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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Part 1 - Disclaimer.
Section 45-25-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-25-11 - Compensation of Revenue Commissioner, Judge of Probate, and License Official. - (a) All compensation and expense allowance increases provided in this...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-25-60 - Compensation. - (a) The Coroner of DeKalb County shall receive an expense...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-25-70 - Expense Allowance. - The chair and county commissioners of DeKalb county shall receive...
Part 2 - Membership.
Section 45-25-71 - Election of Members. - (a) Effective the next election of the DeKalb County Commission,...
Section 45-25-71.01 - Staggered Terms. - After June 18, 2003, members of the DeKalb County Commission...
Section 45-25-71.02 - Composition of Commission; Powers, Duties, and Authorities. - (a) The DeKalb County Commission is continued as currently constituted....
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Circuit Court.
Section 45-25-80 - Expense Allowance of Circuit Court Register. - The circuit court register of DeKalb County shall be paid...
Part 2 - Court Costs.
Division 1 - Dekalb County Preservation of Justice Act.
Section 45-25-81 - Judicial Administration Fund. - (a) This section shall be known and cited as the...
Division 2 - Juveniles.
Section 45-25-81.20 - Fee for Juvenile Probation Purposes. - In DeKalb County, in addition to all other costs and...
Division 3 - Law Library.
Section 45-25-81.40 - Library Fee; Maintenance and Management of Law Library. - (a) In order to provide funds for the maintenance of...
Division 4 - Sheriff.
Section 45-25-81.60 - Additional Court Costs. - (a)(1) In addition to any court costs and fees now...
Part 3 - District Attorney.
Section 45-25-82 - Expense Allowance. - (a) This section shall only apply to DeKalb County in...
Part 4 - Probate Court.
Section 45-25-83 - Fee for Copies of Instruments. - Pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (d) of Section...
Section 45-25-83.01 - Renewal of Business Licenses by Mail. - The Judge of Probate of DeKalb County is authorized to...
Section 45-25-83.02 - Indexing System; Special Indexing Fee. - (a) This section shall only apply in DeKalb County. The...
Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
Part 1 - Community Development.
Section 45-25-90 - Dekalb County Community Development Commission. - (a) There is created the DeKalb County Community Development Commission...
Part 2 - Economic Development.
Section 45-25-91 - Dekalb County Economic Development Authority. - (a) There is created the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority....
Part 3 - Industrial Development.
Division 1
Section 45-25-92 - Industrial Development Authority - Creation; Composition. - (a) For the purpose of promoting industry and trade and...
Section 45-25-92.01 - Industrial Development Authority - Meetings. - The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days...
Section 45-25-92.02 - Industrial Development Authority - Instrumentality. - Upon the organization of the Industrial Development Authority of DeKalb...
Section 45-25-92.03 - Industrial Development Authority - Officers; Personnel. - The authority is empowered to employ an executive director who...
Section 45-25-92.04 - Industrial Development Authority - Powers. - The authority or its agents or employees may do the...
Section 45-25-92.05 - Industrial Development Authority - Office. - The authority may establish and maintain an office at the...
Section 45-25-92.06 - Industrial Development Authority - Funding. - Forty percent of the cost of operation of the authority...
Division 2
Section 45-25-92.30 - Jackson/dekalb Counties Industrial Development Authority. - (a) There is established the Jackson/DeKalb Counties Industrial Development Authority....
Article 10 - Education.
Part 1 - Board of Education.
Section 45-25-100 - Election of Members. - (a) The DeKalb County Board of Education shall consist of...
Part 2 - Superintendent of Education.
Section 45-25-101 - Election; Term; Compensation; Qualifications; Powers and Duties; Vacancy. - (a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama,...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-25-110 - Expense Allowances for Election Workers. - In DeKalb County, election officials who work at polling places...
Article 13 - Engineer, County.
Section 45-25-130 - Qualifications; Compensation; Duties; Employment of Road Supervisor. - (a) The DeKalb County Commission shall employ a county engineer,...
Article 16 - Government Operations.
Section 45-25-160 - Assistance to Dekalb County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. - The County Commission of DeKalb County is authorized and empowered...
