SB188 Alabama 2023 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, 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.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, 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"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, 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 SB188 INTRODUCED 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

Tuscaloosa County, sales and use tax, additional or increase, referendum required prior to levy, constitutional amendment