Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 42 - Limestone County.

Section 45-42-62 - Education and Training; Transportation; Office Space, Supplies, Etc. - (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b)...

Article 7 - County Commissions.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-70 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The chair and members of the county commission in...

Part 2 - Operation of Office.

Section 45-42-71 - Use of Time; Construction of Laws. - All Limestone County Commissioners shall devote their entire time to...

Section 45-42-71.01 - Interment Services. - (a) In Limestone County, it shall be lawful for the...

Article 8 - Courts.

Part 1 - Circuit Court.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-80 - Supplemental Salary - Circuit Judges. - In the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, each circuit judge is hereby...

Section 45-42-80.01 - Supplemental Salary - District Judges. - In the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, each district judge is hereby...

Section 45-42-80.02 - Supplemental Salary - Court Reporters. - Each court reporter of the judicial circuit composed of Limestone...

Division 2 - Records.

Section 45-42-80.20 - Orders and Decrees. - (a) In the 39th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all orders...

Part 2 - Court Costs.

Section 45-42-81 - Supervision Fee; Juvenile Court Services Fund. - (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in...

Section 45-42-81.01 - Solicitor's Fee. - (a)(1) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases that...

Part 3 - District Attorney.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-82 - Optical Allowance. - In addition to any other compensation or expense allowance now...

Division 2 - Employees.

Section 45-42-82.20 - Investigators. - The lawfully appointed investigators of the District Attorney for the...

Division 3 - Pretrial Diversion Program.

Section 45-42-82.40 - Definitions. - For purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have...

Section 45-42-82.41 - Establishment of Program; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control. - (a) The District Attorney of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit of...

Section 45-42-82-42 - Application for Admittance. - An offender may apply to the district attorney for admittance...

Section 45-42-82.43 - Ineligibility for Program. - Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the absolute...

Section 45-42-82.44 - Standards for Admission. - (a) The district attorney may consider an offender for the...

Section 45-42-82.45 - Admission to Program. - (a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the...

Section 45-42-82.46 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) Following the decision of the district attorney to admit...

Section 45-42-82.47 - Fees. - (a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee...

Section 45-42-82.48 - Collection and Disposition of Funds. - (a) Application fees required by this subpart shall be collected...

Section 45-42-82.49 - Program Requirements; Termination From Program Liability for Costs and Fees. - (a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion...

Section 45-42-82.50 - Violations; Waiver. - (a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions...

Section 45-42-82.51 - Liability of District Attorney, Agency, or Service Provider. - In no event shall the district attorney, the Limestone County...

Section 45-42-82.52 - Supervision of Offenders. - The district attorney, to the extent practicable, shall utilize the...

Part 4 - Probate Court.

Division 1 - Duties.

Section 45-42-83 - Recording System. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Limestone County in conformity...

Division 2 - Special Recording Fees.

Section 45-42-83.20 - Collection and Disposition. - (a) On and after the date this subsection becomes applicable...

Article 10 - Education.

Part 1 - Board of Education.

Section 45-42-100 - Compensation. - (a) Each member of the Limestone County Board of Education...

Part 2 - Superintendent of Education.

Division 1 - Appointment.

Section 45-42-101 - Appointment of Superintendent. - The Limestone County Board of Education shall appoint the county...

Division 2 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-101.20 - Salary; Expense Allowance. - (a) The Limestone County Board of Education shall set the...

Part 3 - Textbooks.

Section 45-42-102 - Substitution of Books or Texts for State-Approved or State-Adopted Textbooks. - In Limestone County, the county board of education, upon recommendation...

Article 11 - Elections.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-110 - Compensation of Election Officers. - (a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby authorized...

Section 45-42-110.01 - Expense Allowance for Members of County Board of Registrars. - (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b)...

Part 2 - Voting Centers.

Section 45-42-111 - Establishment of Voting Centers. - (a) In Limestone County, the county commission is hereby empowered...

Article 12 - Employees.

Part 1 - Benefits

Section 45-42-120 - Reimbursement for Repairing or Replacing Clothing or Equipment. - (a) In Limestone County, when any county officer's or county...

Section 45-42-120.01 - Physical Examinations. - The Limestone County Commission is authorized to pay for the...

Part 2 - Insurance.

Section 45-42-121 - Hospital and Medical Insurance, etc., for Retired County Employees. - The County Commission of Limestone County shall make provisions for...

Section 45-42-121.01 - Participation in Insurance Programs by Retired County Employees. - The Limestone County Commission shall allow retired county employees to...

Part 3 - Personnel System.

Section 45-42-122 - Applicability. - This part shall apply to and have application in Limestone...

