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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 45-31-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-31-60 - Compensation. - (a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b)(1)...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-31-70 - Expense Allowance. - (a) The chair and the members of the Geneva County...
Part 2 - Districts.
Section 45-31-71 - Commission Districts. - The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide...
Section 45-31-71.01 - Election of Members. - For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County Commission...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Court Costs.
Division 1 - Juvenile Court Services Fund and Judicial Administration.
Section 45-31-80 - Additional Fee; Supervision Fee; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in...
Division 2 - County Jail Account.
Section 45-31-80.20 - Imposition of Fees. - (a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b)...
Division 3 - Solicitor's Fee.
Section 45-31-80.40 - Imposition, Collection, and Use of Fee. - (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in...
Part 3 - Judicial Compensation.
Section 45-31-82 - Salary Supplement. - (a) The county governing body of Geneva County is hereby...
Part 4 - Probate Court.
Section 45-31-83 - Special Recording Fee. - In Geneva County, upon the passage of a resolution by...
Section 45-31-83.01 - Mail-Out of Tags; Fee. - (a) The judge of probate, as an option to providing...
Section 45-31-83.02 - Voiding of License Upon Noncollectibility of Check. - (a) This section shall only be operative in Geneva County....
Section 45-31-83.03 - Additional Special Recording Fee. - (a)(1) Upon the date of adoption of a resolution of...
Part 5 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 45-31-84 - Applicability. - This part shall apply only in Geneva County.
Section 45-31-84.01 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall...
Section 45-31-84.02 - Establishment of Pretrial Diversion Program; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control. - (a) A municipality may establish a pretrial diversion program. (b)...
Section 45-31-84.03 - Application for Admittance. - An offender may apply to the municipality for admittance into...
Section 45-31-84.04 - Ineligibility for Program. - Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole...
Section 45-31-84.05 - Standards for Admission. - (a) The city attorney may consider an offender for the...
Section 45-31-84.06 - Admission Into Program. - (a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the...
Section 45-31-84.07 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) Following the decision of the city attorney to admit...
Section 45-31-84.08 - Fees. - (a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee...
Section 45-31-84.09 - Collection and Disposition of Funds. - Application fees required by this part shall be collected by...
Section 45-31-84.10 - Program Requirements; Jurisdiction; Termination From Program; Liability for Costs and Fees. - (a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion...
Section 45-31-84.11 - Violations; Waiver. - (a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions...
Section 45-31-84.12 - Liability of City Attorney, Agency, or Service Provider. - In no event shall the city attorney or any other...
Article 10 - Education.
Part 1 - Board of Education.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-31-100 - Expense Allowance. - The Geneva County Board of Education is hereby authorized and...
Division 2 - Membership.
Section 45-31-100.20 - Composition of Board; Districts. - (a) The Geneva County Board of Education shall consist of...
Part 2 - Superintendent of Education.
Section 45-31-101 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The Geneva County Board of Education is authorized to...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-31-110 - Applicability. - The provisions of this article shall apply in Geneva County.
Section 45-31-110.01 - Definitions. - Unless a contrary intent appears from the context, as used...
Section 45-31-110.02 - Designation of Voting Centers. - (a) Subject to subsection (b), when the use of voting...
Section 45-31-110.03 - Voting Lists. - (a) The voting list of any territory which is furnished...
Section 45-31-110.04 - Voting Machines; Election Officers. - The county governing body shall determine the number of voting...
Section 45-31-110.05 - Inspector, Chief Clerk, and Assistant Clerks; Duties. - (a) For each voting center where only one voting machine...
Section 45-31-110.06 - Construction of Article. - The provisions of this article shall be supplemental to other...
Article 12 - Employees.
Part 1 - Civil Service System.
Section 45-31-120 - Definitions. - The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used herein, shall...
Section 45-31-120.01 - Division Into Exempt and Classified Services. - All offices and positions of Geneva County shall be divided...
Section 45-31-120.02 - Status of Employees. - All employees who have acquired permanent status shall, subject to...
Section 45-31-120.03 - Board Members. - (a) The personnel program established by this part shall be...
Section 45-31-120.04 - Meetings; Personnel, Compensation. - (a) The personnel board shall meet at least once each...
Section 45-31-120.05 - Rules, Classification Plans, and Pay Plans. - So long as the same are not inconsistent with this...
Section 45-31-120.06 - Amendments and Repeal. - Any rule, determination, regulation, or plan may be amended or...
Section 45-31-120.07 - Job Classification Plan. - After the adoption by the personnel board of a job...
