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AL Code § 16-13-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-183 - Election Notice.

Section 16-13-183Election notice. The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before any election to be held under this article, by publication in some newspaper in the county, if any is published therein, and if not, by writing posted at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county of the time of holding, and when any election is to be held for a special tax for school purposes in any rural or city school tax district, written notices shall be posted in three public places within said district 30 days prior to said election. Said publications, both for special county and school tax district elections for school purposes, shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued, the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made and a description of the boundaries of the proposed school tax district. (School Code 1927, §263; Code 1940, T. 52, §256.)
AL Code § 16-13-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-184 - Election Officers; Conduct of Election.

Section 16-13-184Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of the special county election shall be appointed and said election shall be held and the results of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of the regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state; provided, that the election may be held at the time for holding any regular election in the county; and, if held at such time, the inspectors and officers of the general election shall conduct at the same time the election herein provided for and for such services they shall receive no compensation other than that allowed them for the holding of the general election. If the election is held at some other time than that of holding the regular election in the county, then the election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding the general election. (b) The managers and returning officers, provided for above, shall conduct and make return of such election in the rural or city school tax district; and, in the event such election officers fail to appear at the polling place to which they are appointed, the officer or officers who do appear shall appoint someone to take their places. All election officers shall be residents of the special school tax district and qualified electors of the beat or precinct in which they reside. The sheriff shall notify all officers of their appointment by the county commission. The managers of such election shall open and close the polls pursuant to Section 17-7-5.1 on the date of election and, immediately upon closing the polls, shall ascertain the results of the election at their respective voting places, and make returns of the same to the county commission and deliver the ballot box containing the returns, with the poll lists, tally sheets and other necessary papers, to the returning officers of such voting places, who shall deliver the same to the county commission on or before noon of the second day of the said election. The county commission shall, within four days after said election, canvass the returns so made and under oath make a written report declaring the result of said election in said school tax district, showing the number of votes cast, both for and against the proposed taxation. A copy of such report shall be printed in some newspaper published in the county, and the original shall be filed in the office of the probate judge. Except as otherwise provided herein, said election shall be held under the general laws of the state. (School Code 1927, §§264, 267; Code 1940, T. 52, §§257, 259; Acts 1987, No. 87-599, p. 1043, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-185 - Expenses of Election.

Section 16-13-185Expenses of election. The officers, including the sheriff, shall perform the same duties and receive the same pay as provided for under the general election laws aforesaid, and all costs and fees of said election shall be paid out of the county treasury. (School Code 1927, §269; Code 1940, T. 52, §260.)
AL Code § 16-13-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-186 - Election Supplies.

Section 16-13-186Election supplies. When any election is to be held in any county or in any rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths, instructions for holding the election and all other necessary and proper stationery for holding said election; and the sheriff shall see that the same are delivered to the managers before the day of the election. (School Code 1927, §278; Code 1940, T. 52, §267.)
AL Code § 16-13-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-187 - Ballots.

Section 16-13-187Ballots. The ballots used in said election shall have printed at the top the purpose of such election and, if a tax is proposed to be levied, there shall be printed at the top the rate of such proposed tax, the time such tax is proposed to be continued and that it is to be used for public school purposes. Where the election is only for a proposed tax levy, directly underneath such statement at the top of the ballot in plain type shall be printed on different lines the words, "For proposed taxation," "Against proposed taxation"; and, where the election is for consolidation of school tax districts or a school tax district and adjacent territory and proposed taxation, there shall be so printed the words, "For proposed consolidation and taxation," "Against proposed consolidation and taxation." A blank must be left directly to the left of each line so that the voter may indicate his choice by a cross mark directly to the left and in front of the line expressing his choice. (School Code 1927, §279; Code 1940, T. 52, §268.)
AL Code § 16-13-188 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-188 - Election Result; Levy, Amount and Duration of Tax; Limitation on Use of Proceeds.

Section 16-13-188Election result; levy, amount and duration of tax; limitation on use of proceeds. The county commission shall declare the result of the election; and, where the electors have voted so as to require the levy of a tax, the county commission shall levy said special tax and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county or in said rural or city school tax district, as the case may be, which shall not exceed $.30 on each $100.00 worth of taxable property in said county or in said rural or city school tax district, as the case may be. Any special tax levied hereunder shall not be for a shorter term than two years. In all elections hereafter held, if the specific purposes for which said tax, when levied, shall be used is printed on the ballots to be used in said election, it shall be unlawful for the county board of education to apply it to any other purpose. (School Code 1927, §280; Code 1940, T. 52, §269.)
AL Code § 16-13-189 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-189 - Electors.

Section 16-13-189Electors. Where the election is for the entire county, all persons who are at the time of such election qualified electors of the county, or where the election is held for a school tax district all persons who at the time of such district election are qualified electors of the district and reside in such district shall be qualified electors to participate therein. Any person who participates in any such election or any person who votes in any such election without being so qualified shall upon conviction be fined not over $500.00. (School Code 1927, §291; Code 1940, T. 52, §274.)
AL Code § 16-13-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-190 - Validation of Elections.

Section 16-13-190Validation of elections. Each election heretofore held in any school district or in any municipality or in any county at large, in this state on the question of the levy of a special tax for any school or educational purpose, or for school or educational purposes generally, under the Constitution of Alabama or any amendment thereto, or upon the question of the consolidation of two or more school districts and the levy of such a tax in the consolidated school district resulting from such consolidation, at which election a majority of the ballots cast were in favor of the levy of the tax, or in favor of the proposed consolidation and the levy of the tax in the consolidated district, as the case may be, and which election was irregular because of failure prior to the holding of the election to give notice thereof in a newspaper or by posting in the manner or for the time required by the statute under which the election was held, or because the period of time for which the tax was voted at the election exceeded the maximum period of time for which the tax was then permitted by the appropriate statute, or because of any other irregularity in any proceedings pertaining to the election, shall be and each such election is hereby ratified, and each such election shall be given effect in all respects as if all provisions of law relating to such election had been duly and legally complied with. The tax voted on at each such election shall be levied and collected for the remaining period of the time specified for the levy thereof in the election proceedings, and each such consolidation of school districts and levy of the tax provided for in such consolidation proceedings shall be effective in accordance with the authorization purported to have been given at such election. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any election which prior to the enactment of this section shall have been heretofore held or declared irregular by the governing body of the county in which the election was held or shall have been held invalid by the Supreme Court of Alabama or by final judgment of the circuit court in the county in which the election was held and from which judgment an appeal was not taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama within the time provided by law for the taking of such appeal, or to any election the validity of which is in issue in any pending action commenced prior to January 1, 2006. (Acts 1971, No. 984, p. 1759, §1; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-782, p. 162, §1; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-920, p. 200, §1; Act 2006-516, p. 1190, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-191 - School Tax District - Boundaries Fixed by County Board.

Section 16-13-191School tax district - Boundaries fixed by county board. In order to make it possible to work out a system of local tax units adapted to the needs of the whole county, the county board of education of its own initiative shall fix the boundaries of any school tax district within its jurisdiction in which it is proposed to levy a local school tax. In making application for a special election in any such district, the county board of education shall submit a map made by the county surveyor, or other competent person, showing the boundaries of the school tax district for which a special tax levy is proposed, indicating the section or sections and ranges, together with the correct description of the boundaries of the said district for which a special tax levy is proposed. These maps shall also show the location of public utilities, such as power plants, railroad and telegraph lines, if any, in such districts, and the railroad mileage for each and every corporation having property therein. The county superintendent shall include a full and correct description of such boundaries in the minutes of the county board of education and shall also furnish a full and correct description of such boundaries, including a map, to the probate judge, who shall record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose also to the Department of Education and to the Department of Revenue or other board exercising corresponding powers, including as many copies of such map as there are public utilities. (School Code 1927, §270; Code 1940, T. 52, §261.)
AL Code § 16-13-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-192 - School Tax District - Map - Required Generally; Duration of Boundaries.

Section 16-13-192School tax district - Map - Required generally; duration of boundaries. The county board of education shall have a proper map of such school tax district made and recorded as herein provided. The levy of the district school tax shall operate to fix the boundaries of such school tax district for the time of such special levy, except as hereinafter provided. (School Code 1927, §272; Code 1940, T. 52, §262.)
AL Code § 16-13-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-193 - School Tax District - Map - Not Required of City School Tax District.

Section 16-13-193School tax district - Map - Not required of city school tax district. Any city having a city board of education shall constitute an independent school tax district for the purpose of levying the tax authorized under this article, but it shall not be necessary for the city board of education when making application or request for a special election under the provisions of this article to submit the map or the description of boundaries. (School Code 1927, §273; Code 1940, T. 52, §263.)
AL Code § 16-13-194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-194 - School Tax District - Consolidation - Generally.

Section 16-13-194School tax district - Consolidation - Generally. When it shall seem desirable to enlarge any school tax district by consolidating with it any adjacent territory or district, which may or may not be levying any special school tax, the county board of education may petition the county commission to call an election in all of the districts concerned, including the school tax district proposed to be enlarged to determine whether a special tax for a uniform rate and time shall be voted in each and every one of the districts. The proposed rate and time shall not be less than the maximum rate in any school tax district or the maximum time in any such district. (School Code 1927, §275; Code 1940, T. 52, §264.)
AL Code § 16-13-195 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-195 - School Tax District - Consolidation - City District With Other Territory.

Section 16-13-195School tax district - Consolidation - City district with other territory. When it shall seem desirable to consolidate with a city school tax district having a city board of education, either a county school tax district or territory adjacent to such city school tax district which does not lie within the corporate limits of the city, so as to vest the control of educational matters of such proposed consolidated school tax district in said city board of education, the county board of education and city board of education shall agree upon the terms of consolidation and concurrently request the county commission to call an election in all the territory proposed to be consolidated to determine whether such school tax district or territory adjacent to said city school tax district should be consolidated with the city school tax district and the educational affairs of all the territory proposed to be consolidated placed under the control of the city board of education of such city, and whether or not a special tax for a uniform rate and time shall be voted for such proposed school tax district. In the event of such consolidation, the rate and time of the three-mill district tax, if levied, shall be for such time as prescribed in the agreement between the boards; provided, that the rate and time shall not be less than the maximum rate and the maximum time of any such district or territory included in said consolidation. (School Code 1927, §276; Code 1940, T. 52, §265.)
AL Code § 16-13-196 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-196 - School Tax District - Consolidation - Effect.

Section 16-13-196School tax district - Consolidation - Effect. Thereupon the county commission shall call an election in like manner as already prescribed for calling an election in a school tax district in the special districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated, and if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated shall vote favorably, the districts or district and adjacent territory shall be consolidated into a new special school tax district, and the tax as voted shall be levied and collected in the new district as a unit, but the creation of a new district shall not operate to relieve the county board of education of liability for the just obligations made prior to such consolidation. In the event a majority of the qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated shall vote against the proposed consolidation, said consolidation shall not be made and each district shall remain as before with the same taxing privileges. (School Code 1927, §277; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, § 6; Code 1940, T. 52, §266.)
AL Code § 16-13-197 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-197 - Collection of Tax.

Section 16-13-197Collection of tax. Whenever such a levy as is provided for in this article is made, it shall be the duty of the tax collector within and for that county to collect such tax in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected, and he shall keep said amount separate and apart from all other funds and keep a clear and distinct account thereof, showing what amount is paid, and turn the same over to the county custodian of school funds whose duty it shall be to receipt therefor, and pay the same on monthly payrolls and other prescribed forms, with the authority and approval of the county board of education. (School Code 1927, §287; Code 1940, T. 52, §270.)
AL Code § 16-13-198 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-198 - Use of District Funds.

Section 16-13-198Use of district funds. The funds arising from levying a special tax for school purposes in any school tax district under the jurisdiction of the county board of education shall be used for the exclusive benefit of the public schools of such districts; provided, that in any school tax district where such tax is being levied there is no public school, the funds arising from levying said tax may be used for the purpose of transporting school children residing in such district to a school located in another district. In the case of cities and towns under independent boards, said county tax collector shall collect said taxes and pay over the same to the treasurer of said city or town to be used for the exclusive benefit of the schools thereof in accordance with the law. (School Code 1927, §289; Acts 1931, No. 481, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 52, §272.)
AL Code § 16-13-199 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 9 - County and District Three-Mill School Taxes.|Section 16-13-199 - Municipality May Remain Under County Board of Education; Disposition of Tax When City Assumes Control of Schools.

Section 16-13-199Municipality may remain under county board of education; disposition of tax when city assumes control of schools. When a municipality under the jurisdiction of a county board of education attains a population of 5,000 or more, according to the last decennial or any subsequent federal census, the schools of the municipality may remain under control of the county board by agreement between that board and the city council of the municipality, which agreement shall be expressed in resolutions adopted by and spread upon the minutes of the two authorities. If the municipality does not enter into such an agreement, the control of the school or schools of the territory within the municipality shall be vested in a city board of education, and thereafter the district school tax collected in the city shall be paid over to the custodian of city school funds, and the district school tax collected in the contiguous territory shall be paid over to the custodian of county school funds; provided, that so much of the proceeds of the special school tax collected in the original school tax district as may be required for the retirement of outstanding warrants issued against such tax, including the interest thereon, shall be paid over to the proper official or authority to be used for such purpose. (School Code 1927, §290; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §8; Code 1940, T. 52, §273.)
AL Code § 16-13-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 10 - Notes in Anticipation of Warrants.|Section 16-13-210 - Definitions.

Section 16-13-210Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) BOARD OF EDUCATION. Any county board of education and any city board of education. (2) NOTES. The warrant anticipation notes authorized to be issued under this article. (3) WARRANTS. The interest-bearing tax anticipation warrants authorized to be issued by a board of education under Article 4 of this chapter and the capital outlay warrants authorized to be issued by a board of education under Article 5 of this chapter. (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13 - School Finances Generally.|Article 10 - Notes in Anticipation of Warrants.|Section 16-13-211 - Borrowing Money in Anticipation of Warrants Authorized; Issuance of Notes.

Section 16-13-211Borrowing money in anticipation of warrants authorized; issuance of notes. Any board of education may borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of warrants for use for any of the purposes described in Section 16-13-70(a) or Section 16-13-90 and, in evidence of such borrowing, issue from time to time notes maturing not later than 18 months from the date of issuance and bearing such rate or rates of interest as the board of education issuing such notes may provide in the proceedings wherein the notes are authorized to be issued. (Acts 1979, No. 79-823, p. 1538, §2; Acts 1981, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1050, p. 295, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-577, p. 1075, §1.)