Section 45-42-122.01 - Definitions. - As used in this part, unless the context plainly indicates...

Section 45-42-122.02 - Personnel Rules and Regulations; Removal of Employees. - All employees of the county as herein defined shall be...

Section 45-42-122.03 - Power and Duties of Board. - (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to carry...

Section 45-42-122.04 - Adoption of Rules, Regulations, and Procedures. - The board shall adopt and have printed such rules, regulations,...

Section 45-42-122.05 - Dismissal From Service. - Any employee who willfully violates this part, or any rule...

Section 45-42-122.06 - Employment of Legal Counsel. - In any matters related to this part wherein the board...

Section 45-42-122.07 - Compensation of Employees; Independent Contractors. - Nothing herein shall be construed as restricting the right of...

Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.

Section 45-42-140 - Applicability. - This article shall apply only to those portions of Limestone...

Section 45-42-140.01 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments and associations which...

Section 45-42-140.02 - Fire Protection Service Fee - Levy; Definitions; Exemptions. - (a) There is levied on the owner of each dwelling...

Section 45-42-140.03 - Fire Protection Service Fee Collection, Administration, and Enforcement. - The fire protection service fee shall be collected, administered, and...

Section 45-42-140.04 - Eligible Volunteer Fire Department. - An eligible volunteer fire department, for the purposes of this...

Section 45-42-140.05 - Disposition of Funds. - Funds paid to eligible volunteer fire departments shall only be...

Section 45-42-140.06 - Transfer of Funds Upon Dissolution or Abandonment of Volunteer Fire Department. - Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department,...

Section 45-42-140.07 - Liability of Personnel. - The personnel of volunteer fire departments provided for in this...

Article 15 - Gambling.

Section 45-42-150 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...

Section 45-42-150.01 - Bingo Games Authorized. - The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by...

Section 45-42-150.02 - Bingo Games - Permits. - (a) No qualified organization or club shall be permitted to...

Section 45-42-150.03 - Bingo Games - Permit Requirements. - (a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address...

Section 45-42-150.04 - Bingo Games Legislative Intent; Prize Limits; Deductions for Expenses; Consulting Fees. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only...

Section 45-42-150.05 - Bingo Games Equipment; Prize and Conduct Limitations. - (a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which...

Section 45-42-150.06 - Bingo Games - Recordkeeping. - Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to...

Section 45-42-150.07 - Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection. - (a) On or before April 15, after this article has...

Section 45-42-150.08 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Procedures. - The sheriff may revoke any permit if the permit holder...

Section 45-42-150.09 - Revocation of Bingo Permit Eligibility; Effect of Convictions. - (a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is...

Section 45-42-150.10 - Revocation of Bingo Permit Jurisdiction to Restrain or Enjoin. - The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to...

Section 45-42-150.11 - Violations. - Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of...

Section 45-42-150.12 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband. - Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any...

Section 45-42-150.13 - Applicability of Other Laws. - Any other law providing a penalty or disability on a...

Article 16 - Government Operations.

Part 1 - Forestland Protection.

Section 45-42-160 - Participation in Acreage Protection Program. - (a) The County Commission of Limestone County is authorized, when...

Part 2 - Liability for Monetary Loss.

Section 45-42-161 - Reimbursement; Due Care Required. - (a) The Limestone County governing body shall reimburse the office...

Part 3 - Metropolitan-Government

Section 45-42-162 - Purpose. - The purpose of this part is to provide for the...

Section 45-42-162.01 - Definitions. - The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:...

Section 45-42-162.02 - Merger Authorized. - Limestone County and any local government may merge to form...

Section 45-42-162.03 - Procedures for Establishment of Metropolitan-Government. - Establishment of the metropolitan-government shall be initiated by a referendum...

Section 45-42-162.04 - Service Districts. - (a) A general services district shall include the entire area...

Section 45-42-162.05 - Assumption of Functions of Special Districts. - The metropolitan-government created by this part, and approved by the...

Section 45-42-162.06 - State Shared Revenues. - The metropolitan-government shall not receive less in state grants, general...

Section 45-42-162.07 - Powers of Metropolitan-Government - The metropolitan-government shall have all the powers granted to municipal...

Section 45-42-162.08 - Elections. - The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission of nine...

Section 45-42-162.09 - Duties of Mayor and Commission. - The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the commission...

Section 45-42-162.10 - Powers of Mayor. - (a) All executive and administrative power of the metropolitan-government shall...

Section 45-42-162.11 - Powers of Commission. - All powers of the metropolitan-government including all powers vested in...

