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HB124 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor
John Merrill
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Occupational tax, levy by county or municipality, prohibited, const. amend.
Description

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the collection of an occupational tax by a county or a municipality unless the tax was imposed before January 1, 2011.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Greer Amendment Offered

Moore (B) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 550

Givan Amendment Offered

Galliher motion to Table adopted Roll Call 549

Merrill motion to Table lost Roll Call 548

Love Amendment Offered

Third Reading Carried Over

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Text

Votes

Merrill motion to Table

April 27, 2011 House Failed
Yes 39
No 55
Absent 10

Moore (B) motion to Table

April 27, 2011 House Passed
Yes 57
No 30
Abstained 5
Absent 12

Galliher motion to Table

April 27, 2011 House Passed
Yes 54
No 38
Abstained 1
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature