Etowah County, repeals local constitutional amendment prohibiting municipalities not located wholly within the boundaries of the county on January 1, 1986, from annexing territory without approval at an election

HB 508 proposes repealing a specific constitutional requirement in Alabama that currently mandates voter approval for municipalities outside Etowah County to annex territory within Etowah County before January 1, 1986. If passed, this change would remove the need for a local election to approve such annexations, directly affecting municipalities seeking to expand into Etowah County territory. The bill targets Section 28-11.20 of Alabama’s Constitution, which created this voter approval process for pre-1986 annexations. This is a substantive policy change to streamline annexation procedures for affected municipalities.