HB 598

Relating to Mobile County; to provide for the distribution of a portion of the county's and municipalities' share of the proceeds of the simplified sellers use tax to the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.

Section 1

This act shall only apply in Mobile County.

Section 2

Beginning October 1, 2019, the proceeds of the simplified sellers use tax distributed to Mobile County and the municipalities in Mobile County pursuant to Section 40-23-197, Code of Alabama 1975, shall be allocated by the county commission and the governing bodies of the municipalities each fiscal year and distributed on a monthly basis as follows: (1) Twenty percent of the proceeds distributed to the municipalities in the county shall be redistributed to the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, with the remaining 80 percent to be retained by the municipalities as provided in Section 40-23-197, Code of Alabama 1975. (2) Twenty percent of the proceeds distributed to the county shall be redistributed to the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, with the remaining 80 percent to be retained by the county as provided in Section 40-23-197, Code of Alabama 1975.

Section 3

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.