SB227 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Sections 11-23-4 and 11-23-7 regarding county commission authority over industrial parks.

• Requires county commissions to use judicial process to enforce restrictions on land use within designated industrial parks rather than allowing administrative enforcement.

• Mandates county commissions to abolish an industrial park or remove portions of territory if industries request abolishment or if property ceases to be used for industrial park purposes.

• Requires adoption of abolishment or removal resolutions only after at least one public hearing, with resolutions becoming effective 30 days after adoption unless property owners challenge the action in court within that period.

• If a property owner challenges a resolution, it becomes effective only upon final judgment adverse to the property owner, and all boundary changes must be filed with the clerk of probate court.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.