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Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.
Part 1 - Disclaimer.
Section 45-52-10 - Disclaimer. - (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of...
Article 3 - Boards and Commissions.
Section 45-52-30 - License Requirement. - (a) After October 1, 1982, it shall be unlawful for...
Section 45-52-30.01 - Definitions; Applicability. - A barber, barber shop, barber college, or other like business...
Section 45-52-30.03 - Barbers' Commission - Compensation of Members; Office Space, Furnishings, etc.; Records; Disposition of Funds. - (a) Each member of the commission shall receive as full...
Section 45-52-30.04 - Licensing - Barber's College or School; Instructor; Apprentice Barber; Barber. - (a) A barber's college or school, before it shall be...
Section 45-52-30.05 - Licensing - Exceptions; Applications; Examination; Fees; Retirement; Expiration; Investigations; Hearings; Appeals. - (a) Words used in the masculine gender in this article...
Section 45-52-30.06 - Application of Other Provisions. - Any person violating this article shall upon conviction be guilty...
Section 45-52-30.07 - Application of Other Provisions. - Nothing contained in this article shall affect the power of...
Article 6 - Coroner.
Section 45-52-60 - Compensation; Participation in Employees' Retirement System. - (a) Commencing on the first day of May, 2008, the...
Article 7 - County Commission.
Part 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-52-70 - Expense Allowances and Salaries for Chair and Commissioners. - (a)(1) Commencing on August 1, 1995, the Chair of the...
Part 2 - Funding and Use of Funds.
Section 45-52-71 - Contingent Fund. - (a) The Morgan County Commission may appropriate from the county...
Section 45-52-71.01 - Replacement of Clothing or Equipment. - (a) The Morgan County Commission is authorized to appropriate county...
Article 8 - Courts.
Part 1 - Bailiffs.
Section 45-52-80 - Minimum Total Compensation. - (a) In Morgan County, in addition to any and all...
Section 45-52-80.01 - Additional Salary Supplement. - The bailiffs or other court attendants serving the district or...
Part 2 - Circuit Court.
Section 45-52-81 - Salary Supplement - Circuit Judges. - (a) Effective October 1, 1988, the county salary supplement of...
Section 45-52-81.01 - Expense Allowance - Circuit Clerk. - Commencing October 1, 1981, the Circuit Clerk of the Eighth...
Section 45-52-81.02 - Salary Supplement - Supernumerary Clerk. - In Morgan County, in addition to any and all other...
Section 45-52-81.03 - Expense Allowance - Court Reporters. - (a) Each court reporter of the Eighth Judicial Circuit shall...
Section 45-52-81.04 - Salary Increase - Court Reporters. - In addition to any and all other compensation and expense...
Section 45-52-81.05 - Salary Supplement - Supernumerary Court Reporters. - Each supernumerary court reporter of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in...
Section 45-52-81.06 - Salary Supplement - Confidential Employee. - (a) The Morgan County Commission may appropriate county funds to...
Part 3 - Court Costs.
Section 45-52-82 - Law Library. - (a) The governing body of Morgan County, Alabama, shall hereafter...
Section 45-52-82.01 - Additional Filing Fee - Morgan County Law Library Fund. - (a) In addition to any and all other costs and...
Section 45-52-82.02 - Additional Service Fee - Service of Process in District and Circuit Courts. - (a) In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges...
Section 45-52-82.03 - Additional Fee - Law Enforcement Fund, Special Jail Reserve Fund, General Fund. - (a) In Morgan County, in all criminal and civil cases...
Section 45-52-82.04 - Additional Booking Fee - Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund, General Fund. - (a) In Morgan County, a booking fee in the amount...
Section 45-52-82.05 - Solicitor's Fee; Disposition of Funds. - (a) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in...
Section 45-52-82.06 - Additional Docket Fees - Solicitor's Fund; Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund; Circuit Court Judge's Judicial Administration Fund. - (a) In addition to any other court costs and fees...
Part 4 - Jury Commission.
Section 45-52-83 - Creation and Composition; Authority, Duties, Functions. - (a) The Jury Commission of Morgan County provided for by...
Section 45-52-83.01 - Compensation - Clerk. - (a) Commencing October 1, 1981, the Clerk of the Jury...
Section 45-52-83.02 - Expense Allowance. - Each member of the Jury Commission of Morgan County shall...
Part 5 - Probate Court.
Division 1 - Compensation.
Section 45-52-84 - Duties and Compensation of Judge of Probate; Clerical Assistance. - (a) On and after October 1, 1943, the judge of...
Section 45-52-84.01 - Expense Allowance; Salary. - (a) The Judge of Probate of Morgan County shall be...
Division 2 - Operation of Office.
