HB148 would amend the Alabama Constitution to allow Hale County to deposit excess jail-related ad valorem tax funds into the General Fund for law enforcement, continue collecting the tax, and apply retroactively to 1992.
It proposes that any funds collected from Hale County's 3-mill ad valorem tax that exceed the amount used for the new jail be deposited into the Hale County General Fund and used only for law enforcement purposes. After the costs of planning, constructing, and equipping the new jail are fully paid or after all related obligations are retired, the 3-mill tax would continue to be collected and distributed as described above. The amendment has retroactive effect to May 21, 1992. An election on the proposed amendment would be held in Hale County during the summer of 2011.
Delivered to Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m. on May 24, 2011.
Assigned Act No. 2011-256 on 05/24/2011.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 632
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 24
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature