2006 Alabama Code - Section 11-51-183 — Certification and disposition of taxes collected; charge for collections; redistribution of over-charges; warrant.

(a) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected by the department under this division; and, on a biweekly basis, the commissioner shall certify to the state Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under the provisions of this division for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount to be distributed to each municipality, less collection charges deducted, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.

(b) The Department of Revenue shall charge each municipality its actual cost for collecting the municipal license taxes. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, however, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for that municipality.

(c) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual cost for collection of local taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection over-charge shall be redistributed to the municipalities for which the department collects local taxes, on a pro rata basis of each municipality's receipts. No under-charge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any municipality.

(d) The state Comptroller shall at least once each month issue a warrant on the funds collected under this division payable to the Department of Revenue for the amount of the charges as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue.

(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 203, p. 272, §4; Act 98-192, p. 310, §3.)