Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-1-19

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

All leases of real estate within the boundaries of the approved plan or within the boundaries of any amendment or extension thereof, for port or harbor improvement in and by the State of Alabama, the port authority, or its predecessors, now in effect, and also all structures and all improvements and all other permanent facilities erected, installed or located, by the lessees, or their successors or assigns, within the boundaries aforesaid, shall be free and exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation for the period as may be stipulated in the lease now in effect.