Ala. Code § 45-33-242.02
The tax hereby authorized to be levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue, if directed and authorized by the Hale County Commission to collect and administer the county privilege, license, or excise taxes levied herein, for as long as directed by the county commission, shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax. In the event the required stamps are not available for the purpose of affixing to tobacco product packages and containers, authority is hereby granted for the utilization of a monthly reporting system approved by the Department of Revenue, and adopted through the promulgation of administrative regulations by the department, as evidence of the taxes herein levied.
Ala. Code § 45-33-242.02 (1975)