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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Part 1 - Disclaimer.
Section 45-41-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-41-11 - Salaries for Judge of Probate, Sheriff, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector. - (a) Pursuant to Amendment 362 to the Constitution of Alabama...
Section 45-41-11.01 - Expense Allowances for Judge of Probate, Revenue Commissioner, Members of County Commission. - In Lee County, the judge of probate, the revenue commissioner,...
Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Section 45-41-20 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer Authorized. - The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may in its discretion...
Section 45-41-20.01 - Regulation of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday. - (a) This section only applies in Lee County. (b) The...
Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.
Section 45-41-30 - Lee County Cemetery Preservation Commission. - (a) This section shall apply only in Lee County. (b)...
Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.
Section 45-41-40 - Branch Banks Authorized. - Any state or national bank whose principal place of business...
Section 45-41-40.01 - Operation of Child Care or Day Care Centers. - No child care or day care center, nor child care...
Article 5 - Constables.
Section 45-41-50 - Abolition of Office. - In Lee County, effective at the end of the current...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-41-60 - Compensation; Deputies and Employees; Powers and Duties; Office Space and Equipment. - (a) Pursuant to Amendment 362 to the Constitution of Alabama...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-41-70 - Expense Allowance. - The chair and each member of the county commission or...
Section 45-41-70.01 - Mileage Allowance. - When traveling in performance of their duties, the members of...
Part 2 - Composition.
Section 45-41-71 - Membership; Districts; Elections. - (a) The Lee County Commission shall be composed of five...
Part 3 - Duties.
Division 1 - Public Improvements.
Section 45-41-72 - Authority of Commission; Project Costs. - (a) The Lee County Commission shall have authority to construct...
Section 45-41-72.01 - Assessment for Project Costs. - When any assessment for project costs is made under this...
Section 45-41-72.02 - Assessment Bank. - The list shall be entered in a well-bound book or...
Section 45-41-72.03 - Approval of Assessments. - After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement,...
Section 45-41-72.04 - Contents of Notice. - The notice provided for in Section 45-41-72.03 shall state that,...
Section 45-41-72.05 - Defects in Notice or Proceedings. - Any defect in the notice or proceedings before or subsequent...
Section 45-41-72.06 - Objections, Defenses, or Protests. - The owner, or owners, or any person who has an...
Section 45-41-72.07 - Hearing; Adoption of Resolution. - The county commission shall hear and pass upon all objections...
Section 45-41-72.08 - Payment of Costs and Expenses. - The costs and expenses of materials and labor used in...
Section 45-41-72.09 - Assessment Liens. - Assessment liens for charges and expenses authorized in this subpart,...
Division 2 - Supplemental Purchasing Process.
Section 45-41-72.30 - Purchase of Personal Property. - (a) The Lee County Commission may adopt supplemental purchasing processes...
Division 3 - Valuation of Property.
Section 45-41-72.50 - Personnel; Costs. - (a)(1) The Lee County Commission shall employ sufficient appraisers, mappers,...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Circuit Court.
Section 45-41-80 - Circuit Judgeship Number 3 - Created. - There shall be created an additional circuit judgeship for the...
Section 45-41-80.01 - Circuit Judgeship Number 3 - Appointment; Election; Term. - Judgeship number 3 for the circuit court shall be filled...
Section 45-41-80.02 - Circuit Judgeship Number 3 - Qualifications, Powers, Duties; Compensation. - (a) The judge filling judgeship number 3 shall take the...
Section 45-41-80.03 - Family Court Division. - (a) A Family Court Division of the Circuit Court of...
Section 45-41-81 - Salary Supplement - District Attorney. - The county governing body of the county comprising the Thirty-seventh...
Section 45-41-81.02 - Salary Supplement - Circuit Court Judges. - The county governing body of the county comprising the Thirty-seventh...
Section 45-41-81.03 - Salary Supplement - Court Reporters. - Each court reporter of the judicial circuit composed of Lee...
Part 3 - Court Costs.
Section 45-41-82 - Service of Papers and Documents - Civil or Quasi-Civil Actions. - (a) In Lee County, in addition to all other fees...
Section 45-41-82.01 - Service of Papers and Documents - Civil or Criminal Actions. - (a) In Lee County, in addition to all other fees...
Section 45-41-82.02 - Additional Fees - Small Claims Cases; Monthly Supervision Fee in Juvenile Court Cases. - (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in...
Section 45-41-82.03 - Additional Court Cost - Circuit and District Courts. - (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now...
