(a) The term “taxpaying gas district” as used in this section means any gas district organized under the provisions of this article that has, during any one calendar year, paid to at least one half of its member municipalities license taxes, including interest and penalties, in an aggregate amount in the case of each such municipality at least equal to two percent of the gross receipts from business done by such district in such municipality during the eight calendar years next preceding the calendar year during which such taxes were paid.
property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Any provision of law including, without limitation, Section property, income, bonds, etc., of district generally” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”11″>11-50-412, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, any municipality in this state that is a member of a taxpaying gas district may levy and collect for the calendar year next succeeding that during which the aggregate taxes referred to in subsection (a) of this section were paid, a privilege license tax on such taxpaying gas district in an amount not to exceed the sum of:
(1) The amount by which
a. Two percent of the gross receipts of such taxpaying gas district from business done in such municipality during the eight calendar year period referred to in subsection (a) of this section exceedsb. The total amount of license taxes, including interest and penalties, theretofore collected by such municipality from such taxpaying gas district with respect to such eight calendar year period, plus(2) Ten percent of the amount obtained as a result of the application of subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no municipality that is a member of a taxpaying gas district may levy or collect any such privilege license tax upon such district if it had theretofore collected from such district, during the aforesaid eight calendar year period, rentals aggregating as much as two percent of the gross receipts from business done by such district in such municipality during such eight calendar year period.
