(a) This section shall apply only to Calhoun County, Alabama.
(b)(1) In addition to all other rights, powers, duties, and authorities, the tax assessor and tax collector of Calhoun County may contract with and enter into contracts or other forms of agreements with any industrial development board, other public corporation, or public authority heretofore or hereafter created by Calhoun County or any municipality in Calhoun County or partially in Calhoun County, including but not limited to the Anniston Downtown Redevelopment Council, the Anniston Industrial Development Board, the Calhoun County Economic Development Council, and the Oxford Industrial Development Board, for the purpose of providing through and with employees, personnel, records, and equipment of the tax assessor's office and tax collector's office, all services, labor, supplies, and other things, including but not limited to all calculations, notices, and records necessary for the proper collection and distribution of payments in lieu of school ad valorem taxes, and for the collection and distribution of payments in lieu of school ad valorem taxes made pursuant to any and all contracts or agreements entered into between any industrial development board, other public corporation, or public authority heretofore or hereafter created by Calhoun County or any municipality in Calhoun County or partially in Calhoun County, including but not limited to the Anniston Downtown Redevelopment Council, the Anniston Industrial Development Board, the Calhoun County Economic Development Council, and the Oxford Industrial Development Board, and any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity.
(2) The contracts and other forms of agreements allowed by subdivision (1) shall contain such provisions, covenants, and considerations as considered reasonable and necessary by the parties thereto.
(c) All statutes, acts, and laws of the State of Alabama pertaining to the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes and to the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation shall be or become, as hereinafter provided, applicable to all payments in lieu of school taxes made pursuant to any and all contracts or agreements entered into by any industrial development board, other public corporation, or public authority heretofore or hereafter created by Calhoun County or any municipality therein or partially therein, including but not limited to the Anniston Downtown Redevelopment Council, the Anniston Industrial Development Board, the Calhoun County Economic Development Council, and the Oxford Industrial Development Board, and any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity, as if the payments in lieu of school ad valorem taxes were ad valorem taxes, immediately upon this section becoming effective or the earliest later date allowed pursuant to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, as amended
Last modified: May 3, 2021