Ala. Code § 11-49-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-4
Section 11-49-4 Establishment of Speed Limits, Etc., Within Corporate Limits
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, each municipality shall fix by ordinance the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated within its corporate limits and shall fix the punishment for any violation of the ordinance in accordance with state law.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a municipality may not fix the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated on a county-maintained street, as defined in Section 11-49-80, located within the corporate limits of the municipality unless the municipality conducts an engineering and traffic investigation and receives written approval from the county engineer to fix the speed based on the results of that investigation.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-24
Section 11-54A-24 Authorities Organized Under Prior Acts
Status: in_force

Any downtown redevelopment authority established under Acts 1982, No. 303, Acts 1984, No. 395, Acts 1984, No. 415, Acts 1985, No. 185, or any other authority organized under any act of this state prior to May 29, 1985, for the purpose of revitalizing or redeveloping the central business district of any city or town in Alabama may reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter by the filing of a restated certificate of incorporation with the judge of probate of the county wherein the certificate of incorporation of the authority was originally filed for record but the provisions of Section 11-54A-4 need not be complied with and, if the authority had previously received an authorizing resolution, no new authorizing resolution shall be required. The governing body of the city shall not be required to reappoint the directors of any such authority and the directors then in office shall continue in office and their terms of office shall expire at the same time such terms would have expired prior to the passage of this chapter. The downtown development area of such authorities shall be the areas specified in the acts described in the first sentence of this paragraph.

All bonds, leases, mortgages, indentures, inducement agreements, preliminary bond resolutions and other instruments, contracts, documents and agreements issued, entered into, authorized or approved by such authorities are hereby validated, ratified and approved ab initio.
Ala. Code § 11-50B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50B / Section 11-50B-1
Section 11-50B-1 Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the development of advanced telecommunications capabilities, cable, interactive computer, and Internet facilities and services to better serve the public and further industrial economic development in this state. It is necessary for growth, job opportunities, and sustained economic development to encourage new investment in advanced telecommunications capabilities, cable, interactive computer, and Internet facilities, including investment by public providers of these services. Nothing contained herein, however, is intended to exempt, except, or exclude public providers which engage in the provision of advanced telecommunications capability or services, cable, interactive computer, or Internet facilities or services pursuant to the authority granted herein from complying with any provisions of federal law which may at any time apply to the public providers or their facilities or services, including without limitation, to the extent that they apply, any requirement that they interconnect with other telecommunications providers, or that they obtain from the regulatory authorities designated by federal law as being the appropriate bodies from which to obtain any requisite approval, the approval of interconnection agreements with other telecommunications providers.
Ala. Code § 2-8-366 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-366
Section 2-8-366 Violations
Status: in_force

Any individual who sells shrimp or seafood in the state who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the commissioner any assessment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment the individual failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. The amount of any fine shall be remitted to the commissioner and shall be transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled to the assessment.
Ala. Code § 2-8-279 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-279
Section 2-8-279 Majority Vote Required for Approval of Assessment; Canvass of Results; Limitations on Assessments
Status: in_force

If any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority or more of the catfish producers eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in such referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified association shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof. The amount of the assessment levied upon the sale of catfish feed bought, sold or manufactured in the State of Alabama shall not exceed $5.00 per ton.
Ala. Code § 2-19-64 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-64
Section 2-19-64 Operation of Gin Without Permit
Status: in_force

Any cotton ginner who operates his gin without first securing a permit therefor as provided by this article, or who operates after such permit has been revoked shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this article and, on conviction, shall be fined as for a misdemeanor for each day so operated.
Ala. Code § 11-40-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-11
Section 11-40-11 When Change in Form of Government Takes Effect
Status: in_force

No change from the mayor-council form of municipal government to the commission form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted.

No change from the commission form of municipal government to the mayor-council form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted. The term of any commissioner which might expire before such date is hereby extended until such date when the form of government changes.
Ala. Code § 2-27-55 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-55
Section 2-27-55 License - Nonresidents
Status: in_force

Any person who performs the custom application of pesticides who is a nonresident of this state shall be required to obtain a license as required under Section 2-27-53 and comply with all of the other requirements of this article. Nothing herein shall prevent the commissioner, with approval of the board, from providing for issuing reciprocal licenses to residents of other states that recognize and accept licenses issued under this article to residents of this state who perform custom application of pesticides.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-104
Section 11-43A-104 Effect of Article on Pending Litigation
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article or by anything herein contained in this article.
Ala. Code § 11-46-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling Place Hours; Duties of Election Officers; Challenger; Deletion of Absentee Voter Applicants from Voter List; Preservation of Order
Status: in_force

(a) Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time.

The election officers at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing body to close the polls and no longer.

(b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling place who has identified himself or herself with the election officials at the polling place by closing time shall be permitted to cast his or her ballot.

(c) Before entering upon their duties, the election officers must take an oath to perform their duties at the election according to law, and the oath may be administered either by any person authorized by law to administer oaths or by an election inspector.

(d) When paper ballots are used, the inspectors shall select one of their number, on opening the polls, to act as challenger, and the challenger shall ascertain if each person presenting himself or herself to vote is registered, the finding to be from an examination of the official list of the voters furnished by the mayor or other chief executive officer.

(e) Upon receipt of the list showing the names of every person whose name appears on the official list of qualified electors for that particular polling place who have applied for absentee ballots in the election, the election officials shall strike from the list of qualified electors kept at the polling place the name of every person who has applied for an absentee ballot, and no person who has applied for an absentee ballot shall vote again.

(f) Before the election officials commence receiving ballots, the election inspectors must cause it to be proclaimed aloud at the places of voting that the election is opened.

(g) After the polls have been opened, no adjournment or recess shall be taken until the certificate of the result of the election is signed.

(h) When voting machines are used, the election officials shall also comply with Section 11-46-47, and upon completing the duties thereby imposed shall formally declare the polls opened.

(i) The marshal, chief of police, or other chief law enforcement officer of the city or town shall preserve good order at all municipal elections held in the city or town, but not more than one officer shall at the same time be allowed to enter the polling place. Except as electors are admitted to vote and persons to assist them as provided in this article and except the above-mentioned law enforcement officers, the election officials, and the watchers, no person shall be permitted within 30 feet of the polling place.
Ala. Code § 2-8-314 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-314
Section 2-8-314 Nonprofit Association
Status: in_force

(a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of sheep and goat producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the sheep and goat industry may apply to the board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among sheep and goat producers of the state, on the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending, and utilizing the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in the referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified by the board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this article.

(b) Upon any nonprofit association of sheep and goat producers filing an application with the board, the board shall, within 30 days thereafter, meet and consider the application. If the board is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative of the sheep and goat producers of the state, and the board finds and determines that the application is in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, the board shall certify the association as a duly delegated and authorized association and shall certify that the association may conduct among the sheep and goat producers of the state a referendum for the purpose set forth in its application.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-10
Section 2-3A-10 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with such refunding; provided, that unless duly called for redemption pursuant to provisions contained therein, the holders of any such bonds then outstanding and proposed to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their outstanding bonds for such refunding. Any refunding bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by its board to be most advantageous, or may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. Any refunding bonds issued by the authority shall be issued and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-3A-8.
Ala. Code § 2-17-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-30
Section 2-17-30 Jurisdiction and Prosecution of Injunctive Proceedings Under Chapter or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder
Status: in_force

The circuit courts of the several counties of this state are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter or any regulation promulgated under authority thereof by temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or otherwise. Petitions for injunctive relief as authorized hereunder shall be filed in the circuit court of the county of residence of the person who violates the provisions of this chapter. Any action commenced hereunder based upon facts furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or others having knowledge thereof may be brought in the name of the State of Alabama upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval, and such officer shall upon request be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney of the judicial circuit in which injunctive proceedings are filed.
Ala. Code § 2-8-164 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-164
Section 2-8-164 Expenditure of Assessments
Status: in_force

The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of hens as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the certified association, after such funds are remitted to it by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating, by advertising and other methods, the increased use and sale of eggs and egg products, and such funds may also be used for the financing or contributing toward the financing of research, experimental and educational programs for the efficient and economical production, distribution, processing and marketing of eggs and egg products. Any such certified association may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate agencies of any public or private institution or organization, and funds derived from assessments to the extent agreed upon and approved may be contributed to such public or private institution or agency for such research, experimental and educational work as it may require for such work so conducted and performed pursuant to such an agreement. Any certified association may also formulate and establish a plan for advertising and sales promotion; and, to carry out such a promotional program, agreements for this purpose may be entered into with advertising and public relations agencies or organizations. Before any funds received as assessments under the provisions of this article are disbursed and expended for the purposes authorized in this section, the certified association shall prepare and formulate its promotional program on an annual basis, and said program shall be submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for its approval. Any funds expended by the certified association not authorized by the promotional program previously approved shall be deemed an unauthorized and illegal expenditure of such funds. Any funds approved for expenditure for a promotional program as authorized under this article are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by said certified association to carry out any such approved promotional program or programs, and it shall not be necessary for the Legislature to make any specific or general appropriation for such disbursements or expenditures, nor shall such disbursements or expenditures be subject to the budget and allotment requirements of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this Code, and such disbursements and expenditures shall not be restricted or subject to any other requirements for general or special appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-51-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-40
Section 11-51-40 Adoption of Ordinance Providing for Payment of Municipal Taxes Upon Basis of State and County Assessments for Preceding Tax Year, Etc.; Operation Under Provisions of Article by Certain Cities
Status: in_force

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 and provide for the effective date of such ordinance and further provide that on and after each October 1 after the effective date of such ordinance municipal taxes shall be based and due on state and county assessments for the preceding tax year and shall be due and delinquent at the time when the state and county taxes for the preceding tax year are due and delinquent.

All cities whose taxes were, prior to the adoption of the 1940 Code, assessed and collected under 1911 Acts, p. 130, or 1931 Acts, p. 337, shall continue under the provisions of this article without passage of any ordinance.
Ala. Code § 2-2-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-3
Section 2-2-3 Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Board of Agriculture and Industries, for the faithful performance of his duties.
Ala. Code § 11-43D-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43D / Section 11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of Ordinance; Elections; Powers and Duties of Mayor and Council
Status: in_force

If an ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then:

(1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the seven council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.

(2)a. The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council shall be held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance with the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections under the general laws of the State of Alabama.

b. A candidate for each place on the city council or mayor shall be a resident of the district which he or she seeks to represent on the council for at least 365 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate and shall be a qualified elector.

(3)a. On the first Monday in October, after the election of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council members shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the present mayor and governing body shall end.

b. Each council member and mayor shall reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office.

(4) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor and one council member elected at large and six council members elected from single member districts, which shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under this title, not inconsistent with this chapter, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may have been theretofore granted to such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-161 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-161
Section 11-44E-161 Bribes; Transportation of Voters to Polls
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any person or persons, or for any candidate to provide or use any trucks, automobiles or other vehicles for the purpose of transporting voters to the polls on election day.
Ala. Code § 11-52-80.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; Membership; Reversing, Affirming or Modifying Decisions, Etc.; Terms of Planning Commission Members Terminated; Duties, Powers, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1.

(b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor.

(c) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may 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.

(d) Upon the adoption by the council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government of an ordinance adopting an alternate board of adjustment structure pursuant to this section, the terms of the incumbent members of any existing planning commission shall be terminated.

(e) Unless specified otherwise in this section, the duties, powers, responsibilities, and procedures of any planning commission appointed pursuant to this section shall be as provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-50-348 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-348
Section 11-50-348 Liability Upon Revenue Bonds, Etc.; Payment of Bonds and Expenses
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the city or a pledge of the faith and credit of the city, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor from revenues. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the city nor the board shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues of the water system or sewer system in connection with which they are issued and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the city is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds.

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the board under this article beyond the extent to which moneys shall have provided under the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-75-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 11-75-9
Section 11-75-9 Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

At any time when a regional law enforcement training facility authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and with the prior approval of the municipal council of each municipality participating in the authority, adopt a resolution declaring its intent that the authority shall be dissolved. Written notice of intent to dissolve shall be immediately delivered to the municipal council of each municipality participating in the authority. Dissolution shall not take place less than 60 days following the written notice. At the expiration of 60 days and upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the dissolution resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the municipality in which the authority’s certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall stand dissolved and, if the authority owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall pass to and be divided and apportioned among the municipalities included in the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-50-436 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-436
Section 11-50-436 Officers
Status: in_force

At the first meeting of the board, the members shall elect one of their number as chairman and one of their number as secretary. Thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chairman and a secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chairman and secretary shall be filled by the board if and when the same may occur.
Ala. Code § 2-15-255 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-255
Section 2-15-255 Serum Fund
Status: in_force

All moneys accruing from the sale of anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent as provided in Section 2-15-253 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Industries in a fund to be known as the “Serum Fund,” which fund shall be used for the purchase and distribution of anti-hog cholera serum or other immunizing agent as provided in both Sections 2-15-251 and 2-15-253.
Ala. Code § 11-50-301 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-301
Section 11-50-301 Reorganization and Composition
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-297, EFFECTIVE MAY 7, 2025.
Ala. Code § 11-51-207 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-207
Section 11-51-207 Collection of Taxes by Department of Revenue – Generally; Municipal Rental Tax Levy
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may pass an ordinance or resolution requiring the Department of Revenue to administer and collect any taxes levied and assessed under the provisions of this article, or any general, special, or local law relating to the levy or administration of a municipal sales and use, rental, or lodgings tax. In all cases where the governing body of a municipality provides by ordinance or resolution for the administration and collection of any taxes levied under the provisions of this article, or any general, special, or local law relating to the levy or administration of a municipal sales and use, rental, or lodgings tax by the Department of Revenue, administration and collections shall be made under the same provisions and procedures provided for by Sections 11-51-180 to 11-51-185, inclusive.

(b) Any municipal rental tax levy administered and collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to Section 11-51-207(a) or Section 11-51-208 shall parallel the state levy of rental tax, except for the rate of the tax, as levied by Sections 40-12-220 to 40-12-224, inclusive, and shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, provisions, rules, regulations, statutes of limitation, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions as are provided by Section 40-2A-7 and Sections 40-12-220 to 40-12-224, inclusive.
Ala. Code § 11-65-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-40
Section 11-65-40 Transmission of Racing Information Prohibited
Status: in_force

With the exception of televised simulcast programming of horse races and greyhound races authorized in accordance with Section 11-65-32, it shall be unlawful for any person to transmit or communicate to another by any means whatsoever the results, changing odds, track conditions, or other information relating to any horse race or greyhound race from any racetrack in a commission municipal jurisdiction between the period of time beginning one hour prior to the first race of the day and ending 30 minutes after the posting of the official results of each race, as to that particular race, except this period may be reduced to permit the transmitting of the result of the last race each day not sooner than 15 minutes after the official posting of such results; provided, however, that a commission may by rule permit the immediate transmission by radio, television (other than televised simulcast programming pursuant to Section 11-65-32 hereof), or press wire of any pertinent information concerning feature races.

It shall be unlawful for any person to transmit by any means whatsoever racing information to any other person or relay the same to any other person by word of mouth, by signal, or by use of telephone, telegraph, radio, or any other means when the information is knowingly used or intended to be used for illegal gambling purposes or in furtherance of such gambling purposes. It is the legislative intent that the improper use of instruments of communication referred to in the preceding sentence is prohibited and not the possession or lawful use of such instruments on the premises of any racing facility under the jurisdiction of a commission, and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit, or to authorize a commission to prohibit, the location of public telephones in or about a racing facility or the possession of portable telephones by members of the general public when attending racing events.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission Form of Government
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted commission form of government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs.City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297, then the provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city.

The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70 through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners as a whole. All three commissioners shall be jointly and equally responsible for all departments, boards and commissions and the discharge of all other administrative duties provided by the applicable state law or this decree. Every department head shall be responsible to the commission as a whole, provided however, that the powers, functions, duties, and rotation of the mayor’s office among the three commissioners shall remain in effect as prescribed by existing state law. No later than 30 days following the date the commissioners take office under the court ordered plan, the city commission shall appoint a city administrator. The city administrator shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the city and oversee the administration of the financial and budgeting, purchasing, planning, recreational and cultural, public works and public safety functions of the government of the city. The city administrator shall be charged with the responsibility of carrying out the policies and objectives established by the board of city commissioners and the coordination of activities of the city government, and shall have wide latitude in accomplishing the daily solution of municipal problems, including the establishment of effective relationships with other governmental bodies and agencies, and the general public. The person holding this position shall have general administrative direction over all departments and employees of the city, provided, that the final executive and administrative authority shall remain with the city commission. Without limitation by the foregoing, the city administrator shall discharge other duties and responsibilities at the direction of the board of commissioners. The compensation to be paid the city administrator shall be set by the city commissioners. The city administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the city commissioners.

The city commission elected pursuant to this court ordered plan shall have the rights, duties, powers, and responsibilities provided by applicable state law except to the extent that such state law provisions conflict with the provisions of this order. If such conflicts arise, the city commission may by resolution or ordinance determine how such conflicts should be resolved; provided, however, that upon the motion of any of the parties, or upon its own motion, the United States district court may reverse or modify the determinations of conflicts by the city commission.
Ala. Code § 2-5A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5A / Section 2-5A-31
Section 2-5A-31 Authorization to Issue Bonds
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, in addition to all other powers previously conferred upon it, may issue and sell its bonds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, improving, renovating, equipping, and maintaining farmers’ market facilities which the Department of Agriculture and Industries may establish pursuant to Section 2-5A-1. The bonds shall be in such form or forms and denomination or denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner, shall be made subject to redemption prior to their maturities, and shall contain provisions not inconsistent with this article, all as may be provided by the resolution under which the bonds may be issued; provided, that those bonds having maturities more than 10 years after their date shall be subject to redemption at the option of the commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, on any interest payment date on and after the tenth anniversary after their date at such redemption price and under such conditions as may be prescribed in the proceedings of the Board of Agriculture and Industries under which they are issued.
Ala. Code § 11-65-30.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-30.1
Section 11-65-30.1 Commission Greyhound Racing Days
Status: in_force

(a) During each calendar year, a greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate three racing days (“commission racing days”) on which such operator will conduct a performance or program of greyhound racing and will pay to the commission the “gross profit” (as hereafter defined in this section) derived by the operator on such days from greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon, including the sale of food, drink, programs and other items to the public in attendance and charges made for parking. In the event that a greyhound racing operator conducts greyhound racing for only part of a calendar year, one racing day shall be required for each period of four months or portion thereof in which such operator conducts greyhound racing during such calendar year. A greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate and conduct four commission racing days in any calendar year, beginning with the calendar year next succeeding the first full calendar year of greyhound racing conducted by an operator under license from the commission, with respect to which the greyhound racing handle in the next preceding year was less than $150,000,000.00. The commission racing days designated by the greyhound racing operator shall be subject to approval by the commission, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The commission racing days shall be spaced at intervals during the calendar year so that all will not occur in the same calendar season. The greyhound racing operator will give written notice to the commission of the commission racing days proposed for a calendar year not later than 30 days after the beginning of such calendar year. The commission may approve the proposed commission racing days or make a counter proposal to the greyhound racing operator for different days and, in connection therewith, shall state its reasons for desiring different days. If the commission’s counter proposal is not acceptable to the greyhound racing operator, the commission and the operator shall negotiate in good faith to determine mutually acceptable commission racing days for the current calendar year, but if agreement cannot be reached as the year continues, the operator shall be released from the obligation to hold one commission racing day for every four months that elapse from the beginning of such year (or one commission racing day for every three months in calendar years entitled to four commission racing days). The commission shall be prohibited from taking any regulatory action with respect to the greyhound racing operator for the purpose of coercing agreement on commission racing days demanded by the commission.

(b) As used with reference to a commission racing day, the term “gross profit” shall mean the amount computed by taking all revenues derived by the greyhound racing operator from greyhound racing conducted on such day (including the authorized “takeout” deductions from pari-mutuel pools, the proceeds from the sale of food, drink, programs, and other goods to the public in attendance, and parking charges) and deducting therefrom the sum of the following: (1) The actual operating costs of the greyhound racing operator on such commission racing day, which costs shall be those incurred for greyhound purses, direct labor, the costs of food, drink, and other merchandise sold on such day and other costs incurred solely by reason of opening and operating the racing facility and shall not be deemed to include costs that are constant from day to day and would have been incurred by the operator had greyhound racing not been conducted on such day, including, but not limited to, such costs as capital expenditures, interest on debt, property taxes, insurance and other items of fixed expense determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) The state dog racing privilege tax and the commission greyhound wagering fee applicable to pari-mutuel wagering conducted on such commission racing day; (3) The general sales taxes payable to the state, the sponsoring municipality, and the host county for food, drink, and other merchandize sold by the greyhound racing operator on such commission racing day, admission fees for such day payable to the sponsoring municipality pursuant to Section 11-65-33, and other taxes and fees, if any, payable to other governmental entities with respect to activities conducted on such commission racing day; and (4) The rent, calculated as a percentage of the greyhound racing handle, which the greyhound racing operator may be obligated to pay any owner or lessee of the racing facility with respect to such commission racing day, it being expressly provided that the operator shall not absorb such rent in determining the gross profit and that it will be deducted from the operating revenues in calculating gross profit unless the operator’s obligation for such rent on such commission day is waived or released by the party having the power to do so. Any greyhound racing operator conducting a commission racing day shall remit the gross profits of such day to the treasurer of the commission prior to the end of the month next succeeding that month in which the commission racing day occurs. Such payment shall be accompanied by supporting financial information showing the calculation of the gross profits, including revenues and allowable costs by appropriate category.