Section 45-31-120.08 - Pay Plan. - After the adoption by the personnel board of a pay...
Section 45-31-120.09 - Examination. - Eligibility for original appointment or promotion to vacancies in positions...
Section 45-31-120.10 - Temporary Appointment. - Pending the availability of a list of names certified as...
Section 45-31-120.11 - Lists of Names of Persons Available for Appointment. - Lists of names of persons available for appointment to a...
Section 45-31-120.12 - Method of Filling Vacancies. - (a) Except as hereinafter provided, vacancies in positions in the...
Section 45-31-120.13 - Probation. - Except as provided in Sections 45-31-120.01 and 45-31-120.02, to acquire...
Section 45-31-120.14 - Absences; Hours of Work. - Rules shall be adopted in the manner hereinbefore provided prescribing...
Section 45-31-120.15 - Reduction in Employees. - Any employee may be separated from his or her position...
Section 45-31-120.16 - Dismissal, Demotion, and Suspension of Employees. - Any employee may be dismissed, suspended without pay, or demoted...
Section 45-31-120.17 - Procedure for Protesting Certain Disciplinary Action. - (a) An employee shall have the right to protest any...
Section 45-31-120.18 - Appeal to the Court. - Decisions of the board may be enforced by mandamus, injunction,...
Section 45-31-120.19 - Recordkeeping. - The board shall maintain adequate records of its proceedings, of...
Section 45-31-120.20 - Political Activities Prohibited. - No person holding a position in the classified service shall...
Section 45-31-120.21 - Expenses of Board. - The governing body shall make necessary appropriations from the general...
Section 45-31-120.22 - Right of Governing Body. - Nothing herein shall be construed as restricting the right of...
Part 2 - Personnel, Additional.
Section 45-31-121 - Mappers, Clerical Personnel, Etc. - The County Commission of Geneva County shall act in conjunction...
Part 3 - Transfer of Employees to New Personnel System.
Section 45-31-122 - Transfers to New County Personnel System. - Upon the effective date of a new county personnel system...
Article 13 - Engineer, County.
Section 45-31-130 - Policies and Priorities Set by County Commission; Duties of Commissioners; Emergency Response. - In addition to all other authority now vested in the...
Section 45-31-130.01 - Employment of County Engineer; Qualifications; Requirements. - The county commission shall appoint and employ a county engineer,...
Section 45-31-130.02 - Duties. - It shall be the duty of the county engineer, in...
Section 45-31-130.03 - Wage or Salary Scale. - It shall be the duty of the commission to fix,...
Section 45-31-130.04 - Compensation. - The commission shall fix the amount of the salary of...
Section 45-31-130.05 - Bond. - Before entering upon his or her duties, the county engineer...
Section 45-31-130.06 - Office Space and Equipment. - The commission shall furnish the county engineer with an office...
Section 45-31-130.07 - Accountability for Equipment; Inventory. - The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road...
Section 45-31-130.08 - Expenditure of Funds; Appropriation by Commission. - The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to...
Section 45-31-130.09 - Inspection and Approval of Materials - The county engineer shall make written requisition to the county...
Section 45-31-130.10 - Inspection and Approval of Materials, Supplies, etc., Prior to Payment. - It shall be the further duty of the county engineer...
Section 45-31-130.11 - Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency. - In the event an emergency should arise, in which it...
Section 45-31-130.12 - Implementation of Article. - (a) The Geneva County Commission shall fully implement this article...
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Part 1 - Emergency Telephone Service Districts.
Section 45-31-140 - Failure to Identify Property. - Any person residing in or owning property in an unincorporated...
Part 2 - Fire Protection Districts.
Section 45-31-141.01 - Definitions. - The following words and terms shall have the following meanings:...
Section 45-31-141.02 - Establishment of Fire Protection Districts. - Any area situated entirely within the county may be established...
Section 45-31-141.03 - Petition for Election. - (a) Upon any petition being filed in the office of...
Section 45-31-141.04 - Time of Election. - (a) When a petition for the holding of any election...
Section 45-31-141.05 - Application of Election Laws. - The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of...
Section 45-31-141.06 - Notice of Election. - The judge of probate shall give notice of any election...
Section 45-31-141.07 - Payment of Election Costs. - Where an election is held on the question of the...
Section 45-31-141.08 - Approval by Voters. - No district shall be created unless the creation thereof is...
Section 45-31-141.09 - Board of Directors. - (a) The affairs and business of each district shall be...
Section 45-31-141.10 - Powers of District; Bylaws. - (a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall...
Section 45-31-141.11 - Fire Protection Fee Levied on Dwellings and Commercial Buildings. - (a) The expenses of establishing and maintaining a district shall...
Section 45-31-141.12 - Approval of Service Charge or Fee. - (a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless...
Section 45-31-141.13 - Abolition of District. - (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Health.
Division 2 - Protective Custody.
Section 45-31-170.20 - Individuals With Mental Illness Taken Into Protective Custody. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.
Section 45-31-180 - Damage Bond. - (a) A one thousand dollar ($1,000) damage bond with sufficient...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-31-230 - Salary. - Commencing with the next term of office beginning January 1999,...
Section 45-31-230.01 - Salary and Expense Allowance. - (a) In Geneva County, the total compensation, including salary and...
Part 2 - Jails.
Division 1 - Jail Store.
Section 45-31-231 - Jail Store. - (a) The Sheriff of Geneva County or the authorized agents...
Division 2 - Rehabilitation of Inmates; Work Release.
Section 45-31-231.20 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this subpart, the following words shall...
Section 45-31-231.21 - Operation of Board. - (a) The board shall adopt written procedures of operation and...
Section 45-31-231.22 - Paid Employment of Inmates; Regulations and Policies. - (a) Inmates may participate in paid employment at the discretion...
Section 45-31-231.24 - Escape From Custody. - The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the...
Section 45-31-231.25 - Investigations and Recommendations Regarding Participation. - The board, its employees, or an agency designated by the...
Section 45-31-231.26 - Employment Criteria. - A primary consideration for inmates to participate in the program...
Section 45-31-231.27 - Employment Status of Inmate. - No inmate granted privileges pursuant to this subpart shall be...
Section 45-31-231.28 - Annual Report. - The sheriff shall prepare an annual report to be filed...
Part 3 - Pistol Permits.
Section 45-31-232 - Fees; Disposition of Funds. - In Geneva County, the total fee for issuance of a...
Part 4 - Employees.
Section 45-31-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement. - Any law enforcement officer employed by the Geneva County Sheriff's...
Part 5 - Funding.
Division 1
Section 45-31-234 - Records of Abandoned and Stolen Property; Storage. - (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record...
Section 45-31-234.01 - Sale of Perishable Property. - If the abandoned or stolen personal property is of a...
Section 45-31-234.02 - Record of Abandoned or Stolen Firearms; Sale or Destruction. - (a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a separate permanent...
Section 45-31-234.03 - Notice and Sale of Stolen or Abandoned Property. - (a) At least every six months, the sheriff shall sell...
Section 45-31-234.04 - Claim of Property. - The owner of any abandoned or stolen personal property recovered...
Section 45-31-234.05 - Record of Sale; Rejection of Bid. - If property is sold at public auction, as provided in...
Section 45-31-234.06 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds. - The proceeds from the sale of property at an auction...
Division 2 - Service of Process Fee
Section 45-31-234.20 - Fee for Service of Certain Documents From Courts Outside Alabama; Geneva County Sheriff's Service of Process Fee Fund. - (a) In addition to all other charges, fees, and costs...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.
Division 1 - Creation of Office.
Section 45-31-240 - Consolidation of Offices and Duties; Compensation. - (a) After September 30, 1985, there shall be a county...
Division 2 - Duties.
Section 45-31-240.20 - Transfer of Duties. - (a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b)...
Division 3 - Employees.
Section 45-31-240.40 - Clerk Hire Allowances. - The Geneva County Commission may, in its discretion, provide for...
Part 2 - Tax, Sales and Use.
Section 45-31-241 - Levy of Tax for Public School Purposes. - (a) In order to provide funds for the benefit of...
Section 45-31-241.01 - Levy of Tax for Jail Maintenance, Road and Bridge Projects, and School Resource Officers. - (a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b)...
Section 45-31-241.02 - Levy of Tax for Jail Construction and Maintenance; Excess Funds for Road and Bridge Projects. - (a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b)...
Part 3 - Tax. Tobacco.
Section 45-31-242 - Levy of Tax. - (a) The Geneva County Commission is hereby authorized to impose...
Section 45-31-242.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products. - Upon adoption of a resolution by the Geneva County Commission,...
Section 45-31-242.02 - Violations. - It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor...
Section 45-31-242.03 - Tobacco Stamps. - The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps...
Section 45-31-242.04 - Rules and Regulations. - The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate...
Section 45-31-242.05 - Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations. - All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of...
Section 45-31-242.06 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual...
Section 45-31-242.07 - Construction and Application. - (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be...