Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-14-20 (2026)
Special Meeting of County Commission to Make Special Appropriations for Jail - Appropriation of Funds and Issuance of Warrant to Sheriff.
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Upon assembling, it is the duty of the county commission to make an appropriation of such an amount as is necessary for the purposes expressed in subdivision (1) of Section 11-12-15 and, for the payment thereof, to order the issuance of a warrant payable to the sheriff, which must be paid by the county treasurer on the presentment thereof, in preference and priority of all other claims.
(Code 1886, §898; Code 1896, §1413; Code 1907, §142; Code 1923, §220; Code 1940, T. 12, §194.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Turquitt v. Jefferson Cnty., Ala., 929 F. Supp. 1451 (N.D. Ala. 1996).
Turquitt v. Jefferson Cnty., Ala., 929 F. Supp. 1451 (N.D. Ala. 1996). “at section 11-14-20. The county’s financial support of the jail.”
Chames v. Calhoun Cnty. Comm'n, No. 1:20-cv-01826 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 14, 2021). “The county’s role is limited to funding: “Section 11-14-20 [of the Alabama Code] places upon the County the duty to make available adequate funds, while § 11-14-21 passes the mantle of responsibility to the sheriff who must spend those funds.”
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