Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-21-124

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • 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 any person after February 1, 1990 shall engage in or continue in any business for which a tax is imposed by this article, as a condition precedent to engaging or continuing in such business, the person shall apply for and obtain from the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama a license to engage in and to conduct the business of furnishing cellular telecommunication services for the then current tax year upon the condition that he or she shall pay the taxes accruing to the State of Alabama under the provisions of this article. No license shall be issued under the provisions of this article to any person who shall not have complied with the provisions of this article, and no provision of this article shall be construed as relieving any person from the payment of any license or privilege tax now or hereafter imposed by law.