SB367 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg AlbrittonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Baldwin Co., lease tax, distrib of proceeds, Sec. 45-2-244.183 am'd.

Summary

SB 367 shifts Baldwin County's tax money, moving funds from the county legislative delegation office to the District Attorney's Office and changing how privilege taxes and recording fees are distributed.

What This Bill Does

It rewrites how the privilege license tax proceeds are allocated in Baldwin County, setting specific percentages for the general fund and several special funds (including the legislative office, Historic Blakeley Authority, Community Capital Fund, and Economic Development Alliance) and outlining travel caps and audit requirements for delegation members. It also changes the distribution of the additional recording fee so that the portion previously directed to the county's legislative delegation office would instead go to the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, and it includes retroactive provisions. The act will take effect October 1, 2019, with retroactive elements dating back to 2000 related to the recording fee changes.

Who It Affects

• Baldwin County Legislative Delegation Office and its members: funding levels, travel expense limits, reporting requirements, and governance around disbursements are adjusted.
• Baldwin County District Attorney's Office: gains funds that were previously directed to the legislative delegation office from the additional recording fee.

Key Provisions

• Amendment of §45-2-244.183 to specify distributions from the privilege license tax: 75% to the county general fund (with $200,000 per fiscal year set aside for the Baldwin County Legislative Office operations), 10-12% to the Historic Blakeley Authority, 15% to the Baldwin County Community Capital Fund, 8% to the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, and the remaining balance to the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation Office; includes travel caps for delegation members (House: up to $2,000 per member per year outside district; Senate: up to $7,500 per senator per year), annual audits, and reporting requirements.
• Amendment of §45-2-220.05 to adjust the distribution of the additional recording fee in Baldwin County: $3 base fee plus up to $2 additional; $1 of the $3 additional fee funding goes to a special fund for establishing and operating the county legislative delegation office; the bill reallocates the portion that would have gone to that office to the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office; retroactive to June 1, 2000, with related actions ratified.

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Subjects

Baldwin County