Ala. Code § 45-33-243.04
The tax authorized to be imposed by this part shall constitute a debt due Hale County and may be collected by civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law. The tax, together with interest thereon, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due. All provisions of the revenue law of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for taxes due the state shall apply fully to the collection of the county tax levied herein, and the State Department of Revenue for the use and benefit of Hale County shall collect such taxes and enforce this part and shall have and exercise for such collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that this state or department has for collection of the state stone severance tax. The State Department of Revenue shall have full authority to employ such special counsel as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the tax levied by this part, and to otherwise enforce this part, including any litigation involving this part; and the Department of Revenue shall pay such special counsel's fee, as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the taxes collected by it for Hale County.
Ala. Code § 45-33-243.04 (1975)