Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.

Section 45-40-80.01 - Supplemental Expense Allowance - District Attorney, District Judge. - (a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall...

Section 45-40-80.02 - Supplemental Retirement Benefit. - (a) The circuit and district court judges of the Thirty-sixth...

Section 45-40-80.03 - Court Reporter. - Each court reporter of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit composed of...

Section 45-40-80.04 - Supernumerary District Attorney. - (a) A supernumerary district attorney for the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit...

Part 2 - Court Costs.

Section 45-40-81 - Law Library. - (a) In addition to any and all other costs and...

Section 45-40-81.01 - Juvenile Probation Services. - (a) In Lawrence County, in addition to all other costs...

Section 45-40-81.02 - Historical Commission. - (a) In addition to any and all other costs and...

Section 45-40-81.03 - Jail and Courthouse. - (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now...

Section 45-40-81.04 - Domestic Violence Programs. - In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit,...

Section 45-40-81.05 - Drug Cases. - In addition to any court costs or fees now or...

Part 3 - District Attorney.

Section 45-40-82 - Investigators. - (a) All investigators employed by the district attorney's office of...

Division 4 - Probate Court.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-40-83 - Salary. - (a) This section shall apply only to Lawrence County. (b)...

Division 2 - Fees.

Section 45-40-83.20 - Recording Fee. - (a) A recording fee of two dollars ($2) shall be...

Section 45-40-83.21 - Additional Recording Fee. - (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Amendment 321 to...

Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.

Part 1 - Community Development Commission.

Section 45-40-90 - Creation; Composition; Promulgation of Rules; Funding. - (a) There is created the Lawrence County Community Development Commission...

Part 2 - Industrial Development Board.

Section 45-40-91 - Industrial Development Board; Lawrence County Airport Authority. - (a) All power and authority granted to Lawrence County pursuant...

Article 10 - Education.

Part 1 - Board of Education.

Section 45-40-100 - Expense Allowance. - The payment of an expense allowance in the amount of...

Part 2 - Schools.

Section 45-40-101 - School District No. 2 Abolished. - School District No. 2 in Lawrence County is abolished. All...

Part 3 - Superintendent of Education.

Section 45-40-102 - Compensation. - Beginning 30 days after February 10, 1994, the monthly compensation...

Article 11 - Elections.

Part 1 - Board of Registrars.

Section 45-40-110 - Compensation. - In addition to any compensation heretofore provided by law for...

Part 2 - Election Officials.

Section 45-40-111 - Expense Allowances. - (a) In Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Commission may pay...

Article 12 - Employees.

Part 1

Section 45-40-120 - Personnel Board and System; Chief Deputy and Chief Clerk or Sheriff. - REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-140 EFFECTIVE...

Part 2

Section 45-40-121 - Adoption of New County Personnel System for County Employees Authorized. - (a) The Lawrence County Commission may adopt a new county...

Article 13 - Engineer, County.

Section 45-40-130 - Employment of County Engineer; Qualifications; Requirements. - The Lawrence County Commission, or any succeeding county governing body...

Section 45-40-130.02 - Duties. - It shall be the duty of the county engineer to...

Section 45-40-130.03 - Requisitions. - The county engineer is designated as the person authorized to...

Section 45-40-130.05 - Compensation. - The county commission shall fix the amount of the salary...

Section 45-40-130.07 - Reporting. - The county engineer shall report on a day to day...

Section 45-40-130.08 - Office Space and Equipment. - The county commission shall furnish the county engineer with an...

Section 45-40-130.09 - Custodian of Equipment; Storage Facilities. - The county engineer shall be the custodian of all road...

Section 45-40-130.10 - Requisition for Expenditure of Funds; Appropriation by Commission. - The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to...

Section 45-40-130.11 - Requisition for Materials, Supplies, Etc. - The county engineer shall make written requisition to the chair...

Section 45-40-130.12 - Inspection and Approval of Materials, Supplies, etc., Prior to Payment. - It shall be the further duty of the county engineer...

Section 45-40-130.13 - Employment of Road Supervisor in Emergency. - In the event an emergency should arise, in which it...

Section 45-40-130.14 - Work on Private Property; Violations. - The county commission is prohibited from authorizing or performing any...

Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.

Part 1 - Alabama Forestry Commission's Forest Fire Protection Program.

Section 45-40-140 - Participation Authorized. - The County Commission of Lawrence County is authorized, when the...

Section 45-40-140.01 - Finance Charge or Tax Assessed on Forest Lands. - (a) After the Lawrence County Commission has determined that such...

Section 45-40-140.02 - Hearing; Determination of Amounts. - The need for a financial charge or tax to provide...

Section 45-40-140.03 - Payment of Finance Charge or Tax; Reporting. - Any financial charge or tax fixed as provided in Section...

Section 45-40-140.04 - Determination of Affected Areas and Owners; Notice and Hearing. - The County Commission of Lawrence County is authorized to appoint...

Section 45-40-140.05 - Collection and Disposition of Funds. - The tax herein imposed shall be due and payable to...

