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IFNGWZ-1
By Representatives Collins, Moore (P), Stadthagen, Yarbrough
(N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 25-Apr-23
2023 Regular Session
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Morgan County; to provide further for the
distribution and expenditure of in-lieu-of-taxes payments
received from the Tennessee Valley Authority distributed to
Morgan County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1.(a) Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the proceeds allocated to Morgan County,
pursuant to Act 2010-135, 2010 Regular Session, from the
in-lieu-of-taxes payments made by the Tennessee Valley
Authority shall be distributed as follows for the fiscal years
specified below in the following order:
(1) For each fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023,
until the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2032, four hundred
thousand dollars ($400,000) shall be distributed to Calhoun
Community College for the purpose of securing funding to build
a Phase III for the Alabama Center for the Arts in downtown
Decatur to support higher education in Morgan County and to
support dual enrollment with the public school systems of the
City of Decatur, the City of Hartselle, and the Morgan County
Board of Education. The disbursement to each school shall be
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conditional upon the school initiating the project before or
during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Should the project not
commence before October 1, 2024, the funds shall remain in an
account until otherwise appropriated by legislative act.
(2) After the distribution in subdivision (1) and any
remaining distribution provided by Act 2013-199, 2013 Regular
Session, for the fiscal years beginning October 1, 2022;
October 1, 2023; October 1, 2024; October 1, 2025; and October
1, 2026, the remaining proceeds up to a total of two hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) each year shall be
distributed to the Community Foundation of Greater Decatur,
Inc., to be distributed by the community foundation based on
recommendations for expenditure from the member representing
each House of Representatives District and the Senate District
comprised of territory in Morgan County as follows: The funds
shall be divided into two shares, with one share to be
expended in the Senate District and one share to be expended
in the House of Representatives Districts based on the
approximate population of each House of Representatives
District in Morgan County as a percentage of the total
population of Morgan County. Any distributions pursuant to
this subdivision shall be at the sole discretion of the
Community Foundation of Greater Decatur, Inc.
(3) Any funds distributed to Morgan County pursuant to
Act 2010-135, 2010 Regular Session, after the appropriations
provided in this section shall be distributed each year to the
Morgan County legislative delegation office.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately
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following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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