(a) Each district, and the bonds and interest and income on the bonds of the district, shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any other public person and all of its property, purchases, sales, and usage, and the recordation of its mortgages, indentures, deeds, or other instruments to which the district is a party or which reflect the securing of any bonds of the district shall be exempt from all taxation and recording fees. The income of a district shall be exempt from all taxation.
(b) The purchase, acquisition, and installation of materials for improvements by a district shall be exempt from all sales and use taxes, gross receipts taxes in the nature of a sales or use tax, or taxes measured by the amount of the purchase, whether levied on the vendor, contractor, subcontractor, or the district. The Department of Revenue shall issue regulations to provide a simple procedure to allow contractors and subcontractors to make purchases of materials for use in acquiring, constructing, or installing improvements for a district free of sales and use taxes or gross receipts taxes in the nature of a sales tax. Nothing in this chapter shall allow the exemption of sales or use taxes on purchases, acquisitions, or installations that would not be exempt if purchased, acquired, or installed directly by the appointing government.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the appointing government may at or prior to making a preliminary assessment: (1) Require the payment of fees in lieu of taxes or (2) Limit or restrict or rescind one or more of the tax exemptions provided in this section.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.
Section 11-99A-2 - Definitions.
Section 11-99A-3 - Conduct of Hearings.
Section 11-99A-4 - Establishment of Districts.
Section 11-99A-5 - Validity of Petition to Form or Amend District.
Section 11-99A-6 - Powers of a District.
Section 11-99A-8 - Internal Operations of a District.
Section 11-99A-9 - Appointment of Board Members.
Section 11-99A-10 - Annexation Incidental to Formation of District.
Section 11-99A-11 - Assessment of District Land.
Section 11-99A-12 - Contracting for Improvements.
Section 11-99A-13 - Final Assessment.
Section 11-99A-14 - Payment of Assessments.
Section 11-99A-15 - Issuance of Bonds by Districts; Terms and Assessments.
Section 11-99A-16 - Exemptions of District - Usury and Interest Laws.
Section 11-99A-17 - Pledge of Assessments.
Section 11-99A-18 - Refundings.
Section 11-99A-19 - Excess Funds.
Section 11-99A-20 - Exemption From Taxation.
Section 11-99A-21 - Failure to Pay Assessments.
Section 11-99A-22 - Amendments of District.
Section 11-99A-23 - Conduct of Elections.
Section 11-99A-24 - Dispute as to Ownership.
Section 11-99A-25 - Failure to Provide Notice.
Section 11-99A-26 - Multiple Assessments.
Section 11-99A-27 - Dissolution and Liquidation.
Section 11-99A-28 - Reimbursement of Appointing Government Costs.
Section 11-99A-29 - Resolutions Not Permanent.
Section 11-99A-30 - Methods of Allocating Assessments.
Section 11-99A-31 - Recordation of Notice of Lien.
Section 11-99A-32 - Apportionment of Liens.
Section 11-99A-33 - Non-Effect of Errors.
Section 11-99A-34 - Irregularly Shaped Lots.
Section 11-99A-35 - Enjoining of Assessments.
Section 11-99A-36 - Pledge of Assessments to Bonds.
Section 11-99A-37 - Appropriations by Public Persons.
Section 11-99A-38 - Merger of Improvement Districts.
Section 11-99A-39 - Feasibility as a Condition.
Section 11-99A-40 - Land Owned by Public Persons.
Section 11-99A-41 - Use of Improvements by Persons Not Assessed.
Section 11-99A-42 - Reassessments.
Section 11-99A-43 - Assessment Revenue Anticipation Bonds, Notes Etc.
Section 11-99A-44 - Bonds in Series.
Section 11-99A-45 - Parity Bonds.
Section 11-99A-46 - Assumption of Municipal or County Actions.
Section 11-99A-47 - Limited Exception From Regulations.
Section 11-99A-48 - Additional Security for Bonds.
Section 11-99A-49 - Investments in Bonds.
Section 11-99A-50 - Provisions Cumulative.