11-105-2
Section 11-105-2 Designation of tourism promotion and development district. A public authority established pursuant to this chapter shall designate a tourism promotion and development district which may be comprised of part or all of the corporate limits of any participating municipality and all or part of the unincorporated areas of any participating county. The governing body of each municipality and each county participating in the formation of the authority shall state in its authorizing resolution or by separate resolution the geographic area within its corporate limits that shall comprise the tourism promotion and development district. (Act 2011-692, p. 2116, ยง2.)...
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11-105-4
Section 11-105-4 Board of directors. (a) The affairs of the authority shall be managed by a board of directors, hereinafter called the board, which shall consist of the following: At least one and not more than five board members representing each incorporated municipality located within the defined tourism promotion and development district and not more than two board members from any unincorporated area included in the tourism promotion and development district, except that the number of board members from the unincorporated area of the tourism development district may be increased to not more than four board members by a two-thirds majority vote of the then existing board members of the authority. (b) The number of board members representing each municipality included in the tourism promotion and development district shall be computed as follows: (1) One board seat for each seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) of annual lodging tax collections collected within the municipality. The...
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45-35-243
Section 45-35-243 Levy and collection; disposition of funds. (a) This section shall only be applicable to portions of Houston County outside the corporate limits of the City of Dothan. (b) There is levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, in an amount of six percent of the charge for the room, rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished in the room; provided, however, that there is exempted from the tax authorized to be levied under this section any rentals or services taxed under Division 1, commencing with Section...
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11-54B-40
Section 11-54B-40 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) That patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist any Class 2 municipality in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That the public interest would also be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business districts for the promotion of tourism that include businesses of a designated class and funding supplemental business services through the levy of assessments on businesses of the designated class that receive benefits from those supplemental business services. (4) That a district management corporation representing real property owners, or in certain cases, owners of a particular class of...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes, provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-16-243.02
Section 45-16-243.02 Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax collected pursuant to this part shall be distributed as follows: (1) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise shall be distributed to the City of Enterprise. The proceeds distributed to the City of Enterprise shall be held in a separate fund or account and used for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs as determined by the City Council of the City of Enterprise. (2) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of any other municipality shall be distributed to the municipality for the promotion of tourism and economic development and related costs in the municipality. (3) One-half of the proceeds collected within the corporate limits of any municipality and all proceeds from the tax collected in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be deposited in the Coffee County General Fund to be used for the promotion of tourism...
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11-54B-47
Section 11-54B-47 Costs of supplemental services. (a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that all costs of the supplemental services provided in a self-help business improvement district shall be financed through the levy by the municipality of a special assessment on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district or, in the case of a district formed to increase tourism in the municipality, on businesses of the designated class within the geographical area of the district, and in either case shall designate the method set forth in the plan as the method used to determine the amount of the special assessment in a manner which fairly and equitably distributes the burden of financing the supplemental services among the nonexempt real property owners in the district. The ordinance shall list and describe, by lot and block numbers and by street addresses, all real...
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11-94-1
Section 11-94-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present term shall include the future term, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, the masculine shall include the feminine, and the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. A nonprofit public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality to which application has been made for authority to incorporate an authority under this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of an authority. (5) COUNTY. Any county in this state that abuts on a navigable river or through which a navigable river runs. (6) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, the county commission and, with respect to a municipality, the council,...
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11-54A-9
Section 11-54A-9 Powers of authority; all projects to be in development area. (a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be perpetuity, subject to Section 11-54A-20, specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to refinance existing indebtedness on, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of the authority may...
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