Ala. Code § 11-11-2: Counties to Which Chapter Applicable.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to each county in this state during each fiscal year of the county next succeeding a fiscal year during which the county collected as much as or more than $40,000.00 from the special ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding one fourth of one percent which is authorized to be levied by the county under the provisions of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 for the payment of any debt or liability created after the adoption of the said Constitution for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges or roads.