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AlabamaHB3332025 Regular SessionHouse

Municipalities to jointly form an authority to open and operate law enforcement training facilities

Sponsored By: David Faulkner (Republican)

Enacted

Counties & Municipalities

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Training authority workers gain retirement access

Employees of regional law enforcement training authorities can participate in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama. This provision does not set benefit amounts or contribution rates.

Cities can share police training facilities

Beginning June 1, 2025, two or more Alabama municipalities can form an authority to build and run police training facilities. Facilities can include shooting ranges, and participating municipalities’ officers get first priority once facilities open. Formation requires council resolutions and initial mayoral consent; later members also need authority approval and receive equal rights and duties. Each mayor serves on the board, alongside two council appointees for municipalities with at least 20,000 people, or one for smaller municipalities. One appointee per municipality can be a council member; appointees serve at their council’s pleasure. The authority can manage property, make contracts, hire staff and professionals, and adopt operating rules. A board-selected superintendent manages the facility under board policies and serves at the board’s pleasure.

Cities recover assets when authorities close

A training authority can dissolve only when it has no outstanding bonds or other obligations. A majority of its board and every participating municipal council must approve. Participating municipalities must receive at least 60 days’ written notice before the certified dissolution resolution is filed. The resolution must be recorded with the probate office where the authority’s incorporation certificate was filed. Upon dissolution, its property passes to the participating municipalities and is divided among them.

Training authorities get state tax exemptions

The law exempts training authorities’ property, income, bonds, and bond income from Alabama state taxes. It also exempts specified property transfers, leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust involving an authority. Local taxes remain unless the local governing body approves an exemption by resolution or ordinance. County commissions can also waive specified probate-related fees, taxes, or costs by resolution.

Cities can fund shared police training

Training authorities can borrow and issue bonds under Alabama’s rules for water, sewer, and fire protection districts. No borrowing amount is specified. Participating municipalities can agree to provide loans, donations, services, property, or eligible special-tax proceeds, using local resources. Property transfers do not require a voter election. Authority debts belong solely to the authority and do not count against participating municipalities’ constitutional debt limits. An original borrower remains liable when the authority assumes its obligation.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • David Faulkner

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Kelvin Datcher

    Democratic • House

  • Mike Shaw

    Republican • House

  • Patrick Sellers

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 335 • No: 3

Senate vote • 5/6/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 942

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 3/18/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 453

Yes: 101 • No: 1 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/18/2025

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 452

Yes: 99 • No: 1 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/18/2025

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 101 • No: 1 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    5/14/2025House

  2. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 942

    5/6/2025Senate

  3. Ready to Enroll

    5/6/2025House

  4. Ready to Enroll

    5/6/2025House

  5. Enrolled

    5/6/2025House

  6. Signature Requested

    5/6/2025Senate

  7. Delivered to Governor

    5/6/2025House

  8. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    4/8/2025Senate

  9. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    4/8/2025Senate

  10. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government

    4/1/2025Senate

  11. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    4/1/2025Senate

  12. Third Reading in House of Origin

    3/18/2025House

  13. County and Municipal Government Engrossed Substitute Offered

    3/18/2025House

  14. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 452

    3/18/2025House

  15. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 453

    3/18/2025House

  16. Engrossed

    3/18/2025House

  17. County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment

    3/5/2025House

  18. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    3/5/2025House

  19. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    3/5/2025House

  20. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government

    2/25/2025House

  21. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    2/25/2025House

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