SB107 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the police jurisdiction of a municipality having a population of 6,000 persons or more may extend for three miles from the corporate limits and the police jurisdiction of a municipality having less than 6,000 persons may extend for one and one half miles from the corporate limits.

This bill would provide that the police jurisdiction of a municipality on the effective date of this act would not be extended after the effective date of this act, but would provide that a municipality may reduce its police jurisdiction by any half-mile increment or eliminate its police jurisdiction.

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 provide for audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts of any expenditure by a municipality of funds derived from taxes and fees levied within its police jurisdiction.

Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-40-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to limit the police jurisdiction of a municipality to territory in the police jurisdiction of the municipality on the effective date of this act, and to provide for the reduction or elimination by a municipality of its police jurisdiction; to amend Section 11-52-30, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the jurisdiction of any municipal planning commission would only include all land in the corporate limits of the municipality; and to further provide for the authority of municipalities to levy taxes and fees in the police jurisdiction and for the audit of the expenditure of the funds.