Alabama § 40-7-90 - Definitions.
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§ 40-7-90. Definitions.
For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:
(1) COUNTY. Each county in the state.
(2) GOVERNING BODY. The commission or other governing body of a county.
(3) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation in the state.
(4) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(5) PROPERTY REAPPRAISAL ACT. Division 1 of this article.
(6) APPRAISAL COSTS. The costs of the appraisal of property in a county made pursuant to the requirements of the Property Reappraisal Act.
(7) TAX RECIPIENT BODY. The state, the county, each municipality located wholly or partly within the corporate limits of such county, the board of education of such county, each city board of education organized with respect to a municipality located wholly or partly within the county, each public hospital corporation (including each public hospital board, public hospital association, or other public hospital corporation) that receives, under any statute or constitutional amendment, any part of an ad valorem tax levied for public hospital purposes, and every other public body or public entity that receives, pursuant to any statute or constitutional amendment, any part of the proceeds from any ad valorem tax levied in the county or in any part thereof.
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