Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 49 - Mobile County.

Section 45-49-21.21 - Possession of Alcoholic Beverages by Active Military Personnel, Etc. - (a) Notwithstanding Section 28-1-3.1, any person 21 years of age...

Part 3 - Sunday Sales.

Division 1 - Sale and Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday.

Section 45-49-22 - Election on Sunday Sale and Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages. - The Mobile County Commission is hereby mandated to call and...

Section 45-49-22.01 - Subsequent Elections. - Regardless of the result of the initial election mandated by...

Section 45-49-22.02 - Notice; Qualified Voters; Conduct of Elections. - The Mobile County Commission shall cause notice of any election...

Section 45-49-22.03 - Lawful Activities Upon Affirmative Vote. - If a majority of the voters voting in any election...

Section 45-49-22.04 - Effects of Election. - If a majority of the voters voting in any election...

Division 2 - On-Premises Consumption.

Section 45-49-22.30 - Authorization. - (a) In addition to any other authority for the sale...

Part 4 - Wine Sales.

Section 45-49-23 - Purpose. - The legislative intent and purpose of this part is to...

Section 45-49-23.01 - Definitions. - (a) The following words or phrases, or the plural thereof,...

Section 45-49-23.02 - Wholesale Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories. - Each supplier of wine licensed by the board authorizing such...

Section 45-49-23.03 - Prohibited Activities Supplier. - A supplier is prohibited from doing the following: (1) Failing...

Section 45-49-23.04 - Prohibited Activities Wholesaler. - A wholesaler is prohibited from doing the following: (1) Failing...

Section 45-49-23.05 - Conditions of Amendment, Modification, Termination, etc., of Agreement. - (a) Notwithstanding any agreement and except as otherwise provided for...

Section 45-49-23.06 - Transfer of Wholesaler Business. - (a) Upon written notice of intent to transfer the wholesaler's...

Section 45-49-23.07 - Compensation for Violation; Arbitration. - (a) Except as provided for in this part, a supplier...

Section 45-49-23.08 - Waiver of Rights; Voluntary Settlements. - A wholesaler may not waive any of the rights granted...

Section 45-49-23.09 - Agreements Governed by This Part; Transferees; Successors. - (a) This part shall apply to agreements in existence on...

Section 45-49-23.10 - Remedies. - (a) If a supplier engages in conduct prohibited under this...

Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.

Part 1 - Indian Commissions.

Section 45-49-30 - Mowa Band of the Choctaw Indian Commission of Mobile County, Alabama. - There is created and established in Mobile County a commission...

Section 45-49-30.01 - Purpose. - The purpose of this commission shall be to deal fairly...

Section 45-49-30.02 - Duties. - It shall be the duty of the commission to study,...

Section 45-49-30.03 - Composition. - (a) The commission shall be composed of seven members, five...

Section 45-49-30.04 - Executive Director; Staff and Consultants. - The commission, subject to county or other funds that would...

Section 45-49-30.05 - Meetings. - (a) The commission shall meet quarterly, and at any other...

Section 45-49-30.06 - Annual Report. - The commission shall prepare a written annual report giving an...

Section 45-49-30.07 - Fiscal Records; Annual Audit; Bond. - (a) Fiscal records shall be kept by the executive director...

Part 2 - Youth Athletic Board.

Section 45-49-31 - Created; Associations Represented. - (a) There is created and established the Mobile County Youth...

Section 45-49-31.01 - Composition. - (a) Members of the board first shall be appointed as...

Section 45-49-31.02 - Officers; Compensation. - A chair and a vice-chair shall be elected by the...

Section 45-49-31.03 - Powers and Duties. - The board shall have the power and it shall be...

Section 45-49-31.04 - Registration Requirements. - Each association enumerated in Section 45-49-31 shall register youth under...

Section 45-49-31.05 - Funding. - The tax proceeds distributed to Mobile County pursuant to Article...

Section 45-49-31.06 - Annual Audit. - Each association shall submit an annual audit to the board...

Section 45-49-31.07 - Distribution of Funds. - (a) If, after the board has distributed fifteen dollars ($15)...

Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.

Part 1 - Barbers

Section 45-49-40 - Applicability. - This part shall apply to all counties having a population...

Section 45-49-40.01 - Definitions. - (a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise...

Section 45-49-40.02 - County Board of Barber Commissioners. - (a) There is created a Barbers' Commission for the County...

Section 45-49-40.03 - Rulemaking Authority. - (a) The board shall have authority to make reasonable rules...

Section 45-49-40.04 - Apprentice Qualifications. - (a) Any person shall be qualified to receive a license...

Section 45-49-40.05 - Barber Qualifications. - Any person having made application for a barber license shall...

Section 45-49-40.06 - Application of Non-Resident Barbers or Apprentices. - (a) Any person who is at least 18 years of...

Section 45-49-40.07 - Application for License; Renewal. - (a) Any person desiring to practice barbering, or desiring to...

Section 45-49-40.08 - Examinations. - (a) The board shall conduct examinations for applicants for licenses...

Section 45-49-40.09 - Barber Shop Operator Qualifications. - A person shall be qualified to receive a barber shop...

Section 45-49-40.10 - Persons Entitled to License Without Initial Examination. - Any present resident of the county to which this part...

Section 45-49-40.11 - Examinations. - The following are exempted from this part: (1) Persons licensed...

Section 45-49-40.12 - Certificate Required; Display of Certificate. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage...

Section 45-49-40.13 - Fees. - The board of barber commissioners shall charge and collect the...

Section 45-49-40.14 - Issuance of License to Persons in Armed Forces Who Held License at Time of Entry Into Service. - Any person who, after, September 8, 1961, shall enter the...

Section 45-49-40.15 - Grounds for Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Issue a Renewed License - The board is vested with the power and authority to...

Section 45-49-40.16 - Hearings. - (a) No action in refusing to issue or renew or...

