All or any portion of the taxes levied within Sections 45-27-245 and 45-27-245.02 shall be administered and collected either by the State Department of Revenue, as provided for within Sections 40-12-6 and 40-12-7, or by such other collection agent, firm, or entity authorized to collect and disperse the same, as may from time to time be selected and approved by resolution given from the County Commission of Escambia County, Alabama, upon such terms as may be adopted within the resolution.
Ala. Code § 45-27-245.04 (1975)