Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB129 Compare Versions

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1	1		1 SB129
2		-	2 215793-2
3		-	3 By Senator McClendon ~~(N & P)~~
4		-	4 RFD: ~~Local Legislation~~
	2	+	2 215793-1
	3	+	3 By Senator McClendon
	4	+	4 RFD: Banking and Insurance
5	5		5 First Read: 01-FEB-22
6	6
7		-	Page 0 SB129
8		-	1 SB129
9		-	2
10		-	3
11		-	4 With Notice and Proof
12		-	5
13		-	6 ENROLLED, An Act,
14		-	7 Relating to St. Clair County; to amend Act 2017-265
15		-	8 of the 2017 Regular Session, authorizing the establishment of
16		-	9 the Davis Lake Volunteer Fire Department as a fire district
17		-	10 for fire protection purposes; to specify that the fire
18		-	11 protection fees would be separately stated on the ad valorem
19		-	12 tax bills by the revenue commissioner.
20		-	13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21		-	14 Section 1. Section 13 of Act 2017-265 of the 2017
22		-	15 Regular Session, as last amended by Act 2020-174 of the 2020
23		-	16 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows:
24		-	17 "(a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless
25		-	18 the same has first been approved by the majority of the votes
26		-	19 cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors
27		-	20 residing within the district, or within the proposed district.
28		-	21 No additional fee shall be assessed in addition to one hundred
29		-	22 fifty dollars ($150) per residence or commercial building. Any
30		-	23 property owner may withdraw from the district if the property
31		-	24 owner has fire protection services from another district or
32		-	25 from a municipality as a result of annexation into the
33		-	Page 1 SB129
34		-	1 municipality. If a property owner in the district requests to
35		-	2 withdraw from the district and the withdrawal is not
36		-	3 effectuated by the district, the property owner may appeal the
37		-	4 withdrawal to a board of review composed of the local
38		-	5 legislative delegation. Upon a majority vote of the board of
39		-	6 review, a letter confirming the withdrawal shall be forwarded
40		-	7 to the 911 agency and the revenue commissioner approving
41		-	8 withdrawal from the district, which removal shall be effective
42		-	9 immediately. No service charge or fee may be levied upon the
43		-	10 withdrawal of a property owner from the district. No service
44		-	11 charge or fee may be levied upon a property owner if he or she
45		-	12 contracts with a different fire department.
46		-	13 "(b) An election on the question levying a service
47		-	14 charge or fee in a proposed district may be held at the same
48		-	15 time that the election is held on the creation of the
49		-	16 district; provided that the petition for the election on the
50		-	17 question of the service charge or fee accompanies the petition
51		-	18 for the election on the establishment of the proposed district
52		-	19 as provided herein. An election on the question of a service
53		-	20 charge or fee may be held upon the board of the district
54		-	21 submitting to the judge of probate a petition for an election
55		-	22 as provided. The board shall file in the office of the judge
56		-	23 of probate a petition that he or she call an election in the
57		-	24 district on the question of whether the service charge or fee
58		-	25 proposed should be levied. No election shall be required to
59		-	Page 2 SB129
60		-	1 refund overpaid service charges or fees to correct errors in
61		-	2 the assessment thereof or to terminate the assessment and
62		-	3 collection thereof upon withdrawal of a property owner from a
63		-	4 district as provided herein, all of which shall be effectuated
64		-	5 automatically and immediately upon the effective date of the
65		-	6 written withdrawal. In addition, any property annexed into a
66		-	7 municipality shall be automatically and immediately withdrawn
67		-	8 from the district and the property owner shall not be liable
68		-	9 for any additional fees or costs.
69		-	10 "(c) After the effective date of the act adding this
70		-	11 language, the The fire protection service charge or fee on
71		-	12 each residence or commercial building may not exceed one
72		-	13 hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year.
73		-	14 "(d) The fire protection service fee of the Davis
74		-	15 Lake Volunteer Fire Department and the exact amount of the
75		-	16 fee, including the account number, shall be separately stated
76		-	17 by the Revenue Commissioner of St. Clair County on the ad
77		-	18 valorem tax bill of the taxpayer."
78		-	19 Section 2. This act shall become effective
79		-	20 immediately following its passage and approval by the
80		-	21 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
81		-	Page 3 SB129
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86		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
87		-
88	11		5
89		-	6 Speaker of the House of Representatives
90		-	SB1297
91		-	8 Senate 03-FEB-22
92		-	9 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
93		-	10 the Senate.
94		-	11
95		-	12 Patrick Harris,
96		-	13 Secretary.
97		-	14
98		-	15
99		-	16
100		-	17 House of Representatives
101		-	18 Passed: 16-FEB-22
102		-	19
103		-	20
104		-	21 By: Senator McClendon
105		-	Page 4
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	13	+	7
	14	+	8
	15	+	9 A BILL
	16	+	10 TO BE ENTITLED
	17	+	11 AN ACT
	18	+	12
	19	+	13 Relating to St. Clair County; to amend Act 2017-265
	20	+	14 of the 2017 Regular Session, authorizing the establishment of
	21	+	15 the Davis Lake Volunteer Fire Department as a fire district
	22	+	16 for fire protection purposes; to specify that the fire
	23	+	17 protection fees would be separately stated on the ad valorem
	24	+	18 tax bills by the revenue commissioner.
	25	+	19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	26	+	20 Section 1. Section 13 of Act 2017-265 of the 2017
	27	+	21 Regular Session, as last amended by Act 2020-174 of the 2020
	28	+	22 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows:
	29	+	23 "(a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless
	30	+	24 the same has first been approved by the majority of the votes
	31	+	25 cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors
	32	+	26 residing within the district, or within the proposed district.
	33	+	27 No additional fee shall be assessed in addition to one hundred
	34	+	Page 1 1 fifty dollars ($150) per residence or commercial building. Any
	35	+	2 property owner may withdraw from the district if the property
	36	+	3 owner has fire protection services from another district or
	37	+	4 from a municipality as a result of annexation into the
	38	+	5 municipality. If a property owner in the district requests to
	39	+	6 withdraw from the district and the withdrawal is not
	40	+	7 effectuated by the district, the property owner may appeal the
	41	+	8 withdrawal to a board of review composed of the local
	42	+	9 legislative delegation. Upon a majority vote of the board of
	43	+	10 review, a letter confirming the withdrawal shall be forwarded
	44	+	11 to the 911 agency and the revenue commissioner approving
	45	+	12 withdrawal from the district, which removal shall be effective
	46	+	13 immediately. No service charge or fee may be levied upon the
	47	+	14 withdrawal of a property owner from the district. No service
	48	+	15 charge or fee may be levied upon a property owner if he or she
	49	+	16 contracts with a different fire department.
	50	+	17 "(b) An election on the question levying a service
	51	+	18 charge or fee in a proposed district may be held at the same
	52	+	19 time that the election is held on the creation of the
	53	+	20 district; provided that the petition for the election on the
	54	+	21 question of the service charge or fee accompanies the petition
	55	+	22 for the election on the establishment of the proposed district
	56	+	23 as provided herein. An election on the question of a service
	57	+	24 charge or fee may be held upon the board of the district
	58	+	25 submitting to the judge of probate a petition for an election
	59	+	26 as provided. The board shall file in the office of the judge
	60	+	27 of probate a petition that he or she call an election in the
	61	+	Page 2 1 district on the question of whether the service charge or fee
	62	+	2 proposed should be levied. No election shall be required to
	63	+	3 refund overpaid service charges or fees to correct errors in
	64	+	4 the assessment thereof or to terminate the assessment and
	65	+	5 collection thereof upon withdrawal of a property owner from a
	66	+	6 district as provided herein, all of which shall be effectuated
	67	+	7 automatically and immediately upon the effective date of the
	68	+	8 written withdrawal. In addition, any property annexed into a
	69	+	9 municipality shall be automatically and immediately withdrawn
	70	+	10 from the district and the property owner shall not be liable
	71	+	11 for any additional fees or costs.
	72	+	12 "(c) After the effective date of the act adding this
	73	+	13 language, the The fire protection service charge or fee on
	74	+	14 each residence or commercial building may not exceed one
	75	+	15 hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year.
	76	+	16 "(d) The fire protection service fee of the Davis
	77	+	17 Lake Volunteer Fire Department and the exact amount of the
	78	+	18 fee, including the account number, shall be separately stated
	79	+	19 by the Revenue Commissioner of St. Clair County on the ad
	80	+	20 valorem tax bill of the taxpayer."
	81	+	21 Section 2. This act shall become effective
	82	+	22 immediately following its passage and approval by the
	83	+	23 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
	84	+	Page 3