SB423 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: Proposes a local constitutional amendment to bar municipalities not entirely in Blount County from imposing ordinances or taxes and from providing police, fire, or regulatory services in Blount County, with mutual aid allowed.
What This Bill Does
If approved, the amendment would ban any municipality not wholly located in Blount County from enforcing taxes, zoning, planning, sanitation regulations, or inspection services in its Blount County police jurisdiction. It would also stop such municipalities from providing regulatory functions or police or fire protection services in that Blount County police jurisdiction, except for public safety mutual aid.

Who It Affects
Municipalities not located entirely in Blount County would lose authority to regulate or provide services in the Blount County portion of their police jurisdiction.
Residents and property within Blount County that lie in the overlapping police jurisdiction of such municipalities would be protected from those municipalities' regulations and services there (other than mutual aid).

Key Provisions
Prohibits municipalities not located entirely in Blount County from imposing any municipal ordinance or regulation in their police jurisdiction located in Blount County, including taxes, zoning, planning, sanitation, and any inspection services.
Prohibits such municipalities from providing regulatory functions or police or fire protection services in their Blount County police jurisdiction, except for public safety mutual aid.
Requires an election to determine the proposed amendment under applicable Alabama election law.
Sets out the ballot description language and standard election notation for yes/no.

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Subjects: Blount County