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28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet or dry
counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of the electors
voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3 of this title
shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its provisions
shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where a majority
of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not go into effect
in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages
now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect in every such county.
For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall mean any county which
by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election provided for in this
section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean all counties which by a majority
of...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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40-5-3
Section 40-5-3 Bonds. Before assuming office the tax collector must execute a bond in duplicate
with a surety company authorized to do business in Alabama, payable to the State of Alabama,
in an amount to be determined for every county by the Comptroller. The amount of the bond
for each tax collector will be set at the beginning of his elected or appointed term for the
duration of such term. A new bond for an additional amount may be required whenever, in the
judgment of the Comptroller, the public welfare demands such action. The amount of the bond
will be determined by the use of the following table based on a percentage of the total annual
taxes collected as recorded in the latest audit report for each office published at least
four months prior to the date the bond is required to be filed: TABLE FOR COMPUTING AMOUNT
OF TAX COLLECTOR'S BOND. Over But Not Over Amount of Bond Of Excess Over Zero $ 250,000 $25,000
_____ $ 250,000 $1,000,000 $25,000 + 5% $ 250,000 $1,000,000 _____...
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45-19-141.02
Section 45-19-141.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire
Departments. (2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT. Amendment No. 724 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, as amended, proposed by Act No. 2002-144 enacted at the 2002 Regular Session of the
Legislature and ratified in the 2002 General Election. (3) BUSINESS. A commercial or industrial
establishment such as a store or factory, including any endeavor engaged in the buying or
selling of commodities or services or involving a trade or the patronage of customers. (4)
CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (5) COMMISSION. The Coosa County Commission or
other governing body of the county. (6) COUNTY. Coosa County. (7) DEPARTMENT. Any volunteer
fire department with which the Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments may
enter into agreements with respect to providing fire protection, fire prevention,...
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6-6-392
Section 6-6-392 Bond required when garnishment in aid of pending action; exception as to Superintendent
of Banks. When the garnishment is in aid of a pending action, the plaintiff, his agent or
attorney must also give bond in double the amount claimed in the action, with sufficient surety,
to be approved by the officer issuing the writ, with condition that the plaintiff will prosecute
the garnishment to effect and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain from the
wrongful or vexatious suing out of such garnishment; and such bond, as to actions thereon,
is subject to the provisions of this code relating to actions on attachment bonds; provided,
however, that the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama shall not be required to
give bond when garnishment is issued in aid of a pending action, which action is based on
a promissory note owned by a bank in the process of liquidation. Such Superintendent of Banks
or the liquidating agent of such bank in liquidation shall,...
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15-16-20
Section 15-16-20 Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons;
proceedings where person found insane. If any person other than a minor in confinement, under
indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness,
in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court
of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable
physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a
jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it
is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment
and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain
until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the superintendent
must inform the judge and sheriff, whereupon the...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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37-2-17
Section 37-2-17 Penalty for excessive rates. (a) If any transportation company doing business
in this state or its agents or employees are guilty of making or demanding or receiving any
charge for the transportation of persons or property, or for any service pertaining to or
connected therewith, in excess of that prescribed by the Public Service Commission as by this
chapter authorized, and after due notice of such violation given to the president or managing
officer or any superintendent thereof in this state, and if ample and full recompense for
the wrong or injury thereby to any person, firm, company, or corporation shall not be made
within 60 days from the time of such notice, such transportation company shall forfeit for
each offense the sum of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, to be fixed by the court.
(b) An action for the recovery of the penalty shall be in any circuit court in any county
in this state where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated,...
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45-18-81.60
Section 45-18-81.60 Qualifications; duties; compensation; tenure; removal. (a) Any County Solicitor
or District Attorney of the 35th Judicial Circuit: (1) Who is not less than 70 years of age;
(2) Who has served for 12 years or more as county solicitor or district attorney; (3) Who
is receiving no salary or retirement benefits from the State of Alabama or any county within
the 35th Judicial Circuit; may elect to become a Solicitor Counsel of the 35th Judicial Circuit
by filing a written declaration to that effect with the District Attorney of the 35th Judicial
Circuit. If the district attorney shall find that any such declarant is qualified, as hereinabove
set forth, a commission as Solicitor Counsel for the 35th Judicial Circuit shall be issued
to such declarant by the District Attorney. The Solicitor Counsel shall aid and assist the
district attorney and provide other assistance as required by the county of his or her residence
if possible. (b) The salary of each solicitor counsel...
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45-37-110
Section 45-37-110 Chairs; clerks; deputies; meetings of board. (a) This section shall apply
to counties of this state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or
any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (b) As herein used, these words and
terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CHAIR. The chair of the board of registrars.
(2) COUNTY. Any county to which this section applies. (c) In every county wherein this section
applies the governing body of the county shall appoint the chair of the board of registrars
and such governing body may remove the chair; provided, however, that the appointment and
removal of the chair shall be subject to the merit system of the county; and the chair shall
otherwise be subject to and entitled to the benefits of the law establishing such merit system.
The chair shall serve full time, and he, or she, shall receive compensation from the general
funds of the county in an amount to be determined by the county governing...
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