HB578 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Oliver Robinson

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

John W. RogersRod Scott

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Jefferson Co., sewer fees, refunds for payments not made by tenants of property, retroactive effect, Amendment 818 (Section 12.10, Jefferson County, Local Amendments, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd., const. amend.

Summary

Proposes a Jefferson County local constitutional amendment to retroactively refund non-tenants who paid sewer fees for properties, while keeping tenants responsible for sewer bills and not creating a lien on the property.

What This Bill Does

If passed, it would provide a retroactive refund to non-tenants for sewer service payments made during a five-year period before ratification, as if Amendment 818 had been in effect at the start of that period. It would continue to require that tenants are responsible for sewer bills and that those bills do not create a lien on the property. It also states that the change does not impair obligations of contracts entered into before the amendment's effective date.

Who It Affects

• Non-tenants who paid sewer service fees for Jefferson County properties during the retroactive five-year period; they would be refunded.
• Tenants (and property owners with tenants) who will continue to be responsible for future sewer bills; they are not affected by refunds and their responsibility remains.

Key Provisions

• Retroactive refunds: for five years prior to ratification, any sewer fees paid by non-tenants would be refunded to those non-tenants to the same extent as if Amendment 818 had been in effect at the beginning of that period.
• Continuing obligation: future sewer bills remain the responsibility of the tenant and will not create a lien on the property receiving sewer service.
• Contract protection: the amendment is not to be interpreted as impairing contracts entered into before the amendment's effective date.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments