§40-5-4. Commissions.

The tax collector shall be entitled to receive commissions on taxes collected by him, not including taxes on real estate bid in by the state at tax sales and taxes which would be due on property except for the provisions of the presently applicable law exempting homesteads from state taxes, as follows: In counties where collections, not including taxes on real estate bid in by the state at tax sales and taxes which would be due on property except for the provisions of the presently applicable law exempting homesteads from state taxes, do not exceed $12,000, the rate of commission shall be 10 percent on the first $5,000, five percent on the next $4,000 and four percent on the remainder. The commission herein provided for is to be calculated on collections for real property and personal property, except motor vehicles, for the general fund of the state and county. In counties where the collections, not including taxes on real estate bid in by the state at tax sales and taxes which would be due on property except for the provisions of the presently applicable law exempting homesteads from state taxes, exceed $12,000, the commissions shall be as above declared up to $12,000, and one and one-half percent on the remainder up to $15,000, and one percent on the remainder above $15,000. The commissions for collections of taxes on motor vehicles for the general fund of the state and county shall be calculated on the same basis and at the same rate as provided for the collections on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles for the general fund of the state and county. The amount of the commissions on taxes which would be due on property except for the provisions of the presently applicable law exempting homesteads from state taxes shall inure to the benefit of the General Fund of the state only and shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of said fund. He shall also be entitled to receive two percent on all collections made by him of special taxes, whether such special taxes are levied for the state or county, to be paid out of such special taxes. The tax collector shall receive two percent commissions on all special county or district taxes levied for school purposes. The collector may retain his commissions upon collections when he makes payment into the Treasury.

In Jefferson County, no fees or commissions shall be allowed for collecting the three-mill county school tax and the three-mill district school tax.

In all counties having a population of 225,000 or more inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent decennial federal census, the license commissioner, director of revenue, or other official in such counties now charged with the duty of collecting ad valorem taxes due the state and county on motor vehicles shall continue to collect said ad valorem tax due the state and county on motor vehicles and all fees, charges, and commissions for collecting said ad valorem tax on motor vehicles provided in this section to be paid to the tax collector shall be paid to said license commissioner, director of revenue, or other official now charged with the collection of said ad valorem tax on motor vehicles in such county, and he shall pay said commissions into the county treasury, and all commissions collected by the tax collector in such counties who is on a salary basis shall be paid into the county treasury, and said commissions so collected and paid into the county treasury shall be the property of the county.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Acts 1939, No. 325, p. 466; Code 1940, T. 51, §191; Acts 1955, No. 567, p. 1230.)