(c) All revenues derived by a commission from a commission racing day, including both the gross profits and the commission greyhound wagering fee referable to such day, shall, in the discretion of the commission, be included in the net commission revenues and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-65-36 or, alternatively, sequestered in a separate fund, against which no charge shall be allowed for any part of the commission’s operating expenses, and disbursed to one or more public or governmental entities or nonsectarian charitable organizations (i.e., organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that were identified as beneficiaries of such revenues prior to the date of such commission racing day. The commission shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations for evaluating and selecting public entities or charitable organizations to be beneficiaries of commission racing days.
Ala. Code § 11-52-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-31
Section 11-52-31 Adoption, Publication, and Certification of Subdivision Regulations; Contents of Regulations; Bond
Status: in_force

(a) Except where the county commission is responsible for the regulation of subdivision regulations within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall adopt subdivision regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may provide for the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets and to the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. The regulations may include provisions as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the municipal planning commission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat previous to the installation, but any tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the plat. In lieu of the completion of the improvements and utilities prior to the final approval of the plat, the municipal planning commission may accept a bond with surety to secure to the municipality the actual construction and installation of the improvements or utilities at a time and according to specifications fixed by or in accordance with the regulations of the municipal planning commission. The municipality is hereby granted the power to enforce the bond by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations adopted by a municipal planning commission may authorize administrative approval of a minor subdivision without a public hearing. A minor subdivision consists of the subdivision of land into not more than six lots or a reduction of the number of lots in an existing subdivision. The developer of a minor subdivision approved by the municipal planning commission shall not require any public improvements, the dedication of a public way, or the expenditure of any public funds, and the plan for the minor subdivision shall not conflict with the master plan, official zoning map, any zoning ordinance, or any other subdivision regulations. This subsection does not require a municipal planning commission to authorize approval of a minor subdivision without first holding a public hearing.

(c) All regulations shall be published as provided by law for the publication of ordinances, and before adoption a public hearing shall be held thereon. A copy thereof shall be certified by the municipal planning commission to the probate judge of the county in which the municipality and territory are located.
Ala. Code § 2-23-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 23 / Section 2-23-4
Section 2-23-4 Requirements as to Labeling; False or Misleading Statements on Package Labels; Delivery Slips, Etc., Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) Agricultural liming materials sold or offered for sale in this state for use herein or sold for importation into this state for use herein shall have affixed to each container in a conspicuous manner on the outside thereof a clearly legible printed or stamped label, tag, or statement or, in the case of bulk sales, a delivery slip, setting forth at least all of the following information:

(1) The name and principal office of the manufacturer, processor, or distributor.

(2) The brand name of the material.

(3) The identification of the product as to the type of agricultural liming material, as defined in Section 2-23-2.

(4) The minimum percent guaranteed by weight passing through U.S. standard sieves as prescribed by rules of the board.

(5) The minimum guaranteed calcium carbonate equivalent.

(6) The minimum guaranteed content of elemental magnesium (Mg) if claimed.

(7) The minimum guaranteed content of available potassium (K2O) or phosphorus (P2O5), or both, if claimed.

(8) The maximum water content.

(9) Net weight.

(10) The relative neutralizing value (RNV) as determined by the following formula:

RNV=CCE x [(0.5 x A) + (1 x B)], where A is the percent of lime passing through a 10-mesh screen, but not a 60-mesh screen, and B is the percent of lime passing through a 60-mesh screen.

(b) No information or statement shall appear on any package label, delivery slip, or advertising matter which is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the quality, analysis, type, or composition of any agricultural liming material.
Ala. Code § 11-67A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67A / Section 11-67A-6
Section 11-67A-6 Administration of Chapter
Status: in_force

The municipality may contract with any entity, person, or group to impound the inoperable motor vehicle or to carry out other functions necessary to administer the intent of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-17-34 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-34
Section 2-17-34 Making, Etc., of False Statements or Entries in Reports, Accounts, Etc.; Mutilation, Alteration, Etc., of Documentary Evidence, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation that shall willfully make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this chapter, or that shall willfully make or cause to be made any false entry in any account, record or memorandum kept by any person, firm or corporation subject to this chapter or that shall willfully neglect or fail to make or to cause to be made full, true and correct entries in such accounts, records or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person, firm or corporation or that shall willfully remove out of the jurisdiction of this state or willfully mutilate, alter or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence of any such person, firm or corporation or that shall willfully refuse to submit to the commissioner or to any of his authorized agents for the purpose of inspection and making copies any documentary evidence of any such person, firm or corporation in his possession or within his control shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year or to both.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-185 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-185
Section 11-44E-185 Oath of Office
Status: in_force

Every officer of the city shall before entering upon the duties of his (her) office, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as required by law to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk.
Ala. Code § 22-50-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-3
Section 22-50-3 Department - Disposition of Fees, Receipts and Income
Status: in_force

All fees, receipts, and income of the Department of Mental Health shall be paid over to a departmental treasurer, to be selected by the commissioner, or to a bank in lieu of the treasurer, as the commissioner may direct, and may be expended as authorized by the commissioner for support, maintenance, and operation of the state hospitals, Partlow State School and Hospital, and other institutions, services and programs subject to the jurisdiction and control of the department.
Ala. Code § 11-51-103 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-103
Section 11-51-103 Revocation of Licenses of Houses of Public Entertainment or Places Where Firearms, Etc., Kept for Sale
Status: in_force

The city or town council or other governing body shall have the right and power to revoke and cancel any and all licenses issued to any house of public entertainment or house or place where firearms or other deadly weapons are kept for sale when, in their judgment, the public safety, peace, good order, or decency may require it and when the owner thereof or person operating the same shall have been convicted of any violation of the city or town ordinances regulating such business.
Ala. Code § 11-47-134 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-134
Section 11-47-134 Establishment, Aid, Etc., of Hospitals, Poorhouses, Etc., in Counties; Removal and Detention of Persons with Contagious, Etc., Diseases
Status: in_force

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to aid, establish, set up, and regulate hospitals, poorhouses, workhouses, houses of correction, and pesthouses anywhere in the county in which the city or town is situated and cause persons afflicted with contagious, infectious, or pestilential diseases to be removed to such hospitals or pesthouses as may be provided for the purpose and to cause persons who have been exposed to such diseases, or any of them, to be removed to some suitable place of detention and detained for a reasonable length of time.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-91
Section 11-44E-91 Appointment of City Manager; Qualifications; Residence; Noneligibility of Elected Officials
Status: in_force

The city manager shall be appointed by a majority vote of the commission. He (She) shall be chosen without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the basis of his (her) executive and administrative qualifications, with special recognition to his (her) actual experience in, or knowledge of, the duties of his office as defined by this chapter. The choice shall not be limited to inhabitants of the city or the State of Alabama, but once appointed to the office, the city manager shall reside within the city. No elected official of the city shall be appointed to the position of city manager during the term for which he (she) shall have been elected nor within one year after the expiration of such term.
Ala. Code § 11-48-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-5
Section 11-48-5 Adoption of Ordinance or Resolution Describing Proposed Improvement, Ordering Preparation of Plans, Specifications, Etc., Thereof, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) When the council of any city or town shall determine to open, widen, extend, construct, or improve any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk, highway, or other public place or to make any other public improvements or undertake any work authorized by the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part thereof it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on, served, illuminated, drained, elevated, reclaimed, protected, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by said improvements, it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect, describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location and terminal point thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or parts thereof embraced therein, and it shall direct that full details, drawings, plans, specifications, and surveys of said work and estimates be prepared by the city or town engineer or such other person as may be designated in such ordinance or resolution, or the said council may adopt plans for such work already prepared.

(b) When the contemplated improvement is a sanitary sewer or sewers or a sanitary sewer system, including outlets and sewage treatment and sewage disposal plants, such ordinance or resolution shall describe the territory or area within said municipality to be drained, served or benefited by such sewer or sewers or sewer system and define the same by naming the streets, avenues, alleys or other lines by which the same is bounded or shall describe the frontage of the property abutting on and drained, served or benefited by such sewer or sewers or sewer system and define the same.

(c) When the contemplated improvement is a storm water sewer or sewers or main trunk storm water sewers or a storm water sewer system, such ordinance or resolution shall describe the territory or area to be drained, served or benefited by such storm water sewers or main trunk storm water sewers or storm water sewer systems and define the same by naming the streets, avenues, alleys or other lines by which the same is bounded; provided, that when the improvement contemplated is a storm water sewer or sewers or drains and lateral storm water sewers in connection with the improvement of streets for the purpose of properly draining, serving or benefiting said streets and the property abutting thereon, such ordinance or resolution may define the area to be drained, served, or benefited by each of such sewers as the property fronting on each portion of the street or streets provided to be improved, actually drained, served, or benefited by each of said storm water sewers or drains or lateral storm water sewers.

(d) When the contemplated improvement is the construction of water or gas mains or of water and gas service connections, said ordinance or resolution shall name the property abutting on the portion of the streets, avenues, or alleys in which said water or gas mains or water or gas service connections are to be constructed and which is to be served or benefited by said improvement.

(e) When the contemplated improvement is the construction of a system for draining swamps or for the draining of swamps or inundated or overflowed or submerged land within the limits of any municipality in this state having a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more according to the most recent federal census, or the filling in, elevating, or reclaiming of any submerged, inundated or overflowed land within the limits of such municipality, such ordinance or resolution shall describe the territory or area to be drained, served, benefited, elevated, or reclaimed by such improvement.

(f) When the contemplated improvement is the construction, acquirement, improvement, reimprovement, or extension of seawalls, dikes, levees, or embankments for the purpose of protection against storms, rivers, waters, floods, waves, tides, or seas, such ordinance or resolution shall define the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location of terminal points of such seawall.

(g) When the contemplated improvement is the construction of an ornamental system of lighting or white way system, said ordinance shall describe the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the streets, avenues, alleys, and other highways and public places to be so lighted and abutting upon the streets so to be lighted with such ornamental lighting system.

(h) Such ordinance or resolution may set out and describe certain alternative types of paving and other materials, and the council may require advertisements for proposals on the various types enumerated, and the final selection by the council of the type or types of said pavement and other materials from among the alternatives so enumerated shall, in that event, be postponed until the bids shall have been received.
Ala. Code § 11-68-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 68 / Section 11-68-10
Section 11-68-10 Appeal of Denial to Circuit Court
Status: in_force

Any person having a request for a certificate of appropriateness denied by the historic preservation commission, or architectural board as hereinafter provided, may appeal such denial to the circuit court of the county in which the commission exists.
Ala. Code § 2-25-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-21
Section 2-25-21 Review of Rules or Regulations by Board
Status: in_force

Any person affected by any rule or regulation made on notice given pursuant to this article may have a review thereof by the board for the purpose of having such rule, regulation or notice modified, suspended or withdrawn. Such review shall be allowed and considered and the cost thereof fixed, assessed, collected and paid in such manner and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board.
Ala. Code § 11-58-5.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 58 / Section 11-58-5.1
Section 11-58-5.1 Power of Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

Medical clinic boards are hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power in the manner provided by law for the purpose of obtaining real property for medical clinics and clinical facilities.
Ala. Code § 11-50-438 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-438
Section 11-50-438 Official Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees
Status: in_force

All officers or employees of the board handling money or exercising authority over property of the municipality shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond with some surety company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama, as surety, and payable to the municipality, to be approved by the board, in such penalty as the board may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices or employment and faithfully to account for all moneys received or property coming into their possession in the capacity of their employment.
Ala. Code § 11-67-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-93
Section 11-67-93 Failure to Abate Condition; Assessing Cost of Abatement
Status: in_force

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the condition after notice to do so, the enforcing official shall cause the offending grass or weeds to be cut.

(b) Upon completion of the abatement work performed by the municipality, including work by contractors employed by the municipality, the enforcing official shall compute the actual expenses, including, but not limited to, total wages paid, value of the use of equipment, advertising expenses, postage, and materials purchased, which were incurred by the municipality as a result of the work. An itemized statement of the expenses shall be given by first class mail to the last known address of the owner of the property. This notice shall be sent at least five days in advance of the city council meeting in which they will consider the assessment of the cost against property.

