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§ 36-60-25. Certificates of Public Necessity and Convenience and Medallions for Taxicabs

Each county and municipal corporation may require the owner or operator of a taxicab to obtain a certificate of public necessity and convenience or medallion in order to operate such taxicab within the unincorporated areas of the county or within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation, respectively, and may exercise its authority under Code […]

§ 36-60-26. Unlawful to Issue Backdated License, Permit, or Other Authorizing Document; Documents Issued in Violation Void in Entirety; Criminal Penalty for Violations

It shall be unlawful for any county, municipal corporation, or other issuing authority to issue any backdated license, permit, or other authorizing document, including but not limited to any building permit, sign permit, occupation tax certificate, zoning action, subdivision of land, final plat, or other similar authorization, in any territorial or geographic area which, due […]

§ 36-60-27. Banking Improvement Zones

As used in this Code section, the term: “Bank” shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph (7) of Code Section 7-1-4. “Department” means the Department of Community Affairs. “Local government” means any county or municipality of this state. Upon submission of an application by a local government, the department may designate a banking […]

§ 36-60-28. Penalties for Alarm System Contractors for False Alarms

As used in this Code section, the term: “Alarm system” shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 43-14-2. “Alarm system contractor” shall mean any alarm system monitoring business or alarm system installation and repair business. “Alarm system installation and repair business” means any person engaged in leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, […]

§ 36-60-29. Limitation on Decreasing Funding for Municipal Police Force; Exceptions

Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the governing authority of a municipality that has established a municipal police force shall not decrease the annual budgetary appropriation for such police force by more than 5 percent of the previous fiscal year’s appropriation for such police force. Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not […]

§ 36-60-3. Restriction of Adult Bookstores and Movie Houses to Certain Areas

As used in this Code section, the term: “Adult bookstore” means any commercial establishment in which is offered for sale any book or publication, film, or other medium which depicts sexually explicit nudity or sexual conduct. “Adult movie house” means any movie theater which on a regular, continuing basis shows films rated “X” by the […]

§ 36-60-5. Installation of Road Grates to Accommodate Bicycles

After July 1, 1978, each county and municipal corporation shall install all newly located grates upon any public roadway so as to accommodate bicycles traveling on the public road parallel to the lane of travel of vehicles proceeding over such roadways, except that this Code section shall not apply to limited access highways or other […]

§ 36-60-6. Utilization of Federal Work Authorization Program; “Employee” Defined; Issuance of License; Evidence of State Licensure; Annual Reporting; Standardized Form Affidavit; Violation; Investigations

Every private employer with more than ten employees shall register with and utilize the federal work authorization program, as defined by Code Section 13-10-90. The requirements of this subsection shall be effective on January 1, 2012, as to employers with 500 or more employees, on July 1, 2012, as to employers with 100 or more […]

§ 36-60-8. Audit of County or Municipal Corporation or Units Thereof

Whenever an audit of the financial affairs of a county or municipal corporation or of an officer, board, department, unit, or other political subdivision of a county or municipal corporation is made pursuant to a requirement or to an authorization otherwise provided by law, the audit report shall include the auditor’s unqualified opinion upon the […]