HB133 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Tim WadsworthRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Walker Co., state lands, sixteenth section lands, and school lands, distrib. to trust account for schools and county board of education, const. amend.
Summary: A constitutional amendment to give the Walker County Board of Education control over certain sixteenth section and school indemnity lands in Eldridge, Walker County, with authority to manage, sell, lease, and access resources and to distribute the proceeds to support local schools.
What This Bill Does
It transfers authority over the specified lands from the state to the Walker County Board of Education, allowing it to manage, sell, lease, and control the land and its timber, minerals, and other natural resources. Proceeds from sales or resource extraction would go into a local trust account, with the interest distributed annually to the Walker County school system and proceeds from timber, minerals, or leases deposited into the Board’s General Fund. Proceeds already held in trust before ratification remain in trust, and an election will be held to approve the amendment.

Who It Affects
Walker County Board of Education: gains authority to manage, sell, lease, and control the lands and resources, and to receive and direct proceeds and funds as described.
Walker County school system and students: benefit from annual interest distributions and funding from proceeds to support education in the county.

Key Provisions
Vests all sixteenth section school land and school indemnity land located in the Eldridge annexation area in Walker County in the Walker County Board of Education, with authority to manage, sell, lease, and control the land and its resources.
Proceeds from the sale of the land are deposited into a trust account in Walker County.
Interest earned on funds in the trust is distributed annually to the Walker County school system.
Proceeds from the sale of timber, minerals, or from leases of the land go directly to the Walker County Board of Education General Fund.
The amendment supersedes any constitutional provisions that conflict with these changes for the mentioned lands.
Proceeds from pre-ratification transactions remain in trust and are paid to the custodian of funds for the Board of Education.
An election will be held to ratify the amendment, with ballot language describing the proposed changes.

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Subjects: Walker County