(c) At the time fixed for receiving and considering the statement, the council shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by the owner whose property is liable to be assessed for the work and thereupon make modifications in the statement as they deem necessary, after which a resolution may assess the cost. The cost stated in the resolution shall constitute a lien on the property. The city clerk shall charge the assessments against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes. Thereafter, the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal assessments are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal assessments.

(d) The city clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution assessing the cost of abatement to be filed for recording in the office of the judge of probate and shall forward a copy to the county tax collector. Upon a filing, the tax collector shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax, using all methods available for collecting ad valorem tax, and remit the amount to the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-28-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 28 / Section 2-28-2
Section 2-28-2 Persons Engaged in Entomological, Pathological, Horticultural and Floricultural and Tree Surgery Work or Services to Be Examined by Commissioner
Status: in_force

Persons engaging in professional work or services pertaining to entomological work, pathological work, horticultural and floricultural work, and tree surgery work as defined in Section 2-28-1 shall be examined by the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 11-44-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-31
Section 11-44-31 Resolutions, Bylaws, or Ordinances Generally - Manner of Enactment Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-87 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-87
Section 11-50-87 Enforcement of Assessment Liens in Circuit Court
Status: in_force

In addition to the method hereinafter provided in this division for the collection of such assessments, the circuit court may enforce said liens, and in all civil actions which may be brought to enforce said liens either by the council or by its assigns, the complainant shall recover the amount of such assessment, with interest thereon, and the costs of such proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-50-97 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-97
Section 11-50-97 Making of Loans and Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System
Status: in_force

The council may borrow money on the faith and credit of the city or town, executing the note of the city or town therefor and pledging as security for such loan the proceeds of the proposed assessments thereafter to be made as provided in this division, and such sum or sums so borrowed the council may advance in payment or part payment of the cost of such sewer or sewers or sewer system; and, upon the expiration of 30 days after the assessment for the cost of the same shall have been made final, the council may then issue and sell bonds for such amount as may be necessary, after deducting the amount paid by property owners, to pay the cost of such sewers or sewer system, including such amounts as may have been borrowed for the purpose, and all interest and other expenses incurred in and about the purchase of the same. The council may provide in its contract with the owner or owners of the sewer, sewers or sewer system that such bonds are to be received in payment of the purchase price of such sewers or sewer system and, in such case, upon the expiration of 30 days after the assessment of the cost of the same, the council may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the delivery of the bonds to said owner or owners in accordance with said contract.
Ala. Code § 11-46-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and Procedure for Adjustment of Boundary Lines of Wards, Division of Wards into Voting Districts, Etc
Status: in_force

The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts; provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended.

Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district therein, by metes and bounds, and the municipal clerk, within five days after adoption of the ordinance, shall file with the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality lies a certified copy of such ordinance, accompanied by a map or plat of the city or town showing the bounderies of all wards and voting districts in wards into which the municipality is then divided and shall also publish notice of all such changes or adjustments of boundaries of wards and voting districts within wards in a newspaper published in such city or town, or if there is no newspaper is published therein then by posting notice thereof at three public places in such city or town. This published notice need not be accompanied by a map or plat of the city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-44-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-2
Section 11-44-2 Petition to Probate Judge for Election as to Organization Under Commission Form of Government; Examination of Petition and Certification Thereof to Mayor
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-26-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-6
Section 2-26-6 Injunctive Proceedings to Restrain Persons Selling, Processing, Cleaning, Etc., Seed Without Permit
Status: in_force

Any person required to secure a permit as provided under Section 2-26-5 who fails or refuses to apply for and obtain such a permit and pay the fee therefor may be restrained from engaging in the sale of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub or herb seed or from operating a seed cleaning, shelling, delinting or processing plant. In addition to the penalty provided in this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may file a petition in the circuit court for a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both; and, for cause shown, the court shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin any person from engaging in the sale of seed without securing the permit as required under this article. Such temporary restraining order or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond.
Ala. Code § 11-50-81 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-81
Section 11-50-81 Delivery of Assessment Book to City or Town Clerk; Publication of Notice as to Delivery and Inspection of Book, Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments, Etc
Status: in_force

After the completion of the proper entries in said book, said book shall be delivered to the city or town clerk, who shall thereupon give notice by publication one time in some newspaper published in said municipality or of general circulation therein that said assessment roll or list has been delivered to him and is open for inspection in the office of the person authorized to make collection of said assessments. The notice shall state that, at the time and place therein mentioned, not less than 20 days from the date of publication, the council will meet to hear and determine any objections or defenses that may be filed to such assessment or the amount thereof. Such notice shall also state the general character of the sewers or sewer system purchased or proposed to be purchased and the territory or area abutting on, or drained, or that may be drained by said sewers or sewer system by naming the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or other lines by which said district is bounded.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-102 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-102
Section 11-43A-102 Continuation of Offices, Departments, Etc., until Otherwise Provided
Status: in_force

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this article with a name or with powers and duties which are the same or substantially the same as those of any office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, unless and until otherwise provided. Any provision of law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other right relating to any such formerly existing office, department, board, or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, apply to any office, department, board, or agency provided for herein.
Ala. Code § 2-29-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 29 / Section 2-29-9
Section 2-29-9 Prohibited Acts
Status: in_force

No person shall receive or offer to receive, sell or offer to sell on commission within this state any kind of farm products without a permit, except as permitted by this chapter. No person being a commission merchant in farm products shall knowingly impose any false or fictitious charge for handling or services in connection with farm products or, with intent to defraud, fail to account or make settlement therefor promptly and properly or, with intent to deceive, make any material false statement or statements as to market conditions or enter into any combination to fix the prices of farm products or, with intent to defraud, make any material false statement or report as to the grade, condition, markings, quality or quantity of goods, received or, without a permit, advertise or hold himself out as a commission merchant in farm products or directly or indirectly purchase for his own account goods received for sale on commission without prior written authority from the consignor or fail promptly to notify the consignor of any such purchase on his own account or fail forthwith to enter any such transaction of purchase on the record or account of sales (this clause shall not be construed as prohibiting any commission merchant from taking to account of sales, in order to close his day’s business, miscellaneous lots or parcels of farm products remaining unsold, if such commission merchant shall forthwith enter such transaction in his account of sales) or willfully fail or refuse to comply with any provisions of this chapter; and every person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-59-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 11-59-12
Section 11-59-12 Conveyances of Properties to Corporations by Municipalities
Status: in_force

The municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to the corporation any properties which, at the time of such transfer and conveyance, may have been acquired by such municipality as a site for or which may then be used as a facility, together with such improvements thereon and equipment and furnishings owned by the municipality in connection therewith as the governing body of the municipality may deem advisable.

Such transfer and conveyance may be authorized by an ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality, and it shall not be necessary that the same be authorized at an election of the qualified voters of the municipality. Such transfer and conveyance may be made as a gift to the corporation and without consideration therefor or on such consideration as may be expressed in such ordinance, as the governing body of the municipality may deem advisable; provided, that if at the time of such transfer and conveyance the municipality has outstanding any bonds or other obligations which were issued or incurred by it with respect to the properties so transferred or conveyed, the corporation shall either pay to the municipality at the time of such transfer and conveyance an amount sufficient to discharge such bonds and other obligations of the municipality or shall assume and thereafter pay the principal of and interest on such bonds or other obligations of the municipality.

The corporation and the municipality are hereby authorized to enter into such agreements with each other as the governing body of the municipality and the board of directors of the corporation may deem advisable to effectuate such transfer and conveyance and to provide for the subsequent control, management, operation, leasing, equipment, enlargement, and improvement of the properties so transferred.
Ala. Code § 11-44-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-80
Section 11-44-80 Commissioners - Compensation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-9
Section 11-43C-9 Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself
Status: in_force

The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner herein prescribed. The regular election for mayor shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner herein provided. The mayor elected at such regular election shall qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of Alabama. A mayor may succeed himself.
Ala. Code § 11-67-63 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-63
Section 11-67-63 Hearing
Status: in_force

If objections are filed, at the time stated in the notice, the governing body of the municipality shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protests regarding the proposed removal of weeds. The governing body of the municipality may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the governing body of the municipality, by resolution, shall decide whether a public nuisance exists and, if so, shall order it to be removed or abated with respect to any property or part thereof described. The governing body, by passage of the resolution, shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and either to perform or have performed the work of removal or abatement with respect to the property or part thereof. The decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive.
Ala. Code § 11-47-68 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-68
Section 11-47-68 Erection of Markers Upon and Preparation, Filing, Etc., of Maps, Plans, Etc., of Lands, Etc., Where Remains Reinterred
Status: in_force

After the removal and reinterment or deposit in a mausoleum or columbarium of the bodies disinterred from any such abandoned cemetery or part thereof the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling such abandoned cemetery lands and making such removals shall cause to be erected upon or imbedded in any lot or plat wherein any such body is reinterred a suitable permanent marker identifying such remains and shall prepare a complete map or plat describing and showing the location and subdivision into lots and plats of the cemetery lands where such bodies are reinterred or a plan of any mausoleum or columbarium wherein such bodies may be deposited, and there shall also be attached to any such map or plat or plans a description of the name of each person whose body is so reinterred or deposited, where known, and the lot or plat in the cemetery or the niche or compartment in any mausoleum or columbarium where such body is reinterred or deposited. Such map or plat shall be kept on file in the office of such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person making such removals and reinterments or depositing bodies in a mausoleum or columbarium and shall at all times be open to inspection by the relatives or friends of those so reinterred or deposited.
Ala. Code § 11-50-504 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-504
Section 11-50-504 Deposit and Distribution of Money Received from Use of Electric System
Status: in_force

All money collected from the sale of electric current or received in any way from the use of the municipal electric distribution system shall be deposited in the municipal depositories, which shall be qualified public depositories under Chapter 14A of Title 41, and shall be distributed by the board as required by the governing body of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-15-295 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-295
Section 2-15-295 Dipping of Cattle in Tick Infested or Quarantined Ranges, Farms, Etc
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, company or corporation having in possession or in charge as owner, agent or otherwise one or more cattle in a tick infested or quarantined county or on a tick infested or quarantined premises, range, farm or pasture that has not been released from state and federal quarantine shall dip the cattle regularly once every two weeks on the day and at the vat specified by the inspector in charge of the vat most convenient or nearest to the cattle.

The livestock inspector shall issue one printed or written dipping notice to the person or persons in charge or in possession of the cattle and shall serve said notice by leaving a copy of said notice with the person or persons in charge of or in possession of the cattle and shall make a return of said service on the original of said notice, and the serving of said dipping notice shall be legally sufficient to require the owner, agent, firm or person in charge to dip the cattle regularly every two weeks until released from quarantine, and said original dipping notice and the endorsement of the service thereon shall be received as evidence of the service thereof on the date mentioned therein in all courts, proceedings and places without further proof.
Ala. Code § 2-13-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-2
Section 2-13-2 Purpose of Article; Power of Board
Status: in_force

The purpose of the provisions of this article is to promote the dairying interest of the state, to secure to the public wholesome, clean and nutritious milk, cream, butter and by-products of the same and to prevent frauds upon the public in connection therewith. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the authority and power and it shall be its duty upon the recommendation of the commissioner to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to accomplish the declared purpose of this article and to secure the enforcement of the provisions of this article; provided, that such rules and regulations shall not invade the domain of the public health laws or ordinances nor restrict the powers of the State Board of Health nor the local boards of health.
Ala. Code § 11-67-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-27
Section 11-67-27 Hearing on Cost of Abatement or Removal of Nuisance; Costs to Constitute Weed Liens; Report to Tax Collector; Amounts to Be Included in Tax Bills; Collection
Status: in_force

At the time fixed for receiving and considering said report, the governing body shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating said nuisance and thereupon make such modifications in the report as they deem necessary, after which by motion or resolution said report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating such nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land mentioned in said report shall hereinafter be referred to as “weed liens,” and as thus made and confirmed shall constitute a weed lien on said property for the amount of such weed liens, respectively. After confirmation of said reports, a copy shall be turned over to the tax collector of the county who, under the “Optional Method of Taxation,” is charged with the collection of the city’s municipal taxes pursuant to Sections 11-51-40 through 11-51-74; whereupon it shall be the duty of said county tax collector to add the amounts of the respective weed liens to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the said respective lots and parcels of land, and thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency.
Ala. Code § 22-50-73 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-73
Section 22-50-73 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019.
Ala. Code § 11-40-67 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-67
Section 11-40-67 Redemption of Property Prior to Sale by Payment of Redemption Amount. (Amended by Act 2026-361)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-361, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) At any point prior to the moment of the sale, any interested party may redeem the real property from the sale by payment of the redemption amount. Payment shall be made to the Class 2 municipality. Following receipt of the payment, the Class 2 municipality shall file for dismissal of the proceedings.

(b) In the event of the payment by the owner of the real property, the proceedings shall be dismissed and the rights and interests of all interested parties shall remain unaffected.

(c) In the event of payment by any interested party other than the owner, the party making the payment shall possess a lien on the real property for the full amount of the payment, which lien shall have the same priority as the municipal code lien discussed in subsection (b) of Section 11-40-63. The lienholder shall have the right to enforce the lien as permitted to the holder of any lien under existing law. The lienholder shall not otherwise succeed to the rights of the Class 2 municipality or tax certificate holder.
Ala. Code § 11-50-445 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-445
Section 11-50-445 Fixing of Bonds Required from Depositories
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 11-59-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 11-59-6
Section 11-59-6 Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation may at any time and from time to time be amended so as to make any changes therein and add any provisions therein which may be located any portion of the territory embraced within the first instance.

Any such amendment shall be effected in the following manner: The members of the board of directors of the corporation shall file with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to amend the certificate of incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment proposed to be made. Such governing body shall consider such application and, if it shall by appropriate resolution duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and shall authorize the same to be made, then the persons making such application shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment specified in such application and shall file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation was originally filed. The proposed amendment shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each member of the board of directors before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. Such judge of probate shall thereupon examine the proposed amendment and, if he finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with and the proposed amendment is within the scope of what might be included in an original certificate of incorporation, he shall approve the amendment and record it in an appropriate book in his office. When such amendment has been so made, filed and approved, it shall thereupon become effective, and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-57-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-21
Section 11-57-21 Liability of State or Municipalities on Bonds and Obligations of Authorities
Status: in_force

All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds issued by it shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama or of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-47-191 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-191
Section 11-47-191 Institution of Actions, Entry, and Execution of Judgments Against Municipalities and Other Persons or Corporations Jointly Liable
Status: in_force

(a) The injured party, if he institutes a civil action against the municipality for damages suffered by him, shall also join such other person or persons or corporation so liable as defendant or defendants of the civil action, and no judgment shall be entered against the city or town unless judgment is entered against such other person or corporation so liable for such injury, except where a summons is returned not found as to a defendant or when judgment is entered in his favor on some personal defense, and if a civil action be brought against the city or town alone and it is made to appear that any person or corporation ought to be joined as a defendant in the action according to the provisions in Section 11-47-190, the action shall be dismissed, unless the plaintiff amends his complaint by making such party or corporation a defendant, if a resident of the state, but no person shall be sued jointly with the city or town who would not be liable separately, irrespective of this provision.

(b) When a judgment shall be obtained against a municipality and the other party liable as provided in subsection (a) of this section, execution shall issue against the other defendant or defendants in the ordinary form and shall not be demandable of the city or town unless the other defendants are insolvent and the same cannot be made out of their property, and the city or town shall pay only so much of the said judgment as cannot be collected from the other defendants.

(c) If the injured party shall, before bringing the civil action, demand of the mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality the name of such other person or persons or corporation as may be liable jointly with the said municipality to such injured party, and if such mayor or other chief executive officer fails to furnish, within 10 days from the making of such demand, the name of such person or persons or corporation so jointly liable, the said injured party shall not be required to join such other person as a party defendant with said municipality in any civil action brought to recover damages for such injuries.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-29
Section 11-43B-29 Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, Etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council
Status: reserved

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name), the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term, the same shall be construed to refer to the city council.
Ala. Code § 2-4-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 2-4-1
Section 2-4-1 Appointment of State Veterinarian; Qualifications; Compensation and Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian of Alabama shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Governor of Alabama, and the President of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, or majority of them, from the list of qualified applicants who have passed the official examination and who have been certified to the aforesaid appointing authorities by the State Personnel Department. The State Veterinarian appointed under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System, and his or her salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which salary shall be paid out of the appropriation provided by law for payment of salaries and expenses of the employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The State Veterinarian appointed under this section shall be a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine, which institution has been approved and accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association and by the federal Secretary of Agriculture. The State Veterinarian appointed under this section shall also be a licensed veterinarian and a member in good standing of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, and he or she shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the state livestock laws relating to the care of livestock or the control of contagious and infectious diseases in livestock and rules promulgated thereunder.
Ala. Code § 2-15-116 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-116
Section 2-15-116 Purpose
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-226, §2, effective August 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 2-23-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 23 / Section 2-23-7
Section 2-23-7 Assessment of Penalties Against Manufacturers, Distributors, Etc., for Deficiencies in Agricultural Liming Materials
Status: in_force

The board shall have authority by rules and regulations duly adopted, as provided in this section, to provide for the assessment of penalties to be assessed against a manufacturer, distributor or other seller responsible for such deficiency of any agricultural liming material where such material is determined by analysis to be deficient in its calcium carbonate equivalent, magnesium, available potassium, available phosphorous, excessive moisture content, fineness or other minimum standards as may be established by the board for the manufacture, distribution or sale of agricultural liming materials with reasonable tolerances to be specified in such standards. Such rules and regulations as may be adopted under this section relating to the assessment of monetary penalties shall provide for the payment thereof to the purchaser-user of the liming materials; and, in the event such purchaser-user cannot be found, then payment of the amount of such penalty shall be made to the commissioner for deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
Ala. Code § 11-49A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49A / Section 11-49A-1
Section 11-49A-1 Legislative Findings and Purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in Class 3 municipalities the following conditions exist: (1) That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties in which such municipalities are located is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density; (2) That the continued economic growth of such municipalities and the general health and welfare of the citizens of such counties require the availability of public facilities for mass transportation; and (3) That it is necessary and desirable and in the best interests of the citizens of such municipalities that provisions be made for the establishment in such counties of public corporations to provide public transportation service. The legislature does hereby further declare its intention, by the passage of this chapter, to promote public mass transportation in such municipalities through the authorization of public corporations, as agencies of the State of Alabama, with the powers conferred by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-47-94 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-94
Section 11-47-94 Effect of Taking and Filing Report of Census
Status: in_force

Where the census of any city or town in this state has been or may hereafter be taken as provided by this article and the report of the census thus taken has been or may hereafter be filed with the Secretary of State, the census, purporting to be a true and correct enumeration of the inhabitants residing in said cities and towns, is and shall be ratified, confirmed, and validated and the report of said census which has been or may hereafter be filed shall for all purposes govern and be taken as the true and correct census for all such cities and towns in the state when so taken. The form of government of such cities and towns shall be governed and controlled by such census when the same is so taken and a report thereof is filed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 11-67-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-8
Section 11-67-8 Hearing on Costs; Costs to Constitute Nuisance Liens; Report to Revenue Commissioner; Collection; Penalties
Status: in_force

At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the governing body shall hear the report, together with any objections raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating or removing the nuisance, and make modifications in the report as the governing body deems necessary, after which by motion or resolution, the report shall be confirmed. The cost for abating or removing the nuisance shall be referred to as a nuisance lien, and shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the nuisance lien. After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be given to the revenue commissioner of the respective county who, under the “Optional Method of Taxation,” collects the municipal taxes pursuant to Division 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 51. The revenue commissioner of the respective county shall add the amounts of the respective nuisance liens to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. The amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency.
Ala. Code § 11-60-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 60 / Section 11-60-11
Section 11-60-11 Bonds - Security for Payment of Principal or Interest; Remedies Upon Default
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the corporation shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may be secured by mortgage or deed of trust covering all or any part of the projects from which the revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of and additions to any such projects thereafter made.

The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such mortgage or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of fees, rates, tolls and charges for the services, facilities and accommodations furnished by the corporation and of the rents for any portions thereof leased by the corporation to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default as the board of directors shall deem advisable not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage and deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the corporation shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid.

In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the corporation made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any mortgage and deed of trust executed as security therefor, such payment or agreement may be enforced by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver or by foreclosure of any such mortgage and deed of trust or any one or more of said remedies.
Ala. Code § 11-51-68 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-68
Section 11-51-68 Proceedings for Sale of Land for Payment of Taxes - Payment of Municipality When Lands Bid in by State Sold by State
Status: in_force

When the lands bid in by the state have been sold by the state, the Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the treasurer in favor of the municipality for the amount, if any, that the said municipality is entitled to and shall forward the same to such municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-15-159 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-159
Section 2-15-159 Permitting Livestock to Run at Large in Quarantined District
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to permit livestock to run at large in a quarantined district without a written permit of the State Veterinarian or a commissioned livestock inspector, and any person convicted of violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-6-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-28
Section 2-6-28 Issuance and Sale of Bonds of Corporation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 11-70-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70 / Section 11-70-6
Section 11-70-6 Notice by Publication
Status: in_force

If the municipality is unable to identify the names and addresses of interested parties, or is unable to provide notice under Section 11-70-5, the municipality shall apply to the circuit court for an order to allow notice by publication. If so ordered, the municipality shall publish a notice once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located. If no newspaper is published in that county, publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county. This publication shall substitute for notice under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 11-70-5. The published notice shall include the information listed in subsection (b) of Section 11-70-5. If the municipality discovers the name and address of an interested party following publication, it shall notify that party of the expedited quiet title and foreclosure action in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 11-70-5 as soon as practicable, in which case notice shall be brought to the attention of the court which shall postpone the hearing for a period of time sufficient to give such notice to the newly discovered party.
Ala. Code § 11-70-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70 / Section 11-70-9
Section 11-70-9 Appeal
Status: in_force

A municipality or interested party, within 42 days following the effective date of the judgment, may appeal the judgment of the circuit court to the Court of Civil Appeals. Any party appealing from an order vesting title in the municipality, as a condition of the appeal, shall identify the parcel which is the subject of the appeal and, with respect to that parcel, post a bond with at least one solvent surety in the amount due to redeem the property under Chapter 10, Title 40. The appeal shall stay the order of the circuit court only with respect to each parcel identified as the subject of the appeal. The order of the circuit court shall be affirmed absent a defect in the identification of the property or in the notice such that the notice deprived a party of the right to due process of law. The order shall not be reversed on the basis of merely technical noncompliance with this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-4-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 2-4-2
Section 2-4-2 Appointment of Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall appoint as many assistant state veterinarians and state livestock inspectors as they may deem necessary and as the funds at their disposal shall permit.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-11
Section 11-44A-11 Municipal Contracts Continued; Completion of Public Works Required
Status: in_force

All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
Ala. Code § 11-50-472 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-472
Section 11-50-472 Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, Etc., to Gas Distribution System, Etc
Status: in_force

No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to the municipal gas distribution system or the equipment used by the same shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than $5,000.00 without the consent and approval of the governing body of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-66A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66A / Section 11-66A-17
Section 11-66A-17 Corridor Shall Be Nonprofit Corporation
Status: in_force

A research and development corridor shall be a nonprofit corporation, and no part of a research and development corridor’s net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, financial obligations, and other obligations of a research and development corridor, then any portion, as determined by the board, of the net earnings of a research and development corridor thereafter accruing, in the discretion of the board, may be paid to one or more of the corridor’s authorizing subdivisions.
Ala. Code § 11-51-183 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-183
Section 11-51-183 Certification and Disposition of Taxes; Charge for Collection and Administration; Redistribution of Over-Charges; Warrant; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected by the department under this division; and, on a bi-weekly basis, the commissioner shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected under the provisions of this division for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount to be distributed to each municipality, less collection and administration charges deducted, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.

