AI-assisted research summary: This section defines several terms used in the subpart, including the authority, code, committee, counties, municipalities, participating governments, and the Shoals Economic Development Fund.
The following words and phrases used in this subpart shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. The Shoals Economic Development Authority, an agency or instrumentality of Colbert County and Lauderdale County created pursuant to subpart 1 and Act 95-409, and includes its successors and assigns, if any, and any agency or instrumentality that may succeed to its functions. (2) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, and all amendments thereto. (3) COMMITTEE. The Shoals Industrial Development Committee created pursuant to this subpart. (4) COUNTIES. Colbert County and Lauderdale County. (5) COUNTY SALES AND USE TAXES. The special county sales and use (or privilege, license, and excise) taxes authorized to be levied by the governing body of Colbert County pursuant to Part 4, commencing with Section 45-17-243, Article 24 of this chapter, and generally paralleling certain state sales and use taxes (as the case may be) provided for in Division 1 of Article 1, and in Article 2, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and the special county sales and use (or privilege, license, and excise) taxes authorized to be levied by the governing body of Lauderdale County pursuant to Act 2007-352, and generally paralleling certain state sales and use taxes (as the case may be) provided for in Division 1 of Article 1, and in Article 2, of Chapter 23 of Title 40. (6) MUNICIPALITIES. The Town of Anderson; the Town of Cherokee; the City of Florence; the Town of Killen; the Town of Leighton; the Town of Lexington; the Town of Littleville; the City of Muscle Shoals; the Town of Rogersville; the City of Sheffield; the Town of St. Florian; the City of Tuscumbia; and the Town of Waterloo. (7) PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTS. Each of the counties and each of the municipalities. (8) SHOALS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. The Shoals Economic Development Fund created pursuant to this subpart.