HB 268 — Baldwin County, Constitutional Amendment, creates the White House Fork Landmark District

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Baldwin County Legislation FFirst ir s Read:

29-Feb-24 Page 0 HB268 Enrolled Enrolled, An Act, 3 To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama 4 of 2022, relating to Baldwin County, to define the White House Fork Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the district into any municipality except under certain conditions.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT (a) For the purposes of this amendment.amendment, the "White House Fork Landmark District" in Baldwin County is defined as follows:

the "White House Fork Landmark District" in Baldwin County is defined as follows:

thence run Southwardly along and with the West Boundary of the current City of Spanish ForrFort Corporate Limits to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-06-13-0-000-024.000;

thence run Westwardly along and with the North Boundary of the current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the SouthwesuSouthwest Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-06-13-0-000-029.000;

thence run Southwardly along and with the West Boundary of the current City of Spanish Fort Page 2 i HB268 Enrolled I Corporate Limits to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-06-14-0-000-005.000 and the Southeast Corner of Section 14, Township 3 South, Range 2 East;

thence run Westwardly along and with the North Boundary of the current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the Northwest Corner of 59 Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-06-14-0-000-004.000;

thence run Westwardly along and with the North Boundary of the current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the Southwest Corner of Cypress Ridge Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown by map or plat 66 thereof recorded on Slide File 2358-C,2368-C, Probate Records, Baldwin County, Alabama and the Southwest Corner of Section 14, Township 3 South, Range 2 East;

thence ru.nrun Southwardly along and with the West Boundary of the current City of 70 Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-05-22-0-000-002.007;

thence run Northwardly along and with the West Boundary of said Tax Parcel and extension thereof to the North Margin Whitehouse Fork Road I Ext.;

thence Page 4 HB268 Enrolled run Northwardly along and with the West Boundary of said Tax Parcel to the Northwest Corner of said Tax Parcel and the Northwest Corner of Section 22, Township 3 South, Range 2 10.0 East;

tIencethence run Northwardly along and with the East Boundary of said Tax Parcel to the Northwest Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number Page 5 HB268 Enrolled 05-29-01-02-0-000-014.002;

thence run Eastwardly along and with the North -BoundaryBoundary of said Tax Parcel and extension thereof to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-01-02-0-000-013.000;

thence run Northwardly along and with the East Boundary of said Tax Parcel and the extension thereof to the Southwest Corner of 127 Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-29-01-01-0-000-002.000;

thence run Eastwardly along and ■129 with the South Boundary of said Tax Parcel to the Southeast Corner of said Tax Parcel;

thence run Northwardly along and 131 with the East Boundary of said Tax Parcel and the extension thereof to the lower Northwest Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-22-08-36-0-000-029.000;

thence run Eastwardly and Northwardly along and with the Western Boundary of said Tax.Tax Parcel to the upper Northwest Corner of said Tax Parcel;

Parcel to the upper Northwest Corner of said Tax Parcel;

thence run Northwardly along and with the East Boundary of said Tax Parcel and extension thereof to the Northwest Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 142 05-23-09-30-0-000-034.000;

thence run Southwardly along and wirhwith the West Boundary of said Tax Parcel to the Northwest Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-23-04-20-0-000-053.000;

thence run Southwardly along and with the West Boundary of said Corporate .Limits to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-23-09-32-0000-004.000;

Limits to the Southeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-23-09-32-0000-004.000;

thence run Southwardly along and with the West Boundary of the Page 9 !HB268 .HB268 Enrolled current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the Northeast Corner of Baldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel Number 05-28-03-07-0-000-042.000;

thence run'Westwardlyrun Westwardly along and with the North Boundary of said Corporate Limits to.to the Northwest Corner of said Tax Parcel;

thence run Southwardly along and with the NorthwestWest Boundary of the current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the Southeast Corner of saidBaldwin County, Alabama Tax Parcel;Parcel Number 05-28-03-07-0-000-041.000;

thence run SouthwardlyWestwardly along and with the WestNorth Boundary of thesaid current City of Spanish Fort Corporate Limits to the SoutheastSouthwest Corner of 224Section Baldwin7, County,Township Alabama3 TaxSouth, ParcelRange Number3 05-28-03-07-0-000-041.000;East to the Point Of Beginning.

thence run Westwardly along and 'with the North Boundary of said Corporate Limits to the 227 Southwest Corner of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 3 East to the Point Of Beginning.

(b) No property within the White House Fork Landmark * District may be annexed into any municipality by local law.

/ (c) Subsection (b) shall •stnot apply to any municipality incorporated after the ratification of this amendment which includes any part of the White House Fork Landmark District.

(d) The White House Fork Landmark District shall not be 238 considered a legal entity and shall not have any of the following'powersfollowing powers or authority:

Page 10 HB268 Enrolled 24i (2) Taxing authority.

(4) Police power and public safety authority.

.243 (4) (5) Authority to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations within its boundaries.

(6) Any other authority or power commonly associated •24-7 with a legal entity.

An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284, 284.01, and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws 261 of this state.

The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed conscirurionalconstitutional amendment on the election ballot*andballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed Page 11 HB268 Enrolled constitutional amendmentamendment: :

"Relating to Baldwin County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to define the White.White House Fork Landmark District within the county and to prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the district into any municipality except under certain conditions.

HouseProposed Forkby LandmarkAct District____." withinThis thedescription countyshall andbe tofollowed prohibit the annexation by local law of any property within the districtfollowing intolanguage: any municipality except under certain conditions.