Ala. Code § 11-54B-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-90
Section 11-54B-90 Annual Budget of the District Management Corporation
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of the district management corporation shall submit a detailed annual budget for approval by its board of directors, including proposed expenditures and proposed sources of funding, which may include voluntary donations. The budget shall explain how it contributes to the goals for the self-help business improvement district.

(b) The budget shall be introduced, approved, amended, and adopted by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership of the board of directors by the procedure as follows:

(1) Introduction and preliminary approval of the budget.

(2) Public advertising of the budget.

(3) Public hearings relating to the budget.

(4) Amendments to the budget and public hearings relating to those amendments.

(5) Adoption of the budget.

(c) No budget shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held and all persons having an interest therein have been given an opportunity to present objections.

(d) The board of directors may amend the budget during or after the public hearing.

(e) No amendment to the budget by the board of directors shall be effective until district members and all persons having an interest therein have been granted a public hearing, if the amendment does any of the following:

(1) Adds a new item in an amount in excess of 20 percent of the total expenditures as stated in the approved budget.

(2) Increases or decreases any item within the budget by more than 20 percent of the amount stated in the approved budget for the item.

(3) Increases the amount needed to be raised by special assessment by more than 20 percent of the total special assessment revenues stated in the approved budget.
Ala. Code § 11-42-155 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-155
Section 11-42-155 Rights, Powers, Duties, and Name of Consolidated Municipality; Disposition of Property, Obligations, and Contracts of Consolidating Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) If the majority of the votes cast in each municipality separately are in favor of consolidation, the three municipalities and other territory included shall be consolidated into one municipality which shall have all the rights, powers, and duties conferred by any law, general or special, of the largest in population of the consolidating municipalities and until otherwise changed shall bear its name.

(b) The municipal property of each of the consolidating municipalities shall vest in the consolidated municipality, and all outstanding obligations and contracts of whatever kind shall be assumed by the consolidated municipality.
Ala. Code § 22-51-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 22-51-3
Section 22-51-3 Incorporation of Public Corporations - Application - Contents
Status: in_force

The said natural persons, referred to in Section 22-51-2, shall file a written application with each governing body from which they desire authority to incorporate. Such applications shall:

(1) Describe in general terms the area of the state which will be served by the proposed facilities, which description will be sufficient if stated with reference to counties, municipalities, unincorporated communities or any part or combination thereof;

(2) State the location of the principal office of the proposed corporation;

(3) Submit such documents or evidence which the incorporators may consider appropriate, which shall include documents from the Alabama Department of Mental Health and the State Board of Health showing that the facilities and programs, which the incorporators propose to establish will be in accordance with minimum standards and criteria established by such boards;

(4) State which aspects of the programs, as defined in this chapter, the said incorporators propose to implement;

(5) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of the area which will be served by such proposed facilities and programs; and

(6) Request that each governing body, with which such application is filed, adopt a resolution approving the formation of the proposed corporation.
Ala. Code § 2-8-152 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-152
Section 2-8-152 Referendum to Levy Assessment Declared to Be in Public Interest
Status: in_force

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and advantageous to the economy of the state that owners and others in possession of hens who produce eggs and egg products be permitted by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection thereof for the financing or contributing toward the financing of a program of research, education, advertising and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption and sale, of eggs and egg products.
Ala. Code § 2-8-353 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-353
Section 2-8-353 Assessment
Status: in_force

It is further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that shrimpers and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, be permitted by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education, advertising, and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution, and marketing as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale of shrimp and seafood.
Ala. Code § 11-44-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-93
Section 11-44-93 Appointment of Municipal Employees
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-10
Section 11-43A-10 Continuation of Municipal Corporation
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation which adopts the council-manager form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate without change in the municipal corporation. The word “municipality” as herein used shall mean and refer to any municipal corporation which has adopted the council-manager form of government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it.
Ala. Code § 11-57-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-5
Section 11-57-5 Certificate of Incorporation - Filing and Recordation
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation, having attached thereto a certified copy of the resolution provided for in Section 11-57-3 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical with that of any other corporation in the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of any county in which any portion of the municipality is located, who shall forthwith receive and record the same.

When such certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the authority referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation and a political subdivision of the state under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation, whereupon the authority shall be vested with the rights and powers granted in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-69 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-69
Section 11-43C-69 Division of Division of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head
Status: in_force

There shall be established in the division of finance a division responsible for purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. Such division head, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials, and equipment required by any office, department, or agency. The city purchasing agent shall also have power and shall be required to:

(1) Establish and enforce specifications with respect to supplies, materials, and equipment required by the city government;

(2) Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials, and equipment and determine their quality, quantity, and conformance with specifications;

(3) Have charge of such general storerooms and warehouses as the council may provide by resolution or ordinance;

(4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material, and equipment; and

(5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-49A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49A / Section 11-49A-7
Section 11-49A-7 Organization of Authority; Board of Directors; Election; Terms; Vacancies; Qualifications; Expenses and Compensation; Removal
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of six directors. Each director shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial term of office of three of the directors elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 A.M., on the second anniversary date of the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation of the authority. The initial term of office of the remaining directors elected by the governing body of the municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 A.M., on the fourth anniversary date of such filing. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. Each election of a director, whether for a full term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for re-election. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. If the certificate of incorporation so provides, each director except the chairman of the board shall be compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $10.00 per meeting attended but not to exceed $250.00 per year. The chairman shall, if said certificate so provides, be compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $500.00 per year. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175, Constitution of Alabama 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in said Section 175.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-10
Section 11-54B-10 Amendment of Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the governing body of the municipality may amend a self-help business improvement district ordinance upon the written request of the district management corporation or a representative group of the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district. Such request must specify the desired amendment, which should be made by the governing body of the municipality to the self-help business improvement district ordinance. If such request is made by a representative group of owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district, such request must also include the signatures of the owners of real property which comprises at least one-half of the total fair market value of all real property located in the district, determined pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 11-54B-5.

(b) The governing body of the municipality may amend the self-help business improvement district ordinance to reduce or expand the real property comprising the self-help business improvement district in accordance with this subsection.

(1) The ordinance may be amended to reduce the real property comprising the district following the submission of a request for reduction by the board of directors of the district management corporation.

(2) The ordinance may be amended to expand the real property comprising the district following the submission of a request for expansion by both of the following:

a. The owners of real property located within the area that is to be newly included within the district as provided in subdivision (3).

b. The board of directors of the district management corporation.

(3) Where a request for expansion is sought under subdivision (2), the request shall contain the signatures of the owners of real property which comprises at least one-half of the total fair market value of all real property located in the geographical area provided in paragraph a. of subdivision (2). Ownership of real property and the fair market value thereof shall be determined using the records of the tax assessor or of the judge of probate. When record title to real property is vested in a public corporation or authority under a bond financing plan provided for by statute, the beneficial user of the real property in which title may ultimately be vested by purchase shall be deemed the owner of the real property.

(4) A request for expansion or reduction shall include an accurate description, whether by metes and bounds, by lot and block numbers, or by street addresses, of the geographical area which is the subject of the reduction or expansion, as well as a similar description of the resulting district if such reduction or expansion was approved.

(5) At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district reduction or expansion, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, together with a description of the geographical area which is the subject of the reduction or expansion, shall be mailed to all owners of real property located within the geographical area which is the subject of the reduction or expansion, as ownership shown on the records of the tax assessor. In addition, a copy of the notice shall be posted in at least three places located within the geographical area which is the subject of the reduction or expansion. A property owner’s failure to receive a copy of the notice shall not constitute grounds upon which the owner may contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district amendment.

(6) The municipality, upon review of the request for the reduction or expansion of the self-help business improvement district and after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance reducing or expanding the self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide for an effective date which is 60 days from the date of adoption of the ordinance by the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of real property which represent one-third or more by number of all parcels of real property located within the geographical area of the resulting district file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the municipality, the provisions of such ordinance shall be void and no reduction or expansion shall occur. The ordinance shall provide that the contract between the municipality and the district management corporation setting out the services to be provided by the district and the municipality shall be amended to provide that the same level of services provided by the municipality shall continue as before the reduction or expansion of the real property comprising the self-help business improvement district.

(7) There shall be no requirement that the real property located within the geographical area of the self-help business improvement district be contiguous.
Ala. Code § 2-15-138 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-138
Section 2-15-138 Provisions of Article Cumulative and Supplemental to Article 3 of Chapter
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this article shall be construed to repeal, amend, modify or otherwise change the provisions and requirements of Article 3 of this chapter, as it is hereby intended that the provisions of this article are cumulative and supplemental to such other requirements imposed upon livestock dealers by said provisions.
Ala. Code § 11-44-140 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-140
Section 11-44-140 Alteration of Form of Government of Municipality
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-8-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-80
Section 2-8-80 Legislative Purpose and Intent
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that producers of soybeans shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of soybeans and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use and sale of soybeans and soybean products, and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the soybean industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment 315 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901.
Ala. Code § 2-11-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-5
Section 2-11-5 Federal Standards May Be Adopted; Cooperation with Federal Government
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the advice and counsel of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standards for this state for any agricultural product the standard for such product promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of the Congress of the United States, and in carrying out the provisions of this article the said commissioner is authorized to cooperate with the United States or any department thereof in accomplishing the matters and things provided for herein.
Ala. Code § 11-51-72 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-72
Section 11-51-72 Procedure for Recovery of Taxes Erroneously Paid
Status: in_force

Any person or his agent or the heir or personal representative of such person who owns property subject to taxation in said municipality and who, through a mistake or error in the assessment or collection of taxes, has paid to the municipality through the county tax collector money that was not due from him for taxes may file a petition with the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of said municipality asking that a warrant be drawn in his favor refunding to him the money paid and received by the municipality. The council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of said municipality shall examine into the facts and evidence offered by the petitioner in support of the allegations of his petition and, if proper and full proof of the same is made, the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of said municipality must allow said claim to the amount of municipal taxes received and must order the treasurer or acting treasurer of the municipality to pay the same.
Ala. Code § 11-50-496 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-496
Section 11-50-496 Meetings; Record of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and other meetings at such times and places as its members may elect, and the chairman of the board or any two members may call a meeting at any time he or they consider that the business demands that a meeting be held. The chairman and one member or any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A true record of all the proceedings of all meetings of the board shall be kept by the secretary. At the call of any member, the vote on any pending question shall be taken by ayes and nayes, and the same shall be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to any member of the governing body and to the public at all times, and a copy from said record, certified by the secretary, shall be competent evidence in all courts.
Ala. Code § 11-51-220 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-220
Section 11-51-220 Applicability; Definitions
Status: in_force

This division shall apply to all Class 6 cities as defined in Section 11-40-12. As used in this division, the term “governing body” shall mean the city council or other governing body of any city subject to this division; and the term “city ad valorem taxes” shall mean all real estate and personal property ad valorem taxes imposed by a city which is subject to this division except ad valorem taxes allocated for educational purposes.
Ala. Code § 11-46-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-7
Section 11-46-7 Polling Places for Municipal Elections in Class 1 Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except for those citizens of Birmingham that reside in Shelby County and those citizens of Birmingham that vote in the general election outside the Birmingham city limits, the polling places for municipal elections in any Class 1 municipality shall be the same as the polling places for general elections.

(b) The polling places in which the Class 1 municipal election are held shall be in compliance with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Justice for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, shall submit all required information to the U.S. Department of Justice for pre-clearance to hold the election in time to receive the appropriate approval and conduct the election at the time specified by law, and shall provide all notification to the voters of Birmingham regarding their assigned voting locations and any special procedures to be implemented to accommodate ballots for any city council district within the same polling place.
Ala. Code § 11-51-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-52
Section 11-51-52 Report of Tax Collector; Payment of Taxes Collected to Municipal Treasurers; Receipt of Municipal Treasurers
Status: in_force

The tax collector in making his monthly report as required to be made under the law in regard to state and county taxes shall embrace in each of such reports a statement setting forth the taxes collected by him for such municipalities during the preceding month and up to the date of such report subsequent to his preceding report, and a copy of each report shall be forwarded by the collector to the mayor or other presiding officer of such municipalities within five days after making such report. The collector must pay to the treasurers of such municipalities monthly at the same time he is required to make payment of taxes collected for the state and county all municipal taxes then due from him to such municipalities before that time collected.

The treasurers of such municipalities shall give the county tax collector a receipt in duplicate for the amount received, one of which duplicates shall be promptly forwarded to the Department of Revenue by the tax collector.
Ala. Code § 11-43D-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43D / Section 11-43D-3
Section 11-43D-3 Term of Office
Status: in_force

The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, four years after taking office.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-46 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-46
Section 11-43A-46 Right of City Manager, Heads of Departments, Etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of Special or Adjourned Meetings
Status: in_force

The city manager, the heads of all departments, and such other officers of the municipality as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective offices, departments, boards, or agencies. The city manager shall be notified of any special or adjourned meetings.
Ala. Code § 11-44F-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44F / Section 11-44F-26
Section 11-44F-26 Construction with Other Law
Status: in_force

All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the Class 8 municipality, its powers, duties, functions, and property, in force when this article takes effect, are hereby continued in effect, and this article shall be supplemental to all laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43-142 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-142
Section 11-43-142 Operation, Etc., Beyond Corporate Limits and Police Jurisdiction - Contracts with Municipalities, Counties, Manufacturing or Industrial Concerns, Etc.; Liability for Injuries
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city or town may, in its discretion, authorize or require the fire department thereof to render aid in cases of fire occurring beyond their corporate limits and police jurisdiction, and may prescribe the conditions on which such aid may be rendered and may enter into a contract or contracts with other cities or towns, with counties or county boards, manufacturing or industrial concerns, or residential or business areas for rendering aid in fire protection in such places on such terms as may be agreed upon by such governing body and the governing body of such city or town, county or county boards, or the management of such manufacturing or industrial concerns or the residents of such residential or business areas, and when the fire department of any city or town is operating under such permission or contract or contracts on any call beyond the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the city or town, it shall be deemed to be operating in a governmental capacity and subject only to such liability for injuries as it would be if it were operating within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of such city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-40-82 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-82
Section 11-40-82 Zoning Authority in Overlapping Police Jurisdictions - Authorized
Status: in_force

In the event the police jurisdiction of any municipality to which this article applies overlaps with the police jurisdiction of another municipality in the county that has zoning authority in its police jurisdiction, the governing body of each municipality may exercise the zoning authority in the overlapping portions of its police jurisdiction to a boundary which is equidistant from the respective corporate limits of each municipality that has an overlapping police jurisdiction. Nothing in this section prevents neighboring municipalities from entering into cooperative agreements as to which municipality will exercise zoning authority in the areas of overlapping police jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 11-42-75 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-75
Section 11-42-75 Rearrangement, Etc., of Boundaries of Wards
Status: in_force

The council or governing body of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable an equal number of qualified electors.
Ala. Code § 11-50-416 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-416
Section 11-50-416 Purpose of Article; Proceedings, Notices, Etc., Required by Article for Incorporation, Etc., Exclusive; Exemption of Districts from Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

(a) This article is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions.

