(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-37A-330.02
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.
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.
property: includes both real and personal property. 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
(1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 60, 1915 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 269.01 and 269.02 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (3) AMENDMENT 82. Amendment 82 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, proposed by Act 459, 1949 Regular Session, now appearing as Jefferson County Section 14 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (4) AMENDMENT 325. Amendment 325 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 116, 1971 Third Special Session, now appearing as Section 217 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (5) AMENDMENT 373. Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session, now appearing as Section 217 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (6) BOARD. The Midfield City Board of Education. (7) COMMISSION. The Jefferson County Commission. (8) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (9) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (10) EXPIRING SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special district ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorized in Amendment 82 and presently levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district. (11) SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. The special district ad valorem tax for public school purposes authorized in Amendment 3 and presently levied and collected on taxable property in the special school tax district. (12) SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT. The special school tax district in Jefferson County within the jurisdiction of the Midfield City Board of Education, which consists of all the area in the county lying within the corporate limits of the City of Midfield, as the school tax district now exists or as it may be hereafter formed. (b) The county presently levies and collects the special school district tax at a rate of sixty cents ($.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (6.0 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 3, Amendment 325, and Amendment 373. (c) The county presently levies and collects the expiring school district tax at a rate of one dollar five cents ($1.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (10.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment 82, Amendment 325, and Amendment 373. (d) At the request of the board and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with Amendment 373, the county proposes to adjust the rate at which the county may levy and collect the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year commencing on or after the 2021 tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty-five cents ($1.65) on each hundred dollars ($100) (16.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value, the adjustment being equal to one dollar five cents ($1.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (10.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value and, if approved, to coincide with the expiration of the expiring school district tax, so as to renew, preserve, continue, and to effect no net increase in, the total rate of district ad valorem school tax presently levied in the special school tax district. (e) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 and a resolution adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission may adjust the rate at which the county levies and collects the special school district tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year commencing on or after the 2021 tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty-five cents ($1.65) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (16.5 mills on each dollar) of assessed value. (f) The adjustment in the rate at which the special school district tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the special school tax district who vote on the proposed adjustment at a special election called and held for that purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373.