(b) The Department of Revenue shall charge each municipality its actual cost for collecting and administering the municipal license taxes. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for that municipality.

(c) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual cost for collection and administration of local taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection and administration over-charge shall be redistributed to the municipalities for which the department collects and administers local taxes on a pro rata basis of each municipality’s receipts. No under-charge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any municipality.

(d) The Comptroller shall at least once each month issue a warrant on the funds collected under this division payable to the department for the amount of the charges as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue.

(e) The department shall not charge a fee to the municipality, city, or town for the cost of filing, payment processing, and remittance services relating to any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department. References in this subsection to filing, payment processing, and remittance services shall mean and refer only to the ONE SPOT system to file and pay taxes authorized to be filed thereunder, and shall not include the collection and administration of local taxes as defined in Section 11-3-11.3(i).

(f) The department shall make available to those localities for which it administers the taxes imposed pursuant to this section the same services that are made available to municipal governments pursuant to this division and Article 3, commencing with Section 11-51-200, of this chapter. In the event a general law establishes a system to remit municipal taxes or municipal business license taxes through a central portal provided by the Department of Revenue, such collection shall only occur through the portal when the levy is standardized with all other similar local levies regarding the point of collection, measure of taxation, due dates, discounts, and exemptions but not the rate of tax.

(g) For the purpose of this section, the terms collection and administration shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 11-3-11.3(i).
Ala. Code § 11-41-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-20
Section 11-41-20 Authority
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by local law, municipal corporations now existing or hereafter incorporated having a population of 1,100 inhabitants or less may be dissolved as provided in this article.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-18
Section 11-54A-18 Freedom of Authority from State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the chapter by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.

The authority shall hold a public hearing before approving or obligating the expenditure of any tax revenues received by the authority from the city, any county, the state or federal governments. Such notice shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of incorporation of the authority and the notice shall be published not less than seven days prior to the hearing.
Ala. Code § 2-15-135 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-135
Section 2-15-135 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Implementation of Article
Status: in_force

The commissioner with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-15-254 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-254
Section 2-15-254 Making of False Representation for Purpose of Securing Anti-hog Cholera Serum or Other Immunizing Agents
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly makes any false representation for the purpose of securing any anti-hog cholera serum or any other immunizing agent as provided in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and shall forfeit his right to again secure any anti-hog cholera serum or other immunizing agent as provided in this subdivision.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-49 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-49
Section 11-44B-49 Use of Authority to Influence Official Action; Candidates for Municipal Office to Take Leave of Absence
Status: in_force

No individual shall use, or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to affect employment, promotion, pay, or other conditions of employment, either adversely or advantageously, with the city or the board, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person or for any other consideration. A covered employee who is a candidate for municipal office in the city shall take a leave of absence beginning on the day he or she files a statement of candidacy and continuing for as long as he or she is a candidate for the office.
Ala. Code § 2-17-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-4
Section 2-17-4 Examination, Inspection and Labeling of Carcasses, Etc., of Slaughtered Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Etc.; Reinspection of Carcasses, Etc.; Destruction of Adulterated and Condemned Carcasses, Etc.; Removal of Inspectors from Establishments Failing to Destroy Same
Status: in_force

For the purposes set forth in Section 2-17-3, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as provided in this chapter, a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines and poultry capable of use as human food to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment in this state in which these articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce, and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged or labeled as “inspected and passed” and said inspectors shall mark, label, stamp or tag as “inspected and condemned” all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated, and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. Said inspectors, after said first inspection shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated; and, if any carcass or other part thereof shall upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-66-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66 / Section 11-66-5
Section 11-66-5 Appropriations
Status: in_force

Beginning October 1, 1986, in addition to all other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made there is hereby annually appropriated from the General Fund of the state to the Municipal Government Capital Improvement Fund an amount equal to 10 percent of the trust income at such time as the trust income received by the state in the preceding fiscal year equals or exceeds $60,000,000. In any fiscal year in which the trust income received by the state in the preceding fiscal year falls below $60,000,000, no funds shall be appropriated to the Municipal Government Capital Improvement Fund until such time as the trust income equals or exceeds $60,000,000.
Ala. Code § 22-50-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-1
Section 22-50-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) CLIENTS. Those persons identified as receiving or needing services for an intellectual disability.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Mental Health.

(3) INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES. Evaluation for, amelioration of, habilitation for, prevention of, and research into the causes of intellectual disability.

(4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Diagnosis of, treatment of, rehabilitation for, follow-up care of, prevention of and research into the causes of all forms of mental or emotional illness, including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, or epilepsy in combination with mental illness or an intellectual disability.

(5) MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. The application of professionally planned, managed, administered, or monitored clinical procedures or evidenced-based interventions to identify, stabilize, minimize, or alleviate the harmful consequences of substance related or mental or emotional disorders, and to restore impaired health and functionality relative to such.

(6) PATIENTS. Those persons with mental or emotional illness.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-50
Section 11-43C-50 Summary of Budget
Status: in_force

At the head of the budget there shall appear a summary of the budget, which need not be itemized further than by principal sources of anticipated revenue, stating separately the amount to be provided by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing so in such manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget.
Ala. Code § 2-26-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-4
Section 2-26-4 Establishment of Seed Division and Testing Laboratory; Enforcement of Rules and Regulations as to Sale or Distribution of Tree or Shrub Seed
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be established within the Department of Agriculture and Industries a seed division which shall maintain facilities, equipment, and qualified personnel to perform the seed testing, sampling, and analysis work required to execute the provisions and requirements of this article. Any testing or analysis required to be performed may be performed as provided in Section 2-2-33. The seed division established and created under this section shall also perform the administrative, clerical, and other work incident to the administration and enforcement of the provisions and requirements of this article and such seed testing and administrative duties shall not be performed by any other division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries; except, that the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the authority to enter into an agreement delegating the responsibility for the testing of tree and shrub seed to the United States Forest Service or any other seed laboratory designated and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

(b) The responsibility for the enforcement of the rules and regulations governing the sale or distribution of tree or shrub seed within the state shall be the sole responsibility of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-50-312 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-312
Section 11-50-312 Acknowledgment, Filing and Recordation of Certificate of Incorporation; Amendment of Certificate of Corporation Formed Under This Article or Under Division 1 of Article 8 of This Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under this article shall state: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall be a name indicating the system or systems for the operation of which the corporation is organized (e.g., “the waterworks and electric board of the City (or Town) of _____,” or “the utilities board of the City (or Town) of _____”); (2) The location of its principal office and the post office address thereof; (3) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, this fact should be stated); and (4) The objects for which the corporation is organized. The certificate of incorporation may also contain any provisions not contrary to law which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation. The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgment of deeds. When so acknowledged, the certificate shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county or one of the counties in which such municipality is located, and the said judge of probate shall forthwith file such certificate and record the same, and thereupon the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name stated in the certificate of incorporation.

(b) Any corporation at any time existing under this article or under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, as amended, may at any time amend its certificate of incorporation under the provisions of this article so as to include in the said certificate of incorporation any provision that may lawfully be included in an original certificate of incorporation filed under this article. Any such amendment may be effected in the following manner: The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment, which shall include any proposed change in the name of such corporation. If the governing body of the municipality which authorized the incorporation of the corporation shall by resolution of its governing body consent to such proposed amendment, the chairman of the board of directors, or other chief executive officer of the corporation, and the secretary of the corporation shall then file in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation of the corporation is filed, a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the corporation, under its seal, reciting the adoption of the said respective resolutions by the board of directors and by the said governing body and setting forth the said proposed amendment. The proposed amendment shall become effective upon the filing of such certificate in the said office.
Ala. Code § 11-65-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-6
Section 11-65-6 Incorporation of Commission
Status: in_force

The five persons initially designated as members of a commission shall become a corporation with the power and authority provided in this chapter by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. To become a corporation, the persons so designated shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them which shall contain the following:

(1) A statement that the applicants propose to incorporate a commission pursuant to this chapter;

(2) The name and principal residence of each of the applicants;

(3) The date on which each applicant who is not an ex officio member was appointed as a member and the expiration date of the term for which he was appointed;

(4) The term of office for each applicant who is an ex officio member;

(5) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be “The _____ [name of the sponsoring municipality] Racing Commission”;

(6) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be in the sponsoring municipality; and

(7) Any other matter relating to such commission which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the state.

The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and determine if the certificate of the appropriate election officials has been filed with his office, as required by Section 11-65-4, confirming the results of the election which authorizes the incorporation of the commission and empowers it to license and regulate racing activities and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. If the Secretary of State finds that the application for incorporation of a commission substantially complies with the requirements of this section and that the certified results of the election show the required approval for such incorporation, he shall receive, file, and record such application in an appropriate book of records in his office.

When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name stated in the application, without the necessity of any further action under any other laws of the state applicable to the creation of corporations, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter, under the great seal of the state, and shall record the certificate with the application and the certificate of election results. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of any commission. Once authorized by the election required by Section 11-65-4 and incorporated, a commission may not be dissolved except pursuant to general act of the Legislature applicable to such commission.

To the extent that additional powers to license and regulate racing are authorized for a commission by any election held pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 11-65-4, the certificate of the appropriate election officials confirming the results of such election that is required to be submitted to the Secretary of State shall be filed with and shall constitute part of the permanent records pertaining to the corporate existence and powers of the commission, and such additional powers authorized by such election may be exercised by the commission without any requirement that the commission apply to the Secretary of State for an amendment to its certificate of incorporation reflecting such additional powers or that a certificate of amendment be issued by the Secretary of State.
Ala. Code § 2-8-273 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-273
Section 2-8-273 Application of Catfish Producers’ Association for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Generally
Status: in_force

Any nonprofit association of catfish producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the catfish industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among catfish 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 § 11-44B-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-50
Section 11-44B-50 Violations
Status: in_force

The violation by any covered employee of this article, or of any of the rules and regulations adopted by the city pursuant to this article, shall constitute an offense for which charges may be preferred against the employee pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Ala. Code § 11-75-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 11-75-7
Section 11-75-7 Bonds of the Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The property and income of the regional law enforcement training facility authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all state taxes.

