40-12-4
Section 40-12-4 County license tax for school purposes - Authority to levy. (a) In order to
provide funds for public school purposes, the governing body of each of the several counties
in this state is hereby authorized by ordinance to levy and provide for the assessment and
collection of franchise, excise and privilege license taxes with respect to privileges or
receipts from privileges exercised in such county, which shall be in addition to any and all
other county taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law in such county. Such governing
body may, in its discretion, submit the question of levying any such tax to a vote of the
qualified electors of the county. If such governing body submits the question to the voters,
then the governing body shall also provide for holding and canvassing the returns of the election
and for giving notice thereof. All the proceeds from any tax levied pursuant to this section
less the cost of collection and administration thereof shall be used...
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45-11-244.06
Section 45-11-244.06 Referendum authorized. The governing body of the county may call an advisory
countywide referendum election on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of
the county support or oppose the governing body levying the additional sales and use taxes
authorized in this part. All costs of the advisory referendum, including, but not limited
to, the cost of publishing the notice and of furnishing ballots or renting voting machines,
shall be paid by the county. The governing body of the county shall not be bound by the results
of any such advisory referendum and may in its sole discretion determine to levy or not levy
the taxes authorized in this part. (Act 2014-422, p. 1539, §7.)...
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45-2-244.072
Section 45-2-244.072 Special county privilege license tax. (a) The county commission is hereby
authorized with or without a referendum of the people, to levy and impose, in addition to
all other taxes, including municipal gross receipts license taxes now imposed by law, a special
county privilege license tax paralleling the state sales tax, such privilege license tax to
be determined by the application of rates against gross sales or gross receipts, as the case
may be, and within specified areas at the rate of one percent of the gross proceeds of sales
or receipts. At its discretion, the county commission is hereby authorized to conduct a referendum
election on the issue of an additional sales tax in any manner which it deems appropriate
and the costs of such election shall be paid from the county general fund. (b) There are exempted,
however, from the provisions of this section and from the computation of the amount of the
tax imposed in this section, the gross receipts of any...
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45-31-110.01
Section 45-31-110.01 Definitions. Unless a contrary intent appears from the context, as used
herein, the phrase county governing body means the court of county commissioners, board of
revenue, or other like governing body of any such county; the word election means any general,
special, or primary election held in the county, including a district, municipal, county,
state, or federal election; and the term voting center means any place in the county which
the county governing body designates as a place where a voting machine or voting machines
will be maintained or operated at elections. (Act 82-746, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 218, §2.)...

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45-45-201.14
Section 45-45-201.14 Election to come under part; resolution. This part shall become effective
in Madison County only upon a writing subscribed to by the judge of probate, the tax assessor,
and the tax collector requesting to come under this part and upon the adoption of a resolution
by a majority vote of the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or other like governing
body of the county, wherein the county elects to come under this part. The resolution, together
with the proceedings had in connection with the passage thereof, shall be entered in the minute
book of the county governing body and copies of the resolution, duly certified to by the chair
or presiding officer of the county governing body, shall be forthwith forwarded by the chair
or presiding officer of the county governing body to the State Department of Revenue, the
State Department of Finance, the Comptroller, and to the judge of probate, tax assessor, and
tax collector of the county, and copy of the...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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45-37-150.18
Section 45-37-150.18 Referendum. If the vote on the constitutional amendment excepting bingo
from the constitutional prohibition against lotteries in Section 65 of the Constitution of
Alabama 1901, is approved by a majority of the voters casting ballots thereon in Jefferson
County, it shall not be necessary for an election to be held under this article to determine
whether the procedures of this article shall be operative in the county. If the amendment
passes statewide, but is rejected in Jefferson County, this article shall not be effective
until a favorable vote is given by the voters of the county thereon. The governing body of
Jefferson County may call and provide for holding a referendum for the purpose of determining
if this article shall become operative. The election shall be held and the officers appointed
to hold same in the manner provided by law for holding other county elections in the county
and the returns thereof tabulated and results certified as provided by law for...
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45-41-244.110
Section 45-41-244.110 Additional sales and use tax authorized. (a) This section shall only
apply to those areas outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix
City in Lee County. (b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax means the tax imposed
by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1,
40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63. (c) Subject to the
approval of the majority of the electors voting at a referendum held for such purposes, the
Lee County Commission may levy a one percent sales and use tax against gross sales, use, storage,
or other consumption subject to the state sales or use taxes levied by subdivision (1) of
Section 40-23-2, subdivision (2) of Section 40-23-2, and subsection (a) of Section 40-23-61,
outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City. The gross
proceeds of all sales and use of products or services which are presently...
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45-11-242.20
Section 45-11-242.20 Continuation of existing tax. (a) Chilton County presently levies and
collects a special tax for a trade school and rural and industrial development in the county
at a rate of thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar)
of assessed value pursuant to an election held in the county on December 4, 1984. That tax
will expire on December 31, 2004. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission
in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the county proposes to continue the rate at which it
may levy and collect the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to
thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) of assessed value,
until December 31, 2024. (b) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution
adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may continue
to levy the special tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to...
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45-11-244.11
Section 45-11-244.11 Effective date; termination of levy of taxes. (a) If the governing body
of the county elects to levy and impose any of the taxes herein authorized to be levied and
imposed, it shall specify in the resolution levying and imposing such taxes the first day
of the second calendar month next following that during which such levy is made as the effective
date of such levy. Such resolution may provide such other terms or provisions relating to
the levy, collection, administration, and enforcement of such taxes as are not contrary to
or inconsistent with the provisions of this part. (b) The governing body of the county may,
at any time and from time to time after the levy of any of the taxes herein authorized, but
subject to succeeding provisions of this section, and subject to constitutional limitations
on the impairment of contracts, terminate any of the taxes herein authorized to be levied
by it. (c) No tax levied hereunder may be terminated by the county, as authorized...
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