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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-17-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Part 1 - Regulation.
Division 1 - Conduct Prohibted in Licensed Establishments.
Section 45-17-20 - Rules and Regulations; Violations. - (a) The Legislature finds that the authority of the Legislature...
Division 2 - Wholesalers.
Section 45-17-20.20 - Operation of Business by Licensee at Location Originally Designated as Wet. - (a) This section relates to Colbert County. (b) In Colbert...
Division 3 - Sunday Sales.
Section 45-17-20.40 - Authorization; Referendum. - (a) This section only applies to Colbert County. (b) The...
Section 45-17-20.41 - Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Sales on Sunday Unincorporated Areas of the County. - The Colbert County Commission may regulate and permit the sale...
Division 4 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages.
Section 45-17-20.60 - Approval by County Commission or City Council. - (a) This subpart only applies in Colbert County. (b) The...
Part 2 - Taxation.
Section 45-17-21 - Beer Tax Distribution. - (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, in Colbert County,...
Article 5 - Constables.
Section 45-17-50 - Office Abolished. - In Colbert County the office of constable shall be abolished,...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-17-60 - Expense Allowance. - The Coroner of Colbert County shall be entitled to receive...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Membership.
Section 45-17-70 - Membership. - (a) The Colbert County Commission shall be composed of six...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-17-71 - Salaries; Expense Allowances. - (a) Effective beginning the term of office of commissioners beginning...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Court Costs.
Section 45-17-80 - Public Law Library; Librarian and Advisory Committee; Personnel; Law Library Fund; Fee. - (a) The governing body of Colbert County, Alabama, by whatever...
Section 45-17-80.01 - Additional Court Costs - Colbert County Drug Task Force. - In addition to any court costs or fees now or...
Section 45-17-80.02 - Additional Court Costs - Domestic Violence Cases. - In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit,...
Section 45-17-80.03 - Solicitor's Fee. - Repealed by Act 2011-320, p. 594, ยง1, effective September 1,...
Part 2 - District Attorney.
Division 1
Section 45-17-81 - Solicitor's Fund. - (a) All fees hereafter taxed as solicitor's fees and collected...
Division 2 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 45-17-81.10 - Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control. - (a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit of...
Section 45-17-81.11 - Definitions. - For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have...
Section 45-17-81.12 - Applicants for Admittance. - (a) A person charged with a criminal offense specified in...
Section 45-17-81.13 - Standards for Admission. - (a) Admittance to the pretrial diversion program shall be appropriate...
Section 45-17-81.14 - Admission Into Program. - (a) Prior to being admitted to the pretrial diversion program...
Section 45-17-81.15 - Program Requirements. - (a) An offender who enters into the pretrial diversion program...
Section 45-17-81.16 - Time for Application. - (a) An offender shall make application to the pretrial diversion...
Section 45-17-81.17 - Costs and Fees. - (a) An applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of...
Section 45-17-81.18 - Substance Abuse Treatment Program; Drug Testing. - The district attorney and the offender may enter into an...
Section 45-17-81.19 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted...
Section 45-17-81.20 - Pretrial Diversion Program Fund. - The district attorney shall establish a Pretrial Diversion Program Fund....
Section 45-17-81.21 - Violations; Waiver. - (a) If the offender violates the conditions of the pretrial...
Section 45-17-81.22 - Liability of District Attorney. - The district attorney shall have no liability, criminal or civil,...
Section 45-17-81.23 - Funding. - The pretrial diversion program may apply for grants applicable to...
Section 45-17-81.24 - Advisory Board. - The district attorney may form an advisory board to assist...
Part 3 - Probate Court.
Division 1 - License Division.
Section 45-17-82 - Creation of Division; Powers and Duties. - (a) There is hereby created within the probate judge's office...
Division 2 - Recording Fees.
Section 45-17-82.20 - Additional Recording Fee; Audit. - (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 136 of...
Division 3 - Reimbursement for Errors.
Section 45-17-82.40 - Reimbursement From General Fund; Due Care. - (a) The Colbert County governing body shall reimburse the office...
Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
Part 1 - Economic Development.
Division 1 - Shoals Economic Development Authority.
Section 45-17-90 - Definitions. - When used in this subpart, the following words and phrases...
Section 45-17-90.01 - Authority Created; Composition. - (a) To improve the Shoals economic quality of life through...
Section 45-17-90.02 - Board of Directors; Meetings; Compensation. - (a) The 24 members of the authority shall constitute the...