(b) The exemption provided in this section shall not apply to taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state unless approved by resolution or ordinance adopted by the local governing body.

(c) A county commission, by resolution, may exempt an authority from the payment of any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate in respect of an authority’s incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-76 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-76
Section 11-43C-76 Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent with Personnel, Etc., Provisions of Chapter
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in the provisions of this chapter shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing at the time when this chapter shall take effect or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall become applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or any office, department, or agency thereof, and as provided by the city’s merit system.
Ala. Code § 2-11-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-91
Section 2-11-91 State Board of Agriculture and Industries’ Powers
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the power to establish standards and uniform grades for grain, which are hereby defined as including corn (maize), wheat, rye, oats, barley, grain, sorghum and beans. In establishing grades for grain that is sold on a dockage basis, dockage shall be considered and such dockage that is of value and retained shall be paid for. Dockage as used therein shall be understood to mean dockage as defined in the official grain standards of the United States.

Said board shall have the power to make, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the grading and inspection of grain, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. All such rules shall be published in such manner as to give proper publicity thereto.

Such board shall also have the power to fix and determine all charges for sampling, grading and inspecting grain.
Ala. Code § 11-49B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49B / Section 11-49B-2
Section 11-49B-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

The words, terms, and phrases defined below shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county to which this chapter applies and with a municipality in the county.

(2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter.

(3) AUTHORIZING COUNTY. Any county where a Class 1 municipality is located whose governing body adopts an authorizing resolution.

(4) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY. Any Class 1 municipality whose governing body adopts an authorizing resolution.

(5) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of the county where the Class 1 municipality is located or by the Class 1 municipality in which an authority may be incorporated.

(6) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.

(7) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(8) COUNTY. Any county in the state.

(9) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the authority.

(10) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of a county or other like governing body, or the city council of a municipality or like governing body.

(11) INCORPORATORS. The persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter.

(12) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of the state.

(13) PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITY. Any municipality in an authorizing county, other than the principal municipality, which is providing funds for the authority, pursuant to resolution, contract, or otherwise.

(14) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, includes a public or private corporation, municipality, county, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state or of a county or municipality.

(15) PRINCIPAL MUNICIPALITY. The municipality in an authorizing county having the largest population according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census.

(16) PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The place at which the certificate of incorporation and amendments to the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and the minutes of proceedings of the board of an authority are kept.

(17) PROPERTY. Real and personal property and any interest in the property.

(18) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. All service involved in the transportation of passengers for hire by means of street railway, elevated railway, subway, underground railroad, motor vehicles, or other means of conveyance generally associated with or developed for mass surface or sub-surface transportation of the public, but does not include any service involved in transportation by taxicab, airport limousine, or industrial bus.

(19) TRANSIT SYSTEM. Land, plants, systems, facilities, buildings, garages, vehicles of all types, rails, lines, and combination of any thereof, used or useful or capable of future use in furnishing public transportation service, and all other property deemed necessary or desirable by an authority for use in furnishing public transportation service.

(20) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-54-59 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-59
Section 11-54-59 Investment in Bonds by Savings Banks and Insurance Companies
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-14
Section 11-54B-14 Eminent Domain Utilization
Status: in_force

No self-help business improvement district or district management corporation shall have eminent domain powers. All such procedures incidental to the development and maintenance of a self-help business improvement district pursuant to this chapter, including compensation for land acquisition and legal challenges and appeals not specifically prescribed hereunder, shall be taken in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1A of Title 18.
Ala. Code § 11-54-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-3
Section 11-54-3 Authorization and Procedure for Sale of Lands Comprising Industrial Parks
Status: in_force

Each municipality shall have the power to sell to any person all or any part of any land held by it as the site of an industrial park; provided, however, that no such sale may be made for less than the total amounts expended by the municipality with respect to the property so sold or for less than the reasonable market value of the property so sold as such value shall be established by appraisals of at least two independent appraisers.

Prior to making any sale of any property comprising all or part of an industrial park, the municipality making such sale shall cause appraisals of the market value of the property to be so sold to be made by at least two independent appraisers and shall cause a copy of each such appraisal to be filed in the permanent records of the municipality. Each such appraisal shall be dated not earlier than 60 days prior to the consummation of any such sale. In any case where each appraisal obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section sets forth a different value, the average of the market value stated in the separate appraisals shall be deemed to constitute the reasonable market value of property for the purposes of this section.
Ala. Code § 2-13-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-14
Section 2-13-14 Requirements Relative to Milk and Cream Tests
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, company, association, corporation or agent thereof engaged in the business of buying milk or cream on the basis of or in any manner with reference to the amount or percentage of butterfat contained therein, as determined by the Babcock test, shall use standard Babcock bottles, pipettes and weights as defined in specifications for “Standard Babcock Testing Glassware and Weights,” which shall be passed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. All such Babcock test bottles, pipettes and weights so used shall be subject to inspection and proper approval or condemnation in the same manner as is authorized in the inspection of other weighing or measuring devices. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, company, association, corporation or any agent or agents thereof to use any other than standard test bottles, pipettes and weights to determine the amount of fat in milk or cream bought on the butterfat basis as determined by the Babcock test. All bottles and pipettes used in measuring milk or milk products for making determinations of the percentage of fat in said milk or milk products shall have clearly blown or otherwise permanently marked in the side of the bottle or pipette the word, “sealed,” and in the side of the pipette or the side or the bottom of the bottle the name, initials or trademark of the manufacturer and his designating number, which designating number shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries upon application by the manufacturer and upon the filing by the manufacturer of a bond in the sum of $1,000.00 with the sureties, to be approved by said commissioner, conditioned upon conformance with the requirements of this section. A record of the bonds furnished, the designating number and to whom furnished shall be kept in the office of the commissioner. Any manufacturer who sells Babcock or other milk, cream or butter test bottles or pipettes to be used in this state that do not comply with the provisions of this section shall suffer a penalty of $500.00, to be recovered by the Attorney General in a civil action in the name of the state upon the bond of such manufacturer. No person shall use, for the purpose of determining the percentage of milk fat in milk or milk products, any bottles or pipettes unless they comply with the provisions of this section relating thereto.
Ala. Code § 22-56-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 22-56-9
Section 22-56-9 Construction with Other Law
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not override any provisions of the Adult Protective Services Act, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 38-9-1) of Title 38, or the Child Abuse Reporting Act, Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 26-14-1) of Title 26, and shall be read in para materia with those provisions.
Ala. Code § 11-41-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-7
Section 11-41-7 Reinstatement of Corporate Organization of Dormant Municipalities; Appointment of Mayor and Councilmen for Same
Status: in_force

Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 11-47-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-1
Section 11-47-1 Borrowing of Money Authorized - Twelve-Month Renewable Loans
Status: in_force

Cities and towns shall have the right to borrow money for any purpose or purposes not in excess of any limitation imposed by the Constitution and, in case of loans for temporary use, the same may be evidenced either by negotiable notes or by nonnegotiable warrants or certificates of indebtedness which shall not bear exceeding the legal rate of interest, and no obligation of the municipality for money borrowed shall be issued unless signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk, with the seal of the municipality impressed thereon, and a record kept thereof. Any such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness shall be payable not later than 12 months after the date of its issuance but may be renewed from time to time until the indebtedness evidenced thereby shall have been paid.

License taxes, ad valorem taxes, rents or revenues from water or any other taxes or revenues due or to become due to a city or town within 12 months from the date of such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness may be pledged to secure the payment of any such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness.
Ala. Code § 2-6-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-21
Section 2-6-21 Legislative Findings and Intent
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 2-8-236 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-236
Section 2-8-236 Notice of Referendum
Status: in_force

With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article, the duly certified organization shall, not less than 30 days before the date for such referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected, and the general purposes to which said amount so collected shall be expended and applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified organization through the medium of an established farm publication and written notice thereof shall be given to each county agent in the area covered by the referendum.
Ala. Code § 11-56-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-22
Section 11-56-22 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy which any municipality or any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence thereof and shall be construed as cumulative and independent thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-46-59 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-59
Section 11-46-59 Offenses of Mayor and Other Executive Officers
Status: in_force

(a) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality who willfully fails to give notice of any municipal election as required in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, 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 mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality who knowingly puts on the list of qualified electors for a municipal election the name of any person who is not registered, as shown by the records in the probate office of the county in which such municipality lies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, must be fined not less than $100.00.

(c) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality or other officer on whom the duty of the mayor may have temporarily devolved who willfully and knowingly neglects, fails or refuses to perform any of the duties prescribed in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00, unless otherwise provided in this article.
Ala. Code § 11-56-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-9
Section 11-56-9 Leasing of Projects
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation and any local subdivision are hereby respectively authorized to enter into with each other one or more lease agreements whereunder a project or any part thereof shall be leased by the corporation to such local subdivision for a term not longer than the then current fiscal year of such local subdivision, but any such lease agreement may contain a grant to such local subdivision of successive options of renewing the said lease agreement on the terms specified therein for any subsequent fiscal year or years of such local subdivision. The said lease agreement may contain appropriate provisions as to the method by which such local subdivision may, at its election, exercise such of the said options of renewal as its governing body may elect on the terms provided therein and such other covenants and provisions as shall not be inconsistent with this chapter and as the corporation and such local subdivision may agree. The rental for each fiscal year during which said lease agreement shall be in effect shall be due in advance on the first day of the fiscal year, and the said rental for said fiscal year shall be payable and any such covenant on the part of such local subdivision shall be performed solely out of the current revenues of such local subdivision for such fiscal year. The state shall not in any manner be liable for the performance of any obligation or agreement contained in said lease agreement. The rental payable and the covenants to be performed by such local subdivision under the provisions of said lease agreement shall never create an indebtedness of such local subdivision within the meaning of Section 224 or Section 225 of the Constitution of the state.

It is hereby declared that it is an essential governmental function of the municipality to secure and supply reasonable and adequate building, office, and storage facilities for its courts, jails, officers, departments, and agencies engaged in the performance of municipal duties, and the rentals payable by the municipality for such purpose are and shall constitute necessary governmental operating expenses of the municipality.

It is hereby declared that it is an essential governmental function of the county to secure and supply reasonable and adequate building, office, and storage facilities for its courts, jails, officers, departments, and agencies engaged in the performance of governmental duties, and the rentals payable by the county for such purpose are and shall constitute necessary governmental operating expenses of the county.

If there shall be any default in the payment of any rental required to be paid or in the performance of any covenant required to be performed by any such local subdivision under the provisions of any such lease agreement while such lease agreement shall be in effect, the corporation and any pledgee of said lease agreement may by any appropriate civil action instituted within the time permitted by law enforce and compel payment of such rental and performance of such covenant.

Should any space available for rent in any project which shall have been leased in whole or in part to a local subdivision become vacant after acquisition or construction of said project by the corporation, then until such time as all such vacant space in the project shall have been filled no local subdivision to which said project or any part thereof shall have been rented nor any officer, department, or agency thereof shall thereafter enter into any lease or rental agreement or renew any existing lease or rental agreement for other space in or about the municipality suitable for use for the same purposes for which the vacant space is suitable.

