HB377 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Annexation, police jurisdiction further provided for, taxes collected in police jurisdiction further provided for, Secs. 11-40-10, 11-51-91, 11-51-206, 11-52-30 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that the annexation of property by general or local law would not extend the police jurisdiction unless specifically provided for in the general or local law</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would specify that a municipality could only change its police jurisdiction based on annexation and deannexation once a year</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would further specify that a municipality could only enforce certain ordinances, collect license fees, and levy and collect taxes within its police jurisdiction after providing notice to affected persons</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require that if an annexation results in a portion of a county-maintained street being within the police jurisdiction of a municipality being bound on at least two sides by a municipal street, the municipality would assume responsibility for that portion of the county-maintained street</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also require that a municipality provide an annual accounting of all revenues collected in its police jurisdiction and an itemization of its expenditures for providing services within the police jurisdiction</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 11-40-10, 11-49-80, 11-51-91, 11-51-206, and 11-52-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to annexation; to provide that the annexation of property by general or local law would not extend the police jurisdiction unless specifically provided; to further provide that alterations to the police jurisdiction by annexation or deannexation would only occur once a year; to further provide that before a municipality can enforce an ordinance in its police jurisdiction the municipality must provide 30 days notice under specific circumstances; to further provide that if an annexation results in a portion of a county-maintained street being within the police jurisdiction of a municipality being bound on at least two sides by a municipal street, the municipality would assume responsibility for that portion of the county-maintained street; to further provide that a municipality must annually account for all revenues collected in its police jurisdiction and an itemization of all services provided within the police jurisdiction; to provide that no municipality can levy or assess taxes within a police jurisdiction without providing notice under certain terms and conditions; and to further provide that any alteration to a municipal planning commission due to annexation or deannexation would occur only once a year. </p>

Subjects

Annexation