For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:

(1) COUNTY. Each county in the state.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-7-90

  • 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.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) GOVERNING BODY. The commission or other governing body of a county.
(3) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation in the state.
(4) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(5) PROPERTY REAPPRAISAL ACT. Division 1 of this article.
(6) APPRAISAL COSTS. The costs of the appraisal of property in a county made pursuant to the requirements of the Property Reappraisal Act.
(7) TAX RECIPIENT BODY. The state, the county, each municipality located wholly or partly within the corporate limits of such county, the board of education of such county, each city board of education organized with respect to a municipality located wholly or partly within the county, each public hospital corporation (including each public hospital board, public hospital association, or other public hospital corporation) that receives, under any statute or constitutional amendment, any part of an ad valorem tax levied for public hospital purposes, and every other public body or public entity that receives, pursuant to any statute or constitutional amendment, any part of the proceeds from any ad valorem tax levied in the county or in any part thereof.
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