collected under this part shall be remitted to Chilton County and deposited in the Chilton County General Fund earmarked for infrastructure, public safety,...
- Section 45-11-246.07 Expiration and renewal
The authority for the Chilton County Commission to levy any sales and use taxes pursuant to this part shall expire on May 15, 2054, unless...
- Part 6 Sales and Use Tax for Maintenance and Repair of County Jail.
- Section 45-11-247 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
As used in this part, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not...
- Section 45-11-247.01 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a) The County Commission of Chilton County may levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes,...
- Section 45-11-247.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
The tax levied by this part shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue, the county, or by contract to a business that collects...
- Section 45-11-247.03 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
Each person engaging or continuing in a business subject to the tax levied by this part, shall add to the sales price or admission fee...
- Section 45-11-247.04 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
The tax levied by this part shall constitute a debt due Chilton County. The tax, together with any interest and penalties, Shall constitute and be...
- Section 45-11-247.05 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 14, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to the payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use tax,...
- Section 45-11-247.06 Charge for collection; trust account
The department shall charge Chilton County for collecting the tax levied under this part in an amount or percentage of total collections as may be...
- Section 45-11-247.07 Legislative findings
Act 96-631 of the 1996 Regular Session (Acts 1996, p. 1002) authorized the Chilton County Commission to levy an additional sales and use tax for...
- Section 45-11-247.08 Use of funds
Effective beginning with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, the Chilton County Commission may appropriate principal and interest from the trust account established in...
- Article 25 Utilities.
- Article 26 Zoning and Planning.
Last modified: May 3, 2021