HB 99

This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Escambia County to define the Canoe Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the district into any municipality except under certain conditions

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Escambia County, to define the Canoe Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the district into any municipality except under certain conditions.

Section 1

The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this act are fulfilled: PROPOSED AMENDMENT (a) For the purposes of this amendment, the "Canoe Landmark District" in Escambia County is defined as follows: All of Sections Thirteen (13), Twenty-four (24), Twenty-five (25) and Thirty-six (36) and that portion of Twelve (12) which lies south of Cowpen Creek; in Township one North (T1N), Range Six East (R6E) and Sections Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19), Twenty (20), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30), Thirty-one (31) and Thirty-two (32) and that portion of Sections Seven (7) and Eight (8) which lie south of Cowpen Creek; in Township one North (T1N), Range Seven East (R7E) of Escambia County, Alabama. This Landmark District may be further described as: Beginning at the Northwest (NW) Corner of Section Thirteen (13) of Township One North, Range Six East (T1N, R6E), run South along said Section Lines to the Alabama/Florida State Line which is at the Southwest Corner (SW Cor) of Section Thirty-six (36), thence Run East along the said State Lines to the Southeast Corner (SE Cor) of Section Thirty-two (32) of T1N, R7E, thence run North along the East Boundary of said Section Lines to the Northeast Corner (NE Cor) of Section Seventeen (17) of T1N, R7E, thence run West along the North Boundary of said Section Lines to the intersection of said Section Line and Cowpen Creek, thence follow the meandering of said creek Westerly to the intersection of said creek and Sections Twelve/Thirteen (12 and 13) of Township One North, Range Six East (T1N, R6E), thence run West along said Section lines back to the point of beginning. (b) No property within the Canoe Landmark District may be annexed into any municipality by local law. (c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to any municipality incorporated after the ratification of this amendment which includes any part of the Canoe Landmark District.

Section 2

An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held at the general election in November 2020 in accordance with Section 284.01 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 284.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state.

Section 3

The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment:

Relating to Escambia County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to define the Canoe Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the district into any municipality except under certain conditions.

Proposed by Act _________." This description shall be followed by the following language:

Yes ( ) No ( )."