SB23 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2019

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chris Elliott Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Municipalities, police jurisdiction and planning jurisdiction, limited to property within corporate limits, provisions for business licenses and sales taxes outside of corporate limits repealed, Secs. 11-51-90, 11-51-206 repealed; Secs. 11-40-10, 11-52-30 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the police jurisdiction of a municipality having a population of 6,000 persons or more extends for three miles from the corporate limits and the police jurisdiction of a municipality having less than 6,000 persons extends for one and one half miles from the corporate limits.
This bill would provide that the police jurisdiction of a municipality would include only property in the corporate limits of the municipality.
Under existing law, the planning jurisdiction of a municipality, including the approval of subdivisions, extends for five miles from the corporate limits.
This bill would limit the jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission to the corporate limits of a municipality.
This bill would also repeal a law that authorizes a municipality to levy business license taxes and sales and use taxes in the police jurisdiction of the municipality at one-half the rate as levied in the corporate limits.
Subjects: Municipalities