Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Chapter 8 - Calhoun County
- Article 1 General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
- Part 1 Disclaimer.
- Section 45-8-10 Disclaimer
(a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Calhoun County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Calhoun County prior...
- Part 2 Compensation.
- Section 45-8-11 Expense allowance - Board of equalization, board of registration, jury commissioners
(a) In Calhoun County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to...
- Section 45-8-11.01 Annual salaries of certain officials; reimbursements
(a) Beginning with the next term of office, in lieu of any other compensation or expense allowances now provided by law, certain officials of Calhoun...
- Section 45-8-11.02 Annual salaries and expense allowances - Sheriff and license commissioner
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County. (b) Upon the expiration of the present terms of office held by the sheriff and the...
- Section 45-8-11.03 Expense allowances of certain officials; annual salary adjustments
(a) Commencing with May 23, 2000, each county official listed below shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the following amounts per annum, which...
- Section 45-8-11.04 Cost-of-living expense allowances of certain officials
(a) From May 1, 2002, until September 30, 2002, the Sheriff, License Commissioner, Tax Assessor, and Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall be entitled to...
- Section 45-8-11.05 Additional expense allowances and uniform compensation increases for certain county officers
(a) As used in this section, county means Calhoun County and county official means each local Calhoun County official covered by Chapter 2A of Title...
- Part 3 Reimbursement for Advertisement of Proposed Local Laws.
- Section 45-8-12 Payment of reimbursement
Calhoun County, the Calhoun County Commission, or any municipality in Calhoun County shall be reimbursed for any expenditures incurred by the county, the county commission,...
- Article 2 Alcoholic Beverages.
- Part 1 General Provisions.
- Part 2 Licensing.
- Part 3 Taxation.
- Article 3 Boards and Commissions.
- Article 4 Business, Labor, and Occupations.
- Article 5 Constables.
- Section 45-8-50 Office abolished
In Calhoun 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 Coroners.
- Article 7 County Commission.
- Part 1 Compensation.
- Part 2 Property.
- Part 3 Roads.
- Article 8 Courts.
- Part 1 Circuit Courts.
- Part 2 Court Costs.
- Section 45-8-81 Law library
(a) In Calhoun County, in addition to any costs and charges fixed by law upon conviction for violations of municipal ordinances in municipalities having a...
- Section 45-8-81.01 Courthouse security
(a) In Calhoun County, in any case in which court costs are assessed in the district and circuit court of the county, there shall be...
- Section 45-8-81.02 Computer systems; Justice Technology Fund; additional costs, charges, booking fees
(a)(1) In Calhoun County, in any case in which court costs are assessed in a municipal court in the county, there shall be assessed and...
- Section 45-8-81.03 Drug and violent crime reduction fee
(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Calhoun County, a docket fee in the...
- Section 45-8-81.04 Additional court costs in domestic violence cases, drug possession cases, and traffic cases
(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and municipal court cases in Calhoun County in the 7th Judicial Circuit, there...
- Part 3 District Attorney.
- Division 1 Employees.
- Section 45-8-82 Investigators
(a) The District Attorney of Calhoun County may appoint an investigator to conduct investigations of alleged violations of law in the circuit. Such investigator shall...
- Division 2 Funding.
- Section 45-8-82.20 District Attorney's Fund
(a) The District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit shall maintain and keep a special fund known as the District Attorney's Fund. Any funds on...
- Section 45-8-82.21 Docket fee; Solicitor's Fund
(a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Calhoun County, a docket fee, hereinafter referred...
- Section 45-8-82.22 Sale of abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property
(a)(1) The District Attorney of Calhoun County shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen personal property recovered by the Calhoun...
- Division 3 Pretrial Diversion Program.
- Part 4 Juvenile Court.
- Part 5 Probate Court.
- Division 1 Fees.
- Division 2 Indexing System.
- Division 3 Recording of Instrument.
- Article 9 Economic Development and Tourism.
- Article 10 Education.
- Article 11 Elections.
- Part 1 Board of Registrars.
- Division 1 Compensation.
- Section 45-8-110 Additional compensation
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in Calhoun County, each member of the board of registrars shall receive additional compensation in...
- Division 2 Meeting Days.
- Part 2 Election Officials.
- Section 45-8-111 Compensation
(a) Each election official of Calhoun County shall receive the rate of minimum wage for each hour, or fraction thereof, that the polls are open...
