AMENDMENT 908 RATIFIED

Winston County: Education - School Lands.

(a) All sixteenth section school and school land located in Winston County is vested in the Winston County Board of Education. The board may manage, sell, lease, and control the land and any timber, minerals, or other natural resources of the land.

(b) Any proceeds from the sale of sixteenth section or school land shall be deposited into a trust account in Winston County.

(c) Any interest earned on the funds deposited pursuant to subsection (b) shall be annually distributed to the Winston County school system.

(d) Any proceeds generated from the sale of timber, minerals, or other natural resources of the land, or from the lease of sixteenth section or school land shall be paid directly to the Winston County Board of Education and deposited into the Winston County Board of Education General Fund.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that this amendment supersede any other provision of this constitution which may be construed as being in conflict with this amendment as it relates to sixteenth section or school lands in Winston County and the rights, power, and control of the property relating to the sale, lease, or other disposition of the land or the sale of timber, minerals, or other natural resources generated by the land, or any proceeds or interest earned therefrom.

(f) Upon ratification of this amendment, all proceeds realized from the sale, lease, or other disposition of sixteenth section or school land or the sale of timber, minerals, or other natural resources generated by Winston County sixteenth section or school lands occurring before ratification of this amendment, and held in trust by the State of Alabama, shall continue to be held in trust and any revenue and interest derived from those transactions shall be paid to the custodian of funds of the Winston County Board of Education.