SB317 Alabama 2022 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Agriculture authorities, estab. by counties, power to sell property, contracts for sewer service, sales and use tax exemption, further provided for, Secs. 11-20-73, 11-20-80, 11-20-81 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a county may establish
an agriculture authority to construct and operate
facilities to promote agriculture businesses,
operations, commodities, workforce development, and
economic development in the county</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would further provide for the
operation of the authorities. This bill would
specifically authorize an authority to sell
property in addition to leasing property of the
authority and would authorize the authority to
enter into long-term contracts for sewer services
with a neighboring municipality or a utility board
of the municipality</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also specify that the sales
and use tax exemption granted to the authority
would be granted to the authority as a governmental
entity and would further provide for the authority
to be exempt from local taxes</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to agricultural authorities; to amend
Section 11-20-73, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for
the powers of the authority, including the power of the
authority to enter into agreements with private entities, the
power to sell its property to a person or governmental entity,
and the power to enter into long-term contracts or agreements
for sewer service with a neighboring municipality or a utility
board of the municipality; to amend Section 11-20-80, Code of
Alabama 1975, to exempt the authority from planning and zoning
requirements; and to amend Section 11-20-81, Code of Alabama
1975, to specify that the exemption of the authority from all
state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes is granted to
the authority as a governmental entity and that the authority
would be entitled to a certificate of exemption in order to
claim the sales and use tax exemptions on purchases and to
further provide for the authority to be exempt from local
taxes.
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Subjects
Agriculture
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2022 | S | Assigned Act No. 2022-376. |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Signature Requested |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| April 7, 2022 | S | Enrolled |
| April 7, 2022 | S | Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1091 |
| April 7, 2022 | S | Concurrence Requested |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Kiel intended to vote Nay |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1006 |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1005 |
| April 7, 2022 | H | State Government Amendment Offered |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 5, 2022 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| March 31, 2022 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government |
| March 31, 2022 | S | Engrossed |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 819 |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 807 |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered |
| March 30, 2022 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
| March 29, 2022 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| March 17, 2022 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 5, 2022 | Room 418 at 13:00 | House SG Hearing |
| Hearing | March 29, 2022 | Room 825 at 14:00 | Senate GA Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB317 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB317 Alabama 2022 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB317 Alabama 2022 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Amendments | Senate Governmental Affairs first Amendment Offered |
| Bill Amendments | House State Government first Amendment Offered |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB317 for Governmental Affairs |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB317 for Governmental Affairs |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB317 for State Government |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - SB317 for State Government |