Section 33-12-6
Contributions to work of agency; tax levy by governing bodies.
Lauderdale and Limestone Counties and the municipalities located in the Alabama portion of the Elk River Watershed are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the agency any amount or amounts of money that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, shall approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or municipality. Governing bodies of such counties or municpalities are hereby empowered to levy and collect ad valorem taxes within constitutional limits for such purposes, which are hereby declared to be for municipal and county public purposes.
(Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §6.)