Section 45-25-160.01 - Use of Mechanical or Facsimile Devices for Signatures. - In DeKalb County, any county officer or such other person...
Section 45-25-160.02 - Liability for Monetary Loss. - (a) The DeKalb County Commission shall reimburse the office of...
Section 45-25-160.03 - Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes. - The distribution of the share of in-lieu-of-taxes payments of T.V.A....
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Envrionment.
Section 45-25-170 - Dekalb County Septic Tank Bond Fund. - Repealed by act ACT 2017-168, ยง 1, effective April 20,...
Part 2 - Health.
Section 45-25-171 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The DeKalb County Board of Health shall designate the...
Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.
Section 45-25-200 - Revenue Officer. - (a) In DeKalb County, the county commission shall employ a...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-25-230 - Additional Compensation for Hazardous Duty. - In DeKalb County, each deputy sheriff who is engaged in...
Section 45-25-230.01 - Expense Allowances; Salary. - (a)(1) Commencing June 1, 1993, the Sheriff of DeKalb County...
Part 2 - Jails.
Division 1 - Jail Store.
Section 45-25-231 - Jail Store and Inmate Telephone System. - (a) The Sheriff of DeKalb County, or the authorized agents...
Part 3 - Pistol Permit.
Section 45-25-232 - Fee; Sheriff's Fund. - (a) In DeKalb County, the fee for issuance of a...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.
Division 1 - Office Created.
Section 45-25-240 - Election; Consolidation of Offices; Deputies, Clerks, and Assistants; Duties. - (a) After September 30, 1997, there shall be a county...
Division 2 - License Division.
Section 45-25-240.20 - Creation; Quarters, Equipment, Supplies, etc.; Personnel. - There is created within the tax assessor's office of DeKalb...
Section 45-25-240.21 - Issuance of Licenses and Titles; Commissions and Fees. - The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the...
Section 45-25-240.22 - Recordkeeping; Reporting. - The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate...
Section 45-25-240.23 - Charge and Collection of Fees; Refunds. - Except as herein provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled...
Section 45-25-240.24 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide...
Section 45-25-240.25 - Vehicle Information Required for Assessment. - Before any vehicles may be assessed, the tax assessor shall...
Section 45-25-240.26 - Retrieval or Voiding of License. - In cases where a personal check given for a license...
Section 45-25-240.27 - Monthly Roster; Renewal by Mail. - (a) The DeKalb County Commission shall furnish additional and sufficient...
Division 3 - Redemption of Land.
Section 45-25-240.70 - Procedure for Sale and Redemption of Lands. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to DeKalb...
Part 2 - Tax. Ad Valorem.
Section 45-25-241 - Dekalb County Rural Water Authority. - (a) In addition to any penalty heretofore imposed by law...
Part 3 - Tax, Gasoline and Motor Fuels.
Division 1 - 1959 Tax.
Section 45-25-242 - Definitions. - The term "gasoline" as used in this subpart shall include...
Section 45-25-242.01 - Levy of Tax. - The governing body of DeKalb County, Alabama, may impose an...
Section 45-25-242.02 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals. - On or before the 20th day of each month after...
Section 45-25-242.03 - Recordkeeping. - All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not...
Section 45-25-242.04 - Report of Business Address. - Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied...
Section 45-25-242.05 - Violations. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline in...
Section 45-25-242.06 - Enforcement. - It shall be the duty of the governing body of...
Section 45-25-242.07 - Delinquency in Payment of Tax. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline shall...
Section 45-25-242.08 - Payment of Tax Deemed a Credit Against Amount Due. - The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax...
Section 45-25-242.09 - Penalties. - Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this subpart...
Section 45-25-242.10 - Quarterly Reports of Gasoline Shipments. - Each agent or any railroad company, bus, or truck operator...
Section 45-25-242.11 - Special Fund. - The net proceeds of any tax imposed under authority of...
Section 45-25-242.12 - Disposition of Proceeds. - Proceeds from the gasoline excise tax shall be distributed and...
Division 2 - 1975 Tax.
Section 45-25-242.40 - Definitions. - The term "gasoline" as used in this subpart shall include...
