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  1. Home / Alabama / Alabama House & Senate Bills / 2019 Alabama Legislative Regular Session / 2019 Alabama Senate Bills / SB 367

SB 367

Signed by Governor
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Sponsor
Greg AlbrittonGreg Albritton
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Baldwin Co., lease tax, distrib of proceeds, Sec. 45-2-244.183 am'd.
Description

Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-244.183, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the distribution of the privilege license tax on the leasing or renting of tangible personal property.

Subjects
Baldwin County
Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: SB 367 - Enrolled - PDF

Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-244.183, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the distribution of the privilege license tax on the leasing or renting of tangible personal property.

Section 1

Section 45-2-244.183, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§45-2-244.183.

(a) The privilege license tax levied hereunder, except where otherwise provided, shall be due and payable in monthly installments on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the privilege license tax accrues. On or before such twentieth day, every person on whom the amounts levied hereunder are imposed shall render to the county, on a form or forms prescribed by the county commission or State Department of Revenue, a true and correct statement showing the gross proceeds of his or her business for the next preceding month, the amount of gross proceeds which are not subject to the privilege license tax, or are not to be used as a measurement of the amounts due by such person and the nature thereof, together with such other information as the county commission may require, and at the time of making such monthly report such person shall compute the privilege license taxes due and shall pay the Baldwin County Commission the amounts shown to be due. All taxes of the county shall be deposited into the general fund of the county treasury to be distributed as follows:

(1) Seventy-five percent shall be distributed to the county general fund to be expended, as approved by the Baldwin County Commission, for general purposes; however, and per fiscal year from the foregoing distribution, the Baldwin County Commission shall appropriate one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) into a separate county fund to be used for the operation of the Baldwin County Legislative Office, established by Section 45-2-190, including, but not limited to, office equipment, communication equipment, salary supplements for personnel of the legislative delegation office, training, and official public travel for members of the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation and personnel of the legislative delegation office and other expenses deemed appropriate only by written direction provided the Baldwin County Commission by the members of the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation. The members and personnel of the office may be eligible for reimbursement where applicable under the same policies, procedures, and conditions as county elected officials as provided in County Commission Policy No. 8.6 and subsequent policies. All of the policies shall be subject to the same audit provisions as provided for the office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the expenses for official travel shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per member per year and shall be subject to periodic audits by the Examiners of Public Accounts.

(2) Ten Twelve percent shall be distributed into a separate county fund to be expended, as approved by the Baldwin County Commission in a resolution spread upon its minutes, for the Historic Blakeley Authority. Of the funds distributed to the Historic Blakeley Authority annually, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be expended by the authority for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of Fort Mims and of the remaining funds 50 percent shall be expended for capital improvement. Notwithstanding the foregoing earmarking of expenditures for the Historic Blakeley Authority for capital outlay, in any fiscal year that the authority adds to and supplements its lease tax revenue with contributions of capital expansion funds or other equivalent capital contributions of real or personal property from other sources, an amount of funds from this section earmarked for capital outlay equal to 50 percent of the additional contributions for capital outlay or equivalent capital contributions may be expended for operations in lieu of expending for capital outlay. Disbursements shall be made quarterly to the Historic Blakeley Authority. historic sites in Baldwin County. The Baldwin County Commission shall produce a report annually for the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation detailing the disbursement of these funds.

(3) Fifteen percent shall be distributed into the Baldwin County Community Capital Fund, which is hereby established, to be expended only upon the unanimous direction of the members of the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation and for public purposes, not otherwise provided for by law, that in their judgment are worthy, for the best interest of the county, and promote the economic well-being of the citizens of Baldwin County and may specifically include projects at the Fort Morgan State Historic Site. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the county fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to any other state or local fund. (3) Eight percent shall be distributed to the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance for the purposes of growing and improving the county's economy. (4) The remaining balance in the fund at the end of the county fiscal year shall revert to the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation Office established by Section 45-2-190, to be expended as provided in subdivision (1) in addition to any other sums provided.

(4) (5) Privilege or license taxes collected and expended under authority of this subpart shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts.

(b) If any person subject hereto should fail to render any report, return, statement, or form required hereby or should willfully make false statement of facts in the report, return, statement, or form required hereunder, he or she shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation of this section."

Section 2

This act shall be effective October 1, 2019, following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Action Date Chamber Action
May 23, 2019 S Assigned Act No. 2019-338.
May 23, 2019 H Signature Requested
May 23, 2019 S Enrolled
May 23, 2019 H Concurred in Second House Amendment
May 23, 2019 S Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1155
May 23, 2019 S Concurrence Requested
May 23, 2019 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 897
May 23, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 896
May 23, 2019 H Baldwin County Legislation first Substitute Offered
May 23, 2019 H Third Reading Passed
May 22, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
May 8, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Baldwin County Legislation
May 8, 2019 S Engrossed
May 8, 2019 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 659
May 8, 2019 S Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 658
May 8, 2019 S Local Legislation first Substitute Offered
May 8, 2019 S Third Reading Passed
May 7, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
May 2, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt
2019-05-23
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-23
Chamber: House
Result: Failed
Motion to Adopt
2019-05-23
Chamber: House
Result: Failed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-08
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Elliott motion to Adopt
2019-05-08
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/SB367-enr.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/SB367-eng.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/SB367-int.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/200537-3.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/201569-4.pdf

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