45-43-140
Section 45-43-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The County Commission of Lowndes County is authorized,
when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Lowndes County by participating
in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.
(b)(1) After the Lowndes County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Lowndes
County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial
charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Lowndes 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 ($.10) per acre, provided such
financial charge or tax is not greater then the benefit accruing to such forest lands due
to availability of such fire protection. (2) Forest lands as used in this section, shall mean
any land which supports a forest growth, or which...
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45-43-170.01
Section 45-43-170.01 Solid waste disposal - Rules and regulations; participation. In Lowndes
County, the county commission, or any municipal governing body therein, providing services
to the public under this article shall have the power and authority by resolution or ordinance
to adopt rules and regulations providing for mandatory public participation in and subscription
to such system of services. Every individual, household, business, industry, or property generating
solid wastes, garbage, or ash as defined in this section shall participate in and subscribe
to such system of service unless granted a certificate of exception as provided in subdivision
(3) of Section 45-43-170.03. In the event such individual, household, business, industry,
or property owner who has not been granted a certificate of exception refuses to participate
in and subscribe to such system of service, the county commission or municipal governing body
may bring an appropriate civil action in circuit court to...
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45-36-180.06
Section 45-36-180.06 Office supplies and transportation; limitations on private property. (a)
The county commission shall furnish the county engineer office supplies and necessary transportation
in connection with his or her duties under this article. The county engineer shall be the
only department of public works employee authorized to drive a county vehicle to and from
the job. The county engineer shall be prohibited from using a county vehicle for strictly
personal reasons. (b) When county vehicles are long distances from the central county shop,
such vehicles may be left overnight in the custody of a trustworthy person until the next
work day. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any county equipment or material
on any private property and any person upon conviction therefor shall be punished as for a
Class C misdemeanor as provided by state law. (d) The department of public works is prohibited
from authorizing or performing any work on private property with the...
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45-49-181.12
Section 45-49-181.12 Rulemaking authority; exemptions; use of private roads. (a) The county
commission may adopt the necessary rules for the construction of county maintained roads in
the county. The county commission may adopt rules regarding the planning and construction
of streets and roads within subdivisions. Subdivision rules shall be adopted or amended by
first holding a public hearing thereon after due notice thereof as otherwise required by law
for similar matters requiring a public hearing. (b) Exempt and excluded from the definition
of a subdivision and exempt from the laws and regulations pertaining to subdivisions shall
be the division of a tract of land into parcels or property containing five acres or more
each. (c) The county commission may authorize the use of private paved roads, provided all
of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) A recorded plat shall be required for a proposed
subdivision that incorporates a private road or contains property situated...
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45-19-250
Section 45-19-250 Regulation of private water systems. In Coosa County, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any private water system which purchases its water from a municipal
water system and which prior to April 21, 2011, was regulated by the Public Service Commission,
after April 21, 2011, shall be subject to regulation by the municipality from which it purchases
its water. The municipality shall set rates for the private water system that are reasonable
to the water system and the customers. (Act 2011-150, p. 281, §1.)...
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11-50-54
Section 11-50-54 Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage, plumbing, sewer connections,
etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to prescribe the location and
manner in which drainage from private premises may be disposed of and to prescribe the manner
in which plumbing shall be constructed and to forbid the use of the same while out of order
or defective and may discontinue or forbid the use of sinks, pits, cesspools, dry wells, and
surface closets and may regulate and compel the connection of private or public premises with
the sewer system of the town or city, and the council or other governing body shall have the
power to punish the owner of any property who shall fail to make such connection, after 10
days' notice to do so, and shall also have the power to prevent the lease, rental, or use
of any property after notice that such connections have been required until the same shall
have been made. If such owner fails or refuses, after 10 days' notice, to make...
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11-50-55
Section 11-50-55 Regulation, installation, etc., of privies, water closets, septic tanks, etc.;
preparation and filing of statement as to installation, etc., of privies, water closets, etc.
All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to regulate privies, water closets,
and septic tanks and the construction thereof and to compel the installation of same and to
regulate the connection of such water closets with such septic tanks or with the sewerage
system of the city or town; and, in case of failure to install or connect after reasonable
notice, then the city or town may install proper privies, water closets, or septic tanks as
it deems advisable and connect such water closets with such septic tanks or with the sewerage
system of the city or town, the expense of same to be assessed against the property and the
cost thereof to be a lien upon the property in favor of the city or town, superior to all
other liens, to be collected as other debts are collected or liens enforced....
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11-88-21
Section 11-88-21 When proceedings, notice, etc., for incorporation of authority, acquisition
of property, issuance of bonds, etc., required; exemption of authority, etc., from jurisdiction
and regulation of Public Service Commission, etc. Except as expressly otherwise provided in
this article or Article 2 of this chapter no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required
for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation,
the acquisition of any property, water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility or
the issuance of any bonds, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture. The authority,
every water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility owned by the authority or leased
or subleased to a determining county and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from
all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission
and neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State...
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45-31-241
Section 45-31-241 Levy of tax for public school purposes. (a) In order to provide funds for
the benefit of the public schools in Geneva County, the Geneva County Commission or other
governing body of Geneva County is hereby authorized to levy and to provide for the assessment
and collection of any sales and use taxes generally paralleling the state sales and use taxes
in Geneva County or in any portion thereof as hereinafter provided, which tax or taxes shall
be in addition to any and all other county taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law
in Geneva County. Any such tax may be levied in Geneva County as a whole or there may be excluded
from the levy of any such tax, in the discretion of the governing body, any sales or use which
shall take place in any incorporated municipality in Geneva County in which the general administration
and supervision of public schools shall be vested in a city board of education. Such governing
body may, in its discretion, submit the question of...
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11-50-53
Section 11-50-53 Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage and sewer connections generally.
All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish or build drains and may
require private or public premises to be connected with the sewer system for proper drainage
or sanitation and shall have the power to regulate the manner of connection therewith. They
shall also have the power to adopt and enforce all such laws, ordinances, and resolutions
necessary to compel the owners of real property to ditch and drain the same at such owner's
expense and to punish any neglect of such owner or person in charge of said lots or property,
and on failure of the owner after 10 days' notice to do so, the city or town may ditch and
drain such premises at the expense of such owner, the same to be a lien on such property to
be collected as other debts are collected or liens enforced. The notice required by this section
shall be by personal service or by posting a notice on the premises....
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