Section 45-26-243
Additional tax for education purposes.
(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Elmore County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 6 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county effective October 1, 1996, and an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 3 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county effective October 1, 1998, for a total increase in ad valorem tax in the amount of 9 mills. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county board of education to be used for general education purposes.
(b) The increase in the rate of the tax as provided by this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county who vote on the proposed increase at a special election held for that purpose on September 3, 1996.
(Act 96-624, p. 994, §§1, 2.)