Section 45-40-140.06 - Removal of Finance Charge or Tax. - The County Commission of Lawrence County is authorized to remove...

Part 2 - Fire Protection Fee.

Section 45-40-141 - Applicability. - This part shall apply to Lawrence County.

Section 45-40-141.01 - Volunteer Fire Departments Declared Public in Nature. - The Legislature declares that all volunteer fire departments, including volunteer...

Section 45-40-141.02 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part the following words shall...

Section 45-40-141.03 - Levy of Fee Authorized. - The governing body of Lawrence County is authorized, in its...

Section 45-40-141.04 - Collection and Administration of Fee; Disposition of Funds. - The fee provided in this part shall be levied, collected,...

Section 45-40-141.06 - Use of Funds. - Funds disbursed to eligible volunteer fire departments pursuant to this...

Section 45-40-141.07 - Dissolution or Abandonment of Eligible Volunteer Fire Department. - Upon the dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire...

Section 45-40-141.08 - Volunteer Fire Department Personnel; Liability of County Employees. - The personnel of volunteer fire departments and emergency medical technicians...

Article 16 - Government Operations.

Part 1 - Liability for Monetary Loss.

Section 45-40-160 - Reimbursement; Due Care Required. - (a) The Lawrence County Commission shall reimburse the offices of...

Part 2 - Tennessee Valley Authority in Lieu of Taxes.

Section 45-40-161 - Distribution of Payments. - (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by Sections 40-28-1 to...

Article 17 - Health and Environment.

Section 45-40-170 - Board of Health Fees. - (a) The Lawrence County Board of Health shall designate the...

Article 19 - Legislature.

Section 45-40-190 - Legislative Delegation. - The Lawrence County Commission shall provide office space to the...

Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.

Part 1 - License Inspector.

Section 45-40-200 - Abolition of Office; Transfer of Duties. - Notwithstanding Section 40-12-10 and any other general or local law...

Part 3 - Retention of Records.

Section 45-40-202 - Retention Period. - It shall not be necessary for the Judge of Probate...

Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.

Part 1 - Hunting.

Section 45-40-220 - Deer Hunting - Buck Shot; Dogs. - The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall regulate the...

Section 45-40-220.01 - Casting Light From Motor Vehicle for Hunting. - (a) In Lawrence County, it shall be unlawful for any...

Part 2 - Parks.

Section 45-40-221 - Jesse Owens Memorial Park - Board of Trustees. - There is created and established a board of trustees for...

Article 23 - Sheriff.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-40-230 - Salary; Cost-of-Living Adjustments. - (a) Effective the next term of office, the Sheriff of...

Section 45-40-230.01 - Expense Allowance. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION BY...

Part 2 - Employees.

Division 1 - Employment.

Section 45-40-231 - Clerk. - The Sheriff of Lawrence County is hereby authorized to employ...

Section 45-40-231.01 - Deputies. - (a) The County Commission of Lawrence County is hereby authorized...

Division 2 - Retirement.

Section 45-40-231.20 - Receipt of Badge and Pistol Upon Retirement. - Any individual employed by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office as...

Part 3 - Funding.

Section 45-40-232 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property. - (a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, at public auction, shall...

Section 45-40-232.01 - Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, Alabama, may retain the...

Section 45-40-232.02 - Sale of Surplus Property; Lamination of Documents of Records. - (a) The sheriff may sell surplus property of the sheriff's...

Part 4 - Jails.

Division 1 - Feeding Prisoners.

Section 45-40-233 - Allowances for Feeding Prisoners. - (a) In Lawrence County the sheriff shall be entitled to...

Division 2 - Jail Store.

Section 45-40-233.20 - Operation of Jail Store; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Sheriff of Lawrence County, or the authorized agents...

Division 3 - Rehabilitation Board.

Section 45-40-233.40 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply to Lawrence County.

Section 45-40-233.41 - Definitions. - (a) BOARD. The Lawrence County Rehabilitation Board, composed of the...

Section 45-40-233.42 - Regulations and Policies. - (a) The board shall adopt such written regulations and policies...

Section 45-40-233.43 - Inmate Wages. - The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall...

Section 45-40-233.44 - Escape From Custody. - The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the...

Section 45-40-233.45 - Requests for Job Opportunities. - Employees of the board or persons designated by the board...

Section 45-40-233.46 - Employment Criteria. - The board or members of the board shall endeavor to...

Section 45-40-233.47 - Participation in Program. - The board, at its discretion, may allow any inmate, between...

Section 45-40-233.48 - Furloughs or Leave Time. - (a) The board may adopt rules and allow the sheriff...

Section 45-40-233.49 - Status of Inmates. - No inmate granted privileges under this subpart shall be deemed...

Section 45-40-233.50 - Annual Report. - The sheriff or person or persons designated by the board...

Section 45-40-233.51 - Violations. - Anyone violating this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Part 5 - Pistol Permit.

Section 45-40-234 - Fees, Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Lawrence County, the fee for issuance of a...

