SB216 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Hank Sanders

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

County commissions, parts of Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975 revised, general provisions, bonds, county commissions, codification, county seats and courthouses, acquisition of land, law libraries, Secs. 11-1-6, 11-1-12, 11-2-1, 11-2-4, 11-2-5, 11-2-6, 11-2-7, 11-2-20, 11-2-21, 11-3-1, 11-12-4, 11-12-10, 11-12-11, 11-12-12, 11-12-15, 11-12-16, 11-13-6, 11-16-1, 11-16-2, 11-16-9, 11-16-10, 11-16-19, 11-18-1, 11-25-1 am'd.; Secs. 11-1-13, 11-1-14, 11-2-22 to 11-2-27, inclusive, 11-2-30 to 11-2-34, inclusive, 11-3-3, 11-5-3, 11-3-10, 11-3-15, 11-3-25, 11-7-1 to 11-7-12, inclusive, 11-12-1 to 11-12-3, inclusive, 11-12-9, 11-12-13, 11-12-15, 11-13-1 to 11-13-5, inclusive, 11-16-3 to 11-16-8, inclusive, 11-16-11 to 11-16-18, inclusive, 11-16-20 to 11-16-26, inclusive, 11-16-33 to 11-16-38, inclusive, 11-18-3, 11-25-2, 11-25-3, 36-22-1 repealed

Description

This bill would revise certain portions of Title 11 related to the operation of county government and would repeal certain other sections of the law related to county government which are no longer applicable.

This bill would amend the law related to bonding of county officials and employees by increasing the amount of bonds, providing for monies paid upon forfeiture to be paid to the county, authorizing the county commission to require bonds for persons appointed to public boards by the county commission, authorizing the boards to require bonds for employees of those boards, clarifying when bonds are to be made, and repealing obsolete sections related to bonds.

This bill would also revise the process for the review and payment of claims against the county, the filling of vacancies on the county commission, for preparation of county assessment maps, for relocation of county seats and courthouses, for creation and maintenance of county law libraries, and for acquisition of lands.

Additionally, this bill would repeal code sections relating to appointing county land surveyors, dipping cattle, contracting for government survey field notes, and providing for publication and codification of public laws.

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Subjects

Counties