Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Alabama General Election in Alabama.
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Get StartedThis amendment provides that cities/towns already allowed to collect a special property tax may use those tax dollars to directly "pay-as-you-go" for construction projects instead of going into debt.
A "yes" vote on Amendment 6 supports allowing "pay-as-you-go."
A "no" vote on Amendment 6 opposes allowing "pay-as-you-go."
"As governments, public safety is our number one responsibility. Collectively, we have been working since 2019 on legislation to change our state constitution and give judges the option of denying pre-trial bail to the most violent offenders who are likely to reoffend. We know this will save lives in every community across the state." - Sandy Stimpson, Mayor of Mobile, in support of Statewide Amendment 6 (Learn more)
"While the sentiment for ratifying the law is understandable, it does raise due process concerns for those accused, but not yet convicted, of crimes." - Alabama Policy Institute, in opposition to Statewide Amendment 6 (Learn more)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, each municipality authorized under Amendment No. 8 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing Section 216.01 of the Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to levy and collect the ad valorem tax pursuant to Amendment No. 8 for the purpose of paying bonds and the interest thereon, and may also levy and collect such ad valorem tax and utilize such funds for capital improvements on a pay as-you-go basis at a rate not exceeding the rate then lawfully permitted for the municipality to directly pay the costs of public capital improvements, as well as to pay the principal and interest on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued to finance or refinance the costs of the improvements; and to ratify, validate, and confirm the levy and collection of such tax levied and collected for any of these purposes prior to the ratification of this amendment.
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