(b) Except as in this article expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any gas district or the amendment of its articles of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or system or systems or the making of any loans or the issuance of any bonds or instruments in evidence thereof or as security therefor, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.

(c) Every district incorporated under this article and every gas system of such district and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Ala. Code § 11-48-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-45
Section 11-48-45 Appeals from Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Addition of Interest and Damages Upon Affirmance of Judgment for Municipality
Status: in_force

In the event a supersedeas bond has been given as provided in Section 11-48-43 and the said case is affirmed by the supreme court, it shall add to the judgment entered by the lower court interest thereon and 10 percent in damages for delay.
Ala. Code § 11-45-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 45 / Section 11-45-4
Section 11-45-4 Veto of Ordinances and Resolutions, and Passage Over Veto Generally
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the mayor shall disapprove of any ordinance or resolution transmitted to him or her as provided in Section 11-45-3, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, he or she shall return the same to the clerk with his or her objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council. If two thirds of the members elected to the council shall adhere to the ordinance or resolution notwithstanding the objections, the vote being taken by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then the ordinance or resolution, after publication thereof, shall have the force of law, unless by its terms it was to take effect on its approval, in which event it shall take effect upon its passage over the veto. The failure of the mayor to return to the clerk an ordinance or resolution with his or her veto within 10 days after its passage by the council shall operate and have the same effect as an approval of the same, and the clerk shall publish the same as is provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-45-8 for the publication of laws and ordinances of the city.

(b) The mayor of a city or town who operates pursuant to Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, may not exercise veto power pursuant to this section and his or her signature as the mayor may not affect the validity of an ordinance or resolution passed by the council while the mayor is a voting member of the council.
Ala. Code § 11-51-151 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-151
Section 11-51-151 Notice and Hearings; Granting of Injunctive Relief
Status: in_force

Upon the filing and presentation of a petition as authorized in this division, it shall be the duty of the court to set a day for the hearing of the action upon not less than 10 nor more than 15 days’ notice thereof to be given the respondents, the notice to be in such form as the court may direct, and at such hearing, upon reasonable cause, to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction restraining the respondents from further operation or conduct of the business, occupation, trade, or profession, and no bond shall be required of the petitioner as a condition thereto. The court shall not grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction unless it has reasonable cause to believe that the respondent owes a debt to the petitioner for a privilege or business license or excise tax and that the petitioner has complied with Section 11-51-150.

The court shall, upon final hearing, if the proof be sufficient, grant a permanent injunction restraining the respondent as directed by this section to be done by a temporary injunction. Such injunctions may be dissolved in the manner provided in this division.
Ala. Code § 11-50-264 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-264
Section 11-50-264 Issuance, Sale, Etc., of Bonds and Refunding Bonds of Board; Terms, Denominations, Taxation, Etc., Thereof; Charge, Application, Etc., of Revenues from System to Payment of Indebtedness; Vesting of Title to System in Municipality Upon Payment of All Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) Any waterworks board which borrows money under the authority of this division may evidence the loan by revenue bonds in such form and of such tenor and maturities as may be agreed upon between the lender and the board. Any such bonds so issued may thereafter from time to time be refunded by the issuance by sale or exchange of refunding bonds at such times and in such form and of such tenor and maturities as may be agreed on by the board and the holders of the bonds so refunded if such refunding is by exchange and as may be determined by the board if such refunding is by sale of refunding bonds. Such waterworks board may restrict the source of payment of such bonds and the security given therefor to whatever extent the board of directors thereof shall deem advisable, but no such bonds shall purport to be effective to impose on the board or its funds or property any liability in excess of or inconsistent with the liability authorized to be incurred or assumed by this division. Such borrowing may be evidenced by sale of such bonds either at private or public sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of directors of such waterworks board to be most advantageous, and the board may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which its board of directors may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with any such financing. All such bonds shall be regarded as negotiable instruments. All such bonds and all instruments executed as security therefor shall be exempt from all taxation under the laws of the State of Alabama. No city or town in which a waterworks board was organized to operate shall in any event be liable for any money so borrowed or any debt created by such waterworks board, nor shall the same be construed to be an indebtedness of or against such city or town. When any waterworks board shall have borrowed money as aforesaid, it shall charge, collect, and account for sufficient revenues from the operation of the plant and system to repay the money borrowed with interest thereon as the same shall mature and to pay all operating and maintenance expenses of such plant and system, and each year any income of the board in excess of operating and maintenance expenses and the amount required to be applied on any money so borrowed and the interest thereon shall be held or disbursed as may be provided in the proceedings pursuant to which such loan shall have been procured.

(b) When the cost of construction or purchase or other acquisition and all indebtedness otherwise incurred against such gas plant and system shall have been fully paid, then such gas plant and system, together with all rights-of-way, pipelines, improvements and appurtenances thereto and all other property pertaining to such gas plant and system, whether tangible or intangible, including franchises, shall thereupon become the property of the city or town in which the board was organized to operate, and all rights of said corporation in and to the same shall thereupon immediately vest in such city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-48-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-19
Section 11-48-19 Assessment of Costs of Improvements Against Railroads
Status: in_force

If there is a street, electric, or other railroad track or tracks on any street or highway improved or reimproved under this article, the cost of such improvement, except storm water and sanitary sewers, between the tracks and the rails of the tracks and, in case there are two or more tracks, the space between such tracks and 18 inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall be paid by the owner of the railroad and shall be assessed against and form a lien on said railroad and the property connected therewith and, in the event that storm water sewers are constructed which drain, serve or benefit the streets or avenues or rights-of-way on which a street, electric, or other railroad is located, whether the same is a continued or separate system, there shall be assessed against such railroad a fair and just proportion of the cost of construction of such sewer, to be determined by the council, and such assessment shall be a lien like other assessments and may be collected in like manner, and the council may require the owners of such street railroad or other railroad to prepare or construct its tracks for the receipt of such paving or other improvements in a manner satisfactory to the council.

In the event that seawalls or other protection against waves, storms and floods are constructed which protect or benefit streets or avenues or rights-of-way on which a street, electric, or other railroad is located, whether the same is a continued or separate system, there shall be assessed against such railroad a fair and just proportion of the cost of construction of such seawall or other protection against waves, storms, and floods, to be determined by the council, and such assessment shall be a lien like other assessments and may be collected in like manner; provided, however, that such assessments shall not exceed the increased value of such railroad by reason of the benefits received by such railroad from the construction of such seawall.
Ala. Code § 11-50-412 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-412
Section 11-50-412 Taxation - Exemption of Property, Income, Bonds, Etc., of District Generally
Status: in_force

All property and all income of any district incorporated under this article and any such district itself shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama, including, without limitation, privilege and license taxation. All bonds of such district and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama. All deeds, mortgages, indentures of trust and other documents executed by or delivered to any such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama; provided, that these exemptions shall not be retroactive in effect and shall not affect any taxes currently in existence nor any tax previously assessed whether collected or not; provided further, that as of September 1, 1965, the provisions of this section shall not affect or be applicable to any existing contracts, bonds, supporting taxes or existing exemptions, nor shall it affect or be applicable to the refunding of any gas district corporations incorporated of a debt existing on September 1, 1965, taxes or tax assessments and any municipality or county may continue in the future to levy and collect any tax now levied, the passage of this section notwithstanding.
Ala. Code § 11-51-130 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-130
Section 11-51-130 Banks
Status: in_force

(a) Municipalities may levy a license in proportion to the capital, surplus and undivided profits of the bank, but not more than the following amounts, to wit:

(1) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are $50,000.00 or less, $10.00;

(2) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $50,000.00 and not over $100,000.00, $20.00;

(3) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $100,000.00 and not over $150,000.00, $30.00;

(4) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $150,000.00 and not over $200,000.00, $40.00;

(5) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $200,000.00 and not over $250,000.00, $50.00;

(6) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $250,000.00 and not over $300,000.00, $60.00;

(7) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $300,000.00 and not over $350,000.00, $70.00;

(8) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $350,000.00 and not over $400,000.00, $80.00;

(9) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $400,000.00 and not over $450,000.00, $90.00;

(10) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $450,000.00 and not over $500,000.00, $100.00;

(11) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are more than $500,000.00 and not over $600,000.00, $110.00;

(12) Where the capital, surplus, and undivided profits are in excess of $600,000.00, $125.00; and

(13) On each branch bank, not more than $10.00.

(b) The term “undivided profits” as used in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to mean the undivided profits as shown by the books of the bank, and all payments shall be based on the report made by the banks to the Superintendent of Banks next preceding January 1.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-85 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-85
Section 11-44C-85 Removal of Merit System Officers and Employees; Appeal of Decision
Status: in_force

Any merit system officer or employee to whom the mayor, or a head of any office, department, or agency, may appoint a successor, may be removed by the mayor or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of the mayor, or other appointing officer, shall be subject to appeals provided by law.
Ala. Code § 2-11-38 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-38
Section 2-11-38 Proceedings for Enforcement of Provisions of Chapter and Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Generally
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay. Before the commissioner reports a violation for such prosecution, an opportunity shall be given the distributor or other affected person to present his view to the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Said injunction shall be issued without bond.

(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for prosecution or for the institution of libel or injunctive proceedings minor violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Ala. Code § 11-52-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-50
Section 11-52-50 Authorized; Adoption, Approval, Etc., of Plat Therefor; Agreements Between Planning Commission and Landowners as to Releases of Claims for Damages or Compensation for Reservations; Abandonment of Reservations
Status: reserved

Any municipal planning commission is empowered, after it shall have adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or of any major section or district thereof, to make or cause to be made, from time to time, surveys for the exact location of the lines of a street or streets in any portion of such territory and to make a plat of the area or district thus surveyed, showing the land which it recommends be reserved for future acquisition for public streets.

The commission, before adopting any such plat, shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which, with the general description of the district or area covered by the plat, shall be given not less than 10 days previous to the time fixed therefor by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality if the district or area is within the municipality or of general circulation in the county if the district or area is outside of the municipality.

After such a hearing the commission may transmit the plat, as originally made or modified as may be determined by the commission, to the council, together with the commission’s estimate of the time or times within which the lands shown on the plat as street locations should be acquired by the municipality. Thereupon by resolution the council may approve and adopt or may reject such plat or may modify it with the approval of the planning commission or, in the event of the planning commission’s disapproval, the council may, by a favorable vote of not less than two thirds of its entire membership, modify such plat and adopt the modified plat. In the resolution of adoption of a plat the council shall fix the period of time for which the street locations shown upon the plat shall be deemed reserved for future taking or acquisitions for public use. Upon such adoption the clerk of the council shall transmit one attested copy of the plat to the probate judge of each county in which the platted land is located and retain one copy for the purpose of public examination and hearings of claims for compensation.

Such approval and adoption of a plat shall not, however, be deemed the opening or establishment of any street nor the taking of any land for street purposes nor for public use nor as a public improvement, but solely as a reservation of the street locations shown thereon for the period specified in the council resolution for future taking or acquisition for public use.

The commission may, at any time, negotiate for or secure from the owner or owners of any such lands releases of claims for damages or compensation for such reservations or agreements indemnifying the municipality from such claims by others, which releases or agreements shall be binding upon the owner or owners executing the same and their successors in title. At any time after the filing of a plat with the probate judge and during the period specified for the reservation, the planning commission and the owner of any land containing a reserved street location may agree upon a modification of the location of the lines of the proposed street, such agreement to include a release by said owner of any claim for compensation or damages by reason of such modification, and thereupon the commission may make a plat corresponding to the said modification and transmit same to the council and, if such modified plat shall be approved by the council, the clerk of council shall transmit an attested copy thereof to the said probate judge, and said modified plat shall take the place of the original plat.

At any time the council may, by resolution, abandon any reservation and shall certify any such abandonment to the said probate judge.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-69 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-69
Section 11-44C-69 Division of Department of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head
Status: in_force

There shall be established in the department of finance a division responsible for purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. Such division head, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials and equipment required by any office, department or agency. The city purchasing agent shall also have power and shall be required to:

(1) Establish and enforce specifications with respect to supplies, materials, and equipment required by the city government;

(2) Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials and equipment, and determine their quality, quantity, and conformance with specifications;

(3) Have charge of such general storerooms and warehouses as the council may provide by resolution or ordinance;

(4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies, or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material and equipment;

(5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-56-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-4
Section 11-56-4 Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Approval by Governing Body
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the corporation shall state:

(1) The names of the persons forming the corporation, together with the residence of each thereof, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and property owner in the municipality;

(2) The name of the corporation (which shall be “The Public Building Authority of the City (or Town) of _____” or some other name of similar import);

(3) The location of its principal office, which shall be in the municipality;

(4) The number of directors (which shall be three or a multiple of three); and

(5) Any other matters relating to the corporation that the incorporators may choose to insert and that is not inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state.

