HB574 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Johnny Mack Morrow

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Franklin Co., Community Development Commission, appointment and term of member representing municipalities further provided for, Act 2008-74, 2008 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Summary

HB574 would restructure Franklin County's Community Development Commission by setting the municipal representative's rotation and creating a TVA-funded Community Development Fund for local grants.

What This Bill Does

It amends Act 2008-74 to specify that the municipal representative seat on the Franklin County Community Development Commission is filled by the mayors of the four largest Franklin County municipalities in a set rotation across the quadrennium (fourth largest first year, then third, second, and largest). It also provides for one member appointed by the county senator representing the majority of the county's population and one member appointed by the House member representing the majority population, with terms matching those legislators. The commission may set rules and procedures for grant awards and spend funds for economic development, education, conservation, and fire protection, plus other purposes allowed by law. It creates the Community Development Fund in the Franklin County Treasury, funded by an additional three percent TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments, and the funds may be expended by order of the Commission; the act becomes effective November 4, 2014.

Who It Affects

• Franklin County municipalities, especially the mayors of the four largest cities, who will rotate as the commission's municipal representative with terms tied to the quadrennial cycle.
• Franklin County residents and local organizations/government entities who may receive grants or funding from the Community Development Fund managed by the Commission.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the composition and rotation for the Franklin County Community Development Commission: the municipal seat rotates among the four largest municipalities by population (fourth largest first year, then third, then second, then largest), and adds one member appointed by the county senator and one by the House member representing Franklin County, with terms aligned to those offices.
• Creates the Community Development Fund in the Franklin County Treasury, funded by an additional three percent TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments; the Commission can expend these funds for economic development, education, conservation, fire protection, and other authorized purposes, with authority to set grant rules, and the act takes effect November 4, 2014.

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Subjects

Franklin County