An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep. Spencer Collier, R-Irvington, promises to try again next year during regular sessions.
Collier’s proposal would have exempted a number of hurricane-related purchases–batteries, tarps, weather radios and generators–from state and local sales and use taxes from June 1 to July 1, the first month of hurricane season.
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