SB222 Alabama 2021 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Tuscaloosa Co., sales and use tax, referendum required to levy new or increase sales and use taxes, const. amend.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Tuscaloosa County to prohibit the levy of any additional sales and use tax in the county after ratification of this amendment except upon approval by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the area where the tax will be paid 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Tuscaloosa County, to prohibit the levy of any additional sales and use tax in the county after ratification of this amendment except upon approval by a majority vote of the qualified electors in the area where the tax will be paid, voting at a referendum held for that purpose on the date of a regularly scheduled general election; to provide for publication of notice of the referendum and public hearings on the proposal; and to provide for public hearings in Tuscaloosa County prior to the election on this amendment. </p>

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments