(a) As used in this amendment, the following defined terms apply:
(1) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, now appearing as the Official Recompilation of the Constitution Alabama of 1901, as amended.
(2) SPECIAL LIBRARY TAX. That certain additional special county ad valorem or property tax which is authorized by the Special Tax Amendments to be levied at the rate of twenty cents ($.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in Chambers County.
(3) SPECIAL TAX AMENDMENTS. Amendment No. 554 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 6 of Chambers County Local Amendments, Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which may be referred to as Chambers County Section 6; and Amendment No. 721 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 7 of Chambers County Local Amendments, Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which may be referred to as Chambers County Section 7.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in either of the Special Tax Amendments, the governing body of Chambers County shall continue to levy and collect the Special Library Tax in and for each fiscal or tax year of the county until and including the fiscal or tax year beginning on October 1, 2032, and ending on September 30, 2033, and for which county taxes shall become due and payable on October 1, 2033.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in either of the Special Tax Amendments, none of the proceeds of the Special Library Tax may be used or expended, whether directly or indirectly, to pay any costs or expenses incurred, whether by the governing body of Chambers County or by any other person, in connection with the levy and collection of the Special Library Tax or to reimburse the governing body or any other person for any payment, by the governing body or any other person, of any such costs or expenses; and the governing body shall have no power to provide for the payment of any such costs or expenses out of the proceeds of the Special Library Tax.
(d) Except to the extent provided in this amendment, the levy and collection of the Special Library Tax, and the use and expenditure of the proceeds thereof, shall continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of each of the Special Tax Amendments. Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to permit any increase in the rate at which the Special Library Tax is levied.
(e) The provisions of this amendment are self-executing, and authorization from or any other action by the Legislature shall not be a prerequisite to the continued levy and collection of the Special Library Tax, or to the use or expenditure of the proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of either Section 104 or Section 105 of the Constitution, the Legislature shall have the power to enact general, special, or local laws supplemental hereto or in futherance of the purposes hereof; provided, that no such special or local law shall be subject to the provision of Section 106 of the Constitution.