§45-4-243.40. Additional ad valorem tax; disposition of funds.

(a) The following words and phrases used in this section, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein:

(1) "Amendment No. 3" means that certain amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 60 enacted at the 1915 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama.

(2) "Amendment No. 373" means that certain amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act No. 6 enacted at the 1978 Second Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama.

(3) "Commission" means Bibb County Commission or other governing body of the county.

(4) "Constitution" means the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

(5) "County" means Bibb County, Alabama.

(6) "Special countywide tax" means the special ad valorem tax for public school purposes that is authorized in Amendment No. 3 and pursuant to an election held in the county on July 21, 1964, to be levied and collected on taxable property in the county.

(b) The county is presently authorized to levy and collect the special countywide tax at a rate of thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (3 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment No. 3. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county commission in accordance with the provisions of Amendment No. 373, the county proposes to increase the rate at which the county is authorized to levy and collect the special countywide tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty cents ($1.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (16 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution heretofore adopted by the county commission after a public hearing, the county commission is hereby authorized to increase the rate at which the county is authorized to levy and collect the special countywide tax to a maximum rate, for any tax year, which is equal to one dollar sixty cents ($1.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (16 mills on each dollar) of assessed value.

(Act 92-416, p. 847, §§1-3.)