§22-27-23. Special pledges for payment of principal and interest on warrants.

(a) The county commission of the county issuing any such warrants may, in its discretion, assign and specially pledge, for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants, so much as may be necessary for said payment of any one or more of the following, or any part thereof:

(1) The proceeds from the general annual ad valorem tax of one half of one percent which the county is authorized to levy without reference to the purpose thereof under the provisions of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901;

(2) The proceeds from any other tax, including any ad valorem tax and any privilege, license or excise tax, that at the time of the issuance of the said warrants may lawfully be used by the county for payment of such principal and interest; and

(3) The revenues derived by the county from any solid wastes collection and disposal facilities owned, controlled, used or operated by the county, either alone or in common or jointly with others, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

a. Any fees charged by the county for collection and disposal of solid wastes under the provisions of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act;

b. Any sums payable to the county under any contract made pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 22-27-5 of the Solid Wastes Disposal Act;

c. Any sums payable to the county by any municipality or other entity, including both public and private entities, for the rendition by such county of solid waste collection service, solid waste disposal service or either thereof;

d. Any sums that may be payable to the county by any entity as consideration for use of any solid wastes collection and disposal facilities or any part of such facilities owned, controlled or operated by the county, including, but without limitation, sums payable as consideration for either joint or sole use of such facilities and sums payable as rental under a lease of such facilities or an interest therein; and

e. Any other sums that may be payable to the county on account of, or in connection with, its ownership, control, use or operation of any solid wastes collection and disposal facilities, or any part thereof, or in respect of its rendition of solid wastes collection service or solid wastes disposal service.

(b) To the extent necessary and sufficient for making the payments in respect of which such pledge is made, any tax or revenue pledged pursuant to the provisions of this section shall constitute a trust fund or funds which shall be impressed with a lien in favor of the holders of the warrants to the payment of which such sums are pledged. In the event that more than one pledge should be made with respect to any tax or revenue, the pledge of which is authorized in this section, then such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless the proceedings making such pledge shall expressly provide that such pledge shall be on a parity with, or subordinate to, a subsequent pledge of the said tax. All warrants for which the pledge authorized in this section may be made shall constitute preferred claims against that portion of the said tax or taxes or revenues so pledged and shall have preference over claims incurred by the county for operation and maintenance of any solid wastes collection and disposal facilities of the county and any other claims for any other purpose whatsoever.

(Acts 1971, No. 1197, p. 2068, §4.)