Part 6 - Programs.

Section 45-40-235 - Lawrence County Recreation and Drug Abuse Program. - (a) This section shall be operative only in Lawrence County....

Part 7 - Service of Process.

Section 45-40-236 - Methods of Service. - (a) In the courts of Lawrence County a subpoena requiring...

Section 45-40-236.01 - Additional Service of Process Fee; Out-of-State Documents. - (a) In addition to all existing charges, fees, judgments, and...

Article 24 - Taxation.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-40-240 - Compensation of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. - (a) Effective October 1, 1981, the Tax Assessor and Tax...

Section 45-40-240.01 - Tax Assessor - Expense Allowance. - In Lawrence County, the tax assessor shall receive an additional...

Section 45-40-240.02 - Revenue Commissioner - Salary. - (a) Beginning with the term of the revenue commissioner, the...

Part 2 - Employees.

Section 45-40-241 - Appraisers; Mapper. - The County Commission of Lawrence County is hereby authorized and...

Part 3 - License Division.

Section 45-40-242 - Created; Office Space, Equipment, Personnel; Compensation. - There is hereby created within the tax assessor's office of...

Section 45-40-242.01 - Duties; Commissions and Fees. - The tax assessor shall perform all duties relating to the...

Section 45-40-242.02 - Recordkeeping. - The tax assessor shall keep at all times an accurate...

Section 45-40-242.03 - Charge and Collection of Fees. - Except as hereinafter provided, the tax assessor shall be entitled...

Section 45-40-242.04 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of License. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide...

Section 45-40-242.05 - Assessments. - Before any vehicle can be assessed, the tax assessor shall...

Section 45-40-242.06 - Application and Renewal by Mail. - The tax assessor, at his or her discretion, may mail...

Part 4 - Revenue Commissioner.

Section 45-40-243 - Consolidation of Offices and Duties. - (a) At the expiration of the term of office of...

Section 45-40-243.01 - Budgetary Operations and Functions. - (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Lawrence County may take the...

Part 5 - Tax, Lodging.

Section 45-40-244 - Levy of Tax. - (a) In addition to all other taxes now imposed by...

Section 45-40-244.01 - Collection of Tax. - The tax levied under this part shall be collected by...

Section 45-40-244.02 - Filing of Monthly Report and Payment. - The tax levied under this part, except as otherwise provided,...

Section 45-40-244.03 - Cash and Credit Business. - Any person, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, proprietorship,...

Section 45-40-244.04 - Annual Report. - On or before 30 days after the end of the...

Section 45-40-244.05 - Recordkeeping. - It shall be the duty of every person, corporation, partnership,...

Section 45-40-244.06 - Perjury. - The monthly reports herein required to be made are not...

Section 45-40-244.07 - Inspection of Reports or Returns. - All reports or returns filed with the agency under this...

Section 45-40-244.08 - Failure to Add Tax to Service Price. - It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, firm,...

Section 45-40-244.09 - Enforcement. - The tax levied by this part, together with interest and...

Section 45-40-244.10 - Application of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-40-244.11 - Construction of Part. - The provisions of this part are supplemental and shall be...

Part 6 - Tax, Sales and Use.

Division 1 - Collection.

Section 45-40-245 - Applicability. - This subpart shall apply only to Lawrence County.

Section 45-40-245.01 - Payment of Taxes; Report. - Any sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, privilege license,...

Section 45-40-245.02 - Collection and Enforcement. - Any tax to be collected pursuant to this subpart shall...

Section 45-40-245.03 - Application of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-40-245.04 - Charge for Collection. - The county commission may retain and deposit to the general...

Section 45-40-245.05 - Effective Date. - The provisions of this subpart shall be effective with respect...

Division 2 - Levy of Tax,

Section 45-40-245.30 - Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in...

Section 45-40-245.31 - Authorization of Levy of Sales Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...

Section 45-40-245.32 - Authorization of Levy of Use Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...

Section 45-40-245.33 - Payment of Taxes; Reports. - The sales tax authorized to be levied in Section 45-40-245.31...

Section 45-40-245.34 - Sales Tax to Be Added to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a...

Section 45-40-245.35 - Special Provisions Respecting Payment of Use Tax; Receipts and Returns by Registered Sellers. - Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for...

Section 45-40-245.36 - Enforcement. - The taxes authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall...

Section 45-40-245.37 - Applicability of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...

Section 45-40-245.38 - Charge for Collection. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county for...

Section 45-40-245.39 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds of any taxes herein authorized to be levied...

Section 45-40-245.40 - Effective Date of Levy. - If the governing body of the county elects to levy...

Division 3 - Motor Vehicles.

Section 45-40-245.60 - Reduction of Tax on Automotive Vehicles and Trucks. - (a) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the amount...

Article 25 - Utilities.

Section 45-40-250 - Transfer of Water From Tennessee River Basin. - (a) This section shall apply only in Lawrence County. (b)...

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Code of Alabama Title 45 - Local Laws. Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.

Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 40 - Lawrence County.