State Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, on Monday announced two constitutional amendments he will offer in the Legislature, one mirroring his local bill designed to keep rendering plants out of Etowah County.
The other? It would phase out occupational tax in the five Etowah County municipalities that impose it, over a 20-year period.
There is a 2% tax on those who work in the municipalities of Attalla, Gadsden, Southside, Rainbow City and Glencoe. Jones, R-Centre, said that amounts to charging people to work in those cities. He said fewer than 30 Alabama cities impose occupational tax, and most set the rate at 1% or less of income.