Dobbs v. Shelby County Economic & Industrial Development Authority

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

In the Shelby County Circuit Court, John Dobbs and Audrey Dobbs filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment. They named as defendants the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, Shelby County, the Shelby County Commission, the Shelby County Economic and Industrial Development Authority (SCEI-DA), the directors of SCEIDA, the Alabama Ethics Commission, and the members of the Ethics Commission.1 The Dobbses sought a declaration that the Tax Incentive Reform Act of 1992 (TIRA), codified at §§ 40-9B-1 through -8, Ala.Code 1975, improperly delegates to SCEIDA the authority…