Section 45-41-82.04 - Solicitor's Fee. - (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in...
Section 45-41-82.05 - Additional Court Cost - Circuit, District, and Juvenile Courts. - (a) This section shall apply only in Lee County. (b)...
Part 4 - District Attorney.
Section 45-41-83.01 - Definitions. - As used in this part, the following words shall have...
Section 45-41-83.02 - Alternative Sentencing Board - Created. - The Lee County Alternative Sentencing Board is created. The board...
Section 45-41-83.03 - Alternative Sentencing Board - Composition. - The number of members comprising the board shall be seven,...
Section 45-41-83.04 - Alternative Sentencing Board - Terms; Expenses; Vacancies; Officers; Meetings. - (a) Each nonpermanent member shall hold office until his or...
Section 45-41-83.05 - Alternative Sentencing Board - Implementation of Part. - The board may implement this part and superintend all administrative...
Section 45-41-83.06 - Additional Programs. - Creation of any additional alternative sentencing programs not specifically identified...
Section 45-41-83.08 - Authority of District Attorney. - Regardless of the authority granted to the board, this part...
Section 45-41-83.09 - Effect on Duties of Juvenile or Adult Probation Officers. - Regardless of the authority granted to the board, the program...
Section 45-41-83.10 - Authority of Board. - The board shall be vested with all authority necessary to...
Section 45-41-83.11 - Drug Court Program. - (a) The following words shall have the following meanings for...
Section 45-41-83.12 - Drug Court Coordinator; Meetings of Drug Court Team; Transfer of Participants. - (a) Specifically with a drug court program, the board shall...
Section 45-41-83.13 - Conditions of Supervision. - Any circuit or district court may order that any adjudicated...
Section 45-41-83.14 - Legislative Intent; Construction; Failure to Abide by Conditions. - For programs utilizing supervised preadjudication release, it is the intent...
Section 45-41-83.15 - Community Service. - The court may also require any participant in the program...
Section 45-41-83.16 - Incentives. - The court may grant reasonable incentives to participants pursuant to...
Section 45-41-83.17 - Jail Credit. - Any jail credit shall be calculated in the customary manner...
Section 45-41-83.18 - Disposition of Fees. - Any and all fees collected from any participant, whether by...
Section 45-41-83.19 - Financial Hardship. - Where it is determined by the court that payment of...
Section 45-41-83.20 - Financial Records; Audit. - The program shall maintain a complete and accurate record of...
Section 45-41-83.21 - Confidentiality of Information. - The program shall maintain information in accordance with state and...
Section 45-41-83.22 - Dissolution of Program. - Upon the voluntary dissolution of the Lee County Alternative Sentencing...
Section 45-41-83.23 - Procedures Cumulative. - The procedures described in this part shall be cumulative and...
Part 5 - Probate Court.
Section 45-41-84 - Applicability and Purpose. - This part shall only apply in Lee County. The purpose...
Section 45-41-84.01 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, including the plural of any...
Section 45-41-84.02 - Installation and Maintenance of Improved Indexing System. - The judge of probate is authorized to provide for the...
Section 45-41-84.03 - Official Record. - Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property...
Section 45-41-84.04 - Applicability of State Laws. - All provisions of the laws of Alabama with respect to...
Section 45-41-84.05 - Costs. - The initial installation costs shall be paid entirely out of...
Section 45-41-84.06 - Special Indexing Fee. - Thirty days after April 30, 1986, a special indexing fee...
Part 6 - Procedures.
Section 45-41-85 - Waiver of Arraignment. - (a) This section shall apply only to the 37th Judicial...
Section 45-41-85.01 - Case Action Summaries; Filing. - (a) That in the 37th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all...
Article 10 - Education.
Section 45-41-100 - Election of County Board of Education. - (a) The several members of the Lee County Board of...
Article 11 - Elections.
Part 1 - Board of Registrars.
Section 45-41-110 - Additional Compensation. - In Lee County each member of the board of registrars...
Section 45-41-110.01 - Per Diem Compensation. - (a) Beginning October 1, 2005, each member of the Lee...
Part 2 - Election Officials.
Section 45-41-111 - Compensation. - (a)(1) In Lee County, all chief election inspectors who work...
Article 12 - Employees.
Section 45-41-120 - Allocation for Clerk Hire Allowances. - The Lee County Commission shall set the allocations for clerk...
Article 13 - Engineer, County.
