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SB121 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020
SB121 Alabama 2020 Session
Senate Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
Regular Session 2020
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Tuscaloosa Co., sales and use tax, city prohibited from levying add'l without vote, const. amend.
Description

This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Tuscaloosa County to prohibit any municipality in the county from increasing the rate of sales and use tax levied by the municipality after ratification of this amendment except upon approval by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the municipality voting at a referendum held for that purpose on the date of the next regularly scheduled general election. The amendment would provide for publication of notice of the referendum and for public hearings on the proposed sales and use tax increase and would require public hearings in Tuscaloosa County prior to the election on this amendment.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Tuscaloosa County Legislation

S

Allen motion to Local Certification Application Resoultion adopted Roll Call 363

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 362

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 12, 2020 Senate Passed
Yes 29
Absent 6

Allen motion to Local Certification Application Resoultion

March 12, 2020 Senate Passed
Yes 29
Absent 6

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature