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§7-1-12. Authority for Establishing County Curfews; Jurisdiction for Violations

In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized, by order duly entered of record, to adopt an ordinance which establishes a curfew for persons under eighteen years of age. It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen years of age to violate […]

§7-1-13. Regulation of Amateur Radio Antennas

(a) Any county ordinance or order concerning the regulation or placement of amateur radio antennas must: (1) Comply with all Federal Communications Commission regulations and its rulings and orders;

§7-1-14. Custody and Care of Animals Abandoned, Neglected or Cruelly Treated; Animals Causing Public Nuisance, Health Risk or Safety Hazard; Authority of County Commission

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any county commission may adopt ordinances, rules and regulations providing for the custody and care of animals that have been abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated for the protection of any such animal and to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance or risk to public […]

§7-1-15. Challenge of Candidate for County Commission; Residency

(a) (1) Any person desiring to contest the qualifications of another person whose nomination in the primary election, nomination by petition, or nomination by appointment to fill a vacancy on the ballot, has been certified and filed pursuant to article five, chapter three of this Code, as a candidate for the office of county commission […]

§7-1-16. Reporting of Fraud and Misappropriation of Funds

(a) Whenever a county commission, or any of a countys boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in this chapter, obtains information that an employee, officer or member of the county commission, or any of a countys boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in […]

§7-1-8. Continuance of Matters at End of Session

All matters pending before any county court and ready for its decision or action which shall not have been determined or acted upon before the end of a session, whether regular or special, shall, without any order of continuance, stand continued until the next session.

§7-1-9. Creation of Special Funds

In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish, by proper order, special funds to be used for any purpose which such courts now or hereafter may by the provisions of chapter seven or article eleven, chapter eight […]

§7-1-10. Special Account for Federal and State Grants-in-Aid Authorized

In addition to the special funds account authorized by the provisions of section nine of this article, each county court is hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish by proper order, a special account for the deposit of funds received from and granted by the United States of America or the State of West […]

§7-1-11. Purchasing in Open Market or Competitive Bids; Debarment

(a) County commissions may make a purchase of commodities and printing of $15,000 or less in amount in the open market, but a purchase of and contract for commodities and printing over $15,000 shall be based on competitive bids, except in case of emergency. (b) The county commission of any county is authorized and empowered […]

§7-1-3z. Authority of Counties to Govern Business of Massage

(a) In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, county commissions, may by order duly entered of record, adopt an ordinance which provides for the licensing for the regulation of the business of massage when carried on within the county. The ordinances may be adopted either for the […]