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HB197 • 2026

Community development district; Act 2025-294, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality, repealed

Community development district; Act 2025-294, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality, repealed

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Myrex
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill states it becomes effective immediately, but official metadata lists status as 'Pending Committee Action,' creating uncertainty about whether immediate effect has occurred or will occur.

Repeal of Act Allowing Annexation for a Specific Community Development District

This bill cancels a previous law that allowed a specific community development district to be added to a wet municipality.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the authority granted by Act 2025-294 regarding annexation.
  • Stops the annexation of a certain type of community development district by a wet municipality in the county where the district is located.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The specific community development district named in Act 2025-294.
  • Wet municipalities in the county where that district sits.

Terms To Know

Community development district
A special area created within a dry county that is allowed to sell alcoholic beverages.
Wet municipality
A city or town where the sale of alcoholic beverages is allowed by law.
Annexation
The process of adding land from one area into another, such as a district joining a city.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not name the specific community development district or municipality involved.
  • No information is provided about why Act 2025-294 was originally passed or why it is now being repealed.
  • The source material does not state if any other laws regarding alcohol sales are changed by this action.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism

Official Summary Text

Community development district; Act 2025-294, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality, repealed

Current Bill Text

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HB197 INTRODUCED
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HB197
YMVWD2N-1
By Representative Myrex
RFD: Economic Development and Tourism
First Read: 13-Jan-26
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YMVWD2N-1 01/06/2026 PMG (L)cr 2026-47
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First Read: 13-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, a community development
district may be created within a dry county, which
permits the sale of alcoholic beverages within that
district.
This bill would repeal Act 2025-294, which had
authorized the annexation of a certain type of
community development district by a wet municipality in
the county where the district is situated.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to community development districts; to repeal
Act 2025-294, authorizing the annexation of a specific
community development district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Act 2025-294, authorizing the annexation of
a specific community development district, is repealed.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately.
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