Section 45-52-84.20 - Retention of Records. - It shall not be necessary for the Judge of Probate...
Section 45-52-84.22 - Recording of Real Property Deeds. - The Judge of Probate of Morgan County shall not receive...
Section 45-52-84.23 - Additional Recording Fee; Disposition of Funds. - (a)(1) In Morgan County, an additional recording fee of five...
Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.
Part 1 - Economic Development.
Section 45-52-90 - Morgan County 2015 Commission. - (a) In Morgan County, there is created the Morgan County...
Part 2 - Industry Development.
Section 45-52-91 - Rural Morgan County Industrial Development Board. - (a) The Rural Morgan County Industrial Development Board, hereinafter referred...
Article 10 - Education.
Part 1 - Board of Education.
Division 1 - Membership.
Section 45-52-100 - Composition of Board; Districts. - (a) The Morgan County Board of Education shall be composed...
Part 2 - Superintendent.
Section 45-52-101 - Salary; Expense Allowance. - (a) Effective with the next term of office, the Superintendent...
Article 11 - Elections.
Section 45-52-110 - Compensation of Board of Registrars. - The chair and each member of the Morgan County Board...
Section 45-52-110.01 - Compensation of Election Officers. - (a)(1) The Morgan County Commission may establish and set the...
Part 2 - Electors.
Section 45-52-111 - Qualified Electors. - (a) The board of registrars in Morgan County shall have...
Part 3 - Poll Workers.
Section 45-52-112 - Additional Expense Allowance. - In Morgan County, election officials who work at polling places...
Article 12 - Employees.
Section 45-52-120 - Biweekly Payment of Compensation. - All employees of Morgan County whose compensation is provided for...
Article 14 - Fire protection..
Section 45-52-140 - Contributions to Certain Rural Fire Departments; Liability Insurance; Life an Accident Insurance. - (a)(1) The Morgan County Commission, upon such terms as it...
Article 15 - Gambling.
Section 45-52-150 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 45-52-150.01 - Bingo Games - Authorized. - The operation of bingo games for prizes or money by...
Section 45-52-150.02 - Bingo Games - Permits. - (a) No qualified organization or club shall be permitted to...
Section 45-52-150.03 - Bingo Games - Permit Requirements. - (a) Each bingo permit shall contain the name and address...
Section 45-52-150.05 - Bingo Games - Equipment; Prize and Conduct Limitations. - (a) Bingo may not be conducted with any equipment which...
Section 45-52-150.06 - Bingo Games - Recordkeeping. - Each permit holder shall maintain the following records pertaining to...
Section 45-52-150.07 - Bingo Games - Filing of Records; Inspection; Examination or Audit. - (a) On or before April 15, after December 5, 1997,...
Section 45-52-150.08 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Procedures. - The sheriff or chief of police of the respective municipality...
Section 45-52-150.09 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Eligibility; Effect of Convictions. - (a) A permit holder whose permit or special permit is...
Section 45-52-150.10 - Revocation of Bingo Permit - Jurisdiction to Restrain or Enjoin. - The circuit court of the county shall have jurisdiction to...
Section 45-52-150.11 - Violations. - Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of...
Section 45-52-150.12 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband. - Any device, equipment, record, money, or stakes used in any...
Section 45-52-150.13 - Applicability of Other Laws. - Any other law providing a penalty or disability on a...
Section 45-52-150.14 - Application of Article. - This article shall not be interpreted to permit bingo in...
Article 16 - Government Finance and Operations.
Part 1 - General Provisions.
Section 45-52-160 - Expenditure of Public Funds; Purchase Lease, etc., of Goods and Services. - The Morgan County Commission shall be authorized to expend public...
Section 45-52-160.01 - Photographing, etc., of Certain Public Records; Use of Authenticated Reproductions. - (a) The County Commissioners of Morgan County may require the...
Section 45-52-160.02 - Retrieval or Voiding of License. - In Morgan County, in cases where a personal check given...
Section 45-52-160.03 - Contracts for Sale or Lease of Used Equipment or Materials, etc., Between County and Municipalities; Street Signs. - (a) Morgan County may lease or sell to any municipality...
Section 45-52-160.04 - Reimbursement for Monetary Loss; Due Care. - (a) The Morgan County Commission shall reimburse the office of...
Part 2 - Tennessee Valley Authority in Lieu of Taxes.
Division 1 - Distribution of Tva.
Section 45-52-161.01 - Distribution of Tva Payments. - From and after May 22, 2009, the commission, not later...
Section 45-52-161.03 - Payment to Participating Boards of Education. - Twenty percent of each TVA payment remaining after the allocations,...
Section 45-52-161.04 - Further Payment to Participating Boards of Education. - Twenty percent of each TVA payment remaining after the allocations,...
