All property and all income of any district incorporated under this article and any such district itself shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama, including, without limitation, privilege and license taxation. All bonds of such district and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama. All deeds, mortgages, indentures of trust and other documents executed by or delivered to any such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama; provided, that these exemptions shall not be retroactive in effect and shall not affect any taxes currently in existence nor any tax previously assessed whether collected or not; provided further, that as of September 1, 1965, the provisions of this section shall not affect or be applicable to any existing contracts, bonds, supporting taxes or existing exemptions, nor shall it affect or be applicable to the refunding of any gas district corporations incorporated of a debt existing on September 1, 1965, taxes or tax assessments and any municipality or county may continue in the future to levy and collect any tax now levied, the passage of this section notwithstanding.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.
Section 11-50-390 - Definitions.
Section 11-50-393 - Board of Directors - Composition; Compensation; Removal Actions.
Section 11-50-394 - Board of Directors - Organization; Officers.
Section 11-50-395 - Board of Directors - Powers Generally; Resolutions.
Section 11-50-396 - Powers Generally.
Section 11-50-397 - Exercise of Powers of Eminent Domain Generally.
Section 11-50-399 - Acquisition of Competing Gas Systems, Etc.
Section 11-50-400 - Use of Public Highway Rights-of-Way.
Section 11-50-404 - Transfer of Systems to District by Municipalities.
Section 11-50-406 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale.
Section 11-50-409 - Liability Upon Bonds, etc.; Payment of Bonds.
Section 11-50-410 - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees.
Section 11-50-412 - Taxation - Exemption of Property, Income, Bonds, etc., of District Generally.
Section 11-50-414 - Validation of Proceedings to Incorporate Gas Districts.
Section 11-50-415 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Statutes.