- Article 12 Employees.
- Section 45-8-120 County civil system created
The selection and employment of all individuals in the service of Calhoun County, Alabama, except for those exempted in Section 45-8-120.01 shall be subject to...
- Section 45-8-120.01 Exempt employment
The employment of the following individuals is exempted from the provisions of this article (a) elective officers; (b) members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees;...
- Section 45-8-120.02 Definitions
As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The judge of probate, the license commissioner, the tax...
- Section 45-8-120.03 Appointment and employment; funding of positions
The employment of all employees, except those exempted in Section 45-8-120.01, of Calhoun County, who are covered by this article shall be subject to the...
- Section 45-8-120.04 Categories of service
All employees and positions covered by this article shall be assigned by the board, in coordination with the county commission and the responsible appointing authority,...
- Section 45-8-120.05 Civil Service Board - Creation; composition; meetings; annual budget
There is created the Civil Service Board of Calhoun County, composed of five members each of whom shall be over 25 years of age, of...
- Section 45-8-120.06 Civil Service Board - Oath
Every person who shall be appointed a member of the Civil Service Board of Calhoun County shall within 15 days thereafter qualify by making oath...
- Section 45-8-120.07 Civil Service Board - Rules and regulations
The board shall make such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The rules and regulations shall include, but...
- Section 45-8-120.08 Civil Service Board - Expense allowances
Each member of the board, except the chairperson, shall receive an expense allowance of at least one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) per month. The chairperson...
- Section 45-8-120.09 Applications for employment; examinations; vacancies
All individuals seeking employment in positions that are covered by this article shall file their applications with the Civil Service Board of Calhoun County in...
- Section 45-8-120.10 Performance rating
(a) All employees shall maintain an above marginal performance rating to be able to retain employment with the county. No county employee under the Civil...
- Section 45-8-120.11 Probationary term of employment
Normally, all appointments to jobs or positions assigned to the classified service shall be probationary for a period of six months from the date of...
- Section 45-8-120.12 Temporary employees; filing of vacancies
(a) The Civil Service Board of Calhoun County may, in cases where the board and the appointing authority deem it proper, authorize the appointing authority...
- Section 45-8-120.13 Disciplinary action
An appointing authority may take disciplinary action against any employee assigned to his or her department so long as the action is taken in accordance...
- Section 45-8-120.14 Charges; investigation; hearing
Charges may be filed by any individual against any employee covered by this article as follows: The charges must be in writing, must set forth...
- Section 45-8-120.15 Written appeal of board action; hearing
A regular status classified service employee shall have 30 calendar days from his or her receipt of written notification of any disciplinary action taken against...
- Section 45-8-120.16 Open meetings and hearings of board
All meetings and hearings of the board shall be open to the public. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the good name and character of an individual...
- Section 45-8-120.17 Petition for review of board action
Any party, including the county commission and county appointing authorities, aggrieved by a final action of the board, shall be entitled to a review of...
- Section 45-8-120.18 Pending proceedings
All proceedings pending before the board in accordance with prior legislative and board requirements in effect on May 16, 1996, shall be completed in accordance...
- Section 45-8-120.19 Employment discrimination
No individual shall be appointed or promoted to, or dismissed from, any position, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment...
- Section 45-8-120.20 Violations; penalties
Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty...
- Section 45-8-120.21 Prospective nature of article
The provisions of this article shall be prospective in nature. The board shall by November 16, 1996, draw and have printed such rules, regulations, and...
- Article 13 Engineer, County.
- Article 14 Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
- Section 45-8-140 Fire hydrants
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County, Alabama. (b) It has been shown to be in the public interest that an adequate supply...
- Article 15 Gambling.
- Section 45-8-150 Definitions
For purposes of this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BINGO. The game commonly known as bingo, which is a game...
- Section 45-8-150.01 Bingo games authorized
The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by certain nonprofit organizations for charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes shall be legal in Calhoun...
- Section 45-8-150.02 Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission
(a) There is created the Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission which shall be comprised of nine members, each of whom shall be a fair, equitable...
- Section 45-8-150.03 Bingo games - Permits; ordinances
(a) No qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a bingo game unless the county governing body, or the governing bodies of the respective cities...
- Section 45-8-150.04 Bingo games - Types of permits; prizes
(a) The maximum amount given away at any one bingo session shall be the determination of the governing body issuing the permit. The governing bodies...
