37-5-1
Section 37-5-1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) MUNICIPAL POWER DISTRICT, POWER DISTRICT or DISTRICT. A municipal power district organized under this chapter, either as originally organized or as the same may be from time to time altered or amended. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town. (3) GOVERNING BODY. Whenever used in relation to any municipality, the body or board, by whatsoever name known, having charge of the governing of a municipality and shall be held to include the mayor or other chief executive officers of such municipality in any case wherein the concurrence or approval of such officer is required by the law governing such municipality for the adoption of any municipal ordinance or resolution or other municipal act provided for in this chapter. (4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DIRECTORS or BOARD. The board of directors of a municipal power...
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40-12-10
Section 40-12-10 License inspectors generally; when taxes due and payable; collection and distribution of penalties and citation fees on delinquent licenses. (a) The county commission of each county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a license inspector. (b) It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the probate judge and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county or counties of which he has been appointed license inspector; and, if it shall be reported to any license inspector or come to his knowledge that any person, persons, firms, or corporations have failed or refused to take out a license for a business or occupation for which a license is required by the state or have failed or refused to take out a license for operating any motor vehicle or trailer for which a license is required by law, the license inspector shall thereupon cite such delinquent to appear before the...
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45-35A-57
Section 45-35A-57 Ad valorem taxation on property. (a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the City of Dothan currently levies ad valorem taxes on property situated therein at the rate of one-half of one percent (5 mills) of the assessed value of such property, which tax revenues are authorized to be used for general municipal purposes. (2) Pursuant to Amendment 373(f) of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217(f) of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the governing body of the City of Dothan has duly proposed, after a public hearing on such proposal, that the City Council of Dothan be authorized to increase the rate at which the City of Dothan's municipal ad valorem taxes are levied on property situated therein by up to an additional one and one-half percent (15 mills) of the assessed value of such property, and has further proposed that such additional net ad valorem tax...
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45-37A-351
Section 45-37A-351 Special school district tax. The following words and phrases used in this section and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 316. That certain amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 509 enacted at the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That certain amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6 enacted at the 1978 Second Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama. (3) COMMISSION. The Jefferson County Commission or other governing body of the county. (4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (5) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (6) SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special ad valorem tax for public school purposes that is authorized in Amendment 316 to be levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district. (7) SPECIAL...
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45-37-140.11
Section 45-37-140.11 Service charge; fire dues. (a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for from the proceeds of any service charge or fire dues which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The service charge or any fire dues shall be levied upon and collected from the property owners served by the system. The service charge or fire dues shall be the personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the system; and to secure the collection of any service charge or fire dues there shall be a lien against the property in favor of the district. The lien may be enforced in either of the following ways: (1) The lien shall be enforceable by sale thereof in the same manner in which the foreclosure of a municipal assessment for public improvements is authorized. (2) The tax assessor, tax collector, or other public official performing the functions of the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Jefferson County, upon request...
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11-52-32
Section 11-52-32 Approval or disapproval of plat generally; legal effect of approval; powers of planning commission as to subdivision zoning; approval or disapproval of plat in certain cities. (a) Except where the development of a subdivision within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission is regulated by the county commission pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within 30 days after the submission thereof to it; otherwise, the plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the municipal planning commission on demand; provided, however, that the applicant for the municipal planning commission's approval may waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the municipal planning commission. Any plat submitted to the municipal planning commission shall contain the...
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11-99B-1
Section 11-99B-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county or municipality or public corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-3. (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution, adopted by a governing body in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-3, that authorizes the incorporation of a district. (3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality or public corporation the governing body of which shall have adopted an authorizing resolution. (4) BOARD. The board of directors of a district. (5) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (6) COUNTY. Any county in the state. (7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the district. (8) DISTRICT. A public corporation organized pursuant to...
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40-7-90
Section 40-7-90 Definitions. For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The commission or other governing body of a county. (3) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation in the state. (4) STATE. The State of Alabama. (5) PROPERTY REAPPRAISAL ACT. Division 1 of this article. (6) APPRAISAL COSTS. The costs of the appraisal of property in a county made pursuant to the requirements of the Property Reappraisal Act. (7) TAX RECIPIENT BODY. The state, the county, each municipality located wholly or partly within the corporate limits of such county, the board of education of such county, each city board of education organized with respect to a municipality located wholly or partly within the county, each public hospital corporation (including each public hospital board, public hospital association, or other public hospital corporation) that receives, under any statute or...
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40-9-19
Section 40-9-19 Homesteads. (a)(1) Homesteads, as defined by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, are exempt from all state ad valorem taxes. In no case shall the exemption apply to more than one person or head of the family, nor shall the exemption exceed $4,000 in assessed value or 160 acres in area for any resident of this state who is not over 65 years of age. (2) The homesteads of residents of this state, over 65 years of age, or who are retired due to permanent and total disability, regardless of age, or who are blind as defined in Section 1-1-3, regardless of age or whether such person is retired, shall be exempt from all state ad valorem taxes. (3) The state Commissioner of Revenue may define and specify the condition or state of health that makes a person "permanently and totally disabled" and may issue certificates of disability to the person as he or she may find meets such specifications. Any person who is drawing any pension or annuity from the armed services or a company...
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45-4-244.20
Section 45-4-244.20 County sales tax to parallel state tax; exemptions; collection and disposition of funds; enforcement. (a) All words, terms, and phrases that are defined in Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 shall, where used in this section have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Article 1 except where the context herein clearly indicates a different meaning. In addition, the following words, terms, and phrases where used in this section shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) STATE SALES TAX STATUTES. Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, which levies a retail sales tax for state purposes, and includes all statutes, heretofore enacted, which expressly set forth any exemptions from the computation of the tax levied in Article 1 and all other statutes heretofore enacted which expressly apply to, or purport to affect, the administration of Article 1 and the incidence and collection of the tax imposed...
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