Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Chapter 12 - Choctaw County

• Article 1 General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
• Section 45-12-10 Disclaimer
  (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Choctaw County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Choctaw County prior...
• Article 2 Alcoholic Beverages.
• Part 1 Regulation.
• Section 45-12-20 County commission to approve licenses in unincorporated areas
  In Choctaw County, the county commission shall have the authority to approve any license for the sale of alcoholic beverages to any establishment located within...
• Section 45-12-20.01 Draft and keg beer sales authorized
  The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may in its discretion grant permits to licensed retailers to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt...
• Section 45-12-20.02 Size limitations for sale of beer or ale
  (a) In Choctaw County, in addition to all other containers provided for by law, beer or ale may be sold in cans that do not...
• Part 2 Taxation.
• Section 45-12-21 Disposition of beer tax funds
  (a) This section applies to Choctaw County only. (b) Section 1(c)(2)(v) of Act 82-344, Acts of Alabama Regular Session 1982, to the contrary notwithstanding, in...
• Article 3 Boards and Commissions.
• Section 45-12-30 Choctaw County Medical Scholarship Board
  (a)(1) There is hereby created in Choctaw County a board to be called the "Choctaw County Medical Scholarship Board" which shall be composed of six...
• Article 4 Business, Labor, and Occupations.
• Section 45-12-40 Reserved
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• Article 5 Constables.
• Section 45-12-50 Reserved
• Article 6 Coroner.
• Section 45-12-60 Expense allowances
  (a) The county Coroner of Choctaw County shall be entitled to receive an additional expense allowance in the amount of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175)...
• Section 45-12-60.01 Additional expense allowance
  (a) The Choctaw County Commission may provide an additional expense allowance for the coroner in an amount which shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300)...
• Article 7 County Commission.
• Part 1 Compensation.
• Section 45-12-70 Salary
  Repealed by Act 2014-187, §7, effective March 20, 2014.
• Part 2 Private Roads.
• Section 45-12-71 Construction and maintenance of private roads
  (a) The County Commission of Choctaw County is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain driveways for schools, churches, and church owned cemeteries, located...
• Part 3 Operation.
• Section 45-12-72 Applicability
  This part shall apply only in Choctaw County.
• Section 45-12-72.01 Members to serve part-time; salary; health insurance
  Beginning with the next term of office for any commissioner of the county commission which commences in November 2014, or thereafter, each member of the...
• Section 45-12-72.02 Centralized road system; work plan of county engineer and annual budget
  The Choctaw County Commission shall establish a centrally located shop and centralized road system for the operation of the county roads and bridges. The county...
• Section 45-12-72.03 Clerical assistance; recordkeeping
  The county commission may employ clerical help and assistance deemed necessary for the proper, efficient, and economical operation of the county commission. The chair of...
• Section 45-12-72.04 Inspection of roads and bridges
  Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads and bridges of his or her district, from time to time, hear the suggestions and...
• Article 8 Courts.
• Part 1 Court Costs.
• Division 1 Law Enforcement.
• Section 45-12-80 Costs and charges in Choctaw County Division of First Judicial Circuit; deputy sheriff compensation
  (a) Commencing August 1, 1979, all costs and charges of court in the Choctaw County Division of the First Judicial Circuit of this state shall...
• Division 2 Law Library.
• Section 45-12-80.20 Choctaw County Law Library Fund; law library fee; board
  (a)(1) There is hereby created a fund to be designated the "Choctaw County Law Library Fund," which fund shall be expended as hereinafter provided for...
• Part 2 Probate.
• Division 1 Compensation.
• Section 45-12-81 Salary of judge of probate
  Effective the beginning of the next term of office, the Judge of Probate of Choctaw County shall be entitled to receive an annual salary of...
• Division 2 Reimbursement for Errors.
• Section 45-12-81.20 Reimbursement of judge of probate
  (a) The Choctaw County Commission shall reimburse the office of judge of probate from the general fund of the county, the amount of any monetary...
• Part 3 District Attorney.
• Section 45-12-82 Definitions
  For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the First Judicial Circuit,...
• Section 45-12-82.01 Establishment of pretrial diversion program; discretionary powers; supervision and control
  (a) The District Attorney of the First Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common...
• Section 45-12-82.02 Applicants for admittance
  (a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in this subsection whose jurisdiction is in the circuit or district court of the First Judicial...
• Section 45-12-82.03 Standards for admission
  (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...
• Section 45-12-82.04 Admission into program
  (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...
• Section 45-12-82.05 Program requirements; records
  (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...
• Section 45-12-82.06 Time for application
  (a) Except for traffic offenses, an offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion program no later than 21 days after his or her first...
• Section 45-12-82.07 Costs and fees
  (a) An applicant may be assessed a fee to be established by the district attorney when the applicant is approved for the program. The amount...
• Section 45-12-82.08 Self-improvement or self-help programs; drug testing
  The district attorney and the offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program that the offender be admitted to...
• Section 45-12-82.09 Written agreement; other terms and conditions
  (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...