Section 45-49-40.17 - Barber School Prerequisites. - (a) An application for a license and approval as a...

Section 45-49-40.18 - Enforcement of Other Sanitation Provisions; Employment of Maid or Porter; Penalties; Oath of Commissioners. - (a) Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to...

Part 2 - Liquid Goods Dealers.

Section 45-49-41 - Definitions. - For purposes of this part, the following terms have the...

Section 45-49-41.01 - Construction and Application. - (a) This part shall be liberally construed and applied to...

Section 45-49-41.02 - Termination, Modification, etc., of Dealership Agreement - Good Cause Required. - No grantor, directly or through any officer, agent, or employee,...

Section 45-49-41.03 - Termination, Modification, etc., of Dealership Agreement Notice. - Provided good cause exists for the purposes of an amendment...

Section 45-49-41.04 - Repurchase of Inventory. - If a dealership agreement is terminated by a grantor, the...

Section 45-49-41.05 - Competing Product Lines or Brands. - It shall be a violation of this part for a...

Section 45-49-41.06 - Remedies. - If any grantor violates this part, a dealer may bring...

Section 45-49-41.07 - Irreparable Injury; Temporary Injunction. - In any action brought against a grantor under this part,...

Section 45-49-41.08 - Relation to Other Laws; Rights of Transferees and Successors. - (a) This part applies to a new or existing dealership...

Part 3 - Massage Parlors.

Section 45-49-42 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares and finds...

Section 45-49-42.01 - Definitions. - (a) MASSAGE. The manipulations of the soft tissue of the...

Section 45-49-42.02 - License Required. - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a...

Section 45-49-42.03 - Health and Sanitary Requirements. - Any massage parlor licensed by the county governing body shall...

Section 45-49-42.04 - Cleanliness. - (a) No towels, wash clothes, or other linen items shall...

Section 45-49-42.05 - Use of Massage Parlor as Dormitory or Place of Sleep. - No massage parlor shall be used as and for dormitory...

Section 45-49-42.06 - Massages at Licensed Locations Only. - No massages shall be administered or applied by any licensee...

Section 45-49-42.07 - Treatment Prohibited Behind Locked Doors. - No masseur, masseuse, or other employee or attendant in any...

Section 45-49-42.08 - Health Examination. - Subsequent to March 20, 1981, it shall be unlawful for...

Section 45-49-42.09 - Services Rendered Only When Establishment Open to Public; Inspections. - It shall be unlawful for any person to render any...

Section 45-49-42.10 - Use of Establishment for Unlawful Behavior; Termination of License. - (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, manager, or...

Section 45-49-42.11 - Services Rendered Only by Persons of Same Sex; Violation. - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a...

Section 45-49-42.12 - Unlawful to Provide or Advertise for Services Including Genital Touching. - It shall be unlawful for any masseur, masseuse, attendant, or...

Section 45-49-42.13 - Revocation of License. - Any license issued hereunder by the county governing body upon...

Section 45-49-42.14 - Penalties. - Any person who shall violate any provision or section of...

Part 4 - Precious Metals Buyers.

Section 45-49-43 - License Required. - It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct, pursue, or...

Section 45-49-43.01 - License Tax. - The license tax levied against buyers as described in Section...

Section 45-49-43.02 - Application - Requirements. - Applicants for license under this part shall file with the...

Section 45-49-43.03 - Application - Fee. - At the time of filing the application for the permit...

Section 45-49-43.04 - Application - Investigation; Qualifications; Appeals. - Upon receipt of an application for the license required by...

Section 45-49-43.05 - License Requirements. - The license required by Section 45-49-43 shall contain the signature...

Section 45-49-43.06 - Record of Licenses. - The license commission shall keep a permanent record of all...

Section 45-49-43.07 - Records of Purchases; Transcripts. - Each applicant who secures a license under this part for...

Section 45-49-43.08 - Registration. - Each licensee under this part, after the beginning of business,...

Section 45-49-43.09 - Inspections. - The books and records kept by each licensee of the...

Section 45-49-43.10 - Identifying Numbers. - Each licensee under this part purchasing gold or silver in...

Section 45-49-43.11 - Property Held for Inspection or Examination. - The property of the kind described in Section 45-49-43 shall...

Section 45-49-43.12 - Construction of Terms. - The word applicant, when used herein, shall include the plural...

Section 45-49-43.13 - Application of Part; Violations. - This part shall be binding upon every employee or agent...

Section 45-49-43.14 - Exemptions. - Anyone who has operated a jewelry store or business with...

Section 45-49-43.15 - Disposition of Funds. - All revenues payable to the county under this part shall...

Article 5 - Constables.

Section 45-49-50 - Qualifications, Constable Regulatory Board of Mobile; Suspensions. - (a) In Mobile County, no person shall hold the office...

Article 7 - County Commission.

Part 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-49-70 - Salary. - (a) The members of the Mobile County Commission, the governing...

Part 2 - Duties.

Section 45-49-71 - Cost of Advertising Local Bills. - The Mobile County Commission is hereby required to pay the...

Section 45-49-71.01 - Monthly Report of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts. - (a) The Mobile County Commission shall cause to be printed...

Section 45-49-71.02 - Landfill Projects and Dirt Pits. - (a) Whenever the Mobile County Commission deems it to be...

Section 45-49-71.03 - Borrowing Money for General County Purposes; Repayment. - (a) The Mobile County Commission is authorized and empowered to...

Section 45-49-71.04 - Levy and Collection of Additional Privilege License Taxes, Excise Taxes, and Sales and Use Taxes. - (a) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama...

Section 45-49-71.05 - Donations to Organized Voluntary Fire Department or Rescue Squad; Maintenance or Repair of Nonprofit Public Organization Property; Reimbursement of Costs. - (a) The Mobile County Commission may donate money, property, equipment,...

Part 3 - Membership.

Division 1 - Membership.

Section 45-49-72 - Creation; Composition. - There is created, and shall be established on the first...

Section 45-49-72.01 - Election of Commissioners; Qualifications; Election of President of Commission; Vacancies. - (a) Members of the commission shall be elected at the...

Section 45-49-72.02 - Jurisdiction and Powers. - Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, the County Commission...

Section 45-49-72.03 - President of the Commission. - The president of the commission shall be its presiding officer...

Section 45-49-72.04 - Salaries. - The members of the County Commission of Mobile County shall...

Section 45-49-72.05 - Meetings; Recordkeeping. - The County Commission of Mobile County shall hold regular meetings...

Division 2 - Vacancies.

Section 45-49-72.20 - Special Election. - Whenever a vacancy occurs in any seat on the Mobile...

Article 8 - Courts.

Part 1 - General Provisions.

Section 45-49-80 - Administrative Secretary for Circuit Judge Assigned to Department of Investigation and Recovery. - The circuit judge assigned to the Department of Investigation and...

Section 45-49-80.01 - Trial Sheets; Case Action Summary Sheets. - (a) In the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, all orders...

Part 2 - Compensation.

Division 1 - Bailiffs.

Section 45-49-81 - Supplemental Salary - Circuit or District Court. - In addition to the salaries paid to the bailiffs serving...

Section 45-49-81.01 - Supplemental Salary - District Court. - In addition to the salaries paid to the bailiffs serving...

Division 2 - Circuit Court Clerks, District Court Clerks, Circuit Court Registers, County Administrators of Estates, and Confidential Secretaries.

Section 45-49-81.20 - Supplemental Salary - Register and Clerk. - The salaries of each the Register of the Circuit Court...

Section 45-49-81.21 - Expense Allowance - Circuit Court Clerk, Register, and Administrator of Estates. - (a) The Mobile County Commission is hereby allowed, at their...

Section 45-49-81.22 - Expense Allowance - District Court Clerk. - The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized, at its discretion,...

Section 45-49-81.23 - Supplemental Salary - Supernumerary Clerks and Register. - In Mobile County, in addition to any and all other...

Section 45-49-81.24 - Supplemental Salary - Confidential Secretaries. - In addition to the salaries paid to the confidential secretaries...

Section 45-49-81.25 - Supplemental Salary - Circuit Clerk. - In Mobile County in addition to the salary paid to...

Division 3 - Circuit Court Judges.

Section 45-49-81.40 - Supplemental Salary. - (a) In Mobile County in addition to the salaries paid...

Section 45-49-81.41 - Compensation to Circuit Judges Entitled to Purchase Prior Service Credit. - The Mobile County Commission shall pay annual compensation to any...

Division 4 - District Court Judges.

Section 45-49-81.60 - Supplemental Salary. - In addition to the salary paid to each district court...

Section 45-49-81.61 - Semiretired or Retired District Judges. - Any semiretired or retired district judge in the Thirteenth Judicial...

Part 3 - Court Costs.

Section 45-49-82 - Additional Court Costs - All Cases Docketed in Circuit Court. - (a) In each civil action at law, suits in equity,...

Section 45-49-82.01 - Additional Court Costs - Civil and Criminal Cases. - (a)(1) In Mobile County, in any case in which court...

Section 45-49-82.02 - Additional Court Costs - Domestic Violence Cases. - In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit,...

Section 45-49-82.03 - Additional Court Costs - Mobile County Public Law Library. - (a) In addition to any court costs currently provided by...

Part 4 - District Attorney.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-49-83 - Salary Supplement. - In addition to the salary paid to the District Attorney...

Division 2 - Employees.

Section 45-49-83.20 - Assistant City Attorney. - The governing body of any city or town in any...

Division 3 - Recovery Unit.

Section 45-49-83.40 - Purpose. - (a) This subpart shall apply only in the Thirteenth Judicial...

Section 45-49-83.41 - Creation; Procedures; Collection and Distribution of Funds; Enforcement. - The District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama...

Section 45-49-83.42 - Other Authorized Methods Collection. - In addition to this subpart, all other authorized methods to...

Part 5 - Law Library.

Section 45-49-84 - Establishment and Maintenance; Library Fee; Law Library Fund. - (a) The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized to...

Section 45-49-84.01 - Salary Supplement - Law Librarian. - In Mobile County, in addition to any other compensation heretofore...

Part 6 - Probate Court.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 45-49-85 - Indexing System. - (a) The following words, phrases, and terms including the plural...

Section 45-49-85.01 - Instrument Requirements; Liability. - (a) The judge of probate shall not receive for record...

Section 45-49-85.02 - Sale of Voter Lists to Certain Candidates. - In Mobile County, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the...

Section 45-49-85.03 - Additional Surcharge for Recordation of Instruments Subject to Deed or Mortgage Tax. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall assess...

Section 45-49-85.04 - Additional Recording Fee; Methods of Archiving Court Records. - (a) In Mobile County, a special recording fee of two...

Section 45-49-85.05 - Electronic Signatures; Transmittal or Exchange of Documents in Electronic Format. - (a) In Mobile County, the judge of probate and chief...

Division 2 - Divisions.

Section 45-49-85.20 - Administrative Divisions. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County, may in...

Division 3 - Employees.

Section 45-49-85.40 - Administration Expenses. - The Mobile County Commission may appropriate funds from the county...

Section 45-49-85.41 - General Administrator. - Upon the effective date of the repeal of Act 3,...

Section 45-49-85.42 - Temporary Judges of Probate. - (a)(1) If the regularly elected Judge of Probate of Mobile...

Division 4 - Estates.

Section 45-49-85.60 - General and Equity Jurisdiction of Probate Courts; Powers and Authority of Judges of Probate; Procedures in Administration of Estates. - (a) That the probate courts in all counties of this...

Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.

Part 1 - Industrial Parks.

Section 45-49-90 - Definitions. - Whenever used in this part, unless a different meaning clearly...

Section 45-49-90.01 - Purpose; Liberal Construction. - (a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the...

Section 45-49-90.02 - Authority to Incorporate; Participation of Municipality. - (a) Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than...

Section 45-49-90.03 - Certificate of Incorporation - Requirements. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under...

Section 45-49-90.04 - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing, Approval, and Recording. - (a) When executed and acknowledged in conformity with Section 45-49-90.03,...

Section 45-49-90.05 - Certificate of Incorporation Amendments. - (a) If any corporation formed under this part has accidentally...

Section 45-49-90.06 - Board of Directors. - The corporation shall have a board of directors in which...

Section 45-49-90.07 - Powers of Corporation; Location of Industrial Park. - (a) The corporation shall have all of the following powers,...

Section 45-49-90.08 - Bonds of the Corporation. - (a) All bonds issued by the corporation shall be payable...

Section 45-49-90.09 - Notice of Bond Resolution. - (a) Upon the adoption by the board of directors of...

Section 45-49-90.10 - Liability of County or Municipalities. - Neither the county, nor any municipality located therein, shall be...

Section 45-49-90.11 - Earnings of the Corporation. - The corporation shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part...

Section 45-49-90.12 - Dissolution of Corporation. - (a) Whenever the board of directors of the corporation shall...

Section 45-49-90.13 - Recording of Instruments. - The certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any amendment...

Section 45-49-90.14 - Exemption From Taxation. - The corporation, all properties at any time owned by it...

Section 45-49-90.15 - Sales of Parcels of Property. - The sales price of any part of an industrial park...

Section 45-49-90.16 - Construction of Part. - Neither this part nor anything contained in this part shall...

Part 2 - Fowl River Planning and Land Use Control District.

Section 45-49-91 - Authority to Create District. - (a) This part shall apply only in Mobile County. (b)...

Section 45-49-91.01 - Election to Establish District. - An election on the establishment of the district shall be...

Section 45-49-91.02 - Petition Requirements. - The petition shall state that those persons signing the petition...

Section 45-49-91.03 - Call for Election. - The county commission may not call for an election without...

Section 45-49-91.04 - Certification of Petition. - The judge of probate, with assistance from the revenue commissioner...

Section 45-49-91.05 - Notice of Election. - Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper...

Section 45-49-91.06 - Election Results - Negative. - If a majority of the qualified electors in the district...

Section 45-49-91.07 - Election Results - Affirmative. - If a majority of the qualified electors in the district...

Section 45-49-91.08 - Establishment of District. - No more than 30 days following a majority vote by...

Section 45-49-91.09 - Composition of Board; Terms. - (a) The board shall be composed of seven members, with...

Section 45-49-91.10 - Administrative Office; Funding. - For the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this...

Section 45-49-91.11 - Contracting Powers; Finances. - The board may contract with county or city planners, engineers,...

Section 45-49-91.12 - Adoption of Master Plan. - The board shall make and adopt a comprehensive master plan...

Section 45-49-91.13 - Surveys and Studies; Purpose and Effect of Master Plan. - The board shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies...

Section 45-49-91.14 - Land Use Standards. - The board is authorized and expected to provide land use...

Section 45-49-91.15 - Notice Requirements. - Prior to the adoption of a proposed master plan for...

Section 45-49-91.16 - Certificate of Compliance for Land Use. - Whenever the board has adopted a master plan for the...

Section 45-49-91.17 - Violations. - In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,...

Section 45-49-91.18 - Appeals to Mobile County Commission. - (a) Appeals to the Mobile County Commission may be taken...

Section 45-49-91.19 - Appeals to Circuit Court. - Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of...

Section 45-49-91.20 - Application of Other Provisions. - Wherever the regulations made under authority of this part require...

Section 45-49-91.21 - Land Use Control Fee. - The Mobile County Commission shall levy upon owners of any...

Section 45-49-91.22 - Construction of Part. - The authority of the board pursuant to this part shall...

Section 45-49-91.23 - Utilization of Land; Compliance With Ordinance. - A property owner or his or her heirs may continue...

Article 10 - Education.

Part 1 - Board of School Commissioners.

Division 1 - Compensation.

Section 45-49-100 - Additional Compensation. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the next...

Division 2 - Finances.

Section 45-49-100.20 - Annual Appropriation. - (a) The Mobile County Commission shall appropriate annually for a...

Section 45-49-100.21 - Monthly Financial Report. - (a) Beginning January 15, 1992, and on the fifteenth of...

Division 3 - Membership.

Section 45-49-100.40 - Powers of Board. - The board of school commissioners shall be entitled to receive,...

Section 45-49-100.41 - Vacancies; Recordkeeping. - The board of school commissioners shall have power to fill...

Part 2 - School Bus Safety Act.

Section 45-49-101 - Short Title. - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 45-49-101.01 - Definitions. - The following definitions and provisions shall apply to this part:...

Section 45-49-101.02 - Civil Enforcement of Violations. - Any county or city board of education located in Mobile...

Section 45-49-101.03 - Adoption of Electronic School Bus Enforcement Program Fines. - (a) A county or city board of education located in...

Section 45-49-101.04 - Notice of Violation; Destruction of Images and Information. - (a) After review of the violation by law enforcement, any...

Section 45-49-101.05 - Payment of Fees. - The owner of a vehicle that has been issued a...

Section 45-49-101.06 - Transfer of Responsibility for Payment of Fine. - (a) The owner may not be responsible for payment of...

Section 45-49-101.07 - Contesting Notice of Violation; Procedures. - (a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a...

Section 45-49-101.08 - Appeals. - A person who contests a notice of violation and is...

Section 45-49-101.09 - Exception When Identity of Owner Cannot Be Reliably Established. - If the evidence produced by an electronic device does not...

Section 45-49-101.10 - Civil Violations Under Part. - (a) A civil violation of this part may not result...

Section 45-49-101.11 - Relation to Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint. - Adoption by a county or city board of education located...

Section 45-49-101.12 - Cause of Action by Owner Against Actual Operator. - (a) Any person who is held responsible for payment of...

Part 3 - Schools.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 45-49-102 - Minimum Age Requirements. - A child who is five years of age on or...

Section 45-49-102.01 - Teacher Units Allocated for Instruction of Gifted Children. - In Mobile County, 20 percent of all teacher units in...

Section 45-49-102.02 - Martin Luther King's Birthday Designated a Legal Holiday for School System Purposes. - The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners is hereby directed...

Section 45-49-102.03 - Mobile County High School Renamed Grand Bay High School. - In Mobile County, Mobile County High School shall henceforth be...

Section 45-49-102.04 - Student Dress Code Policy. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares each of the following:...

Division 2 - Site-Based Management.

Section 45-49-102.20 - School-Based Decision Making Pilot Programs. - (a) By January 1, 1999, the Mobile County School Board...

Section 45-49-102.21 - School Council - Creation; Composition. - Each public school in a pilot program shall form a...

Section 45-49-102.22 - School Council Teacher and Parent Representatives. - The teacher representatives in a pilot program shall be selected...

Section 45-49-102.23 - School Council - Training Course. - No member of a school council in a pilot program...

Section 45-49-102.24 - School Council - School Policies. - Subject to applicable state and federal laws, the school council...

Section 45-49-102.25 - School Council - Meeting Frequency and Agenda. - The school council in a pilot program shall determine the...

Section 45-49-102.26 - School Council - Open Meetings. - The meetings of the school council in a pilot program...

Section 45-49-102.27 - Budgeting. - The school board shall adopt a policy establishing which monies...

Section 45-49-102.28 - Fiscal Duties of Principal. - The principal of each school in a pilot program shall...

Section 45-49-102.29 - Personnel Decisions. - The school board shall adopt a policy for filling a...

Section 45-49-102.30 - Authority to Control, Assign, or Transfer Students. - The school council in a pilot program shall not have...

Section 45-49-102.31 - Policy Areas Implemented by Principal. - Subject to applicable state and school board guidelines and statutory...

Section 45-49-102.32 - Additional Policy Requirements. - Subject to applicable state guidelines and statutory provisions, the policy...

Section 45-49-102.33 - Powers and Liability. - In addition to the authority granted to a school council...

Section 45-49-102.34 - Professional Development. - The school board shall provide professional development activities to assist...

Section 45-49-102.35 - Application for Approval of Alternative Model for Implementing School-Based Decision Making. - A school selected to the pilot program may choose to...

Section 45-49-102.36 - Disposition of Funds. - Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, all funds to...

Part 4 - Superintendent.

Section 45-49-103 - Election; Officers and Agents; Oath. - The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners shall elect a...

Section 45-49-103.01 - Duties; Compensation; Removal; Bond. - The county superintendent of education shall be ex officio a...

Article 11 - Elections.

Part 1 - Board of Registrars.

Section 45-49-110 - Absentee Registration of Persons Residing in Nursing Homes and Persons Permanently Disabled. - (a)(1) Persons currently residing in nursing and convalescent homes and...

Section 45-49-110.01 - No Registration Within 15 Days Prior to Elections. - The Board of Registrars of Mobile County, or their duly...

Section 45-49-110.02 - Meeting Dates and Locations for Voter Registration and Voter Reidentification; Transportation and Expense Allowances for Board Members. - (a)(1) The Mobile County Board of Registrars shall be available...

Section 45-49-110.03 - Extension of Meeting Days Authorized. - (a) The County Commission of Mobile County is hereby authorized...

Section 45-49-110.04 - Deputy Registrars; Monthly Meetings; Monthly and Annual Reports. - (a) In Mobile County, in addition to any and all...

Part 2 - Election Officials.

Section 45-49-111 - Instruction of Election Officials. - (a) Not less than five days before an election or...

Section 45-49-111.01 - Compensation. - (a) In Mobile County, the compensation of the election officers...

Section 45-49-111.02 - Appointment of Clerks as Election Officers; Compensation. - In Mobile County, the appointing board may appoint clerks as...

Part 3 - Polling Places.

Section 45-49-112 - Distribution of Campaign Materials Prohibited Within 600 Feet of Polling Place on Election Day. - Any person who distributes, whether by gift or sale, any...

Section 45-49-112.01 - Hours of Operation. - All polling places within Mobile County shall remain open between...

Article 12 - Employees.

Part 1 - Civil Service System.

Section 45-49-120 - Definitions. - In this part, words used in the masculine gender include...

Section 45-49-120.01 - Unclassified Service. - The following shall be in the unclassified service: (1) Officials...

Section 45-49-120.02 - Personnel Department - Creation. - There is hereby created and established, in and for Mobile...

Section 45-49-120.03 - Personnel Department - Purpose. - The personnel department created by this part shall, to the...

Section 45-49-120.04 - Supervisory Committee. - (a) There is hereby established the Supervisory Committee of the...

Section 45-49-120.05 - Alternate Method of Selection of Board. - In the event the committee shall for 30 days after...

Section 45-49-120.06 - Personnel Board. - (a)(1) The personnel board shall consist of five members designated...

Section 45-49-120.07 - Personnel Director. - The board shall elect and fix the salary of the...

Section 45-49-120.08 - Rulemaking Authority. - (a) The director shall recommend such rules as he or...

Section 45-49-120.09 - Classification. - The director shall, as soon as practicable after September 15,...

Section 45-49-120.10 - Pay Plan. - (a) After consultation with appointing authorities, or other officers, or...