- Section 45-8-150.05 Bingo games - Permit requirements
(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...
- Section 45-8-150.06 Bingo games - Legislative intent; prize limits; deductions for actual expenses; consulting fees, management, revocation of permit
(a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only those qualified organizations which are properly issued permits pursuant to this article shall be allowed...
- Section 45-8-150.07 Bingo games - Charitable or educational purposes of proceeds
(a) All of the net proceeds of a bingo game shall be designated and expended for charitable or educational purposes. Provided, however, in no event...
- Section 45-8-150.08 Bingo games - Equipment; prize and conduct limitations
(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...
- Section 45-8-150.09 Bingo games - Record keeping
Each permit holder, for compliance with this article only, shall maintain all of the following records pertaining to each bingo session for at least three...
- Section 45-8-150.10 Bingo games - Filing of records; inspection of records and bingo location
(a) On or before January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15, respectively, occurring one year after January 1, 1997, and on or before...
- Section 45-8-150.11 Bingo games - Revocation of permit
The governing body of the jurisdiction in which bingo is conducted by a permit holder may, for good cause shown, revoke any permit if the...
- Section 45-8-150.12 Bingo games - Powers and duties of Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission
The Calhoun County Bingo Regulatory Commission may, for good cause shown, and after diligent investigation subsequent to the receipt of an application pursuant to this...
- Section 45-8-150.13 Revocation of bingo permit - Authority of District Attorney
Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Sections 45-8-150.11 and 45-8-150.12, the district attorney, with or without the consent of the governing body which issued the permit,...
- Section 45-8-150.14 Revocation of bingo permit - Eligibility; effect of convictions
(a) A permit holder whose permit is revoked for any reason is ineligible to apply for a permit for the operation of bingo games in...
- Section 45-8-150.15 Revocation of bingo permit - Jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin
The Circuit Court of Calhoun County shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this article and shall have jurisdiction to revoke permits issued...
- Section 45-8-150.16 Violations; punishment
Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law.
- Section 45-8-150.17 Seizure and forfeiture of contraband
Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any bingo game or operation in violation of this article is contraband and may be seized...
- Section 45-8-150.18 Prior permit holders
Bingo operators presently holding a valid bingo permit in Calhoun County after January 1, 1997 shall be allowed to continue to operate for a period...
- Article 16 Government Finance and Operations.
- Article 17 Health and Environment.
- Part 1 Animal Control.
- Part 2 Board of Health.
- Division 1 Death Certificates.
- Division 2 Fees.
- Part 3 Environment.
- Part 4 Mental Health.
- Section 45-8-173 Short title
This part shall be known as the "Sheldon and Haley Pugh Act of Calhoun County."
- Section 45-8-173.01 Additional recording fee; Mental Health Advisory Board; disposition fee
(a) In addition to any fees currently assessed, the probate office of Calhoun County shall charge an additional fee of four dollars ($4) on certain...
- Section 45-8-173.02 Report of income and expenditures
The Calhoun-Cleburne Mental Health Board, Inc., shall provide the Calhoun County Judge of Probate, the Calhoun County Sheriff, and the Chair of the Calhoun County...
- Section 45-8-173.03 Liability
The Calhoun County Mental Health Advisory Board, board members, mental health officer, and assistant mental health officers shall be granted immunity from liability except for...
- Section 45-8-173.04 Charge of other fees
The judge of probate shall continue to charge any filing or recording fee or any other fee provided by law for matters not covered by...
- Section 45-8-173.05 Implementation of crisis intervention procedure
The Calhoun County Mental Health Advisory Board shall oversee the implementation of the mental health officer crisis intervention procedures.
- Section 45-8-173.06 Appointments as mental health officers
The Calhoun County Mental Health Advisory Board shall consider for appointment the names of all persons submitted to it for appointment as a mental health...
- Section 45-8-173.07 Specialized training
The Calhoun-Cleburne Mental Health Board, Inc., shall provide additional specialized training related to crisis intervention, mental health center operations, and the evaluation of persons suspected...
- Article 18 Highways and Bridges.
- Article 19 Legislature.
- Article 20 Licenses and Licensing.
- Part 1 Commissioner of Licenses.
- Section 45-8-200 Application of part
This part shall apply only in counties having a population of not less than 76,000 nor more than 96,000 according to the last or any...
