Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-8-5

  • 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

Each taxpayer who was assessed and who paid a higher amount of state, county, or municipal ad valorem tax as a result of the completion of a countywide property reappraisal, and the implementation of the newly appraised property values as the tax base in that county, between October 1, 1975, and November 7, 1978, shall be entitled to a credit against his tax liability arising under the same tax or taxes, in the amount of the increase which resulted from said reappraisal, to be used during such tax year or years as the taxpayer elects until the credit is exhausted.