• Section 45-12-82.10 Pretrial Diversion Program Fund
  The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. The district attorney shall use the funds in the Pretrial Diversion Program Fund to pay...
• Section 45-12-82.11 Violations; waiver
  (a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender, the district attorney may terminate the...
• Section 45-12-82.12 Liability of district attorney
  The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program.
• Section 45-12-82.13 Funding
  The pretrial diversion program may apply for and accept grant funding applicable to the aims of the program and may receive funding or appropriations from...
• Section 45-12-82.14 Advisory board
  The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist in the determination of appropriate pretrial diversion candidates and conditions for participation in the program....
• Article 9 Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
• Section 45-12-90 Reserved
• Article 10 Education.
• Part 1 Board of Education.
• Section 45-12-100 Compensation
  In Choctaw County, the county board of education shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month which shall...
• Part 2 Superintendent of Education.
• Section 45-12-101 Election; qualifications; powers and duties; compensation
  (a) The Superintendent of Education of Choctaw County shall be elected at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first...
• Article 11 Elections.
• Section 45-12-110 Compensation for poll workers
  . In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for the poll workers in Choctaw County, each poll worker shall be entitled to a...
• Article 12 Employees.
• Section 45-12-120 Reserved
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• Article 13 Engineer, County.
• Section 45-12-130 Qualifications; duties
  The county commission shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a qualified and competent civil engineer, possessing all of the qualities as specified for...
• Article 14 Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
• Section 45-12-140 Reserved
• Article 15 Gambling.
• Section 45-12-150 Reserved
• Article 16 Government Finance and Operations.
• Section 45-12-160 Reserved
• Article 17 Health and Environment.
• Part 1 Board of Health.
• Section 45-12-170 Fees for services
  (a) The Choctaw County Board of Health shall designate the services rendered by the county health department for which fees may be charged and shall...
• Section 45-12-171 Replacement of well casings
  Any person permitted by law to drill wells may replace the casing in a two-inch well in Choctaw County if the owner of the well...
• Article 18 Highways and Bridges.
• Section 45-12-180 Reserved
• Article 19 Legislature.
• Section 45-12-190 Reserved
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• Article 20 Licenses and Licensing.
• Section 45-12-200 Reserved
• Article 21 Motor Vehicles and Transportation.
• Section 45-12-210 Reserved
• Article 22 Parks, Historic Preservation, Musesms, and Recreation.
• Section 45-12-220 Reserved
• Article 23 Sheriff.
• Part 1 Funding.
• Section 45-12-230 Sale of confiscated, abandoned, or unclaimed property
  (a) In circumstances not specifically provided in the general laws of the state, including specifically without limitation Chapter 12 of Title 35; Section 20-2-93, and...
• Part 2 Jails.
• Section 45-12-231 Jail canteen
  The Sheriff of Choctaw County may establish a canteen for the purpose of selling supplies to prisoners. All revenue derived from the sale of such...
• Part 3 Pistol Permit.
• Section 45-12-232 Fee; disposition of funds
  In Choctaw County, the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about the person as...
• Part 4 Qualifications.
• Section 45-12-233 Minimum qualifications; continuing education
  (a) On or after June 5, 2019, a person qualifying for election to the office of Sheriff of Choctaw County or any person appointed to...
• Article 24 Taxation.
• Part 1 Revenue Commissioner.
• Division 1 Creation of Office.
• Section 45-12-240 Consolidation of offices and powers; oath; compensation
  (a) This section shall apply only in Choctaw County. (b) The purpose of this section is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in...
• Division 2 Employees.
• Section 45-12-240.20 Clerical and secretarial employee compensation
  (a) The governing body of Choctaw County is hereby empowered to authorize payments to be made from the county general fund for salaries of clerical...
• Section 45-12-240.21 Reimbursement; duties of revenue commissioner; retrieval, voiding of license for use of worthless instrument
  (a) The Choctaw County Commission shall reimburse the office of revenue commissioner from the general fund in the amount of any monetary loss, not to...
• Division 3 Powers and Duties.
• Section 45-12-240.40 Motor vehicle licensing
  (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Choctaw County shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles,...
• Division 4 Retirement.
• Section 45-12-240.50 Retirement benefits
  So long as the Revenue Commissioner of Choctaw County has satisfied all prerequisites to receive supernumerary retirement benefits, payment for supernumerary retirement benefits may not...
• Part 2 Tax, Sales and Use.
• Section 45-12-241 Levy of tax; ambulance and emergency medical services
  (a) This section shall only apply to Choctaw County. (b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by...
• Section 45-12-241.01 Privilege license tax for mandatory solid waste disposal program
  (a) This section shall only apply to Choctaw County. (b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by...
• Part 3 Tax, Tobacco.
• Section 45-12-242 Levy of tax; Parks and Recreation Board
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• Article 25 Utilities.
• Section 45-12-250 Ratification of utility systems
  In all cases in which a board organized under Article 9, Chapter 50, Title 11, for the purpose of operating a water, gas, sewer, or...
• Article 26 Zoning and Planning.
• Section 45-12-260 Reserved

Last modified: May 3, 2021