SB20 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Chris ElliottSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Baldwin County, creates Bon Secour Landmark District, Constitutional Amendment
Summary: A constitutional amendment to Baldwin County creating the Bon Secour Landmark District, defining its boundaries, and prohibiting annexation of property within the district by local law.
What This Bill Does
Defines the Bon Secour Landmark District in Baldwin County with a precise boundary description. Prohibits the annexation by local law of any property inside the district into any municipality, with an exception for municipalities incorporated after ratification that include part of the district. States the district itself is not a legal entity and would not have powers such as taxing, zoning, police power, or the ability to adopt ordinances. After ratification, the amendment would be added to the Alabama Constitution and the Code Commissioner would assign it a constitutional number and may perform minor, non-substantive revisions.

Who It Affects
Residents and property owners within the defined Bon Secour Landmark District in Baldwin County, who would be protected from municipal annexation by local law.
Baldwin County and existing municipalities in the county, which would be limited from annexing land inside the district by local law, with an exception for certain new municipalities incorporated after ratification that include any part of the district.

Key Provisions
(a) Defines the Bon Secour Landmark District with a detailed boundary description in Baldwin County.
(b) No property within the Bon Secour Landmark District may be annexed into any municipality by local law.
(c) The prohibition on annexation does not apply to any municipality incorporated after ratification that includes any part of the Bon Secour Landmark District.
(d) The Bon Secour Landmark District is not a legal entity and has no powers such as standing to sue, taxing authority, zoning authority, police power, or authority to adopt ordinances.
Procedural: After ratification, the Code Commissioner will number this amendment in the constitution and may perform nonsubstantive revisions (styling, citations, dates, etc.).

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Subjects: Baldwin County