Alabama § 45-52-201 - Creation of Office; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Compensation.

§ 45-52-201. Creation of Office; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Compensation.

(a) There is created and established the office of license inspector in Morgan County, Alabama.

(b) On or after the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January, 1979, the county commission or other like governing body of Morgan County shall appoint a license inspector for the county who shall take office immediately and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

(c) The license inspector shall perform in Morgan County all of the duties required by Section 40-12-10, relating to license inspectors.

(d) The license inspector and such other assistants as are duly authorized thereto by the inspector shall have the same powers and authority to serve and execute citations, writs, and other processes that license inspectors have under the general law.

(e) All fees, costs, penalties, commissions, and other charges which license inspectors are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to charge and collect shall be paid to the county governing body.

(f) For performing the duties of license inspector required by this section, the inspector shall be entitled to a salary of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) per month as determined by the county commission to be paid in the usual manner by the county. In addition to the aforesaid salary to be paid to the license inspector, after the amount of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) or any other amount as set by the county commission has been accumulated within a fiscal year under subsection (e), the inspector shall be entitled to an amount of compensation equal to all monies collected and paid over to the county governing body pursuant to subsection (e) or an amount as determined by the county commission. Provided however, that on or before the tenth of each month, the inspector shall make a detailed and itemized report of the monies collected in the exercise of the duties of the office during the preceding month to the Morgan County Commission.

(g) The license inspector shall in addition be entitled to an expense allowance of fifteen cents ($0.15) per mile for use of his or her personal car in the performance of his or her duties or be furnished with the use of a car by the county at the discretion of the county commission.