HB33 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: K.L. Brown
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Calhoun Co., municipalities not located entirely in the county, territory in county not subject to police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction, exception for City of Oxford, const. amend.
Summary: This bill would amend the Alabama Constitution to limit a municipality's police and planning authority in parts of Calhoun County that lie outside the municipality's boundaries, with an exception for the City of Oxford.
What This Bill Does
It proposes a local constitutional amendment that would apply only in Calhoun County. If a municipality is not entirely within Calhoun County, areas of the county outside that municipality would not be subject to the municipality's police or planning jurisdiction. The City of Oxford would be exempt from this rule. An election would be held to approve the amendment.

Who It Affects
Residents and property owners in Calhoun County who live in areas outside municipalities that are not entirely within the county, as they would no longer be under those municipalities' police or planning jurisdiction.
Municipalities that are partly in Calhoun County, since their police and planning authority would not apply in the Calhoun County territories outside their borders.
City of Oxford, which would be exempt from the change and would maintain its police and planning jurisdiction in Calhoun County.

Key Provisions
The amendment applies only to territory located in Calhoun County.
Except as noted, any Calhoun County territory outside a municipality's corporate limits would not be under that municipality's police or planning jurisdiction if the municipality is not wholly located in the county.
The City of Oxford is exempt from this amendment and would retain its police and planning jurisdiction in Calhoun County.
An election would be held to approve the proposed constitutional amendment.

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Subjects: Constitutional Amendments