Section 45-49-120.11 - Tests. - The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for...

Section 45-49-120.12 - Vacancies. - Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled either by...

Section 45-49-120.13 - Promotions. - Vacancies in positions shall be filled by the appointing authority...

Section 45-49-120.14 - Appointments. - (a) Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by an...

Section 45-49-120.15 - Transfers. - An appointing authority, at any time, may assign a classified...

Section 45-49-120.16 - Demotions. - An appointing authority, upon giving written notice, stating reasons, to...

Section 45-49-120.17 - Provisional Appointments. - Whenever in the opinion of the director it is impossible...

Section 45-49-120.18 - Working Test Period. - (a) Entry level or initial employment, or both. (1) Every...

Section 45-49-120.19 - Service Ratings. - In cooperation with authorities, the director shall establish, and may...

Section 45-49-120.20 - Layoffs. - In accordance with the rules adopted under this part, an...

Section 45-49-120.21 - Dismissals. - (a) An appointing authority may dismiss a classified employee whenever...

Section 45-49-120.22 - Suspensions. - (a) An appointing authority may suspend a regular employee whenever...

Section 45-49-122.23 - Political Activities Prohibited. - (a) No person shall be appointed or promoted to, or...

Section 45-49-120.24 - Pension or Retirement Plan. - The board shall cause a thorough investigation to be made...

Section 45-49-120.25 - Investigations. - The board or its designated agent shall make studies upon...

Section 45-49-120.26 - Corrupt Practices. - (a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark,...

Section 45-49-120.27 - Certification of Payroll. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any county or city...

Section 45-49-120.28 - Attendance of Witnesses; Fees; False Oaths. - Any person who shall be served with a subpoena, issued...

Section 45-49-120.29 - Expenses. - The salaries and expenses of suitable regular office quarters, and...

Section 45-49-120.30 - Use of Public Buildings. - It shall be the duty of all officers of the...

Section 45-49-120.31 - Legal Services. - If this part or its enforcement by the director or...

Section 45-49-120.32 - Records of the Department. - The records of the department, except such records as the...

Section 45-49-120.33 - Court Proceedings. - Orders of the personnel director and personnel board may be...

Section 45-49-120.34 - Equal Opportunity. - No persons shall be denied the opportunity to take any...

Section 45-49-120.35 - Persons With Disabilities. - (a) The Director of the Mobile County Personnel Board, upon...

Part 2 - Miscellaneous Provisions.

Section 45-49-121 - Merit System. - (a) On or before September 1, 1980, all full-time employees...

Section 45-49-121.01 - Election and Procedures to Determine Whether Utilities Board of Town of Citronelle Subject to Civil Service System. - (a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) ELECTION....

Article 13 - Engineer, County.

Section 45-49-130 - Verification for Acceptance of Subdivisions. - In Mobile County, for purposes of subsection (c) of Section...

Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.

Part 1 - Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Districts.

Division 1 - Creation.

Section 45-49-140 - Definitions. - The following words and terms as used in this subpart...

Section 45-49-140.01 - Establishment of Districts. - Any area situated entirely within the county may be established...

Section 45-49-140.02 - Petition for Elections. - (a) Upon a petition being filed in the office of...

Section 45-49-140.03 - Timing of Elections. - When a petition for the holding of any election is...

Section 45-49-140.04 - Application of Election Laws. - The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of...

Section 45-49-140.05 - Notice of Election. - The judge of probate shall give notice of any election...

Section 45-49-140.06 - Payment of Election Expenses. - (a) Where an election is held on the question of...

Section 45-49-140.07 - Approval by Voters. - No district shall be created unless it is approved by...

Section 45-49-140.08 - Board of Trustees. - (a) The affairs and business of the district shall be...

Section 45-49-140.09 - Powers of District; Taxation Exemption. - (a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall...

Section 45-49-140.10 - Service Charges - Levy and Collection. - (a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a district shall...

Section 45-49-140.11 - Service Charges - Election. - (a) No service charge shall be levied unless the same...

Section 45-49-140.12 - Enlargement of District. - (a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that no area...

Section 45-49-140.13 - Abolition of District. - (a) Any district may be abolished in the manner provided...

Division 2 - Turnerville Fire Protection District.

Section 45-49-140.30 - Scope. - For purposes of this subpart, the term affected area shall...

Section 45-49-140.31 - Election to Expand Police Jurisdiction. - A municipal police jurisdiction shall not expand into the Turnerville...

Section 45-49-140.32 - Approval of Expansion. - If the planned expansion of a municipal police jurisdiction includes...

Section 45-49-140.33 - Election Requirements. - (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police jurisdiction...

Section 45-49-140.34 - Election to Be Omitted From Police Jurisdiction. - The owners of property located and contained within an affected...

Part 2 - Fire Protection Program.

Section 45-49-141 - Participation in Alabama Forestry Commission's Fire Protection Program. - The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized, when the...

Section 45-49-141.01 - Financial Charge or Tax. - (a) After the Mobile County Commission has determined that such...

Section 45-49-141.02 - Determination of Areas and Owners to Be Charged. - The county governing body of Mobile County is authorized to...

Section 45-49-141.03 - Payment; Disposition of Funds. - The tax herein imposed shall be due and payable to...

Section 45-49-141.04 - Removal of Financial Charge or Tax. - The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized to remove...

Part 3 - Volunteer Fire Departments.

Section 45-49-142 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following words shall...

Section 45-49-142.01 - Creation of North Mobile County Volunteer Fire Department Board. - (a) The Mobile County Commission may create a North Mobile...

Section 45-49-142.02 - Duties of Board. - The board shall review and evaluate the delivery of volunteer...

Section 45-49-142.03 - Rulemaking Authority; Service Fee. - Upon receiving the report from the board, the Mobile County...