Section 45-17-90.03 - Bylaws. - The board of directors of the authority shall have the...
Section 45-17-90.04 - Exercise of Functions and Powers. - Upon the organization of the Shoals Economic Development Authority, the...
Section 45-17-90.05 - Executive Director. - The authority may employ an executive director, who shall be...
Section 45-17-90.06 - Powers and Duties. - The authority, or its agents and employees as directed, may...
Section 45-17-90.07 - Maintenance of Office Space. - The authority may maintain an office in Colbert County or...
Section 45-17-90.08 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Law. - The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16...
Section 45-17-90.09 - Exemption From Taxation. - The authority, its property, real and personal, any income produced...
Section 45-17-90.10 - Power to Sue and Be Sued; Recovery of Damages. - (a) The authority may institute and defend legal proceedings in...
Section 45-17-90.11 - Continuation of Prior Authority. - It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this...
Division 2 - Funding for the Shoals Economic Development Project.
Section 45-17-90.40 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall...
Section 45-17-90.41 - Imposition of Tax. - The Colbert County Commission is hereby authorized to impose excise...
Section 45-17-90.42 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals. - On or before the 20th day of each month after...
Section 45-17-90.43 - Recordkeeping. - All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not...
Section 45-17-90.44 - Report of Business Location and Postal Address; Change of Address. - Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied...
Section 45-17-90.45 - Failure to Report. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or...
Section 45-17-90.46 - Review of Records; Rules and Regulations; Recovery of Collection Costs. - It shall be the duty of the County Commission of...
Section 45-17-90.47 - Penalty for Delinquency. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or...
Section 45-17-90.48 - Actual Payment Deemed a Credit Against Amount Due. - The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax...
Section 45-17-90.49 - Violations. - Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate any provisions...
Section 45-17-90.50 - Report of Gasoline or Motor Fuel Shipments. - Each agent of any railroad company, bus, or truck operator...
Section 45-17-90.51 - Special Fund. - Unless otherwise directly deposited with a paying agent or trustee...
Section 45-17-90.52 - Disposition of Funds. - Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-17-90.51...
Section 45-17-90.53 - Duration of Tax; Referendum. - (a) Subject to subsection (b), the taxes herein authorized shall...
Section 45-17-90.54 - Purpose; Powers. - (a) It is hereby determined that the development of the...
Division 3 - County Community Development Commission.
Section 45-17-90.80 - Community Development Commission; Rules and Regulations; Fund. - (a) The Colbert County Community Development Commission is hereby created....
Part 2 - Industrial Development.
Section 45-17-91 - Contingency Fund. - In Colbert County, there is hereby established a county contingency...
Division 2 - Shoals Industrial Development Committee.
Section 45-17-91.20 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases used in this subpart shall,...
Section 45-17-91.21 - Creation of the Committee; Membership; Officers. - (a) There is created the Shoals Industrial Development Committee, which...
Section 45-17-91.22 - Power of the Committee to Approve and Reject Requests for Expenditures and Appropriations of Moneys, etc., in Shoals Economic Development Fund. - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of this subpart, the committee...
Section 45-17-91.23 - Creation of Shoals Economic Development Fund; Purposes for Which Moneys in Such Fund May Be Expended. - (a) There is created the Shoals Economic Development Fund, which...
Section 45-17-91.24 - Public Meetings; Notices of Meetings; Public Records. - (a) The committee shall be deemed a governmental body, as...
Section 45-17-91.25 - Investment of Moneys in Shoals Economic Development Fund. - Moneys on deposit in the Shoals Economic Development Fund may...
Part 3 - Tourism.
Section 45-17-92 - Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau. - (a) This section shall apply only in Colbert County. (b)...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-17-110 - Compensation of Election Officials. - Each election official of Colbert County shall receive fifty dollars...
Section 45-17-110.01 - Additional Compensation of Election Officials. - In Colbert County, each election official shall be entitled to...
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Section 45-17-140 - Fire Protection Service Fee. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to...
Article 16 - Government Finance and Operations.
Section 45-17-160 - Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes. - (a) In Colbert County, the payments made to the county...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Section 45-17-170 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The County Board of Health of Colbert County, which...
Section 45-17-170.01 - Site Evaluation Test Not Required for Repair or Replacement of Existing Conventional Septic System. - In Colbert County, notwithstanding any law or rule to the...
Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
Part 1 - Historic Preservation.