Section 45-25-242.41 - Levy of Tax. - In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there...
Section 45-25-242.42 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals. - On or before the 20th day of each month after...
Section 45-25-242.43 - Recordkeeping. - All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not...
Section 45-25-242.44 - Report of Business Address. - Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied...
Section 45-25-242.45 - Violations. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline in...
Section 45-25-244.46 - Enforcement. - It shall be the duty of the governing body of...
Section 45-25-242.47 - Delinquency in Payment of Tax. - If any distributor, storer or retail dealer in gasoline shall...
Section 45-25-242.48 - Payment of Tax Deemed a Credit Against Amount Due. - The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax...
Section 45-25-242.49 - Penalties. - Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this subpart...
Section 45-25-242.50 - Quarterly Reports of Gasoline Shipments. - Each agent or any railroad company, bus, or truck operator...
Section 45-25-242.51 - Special Fund. - The proceeds of any tax imposed under authority of this...
Section 45-25-242.52 - County General Road Department Fund. - All proceeds of any tax imposed and levied under the...
Section 45-25-242.53 - Grants to Municipalities. - Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to...
Section 45-25-242.54 - Ratification of Expenditures. - All expenditures and uses of the proceeds paid from the...
Part 4 - Tax, Lodging.
Section 45-25-243 - Lodging Tax Levied. - (a) In DeKalb County, in addition to all other taxes...
Part 5 - Tax, Tobacco.
Section 45-25-244 - Levy of Tax. - (a) The county governing body of DeKalb County is authorized...
Article 25 - Utilities.
Section 45-25-250 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 45-25-250.01 - Legislative Intent. - This article is intended to aid the state and county...
Section 45-25-250.02 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under...
Section 45-25-250.03 - Board of Directors. - The board of directors shall consist of seven directors that...
Section 45-25-250.04 - Powers of Authority. - (a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with...
Section 45-25-250.05 - Additional Powers and Rights. - (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article...
Section 45-25-250.06 - Contracts of the Authority. - As security for payment of the principal of and interest...
Section 45-25-250.07 - Rates, Fees, and Charges. - Rates, fees, and charges for water, sewer, or garbage service...
Section 45-25-250.08 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Water, Sewer, or Garbage Systems. - For the purpose of securing water, sewer, or garbage service...
Section 45-25-250.09 - Rights-of-Way. - The authority is authorized to use the rights-of-way of all...
Section 45-25-250.10 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority. - The furnishing of sewer and garbage service in conjunction with...
Section 45-25-250.11 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc. - The authority, the property and income of the authority, the...
Section 45-25-250.12 - Exemption From Usury Statutes. - The authority now or hereafter organized under this article is...
Section 45-25-250.13 - Dissolution of Authority. - At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed...
Section 45-25-250.14 - Validity of Certificate of Incorporation. - In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate...
Section 45-25-250.15 - Proceedings, Notice, and Approval of Authority Actions. - Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding,...
Section 45-25-250.16 - Auditing. - The DeKalb County Water Authority shall be audited similar to...
Section 45-25-250.17 - Funding. - Beginning with the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the DeKalb County Commission...
Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.
Part 1 - Wind Energy Conversion Systems.
Section 45-25-260 - Applicability. - This part shall only apply in DeKalb County.
Section 45-25-260.01 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following words shall...
Section 45-25-260.02 - Permit Required. - (a) It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, install, alter,...
Section 45-25-260.03 - Adoption of Rules, Laws, or Ordinances. - Each local governing body of DeKalb County may adopt rules,...
Section 45-25-260.04 - Financial Assurances. - (a) An applicant shall maintain financial assurance in an amount...
Section 45-25-260.05 - Certification, Safety, and Setback Requirements. - (a) The safety of the design of all conversion system...
Section 45-25-260.06 - Abandonment and Removal of System or Tower. - A wind energy conversion system or tower that does not...
Section 45-25-260.07 - Construction of Part. - This part shall not interfere with, abrogate, or annul any...
Section 45-25-260.08 - Jurisdiction and Regulation of Public Service Commission. - To the extent that any applicant or owner of a...