SB325 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Annexation, police jurisdiction further provided for, taxes collected in police jurisdiction further provided for, Secs. 11-40-10, 11-49-80, 11-51-91, 11-51-206, 11-52-30 am'd.

Summary

SB325 would limit automatic expansion of a city's police jurisdiction with annexation, require annual timing and notice rules, assign street maintenance responsibilities in certain cases, and require annual financial reporting for police-jurisdiction activities.

What This Bill Does

Annexation by general or local law would not extend a municipality's police jurisdiction unless the law explicitly provides for it, and changes to the police jurisdiction would occur only once a year. The bill requires 30-day notice before a municipality can enforce ordinances, license fees, or taxes in its police jurisdiction and mandates public posting of the notice. It also requires that if a county-maintained street becomes part of the police jurisdiction and is bounded on two sides by municipal streets, the municipality assumes responsibility for that street segment. Additionally, municipalities must annually account for revenues and provide an itemized list of services within the police jurisdiction, with reports due within 90 days of the fiscal year and available to the public.

Who It Affects

• Residents, property owners, and businesses located within a municipality's police jurisdiction would receive advance notice before new ordinances, licenses, or taxes apply and could be affected by shifts in street maintenance responsibility.
• Municipal and county governments and their staff would manage annual changes to police jurisdiction, prepare and publish annual revenue/expenditure reports, enforce notices, coordinate with planning commissions, and handle street boundary and jurisdiction issues.

Key Provisions

• Annexation by general or local law would not extend the police jurisdiction unless expressly provided by law.
• Alterations to police jurisdiction from annexation or deannexation would occur only once a year, effective October 1 (for actions finalized by August 1).
• Before enforcing certain ordinances, license fees, or taxes within the police jurisdiction, the municipality must provide 30 days' notice to affected persons and post the notice publicly on Atlas Alabama and the municipality's website.
• If annexation places a county-maintained street segment inside the police jurisdiction and that segment is bounded on at least two sides by municipal streets, the municipality must assume responsibility for that portion of the street.
• Municipalities must annually account for all revenues collected in the police jurisdiction and provide an itemized list of services; reports are due within 90 days after the fiscal year and must be public and submitted to the Office of Examiners of Public Accounts.
• License and tax collections within the police jurisdiction require 30-day notice before taking effect; license revenues must not exceed the cost of services provided, and revenues must be uniformly assessed and reported.
• When multiple municipalities could levy licenses on a business, licenses are issued and collected by the municipality whose boundary is closest to the business.
• Municipal planning commission territorial jurisdiction and alterations due to annexation or deannexation would occur once a year on October 1, with maps posted publicly and coordination with the county planning commission as applicable.

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Subjects

Annexation