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.
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.
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.
Source: Alabama Legislature