SB178 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would amend the Alabama Improvement District Act

The bill would provide further for the appointment and terms of the members of the board of directors of a district and would provide for the assessment of lands within a district. This bill would also specify remedies for nonpayment of assessments. The bill would further provide for reassessments and amendments to existing assessments, provide for the issuance of bonds by a district, and would provide for prospective and retroactive operation

To amend Sections 11-99A-9, 11-99A-11, 11-99A-13, 11-99A-17, 11-99A-21, 11-99A-30, and 11-99A-42, 11-99A-43 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 11-99A-52 to the Code of Alabama 1975; relating to the Alabama Improvement District Act; to provide further for the terms of office of the board of directors of a district; to clarify the procedure for the assessment of lands within a district and that such procedure shall apply only to the lands actually assessed; to clarify that the remedies for nonpayment of assessments shall be consistent with current Alabama law; to provide further for temporary construction financing of improvements by a district; to provide that certain amendments to the Alabama Improvement District Act are declarative of existing law and shall have both a prospective and retrospective operation.