Section 45-49-142.04 - Billing and Collection of Service Fee. - The fire protection and suppression service fee shall be effective...

Section 45-49-142.05 - Disposition of Funds. - The proceeds of the fire protection and suppression service fee...

Section 45-49-142.06 - Authorized Expenditures; Recordkeeping. - The remaining proceeds from this part shall be distributed among...

Section 45-49-142.07 - Municipal Funding Unaffected. - Municipal funding to any volunteer fire department may not be...

Section 45-49-142.08 - Auditing; Improper Expenditures. - All funds distributed to the volunteer fire departments under this...

Section 45-49-142.09 - Investment of Excess Funds. - If the Mobile County Commission finds or determines that the...

Section 45-49-142.10 - Construction and Purpose of Service Fee. - Any fire protection and suppression service fee levied pursuant to...

Article 15 - Gambling.

Part 1 - Mobile County Bingo Act.

Section 45-49-150 - Short Title. - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 45-49-150.01 - Definitions. - As used in this part, the following words shall have...

Section 45-49-150.02 - Bingo Games - Authorized. - The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by...

Section 45-49-150.03 - Bingo Games - Permit Required. - (a) No qualified organization shall be permitted to operate a...

Section 45-49-150.04 - Bingo Games - Application for Permit. - (a) A qualified person or organization which does not hold...

Section 45-49-150.05 - Bingo Games - Contents and Display of Permit. - (a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address...

Section 45-49-150.06 - Bingo Games - Certain Activities Prohibited; Value of Prizes. - (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that only...

Section 45-49-150.07 - Bingo Games - Fees. - (a) All bingo permit fees collected by the sheriff under...

Section 45-49-150.08 - Bingo Games - Disposition of Proceeds. - (a) The net proceeds of a bingo game shall be...

Section 45-49-150.09 - Bingo Games Management and Operation. - (a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which...

Section 45-49-150.10 - Recordkeeping. - Each bingo permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining...

Section 45-49-150.11 - Maintenance of Records; Inspection of Premises. - (a) A copy of the records required in Section 45-49-150.10...

Section 45-49-150.12 - Revocation of Permits. - (a) For good cause shown, the sheriff may revoke any...

Section 45-49-150.13 - Effect of Revocation. - (a) A bingo permit holder whose bingo permit is revoked...

Section 45-49-150.14 - Violations. - Any officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the bingo...

Section 45-49-150.15 - Jurisdiction. - The Circuit Court of Mobile County shall have jurisdiction to...

Section 45-49-150.16 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband. - Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any...

Section 45-49-150.17 - Applicability of Other Laws. - Any other law providing a penalty or disability upon a...

Section 45-49-150.18 - Permit Limitations. - (a) The total number of bingo permit holders in Mobile...

Section 45-49-150.19 - Applicability of Rules or Regulations. - Bingo permit holders shall be subject to any and all...

Part 2 - Racing Commission and Racetracks.

Division 1 - Racing Commission.

Section 45-49-151 - Creation; Composition; Public Records. - (a) There is created and established the Mobile County Racing...

Section 45-49-151.01 - Qualifications of Members. - (a) The members of the commission shall be qualified electors...

Section 45-49-151.02 - Compensation. - The compensation of each member of the commission shall be...

Section 45-49-151.03 - Treasurer. - The Mobile County Treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of...

Section 45-49-151.04 - Legal Counsel. - The racing commission shall have the authority to employ legal...

Section 45-49-151.05 - Duties of Commission. - The racing commission shall implement this subpart and shall have...

Section 45-49-151.06 - Inspection of Books, Records, Etc. - All books, records, maps, documents, and papers of the commission,...

Section 45-49-151.07 - Racing Days - Requirements; Broadcast Races. - (a) Any person, association, or corporation desiring to operate a...

Section 45-49-151.08 - Racing Days - Sunday Excluded; Minimum Age for Employment or Attendance. - No race or racing shall be permitted on Sunday. No...

Section 45-49-151.09 - Application for Permit or License. - (a) On or before the 15th day of October of...

Section 45-49-151.10 - Suspension or Revocation of License. - The commission may suspend or revoke the license of any...

Section 45-49-151.11 - Production of Documents, etc.; Removal of Certain Licensee Employees; Recordkeeping; Inspections; Witnesses. - The commission is empowered to compel the production of any...

Section 45-49-151.12 - Licensing Powers. - The commission shall have the power to grant, refuse, suspend,...

Section 45-49-151.13 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering. - (a) The commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating...

Section 45-49-151.14 - Tax Due on Pari-Mutuel Pools; Distribution of Contributions; Capital Improvement Fund. - (a) Every licensee conducting race meetings pursuant to this subpart...

Section 45-49-151.15 - Admission Tax on Free Passes or Complimentary Cards. - If any free passes or complimentary cards shall be issued...

Section 45-49-151.16 - Relation to Other Taxes. - The license fees, commissions, and excise taxes imposed herein shall...

Section 45-49-151.17 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) All fees, commissions, taxes, and other monies, including fines...

Section 45-49-151.18 - State or County Fair Associations. - This subpart shall not apply to the running of races...

Section 45-49-151.19 - Violations of Subpart. - Any corporation, association, or person who directly or indirectly holds...

Section 45-49-151.20 - Eligibility of Applicants and Licensees. - No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling...

Section 45-49-151.21 - Manipulation of Race Outcomes. - Any person who shall influence or have any understanding or...

Section 45-49-151.22 - Transmission or Communication of Racing Information. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit...

Division 2 - Racetracks.

Section 45-49-151.40 - Limitations on Construction or Operation of Racetrack in County. - (a) The Mobile County Commission shall not license the construction...

Section 45-49-151.41 - Limitation on Construction or Operation of Racetrack Outside Prichard and Saraland. - (a) This section relates only to Mobile County and only...

Article 16 - Government Operations.

