Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-14-18

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC

Any securities issued by any county payable from or secured by a pledge of any part of the tax proceeds of the special tax authorized to be levied under the second proviso of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 208, and Sections 11-14-10, 11-14-11, and 11-14-16, are hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code.