Proposed amendments for Nov. 2 election

Published 7:38 am Thursday, October 21, 2010

PROPOSED STATEWIDE
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE (1)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide
that the provision in Amendment 778, now appearing as Section 269.08 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, which prohibits the payment of any fees, charges, or commissions for the assessment and collection of any special ad valorem tax on taxable property levied by the county commission pursuant to Amendment 778 (Section 269.08) shall only apply to any ad valorem tax first levied and collected pursuant to Amendment 778 (Section 269.08) for the tax year commencing October 1, 2006. (Proposed by Act No. 2009-286)

PROPOSED STATEWIDE
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO (2)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to amend to Section 269 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment No. 111 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 269 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to special county educational taxes, to provide that the taxes may be levied by a majority vote, not by three-fifths vote, of those voting at the election. (Proposed by Act No. 2009-551)

PROPOSED STATEWIDE
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE (3)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to the Alabama Trust Fund, to provide for the appropriation of funds in the Alabama Trust Fund to be distributed for state and local transportation purposes and to provide for funds for the County and Municipal Government Capital Improvement Fund. (Proposed by Act No. 2010-555)

PROPOSED STATEWIDE
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR (4)

Relating to Blount County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any municipality located entirely outside of Blount County from imposing any municipal ordinance or regulation, including, but not limited to any tax, zoning, planning, or sanitation regulations, and any inspection service in its police jurisdiction located in Blount County and to provide that a municipality prohibited from imposing any tax or regulation under this amendment shall not provide any regulatory function or police or fire protection services in its police jurisdiction located in Blount County, other than public safety mutual aid. (Proposed by Act No. 2010-226)

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