Alabama § 45-35-244.34 Applicability of Other Laws; Construction of Tax as Debt

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-35-244.34 — Applicability of Other Laws; Construction of Tax as Debt

Alabama § 45-35-244.34

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 35Houston County

Art. 24Taxation

Part 5Tax. Sales and Use

Subpart 2Municipal

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Ala. Code § 45-35-244.34 (2026).

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(a)Unless otherwise provided for herein or where the context herein clearly indicates a different interpretation, the taxes levied by any municipality requesting the Houston County Commission to collect the taxes shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, discounts, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions that are applicable to the taxes levied by Subpart 1, and by the state use tax statutes except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided including all provisions of the state use tax statutes for enforcement and collection of taxes.

(b)The tax for purposes of the collection shall constitute a debt due Houston County as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties with respect

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(a) Unless otherwise provided for herein or where the context herein clearly indicates a different interpretation, the taxes levied by any municipality requesting the Houston County Commission to collect the taxes shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, rules, regulations, provisions, discounts, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions that are applicable to the taxes levied by Subpart 1, and by the state use tax statutes except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided including all provisions of the state use tax statutes for enforcement and collection of taxes.
(b) The tax for purposes of the collection shall constitute a debt due Houston County as provided by law. The tax, together with interest and penalties with respect thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien upon the property of any person from whom the tax is due or who is required to collect the tax. All of the provisions of the revenue laws of this state which apply to the enforcement of liens for license taxes due this state shall apply fully to the collection of the municipal tax to be collected hereunder, and the Houston County Commission, or its designee, shall collect the tax and enforce this subpart and shall have and exercise for the collection and enforcement all rights and remedies that the State of Alabama or the Alabama State Department of Revenue has for the collection of the state sales tax. The Houston County Commission shall have full authority to employ counsel, including, but not limited to, the county attorney, as it deems necessary from time to time to enforce collection of the municipal tax, and to otherwise enforce this subpart, including any litigation involving this subpart, and the Houston County Commission shall pay counsel the fees as it deems necessary and proper from the proceeds of the tax collected hereunder.