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HB508
TBDWR95-1
By Representative Givens (Constitutional Amendment)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 03-Apr-25
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5 TBDWR95-1 04/01/2025 ZAK (L)ma 2025-888
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First Read: 03-Apr-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would propose an amendment to the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Baldwin
County, to establish the Belforest Landmark District,
to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property
within the district into any municipality except under
certain conditions, and to specify that the district is
not a legal entity.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, relating to Baldwin County, to establish the
Belforest Landmark District within the county and to prohibit
the annexation by local law of any property within the
district into any municipality except under certain
conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
(a) For purposes of this amendment, the "Belforest
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(a) For purposes of this amendment, the "Belforest
Landmark District" in Baldwin County is defined as follows:
All of Sections 11, 14, 23, 24, 25, and 36, Township 5
South, Range 2 East, and Sections 19 and 30, Township 5 South,
Range 3 East of Baldwin County, Alabama.
LESS AND EXCEPT any portion of the above described
property that lies within the corporate limits of the City of
Daphne, Alabama.
(b) No property within the Belforest Landmark District
may be annexed into any municipality by local law.
(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to any municipality
incorporated after the ratification of this amendment which
includes any part of the Belforest Landmark District.
(d) The Belforest Landmark District shall not be
considered a legal entity and shall not have any of the
following powers or authority:
(1) Standing to sue or be sued.
(2) Taxing authority.
(3) Zoning authority.
(4) Police power and public safety authority.
(5) Authority to adopt ordinances, rules, or
regulations within its boundaries.
(6) Any other authority or power commonly associated
with a legal entity.
Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional
paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions:
change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation
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change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation
for purposes of style and uniformity; correct manifest
grammatical, clerical, and typographical errors; revise
internal or external citations and cross-references; harmonize
language; and translate effective dates.
END OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
shall be held in accordance with Sections 284, 284.01, and 285
of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws
of this state. The appropriate election official shall assign
a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on
the election ballot and shall set forth the following
description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed
constitutional amendment:
"Relating to Baldwin County, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to define the Belforest
Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the
annexation by local law of any property within the district
into any municipality except under certain conditions.
Proposed by Act ____."
This description shall be followed by the following
language:
"Yes( ) No( )."
Section 3. The proposed amendment shall become valid as
part of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, when approved by
a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon.
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