HB524 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ed OliverRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Tallapoosa Co., platted subdivisions, local laws authorized to establish road maint. districts, referendums, assessments for road maint, const. amend.
Summary: A constitutional amendment that would let Tallapoosa County create a Willow Point Estates road maintenance district as a public corporation to charge lot owners for road upkeep.
What This Bill Does
If passed, the amendment would authorize local law to establish a road maintenance district in Willow Point Estates. The district would be made up of all Willow Point Estates lot owners and could assess an annual road maintenance charge to pay for maintenance, construction, repair, and paving of roads and related rights-of-way, plus district administration. Ownership of the roads would transfer to the district after a petition and majority vote in a referendum, making the roads private for Willow Point Estates owners and enabling the district to enforce charges with liens on properties that fail to pay. An election to approve the amendment would be held in 2020.

Who It Affects
Owners of lots in Willow Point Estates: would join to form the district, transfer road ownership to the district, and be subject to annual road maintenance charges; they would vote on the district's creation.
Residents and users of Willow Point Estates roads: would experience road maintenance managed by the new district and could face liens if charges are not paid; roads would become private and governed by the district.

Key Provisions
Authorization for the Legislature, by local law, to establish a road maintenance district in Willow Point Estates as a public corporation.
District composition limited to owners of all lots in Willow Point Estates as defined in the amendment.
District may assess and collect an annual road maintenance charge to cover maintenance, construction, repair, paving of roads and bridges, rights-of-way, and district administration.
Road ownership must be transferred to the district after petition and majority vote in a referendum; roads become private for Willow Point Estates owners and district maintenance duties vest in the district.
Failure to pay charges may create a lien on the property enforceable under local law.

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Subjects: Constitutional Amendments