(a) On or before December 1, 2021, and December 1 of each year thereafter, each county, municipality, or other local taxing authority that levies an ad valorem tax shall provide the department with the ad valorem tax rate needed to calculate the applicable county, municipal, or local taxing authority’s millage rate. The ad valorem taxes collected for each fleet vehicle registered through the FORT system shall be calculated in accordance with the millage rates reported under this subsection for each county, municipality, and local taxing jurisdiction in which the fleet vehicle is based.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-307
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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
(b) The ad valorem taxes remitted to and collected by the department for a fleet vehicle registered through the FORT system shall be distributed to the local official responsible for distributing ad valorem tax in the county in which the vehicle is based. The local official shall then distribute the ad valorem taxes as required by law to the respective recipients.