- Section 45-8-200.01 Commissioner of licenses - Appointment; salary
There is hereby created the office of commissioner of licenses who shall be appointed by the chairman or president of the county governing body, the...
- Section 45-8-200.02 Commissioner of licenses - Official seal; oath; bond
The commissioner of licenses shall be a county officer, shall have an official seal of office, and shall maintain his or her permanent office in...
- Section 45-8-200.03 Commissioner of licenses - Office space and equipment furnished
Suitable office space and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office shall be furnished by the governing body of...
- Section 45-8-200.04 Commissioner of licenses - Deputy commissioner, clerks, assistants
The commissioner of licenses herein provided for may appoint a deputy commissioner of licenses who shall, in his absence, have the power and authority herein...
- Section 45-8-200.05 Commissioner of licenses - Duties
It shall be the duty of the commissioner of licenses to collect and issue all licenses, except marriage licenses, for exercising any rights or privileges...
- Section 45-8-200.06 License issuance and collections
Before any person, firm, or corporation shall engage in or carry on any business or do any act in any county in which this part...
- Section 45-8-200.07 License application forms
On or after the first day of September each year, the commissioner of licenses, may mail an application in the form and containing the information...
- Section 45-8-200.08 Application by mail
All applications for motor vehicle tags by mail and the correct amount of taxes and fees shall be received by the commissioner of licenses on...
- Section 45-8-200.09 Automobile purchases; transfer of title; penalty
The purchaser of an automobile shall within 10 days after transfer of title to him or her, have the transfer of title made on the...
- Section 45-8-200.10 Powers and duties of judge of probate transferred
All duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of the judge of probate with reference to the issuance of all licenses, except...
- Section 45-8-200.11 State Comptroller to furnish books, records, blanks
The State Comptroller is hereby required to furnish to the commissioner of licenses all books, records, and blanks, now or hereafter required by law to...
- Section 45-8-200.12 Powers and duties of tax assessor and tax collector transferred
All duties required by law of the tax assessor and the tax collector with reference to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes on...
- Section 45-8-200.13 State Department of Revenue to furnish forms and blanks
The State Department of Revenue shall furnish the commissioner of licenses all forms and blanks necessary in connection with the performance of his or her...
- Section 45-8-200.14 Powers and duties of county license inspectors transferred
On and after the termination of the services of any county license inspector now in office in any county in which this part applies, the...
- Section 45-8-200.15 Intent and purpose of part
It is the intent and purpose of this part to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better...
- Part 2 Piedmont Branch Office Established.
- Part 3 Alexandria Brands Office Established
- Part 4 Special License Fee.
- Article 21 Motor Vehicles and Transportation.
- Article 22 Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
- Article 23 Sheriff.
- Part 1 General Provisions.
- Part 2 Funding,
- Part 3 Jails.
- Division 1 Jail Store.
- Division 2 Rehabilitation of Inmates; Work Release.
- Part 4 Pistol Permits.
- Section 45-8-233 Fees
(a) In Calhoun County, except as provided in subsection (b) the fee for issuance of a permit to carry a pistol in a vehicle or...
- Article 24 Taxation.
- Part 1 Revenue Commissioner.
- Division 1 Creation of Office.
- Section 45-8-240 Establishment of office; election and term
At the expiration of the terms of office of the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Calhoun County in September 2003, there shall be established...
- Section 45-8-240.01 Assessment, tax collection, records, and reports
The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law performed either by the tax assessor or the tax...
- Section 45-8-240.02 Deputies, clerks, and assistants
Subject to the approval of the county commission and the provisions of the Civil Service Act, Section 45-8-120, et seq., as amended, the county revenue...
- Section 45-8-240.03 Oath; bond
Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of...
- Section 45-8-240.04 Stationery, equipment, and office supplies
The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished...
- Section 45-8-240.05 Fees, percentages, commissions, etc.; compensation
The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax...
- Section 45-8-244.06 Offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector abolished
The offices of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall be abolished effective on the last day of the term to which they...
- Section 45-8-244.07 Consolidation of offices
It is the purpose of this subpart to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in Calhoun County by consolidating the offices of tax assessor...
- Division 2 Powers and Duties.
- Section 45-8-240.30 Commission for assessment and collection of property taxes
The Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall each be authorized to collect a commission of not to exceed one percent respectively...