Section 45-42-162.12 - Compensation of Mayor and Commission. - After the first term the mayor and each commissioner shall...

Section 45-42-162.13 - Appointment of Metropolitan Manager. - (a) The mayor shall appoint, subject to commission approval, a...

Section 45-42-162.14 - General Officers. - The offices of sheriff, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and judge...

Section 45-42-162.15 - Elective Officers. - (a) The sheriff shall have such duties as prescribed by...

Section 45-42-162.16 - Judge of Probates. - Nothing in this part shall have effect upon the judicial...

Section 45-42-162.17 - Transition. - (a) The transition period shall be directed by the provisions...

Section 45-42-162.18 - Planning and Land Use Controls. - (a) A planning commission shall be established and shall have...

Section 45-42-162.19 - Schools. - (a) Within 18 months from the time metropolitan-government is placed...

Section 45-42-162.20 - Budgeting; Tax Levies; Bonds. - (a) The budget and tax levy of the former City...

Section 45-42-162.21 - Employees. - (a) All permanent full-time and permanent part-time employees of the...

Part 4 - Tennessee Valley Authority in Lieu of Taxes.

Section 45-42-163 - Distribution of Payments. - Upon receipt by Limestone County of funds pursuant to Chapter...

Part 5

Section 45-42-164 - Classification and Regulation of Public and Nonpublic Forums; Permits and Fees. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...

Article 17 - Health and Environment.

Part 1 - Environment.

Division 1 - Junkyards.

Section 45-42-170 - Legislative Findings. - The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable...

Section 45-42-170.01 - Public Nuisance - Premises. - (a) It is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for...

Section 45-42-170.02 - Public Nuisance - Motor Vehicles. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful...

Section 45-42-170.03 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards. - (a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard...

Section 45-42-170.04 - Enforcement. - (a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Limestone County...

Division 2 - Landfills.

Section 45-42-170.20 - Solid Waste Landfill Location and Operation. - (a) In addition to any other provision of law or...

Division 3 - Rock Quarries.

Section 45-42-170.40 - Limitations on Rock Quarries - Distance From Robotics Center. - In Limestone County, after May 11, 2009, no new rock...

Section 45-42-170.41 - Limitations on Rock Quarries - Distance From Public School. - In Limestone County, after May 11, 2009, no new rock...

Section 45-42-170.42 - Limitations on Rock Quarries - Distance From Tva Industrial Development Mega Site. - In Limestone County, after May 11, 2009, no new rock...

Section 45-42-170.43 - Limitations on Rock Quarries - Distance From Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. - In Limestone County, after May 11, 2009, no new rock...

Part 2 - Health.

Section 45-42-171 - Schedule of Fees; Rulemaking Authority; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Board of Health of Limestone County may annually...

Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.

Section 45-42-180 - Regulation of Advertisement Signs on Right-of-Way of County. - (a) No person or business entity shall erect a sign,...

Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.

Part 1 - License Commissioner.

Section 45-42-200 - Appointment; Compensation. - The Limestone County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...

Section 45-42-200.01 - Seal; Oath; Bond. - The county license commissioner shall have an official seal of...

Section 45-42-200.02 - Office; Supplies; Personnel. - The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters for the county...

Section 45-42-200.03 - Chief Clerk. - The county license commissioner shall recommend to the commission a...

Section 45-42-200.04 - Transfer of Duties From Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. - The county license commissioner shall perform all duties relative to...

Section 45-42-200.05 - Business License. - Before any person, firm, or corporation shall engage in or...

Section 45-42-200.06 - Sworn Statement of Value. - In all cases where the amount to be paid for...

Section 45-42-200.07 - Recordkeeping. - The county license commissioner shall keep at all times an...

Section 45-42-200.08 - Fees. - Except as hereinafter provided, the county license commissioner shall be...

Section 45-42-200.09 - Payment of Tax Required for Issuance of Motor Vehicle License. - To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide...

Section 45-42-200.10 - Motor Vehicle Assessment. - (a) Before any vehicle can be assessed, the county license...

Section 45-42-200.11 - Assessment and Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes. - After the first day of January 1983, motor vehicles shall...

Section 45-42-200.12 - Books, Records, and Blanks. - The Comptroller, the State Department of Revenue, the State Department...

Section 45-42-200.13 - Application of Driver's Licenses. - The county license commissioner shall take applications for driver's licenses...

Section 45-42-200.14 - Applications for Motor Vehicle License Tags. - The county license commissioner shall take applications for replacement of...

Section 45-42-200.15 - Registration Applications by Mail. - On or after the first day of each month, but...

Section 45-42-200.16 - Additional Fees for Mailing Expenses. - All applications for motor vehicle tags by mail and the...

Section 45-42-200.17 - Transfer of Title. - Every purchaser of a motor vehicle, within 10 calendar days...

Section 45-42-200.18 - Delivery of Records. - All records in the custody of the judge of probate,...

Section 45-42-200.19 - Abolition of Office of License Inspector; Transfer of Duties. - The office of license inspector for Limestone County is hereby...

Section 45-42-200.20 - Copying Fee. - The county license commissioner is hereby authorized to charge one...

Section 45-42-200.21 - Leger; Report. - The county license commissioner shall keep a ledger showing the...

Part 2 - Operation of Office of License Commissioner.

Section 45-42-201 - Issuance of Boat Licenses by Mail. - The License Commissioner of Limestone County is hereby authorized to...

Section 45-42-201.01 - Budgetary Operations of Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner. - (a) The Revenue Commissioner and License Commissioner of Limestone County,...

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

Section 45-42-220 - Preservation of Ancient Cemeteries or Burial Grounds. - (a) In Limestone County, the county commissioners, upon appropriate request,...

Article 23 - Sheriff.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-42-230 - Salary; Food Account. - (a) Beginning with the next term of office, the Sheriff...

Part 2 - Funding.

Section 45-42-231 - Driver Education Seminar; Sheriff's Driver Education Fund. - (a) In Limestone County, the fees for attendance at seminars...

Part 3 - Jails.

Section 45-42-232 - Jail Store. - (a) The Sheriff of Limestone County is hereby authorized to...

Part 4 - Personnel.

Section 45-42-233 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement. - (a) This section shall apply only to Limestone County. (b)...

Section 45-42-233.01 - Authority of Certain Personnel. - All persons employed by the Limestone County Community Corrections Agency...

Part 5 - Pistol Permits.

Section 45-42-234 - Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In Limestone County, the fee for issuance of a...

Article 24 - Taxation.

Part 1 - Board of Equalization.

Section 45-42-240 - Salary Supplements. - The County Commission of Limestone County is hereby authorized to...

Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.

Section 45-42-241 - County Revenue Commissioner. - (a) After September 30, 1987, there shall be a county...

Part 3 - Tax, Tobacco.

Section 45-42-242 - Levy of Tax. - There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation...

Section 45-42-242.01 - Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products. - Upon adoption of a resolution by the Limestone County Commission,...

Section 45-42-242.02 - Violations. - It shall be unlawful for any dealer, storer, or distributor...

Section 45-42-242.03 - Tobacco Stamps. - The tax hereby authorized shall be paid by affixing stamps...

Section 45-42-242.04 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. - The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate...

Section 45-42-242.05 - Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations. - All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of...

Section 45-42-242.06 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized less the actual...

Section 45-42-242.07 - Construction and Application. - (a) None of the provisions of this part shall be...

Part 4 - Tax, Sales, and Use.

Division 1 - 1957 Tax.

Section 45-42-243 - Levy of Taxes Paralleling State Taxes. - (a) In Limestone County there is hereby levied, in addition...

Section 45-42-243.01 - Applicability of State Provisions. - The taxes provided for in Section 45–42–243 shall be subject...

Section 45-42-243.02 - Taxes as Lien to Property. - All taxes imposed by this part, together with such interest...

Section 45-42-243.03 - Collection of Taxes. - The taxes imposed by this part shall be collected by...

Section 45-42-243.04 - Taxes in Addition to Other Licenses and Taxes. - The taxes imposed by this part shall be in addition...

Section 45-42-243.05 - Time and Manner of Collection. - The taxes levied by this part shall be due and...

Section 45-42-243.06 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds of the taxes imposed by this part, when...

Division 2 - 2001 Tax.

Section 45-42-243.30 - Financing Construction of Public Buildings. - (a) In order to provide funds for financing the cost...

Division 3 - Exemptions.

Section 45-42-243.50 - Gasoline or Motor Fuel Exemptions. - (a) The privilege tax imposed by Act 230, 1927 Regular...

Part 5 - Tax, Indigent Health Care.

Section 45-42-244 - Use of Proceeds for Indigent Health Care. - The Limestone County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to...

Article 25 - Utilities.

Section 45-42-250 - Transfer of Water From Tennessee River Basin. - (a) This section shall apply only in Limestone County. (b)...

Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.

Section 45-42-260 - Authority to Zone County Property Outside Corporate Limits of Municipality. - (a) The Limestone County Commission may divide any territory at...

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Code of Alabama Title 45 - Local Laws. Chapter 42 - Limestone County.

Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 42 - Limestone County.