HB180 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jeana RossRepresentative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted

Summary

HB180 would expand the solid waste fee exemption to include households whose sole income is veterans' benefits, effective October 1, 2025.

What This Bill Does

It adds veterans' benefits to the existing exemption for solid waste collection fees, so households with only veterans' benefits as income would be exempt (along with those whose sole income is Social Security). To qualify, the household must provide income proof to the county health officer by the first billing date each year, and the exemption remains as long as the sole income source stays the same, with annual renewal. The bill also allows local governments to create additional exemptions up to 75% of the federal poverty level, includes penalties for providing false information to obtain exemptions, and makes nonsubstantive language updates to current code style.

Who It Affects

• Households whose sole source of income is veterans' benefits will be exempt from solid waste collection fees, subject to annual income verification and renewal.
• Households whose sole source of income is Social Security benefits remain exempt; the bill affirms and continues this existing exemption.

Key Provisions

• Adds households whose sole income is veterans' benefits to the exemption from solid waste collection fees (amends Section 22-27-3).
• Requires proof of income to the county health officer by the first billing date each year to qualify for the exemption; exemption lasts as long as the sole income source remains veterans' benefits or Social Security and must be renewed annually.
• Local governments may authorize additional exemptions for households with total income up to 75% of the federal poverty level through local law.
• Provides penalties for knowingly providing false or misleading information to obtain an exemption (tied to existing penalties).
• Includes nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the code language to current style.
• Effective date of the act is October 1, 2025.

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Subjects

Military; Taxation & Revenue; State Government