Limited Home Rule Coming to Alabama

Under a bill passed on the last day of the regular session, Alabama's county commissions will be able to go directly to their constituents for the authority to pass nuisance ordinances, rather than having to go through the state legislature. The new powers extend to weed abatement, animal control, litter control and garbage collection, junkyard control, noise abatement, unsanitary sewage, and pollution that creates a public nuisance. The bill does not give commissions the authority to pass zoning laws or taxes.