45-20-140
Section 45-20-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The county governing body of Covington County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Covington County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After the Covington County governing body has determined that such a need exists in Covington County, the county governing body may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Covington County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($0.10) per acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. "Forest lands" as used in this section, shall mean any land which according to the...
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45-3-245
Section 45-3-245 Levy of tax; collection and enforcement; disposition of funds. (a) This section shall only apply to Barbour County. (b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63. (c)(1) The County Commission of Barbour County, after a public hearing, notice of which has been given for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and by posting the notice outside the offices of the county commission, may levy, in addition to all other previously authorized taxes, an additional one-half cent ($0.005) privilege and excise license tax against gross sales and gross receipts. All notices shall state the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the proposal to levy a sales, use, and amusement tax of not more than one-half cent ($0.005) shall be considered by the...
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45-45-245
Section 45-45-245 Levy of tax for public school purposes. (a) In order to provide funds for the operation of the public schools in School District One, Madison County, the governing body of Madison County is hereby authorized by ordinance to levy and provide for the collection of a one percent sales and use tax in School District One, Madison County, which shall be in addition to any and all other county taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law in School District One, Madison County. The governing body of Madison County shall submit the question of levying any such tax to a vote of qualified electors of School District One, Madison County, and shall also provide for holding and canvassing the returns of the election and for giving notice thereof. The cost of the referendum shall be paid by the county board of education. All the proceeds from any tax levied pursuant to this section, less the cost of collection thereof, shall be used exclusively for public school purposes in...
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45-42A-23.02
Section 45-42A-23.02 Historic preservation commission. A historic preservation commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, with the following membership, duties, and powers, may be established by ordinance of the governing body: (1) The commission shall be composed of five members. Residents of the historic district or districts shall elect four members and one member shall be a member of the City of Athens governing body designated by it. (2) The members of the commission elected by the residents of the historic district during annual meetings of the historic district association, except the member of the City of Athens governing body, who shall all serve by virtue of, and whose term shall correspond with the term of his of her office, shall serve for terms of four years. At the expiration of the term or the death or resignation of any member, the resulting vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of such member by election at the next annual meeting of the historic...
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22-21-104
Section 22-21-104 Special county tax - Validation of elections - Counties with population less than 50,000. Every election heretofore held in any county in this state, which has a population of less than 50,000, according to the last federal decennial census, on the question of the levy of a special tax for public hospital purposes under the Constitution of Alabama, including any amendment thereto, at which election a majority of the votes cast were in favor of the levy of the said tax, but which election was irregular by reason of failure prior to the holding of the election to give notice thereof in a newspaper or by posting in the manner or for the time required by any statute applicable to the election, or because of failure to comply with any other statutory requirement applicable to the election or because of any other irregularity with respect to the holding of the election or canvassing and recording the results thereof, shall be, and every such election is hereby, ratified and...
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12-19-311
Section 12-19-311 Bail bond fees. (a)(1) In addition to all other charges, costs, taxes, or fees levied by law on bail bonds, additional fees as detailed in paragraph a. and paragraph b. shall be imposed on every bail bond in all courts of this state. The fee shall not be assessed in traffic cases, except for those serious traffic offenses enumerated in Title 32, Chapter 5A, Article 9. Where multiple charges arise out of the same incident, the bond fee pursuant to this section shall only be assessed on one charge. For the purposes of this section, the term same incident shall be defined as the same date, location, and proximate time. Where the charge is negotiating a worthless negotiable instrument, the fee shall not be assessed more than three times annually per person charged. The fees shall be assessed as follows: a. A filing fee in the amount of thirty-five dollars ($35) on each bond executed. b. For a misdemeanor offense, a bail bond fee in the amount of 3.5 percent of the total...
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11-89C-9
Section 11-89C-9 Powers of governing bodies. (a) A governing body shall proceed under this chapter as a participant in the public corporation or individually, to adopt upon reasonable public notice and following public hearing all necessary rules and regulations by resolution or ordinance to implement this chapter and to specifically regulate and control storm water discharges and eliminate the discharge of pollutants to its municipal separate storm sewers. Provided, however, that all discharges originating from any lands or facilities owned or operated by one or more entities under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Alabama Public Service Commission are exempted from regulation under any local storm water management program and shall be regulated exclusively by ADEM. Further, any commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier, as defined by Section 37-4-140, whose service area extends beyond the boundaries of a single municipal or county jurisdiction shall be exempted from the...
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45-28-244.01
Section 45-28-244.01 Levy and collection of tax; disposition of funds; Etowah County Development Committee. (a) In Etowah County, there is levied a one cent ($0.01) county sales and use tax in all areas of the county, which may become effective no sooner than January 1, 1996. (b) The tax shall parallel the state sales and use taxes including exemptions therefrom and enforcement proceedings therefor. The Etowah County Commission may administer and collect this tax, or contract with a private entity or the State Department of Revenue to administer and collect this tax, and provide for enforcement penalties by resolution. The county commission, the State Department of Revenue, or a private entity collecting the tax may retain an amount or percentage of the total proceeds collected in such an amount as may be agreed upon by the members of the county commission, but in no event shall the charge exceed two percent of the total amount of tax collected under this section. (c) The net proceeds...
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45-41-141.07
Section 45-41-141.07 Compensation for loss of territory. (a) In the event that any territory lawfully included within the boundaries of a district shall thereafter be excluded therefrom at the instance of the governing body of a municipality pursuant to Section 45-41-141.02, or as a result of the incorporation or annexation of such territory under the circumstances described in Section 45-41-141.05 or 45-41-141.06, the municipality, upon the written request of the commission delivered to the governing body of such municipality, shall enter into a written agreement with the county whereunder such municipality shall agree to take any or all of the following actions (if applicable under the circumstances) that the commission may specify: (1) In the event that there is then located within such territory to be so excluded from such district any fire station and appurtenant facilities used or operated, whether by the county or any volunteer fire department, for the purpose of providing fire...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer, a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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