Alabama § 16-13-238 - Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 16-13-238 — Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-13-238. Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support.
Should any county or city governing body fail to provide an amount of local tax support for its respective local board of education in an amount equivalent to the mills of ad valorem tax as required by law, the Foundation Program Fund allocation for the local board of education, as the case may be, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of tax support actually provided and the amount of tax support required by law.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-13-238 ("Failure to Provide Certain Amount of Local Tax Support.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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