Section 45-52-161.05 - Payment to District. - The commission shall distribute and pay to, or at the...
Section 45-52-161.06 - Morgan County Economic Development Fund. - There is created a special fund designated the Morgan County...
Section 45-52-161.07 - Payment to Participating Local Governments. - The balance if any, of each TVA payment remaining after...
Section 45-52-161.08 - Use and Expenditure of Payments to Participating Boards of Education and Local Governments. - Each participating board of education and participating local government shall...
Section 45-52-161.09 - Pledge; Use and Expenditure of Payments to the District; Conveyance of Properties by District. - (a) The district may p ledge the TVA payments to...
Section 45-52-161.10 - Municipal Population. - For purposes of this part, the population of any city...
Article 17 - Health and Environment.
Part 2 - Health.
Section 45-52-171 - Board of Health Fees. - (a)(1) The Morgan County Board of Health shall designate the...
Article 20 - Licenses and Licensing.
Part 1 - Commissioner of Licenses.
Division 1 - Issuance of Licenses.
Section 45-52-200 - Licensing Officer. - The term licensing officer, as used in this subpart, shall...
Section 45-52-200.01 - Application and Renewal by Mail. - (a) With regard to motor vehicles, on or after the...
Section 45-52-200.02 - Taxes and Fees; Forms. - All applications for motor vehicle tags by mail and the...
Section 45-52-200.03 - Alternative Procedures. - The procedure authorized by this subpart for the payment of...
Section 45-52-200.04 - Renewal Notices. - The licensing officer is hereby authorized, in his or her...
Division 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-52-200.20 - Compensation of Commissioner. - (a) The Commissioner of Licenses of Morgan County shall be...
Division 3 - Operation of Office.
Section 45-52-200.40 - Voluntary Donation to Morgan County Rescue Squad, inc.; Disposition of Funds. - The Morgan County Commissioner of Licenses shall add a donation...
Part 2 - License Inspector.
Section 45-52-201 - Creation of Office; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Compensation. - (a) There is created and established the office of license...
Section 45-52-201.01 - Additional Powers and Authority. - In addition to any duties and powers provided to the...
Article 22 - Parks, Historic Preservation, Museums, and Recreation.
Section 45-52-220 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature finds that Morgan County has a legal obligation...
Section 45-52-220.01 - Establishment of Morgan County Department of Archives and History. - The county commission may establish the Morgan County Department of...
Section 45-52-220.02 - Archives as Depository of Records and Historical Items. - The Morgan County Archives shall act as a separate depository...
Section 45-52-220.03 - Funding. - The Morgan County Archives shall be funded by filing and...
Section 45-52-220.04 - Record Management Program. - The Morgan County Archives shall provide assistance to the departments...
Article 23 - Sheriff.
Section 45-52-230 - Residential Limitations on Criminal Sex Offenders. - (a) No adult or unrelated juvenile criminal sex offender may...
Part 2 - Compensation.
Section 45-52-231 - Expense Allowances. - (a) There is provided for the Sheriff of Morgan County,...
Part 3 - Employees.
Section 45-52-232 - Receipt of Badge, Pistol, etc., Upon Retirement. - Any individual employed by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office as...
Part 4 - Funding.
Section 45-52-233 - Pistol License Fee. - (a) In Morgan County, the fee for issuance of a...
Section 45-52-233.01 - Contract Policing. - (a) Any municipality within Morgan County is authorized to enter...
Section 45-52-233.02 - Sale of Abandoned, Stolen, and Unclaimed Property. - (a) The Sheriff of Morgan County is authorized to sell...
Section 45-52-233.03 - Fee for Services Rendered; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Sheriff of Morgan County may establish certain reasonable...
Part 5 - Jails.
Division 1 - Canteen.
Section 45-52-234 - Operation of Jail Canteen; Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Morgan County or his or her...
Division 2 - Work Release.
Section 45-52-234.20 - Work Release for Gainful Employment Conducive to Rehabilitation. - Any individual who has been committed to the custody of...
Section 45-52-234.21 - Confinement in Jail; Credit for Confinement. - Any individual who is committed to the custody of the...
Section 45-52-234.22 - Failure to Remain Within Confinement. - Any individual released under Section 45-52-234.20, or ordered confined under...
Section 45-52-234.23 - Morgan County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund. - Any individual who is authorized or sentenced to participate in...
Section 45-52-234.24 - Waiver of Collection and Payment. - In any case in which the court having jurisdiction of...
Section 45-52-234.25 - Disposition of Funds. - All sums collected and deposited in the fund established by...
Section 45-52-234.26 - Relation to Rules of Criminal Procedure. - The provisions of this subpart pertaining to pretrial release shall...
