Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-9C-2

  • 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

The Legislature recognizes the importance of recovering and reusing previously utilized property to the well-being of the people of the state. The Legislature also recognizes that in some cases additional incentives are required to succeed in recovering brownfield sites and therefore intends to allow county and municipal governments to provide substantial tax incentives as an inducement to recovering land pursuant to Chapter 30E, beginning with Section 22-30E-1, of Title 22, the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic Redevelopment Act.