Under existing law, a municipality or a public industrial authority may abate taxes for economic development purposes under certain conditions. A municipality or municipal public industrial authority may abate county taxes only if the municipality has abated corresponding municipal taxes.
This bill would specify that a municipality or public industrial authority may abate county taxes only if the corresponding municipal tax is abated and the abatement is limited to the same rate of taxation as the corresponding municipal tax.
Delivered to Governor at 3:10 p.m. on May 4, 2016.
Assigned Act No. 2016-405.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 973
Third Reading Passed
Brewbaker motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 646
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 645
County and Municipal Government first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Source: Alabama Legislature