Part 1 - General Provisions.

Section 45-49-160 - Competitive Bids for Lease of Warehouse Storage, Office Space, Etc. - (a) Whenever any political subdivision of Mobile County or any...

Section 45-49-160.01 - Interest Earned Form Deposit of Certain Funds. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any and...

Section 45-49-160.02 - Reimbursement of License Commissioner, Judge of Probate, Revenue Commissioner, County Treasurer, or County Commission for Monetary Loss; Due Care. - (a) The Mobile County governing body shall reimburse the office...

Section 45-49-160.03 - Reimbursement of Accounts Department of Domestic Relations Division of Thirteenth Judicial Circuit for Monetary Loss; Due Care. - (a) The Mobile County governing body shall reimburse the Accounts...

Section 45-49-160.04 - Payments by Credit Card. - (a) For purposes of this section, the term credit card...

Part 2 - Office of Treasurer.

Section 45-49-161 - Salary. - (a) Effective upon the expiration of the current term of...

Section 45-49-161.01 - Expense Allowance. - The Treasurer of Mobile County shall receive an automobile expense...

Section 45-49-161.02 - Election to Become Supernumerary County Treasurer. - (a) Any county treasurer in Mobile County: (1) Who has...

Section 45-49-161.03 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2022 Regular Session, Effective March 8, 2022. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - (a) Upon the expiration of the current term of office...

Article 17 - Health and Environment.

Part 1 - Environment.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 45-49-170 - Mobile County Litter Control Act. - (a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth of the County of Mobile...

Section 45-49-170.01 - Rulemaking Authority Relating to Certain Landscaping and Commercial Development. - (a) The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered...

Section 45-49-170.02 - Best Management Practices in Certain Agricultural and Forestry Operations. - (a) In Mobile County, best management practices shall be required...

Section 45-49-170.03 - Leash Laws; Enforcement. - The county commission shall be empowered to adopt and enforce...

Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.

Section 45-49-170.20 - Applicability. - This subpart shall only apply in Mobile County in those...

Section 45-49-170.21 - Definitions. - The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL...

Section 45-49-170.22 - Investigations; Impounding; Judicial Determination. - (a) An animal control officer or law enforcement officer of...

Section 45-49-170.23 - Grounds Insufficient to Declare Dog Dangerous or a Nuisance. - (a) A dog may not be declared dangerous or a...

Section 45-49-170.24 - Requirements for Owner of Dog Declared Dangerous or a Nuisance. - (a)(1) If a court determines that a dog is dangerous...

Section 45-49-170.25 - Removal of Designation That Dog Is Dangerous or a Nuisance. - The owner of a dog which has been declared to...

Section 45-49-170.26 - Violations. - (a) An owner of a dangerous dog who violates this...

Section 45-49-170.27 - Penalties. - An owner of a nuisance dog who violates this subpart...

Section 45-49-170.28 - Enforcement of Subpart. - A law enforcement officer may enforce this subpart by immediately...

Division 3 - Junkyards.

Section 45-49-170.50 - Legislative Findings. - The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable...

Section 45-49-170.51 - Public Nuisance - Premises. - (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance...

Section 45-49-170.52 - Public Nuisance - Motor Vehicles. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful...

Section 45-49-170.53 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards. - (a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard...

Section 45-49-170.54 - Enforcement. - (a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Mobile County...

Section 45-49-170.55 - Compliance. - All junkyards, licensed pursuant to Section 11-80-10, located within the...

Division 4 - Unsafe Structures.

Section 45-49-170.70 - Authority to Move or Demolish Certain Buildings, Structures, Etc. - The county commission may move or demolish buildings or structures,...

Section 45-49-170.71 - Findings of Appropriate County Official; Notice. - The term appropriate county official or official as used in...

Section 45-49-170.72 - Hearing; Appeal. - (a) Within the time specified in the notice, any person,...

Section 45-49-170.73 - Report of Cost of Demolition; Adoption of Resolution Fixing Costs; Proceeds of Sale of Salvaged Materials; Objections; Lien. - (a) Upon demolition of any building or structure pursuant to...

Section 45-49-170.74 - Assessment of Costs; Sale and Redemption of Lots. - The county commission may assess the costs authorized herein against...

Section 45-49-170.75 - Subpart Cumulative. - This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature and in...

Part 2 - Health.

Division 1 - Board of Health.

Section 45-49-171 - Fees. - The Board of Health of Mobile County is hereby authorized...

Division 2 - Health Department.

Section 45-49-171.20 - Funding - Amounts. - There shall be paid annually, in equal monthly installments, out...

Section 45-49-171.21 - Funding - Increase. - There shall be paid annually, in equal monthly installments, out...

Section 45-49-171.22 - Cost-of-Living Pension Increases. - Whenever the retired employees of the state are granted a...

Section 45-49-171.23 - Regulation of Intermittent Food Service Establishments. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...

Division 3 - Indigent Care Board.

Section 45-49-171.40 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated, the...

Section 45-49-171.41 - Mobile County Indigent Care Board Authorized. - At the determination of the county commission, there may be...

Section 45-49-171.42 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage...

Section 45-49-171.43 - Funding - Accounts; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The county commission shall establish an account or accounts...

Section 45-49-171.44 - Funding - Additional Revenues. - The county commission also shall obligate such additional revenues from...

Section 45-49-171.45 - Authority to Bring Suit. - The Mobile County Indigent Care Board shall be authorized and...

Division 4 - Medical Examiner.

Section 45-49-171.60 - Office of Coroner Abolished. - In Mobile County, Alabama, the office of coroner is hereby...

Section 45-49-171.61 - County Medical Examiner; Deputies. - The State Medical Examiner assigned to the Department of Forensic...

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Code of Alabama Title 45 - Local Laws. Chapter 49 - Mobile County.

Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 49 - Mobile County.