HB107 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura HallRepresentative

Democrat

Co-Sponsor

Randy Hinshaw

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Madison Co., Tennessee Valley Authority, payments in-lieu-of-taxes increased by Sec. 40-28-2, Code of Alabama 1975, portion of increases distrib. to county legislative delegation office, Act 80-277, 1980 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Summary

This act changes how Madison County's TVA payments in lieu of taxes are distributed, creating new funding for a legislative delegation office, schools, Huntsville, municipalities, and road projects with detailed timing and conditions.

What This Bill Does

It amends Act 80-277 to specify new distribution rules for Madison County's TVA payments to the state. Up to 1% goes to fund a Madison County Legislative Delegation Office, with decisions by the delegation, staff and office expenses, and annual audits; unused funds carry forward. The rest is allocated among county and municipal schools, Huntsville and other municipalities, and designated road projects, with specific annual amounts and formulas, plus reimbursements to municipal schools for losses in the first three fiscal years and various growth and special provisions. It also sets aside funds for outdoor athletic facilities, allows pledges for facility loans, and directs growth beyond 2.5% to go to the Delegation Office, with certain increases from later legislation also routed to that office and a defined effective date.

Who It Affects

• Madison County government and school systems (including the Madison County Commission, the Madison County Delegation Office, the Madison County General Fund, the County and City Huntsville School Systems, and municipal school systems) and how they will receive and manage TVA-in-lieu payments under new percentages, and how funds are allocated for facilities, reimbursements, and road projects.
• Municipal governments and their school systems within Madison County (e.g., City of Huntsville and other incorporated municipalities) and their boosters, plus the Madison County Delegation Office and related committees, affecting how they receive funds, reimbursements for losses, and payments directly or via the municipal general funds.

Key Provisions

• Up to 1% of Madison County's TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments shall be used to establish and maintain a Madison County Legislative Delegation Office; decisions on spending shall be made by resolutions of the delegation, with staff, space, equipment, and other needs funded from this amount and an annual audit required; unused funds carry forward; an extra allocation for equipment not to exceed 10% of the budget may be made as needed.
• The remaining TVA funds shall be distributed as 70% to the county and municipal school systems based on average daily attendance relative to total county and municipal school attendance, with specified annual allocations for outdoor athletic facilities and equipment: $40,000 to Bob Jones High School and $10,000 to City of Madison middle schools; $250,000 to the county for outdoor facilities; and a defined schedule beginning 2002-2003 for high schools and middle schools.
• Funds currently held for matching at middle schools as of Feb. 1, 2006 shall be released to the respective middle schools; the county may pledge funds as collateral to secure loans for new outdoor athletic facilities; and the county school system shall reimburse municipal school systems for losses incurred under this section in the first three fiscal years (3/4, then 1/2, then 1/4 of losses), before transfers to municipal systems.
• Nine percent of the remaining money goes to the Madison County General Fund; one percent to municipal schools on academic alert or caution for the first five fiscal years (then allocated under B.1); 19.5% to the City of Huntsville General Fund (with 15% of that amount earmarked for Huntsville City Schools); 0.5% to incorporated municipalities on a per capita basis; and 65% of the remaining school money to the county school system with 35% to municipal general funds, all distributed by the respective governing bodies.
• A three-percent increase to Madison County under Act 2006-655 (now 40-28-2) is to be paid to the Madison County Delegation Office for the 2007 fiscal year only, then to the Madison County Commission to be spent exclusively on listed road projects from FY2008 through FY2017; if a project is not begun or completed, funds are placed in escrow for the unfinished project.
• All future growth above 2.5% (excluding the 3% road-project allocation) shall be distributed to the Madison County Legislative Delegation Office, and any increase in funding from legislation enacted after this act's effective date shall also go to the Delegation Office.

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Subjects

Madison County