Opinion of the Justices

*7Members of the Senate

Alabama State House

Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Dear Senators:

We have received Senate Resolution No. 86, requesting the opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Court as to whether Senate Bill 563, if passed, would violate certain provisions of the Alabama Constitution of 1901. The Senate Resolution states:

‘WHEREAS, there is now pending in the Legislature Senate Bill 563 which provides and directs the appropriation and distribution of funds received by Jackson County as its portion of the in-lieu-of tax payments received by the State of Alabama from the Tennessee Valley…