Title 66. Wilcox County, Local Provisions, Alabama Constitution

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Chapter 1

“ Chapter 1. Miscellaneous Provisions RESERVED ”

Chapter 2

“ Chapter 2. Courts Article 1. Court Costs §66-2.00. General Authority. (Amendment 434) The legislature may from time to time, by general, special or local laws, fix, regulate and alter the costs and charges of courts in the county of Wilcox and the method of distribution thereof. The provisions of this constitutional amendment shall not be implemented in Wilcox county until implementation is approved by a vote of a majority of the qualified electors of Wilcox county voting in an election called by the county governing body to determine said issue; provided, however, that if a majority of the qualified electors of Wilcox county who participate in the election held on the adoption of this amendment vote in favor thereof, no further election need be held. (Amendment 434) Article 2. Judges §66-2.20. Judge of Probate Compensation. (Amendment 487) Effective the beginning of the next term of office after ratification of this amendment, the judge of probate of Wilcox county shall be compensated on a salary basis. He shall receive in equal monthly installments from the general fund of Wilcox county such salary as provided by general law, unless provided otherwise by local law. Such salary shall be the entire compensation received by such judge for his services in any official or ex officio capacity. Such salary shall be in lieu of all fees, commissions, allowances, percentages and other charges previously paid to the judge of probate of Wilcox county. All fees, commissions, allowances, percentages, and other charges heretofore collected for the use of the judge of probate of Wilcox county shall continue to be collected but shall be paid into the general fund of Wilcox county. The county commission of Wilcox county shall provide the judge of probate with such office personnel, equipment and supplies as such county commission may consider necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of his office. Compensation of any personnel so provided shall be fixed by the county commission and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of Wilcox county. (Amendment 487) ”

Chapter 3

“ Chapter 3. County Government, Finance, and Operations RESERVED ”

Chapter 4

“ Chapter 4. Economic and Industrial Development RESERVED ”

Chapter 5

“ Chapter 5. Education RESERVED ”

Chapter 6

“ Chapter 6. Health and Environment RESERVED ”

Chapter 7

“ Chapter 7. Gaming RESERVED ”

Chapter 8

“ Chapter 8. Officials and Employees §66-8.00. Phase-out of Supernumerary Program; Participation in RSA. (Amendment 742) No person elected or appointed sheriff, or any elected or appointed Wilcox County official may assume a supernumerary office after the effective date of this amendment. Any person who, on the effective date of this amendment, is entitled to participate in a supernumerary program may continue to participate in that supernumerary program, which shall include the assumption of a supernumerary office according to the terms and conditions of the law which established that supernumerary program. Every elected or appointed sheriff and every elected or appointed Wilcox County official may participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama upon the same terms and conditions as may be specified by law for any other employee in the same retirement system. Wilcox County officials holding office at the time of the ratification of this amendment shall be eligible to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System for the time the official has served in the current office. For the purposes of this amendment, the words "elected or appointed county official" shall include any person appointed to serve the remaining term of an elected or appointed county official, but shall not include a judge, district attorney, legislator, constable, school board member, or any official elected from a judicial circuit. (Amendment 742) ”

Chapter 9

“ Chapter 9. Public Safety RESERVED ”

Chapter 10

“ Chapter 10. Taxation Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions §66-10.00. Ad Valorem Tax for General County Purposes. (Amendment 461) There is hereby levied an additional ad valorem tax, in Wilcox county, on taxable property, at a rate not to exceed an additional 10 mills on each dollar of taxable property in such county. The net revenues generated by said additional tax shall be allocated in the county treasury in the following manner: 3 mills to the public school fund; 7 mills to the county general fund. The provisions of this amendment shall be implemented upon its passage and ratification. Act 85-410, H. 777, Regular Session 1985, a constitutional amendment proposing higher ad valorem taxes and which proposed act is pending ratification by the people, is hereby repealed and rescinded. (Amendment 461) ”

Chapter 11

“ Chapter 11. Zoning, Planning, and Utilities RESERVED ”

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Text of the Constitution
• An Overview of Alabama's Six Constitutions
• Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform

Additional reading

• Connor, George E. Connor, and Christopher W. Hammons (2008). The Constitutionalism of American States. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press.
• McMillan, Malcolm Cook (1955). Constitutional Development in Alabama, 1798-1901: A Study in Politics, the Negro, and Sectionalism. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.