11-1-9
Section 11-1-9 Payment of costs of defense of lawsuits against county officials; validation
of prior payments. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county commission of any
county of the state of Alabama may, in its discretion, defray the costs of defending any lawsuit
brought against any county official when such lawsuit is based upon and grows out of the performance
by said official of any duty in connection with his office and does not involve a willful
or wanton personal tort or a criminal offense committed by the official. The expenses of defending
such litigation may include witness fees, transportation, toll and ferry expenses of witnesses,
attorney's fees, court costs, and any other cost in connection with the defense of said litigation.
(b) If any county has expended money for the purposes set out in subsection (a) of this section,
such expenditure is hereby validated and shall not be charged back to the official making
such payment nor shall the person who...
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11-19-3
Section 11-19-3 Adoption of zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas outside
municipalities. The county commission in each county of this state is hereby authorized and
may adopt zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas which lie outside the
corporate limits of any municipality in the county. Each such county commission shall have
broad authority to: (1) Establish or cause to be established comprehensive land-use and control
measures which shall specifically include the control and development of subdivisions in flood-prone
areas; (2) Establish or cause to be established building codes and health regulations incorporating
such minimum standards as shall be necessary to reduce flood damage in flood-prone areas;
(3) Provide such standards of occupancy for the prudent use of flood-prone areas in the county;
(4) Provide for the preparation of maps clearly delineating flood-prone areas and floodways
in the county and to keep the same for public...
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37-4-140
Section 37-4-140 Purchase of electricity. (a) For purposes of this section only, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AVOIDED COSTS. Costs that a utility or a commission
non-jurisdictional electric supplier which purchases electrical energy from a distributed
generation facility would have been required to incur but for the distributed generation facility's
provision of electrical energy during the same period of time. To the extent such costs are
actually avoided, the term may include incremental fuel costs, incremental energy losses,
incremental emission allowance costs, and incremental fuel-related operation and maintenance
expenses. The term does not include, among other things, costs associated with capacity, the
transmission and distribution system, administrative and general costs, customer accounting
costs, and general plant in service costs. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission.
(3) COMMISSION NON-JURISDICTIONAL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER. a. A...
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45-25-231
Section 45-25-231 Jail store and inmate telephone system. (a) The Sheriff of DeKalb County,
or the authorized agents of the sheriff, may operate a jail store and an inmate telephone
system for prisoners confined in the county jail. (b) The county commission shall establish
and maintain a special jail fund. All proceeds collected under this section shall be deposited
by the sheriff into the special jail fund. All jail store and telephone system transactions
shall be accounted for in the fund. (c) All profits realized in the operation of the jail
store and the inmate telephone system shall be expended at the direction of the sheriff for
expenses related to the jail population. (d) Any actions relating to the operation of a jail
store or the inmate telephone system in the county jail prior to March 7, 2006, are ratified
and confirmed. (Act 2006-186, p. 264, §§1-4.)...
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45-3-231.20
Section 45-3-231.20 Jail canteen and inmate telephone system; Sheriff's Jail Fund; accounting
and use of proceeds. (a) The Sheriff of Barbour County or the authorized agents of the sheriff
may operate a jail canteen and inmate telephone system within the confines of the county jail
to serve the needs of the jail population. After the costs and operating expenses are deducted
from the income, excluding any income from fees paid for the boarding and feeding of prisoners,
the net revenues shall be deposited in the Sheriff's Jail Fund. (b) The sheriff shall establish
and maintain a Sheriff's Jail Fund in a bank located in Barbour County. (c) The sheriff shall
keep an account of all jail canteen and inmate telephone system sales and transactions and
the Sheriff's Jail Fund for annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
The jail canteen and inmate telephone system account and fund shall be audited at the same
time other accounts of the sheriff are audited. The Department...
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45-41-72.08
Section 45-41-72.08 Payment of costs and expenses. The costs and expenses of materials and
labor used in the construction, repair, maintenance, or improvement of the public improvements,
which are assessed by the county commission against property pursuant to this subpart, shall
be paid to the county tax collector at the time or times as determined by the county commission,
and shall be paid by the tax collector into the county treasury. (Act 92-478, p. 952, §9.)...

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45-42-111
Section 45-42-111 Establishment of voting centers. (a) In Limestone County, the county commission
is hereby empowered and authorized to establish, by resolution, voting centers by combining
voters from two or more precincts in order to create a voting center, in order to facilitate,
or reduce costs for elections. (b) The Limestone County Commission is specifically authorized
to adopt the voting centers, or any of them, established by any municipality in Limestone
County. (Act 90-320, p. 435, §§ 1, 2.)...
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45-49-261.06
Section 45-49-261.06 Procedures for exercising planning and zoning powers. The Mobile County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers established hereunder until the
majority of the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction shall have voted
their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority of the Mobile County Commission.
The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified electors in the planning jurisdiction
submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire to be subject to the
planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission under authority of this part
or upon a resolution of the county commission. The county commission and the Judge of Probate
of Mobile County shall certify or reject the accuracy of the petition no later than 45 days
after receiving the petition, or in the case of an election to be held by resolution of the
county commission, the county commission shall certify the adoption...
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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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45-49-91.01
Section 45-49-91.01 Election to establish district. An election on the establishment of the
district shall be held within the boundaries of the district if a written petition is submitted
to the county commission with signatures from 125 property owners of real property in the
proposed district. Only property owners who own property in the proposed district at the time
the petition is certified by the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall be eligible to sign
the petition and be counted toward the required number necessary to call an election. If property
is owned by partnership, company, or corporation, the signature on the petition shall be that
of the person authorized to sign for the company or corporation under the articles of incorporation
or company structure. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 2.)...
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