SB339 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Scott Beason
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Blount Co., municipality not located entirely in Blount County prohibited from imposing municipal ordinance or regulation in its police jurisdiction located in Blount County, regulatory functions and police or fire protection services in its police jurisdiction prohibited, except public safety mutual aid, const. amend.
Summary: The bill would amend the Alabama Constitution to stop municipalities located entirely outside Blount County from regulating or providing police or fire services in Blount County, except for mutual aid.
What This Bill Does
If approved, the amendment would prevent outside-Blount-County municipalities from imposing any municipal ordinance or regulation within their Blount County police jurisdiction (such as taxes, zoning, planning, sanitation, or inspection rules). It would also bar those municipalities from providing regulatory functions or police or fire protection in that Blount County area, except for public safety mutual aid. The change would be decided by voters through a constitutional amendment carried out under existing election laws.

Who It Affects
Municipalities located entirely outside Blount County, who would be barred from regulating or providing policing or fire services in Blount County territory within their police jurisdiction there.
Residents and businesses within Blount County that lie in the outside municipality's police jurisdiction, who would rely on Blount County services instead of the outside municipality's potential regulations or services (with mutual aid remaining the exception).

Key Provisions
Prohibits any municipality located entirely outside Blount County from imposing municipal ordinances or regulations in its Blount County police jurisdiction, including taxes, zoning, planning, sanitation, and inspection services.
Prohibits those municipalities from providing regulatory functions or police or fire protection in that Blount County jurisdiction, except for public safety mutual aid.

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Subjects: Blount County