(b) The form and contents of the certificate of incorporation must be submitted to the governing body for its approval, which shall be evidenced by a resolution duly entered upon the minutes of the governing body.
Ala. Code § 2-15-122 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-122
Section 2-15-122 Application for Charter; Review by Commissioner; Notice of Hearing; Persons Entitled to Notice; Factors Affecting Decision of Board; Grounds for Denial of Charter
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-226, §2, effective August 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 22-52-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-92
Section 22-52-92 Applicability to Counties
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall not be applicable to any county unless and until the judge of probate with the approval of the county commission of that particular county makes a finding that there exists in the county provisions for implementation of the community mental health officer program and the necessary facilities to detain persons pursuant to this article. In that event, the judge of probate shall open a case under a docket number and enter therein findings upon the records of the court which shall also expressly state the intention thereby to invoke this article. Notification and a copy of the court’s findings and statement shall be served on all designated mental health facilities located within the county, all law enforcement agencies within the county, the Commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health, the state Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Governor of the State of Alabama, and any other persons deemed appropriate by the judge of probate. In the event of changed circumstances, the judge of probate may terminate the procedures set forth in Section 22-52-91, and shall make findings accordingly and serve the parties named herein and others previously notified.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, in the event there are no facilities available in the county to serve as a designated mental health facility, the county commission, upon recommendation of the judge of probate, of that county may enter into an agreement with the state Department of Mental Health to use beds in a state Department of Mental Health facility in lieu of a designated mental health facility. The commissioner shall have the final decision to determine the number of beds, if any, in a state Department of Mental Health facility that may be made available to the counties under this section. This subsection may not be used by or be applicable to any county unless and until the judge of probate makes a finding that there are no facilities available in the county for implementation of the community mental health officer program, that there is an agreement between the probate court and the state Department of Mental Health to make beds in a state Department of Mental Health facility available, and that there is an alternative procedure other than jail or prison, adopted by the probate court that will be used when beds are not available in a state Department of Mental Health facility. If this subsection is used to implement the community mental health officer program, then the law enforcement officer shall deliver the person directly to the state Department of Mental Health, or as directed by the community mental health officer when a bed is not available in a state Department of Mental Health facility. Thereafter, all other procedures set forth in this article for operation of the community mental health officer program shall apply the same as if the person was delivered to a designated mental health facility.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, a petition for commitment filed pursuant to Section 22-52-91 and subsequent proceedings held to determine probable cause and final hearings on the merits shall be in the probate court of the county where the respondent was initially taken into custody by law enforcement.
Ala. Code § 2-19-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-19
Section 2-19-19 Replacement, Etc., of Cotton Removed from Warehouse for Reweighing, Resampling or Examining Upon Rejection by Purchaser, Etc
Status: in_force

Whenever cotton bought from a factory is removed by the purchaser, his agent or broker from the warehouse in which it is stored to another warehouse for the purpose of reweighing, resampling or examining and the same or any part thereof shall, after such reweighing, resampling or examining, be rejected, the purchaser, his agent or broker must replace the cotton so rejected in the warehouse from which it was removed in as good order as when it was removed therefrom and pay all the costs attending such removal and replacing and for all samples drawn.
Ala. Code § 2-8-43 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-43
Section 2-8-43 Application of Swine Producers’ Association for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Generally
Status: in_force

Any nonprofit association of swine producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the swine industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among swine producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified under this article as an approved or certified association by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-160 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-160
Section 11-44E-160 Party Caucus or Primary for Nomination of Candidates for Mayor or Commissioner Prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to hold a party caucus or primary for the purpose of nominating any candidate for the office of mayor or commissioner and any candidate who solicits, receives, or accepts a party or caucus nomination for any office shall be ineligible for such office or any other municipal office for a period of four years thereafter.
Ala. Code § 2-23-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 23 / Section 2-23-5
Section 2-23-5 Inspection Fee; Tonnage Report
Status: in_force

(a) Each manufacturer or distributor of agricultural liming materials shall report monthly to the commissioner, at the end of each month, on forms provided by the commissioner, his or her gross sales in tons of such materials sold in the State of Alabama for that month accompanied by a per ton inspection fee based on tons sold during such month. The exact amount of the per ton inspection fee shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per ton. In the case of a distributor’s being the agent for a manufacturer at one or more locations, it is the intent of this law that such sales be reported only once and that the fee assessed therewith be paid only once on the same brand or type of agricultural liming material or product. The monthly sales report of tonnage and the inspection fee due thereon shall be due and payable to the commissioner on or before the twentieth day of each month, which report and payment shall cover the tonnage of agricultural liming material sold or distributed in Alabama during the preceding month. Each remittance shall be accompanied by a certificate stating that the amount remitted is correct.

(b) If the tonnage report is not filed and payment of the inspection fee is not made by the twentieth day of the month, a collection fee of 10 percent of the amount shall be assessed against the manufacturer or distributor as a delinquent penalty.

(c) When more than one person is involved in the sale, importation or distribution of agricultural liming materials, the first manufacturer or distributor who sells such material in Alabama shall be responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fee in keeping with the intent of this section that the inspection fee levied hereunder shall be paid only once on the same brand or type of agricultural liming materials. The inspection fee shall be paid by cooperative marketing and purchasing associations, and the exemptions allowed such organizations pursuant to Section 2-10-105 or any other exemption statute shall not relieve such associations from payment of such fees.

(d) Amounts improperly or illegally collected under the provisions of this section as overpayments may be refunded to the person entitled thereto in accordance with Section 2-1-6.

(e) The commissioner or his or her agents or employees shall have the right to examine, review, and audit sales records of every person required to remit to the commissioner the inspection fee levied under this section to verify and determine the accuracy of amounts remitted monthly as inspection fees.

(f) Every manufacturer or distributor of agricultural liming materials shall maintain records which will indicate accurately the tonnage of such materials sold in Alabama for a period of not less than two years.

(g) Inspection fees collected under this section by the commissioner, including permit fees collected under Section 2-23-3, shall be deposited to the credit of the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury to be used and expended for the performance of the regulatory duties required for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-8-242 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-242
Section 2-8-242 Remittances to Treasurer of Association by Commissioner
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association all moneys paid to or collected by him on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth of January, April, July and October of each year, less a commission of three percent of the total amount so collected which commission shall be deposited in the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The amount remitted to the treasurer of the certified association shall be used and expended by such association for a promotional program in the manner provided by this article and the rules and regulations of the association.
Ala. Code § 2-15-165 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-165
Section 2-15-165 Appraisal of Materials to Be Destroyed
Status: in_force

The same board which is herein authorized in Section 2-15-161 to appraise animals shall also appraise materials which are to be destroyed.
Ala. Code § 11-49B-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49B / Section 11-49B-19
Section 11-49B-19 Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Property
Status: in_force

At any time when the authority has no bonds or outstanding obligations, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the authorizing county, the authority shall be dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to its properties shall pass to, and vest in the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and the participating municipalities. The county and each municipality shall have title to the property as tenant in common. The fractional interest of the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and each participating municipality in the property shall be represented by a fraction the numerator of which is the total amount of fund provided by the authorizing county and each municipality to the authority prior to its dissolution, and the denominator of which is the total amount of funds provided by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and the participating municipalities to the authority prior to its dissolution. In making a determination of a fractional interest, funds provided by the county or a municipality in order to make available public transportation service to persons resident or employed in the county or municipality on terms not generally or uniformly available to all persons in all areas served by the authority shall not be included.
Ala. Code § 11-46-60 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-60
Section 11-46-60 Offenses of Clerks
Status: in_force

(a) Any municipal clerk who sends any ballots to or makes any suggestions in reference to furnishing ballots for absent voters, except upon the application or request of the absent voter himself, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.

(b) Any municipal clerk who fails to properly preserve the certificate of results of an election and deliver it to the municipal governing body at the time appointed for canvassing the returns of the election as required by subsection (a) of Section 11-46-46, shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
Ala. Code § 11-44D-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44D / Section 11-44D-11
Section 11-44D-11 Initial Territorial Limits
Status: in_force

The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts a form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization.
Ala. Code § 11-40-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-5
Section 11-40-5 Corporate Limits Not Altered or Affected by Adoption of Code
Status: in_force

The corporate limits of any city or town shall not be altered or affected by the adoption of this Code.
Ala. Code § 11-57-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-7
Section 11-57-7 Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the authority shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The offices of secretary and treasurer may but need not be held by the same person. The president and vice-president of the authority shall be elected by the board from its membership. The secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority who may, but need not be, members of the board shall also be elected by the board.
Ala. Code § 2-19-43 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-43
Section 2-19-43 Purchase of Seed Cotton from Person Other Than Owner, Etc., of Land on Which Same Grown
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or buy seed cotton at any time from any person, except the owner of land on which the same was grown or his lawful agent or except from a person presenting a written permit to make such sale from the owner of the land on which the same was grown or his lawful agent. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-26-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-11
Section 2-26-11 Prohibited Acts
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or distribute within this state:

(1) Any agricultural or vegetable seed unless the test to determine the percentage of germination required by Section 2-26-7 shall have been completed within a nine-month period, exclusive of the calendar month in which the test was completed, immediately prior to sale or offering for sale, transportation or distribution; provided, however, that the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority under rules and regulations adopted under this article to prescribe a shorter required test period when deemed necessary to meet seasonal conditions with respect to certain seed; provided further, that the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall also have authority pursuant to rules and regulations to prescribe a longer period of time for the test required to determine the percentage of germination for agricultural and vegetable seed labeled and packed in hermetically sealed containers, which shall not exceed 36 months after the month of test, and to prescribe the conditions and labeling requirements for the sale of such seed in hermetically sealed containers;

(2) Any agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed not labeled in accordance with the provisions of this article, or having a false or misleading labeling;

(3) Any agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed pertaining to which there has been a false or misleading advertisement;

(4) Any agricultural or vegetable seed containing prohibited noxious weed seeds or restricted noxious weed seeds in excess of limitations prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries;

(5) Any agricultural or vegetable seed containing weed seed in excess of two percent of the whole by weight, except as provided by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to rules and regulations adopted for the occurrence of weed seeds;

(6) Any agricultural seed having a total percentage of germination and hard seed of less than 60, except Dallisgrass, Johnsongrass and seed released by the U.S.A. Customs, unless such percentage of germination is lowered or increased by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized under Section 2-26-2;

(7) Any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub or herb seed unless the person selling, offering for sale or distributing such seed for sale has obtained an annual permit as required under Section 2-26-5;

(8) Oat or sorghum seed not complying with the regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries controlling the sale and distribution of same;

(9) Any hybrid seed corn unless it is certified or produced as required under Section 2-26-9; and

(10) Any tree or shrub seed not in compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person within this state:

(1) To detach, alter, deface or destroy any label provided for in this article or the rules and regulations made and promulgated hereunder or to alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this article;

(2) To disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed in any manner or by any means;

(3) To hinder or obstruct in any way any authorized person in the performance of his duties under this article;

(4) To fail to comply with a “stop-sale,” “suspension from sale” or “nonuse” order;

(5) To use a nonwarranty or disclaimer clause or limited warranty clause in any invoice, labeling or advertising which shall directly or indirectly deny or modify any information required by this article or regulations promulgated hereunder, nor shall any such clause relieve or exempt any person from any of the requirements of this article or regulations promulgated hereunder; or

(6) To violate or fail to comply with any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries under authority of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-50A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-21
Section 11-50A-21 Proceeds of Bonds
Status: in_force

Proceeds of the bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of a project or combined projects, and any other corporate purposes of the authority, and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the persons and under such restrictions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust agreement or indenture may provide. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which the bonds are issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund provided for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds. In the discretion of the authority, bonds of a single issue or series of any issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the costs of any one or more projects, including a combination of projects.
Ala. Code § 11-48-48.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-48.1
Section 11-48-48.1 Payment of Assessments in Class 2 Municipalities
Status: in_force

Any Class 2 municipality, in ordering any local improvement the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against any property in accordance with the provisions of this section, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment, provided the cost of such improvement does not exceed $1,000.00, but if the total cost of said improvement is greater than such sum, any property owner may, at his election, to be expressed by notifying the municipal official charged with the duty of collecting such assessments in writing within 30 days after the assessment is made final, pay the said assessment in 36, 60 or 120 monthly installments, which shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum, as determined by the municipal governing body; provided, however, that if, on or before the date such assessment is made final, bonds shall have been issued, under the provisions of Sections 11-81-110 through 11-81-123, by the municipality for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of such improvement, the rate of interest on such installments may, at the option of the municipality and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be fixed by the municipality at a rate not exceeding the “effective net interest rate” on such bonds, as that term is herein defined; and provided, that if the assessment against any lot or parcel of land does not exceed $25.00, said assessment must be paid in cash within 30 days after assessment is made final as above provided.

Any person may pay the whole assessment against any lot or parcel of land within 30 days from the time the assessment is made and may at any installment period pay the assessment in full by paying the full amount of the installments, together with all accrued interest thereon. Should the property owner desire to pay off the deferred installments between the dates on which they are due, he shall pay interest on the same until the succeeding installment period. The first installment shall be payable within 30 days after the assessment is made final, and all assessments or installments thereof shall be payable at the office of the clerk, tax collector, or treasurer of the city as may be prescribed, and all assessments or installments thereof shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum after the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the same is made final, which interest shall be due and payable at the time and place the assessment or installment is due and payable; provided, however, that if, on or before the date such assessment is made final, bonds shall have been issued, under the provisions of Division 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 81 of this title, by the municipality for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of such improvement, the rate of interest on such assessments or installments may, at the option of the municipality and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be fixed by the municipality at a rate not exceeding the “effective net interest rate” on such bonds, as that term is herein defined.

In all cases where the property owner does not elect to pay installments or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment in 30 days from the date of assessment, he shall be held to have waived the right to pay in installments, and the entire assessment shall at the expiration of said 30 days become due and payable.

The term “effective net interest rate” as used in this section means, with respect to any bonds issued as aforesaid for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of improvements, that rate computed by (1) determining, at the rate or rates of interest borne or to be borne by such bonds, the total dollar amount of the interest on such bonds from their date to their respective maturities (and deducting from such amount any premium thereon in excess of face value, or adding to such amount any discount thereon below face value, as the case may be), and (2) dividing such total dollar amount of interest by the sum of the bond year dollars of such bonds - the bond year dollars of each maturity of such bonds to be computed by multiplying the face amount of the bonds maturing in each year by the number of years the bonds of that maturity are outstanding.
Ala. Code § 11-44-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-4
Section 11-44-4 Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Two Years of Preceding Election
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-54-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-91
Section 11-54-91 Borrowing of Money for Temporary Use and Issuance of Temporary Revenue Bonds as Evidence Thereof
Status: in_force

(a) Any industrial development board organized under the provisions of this division, as amended, may, in addition to the other powers granted in the other provisions of this division, borrow money for temporary use for any of its corporate purposes and, in evidence of such borrowing, issue from time to time revenue bonds or notes maturing not later than 18 months from the date of issuance.

(b) Any such temporary borrowing may be made in anticipation of the sale and issuance of long-term revenue bonds; and, in such event, the principal proceeds from the sale of such long-term revenue bonds shall, to the extent necessary, be used for payment of the principal of and the interest on the temporary revenue bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the sale and issuance of such long-term revenue bonds.

(c) Any such temporary borrowing may also be made with respect to a project (as that term is defined in this article, as amended) simultaneously with or after the sale and issuance of long-term revenue bonds issued with respect to such project if, under the terms of the proceedings under which such long-term revenue bonds are issued, the proceeds therefrom or any part thereof may not be used or released until completion of the project with respect to which issued or other similar contingency. In such case, the principal proceeds from the long-term revenue bonds shall, when released and to the extent necessary, be applied for payment of the principal of and the interest on such temporary revenue bonds or notes.

(d) Any temporary bonds or notes issued pursuant to this section may be refunded or renewed or extended for an additional period of not more than 18 months from the date of maturity of the temporary bonds or notes being refunded or renewed or extended, but otherwise pursuant to all of the terms and conditions of this section, whether or not the project with respect to which the outstanding temporary revenue bonds or notes were issued has been completed.
Ala. Code § 2-8-283 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-283
Section 2-8-283 Refund of Assessment to Purchaser of Catfish Feed
Status: in_force

Any purchaser of catfish feed against which any assessment is made under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with said assessment, shall have the right to demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from such purchaser of catfish feed, if such demand for refund is made in writing within 30 days from the date on which such assessment was made on the sale price of catfish feed. Applications for refunds of amounts deducted from the sale price of any catfish feed sold must give the name and address of the distributor of catfish feed who sold the feed, date of purchase, invoice number, if any and the number of tons purchased from him for which the assessment was made. Within 30 days after the first quarterly receipt of funds from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and thereafter within 30 days after receipt of such application, the certified association shall, after such association determines that the assessment was paid as claimed in the application, refund the amount so paid as an assessment. The mailing by the association of a valid check in the amount of such assessment, payable to purchaser, within 30 days after receipt of the application for refund, shall constitute a compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 11-44F-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44F / Section 11-44F-24
Section 11-44F-24 Resolution That Officer Who Fills Vacancy Not Required to Serve Full-Time
Status: in_force

In the event the mayor is serving on a full-time basis and a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the city council may provide, by resolution, that the officer who fills the vacancy would not be required to serve on a full-time basis for the remainder of that term.
Ala. Code § 2-8-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-6
Section 2-8-6 Authority of Certified Association to Conduct Referendum on Assessment
Status: in_force

Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-8-5, such association shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama cattle owners a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum may be conducted either on a statewide or area basis as may be determined by the certified association.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-110 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-110
Section 11-43A-110 Limits on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity
Status: in_force

No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor and countersigned by the city manager.
Ala. Code § 11-48-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-30
Section 11-48-30 Reduction or Abatement of Assessments on Property Owned by Government or Charitable Organizations in Municipalities Having Population of 20,000 or Less - Authority Generally; Reconveyance of Property Acquired through Foreclosure of Assessment
Status: in_force

The council of any town or city having a population of less than 20,000 people according to the last federal census or which shall hereafter have such a population according to any such census that may be taken hereafter shall have the power to reduce or abate any assessments heretofore or hereafter made for public improvements in such town or city in cases where such assessments have been levied or attempted to be levied against property owned by the State of Alabama or by such town or city or by the county in which such town or city is located or owned by any church, hospital, or other charitable organization, whether or not such assessment shall have been made final and the time to appeal therefrom expired.

Such council may also convey, with or without consideration, to the State of Alabama or to the county in which such town or city is located or to any church, hospital, or other charitable organization any property which such town or city had acquired through foreclosure of an assessment and any conveyance heretofore made by any such town or city, with or without consideration, to any of the class defined in this section is hereby ratified, confirmed, validated, and approved.
Ala. Code § 22-50-60 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-60
Section 22-50-60 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature of the State of Alabama in this article to facilitate the collection of appropriate information, records and research data and to protect the individuals involved.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-1
Section 11-54B-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds:

(1) That patterns of urban development have had a substantial adverse impact upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economies of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama.

(2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth in business districts.

(3) That district management corporations representing real property owners within self-help business improvement districts can assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth and employment within business districts.

(4) That Class 1 municipalities should be authorized to create self-help business improvement districts and designate district management corporations to execute self-help programs to improve the local business climates.

(b) The Legislature further finds that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama to permit the governing bodies of Class 1 municipalities to protect the public welfare and the interests of the public in the safe and effective movement of persons, encourage healthy economic development, promote jobs, and preserve and enhance the function and appearance of business districts located within a Class 1 municipality through the adoption of an ordinance of the type authorized in this article.
Ala. Code § 2-17-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-26
Section 2-17-26 Meat and Poultry Inspection Advisory Council
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 11-44-34 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-34
Section 11-44-34 Resolutions, Bylaws, or Ordinances Granting Franchises, Etc., for Use of Streets, Public Highways, Etc. - Objections Thereto and Elections Thereon
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-19-105 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-105
Section 2-19-105 Publication, Etc., by Commissioner of List of Registered Cotton Buyers
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall publish a list of all registered cotton buyers and shall provide a copy of the list to interested persons without charge. The list may include the number of years that the person has been registered in this state as a cotton buyer.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-42
Section 11-43C-42 Mayor to Submit Budget to Council
Status: in_force

On a day to be fixed by the council but in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council: (1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the “general fund budget”; (2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by such city; (3) A capital budget; and (4) A budget message.

When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
Ala. Code § 22-50-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-18
Section 22-50-18 Commitment and Release of Incompetents, Etc
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall change or alter the methods, means or procedures provided by law before the enactment of this chapter for the commitment or release of any person alleged to be non compos mentis, incompetent, mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. No person shall be committed to any institution established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter without his consent or except by due process of law in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 11-44-133 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-133
Section 11-44-133 Removal of Commissioners - Fee of Probate Judge; Payment of Security Upon Presentation of Petition to Probate Judge
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-9
Section 11-43-9 Fees, Salary, Compensation, Etc., of Officers Not to Be Increased or Diminished During Term of Office
Status: in_force

The fees, salary, compensation, or emoluments of any officer whose election or appointment is required or authorized by the applicable provisions of this title shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed, and no gratuitous appropriation in any case shall be made to or for the benefit of any officer or employee in addition to his salary.
Ala. Code § 2-20-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 20 / Section 2-20-2
Section 2-20-2 Sale of Corn, Oats, Rye, Cotton Seed Hulls, Etc., in Quantities Other Than Prescribed by Section 2-20-1 Generally
Status: in_force

Any person who sells any corn, oats, rye, wheat, barley or cotton seed hulls in sacks or bags, except in quantities respectively prescribed in Section 2-20-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-46-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-3
Section 11-46-3 Primary Elections by Political Parties and Partisan Elections Abolished in Municipalities Having 300,000 Inhabitants or Less
Status: in_force

Primary elections of political parties are hereby abolished in cities and towns of this state which have a population of 300,000 inhabitants or less, according to the latest federal decennial census, and election of the members of the municipal governing body of said cities and towns shall be by and on a nonpartisan ballot in all elections held for the purpose of electing members of the governing body.
Ala. Code § 2-33-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 33 / Section 2-33-8
Section 2-33-8 Transfer of Risks
Status: in_force

A nonprofit agricultural organization that offers health benefits under this chapter shall contract with an entity or entities authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state which is not under common control with the nonprofit agricultural organization in order to transfer to the entity or entities all or a portion of the nonprofit agricultural organization’s risks arising from the health benefits offered under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54-144 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-144
Section 11-54-144 Security for Bonds
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived, and may be secured by a pledge of the lease of such project. The proceedings under which such bonds are authorized to be issued or any such mortgage may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of rents for any project covered by such proceedings or mortgage, the terms to be incorporated in the lease of such project, the maintenance and insurance of such project, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the revenues from such project, and the rights and remedies available in event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under a mortgage, all as the governing body shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this article; provided, however, that in making any such agreements or provisions a municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom, and shall not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The proceedings authorizing any bonds hereunder and any mortgage securing such bonds may provide that, in the event of default in payments of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or mortgage, such payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver in equity with power to charge and collect rents and to apply the revenues from the project in accordance with such proceedings or the provisions of such mortgage. Any such mortgage may provide also that, in the event of default in such payment or the violation of any agreement contained in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed either by sale at public outcry or by proceedings in equity, and may provide that any trustee under such mortgage or the holder of any of the bonds secured thereby may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale if the highest bidder therefor. No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon a municipality or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers.
Ala. Code § 2-19-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-17
Section 2-19-17 Charging of Different Price for Ginning, Etc., Cotton to Person Selling Seed Therefrom to Ginner
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in buying cotton seed and who also operates or owns a public ginnery in this state who shall charge any other or different price for ginning or ginning and wrapping cotton to any person selling said person the seed out of his cotton from that price which said person charges for ginning or ginning and wrapping the cotton of a person who does not sell said person the seed out of his cotton shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-51-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-1
Section 11-51-1 Levy and Assessment of Property Taxes; Notice of and Conduct of Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments
Status: in_force

After October 1 of each year, cities and towns may levy taxes upon property and all subjects of taxation liable therefor at a rate not in excess of the constitutional limit upon assessments to be made by the city or town clerk or other person designated by the council or other governing body, such assessment to be made on the state assessment in the manner provided by the Constitution of the state or in the manner hereinafter authorized by law; provided, however, that any municipality may by ordinance provide that the tax year for such municipality shall commence on October 1 of each year and end on the next succeeding September 30, in which case cities and towns shall levy taxes as above set forth prior to August 1 of each year.

After the assessment has been made, it shall be returned to the council or other governing body which shall thereupon give 10 days’ notice by publication in a newspaper published in the city or town or, if no newspaper is published in such city or town, then by posting notices in three or more places in such city or town that the assessment has been completed and that the council or other governing body will hear and determine objections thereto upon a day not more than 30 days from the date on which said notice was directed to be made.

The council or other governing body may, however, authorize such assessment to be made by a board of assessors who, when the assessment has been completed, shall give a similar notice that such board will hear and determine objections to the assessment at a time and place designated in such notice not more than 30 days thereafter. On the day set for the hearing of objections, the council, or other governing body or board, as the case may be, shall hear such objections and determine the assessment.
Ala. Code § 11-62-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-11
Section 11-62-11 Investment in Bonds and Notes by State, Counties, Municipalities, Etc
Status: in_force

The notes and bonds of any authority shall be legal investments in which the state and its agencies and instrumentalities, all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and public corporations organized under the laws thereof, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, and investment companies of any kind, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds in their control or belonging to them.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-109 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-109
Section 11-43A-109 Right of Council, City Manager, and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc
Status: in_force

The council and the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have the power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, commission, agency, or officer of the municipality. Either of them may make investigations of municipal affairs and may compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 11-47-110.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-110.1
Section 11-47-110.1 Certified Animal Control Officer in Class 5 and Class 8 Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, a local animal control law means a municipal ordinance or local law governing the treatment, care, well-being, or safety of animals.

(b) A Class 5 and Class 8 municipality, by ordinance, may:

(1) Establish civil penalties for violations of local animal control laws in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any violation.

(2) Establish the position of certified animal control officer as well as the authorities and responsibilities of a certified animal control officer, which may include the authority to issue citations, as further provided in this section.

(c) The chief of police of a Class 5 and Class 8 municipality or his or her designee shall be responsible for certifying and revoking the certification of animal control officers, which shall include establishing minimum standards for training and experience that an individual must meet to qualify for certification.

(d) A certified animal control officer authorized by municipal ordinance to issue citations for violations of local animal control laws may do so by either certified mail or personal service.

(e) The municipal court of the respective Class 5 and Class 8 municipality shall have the authority to hear any appeal and impose and enforce civil penalties issued pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-74 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-74
Section 11-43A-74 Powers of Municipality
Status: in_force

The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the constitution and the laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, in fee simple or gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interests may require; and, except as prohibited by the constitution and the laws of this state or restricted by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers herein enumerated or hereby implied or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, and it is intended that the municipality shall have and may exercise all powers granted to municipalities under the constitution and the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-42-134 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-134
Section 11-42-134 Provisions of Division Not Exclusive
Status: in_force

The provisions of this division shall in no wise preclude any city or town from being annexed and merged into another city or town in any way that may be provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-4
Section 11-43A-4 Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Two Years of Preceding Election
Status: in_force

If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the election so called the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such municipality for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting said form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided.
Ala. Code § 2-8-274 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-274
Section 2-8-274 Application of Catfish Producers’ Association for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Action by Board on Application
Status: in_force

Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of an application by any nonprofit association of catfish producers as provided in Section 2-8-273, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider the application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant is fairly and substantially representative of the catfish producers of this state, and the board shall otherwise find and determine that such application is in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, the board shall certify such association as the duly delegated and authorized group or organization and shall likewise certify that such association is duly authorized to conduct among the catfish producers of this state a referendum for the purpose set forth in its application which shall be consistent with the purposes of this article. In the event there is more than one pending application at any time, the board must decide between the pending applications based on the program proposed, the number and geographic distribution of catfish producer members in the applicant organization, the size, stability, potential effectiveness and fiscal soundness of the applicant organization and any organizations with which it is affiliated, the existence and effectiveness of affiliated county organizations in the applicant organization and its affiliates and the sentiment of catfish producers as ascertained by petitions, hearings and otherwise as may be determined by the board. No application shall be considered if an association holds currently valid certification.
Ala. Code § 2-27-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-12
Section 2-27-12 Sampling and Inspection
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or his agent is authorized to enter upon any public or private premise or carrier at reasonable times during regular business hours in the performance of his duties relating to pesticides, devices and records pertaining to same. It shall be a violation of the penalty provisions of this article for any person to refuse to allow such entrance for sampling and inspection purposes.

(b) The commissioner or his agent is authorized and directed to sample, test, inspect and make analyses of pesticides sold or offered for sale or distributed within this state, at a time and place and to such an extent as he may deem necessary to determine whether such pesticides are in compliance with the provisions of this article.

(c) The official analysis shall be made from the official sample. The registrant may obtain upon request a portion of said official sample. If the official analysis conforms to the provisions of this article, the official sample may be destroyed. If the official analysis does not conform to the provisions of this article, then the official sample shall be retained for a period to be determined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to regulations.

(d) If any pesticide, pesticide container or device fails to comply with or is otherwise in violation of any of the provisions and requirements of this article, or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the commissioner contemplates possible legal proceedings against the person responsible for any such violation, the commissioner shall, after due notice, accord such person an informal hearing or an opportunity to present his views, either orally or in writing, with regard to such violation or contemplated legal proceedings; and, if in the opinion of the commissioner the facts so warrant, the commissioner may refer the facts to the Attorney General of Alabama for appropriate legal action pursuant to the enforcement and penalty provisions of this article; provided, that nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for any legal action or prosecution minor violations whenever he believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing. It shall be the duty of each district attorney, assistant district attorney or deputy district attorney to whom any violation is reported and referred to by the Attorney General to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction to the end that appropriate legal action may be taken against persons who do not comply with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43-180 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-180
Section 11-43-180 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

In recognition of the inefficiencies, inadequacies, and inconsistencies in law enforcement programs and practices of many municipalities of this state and in recognition of the need for fair and impartial enforcement of the laws for the protection of the person and property of the people of this state and for the promotion of the public health and welfare, this article is enacted to assure that every municipality in this state shall be provided an acceptable civil service merit system governing the appointment, removal, tenure, and official conduct of its law enforcement officers.
Ala. Code § 11-43-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-17
Section 11-43-17 Ratification of Certain Salaries of Mayors and Councilmen
Status: in_force

The salary of any mayor or councilman prescribed prior to February 12, 1980, by the council of the municipality in which they serve is hereby validated and ratified.
Ala. Code § 11-48-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-10
Section 11-48-10 When Council to Establish Grade of Street, Alley, Sidewalk, Etc., to Be Improved
Status: in_force

Before the passage of the final resolution or ordinance to make any improvement on any street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed to the abutting property, if the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk has not been established or if said improvement necessitates a change of grade, the council shall, by ordinance, fix and establish the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk about to be improved and also the grade of the curb on each side thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-44-38 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-38
Section 11-44-38 Elections for Office of Commissioner - Qualifications of Candidates
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-45
Section 11-43C-45 Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets
Status: in_force

In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor in the general fund budget exceed the receipts estimated, taking into account the estimated cash surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, as provided in the preceding section hereof, unless the mayor shall recommend an increase in or levy of new or increased taxes or licenses within the power of the city to levy and collect in the ensuing fiscal year, the receipts from which, estimated on the basis of the average experience with the same or similar taxes during the three full tax years last past, will make up the difference. If estimated receipts exceed estimated expenditures, the mayor may recommend revisions in the tax and license ordinances of the city in order to bring the general fund budget into balance. The same balanced budget restrictions shall apply in the adoption of any public utility budget.
Ala. Code § 11-56-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-14
Section 11-56-14 Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds from Sale
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds (other than refunding bonds) may be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the project with respect to which they were issued as may be specified in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued.

(b) Such cost, which shall be paid from the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds, shall be deemed to include the following:

(1) The cost of any land forming a part of the project;

(2) The costs of the labor, materials and supplies used in any such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architect’s and engineer’s fees and the cost of preparing contract documents and advertising for bids;

(3) The purchase price of and the cost of installing equipment for the project;

(4) The cost of landscaping the lands forming a part of the project and of constructing and installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in connection therewith;

(5) Legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds issued in connection with such project; and,

(6) Interest on said bonds for a reasonable period prior to and during the time required for such construction and equipment.

(c) If any of the proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds remains undisbursed after completion of such work and payment of all of the said costs and expenses, such balance shall be used for retirement of the principal of bonds of the same issue.
Ala. Code § 2-8-170 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-170
Section 2-8-170 Permit Required of Sellers of Hens
Status: in_force

Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit which sells hens in Alabama shall, in the event assessments are required to be added to the purchase price of such hens under the provisions of this article, obtain from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries a permit which shall authorize such individual or business firm to engage in business in Alabama. The permit shall be valid and effective for an indefinite period unless revoked by the commissioner for failure to comply with the provisions of this article. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $10.00 which shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. The permit shall be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations duly adopted for carrying out the requirements of this article relative to the remittance of assessments by individuals or business firms selling hens in Alabama, whether such individuals or business firms are domiciled in Alabama or another state. The Board of Agriculture and Industries under Section 2-8-167, is empowered to exempt, by rules and regulations, sellers of hens from the permit requirements of this section when the board determines that insufficient hens are being sold by the seller.
Ala. Code § 11-51-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-24
Section 11-51-24 Redemption of Property After Sale - Conveyance of Property, Etc., to Redeemer
Status: in_force

Upon such tender by the person offering to redeem the property and the payment thereof to the purchaser or the deposit of the sum due to the purchaser with the treasurer, the deed executed by the register or clerk of the circuit court shall be void and, upon a refusal of the purchaser or his vendee to reconvey to the party redeeming, the council or other governing body may authorize a deed to be made to the party redeeming, which shall convey all title the city or town or the purchaser derived at such tax sale, but the interest of the owner of the property and the interest of the party redeeming shall be adjusted between the parties as are other legal and equitable interests.
Ala. Code § 11-50-525 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-525
Section 11-50-525 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

The government of the corporation shall be vested in the board, which may by resolution exercise or provide for the exercise of all the powers of the corporation. The board shall be composed of one director from each municipality located in the power district having a population of 1,000 or more inhabitants according to the last or any future federal census, whose election shall be certified to the corporation by the clerk of such municipality as hereinafter provided. The governing body of each such municipality having such population may elect a director from such municipality. The election of each such director shall be certified to the corporation by the clerk of the municipality whose governing body shall make such election, as and when any such election shall be so made. The directors so certified shall constitute the board, and a majority thereof at any time existing shall constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business. The directors shall elect a chairman from their number. The board may adopt all bylaws it may deem advisable respecting its organization and meetings and the management of the affairs of the corporation. Each director shall hold office for one year from the date of his election and thereafter until his successor shall be elected, and he may succeed himself, but he may be removed at any time without cause by the governing body by whom he was elected. Should any director die while serving as such, or should his term of office expire or should he resign or be removed therefrom, he shall be succeeded for his unexpired term by a successor elected by the governing body of the same municipality. Each director must be a resident of and an elector and property owner in the municipality by whose governing body he was elected, but no director shall be an elective officer of such municipality. Each director of the corporation shall receive compensation from the corporation for his services as director at the rate of $10.00 for each day he shall attend meetings of the board or for each day he shall be engaged upon business of the corporation, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of $500.00 in any one year, and he shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties. All proceedings had and done by the board shall be transcribed by the secretary of the corporation and retained in a substantially bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 11-52-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-2
Section 11-52-2 Adoption, Amendment, Execution, Etc., of Municipal Plan and Creation of Municipal Planning Commission Authorized; Designations of Planning Commissions
Status: in_force

(a) Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out a municipal plan as provided in this article and to create by ordinance a planning commission with the powers and duties herein set forth.

(b) The planning commission of a city shall be designated city planning commission and the planning commission of a town, town planning commission, as its council may specify.
Ala. Code § 11-50-35 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-35
Section 11-50-35 Exemption from Levy, Attachment, Etc., of Property of Foreign Municipal Corporations
Status: in_force

The property of any and all foreign municipal corporations located in this state in pursuance of the provisions of this article shall be exempt from levy or seizure by attachment or other legal process or proceedings in like manner as the property of municipal corporations located in and existing under the laws of this state are exempt.
Ala. Code § 2-6-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-52
Section 2-6-52 Lease Authorized - Operation of Leased Properties
Status: in_force

Upon securing possession of the properties covered by the lease agreement, the board is authorized to and shall thereafter operate, manage and control the said properties for the purpose of conducting or permitting to be conducted thereat livestock shows, agricultural and industrial displays, markets and other exhibits and events related thereto and to make contracts with individuals, livestock associations and other organizations for the conduct of such shows, displays, markets, exhibits and events related thereto. The board is authorized to make such charges for and in connection with any of said matters as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the rentals required to be paid by the board under the lease agreement and to pay the reasonable expenses of operating the said properties and the board’s administrative expenses including salaries and per diem, all to the end that the said properties shall be self-supporting; provided, however, that such charges shall not be made with a view of producing any revenue or profit to the board or to the State of Alabama but shall be based exclusively upon the rentals required to be paid by the board under the lease agreement, the reasonable expenses of operating the properties covered thereby and the board’s administrative expenses. It is hereby declared that it is not intended that this article shall be interpreted as authorizing the board to engage in the business of selling or marketing livestock or products of any kind or in what may be termed a brokerage business or to compete with private enterprise. In the event the revenues derived during any fiscal year of the board from the operation of the properties covered by the lease agreement should be in excess of the said rentals and operation and administration expenses payable during the same fiscal year, then the said charges shall be adjusted for the ensuing fiscal year in such manner as to void as far as may be practicable the production of any excess over the amount necessary to pay the said rentals and operating and administrative expenses payable during such ensuing fiscal year. If during any fiscal year the said charges should produce any such excess, then such excess shall be used to make advance payments on the rentals payable under the lease agreement.
Ala. Code § 11-62-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-17
Section 11-62-17 Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Assets and Properties of Authority Upon Dissolution of Authority; Effect of Dissolution of Authority Upon Formation of Other Such Authorities
Status: in_force

(a) At any time when any authority does not have any bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by such authority that are then outstanding, the board of such authority may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved.

(b) Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate in which the authority’s certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all such assets or property shall thereupon vest in the determining municipality.

(c) The formation or dissolution of one or more authorities authorized by any determining municipality shall not prevent the subsequent formation of other authorities authorized by the same determining municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-19-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-18
Section 2-19-18 Violation of Laws as to Classification, Stapling or Sampling of Cotton
Status: in_force

Any person or warehouseman who shall willfully violate any of the laws of this state relating to the classification, stapling or sampling of cotton shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-54-97 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-97
Section 11-54-97 Exemption of Boards - Usury and Interest Laws
Status: in_force

Each industrial development board now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this division is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 2-31-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-9
Section 2-31-9 Issuance or Renewal of License by Commissioner; Posting of License and Certificate
Status: in_force

If the commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is of good business reputation and if the bond filed by the applicant is approved the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant or shall renew the applicant’s license.

Each person issued a license by the commissioner under this section shall post such license in the principal office of the grain dealer in this state. A certificate shall be posted in each location where the licensee engages in the business of buying grain in the State of Alabama. Upon request by the licensee and a payment of a $10.00 fee therefor, the commissioner shall issue to the licensee a certificate that a license has been issued or renewed and a bond filed as required by this article.
Ala. Code § 2-13-111 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-111
Section 2-13-111 Legislative Declaration and Findings
Status: in_force

(a) It is hereby declared and the Legislature hereby finds that:

(1) Dairy products are basic foods that are a valuable part of the human diet;

(2) The production of dairy products plays a significant role in the state’s economy, the milk from which dairy products are manufactured is produced by milk producers and dairy products are consumed by thousands of people throughout the state and the United States;

(3) Dairy products must be readily available and marketed efficiently to ensure that the people of the state receive adequate nourishment;

(4) The maintenance and expansion of existing markets for dairy products are vital to the welfare of milk producers and those concerned with marketing, using and producing dairy products, as well as to the general economy of the state;

(5) Dairy products move in intrastate, interstate and foreign commerce;

(6) The Ninety-eighth Congress of the United States enacted the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 and established the National Dairy Board (7 U.S.C. § 4501 et seq.) authorizing the establishment of orderly procedures for financing promotional and educational programs for milk and dairy products through a mandatory $0.15 per hundredweight assessment on all milk produced in the United States for commercial use, and the carrying out of a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry’s position in the marketplace, and authorizing such orderly procedures to permit a milk producer or a producer’s cooperative to establish that the producer is participating in active, ongoing qualified state or regional dairy product promotion or nutrition education programs intended to increase consumption of milk and dairy products generally, to receive credit in determining the assessment due from such producer for contributions to such state programs in an amount not in excess of $0.10 per hundredweight of milk marketed; and

(7) The American Dairy Association of Alabama has been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture as a qualified promotional organization pursuant to the terms of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. § 4501 et seq.).

(b) It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of the Legislature that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment, through the exercise of the powers provided in this article, of an orderly procedure for financing (through assessments on all milk produced in the state for commercial use) and carrying out a coordinated program of promotion designed to strengthen the dairy industry’s position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for fluid milk and dairy products produced in the state and the United States. All funds obtained by the state ADA as a result of the passage of this article shall be exclusively utilized to promote the dairy industry within the State of Alabama, and its contiguous states. Nothing in this article may be construed to provide for the control of production or otherwise limit the right of individual milk producers to produce milk.
Ala. Code § 11-51-221 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-221
Section 11-51-221 Exemption from Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city which is subject to this division may, by the adoption of a resolution or an ordinance, grant a partial or complete exemption from city ad valorem taxes for any parcel of land or personal property located within the city, for a period of not more than 15 years. The extent of the exemption and the period of the exemption shall be fixed in the resolution or ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-62-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-10
Section 11-62-10 Refunding Bonds and Notes
Status: in_force

(a) Any authority may issue refunding bonds or notes for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes then outstanding which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of maturity or earlier redemption of such bonds or notes and any expenses of such refunding, including, without limitation to, attorneys’ fees, costs of printing the refunding bonds or notes, financial advisors’ fees and accountants’ fees, and for the purpose of refunding any of its bonds or notes in combination with any other corporate purpose of such authority. The issuance of such refunding bonds or notes, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the rights, duties and obligations of such authority in respect thereof shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of bonds and notes generally, to the extent that such provisions may be appropriate therefor.

(b) Refunding bonds or notes issued by any authority may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds or notes issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption or payment of such outstanding bonds or notes. Pending the application of the proceeds of any such refunding bonds or notes for any of the purposes provided in this section, such proceeds may be invested in any eligible investments pursuant to an escrow agreement providing for the future application of such proceeds in accordance with such purposes.
Ala. Code § 2-7A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7A / Section 2-7A-3
Section 2-7A-3 Borrowing Money; Power to Pledge Taxes Paid to the Corporation or Revenue of the Corporation
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (b), the Agriculture Exhibition Center Corporation may borrow money from any person or governmental entity. As security for any money borrowed, together with interest thereon, and any obligations incurred or assumed, the corporation may mortgage, pledge, or otherwise transfer and convey its real, personal, and mixed property, or any part thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, including any franchises then owned or thereafter adopted and all or any part of any funds of the corporation. In a resolution authorizing the mortgage given to secure the payment thereof, in addition to its other powers, the corporation may agree with the several holders of the mortgage to make, enter, and perform covenants and agreements as to all of the following:

(1) The conduct, management, and maintenance of the properties held by the corporation or of the activities, operations, and enterprises then or thereafter conducted by the corporation.

(2) Insurance of the properties of the corporation.

(3) Restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the corporation to dispose, limit, or regulate the use of all or any part of the properties of the corporation.

(4) The use and disposition of any monies of the corporation, including taxes payable to the corporation under any act of the Legislature and revenues derived or to be derived from the activities, operations, and enterprises of the properties of the corporation, including any part theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements, or improvements thereafter constructed or acquired.

(5) The setting aside of the taxes payable to the corporation under any act of the Legislature or use of the revenues or the monies of the corporation or reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application, and disposition thereof.

(6) The assumption, payment, or discharge of any indebtedness, liens, or other claims relating to any part of the properties of the corporation or any obligations which may constitute a lien on the properties or any part thereof.

(7) Limitations or other evidences of indebtedness or upon the incurrence of indebtedness of the corporation.

(b) The power vested in the corporation to pledge taxes to be paid to the corporation or to pledge revenue of the corporation shall not be construed as undertaking or purporting to empower the corporation to pledge any tax or any revenue if the pledge is prohibited by the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. The corporation may pledge any tax paid to the corporation or revenue of the corporation, the pledge of which is authorized by the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(c) The powers and authority set forth in this section shall only be exercised if necessary in order for the corporation to receive federal funding or grants for any projects or activities of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-42-67 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-67
Section 11-42-67 Appeals from Judgment of Probate Judge - Issuance and Service of Notice of Appeal
Status: in_force

The judge of probate, within 10 days after an appeal is taken, shall issue notice to the opposite party of the appeal, and place such notice in the hands of the sheriff of the county, and the sheriff shall serve such notice upon the party to whom the same is issued and make returns thereof to the said judge of probate, but if the city takes the appeal, such notice issued to the property holder may be served upon the property holder or his agent or attorney, and if the property holder, his agent or attorney cannot be found by the sheriff, upon any person over the age of 19 years residing on or having custody of the property of such property owner.
Ala. Code § 11-47-219 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-219
Section 11-47-219 Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authorities; Vesting of Title, Etc., to Properties Thereof Upon Dissolution
Status: in_force

At any time when an authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate with which the authority’s certificate of incorporation is filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibitions to the contrary, thereupon vest in one or more counties or municipalities in the manner and interests as may be provided in the certificate of incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the certificate of incorporation contains no provision respecting the vesting of title to the properties of the authority, title to all of the properties shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibitions to the contrary, thereupon vest in its authorizing subdivision, or if the authority has more than one authorizing subdivision, in its authorizing subdivisions as tenants in common.
Ala. Code § 11-43-46 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-46
Section 11-43-46 Officers - Terms of Service
Status: in_force

The council shall fix by ordinance the terms of service, not to exceed the term of the mayor, of all the officers appointed or elected whose terms are not prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 11-50-417 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-417
Section 11-50-417 Provisions of Article Exclusive
Status: in_force

Any district incorporated under this article insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43-7.3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-7.3
Section 11-43-7.3 Salary of Members of City Council of Class 1 Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall relate to only any Class 1 municipality.

(b) Effective beginning the term of office commencing in 2017, the annual salary for each member of the city council of the Class 1 municipality shall be set and adjusted each regular four-year term by the State Personnel Board, by determining the median household income of the city rounded up to the nearest thousand, to take effect on the first day of January of each new term.

(c) The salary provided in subsection (b) shall constitute the total salary payable to the presiding officers and members of the city council, beginning with the term commencing immediately after any municipal election in 2017.

(d) The city council of the Class 1 municipality may not increase, supplement, or otherwise enlarge the salary payable to the members of the city council.
Ala. Code § 11-52-78 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-78
Section 11-52-78 Amendment, Repeal, Etc., of Regulations, Restrictions, District Boundaries and Ordinances
Status: reserved

Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries and ordinances passed under the authority of this article may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed.

The provisions of Section 11-52-77 relative to public hearings and official notices shall apply equally to all changes and amendments.
Ala. Code § 2-21-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 21 / Section 2-21-30
Section 2-21-30 Recovery of Short Weight and Feed Deficiency Penalties
Status: in_force

In any case wherein the licensee fails or refuses to make payment of a penalty to the purchaser within the time required, the purchaser may institute legal action against the licensee for the recovery of such penalty as provided in Sections 2-21-28 and 2-21-29. Any judgment against the licensee shall be double the amount of the penalty and shall include a reasonable attorney’s fee and court costs. In cases where the licensee is required to pay the amount of any penalty to the commissioner for deposit to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, and the licensee fails or refuses to make such payment within the time required, the commissioner may institute legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction for collection of the amount of the penalty upon 10 days’ notice to the licensee following the 60 day payment period.
Ala. Code § 11-51-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-19
Section 11-51-19 Sales of Property for Payment of Taxes, Etc., Generally - Title Acquired by Purchaser
Status: in_force

The purchaser of property, real or personal, sold under an execution issued by the city or town clerk shall receive a title clear of all encumbrance, except of liens held by the state and county; provided, that the property sold is the property against which the taxes for the payment of which the sale is had were levied.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-27
Section 11-44C-27 Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the journal shall be open to public inspection.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-25
Section 11-43C-25 First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public
Status: in_force

The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10 o’clock in the morning on the first Monday after the expiration of the term of office of the present municipal officeholders, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once a week. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 2-15-152 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-152
Section 2-15-152 When Commissioner to Invite Cooperation of Federal Government in Arrest or Eradication of Disease Within State
Status: in_force

Upon determination by the commissioner of the existence of a disease of animals which, in his opinion, threatens the livestock industry of the State of Alabama, he shall invite the United States government to cooperate with the department in the arrest or eradication of such disease.
Ala. Code § 11-47-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-92
Section 11-47-92 Authorization for Conduct by Federal Bureau of Census; Limitation
Status: in_force

Any city or town may by ordinance provide for a census of all persons residing within the corporate limits of such city or town to be taken by the bureau of the census of the United States Department of Commerce, but no such census may be conducted more often than every five years.
Ala. Code § 11-40-60 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-60
Section 11-40-60 Applicability to Class 2 Municipalities
Status: in_force

This article applies only to Class 2 municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-42-204 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-204
Section 11-42-204 Order to Be Entered Directing Election as to Establishment of Proposed Corporate Limits
Status: in_force

If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order.
Ala. Code § 11-44-160 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-160
Section 11-44-160 Rights, Liabilities, Civil Actions, Etc., Not Affected
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-6-33 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-33
Section 2-6-33 Refunding Bonds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-11
Section 11-54B-11 District Management Corporation Limits, Powers, and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) District management corporations shall be incorporated under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act (Chapter 3A of Title 10) and shall exercise their powers in a manner consistent with such act.

(b) To qualify for designation by ordinance to manage a self-help business improvement district, the articles of incorporation of a proposed district management corporation must provide the following:

(1) That the property, business, and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors.

(2) The names and addresses of the initial members of the board of directors.

(3) That the initial members of the board shall be divided into three groups which are as equal in number as is possible, that such groups will serve for initial terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively, and that all directors thereafter elected by the board of directors shall serve for a term of three (3) years.

(4) That the members of the board of directors elected after the expiration of the initial terms set forth in subsection (3) above will be elected by the existing members of the board of directors.

(5) That all members of the board of directors must own real property which is located in the geographical area of the district or be a designated representative of an owner of such property, and that in order to provide representation on the board of directors to the small business owners located within the geographical area of the district, at least one-third ( 1/3 ) of the members of the board of directors shall own or represent an owner of a tract of real property in the district with a fair market value which is in the lower one-third ( 1/3 ) of the fair market values of all real property in the district.

(6) That no funds received by the corporation from assessments on such property shall be expended except in accordance with the budget adopted or amended under the provisions of this chapter.

(7) That vacancies on the board of directors resulting from death, resignation, or removal, shall be filled by the remaining members of the board of directors of the district management corporation for the unexpired portion of the term.

(8) That at least once every six (6) months after designation, the corporation shall hold public meetings appropriately advertised in the district, at a place convenient to persons concerned with the operation of the district, and shall receive written suggestions from businesses in the district at any time.

(9) That municipal representatives designated by the mayor and by the governing body of the municipality shall be authorized to attend and participate in regular and called meetings of the board of directors of the district management corporation, but shall not vote on any matters considered by directors.

(10) That no amendment to the articles of incorporation or any by-laws shall be effective unless approved by the board of directors of the district management corporation.

(11) That directors shall receive no compensation for service as directors, but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties approved by the board.

(12) That upon dissolution, or upon any withdrawal of the designation as the district management corporation, all interests and title to funds held by or for the corporation, and all property of the corporation shall be transferred and assigned to (1) a successor district management corporation, or (2) if no such successor district management corporation exists, the municipality for use in funding such programs as the board of directors of the district management corporation shall direct and designate.

(c) The district management corporation shall have all powers necessary to implement its purposes, including, but not limited to, the power to:

(1) Adopt by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and to prescribe rules, regulations, and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties;

(2) Employ such persons as may be required, and fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the corporation;

(3) Apply for, accept, administer, and comply with the requirements respecting an appropriation of funds or a gift, grant, or donation of property or money;

(4) Make and execute agreements which may be necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the corporation, including contracts with any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity;

(5) Administer and manage its own funds and accounts and pay its own obligations;

(6) Borrow money from private lenders for periods not to exceed 180 days and from governmental entities for that or longer periods;

(7) Enforce the conditions of any loan, grant, sale, or lease made by the corporation;

(8) Provide security, sanitation, and other services to the district supplemental to those provided normally by the municipality;

(9) Publicize the district and the businesses included within the district boundaries;

(10) Recruit new businesses to fill vacancies in the district;

(11) Organize special events in the district;

(12) Provide special parking arrangements for the district;

(13) Participate in other governmental programs for which qualified included in its approved plan; and

(14) Undertake such other activities or initiatives within the district as the board of directors of the district management corporation deems appropriate.
Ala. Code § 2-25-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-9
Section 2-25-9 Affixation of Official Tags to Boxes, Packages, Etc., in Which Nursery Stock Shipped; Furnishing of Official Tags; Confiscation of Boxes, Packages, Etc., Shipped into State Without Official Tags
Status: in_force

Each box, bundle or package of nursery stock moved into or within the State of Alabama shall have a valid official tag bearing a copy of the certificate of inspection and seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries conspicuously attached. Official tags will be furnished at cost through the commissioner. Certificate tags are not required on local retail sales where such sales are made directly to the ultimate user of such nursery stock. Each box, bundle or package of nursery stock shipped into or within Alabama by any person shall bear a valid certificate tag, and shipments of stock not thus tagged shall be liable to confiscation by the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 2-22-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 22 / Section 2-22-1
Section 2-22-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Fertilizer Law of 1969.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-98 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-98
Section 11-44C-98 Board of Adjustment
Status: in_force

(a) In any Class 2 municipality, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the number of members on a board of adjustment provided for in Section 11-52-80, whose members are appointed by the governing body of the Class 2 municipality shall be the same as the number of members of the governing body of the Class 2 municipality.

(b) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter the appropriate order, requirement, decision, or determination and, to that end, shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of five members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of an administrative official or to decide in favor of the applicant on a matter upon which the board is required to pass under any ordinance or to effect any variation in the ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-52-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-16
Section 11-52-16 Alternative Structure for Class 6 Municipality Planning Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any Class 6 municipality may determine by ordinance that the planning commission of the municipality, created under authority of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of seven voting members appointed as follows:

(1) Six members appointed by the mayor.

(2) One member, appointed by a majority of the city council, who may be a member of the city council.

(b) In addition, one nonvoting advisory member shall be appointed by the mayor, who shall be a senior administrative official of the municipality qualified by education, training, experience, and job responsibilities to provide substantive and technical advice, assistance, and guidance to the planning commission in the exercise of its statutory functions.

(c) All members of the planning commission shall be at least 21 years of age and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, shall meet the additional qualifications for membership on municipal planning commissions as prescribed by law.

(d) All voting members of the planning commission shall be residents of the municipality. A vacancy shall be declared by the planning commission, after notice to the member, if a voting member of the planning commission ceases to reside in the municipality. The vacant position shall be filled by the mayor or council, as appropriate, within 90 days of a declaration of vacancy by the planning commission. The declaration of a vacancy shall operate to terminate the membership and voting authority of the member who no longer resides within the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-47 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-47
Section 11-43A-47 Right of Council, City Manager and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc
Status: in_force

The council, the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have the power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, or agency or officer of the municipality. Either of them may make investigations of municipal affairs and may compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 11-42-205 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-205
Section 11-42-205 Notice of Election
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in newspaper published within the city or town, one publication thereof for at least seven days being sufficient, and if no newspaper is published in such city or town then by posting a notice thereof at three public places in said city or town, which notice shall state the day on which such election is to be held, describe the proposed corporate limits as fixed by said resolution, and state that a map of such territory is on file in the office of judge of probate of said county, open to public inspection.
Ala. Code § 2-13-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-91
Section 2-13-91 Powers of State and Local Boards of Health Not Restricted
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be construed to invade the domain of the public health laws, regulations or ordinances nor restrict the powers and authority of the State Board of Health, the county boards of health or any city or town in the State of Alabama, but is supplemental thereto for the accomplishment of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-54
Section 2-8-54 Refund of Assessment to Swine Producer
Status: in_force

Any producer of swine against whom any assessment is made and deducted under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with said assessment, shall have the right to demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from such swine producer, if such demand for refund is made in writing within 30 days from the date on which such assessment was deducted from the sale price of swine sold by such swine producer. Applications for refunds of amounts deducted from the sale price of any swine sold must give the name and address of the sale market or purchaser who bought the swine, date of purchase, invoice number, if any, and the number of head purchased from him for which the assessment was deducted. Within 30 days after the first quarterly receipt of funds from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and thereafter within 30 days after receipt of such application, the certified association shall, after such association determines that the assessment was paid as claimed in the application, refund the amount so paid as an assessment. The mailing by the association of a valid check in the amount of such assessment, payable to seller, within 30 days after receipt of the application for refund, shall constitute a compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 11-50-370 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-370
Section 11-50-370 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any of the following: A municipality incorporated under the laws of this state; a board organized under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-238, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241, inclusive, as amended; a board organized under Sections 11-50-310 through 11-50-324, as amended; and a board organized under Sections 11-50-340 through 11-50-358, as amended.

(2) PUBLIC WATER CORPORATION. Any public corporation which owns and operates a water distribution system or which has the corporate power and proposes to own and operate a water distribution system.

(3) SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. Any or all of the following: Sanitary sewer mains, sanitary sewer laterals, a sewage disposal plant or plants, and a sewage treatment plant or plants and appurtenances related to any thereof.

(4) PUBLIC SEWER CORPORATION. Any public corporation which owns and operates a sanitary sewer system or which has the corporate power and proposes to own and operate a sanitary sewer system.
Ala. Code § 11-65-45.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-45.1
Section 11-65-45.1 Limitation of Personal Liability of Commission Members and Officers
Status: in_force

An individual member of a commission or any officer, employee, or agent thereof shall not in any way be personally liable for any liability, loss, damage or expense suffered by any person as the result of any action taken by such commission, unless such liability, loss, damage, or expense arises out of or results from the willful misconduct or wrongdoing of such member, officer, employee or agent.
Ala. Code § 2-17-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-23
Section 2-17-23 Classes of Persons, Firms, Etc., Required to Maintain Records; Examination, Etc., of Records, Facilities and Inventories
Status: in_force

(a) The following classes of persons, firms and corporations shall keep such records as willfully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business:

(1) Any persons, firms or corporations that engage for intrastate commerce in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or preparing, freezing, packaging or labeling any carcasses or parts or products of carcasses of any such animals or birds for use as human food or animal food;

(2) Any persons, firms or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise) or transporting in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for such commerce any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses of any such animals or birds; and

(3) Any persons, firms or corporations that engage in business in or for intrastate commerce as renderers or engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or parts of the carcasses of any such animals or birds that died otherwise than by slaughter.

(b) Any records required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the commissioner may by regulation prescribe.

(c) All persons, firms and corporations subject to the requirement of this section shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the commissioner, afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the commissioner access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory and records thereof, to copy all such records and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-92
Section 11-54B-92 Eminent Domain Utilization
Status: in_force

No self-help business improvement district or district management corporation shall have the power of eminent domain.
Ala. Code § 11-51-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-25
Section 11-51-25 Redemption of Property After Sale - Redemption by Municipality; Redemption from Municipality
Status: in_force

The city or town may redeem property at any sale made by the state for taxes upon the same terms as required by law for owners to redeem, and no person shall be allowed to redeem from the municipality without paying to the city or town the amount paid to redeem such property and all claims of the city or town thereon for taxes and penalties or otherwise, and no redemption shall be made in any case from the municipality or from a purchaser after two years from the date of the sale.
Ala. Code § 11-49B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49B / Section 11-49B-6
Section 11-49B-6 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall initially be composed of 10 directors, but may be increased to a maximum of 15 directors if additional counties join the regional system. The directors of the authority shall be appointed as follows:

(1) The president of the county commission in the county where the authority is organized shall appoint three members of the board of directors for the county commission with one appointee being an elected county official. All appointees shall be subject to confirmation by the county commission.

(2) The mayor of the Class 1 municipality shall appoint three members of the board of directors for the city with one appointee being an elected city official. All appointees shall be subject to confirmation by the city council.

(3) The president of the mayors association of the county where the authority is organized shall appoint three members of the board of directors with one being a member of the mayors association.

(4) The president of the area regional transportation authority citizens advisory committee in the Class 1 municipality shall be a member of the board.

(5) Any county that borders Jefferson County may join the regional system provided that the county shall meet all of the requirements of Section 11-49B-22, including the submittal and passage of a referendum authorizing the levy of a 1/4 percent privilege license tax against gross sales and gross receipts in the county. The president of the county commission of any county joining the regional system shall appoint one member to the board of directors of the regional system.

(b) The terms of the members of the board of directors shall be as follows:

(1) The terms of the three members appointed by the president of the county commission where the authority is organized shall expire as follows:

a. The term of the first member shall expire on September 30, 1998, and every fourth year thereafter.

b. The term of the second member shall expire on September 30, 1999, and every fourth year thereafter.

c. The term of the third member shall expire on September 30, 2000, and every fourth year thereafter.

(2) The terms of the members appointed by the mayor of the Class 1 municipality and confirmed by the city council shall expire as follows:

a. The term of the first member shall expire on September 30, 1998, and every fourth year thereafter.

b. The term of the second member shall expire on September 30, 1999, and every fourth year thereafter.

c. The term of the third member shall expire on September 30, 2000, and every fourth year thereafter.

(3) The terms of the members appointed by the president of the mayors association located in the county where the authority is organized shall expire as follows:

a. The term of the first member shall expire on September 30, 1998, and every fourth year thereafter.

b. The term of the second member shall expire on September 30, 1999, and every fourth year thereafter.

c. The term of the third member shall expire on September 30, 2000, and every fourth year thereafter.

(4) The term of all other members of the board of directors appointed by the president of the county commission of any county joining the regional system shall expire a year from October 1 of the year of their appointment, and every four years thereafter.

(c) When the term of a member expires, the appointing authority shall appoint a new member for a full term. If a vacancy occurs, within 90 days of the vacancy the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a replacement to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(d) The appropriate appointing authority may remove a member of the board only for neglect of duty, an unexcused failure to attend more than one of the regularly scheduled meetings held in a calendar year during the term in office of the member, malfeasance, violation of this chapter, or conviction of a felony or other crime of moral turpitude.

(e) Members of the board of directors shall not receive compensation for their service on the board, and shall only receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as approved by the board of directors.
Ala. Code § 2-11-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-70
Section 2-11-70 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(1) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation or association.

(2) CONTAINER. Any bag, sack, crate, carton, package, box, hamper, basket or other receptacle in which fresh fruits and vegetables are packed for shipment, movement, transportation, or sale.

(3) FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Green corn, tomatoes, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, peaches, strawberries, cucumbers (sold for slicing purposes) or cabbages.

(4) OFFICIAL GRADES. The grade or grades adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, as provided in Section 2-11-72 for determining the grade, quality, classification or condition of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Ala. Code § 11-52-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-53
Section 11-52-53 Appeals from Compensation Awards
Status: in_force

Within 20 days after the approval of any such report by the council, any person dissatisfied with the award of compensation therein contained may file with the clerk of the council notice of appeal to the court of the county in which the appellant’s land is located having jurisdiction of actions by municipalities to assess compensation for property taken or appropriated for public use for streets. Thereupon, and within 10 days of such notice, the clerk of the council shall file with the clerk of said court the report of the board of appraisers approved by the council, together with certified copies of the resolution of the council and of the notice of appeal. Within five days thereafter the appellant shall give and file with the clerk of said court an appeal bond, running to the municipality, for such amount as may be fixed by the court, to secure the municipality against the costs of the appeal in the event that appellant fails to obtain an award of compensation greater than that fixed in the said report. Thereupon said appeal shall be deemed to be filed and pending as a civil action brought by the municipality to appropriate and assess the compensation to be paid for the reservation of the land of the appellant as shown on the approved plat for the period fixed in the resolution of the council, and the procedure shall be in accordance with the procedure specified by law in the proceedings for the taking or appropriation of property for public use for streets, and the municipality shall pay the appellant the amount fixed in said civil action or, in the event it abandons the reservations, the amount of costs and expenses incurred by the appellant in said civil action.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-24
Section 11-43A-24 Regular Public Meetings of Council; Adjourned, Called, Special, or Other Meetings; Quorum; When Vote of Majority of Quorum Sufficient; When Vote of Majority of Council Required; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Journal; Unanimous Consent for Passage of Certain Ordinances at Meeting Where Introduced; Publication of Ordinances
Status: in_force

The council shall hold regular public meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall be fixed by the order of said council and publicly announced. It may hold such adjourned, called, or special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require. The mayor when present, and in his absence the assistant mayor, shall preside at all meetings of said council. A majority of the whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon said council. The affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any resolution, rule, or ordinance or the transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this article except that no resolution or ordinance of a general and permanent nature and an ordinance granting a franchise shall be adopted except by a vote of a majority of the whole number elected to the council. No resolution or ordinance granting any franchise, appropriating any money for any purpose, providing for any public improvements, any regulation concerning the public health, or of any other general permanent nature shall be enacted except at a regular public meeting of the council or an adjournment thereof. Every ordinance introduced shall be in writing and read in full unless in accordance with the rules of procedure theretofore adopted before any vote thereon shall be taken and the yeas and nays shall be recorded. A record of the proceedings of every meeting of the council shall be taken and prepared by the municipal clerk and the records of the proceedings of the meeting shall, when approved by the council, be signed by the mayor and the clerk and entered in the journal. The journal shall be kept available for inspection by all persons at all reasonable times. No ordinance of permanent operation shall be passed at the meeting in which it was introduced except by unanimous consent of all members of the council present and such unanimous consent shall be shown by the yea and nay votes entered upon the minutes of said meeting, provided, however, that if all members of the council present vote for the passage of the ordinance and their names are entered on the record as voting in favor thereof, it shall be construed as giving unanimous consent to the action taken upon such ordinance at the meeting at which it is introduced. Publication of ordinances shall be had as provided in Section 11-45-8.
Ala. Code § 11-47-111 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-111
Section 11-47-111 Prohibition of Gaming and Gambling Houses, Etc
Status: in_force

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to restrain and prohibit gaming and the keeping of gambling houses or tables and may by ordinance authorize the police to enter such house or part thereof, seize all gambling implements, and arrest all persons therein whenever any reputable person shall make affidavit that he has good cause to believe and does believe that any house is being kept for the purpose of carrying on gambling therein.
Ala. Code § 11-50-521 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-521
Section 11-50-521 Authority to Incorporate
Status: in_force

Any number of natural persons, not less than three and each of whom shall meet the requirements provided in this chapter, may organize a corporation not for pecuniary profit by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. Such corporation shall be organized for the benefit of the municipalities located within the confines of the power district and for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the fullest possible use of electric energy within the power district by making such electric energy available to the public within the power district at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management of the business of the corporation. Each such person shall be an elector and property owner in one of the municipalities located within the territory proposed to be included in the power district upon organization of the corporation, and no two shall be from the same municipality. All or parts of not less than three counties shall be included in the power district upon organization of the corporation, and such counties must be so located that each of said counties shall be connected with one or more of the others thereof and so that the area within the power district shall constitute one body.
Ala. Code § 11-62-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-20
Section 11-62-20 Exemptions of Authority - Competitive Bid Laws
Status: in_force

Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state now or hereafter in effect that require competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or by public corporations authorized by such municipalities, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41.
Ala. Code § 11-50-235 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-235
Section 11-50-235 Powers of Corporation Generally; Provisions in Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, or Pledge Agreements Executed by Corporation as to Rights of Parties Thereto, Etc.; Exemption from Taxation of Property and Income of Corporation
Status: in_force

(a) Each corporation formed under this division shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation or until dissolved as provided in this division;

(2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil actions against it;

(3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of such corporation (whether or not such system or systems were in existence or whether or not such system or systems were privately owned prior to acquisition by such corporation) and to receive, acquire, take, and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, real, personal, and mixed property of any nature whatsoever that its board of directors may deem a necessary or convenient part of such system or systems;

(5) To borrow money and to issue in evidence of the borrowing interest-bearing bonds payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of either or both of its systems (although the money so borrowed may be used for the benefit of or with respect to only one of its systems);

(6) To pledge for payment of its bonds any revenues from which such bonds are made payable and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise convey the system or systems the revenues from which are so pledged;

(7) To sell at wholesale all or any part of its water supply to any other corporation organized under the provisions of this division or to any municipality for distribution to the inhabitants thereof and the surrounding territory;

(8) To sell water and to furnish sewer services and other services from any system, the operation of which is provided for in its certificate of incorporation and to establish and collect and alter charges for water, sewer services, and all services of any kind sold or furnished by it; provided, that charges for services from any sewer system shall be established in such manner that there shall be no charge with respect to any portion of such sewer system that may have been paid for wholly or in part by assessments against the property specially benefited thereby, but any person whose property is served in part by a portion of a sewer system so paid for and in part by a portion of a sewer system not so paid for may be charged an appropriate rate for the service rendered such property by a sewer disposal plant, a sewage treatment plant, or any other portion of a sewer system which has not to any extent been paid for by such assessments;

(9) To operate its sewer system and its water system as one consolidated and unified system, keeping the books and records thereof as one unit;

(10) To lease, exchange, sell, convey, and otherwise dispose of its real, personal, and mixed property by any form of legal conveyance or transfer;

(11) To exercise all powers of eminent domain now or hereafter conferred on municipalities in this state;

(12) To appoint and employ such officers and agents, including attorneys, as its business may require; and

(13) To provide for such insurance as its board of directors may deem advisable.

(b) Any mortgage, deed of trust, or pledge agreement made by such corporation may contain such agreements as the board of directors may deem advisable respecting the operation and maintenance of the property and the use of the revenues subject to such mortgage, deed of trust or pledge agreement and respecting the rights or duties of the parties to such instrument or the parties for the benefit of whom such instrument is made; provided, that no such mortgage or deed of trust shall be subject to foreclosure.

