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15-12-1
Section 15-12-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) APPOINTED COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State
of Alabama who is appointed by the court to represent an indigent defendant. (2) CONTRACT
COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama, or a firm, association,
corporation, or partnership of lawyers so licensed, executing a contract for the provision
of indigent defense services. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense
Services. (4) INDIGENT DEFENDANT. Any person involved in a criminal or juvenile proceeding
in the trial or appellate courts of the state for which proceeding representation by counsel
is constitutionally required or is authorized or required by statute or court rule, including
parents of children during the termination of parental rights hearings, who under oath or
affirmation states that he or she is unable to pay for his or her...
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11-40-10.1
Section 11-40-10.1 Contracts for certain law enforcement services of Class 6 municipality.
(a) The governing body of a Class 6 municipality may enter into contracts which provide for
the police department of the municipality to provide law enforcement services beyond the corporate
limits of the municipality, but within the police jurisdiction of the municipality, and may
prescribe the conditions under which the services may be rendered. The governing body of the
municipality may enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county board, any property
owner of a manufacturing or industrial concern, or any property owner within any residential
or business area for its police department to render law enforcement services on the terms
as may be agreed to by the governing body of a Class 6 municipality and the contracting party
or parties. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the governing body of the municipality may
not enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county...
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12-19-252
Section 12-19-252 Annual appropriations; payment of share of cost of maintaining public defender
offices by counties. There is hereby appropriated from the Fair Trial Tax Fund, annually,
such amount as may be necessary to pay the fees of counsel, court reporters, and such other
necessary expenses of indigent defense as are provided by law. There is also hereby appropriated
from the Fair Trial Tax Fund, annually, such amount as may be necessary to pay to the Office
of Indigent Defense Services, the salaries, benefits, and other necessary expenses involved
in administering the Office of Indigent Defense Services. In addition thereto, the Legislature
shall appropriate annually out of the General Fund in the State Treasury a sum equal to the
amount by which the cost of such necessary expenses of indigent defense, as provided by law,
exceeds the amount available for such purpose in the Fair Trial Tax Fund. If the county maintains
a public defender, there shall be paid a reasonable share of...
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45-29-81
Section 45-29-81 Public defender fund. (a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial
Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance
with Article 1, commencing with Section 15-12-1, of Title 15. Upon May 4, 1982, the governing
body of each county composing the circuit may establish a public defender fund to be administered
by the clerk of the county commission of that respective county to receive and disburse funds
paid therein in accordance with this section. (b) In order to provide funds for the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, the following docket fees shall
be collected by the circuit court clerk in each county in addition to the docket fees that
are presently provided by law and when collected by the clerk of the court shall be paid into
the public defender fund. The additional docket fees shall be...
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11-102-1
Section 11-102-1 Joint exercise of powers or services authorized. Except as otherwise provided
in this chapter or as otherwise prohibited by law, any county or incorporated municipality
of the State of Alabama may enter into a written contract with any one or more counties or
incorporated municipalities for the joint exercise of any power or service that state or local
law authorizes each of the contracting entities to exercise individually. For purposes of
this chapter, it is sufficient if each of the contracting entities has the authority to exercise
or perform the power or service which is the subject of the contract regardless of the manner
in which the power or service shall be exercised or performed, provided that at least one
of the contracting parties has the authority to exercise the power or service in the manner
agreed upon by the parties. The joint contract may provide for the power or service to be
exercised by one or more entities on behalf of the others or jointly by the...
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25-4-151
Section 25-4-151 Effect of challenges to or invalidation of federal unemployment compensation
amendments of 1976. In the event any portion of Section 115 of the unemployment compensation
amendments of 1976 (Public Law 94-566, 94th Congress, dated October 20, 1976), as it applies
to the requirement for states to provide coverage of certain services performed for local
governmental entities under the various states' unemployment compensation law, is determined
to be unconstitutional or invalid in a final adjudication by the courts of the United States,
then from and after the date of such final adjudication, no local governmental entity of any
county or municipality in the State of Alabama or their instrumentalities, or any separate
public primary and secondary school system, as defined in Section 25-4-10, shall be required
to participate in the unemployment compensation program; provided, that nothing herein shall
be construed as invalidating the entitlement of such entities to elect...
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11-40-10.2
Section 11-40-10.2 Rehiring of certain law enforcement officers retired from state or local
law enforcement agency. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a Class
5, Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality may rehire a retired law enforcement officer
to perform duties as needed if the mayor, or town or city council, as appropriate, declares
all of the following: (1) There is a critical personnel shortage such that the rehiring is
necessary to provide public safety services. (2) The retired law enforcement officer retired
from any state or local law enforcement agency within the State of Alabama which subscribes
to the same pension system as the reemploying authority, and has been retired for at least
45 consecutive days prior to reemployment with a municipality. (3) The retired law enforcement
officer, at the time of retirement, met the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided
in Section 36-21-46, and the standards and rules issued by the Alabama Peace...
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12-14-30
Section 12-14-30 Appointment, terms of office and qualifications; designation, etc., of presiding
judge; filling of vacancies; oath; grounds for disqualification of judges from hearing of
cases; practice of law or receipt of unauthorized remuneration for judicial services by full-time
judges prohibited. (a) The governing body of the municipality shall, by vote of a majority
of its members, appoint judges of the municipal court. (b) The term of office of each full-time
municipal judge shall be for a term of four years. The term of office of a municipal judge
other than a full-time municipal judge shall be two years. The term of either full-time or
part-time municipal judges shall continue until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
(c) In the event that a municipality has more than one judge, the mayor shall designate a
presiding judge, who shall have such additional duties and powers and be entitled to receive
such additional compensation as provided by ordinance. (d) Each...
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203 or the
juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security, the
law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public inspection
nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files described
in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1) A juvenile
court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the Department
of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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12-23A-2
Section 12-23A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A local committee which may consist of the following members
or their designees: a. The drug court judge, who shall serve as chair. b. The district attorney.
c. The public defender or a member of the criminal defense bar. d. The drug court coordinator.
e. The court clerk. f. A community corrections or court referral officer, or both. g. A pretrial
services provider. h. A law enforcement officer. i. Substance abuse treatment providers. j.
Any other person the chair deems appropriate. (2) ASSESSMENT. A diagnostic evaluation for
placement in a treatment program which shall be performed in accordance with criteria certified
by the Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services Division. (3) CHARGE. As defined
in Section 12-25-32(13). (4) CONTINUUM OF CARE. A seamless and coordinated course of substance
abuse education and treatment designed to meet...
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