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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11-47-226
Section 11-47-226 Loans, donations, performance of services, etc., by county, municipality, or other political subdivision, etc., to achieve objectives of article; funding agreements; amount of indebtedness under funding agreements. (a) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state, a county, or municipality, may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to an authority or perform services for the benefit thereof. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to an authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind. (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, which are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with an...
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40-25-23
Section 40-25-23 Disposition of funds. All revenues collected under the provisions of this article, except as otherwise provided, shall be paid to the Department of Revenue by check or draft made payable to the Treasurer of Alabama, and shall be distributed in the following manner: (1) All of the revenue derived from the tax levied upon cigarettes by Sections 40-25-2 and 40-25-41 shall be deposited in the State Treasury and 38.82 percent of such revenue shall be divided as follows: a. Six and six one-hundredths percent to the credit of the State Public Welfare Trust Fund, which is hereby appropriated for general welfare purposes. In this section, "general welfare purposes" means: 1. The administration of public assistance as set out in Sections 38-2-5 and 38-4-1; 2. Services, including supplementation and supplementary services under the federal Social Security Act, to or on behalf of persons to whom such public assistance may be given under Section 38-4-1; 3. Services to and on behalf...
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45-45-201.19
Section 45-45-201.19 License inspector - Powers and duties. It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the county license department and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county of which he or she has been appointed license inspector, and if it shall be reported to the license inspector or come to his or her 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 license is required by law, the license inspector shall thereupon cite such delinquent to appear before the license inspector at the courthouse of the county in which the citation is issued and show cause why the license or privilege tax required by law has not been paid, and at the same time shall file with...
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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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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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45-33-242.02
Section 45-33-242.02 Tobacco stamps. The tax hereby authorized to be levied shall be paid by affixing stamps as is required for the payment of the tax imposed by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive. The State Department of Revenue, if directed and authorized by the Hale County Commission to collect and administer the county privilege, license, or excise taxes levied herein, for as long as directed by the county commission, shall have the same duties relative to the preparation and sale of stamps to evidence the payment of such tax that it has relative to the preparation and sale of stamps under those sections and may exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in the same manner relative to the collection of the tax hereby levied that it does relative to the collection of that tax. In the event the required stamps are not available for the purpose of affixing to tobacco product packages and containers, authority is hereby granted for the utilization of a monthly...
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45-25-244
Section 45-25-244 Levy of tax. (a) The county governing body of DeKalb County is authorized and empowered to levy a tax on tobacco products sold within DeKalb County. The amount of the tax levied under this section shall not exceed eight cents ($0.08) per tobacco product. (b) The governing body of DeKalb County is authorized and empowered to promulgate and implement such rules and regulations as they deem necessary to carry out this section. (Act 85-557, p. 856, ยงยง1-2.)...
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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION. Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. The excise tax levied under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of the tax levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. b. The excise tax levied by Sections 40-17-140 to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel. (7) LOCAL SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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45-22-243.01
Section 45-22-243.01 Levy of sales tax. (a) There is hereby levied in Cullman County, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and to collect as herein provided, a privilege or license tax on account of the business activities and in the amount to be determined by the application of rates against gross sales or gross receipts, as the case may be, as follows: (1) Upon every person, firm, or corporation (including the State of Alabama, the University of Alabama, Auburn University, and all other institutions of higher learning in the state, whether such institutions be denominational, state, county, or municipal institutions, any association or other agency or instrumentality of such institutions) engaged or continuing within the county in the business of selling at retail any tangible personal property whatsoever, including merchandise and commodities of every kind and character (not including, however, bonds or other evidences of debts or stock, nor sales of...
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