Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Chapter 39A - Lauderdale County Municipalities
- Article 1 Florence.
- Part 1 Alcoholic Beverages.
- Part 2 Civic Center.
- Section 45-39A-11 Definitions
(a) The words and terms defined in this section when used in this part shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein, unless it...
- Section 45-39A-11.01 Legislative findings
The Legislature hereby finds and determines that the following conditions exist: (1) That it is to the interest of the citizens of the City of...
- Section 45-39A-11.02 Civic Center Authority - Creation; composition
(a) There is hereby established a public corporation for the purposes hereinafter specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by...
- Section 45-39A-11.03 Civic Center Authority - Powers; officers, contracts
(a) The power of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors; however, the...
- Section 45-39A-11.04 Civic Center Authority - Construction, maintenance, etc., of civic center; powers
(a) The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage a civic center in the City of Florence. The authority shall be...
- Section 45-39A-11.05 Civic Center Authority - Revenue bonds
(a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (e), the authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue...
- Part 3 Education.
- Section 45-39A-12 Board of Education - Creation; composition
If the majority of electors voting vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City of Florence...
- Section 45-39A-12.01 Board of Education - Districts
A member shall reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office. If a member leaves the district he or...
- Section 45-39A-12.02 Board of Education - Qualifications of members
A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, a registered voter, a resident of the...
- Section 45-39A-12.03 Board of Education - Education of members
(a) The Florence City Council shall take necessary steps to ensure that this part complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended....
- Section 45-39A-12.04 Board of Education - Powers and duties
(a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Florence City Board of Education as provided in...
- Section 45-39A-12.05 Board of Education - Vacancies
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...
- Section 45-39A-12.06 Board of Education - Compensation
The compensation for each member of the board of education shall be in an amount as provided by state law, payable from city school system
- Section 45-39A-12.07 Board of Education - Auditing of records
An annual audit of the financial records of the city school system and of the board of education shall be conducted by an independent licensed...
- Section 45-39A-12.08 Board of Education - Unexcused absence of members
Any member of the board of education who fails to attend more than two regularly scheduled monthly board meetings without an authorized excused absence as...
- Section 45-39A-12.09 Board of Education - Chair
The chair of the board shall have all of the following duties: (1) To preside over all board meetings. (2) To set the meeting dates...
- Section 45-39A-12.10 Board of Education - Liability of members
Members of the Florence City Board of Education shall be immune from any civil liability whatsoever, be it in contract, tort, or otherwise, for any...
- Part 4 Employees.
- Section 45-39A-13 Police and fire departments under civil service
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Florence is authorized and empowered at any time subsequent to September 25, 1997, to put into force...
- Section 45-39A-13.01 Definitions
With reference to the police department the following definition shall apply as used herein: The word patrolman shall mean and apply to all motorcycle officers,...
- Section 45-39A-13.02 Composition of civil service board
The civil service board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the members of the City Council of the City of Florence. In...
- Section 45-39A-13.03 Rulemaking authority
The civil service board shall make rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this article, and for examinations, appointments, and removals in accordance...
- Section 45-39A-13.04 Application and examination
All applicants for a place or position on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, shall file their application in writing...
- Section 45-39A-13.05 Examinations; fee
The board shall control all examinations, and whenever an examination is to take place, shall conduct the examination. Every applicant for examination shall pay to...
- Section 45-39A-13.06 Vacancies
The chief of police, as far as the police department be concerned, and the chief of the fire department, as far as the fire department...
- Section 45-39A-13.07 Emergency appointment
The civil service board, in an emergency, or in cases where it deems proper, may authorize the chief of police to appoint for temporary service...
- Section 45-39A-13.08 Badges for use of regularly employed police officers or detectives
It shall be a violation of this part for any official, officer, or other person to issue, give, or lend one of the regulation police...
- Section 45-39A-13.09 Election of chair
The civil service board shall elect one of their members as chair who shall hold office as chair at the pleasure of the board. The...
- Section 45-39A-13.10 Recordkeeping
The civil service board shall keep minutes of their meetings and records of all business transacted by them at each and every meeting. All minutes...
- Section 45-39A-13.11 Compensation
The compensation of the civil service board shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per month. The mayor and the city council, or other governing body...
- Section 45-39A-13.12 Political recommendations
No recommendation by any officer or official, whether the officer or official be a city, county, state, or national officer or official, shall be considered...
- Section 45-39A-13.13 Violations
Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence, violate this part, and...
- Section 45-39A-13.14 Application of part
Every member of the police department and every member of the fire department in all cities coming within this part, who was such member on...
- Section 45-39A-13.15 Eligibility
No person shall be eligible to take the civil service examination or to appointment as a member of either the police or fire departments in...
- Part 5 Taxation.
- Article 2 Killen.
- Article 2A Lexington.
- Part 1 Alcoholic Beverages.
- Article 3 Rogersville.
- Article 4 Sheffield.
- Article 5 St.Florian.
- Article 6 Waterloo.
Last modified: May 3, 2021