SB325 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Annexation, police jurisdiction further provided for, taxes collected in police jurisdiction further provided for, Secs. 11-40-10, 11-49-80, 11-51-91, 11-51-206, 11-52-30 am'd.

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.

This bill would specify that a municipality could only change its police jurisdiction based on annexation and deannexation once a year.

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.

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.

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.

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Subjects

Annexation