Ala. Code § 45-33-241
Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Hale County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 3 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund to be used exclusively for payment of the cost of the planning, construction, and equipping of a new county jail, or for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, warrants, or other obligations issued by or on behalf of the county to finance the costs of a new jail, as well as the expenses of issuance of any bonds, warrants, or other obligations. When the costs of planning, constructing, and equipping a new county jail shall be fully paid or when all bonds, warrants, or other obligations have been retired, whichever last occurs, the additional tax levied pursuant to this section shall no longer be collected.
Ala. Code § 45-33-241 (1975)