SB367 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize each county commission in Alabama to establish programs, policies, and procedures for administering county affairs, subject to specified limitations.

• Permits county commissions to create personnel programs including employee benefits, retirement incentives, and recognition programs; community programs for road maintenance and dangerous animal control; local transportation and public safety programs; and county office operations including tax collection and road maintenance.

• Authorizes emergency assistance programs related to ambulance services and county emergency management, and one-stop tag programs, jail commissaries, and online fee collection.

• Prohibits county commissions from levying new taxes or fees, increasing existing tax rates, infringing on private property rights, or altering the duties and powers of other elected officials.

• Requires all proposed programs to be voted on at regular county commission meetings with prior public notice and opportunity for public comment, with ballot language to be approved by election officials.