HB434 Alabama 2013 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Monroe Co., gasoline tax, additional levy by county commission, procedure for referendum

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would allow the Monroe County Commission to call for a local referendum to authorize the Monroe County Commission to levy an excise tax on gasoline or motor fuel not to exceed five cents ($.05) per gallon for specific road and bridge projects identified by the county prior to the referendum. The resolution calling for a referendum would specify the amount of the levy and the duration of the levy which would not exceed five years. Subsequent local referendums on additional levies would be authorized under the same procedures as the original referendum</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to Monroe County; to authorize the Monroe County Commission to call for a referendum on the levy of an excise tax on gasoline or motor fuel not to exceed five cents ($.05) per gallon for specific road and bridge projects identified by the county prior to the referendum; to provide that the excise tax could only be in effect for a period not to exceed five years; and to provide for subsequent local referendums asking that new levies be authorized. </p>

Subjects

Monroe County