Section 45-41-130 - Employment of County Engineer; Qualifications; Requirements. - The Lee County Commission shall employ a county engineer who...
Section 45-41-130.01 - Bond. - Before commencing his or her duties, the county engineer shall...
Section 45-41-130.02 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads, Highways, Bridges, and Ferries; Inspections. - (a) All functions, duties, and responsibilities for the construction, maintenance,...
Section 45-41-130.03 - Duties. - The county engineer shall have the following duties and authority,...
Section 45-41-130.04 - Wage or Salary Scale. - It shall be the duty of the county commission to...
Section 45-41-130.05 - Compensation. - The county commission shall fix the amount of the salary...
Section 45-41-130.06 - Limitation on Authority. - The county commission and the county engineer are prohibited from...
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Part 1 - Alabama Forestry Commission Forest Protection Program.
Section 45-41-140 - Protection of Forests. - The County Commission of Lee County is authorized, when the...
Section 45-41-140.01 - Financial Charge - Authorized; Payment. - (a) After the Lee County Commission has determined that such...
Section 45-41-140.02 - Financial Charge - Determination. - The county governing body of Lee County is authorized to...
Section 45-41-140.03 - Financial Charge - Collection and Disposition. - The financial charge herein imposed shall be due and payable...
Section 45-41-140.04 - Removal of Financial Charge. - The County Commission of Lee County is authorized to remove...
Part 2 - Fire Fighting Districts.
Section 45-41-141 - Definitions. - (a) The following words and phrases used in this part,...
Section 45-41-141.01 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage...
Section 45-41-141.02 - Establishment of Districts. - (a) The commission is hereby authorized at any time and...
Section 45-41-141.03 - Authorization of Levy of Financial Charges. - Subject to the provisions of Section 45-41-141.09 (providing for the...
Section 45-41-141.04 - Alteration of District Boundaries by Commission. - (a) The commission, at any time and from time to...
Section 45-41-141.05 - Incorporation of New Municipality. - (a) In the event that any territory then within the...
Section 45-41-141.06 - Annexation by Municipality. - (a) In the event any territory then within the boundaries...
Section 45-41-141.07 - Compensation for Loss of Territory. - (a) In the event that any territory lawfully included within...
Section 45-41-141.08 - Payment and Collection of Financial Charges. - (a) Any financial charge levied as provided in Section 45-41-141.03...
Section 45-41-141.09 - Exemption for Certain Dwellings. - (a) Any person who is: (1) The owner of a...
Section 45-41-141.10 - Assessment of Tax Assessor. - The commission may appoint such agents as it, with the...
Section 45-41-141.11 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) The treasurer shall establish or cause to be established...
Section 45-41-141.12 - Special Elections Regarding Financial Charges. - (a) The commission may at any time and from time...
Section 45-41-141.13 - Conduct of Special Elections. - (a) The managers, inspectors, or other officers of any special...
Section 45-41-141.14 - Qualification of Voters. - All persons who, at the time of any special election...
Section 45-41-141.15 - Election Supplies. - When any special election is to be held in any...
Section 45-41-141.16 - Ballots. - When the county commission calls for a special election as...
Section 45-41-141.17 - Canvassing Returns and Declaring Results of Special Elections. - The commission, within four days after any special election authorized...
Section 45-41-141.18 - Effect of Special Election. - (a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting in...
Section 45-41-141.19 - Application of State Statutes. - Where no provisions are otherwise made in this part, the...
Article 16 - Government Operations.
Section 45-41-160 - Reserve Fund. - (a) There is hereby established in the Lee County General...
Section 45-41-160.01 - Reimbursement for Monetary Loss; Due Care. - (a) The Lee County Commission shall reimburse the offices of...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 1 - Environment.
Section 45-41-170 - Legislative Findings. - The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk and...
Section 45-41-170.01 - Public Nuisance - Premises. - It is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for the...
Section 45-41-170.02 - Public Nuisance - Motor Vehicles. - It shall be unlawful for any person to park, leave,...
Section 45-41-170.03 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards. - (a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard...
Section 45-41-170.04 - Enforcement. - (a) This section shall be enforced by the Lee County...
Part 2 - Health.
Section 45-41-171 - Schedule of Fees; Rulemaking Authority; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Board of Health of Lee County may annually...
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.
Section 45-41-180 - Limitations on Political Signs, Advertisements, Etc. - (a) Political signs, markers, and advertising on the rights-of-way of...
Section 45-41-180.01 - Solicitation Prohibited. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage...
Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.
Section 45-41-200 - License Inspector. - (a) In Lee County, there is hereby created and established...
Article 21 - Motor Vehicles and Transportation.
Section 45-41-210 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles. - (a) In Lee County, except in the jurisdiction of the...
Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
Section 45-41-220 - No-Wake Zone. - It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Part 1 - General Provisions.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-41-230 - Salary. - (a) Pursuant to Amendment No. 362 of the Constitution of...
Division 2 - Qualifications.
Section 45-41-230.20 - Minimum Qualifications for Sheriff; Continuing Education. - (a) On or after May 18, 2020, a person qualifying...
Part 2 - Employees.
Section 45-41-231 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, Etc. Upon Retirement. - (a) This section shall apply only to Lee County. (b)...
Part 3 - Funding.
Section 45-41-232 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property. - (a)(1) The Sheriff of Lee County shall keep and maintain...
Section 45-41-232.01 - Fees for Administrative Services. - (a) The Sheriff of Lee County may charge and collect...
Part 4 - Jails.
Section 45-41-233 - Inmate Commissary. - (a) The Sheriff of Lee County or the authorized agents...
Part 5 - Operation of Office.
Section 45-41-234 - Contracting of Police Services by Municipality. - (a) This section shall apply only to Lee County. (b)...
Part 6 - Pistol Permit.
Section 45-41-235 - Pistol Permit Fee. - (a)(1) In Lee County, except as provided in subsection (b),...
Part 7 - Police Jurisdiction.
Section 45-41-236 - Police Jurisdictions of Municipalities Located Partially in Lee County. - In Lee County, the police jurisdiction of any municipality whose...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Revenue Commissioner.
Section 45-41-240 - Consolidation of Offices and Duties. - Effective October 1, 2003, or upon occurrence of a vacancy...
Section 45-41-240.01 - Duties of County Revenue Commissioner. - The county revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and...
Section 45-41-240.02 - Personnel. - Subject to the approval of the county commission, the county...
Section 45-41-240.03 - Bond. - Before entering the duties of his or her office, the...
Section 45-41-240.04 - Office Space and Equipment. - The county commission shall provide the necessary offices for the...
Section 45-41-240.05 - Performance of Duties; Salary. - The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the...
Section 45-41-240.06 - Abolition of Offices; Staff. - (a) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector are...
Section 45-41-240.07 - One-Stop Motor Vehicle Registration, etc., System; Mail-Order Procedures; Licensing, Assessment, and Collection of Taxes. - (a) Upon the commencement of the office of county revenue...
Part 2 - Tax, Ad Valorem.
Section 45-41-241 - Ad Valorem Tax Authorized. - (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the...
Section 45-41-241.01 - Ad Valorem Tax Increase. - (a) As used in this section, the following words and...
Part 3 - Tax, Lodging.
Section 45-41-242 - Levy of Tax. - In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there...
Section 45-41-242.01 - Exemptions. - There are exempted from the tax levied by this article...
Section 45-41-242.02 - Monthly Report; Recordkeeping; Failure to Pay. - (a) The taxes levied by this article, except as otherwise...
Section 45-41-242.03 - Application of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state lodging tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-41-242.04 - Severability. - None of the provisions of this article shall be applied...
Section 45-41-242.05 - Cost of Collection. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge Lee County for...
Section 45-41-242.06 - Auburn-Opelika Convention and Visitors Bureau. - (a) There shall be created and established the Auburn-Opelika Convention...
Section 45-41-242.07 - Disposition of Funds. - The Lee County Commission shall deposit the proceeds of the...
Part 4 - Tax, Miscellaneous.
Division 1 - Additional Taxes and Fees Levied by County Commission.
Section 45-41-243 - Taxes and Fees Authorized. - (a) The Lee County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered...
Division 2 - Mobile Homes.
Section 45-41-243.20 - Registration Fees. - (a) This section shall apply only to Lee County. (b)...
Division 3 - Visual Entertainment Devices.
Section 45-41-243.40 - Privilege License Fee. - (a)(1) In Lee County, there is hereby levied a privilege...
Part 5 - Tax, Sale and Use.
Division 1 - Exemptions.
Section 45-41-244 - Lee County Cattlemen's Association Rodeo. - The Lee County Cattlemen's Association Rodeo is exempted from collection...
Division 2 - 1969 Tax.
Section 45-41-244.20 - Levy of Taxes Paralleling State Sales and Use Taxes. - There is hereby levied in that part of Lee County...
Section 45-41-244.21 - Exemptions; Definitions. - There are exempted from the levy of such taxes the...
Section 45-41-244.22 - Collection; Monthly Report. - The sales tax levied in Section 45-41-244.20 shall be due...
Section 45-41-244.23 - Quarterly Returns. - Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for...
Section 45-41-244.24 - Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within that part of Lee...
Section 45-41-244.25 - Taxes Constitute Debt. - The taxes imposed by this subpart shall constitute a debt...
Section 45-41-244.26 - Applicability of State Provisions. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-41-244.27 - Cost of Collection. - The Department of Revenue shall charge Lee County for collecting...
Division 3 - 1981 Tax.
Section 45-41-244.50 - Definitions. - (a) The following words, terms, and phrases as used in...
Section 45-41-244.51 - Authorization of Levy - Sales Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...
Section 45-41-244.52 - Authority of Levy - Use Tax. - (a) The governing body of the county is hereby authorized...
Section 45-41-244.53 - Payment of Taxes; Reports. - The sales taxes authorized to be levied in Section 45-41-244.51...
Section 45-41-244.54 - Addition of Tax to Sales Price or Admission Fee. - Each person engaging or continuing within the county in a...
Section 45-41-244.55 - Quarterly Returns. - Every registered seller making sales of tangible personal property for...
Section 45-41-244.56 - Enforcement. - The taxes authorized to be imposed by this subpart shall...
Section 45-41-244.57 - Applicability of State Provisions. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-41-244.58 - Cost of Collection. - The State Department of Revenue shall charge the county, for...
Section 45-41-244.59 - Use of Proceeds. - (a) The entire proceeds derived by the county from the...
Section 45-41-244.60 - Effective Date; Duration of Levy. - (a) If the governing body of the county elects to...
Section 45-41-244.61 - Amendment of Resolution. - If the governing body of Lee County, Alabama (which is...
Section 45-41-244.62 - Sales Tax on Certain Automotive Vehicles, Truck Trailers, Etc. - The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to...
Section 45-41-244.63 - Excise Tax on Storage, Use, or Other Consumption of Certain Automotive Vehicles, Truck Trailers, Etc. - The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to...
Section 45-41-244.64 - Collection of Taxes; Proof of Payment. - (a) The taxes authorized to be levied in Sections 45-41-244.62...
Section 45-41-244.65 - Relation to State Statutes. - Except as herein otherwise provided, the taxes authorized to be...
Section 45-41-244.66 - Fee for Collection. - For making the collection of taxes authorized to be levied...
Section 45-41-244.67 - Construction With Other Laws. - All provisions of Act 81-665 which are not inconsistent with...
Section 45-41-244.68 - Effective Date and Duration of Taxes. - If the governing body of the county elects to levy...
Division 4 - 1989 Tax.
Section 45-41-244.90 - Authorization of Assessment and Collection of Tax. - (a) This section shall apply only to Lee County in...
Division 5 - 2013 Tax.
Section 45-41-244.110 - Additional Sales and Use Tax Authorized. - (a) This section shall only apply to those areas outside...
Division 6 - Tax, Severance.
Section 45-41-245 - Severance Tax on Rock Quarried in County. - (a) The County Commission of Lee County may levy a...
Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.
Section 45-41-260 - Creation of Planning Commission. - There is hereby created a planning commission for Lee County...
Section 45-41-260.01 - Composition of Planning Commission. - The commission shall be composed of 11 members, each of...
Section 45-41-260.03 - Organization and Rules. - The commission shall elect its chair and create and fill...
Section 45-41-260.04 - Staff and Finances. - The county commission may appoint, promote, demote, and remove employees...
Section 45-41-260.06 - Purposes to Be Kept in View. - In the preparation of the master plan and zoning regulations,...
Section 45-41-260.07 - Election for Coverage. - Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by the commission pursuant...
Section 45-41-260.08 - Subdivision Regulations. - The commission, with the approval of the county commission, shall...
Section 45-41-260.09 - Zoning; Grant of Power. - For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience,...
Section 45-41-260.10 - Proposed Change in Zoning Regulations. - After zoning regulations have become applicable to a beat as...
Section 45-41-260.11 - Zoning Regulations Not to Be Restrictive. - No zoning regulation adopted by the commission and county commission...
Section 45-41-260.12 - Remedies. - In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,...
Section 45-41-260.13 - Exemptions to Zoning Regulations. - The commission, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions...
Section 45-41-260.14 - Appeals. - Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of...