(a) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or of any general law of this state, the Blount County Commission shall have the power to levy and provide for the collection of additional privilege license taxes, excise taxes, gasoline taxes, and sales and use taxes. The proceeds from any of the taxes authorized above shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue, less any costs of collection, and shall be deposited into the county treasury to be used in the manner prescribed by the county commission or by law. The amount deducted from the proceeds by the Department of Revenue for the cost of collection shall be an amount equivalent to five percent of the revenue collected hereunder.
(b) The county Board of Education of Blount County shall, periodically upon receipt of the proceeds from the county commission from any of the taxes authorized hereunder, divide or pro rate the funds to the county board of education and to any or all other independent boards of education within the county upon the same basis that the State Department of Education prorates the Minimum School Program funds between the county Board of Education of Blount County and the independent school board or boards within the county.
(c) The State Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. All such rules and regulations duly promulgated shall have the force and effect of law.
(d) The County Commission of Blount County is hereby empowered and authorized to implement the additional taxes as provided for in subsection (a).
(e) Any such additional tax levied by the county commission shall become law either with or without a referendum in the sole discretion of the county commission; in the event the county commission provides that the tax levied shall become law only upon approval of a majority of those voting in any election called for by the county commission for such purpose, then the election shall be held not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days after the county commission adopts such a resolution. No taxes shall be implemented under the provisions of this section after December 31, 1991.
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