Section 45-17-220 - Lagrange Historical Site. - (a) The LaGrange Historical Site in Colbert County, owned by...
Part 2 - Recreation.
Section 45-17-221 - Prohibition Against Use of Artificial Light From Motor Vehicle to Locate Wildlife. - (a) In Colbert County, it shall be unlawful for any...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-17-230 - Total Compensation. - Commencing with the next term of office, the Sheriff of...
Part 2 - Deputies and Sheriff Reserve Officer.
Division 1 - Deputies.
Section 45-17-231 - Determination of Number of Deputies. - Any limitation on the number of deputies that may be...
Division 2 - Sheriff Reserve Officers.
Section 45-17-231.20 - Establishment of Sheriff Reserve; Officers; Duties. - (a) The Sheriff of Colbert County is hereby authorized to...
Part 3 - Jails.
Division 1 - Day Reporting Fee.
Section 45-17-232 - Day Reporting System. - (a) This section shall be applicable only in Colbert County....
Division 2 - Jail Store.
Section 45-17-232.20 - Operation of Jail Store; Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Colbert County or the authorized agents...
Part 4 - Pistol Permits.
Section 45-17-233 - Issuance; Fee; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Colbert County, the fee for the issuance of...
Part 5 - Service of Process.
Section 45-17-234 - Contracts for Service of Process; Fees; Sheriff's Civil Process Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Colbert County, except for warrants for...
Section 45-17-234.01 - Additional Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.
Division 1 - Creation of Office.
Section 45-17-240 - Offices and Duties of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector Consolidated. - (a) Effective October 1, 1997, or upon occurrence of a...
Division 2 - Redemption of Land.
Section 45-17-240.20 - Duties of Judge of Probate Transferred. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to Colbert...
Section 45-17-240.21 - Duties of County Treasurer Transferred. - In Colbert County, the procedure for selling and redeeming real...
Division 3 - Expense Allowance, Salary.
Section 45-17-240.40 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Colbert County shall be entitled...
Part 2 - Tax, Lodging.
Section 45-17-241 - Applicability. - This part shall apply only in Colbert County.
Section 45-17-241.01 - Definitions. - As used herein, the words and terms defined in this...
Section 45-17-241.02 - Effective Date of Taxes; Imposition and Disposition of Tax; Exemptions; Records; Penalty and Interest. - (a) The taxes levied by this part shall become effective,...
Section 45-17-241.03 - Violations. - The failure of any person to pay any tax levied...
Section 45-17-241.04 - Construction; Severability. - None of the provisions of this part shall be applied...
Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.
Section 45-17-242 - Election to Authorize Tax. - The board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like...
Section 45-17-242.01 - Levy of Tax. - The county governing body shall declare the result of the...
Section 45-17-242.02 - Use of Stamps for Payment. - The tax herein authorized, when levied in accordance with the...
Section 45-17-242.03 - Issuance of Stamps. - If the tax herein authorized is imposed, the board of...
Section 45-17-242.04 - Rules and Regulations; Enforcement; Compensation of Officers and Employees. - The board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or other...
Section 45-17-242.05 - Payment of Tax; Records; Inspections; Seizure and Sale of Contraband; Appraisal; Return of Confiscated Property; Re-Use of Stamps or Refill of Packages. - (a) After the tax herein authorized has been levied in...
Section 45-17-242.06 - Disposition of Funds for Hospital Purposes. - The proceeds of the tax authorized by this part, if...
Section 45-17-242.08 - Penalties. - Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provisions of...
Part 4 - Tax, Sales and Use.
Section 45-17-243 - Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms, and phrases, as used in...
Section 45-17-243.01 - Authorization of Levy of Sales Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is authorized to...
Section 45-17-243.02 - Authorization of Levy of Use Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...
Section 45-17-243.03 - Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price. - Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a...
Section 45-17-243.04 - Collection of Taxes. - (a) The governing body of the county shall administer and...
Section 45-17-243.05 - Enforcement of This Act; Civil Suit; Taxes a Lien. - The taxes authorized to be imposed by this part shall...
Section 45-17-243.06 - Applicability of State Sales and Use Tax Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-17-243.07 - Use of Proceeds. - The entire proceeds derived by the county from the taxes...
Section 45-17-243.08 - Effective Date; Reduction in Rates of Taxes; Termination of Levy of Taxes. - (a) If the governing body of the county elects to...
Section 45-17-243.09 - No Abatement of Taxes. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of...