Section 45-52-234.27 - Release Pending Trial; Conditions. - (a) Any person in Morgan County charged with a non-capital,...
Section 45-52-234.28 - Failure to Appear. - (a) An individual who is released on an appearance bond...
Section 45-52-234.29 - Morgan County Community Corrections and Court Services Commission. - (a) There is created a body to be known as...
Section 45-52-234.30 - Morgan County Commission Authorized to Appropriate Public Funds, Property, Etc. - The Morgan County Commission and any municipality in Morgan County...
Section 45-52-234.31 - Participation by Municipalities. - Any municipality in Morgan County may elect to participate in...
Section 45-52-234.32 - Exercise of Judicial Powers. - Nothing in this subpart shall interfere with or prevent the...
Section 45-52-234.33 - Procedures Cumulative. - The procedures prescribed in this subpart shall be cumulative and...
Section 45-52-234.34 - Authorization of Certain Inmates to Wash and Clean Vehicles; Disposition of Fees; Sheriff's Car Wash Fund. - (a) The Sheriff of Morgan County as part of his...
Part 6 - Service of Process.
Section 45-52-235 - Methods of Service. - (a)(1) In the courts of Morgan County, subpoenas requiring the...
Section 45-52-235.01 - Additional Service of Process Fees; Law Enforcement Fund. - (a) In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges...
Article 24 - Taxation.
Part 1 - Administration.
Section 45-52-240 - Administration and Enforcement of Tax or License Ordinances; Collection of Taxes and Fees; Compensation for Services. - (a) The Morgan County Commission and any municipality located in...
Section 45-52-240.01 - Disposition of Simplified Seller Use Tax Proceeds. - Beginning October 1, 2019, after Morgan County retains five percent...
Part 2 - Revenue Commissioner.
Section 45-52-241 - Compensation. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to...
Part 3 - Tax, Ad Valorem.
Section 45-52-241 - Assessment and Collection of Tax; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only to...
Part 4 - Tax, Gasoline.
Division 2 - 1987 Tax.
Section 45-52-243.20 - Definitions. - For the purpose of this subpart, the following terms shall...
Section 45-52-243.21 - Levy of Tax. - The Morgan County Commission is authorized to impose an additional...
Section 45-52-243.22 - Statement of Sales and Withdrawals. - On or before the 20th day of each month after...
Section 45-52-243.23 - Recordkeeping. - All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not...
Section 45-52-243.24 - Report of Business Address. - Within 30 days after any tax shall have been levied...
Section 45-52-243.25 - Violations. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or...
Section 45-52-243.26 - Enforcement. - It shall be the duty of the Morgan County Commission...
Section 45-52-243.27 - Delinquency in Payment of Tax. - If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or...
Section 45-52-243.28 - Payment of Tax Deemed a Credit Against Amount Due. - The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax...
Section 45-52-243.29 - Penalties. - Any distributor, storer, or retail dealer who shall violate this...
Section 45-52-243.30 - Quarterly Reports of Shipments. - Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator,...
Section 45-52-243.31 - Disposition of Funds. - (a) The proceeds of any tax imposed under authority of...
Part 5 - Tax, Sales.
Section 45-52-244 - Definitions. - All words, terms, and phrases as defined in Sections 40-23-1,...
Section 45-52-244.01 - Levy of Tax; Exemptions. - (a) There is levied and imposed within the county gross...
Section 45-52-244.02 - Payment of Taxes; Reports. - Sales taxes levied in Section 45-52-244.01 shall be due and...
Section 45-52-244.04 - Collection of Tax; Enforcement. - The tax imposed by this part shall constitute a debt...
Section 45-52-244.05 - Applicability of State Statutes. - All provisions of the state sales tax statutes with respect...
Section 45-52-244.06 - Disposition of Funds. - The Morgan County Commission may retain and deposit to the...
Article 25 - Utilities.
Part 1 - Transfer of Water From the Tennessee River Basin.
Section 45-52-250 - Morgan County Tennessee River Preservation Act. - (a) This section shall be known as the Morgan County...
Part 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply.
Section 45-52-251 - Legislative Finding and Declaration of Policy. - The Legislature finds and declares it to be the policy...
Section 45-52-251.01 - Definitions. - As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates...
Section 45-52-251.02 - Storage Facility Prohibited in Source Water Protection Area. - Except as provided in Section 45-52-251.03, no storage facility may...
Section 45-52-251.03 - Municipal Permits to Operate a Storage Facility. - A storage facility may be constructed and operated within a...
Section 45-52-251.04 - Civil Remedies for Violations. - (a) The construction or commencement of construction of or attempted...