§ 36-1. State law misdemeanors, offenses; offenses as defined by state criminal code; penalties.  


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  • (a)

    Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a misdemeanor, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.

    (b)

    Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.

    (c)

    Any person or corporation committing within the corporate limits of the city or within the police jurisdiction thereof an offense as defined by Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-1-2, which offense is not declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a felony, misdemeanor or violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.

    (d)

    Any person found to be in violation of section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama, 1975 (Code of Ala. 1975, § 32-5A-191), as amended, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 and/or may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for not more than one year.

(Code 1976, § 15-1; Ord. No. 435-A, §§ 1—4, 12-21-1979; Ord. No. 461-A, §§ 1—5, 8-8-1983)