Section 40-9B-5

Granting of abatement.

(a) Subject to the geographical or jurisdictional or other limitations specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d), the governing body of a municipality, a county, or a public industrial authority may grant abatements of all of the taxes allowed to be abated under Section 40-9B-4 with respect to private use industrial property.

(b) The abatements authorized to be granted pursuant to subsection (a) may be granted:

(1) By the governing body of a municipality, with respect to private use industrial property located within the limits of the municipality or within the police jurisdiction of the municipality; provided, however, that the governing body shall not grant an abatement of any county taxes unless the body has also abated the corresponding municipal taxes.

(2) By the governing body of a county, with respect to private use industrial property located in the county and not within a municipality or the police jurisdiction of a municipality, unless consented to by resolution of the governing body of the municipality.

(3) By the governing body of a public industrial authority, with respect to private use industrial property located within the jurisdiction of the public industrial authority; provided, however, that any municipal public industrial authority shall not grant an abatement of any county taxes unless the authority has also abated the corresponding municipal taxes.

(c) Should any municipality or municipal industrial authority abating a county tax receive payments, contributions, or other financial or in-kind awards from a corporation or other entity in exchange for such abatement, the payment, contribution, or other financial or in-kind contribution shall be divided between the municipality and county based upon the municipality's and county's portion of the tax proceeds which would have been paid if the tax were not abated by the authority. This subsection shall only apply to a municipal industrial authority which does not have a board member appointed by the affected county commission.

(d) Any abatement of county taxes granted by a municipality or municipal industrial authority shall not be valid until the expiration of 10 days following the delivery to the county commission and the Department of Revenue by certified mail of a copy of the resolution granting such abatement.

(Acts 1992, No. 92-599, p. 1239, §5; Act 2002-265, p. 548, §1.)