- Section 45-8-240.31 Delinquent taxes statement; list of delinquent properties; newspaper notice; trial and decree of sale; fees; reports
(a) After the first day of January, the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall mail a statement to all delinquent taxpayers addressed to the party...
- Section 45-8-240.32 Additional rights, powers, duties, and authorities; contracts; application of statutes, acts, and laws of state
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County, Alabama. (b)(1) In addition to all other rights, powers, duties, and authorities, the tax assessor and...
- Section 45-8-240.33 Liability for monetary loss
(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County. (b) The Calhoun County Commission shall reimburse the office of revenue commissioner from the General Fund...
- Part 2 Tax, General.
- Division 1 Business License Tax.
- Division 2 Lodging Tax.
- Section 45-8-241.20 Levy of tax; exemptions or exclusions
(a) There is hereby levied in Calhoun County, in addition to all other taxes now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax, paralleling, at...
- Section 45-8-241.21 Payment and collection of taxes
The tax levied under the provisions of this subpart shall be paid to and collected by the State Department of Revenue, hereinafter referred to as...
- Section 45-8-241.22 Tax due dates; gross proceeds statements
The tax levied under the provisions of this subpart, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the...
- Section 45-8-241.23 Monthly reports of cash and credit businesses
Any person, firm, or corporation taxable under this subpart having a cash and credit business may report such cash business, and the taxpayer shall thereafter...
- Section 45-8-241.24 Tax returns, forms, and remittances
On or before 30 days after the end of the tax year, each person, firm, or corporation liable for the payment of a privilege tax...
- Section 45-8-241.25 Records, books, and accounts
It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation engaging, or continuing in Calhoun County in any business taxed hereunder to keep and...
- Section 45-8-241.26 Oaths; perjury
The monthly reports herein required to be made are not required to be made on oath, but wherever in this subpart any report is required...
- Section 45-8-241.27 Inspection of reports or returns
All reports of returns filed with the State Department of Revenue under this subpart shall be available for inspection by the governing body of Calhoun...
- Section 45-8-241.28 Failure to include tax; absorption or refund of tax
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in or continuing within Calhoun County in any business for which a license or...
- Section 45-8-241.29 Enforcement of collection of taxes; civil suits; special counsel
The tax levied by this subpart together with interest and penalties that may be imposed, shall constitute a debt due Calhoun County and may be...
- Section 45-8-241.30 Application of law and statutes
All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect to payment, assessment, and collection of the state lodging tax, making of reports and keeping...
- Section 45-8-241.31 Charges for collection of taxes; tourism and convention promotion
The State Department of Revenue shall charge Calhoun County for collecting the county taxes levied such amount or percentage of total collections as may be...
- Division 3 Tangible Personal Property Rentals.
- Section 45-8-241.60 Definitions
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this subpart shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context...
- Section 45-8-241.61 Levy of tax; allocation of revenues; non-appliacbility to contracts entered into before May 19, 1992
(a)(1) LEVY OF TAX. Effective July 1, 1992, there is hereby levied in addition to all privilege license taxes of every kind now or hereinafter...
- Section 45-8-241.62 Exemptions
There shall be exempted from the computation of any tax due hereunder the following: (1) The gross proceeds accruing from the leasing or rental of...
- Section 45-8-241.63 Monthly installments of taxes; statements of gross proceeds; fines for false statements
The privilege license tax levied hereunder, except as otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of...
- Section 45-8-241.64 Reports of cash or credit leases or rentals
Any person taxable hereunder who makes cash or credit leases or rentals, may report such cash leases or rentals only, and he or she shall...
- Section 45-8-241.65 Books and records; violations and penalties
(a) It shall be the duty of every person engaging or continuing in any business for which a privilege or license tax is imposed hereby...
- Section 45-8-241.66 Delinquent taxes; penalty and interest
Any person who fails to pay the tax herein levied within the time required by this subpart shall pay, in addition to the tax, a...
- Section 45-8-241.67 Implementation and enforcement
The County Commission of Calhoun County is hereby expressly authorized to prescribe all necessary or appropriate rules and regulations for the implementation and enforcement of...
- Part 3 Tax, Sales and Use.
- Division 1 Authorization.
- Division 2 Exemptions.
- Part 4 Tax, Tobacco.
- Part 5 Board of Equalization.
- Part 6 Tax, Alcoholic Beverages.
- Article 25 Utilities.
- Article 26 Zoning and Planning.
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