(b) The corporation and any public corporation are hereby respectively authorized to enter into with each other one or more lease agreements whereunder a project or any part thereof shall be leased by the corporation to said public corporation for a term not longer than 30 years. Neither the state, the county, nor any municipality in the county shall in any manner be liable for the performance of any obligation or agreement contained in any lease agreement between the corporation and a public corporation. The rental payable and the covenants to be performed by a public corporation under the provisions of any such lease agreement shall never create a debt of the state, the county, or any municipality therein within the meaning of Sections 213, 224, or 225 of the Constitution of the state.

It is hereby declared that it is an essential governmental function of a public corporation to secure and supply reasonable and adequate building, office, and storage facilities for the performance of its functions, and the rentals payable by the public corporation for such purpose are and shall constitute a necessary operating expense of the public corporation.

If there shall be any default in the payment of any rental required to be paid or in the performance of any covenant required to be performed by any public corporation under the provisions of any such lease agreement while it shall be in effect, the corporation and any pledgee of said lease agreement may by appropriate civil action instituted within the time permitted by law enforce and compel payment of such rental and performance of such covenant.

(c) The corporation is hereby authorized to lease a project or any part thereof to the United States for such period of time and on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed on by the parties to the agreement under which such lease shall be made.
Ala. Code § 11-50-267 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-267
Section 11-50-267 Voluntary Sale of Existing Plant or System to Board by Owner
Status: in_force

If within 30 days after receipt of such notice the owner shall propose voluntarily to sell and transfer such property to the waterworks board upon terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon between the owner and the waterworks board and approved by the Alabama Public Service Commission and shall serve a copy of such proposal upon the waterworks board and upon the commission, the commission shall fix a time and place to hear and consider such proposal and notify all parties interested therein.

If the terms and conditions of purchase and sale shall be agreed upon by and between the owner and the waterworks board and approved by the commission, the commission shall announce its approval thereof by appropriate order, and the waterworks board shall by resolution authorize and direct the execution on the part of the waterworks board of such contract in writing and other instrument and take any and every other action with reference thereto necessary or appropriate to consummate such purchase and sale and the transfer to the waterworks board of possession of such acquired property and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such agreement. If the owner fails or refuses to advise such waterworks board within 30 days after receipt of such notice of its purpose to sell such property, then the waterworks board may proceed as provided by law to construct, condemn or otherwise acquire a plant or system within the designated territory, and the advice to be given by the owner to such waterworks board shall be sufficient if it advises that the owner is willing to sell the property, provided the valuation as finally determined by the commission or courts is satisfactory to the owner. Upon the owner’s advising of its willingness to sell such property, acquisition of the property sought to be acquired shall proceed with the rights and privileges to the respective parties as set forth in this division.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-3
Section 11-44A-3 Mayor-Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, Etc., of Commission Terminated
Status: in_force

On noon of the seventh day following the canvass of the election results, the newly elected mayor and council members shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end.
Ala. Code § 2-15-163 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-163
Section 2-15-163 Appraisal of Exposed Animals Whose Flesh Can Be Saved for Food; Payment of Salvage Value, Etc., to Owner Thereof
Status: in_force

Animals which are exposed to but not affected with the disease and whose flesh can be saved for food without risk of spreading the disease shall be appraised by the appraisal committee, as provided in Sections 2-15-161 and 2-15-162, and such salvage shall be paid the owner and credited on the value of the animal.
Ala. Code § 11-65-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-8
Section 11-65-8 Officers of Commission
Status: in_force

The officers of a commission shall consist of a chairman, vice-chairman, executive secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as the commission shall deem necessary or appropriate. The chairman and vice-chairman of a commission shall be elected by the commission from the membership thereof. The executive secretary shall be appointed as provided in Section 11-65-10. A commission may appoint the principal financial officer of the sponsoring municipality as the treasurer of such commission or it may appoint its executive secretary as treasurer and combine the duties of the two offices, or it may appoint and employ a treasurer as provided in Section 11-65-10.
Ala. Code § 11-67-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-121
Section 11-67-121 Grass or Weeds May Be Declared Public Nuisance and Abated
Status: in_force

(a) An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the municipality which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute a serious fire threat and hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, which when mature, cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed in, cause irritation of the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury to persons; or being unsightly; or growth of grass or weeds, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height may be declared to be a public nuisance and abated as provided in this division.

(b) This division shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) Heavily wooded areas in their natural state which are undeveloped.

(2) Farm properties.

(3) Properties under current construction.
Ala. Code § 11-67-43 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-43
Section 11-67-43 Failure to Abate Condition; Assessing Cost of Abatement
Status: in_force

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the condition after notice to do so, the enforcing official shall cause the offending grass or weeds to be cut.

(b) Upon completion of the abatement work performed by the city, including work by contractors employed by the city, the enforcing official shall compute the actual expenses, including, but not limited to, total wages paid, value of the use of equipment, advertising expenses, postage, and materials purchased, which were incurred by the city as a result of the work. An itemized statement of the expenses shall be given by first class mail to the last known address of the owner of the property. This notice shall be sent at least five days in advance of the time fixed by the city council to consider the assessment of the cost against property.

(c) At the time fixed for receiving and considering the statement, the council shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by the owner whose property is liable to be assessed for the work and thereupon make modifications in the statement as they deem necessary, after which a resolution may assess the cost. The cost stated in the resolution shall constitute a special assessment against the land and shall constitute a lien on the property. The city clerk shall charge the assessments against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes. Thereafter, the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal assessments are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal assessments.

(d) The city clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution assessing the cost of abatement to be filed for recording in the office of the judge of probate and shall forward a copy to the county tax collector. Upon a filing the tax collector shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax, using all methods available for collecting ad valorem tax, and remit the amount to the city.
Ala. Code § 11-54-147 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-147
Section 11-54-147 Use of Proceeds from Sale of Bonds; Cost of Acquiring Project
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this article shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, however, that any accrued interest and premium received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold; and provided, further, that if for any reason any portion of such proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such unneeded portion of said proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on said bonds. The cost of acquiring any project shall be deemed to include the following: The actual cost of the construction of any part of a project which may be constructed, including architect’s and engineer’s fees; the purchase price of any part of a project that may be acquired by purchase; all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and the interest on such bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction, and for not exceeding six months after completion of construction.
Ala. Code § 11-52-76 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-76
Section 11-52-76 Municipal Legislative Body to Provide for Manner of Establishment, Enforcement, Amendment, Etc., of Regulations, Restrictions and District Boundaries Generally; Adoption of Ordinances for Implementation of Article Generally
Status: in_force

The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed and may adopt such ordinances as may be necessary to carry into effect and make effective the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-60-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 60 / Section 11-60-12
Section 11-60-12 Borrowing of Money for Temporary Use and Issuance of Temporary Revenue Bonds as Evidence Thereof
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may, in addition to the other powers granted in this chapter, 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 bonds, and in such event the principal proceeds from the sale of such long-term bonds shall, to the extent necessary, be used for payment of the principal of and the interest on the temporary bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the sale and issuance of such long-term bonds.

(c) Any such temporary borrowing may also be made with respect to a project simultaneously with or after the sale and issuance of long-term bonds issued with respect to such project if, under the terms of the proceedings under which such long-term 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 bonds shall, when released and to the extent necessary, be applied for payment of the principal of and the interest on such temporary bonds or notes.
Ala. Code § 2-2-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-53
Section 2-2-53 Use of Information Gathered Under Article
Status: in_force

No information gathered or received from any individual under this article shall be used for tax purposes and shall not be disclosed except in aggregate amounts for entire counties.
Ala. Code § 2-13-117 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-117
Section 2-13-117 Statewide Basis of Referendum; Question
Status: in_force

Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be held on a statewide basis. In such referendum, the bulk tank units eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment for a period of five years in the amount set forth in the call for such referendum.
Ala. Code § 11-50-265 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-265
Section 11-50-265 Transfer of Gas Plant or System to Waterworks Board; Sale or Transfer of Plant or System by Board to Utility Regulated by State Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

(a) Every city or town now or hereafter owning and operating a municipal gas plant or distribution system and in which municipality a waterworks board is now or hereafter incorporated under the provisions of Division 1 of this article is hereby authorized to transfer and convey such gas plant or system or both to such waterworks board pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance theretofore duly enacted by the governing body of such city or town and without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters thereof; provided, that if at the time of such transfer the city or town has outstanding any bonds or other obligations payable from or secured by the revenues or earnings of such gas plant or system, it shall be incumbent upon the waterworks board of such city or town to pay the amount thereof to such city or town at the time of such transfer or thereafter as such bonds or other obligations and interest thereon become due. The governing authority of such city or town is hereby authorized to enter into any agreements with such waterworks board as it deems necessary in order to effectuate such transfer and, in the instruments of transfer, may impose any conditions or stipulations deemed advisable for the subsequent control, management, operation, extension, and improvement of the gas plant or system by the waterworks board.

(b) Any waterworks board to which a municipal gas plant or system is transferred may thereafter sell or transfer such gas plant or system to utility companies or corporations regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission, and title thereto may also be subjected to a mortgage or deed of trust as security for the repayment of any loan made or money borrowed by such waterworks board. No waterworks board shall sell or transfer such gas plant or system to utility companies or corporations regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission, except with the express consent of the governing body of the municipality in which said waterworks board is located, and such consent shall be expressed by a duly adopted ordinance of the municipal governing body, which ordinance shall be adopted within 30 days of the date of sale or transfer.
Ala. Code § 2-7-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-22
Section 2-7-22 Qualifications for Receipt of Aid by Fairs
Status: in_force

Fairs which receive state aid under the provisions of this article must be members of the Association of Alabama State Fairs and shall use their profits for future fair improvements, increasing premiums lists and furthering the growth, expansion and usefulness of fairs and for community betterment and development, civic, charitable and similar uses and activities. A fair which pays monetary dividends to any person, firm or corporation shall be ineligible to receive funds under this article, as it is intended that state aid provided under this article shall be paid to nonprofit fairs only.
Ala. Code § 2-12-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 2-12-8
Section 2-12-8 Administration and Enforcement of Chapter; Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter, and, in order to execute the provisions thereof, he is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-8-82 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-82
Section 2-8-82 Referendum and Assessments Declared to Be in Public Interest
Status: in_force

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that soybean producers 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 soybeans and soybean products.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-77 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-77
Section 11-43A-77 Population of Districts; Designation and Boundaries Specifically Described; Municipalities Having Seven Council Districts Prior to Effective Date
Status: reserved

The seven council districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population according to the last federal decennial census. The designation and boundaries of the districts shall be specifically described and set forth. With respect to municipalities already having seven council districts prior to the effective date of the council-manager form of government under this article, such municipalities shall continue after such effective date to have the same seven districts with the same boundaries, and any ordinance or ordinances creating such districts shall continue in full force and effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-51 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-51
Section 11-44B-51 Adoption of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

Within 12 months from March 15, 2006, the city council shall adopt and have published the rules and regulations in accordance with this article. The rules and regulations and all amendments thereafter shall be adopted by ordinance of a general and permanent nature and codified in the city code. Any reference in any ordinance, resolution, or code of any city electing to be subject to this article to any civil service board or personnel board or similar body existing on March 15, 2006, and exercising any powers or authorities that would otherwise be exercised pursuant to this article shall mean and refer to the appointing authority, the city, or the board as the context indicates.
Ala. Code § 2-25-17.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-17.1
Section 2-25-17.1 Procedures to Be Used When Plant, Nursery Stock, Etc., