Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-13-165

  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

If three fifths of those voting at said election have voted for the proposed taxation, the county commission shall levy said special tax and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county, which shall not exceed $.10 on each $100.00 of taxable property in said county; but the rate of such special tax shall not increase the rate of taxation, state and county combined, in any one year to more than $1.25 on each $100.00 of taxable property in said county, but all special county taxes for public buildings, roads, bridges and the payment of debts existing at the ratification of the Constitution of 1875 shall not be included in the aforesaid $1.25 on the $100.00 of taxable property.