Pursuant to Amendment No. 319 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Baldwin County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in the county, beginning with the tax year commencing October 1, 1993. Monies realized from this tax will be used to meet minimum requirements, standards, and guidelines of each library's respective governing bodies and to encourage resource and information sharing through a mutual library network including public, school and college libraries, and to provide for expanding technology in order to improve access to information. Funds shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Ten percent to Faulkner State Community College.
(2) Thirty percent to the Baldwin County Board of Education to be distributed to each school library, based on enrollment and shall be in addition to and not in lieu of other funds.
(3) Thirty percent to be divided among the municipalities having a municipal library or hereafter establishing a municipal library based on the population of each municipality having a municipal library according to the most recent federal census.
(4) Thirty percent to the Baldwin County Library System. Each agency shall be accountable through recognized auditing procedures to the public through the county commission.
Last modified: May 3, 2021