22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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45-41-170.04
Section 45-41-170.04 Enforcement. (a) This section shall be enforced by the Lee County Commission or its designee. (b) The Lee County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Lee County Commission in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any action or condition which constitutes a public nuisance under this section. In any action brought under this section, the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, is authorized to assess all costs of abating the public nuisance against the person or entity creating or maintaining the public nuisance, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, and including all costs of and expenses for abating, remedying, or cleaning up the source or cause of the public nuisance. (Act 99-411, p. 733, §5.)...
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45-45-174
Section 45-45-174 Noise control. (a) In Madison County, the Madison County Commission may enact a noise ordinance for the areas outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and may provide that a violation of the ordinance constitutes a public nuisance subject to a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day to be assessed as provided in the ordinance. Any law enforcement officer or constable may issue a citation alleging a violation of the ordinance. The ordinance may provide that the person charged with a violation may pay a civil fine or request, within 30 days of receipt of the citation, a due process hearing before the Madison County Commission or a hearing officer designated by the Madison County Commission on the validity of the citation. An order of the Madison County Commission finding a violation and an assessment of a civil fine shall be final within 30 days thereof unless appealed to the Circuit Court in Madison County based on the...
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45-2-180.01
Section 45-2-180.01 Regulation of billboards in unincorporated areas; enforcement; variances; appeals. (a) This section shall apply only within the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. (b)(1) In the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the county commission may regulate and shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards, including, but not limited to, the size and location of any billboards. Within the planning jurisdiction of a municipality that regulates billboards, the county commission shall regulate and shall have exclusive authority to regulate billboards which regulation and enforcement shall be no less stringent than the regulation of billboards by municipal ordinance within the corporate limits of the municipality. The regulations shall be adopted by resolution or ordinance of the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission. Any resolution or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall have standards as to distance between...
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45-37-73
Section 45-37-73 Curfew regulation. (a) The Jefferson County Commission may regulate and restrict the activity of minors under 17 years of age in the unincorporated areas of the county, by resolution or ordinance, in public places and establishments. (b) The resolution or ordinance may include any one or more of the following: (1) Definitions of certain words and terms and descriptions of the places and locations to which the regulation and restriction are applicable. (2) The individuals who are responsible for violations, including parents and custodians of the minors, and the responsibility of owners, operators, managers, and employees of establishments. (3) The regulated or restricted curfew hours and the days of the week when the curfew applies. (4) A requirement to post notice of the curfew hours. (5) The defenses or situations and activities which are excluded from the resolution or ordinance. (c) A violation of the curfew established by ordinance or resolution pursuant to this...
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45-37-243.07
Section 45-37-243.07 Violations; contraband beverages. Among others the following acts and omissions shall be unlawful: (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, or deliver within any county subject to this subpart any alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquor on which the license tax herein levied has not been paid. (2) The judge of probate, license commissioner, director of county department of revenue, or other public officer performing like duties in such counties, his or her agent, or any peace officer of the county shall have authority to seize without warrant any and all alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors which are on hand for or are being sold in any place operating without a license from the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or any such beverages on which the license tax levied by this subpart has not been paid including the containers or packages in which such alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors are found...
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45-2-262
Section 45-2-262 Regulation of wind generated energy production facilities or equipment in unincorporated areas. (a) This section shall apply within all unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. (b) The county commission shall have zoning authority and the power to establish and adopt ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and procedures to regulate the permitting, construction, placement, and operation of wind turbines, windmills, wind farms, and any other wind-generated energy production facilities or equipment operated, in whole or in part, by wind, sometimes referred to collectively as "wind-generated energy production facilities," also including, but not limited to, regulations regarding the size, location, and noise generated by wind-generated energy production facilities. The regulations shall be adopted by ordinance or resolution of the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission. (c) The county commission shall have zoning authority and the power...
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45-44-170.05
Section 45-44-170.05 Enforcement; fines. (a) The operation of an unlicensed junkyard that is required to be licensed pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance. (b) The Macon County Commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards within the limits defined in this article and may revoke the licenses at any time the junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this article, and shall charge a license fee of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and not less than one hundred dollars ($100) payable each fiscal year. All licenses issued under this article shall expire on September 30th following the date of issuance. Licenses shall be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. (c) The Macon County Compliance Officer may commence a court action in the name of the Macon County Commission in the District Court of Macon County, Alabama,...
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45-49-84
Section 45-49-84 Establishment and maintenance; library fee; law library fund. (a) The County Commission of Mobile County is authorized to establish and maintain a public law library in the county and, to accomplish that purpose, may, from time to time, expend public funds of the county, as are not required by law to be expended for any other purpose or purposes; to provide suitable housing quarters, furniture, fixtures, and equipment therefor; to keep the same in a good state of maintenance and repair; and, from time to time, to enlarge, expand, and improve the library, facilities, and equipment; and, from time to time, to provide books, reports, and periodicals for the library as are not provided for out of the proceeds of the special fund created by this section or otherwise; and to pay the salaries of a librarian and other personnel as may be necessary and proper to operate the same, to the extent that such salaries are not paid out of the proceeds of the special fund; which...
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45-49-170.50
Section 45-49-170.50 Legislative findings. The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County is hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands and the environment, and to promote the conservation of natural mineral resources by encouraging recycling. The Legislature finds and declares that within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter, and the operation of junkyards, any of which do not conform to the requirements of this subpart, are a public nuisance. (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 1.)...
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