HB11 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Sections 35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3 to create two additional types of community development districts (subsections (e) and (f)) in wet counties that do not authorize Sunday sales.

• Subsection (e) district requires: at least 250 acres, restaurant with 120+ seat capacity, grocery-delicatessen, riding stables and trails, community information center, and outdoor programming, located outside municipal corporate limits.

• Subsection (f) district requires: restaurant with 120+ seat capacity, adjacent to marina with at least 34 boat slips, marina and restaurant under common ownership, located in wet county without Sunday sales authorization.

• Upon Board of Control approval, both new district types are authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption on Sundays, with filing fee of $500 payable to the county probate judge.

• Becomes effective the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.