HB308 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Connie C. Rowe
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: Proposes a constitutional amendment to grant Walker County Board of Education control over certain sixteenth section and school indemnity lands in Eldridge, with revenues used to support local schools.
What This Bill Does
If passed, the amendment would transfer specific sixteenth section and school indemnity lands located in the Eldridge area of Walker County from state control to the Walker County Board of Education. The board could manage, sell, lease, and control the land and its resources, and would receive proceeds from these activities. Proceeds from land sales would go into a local trust with interest distributed to the county’s school system, while revenues from timber, minerals, or leases would go directly to the Board of Education’s general fund; prior trust-held proceeds would continue to be managed for BOE use, and the amendment would supersede conflicting constitutional provisions.

Who It Affects
Walker County Board of Education: gains authority to manage, sell, lease, and control the specified lands and resources, and receives revenue distributions.
Walker County public school students and the Walker County school system: receive annual interest distributions and direct revenue from land-related activities to support local education.

Key Provisions
All sixteenth section school land and school indemnity land in the Eldridge annexation area in Walker County are vested in the Walker County Board of Education, which may manage, sell, lease, and control the land and its resources.
Proceeds from the sale of such lands must be deposited into a Walker County trust account; any interest is to be distributed annually to the Walker County school system.
Proceeds from the sale of timber, minerals, or other natural resources, or from leases of the land, shall be paid directly to the Walker County Board of Education General Fund.
Pre-ratification proceeds held in trust by the state shall remain in trust and be paid to the custodian funds of the Walker County Board of Education; the amendment is intended to supersede conflicting constitutional provisions regarding these lands.

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Subjects: Walker County