(c) The property and income of such corporation shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-51-71 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-71
Section 11-51-71 Disposition of Redemption Money When Lands Redeemed
Status: in_force

The judge of probate at the time he is required to remit to the State Treasurer and to the county treasurer redemption money under the provisions of law in regard to state and county taxes shall also pay to the city or town treasurer or person designated by the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of the municipality as treasurer the proportion of redemption money, if any, belonging to the municipality, and all of such provisions of law in regard to state and county taxes shall be applicable to such municipalities and municipal taxes in the same manner and way as to the state and county taxes.
Ala. Code § 2-15-311 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-311
Section 2-15-311 Filing of Statement with Commissioner by Owner of Sire Charging Service Fee
Status: in_force

Every owner of a sire charging a service fee, in order to have a lien upon the get of any such sire under the provisions of this article for said service, shall file a statement verified by oath or affirmation to the best of his knowledge and belief with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, giving the name, age, description and pedigree, as well as the terms and conditions upon which such sire is advertised for service.
Ala. Code § 11-47-74 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-74
Section 11-47-74 Removal of Remains, Etc., from Cemeteries Owned by Churches, Etc
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this division shall authorize or permit or be construed or deemed to authorize or permit the heirs, relatives, or friends of any deceased person whose body has been interred in any cemetery owned, governed, or controlled by any religious corporation or by any church or religious society or any denomination or by any corporation sole administering temporalities of any religious denomination, society, or church or owned, governed or controlled by any person or persons as trustee or trustees for any religious denomination, society or church to disinter, remove, reinter, or dispose of any such body except in accordance with the rules, regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church.
Ala. Code § 11-46-143 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-143
Section 11-46-143 Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-3-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-21
Section 2-3-21 Other Departments to Furnish Services and Labor in Construction of Roads, Etc
Status: in_force

All surveying and engineering services in connection with the construction of roads, approaches and paving connected with such market or markets shall be furnished by and shall be rendered under the supervision of the Department of Transportation, without charge to the Board of Agriculture and Industries, and all labor for construction of such roads, approaches and paving shall be furnished without charge by the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Ala. Code § 11-44-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-23
Section 11-44-23 Powers and Authority of Board of Commissioners Upon Organization of Commission Form of Government; Abolition of Certain Boards, Commissions, and Officers; Continuation of Corporate Existence, Etc., of Municipality
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-48-16.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-16.1
Section 11-48-16.1 Assessment of Charge Against Landowner Seeking to Connect to Sewer
Status: in_force

(a) If a landowner, whose property has not previously been assessed a fee for the public improvement of sanitary sewers or the sanitary sewer system, requests to be connected to the existing sanitary sewer after the term of a public improvement ordinance relating to that improvement has expired, the governing body of any city or town shall, if the improvement has sufficient capacity to add the user, assess a charge against the property to be drained, served, or benefitted by the sanitary sewers or sanitary sewer system to the extent of the increased value to the property by reason of the special benefit derived from the connection.

(b) The assessment shall be computed at the same rate, if readily available, for property originally assessed under the public improvement ordinance establishing the sanitary sewers to which the landowner desires to connect. If the governing body determines the rate is not readily available, the assessment shall be as determined by the governing body, but shall not be in excess of either (1) the reasonable front foot cost of the sewer at current construction costs under similar circumstances or (2) the increased value to the property by reason of the special benefit derived from the connection.

(c) The fee for the connection shall be assessed prior to a plumbing permit being issued to perform the connection. Payment for the assessment shall be allowed pursuant to Section 11-48-48, and arrangements for the payment shall be made prior to the issuance of any required plumbing permit for the connection.

(d) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any provisions of any local law or general law of local application relating to assessment of property owners by cities or towns for public improvements.
Ala. Code § 11-50-84 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-84
Section 11-50-84 Hearing Upon Objections, Etc., to Assessments
Status: in_force

The council shall hear and pass upon all objections and protests against the proposed assessment under such reasonable rules and regulations as they may adopt and, by the mayor or clerk or other executive officer, may issue subpoenas for witnesses to appear before the council or any committee thereof and may administer oaths to the witnesses to be examined.
Ala. Code § 2-19-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-10
Section 2-19-10 Failure of Cotton Broker, Etc., to Pay for Cotton Purchased and Disposed Of
Status: in_force

Any cotton broker or other person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying cotton, either on his own account or for others, who buys or engages to buy from a planter or commission merchant any cotton and fails or refuses to pay for the same at the time agreed upon and makes away with or disposes of any cotton purchased and not paid for is guilty of fraud and embezzlement and, on conviction, must be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years at the discretion of the jury.
Ala. Code § 22-52-10.9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-10.9
Section 22-52-10.9 Order Finding Defendant Insane, Mentally Incompetent, Etc., to Be Entered into Information Systems; Civil Review
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Upon any finding that a defendant is insane, mentally incompetent, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to Chapter 16 of Title 15, or the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, the judge shall immediately forward the order of the finding to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the order shall be entered in its information systems. The order shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the manner as the Alabama Justice Information Center Commission shall provide.

(2) The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, as soon as possible thereafter, shall enter the order in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and the information shall be entered into the NICS Index Denied Persons File.

(3) The records maintained pursuant to this section shall only be used for purposes of determining eligibility to receive, ship, transport, or possess a firearm. Information furnished shall not include confidential medical or treatment records.

(b)(1) Any person who is subject to the firearm disabilities of 18 U.S.C. Section 922(d)(4) and (g)(4), and who is subject to the firearm disabilities of Sections 13A-11-72 and 13A-11-75, because he or she has been determined by law or legal process to be of unsound mind, may petition the district court in the jurisdiction where such a finding was made, for a civil review of the person’s mental capacity to receive, ship, transport, or possess a firearm.

(2) The district attorney or the Attorney General, whoever prosecuted the underlying case, and victim or victim representative, if applicable, shall be served a copy of the petition by certified mail. The petitioner may present evidence and witnesses at the hearing on the petition. The district attorney or Attorney General shall be allowed to speak and make recommendations to the court. The victim or victim representative, if applicable, shall be allowed to speak to the court. The district court shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law on the issues before it and issue a final order.

(3) The district court shall grant the relief requested in the petition if the judge finds, based on a preponderance of the evidence presented with respect to the petitioner’s reputation, the petitioner’s mental health record and, if applicable, certified criminal history record obtained from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the circumstances surrounding the petitioner’s firearm disability, and any other evidence in the record, that the petitioner will not be likely to act in a manner that is dangerous to public safety and that granting the relief would not be contrary to the public interest.

(4) If the final order grants relief, a copy of the order shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency directing that the prior order be removed from its information systems. Thereafter, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, as soon as possible, shall redact the prior order from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or shall request that the redaction be done and shall notify the United States Attorney General that the basis for the record being made available no longer applies.

(5) The petitioner may appeal a final order denying relief within 42 days of the order to the circuit court for the county in which the commitment or adjudication was entered. The circuit court’s review shall be conducted de novo.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-92
Section 11-44E-92 Powers and Duties of City Manager
Status: in_force

The city manager shall be the administrative head of the city. He (She) shall devote all his (her) working time and attention to the affairs of the city and shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of all the affairs of the city over which he (she) has jurisdiction. He (She) shall have the power and it shall be his (her) duty:

(1) To administer the policies of the commission, the code of ordinances of the city, and state and federal laws pertaining to the city as provided herein. For the purpose of said administration, the commission does hereby authorize and direct the city manager to see that all duties and authority conferred upon it by law, all city ordinances, resolutions, policies, and directives are carried out, and any and all his (her) acts shall be for and in the name of the city and/or the commission; provided, however, there is hereby excepted and excluded those duties and authority given by the commission, state, and federal laws to other boards, agencies, and officials.

(2) To direct the affairs of all department heads and to appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, discipline, and remove all heads of departments, or other employees appointed by the city manager. Said appointments and removal shall be done only upon the recommendation of the city manager and subsequent approval by the commission. All such appointments shall be made upon merit and fitness alone. The city manager may, without notice, cause the affairs of any department head or employee to be examined. All appointments, removals, or suspensions shall be subject to regulations, authority, and provisions of any civil service act or merit system act relating to such city.

(3) To exercise control over all departments under his (her) supervision now in existence or that may hereinafter be created by the commission.

(4) To recommend to the commission the creating, consolidating, and combining of offices, positions or departments of the administrative and operational departments of the city.

(5) To plan, organize, and supervise the operations of the city’s various department heads so as to promote harmony, economy, efficiency, and cooperation among the departments and with the other agencies, commissions, and committees as hereinabove set forth.

(6) To investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration and operation of the city government and services maintained by the public utilities of the city.

(7) To see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the city or its inhabitants in any public utility franchise are faithfully kept and performed and, upon the knowledge of any violation thereof, to call the same to the attention of the commission.

(8) The city manager, or an officer appointed by him (her), shall be the purchasing agent for the city for purchases for departments under his (her) control.

(9) To attend all meetings of the commission with the right to take part in the discussions but having no vote. The city manager shall be entitled to notice of all special meetings.

(10) To keep the commission fully advised at all times as to the financial condition and needs of the city.

(11) To prepare, or cause to be prepared, each year, an operations budget and supplemental budget as provided in Article 6 of this chapter.

(12) To cause to be prepared and presented to the commission semiannually a statement showing the exact financial condition of the city as of the end of the preceding quarter and showing amounts appropriated, amounts expended, and unexpended balance of the items of appropriation.

(13) To recommend to the commission adoption of such measures as he (she) may deem necessary or expedient.

(14) To insure that proper accounting procedures are established and followed.

(15) To seek to improve the relationship between the city government and the public by the formulation of an adequate program which shall include personnel training as well as public relations.

(16) To perform such other lawful duties as may be required by resolution or ordinance of the commission.

(17) To assure that each administrative unit of the municipality develops written operating procedures for that unit.
Ala. Code § 11-40-61 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-61
Section 11-40-61 Adoption of Article; Exception
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this article shall apply in any Class 2 municipality that adopts the provisions of this article to be applicable to the collection of municipal code liens as to real property, other than owner occupied property, in the municipality.

(b) The provisions of this article shall not apply to owner occupied property.
Ala. Code § 2-12-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 2-12-11
Section 2-12-11 Offenses; Disposition of Fines
Status: in_force

Any person who shall perform any of the acts which are declared unlawful by the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this article relating to the sale or offering for sale of eggs or who shall hinder or obstruct any authorized agent of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries by refusing to allow entrance at any reasonable time into any place of business for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, including the review of books and records of egg sales, or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as now prescribed by law for such offenses. All amounts collected under this chapter as fines shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Egg Inspection Fund existing under the provisions of Section 2-9-40.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-148 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-148
Section 11-44E-148 Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, Etc., Continued in Force
Status: in_force

All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as amended, or as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city.
Ala. Code § 11-42-62 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-62
Section 11-42-62 Separately Owned Lands May Be Embraced in Single Resolution or Notice
Status: in_force

Land owned by any number of separate and distinct owners may be embraced in the same resolution passed by the board or governing body of the city, and notice or citation by publication may be given to all owners by the mayor in one notice, but each owner shall have the right of contest as provided in this article as to any land owned by him.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-64 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-64
Section 11-43C-64 Division of Finance; Head of Division
Status: in_force

There shall be a division of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The head of the division shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system.
Ala. Code § 11-43-103 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-103
Section 11-43-103 Issuance of Licenses; Devolution of Duties Upon Auditor
Status: in_force

The clerk shall issue all licenses unless otherwise provided by ordinance, receiving the money therefor, and pay the same over instanter to the city treasurer. Any part of the duties of the clerk may devolve upon the auditor by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 2-30-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-4
Section 2-30-4 Appropriations
Status: in_force

Any appropriation made for the annual maintenance and operation of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System shall be paid upon requisition of the appropriate fiscal officer of Alabama A&M University or Auburn University, by warrants drawn by the Comptroller upon the Treasurer.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-57 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-57
Section 11-43C-57 Additional Appropriations
Status: in_force

Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance may be made by the council by not less than four affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the head of the division of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-165 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-165
Section 11-44E-165 Employee Involvement in Elections
Status: in_force

Any employee of any such city shall not wear signs or election material at his (her) place of employment or work.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-20
Section 11-54B-20 Tax Exemption
Status: in_force

A nonprofit corporation designated as a district management corporation under this article shall be exempt from the state corporate income tax, corporate franchise tax, and permit fee and from state, county, and municipal sales, use, license, gross receipts, and ad valorem taxes.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-2
Section 11-61A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them:

(1) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized under this chapter.

(2) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority organized under this chapter.

(3) BOND. Any bond authorized to be issued under this chapter.

(4) COUPON. Any interest coupon evidencing an installment of interest payable with respect to a bond.

(5) DIRECTOR. A member of a board.

(6) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative powers of the municipality are vested.

(7) INDENTURE. A mortgage, an indenture of mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, or trust indenture executed by an authority as security for its bonds.

(8) MUNICIPALITY. A Class 2 municipality subject to this chapter.

(9) PARKING FACILITY. Any building, structure, land, right-of-way, equipment, or instrumentality used or useful in either of the following ways:

a. In connection with the construction, enlargement, development, maintenance, or operation of an area or building for off-street or on-street parking of motor vehicles.

b. In connection with the exercise of any power of the authority.

(10) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-51-47 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-47
Section 11-51-47 Assessment Book of Tax Assessor
Status: in_force

The book required to be made for the county tax assessor under the provisions of law shall also show the property subject to municipal taxes in such municipalities and shall be so ruled that the amount of such municipal taxes charged to each taxpayer or against property in favor of such municipalities for the next succeeding municipal tax year on the assessed value of the then current state tax year can be entered and extended and footed up and the footings carried from page to page and the total amounts thereof footed up so as to show the amount of taxes to be paid to such municipalities.
Ala. Code § 2-15-156 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-156
Section 2-15-156 Cleaning, Disinfecting, Etc., of Quarantined Livestock or Places by Owners, Etc., Upon Receipt of Notice from State Veterinarian, Etc
Status: in_force

Owners, agents, renters or parties in possession of quarantined livestock or quarantined places shall follow the directions in the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in cleaning and disinfecting infected or exposed livestock and infested or infected quarantined places and in destroying the carriers or the causes of a contagious, infectious or communicable disease, the infested, exposed or infected livestock and quarantined places. Said cleaning of said livestock and the disinfecting of said places and destroying of said carriers shall be done by the owners or the persons in possession of the infected, exposed or infested livestock and places within two days after receiving a written or printed notice from the State Veterinarian, an assistant state veterinarian or a livestock inspector.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-29
Section 11-43A-29 Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year; Submission and Adoption of Budget; Changes in Budget
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the first day of each October in each year and shall end on the last day of each September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this article the term “budget year” shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.

The city manager, at least 45 days prior to the beginning of each budget year, shall submit to the council a budget proposal, with explanations. The council shall adopt a budget, by ordinance, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget so adopted shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by the general public. Any changes in the budget, during the course of the budget year, shall be done by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 22-58-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 58 / Section 22-58-5
Section 22-58-5 Establishment of Pilot Projects
Status: in_force

(a) ADMH may establish pilot projects utilizing existing evidence-based services certified by ADMH or organizations that agree to become certified by ADMH. Pilot projects shall be awarded funding by ADMH through a fair and transparent request-for-proposal process. Pilot projects may begin upon the appropriation of funds and certification of projects.

(b) The pilot projects may include any of the following:

(1) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as an evidence-based treatment for PTSD.

(2) TBI screenings integrated into behavioral health services.

(3) Integrated behavioral health and primary care models.

(4) Agencies that have successfully met the SAMHSA criteria for the CCBHC model of care as certified by ADMH.

(c) Pilot projects shall be based on the findings of the comprehensive plan.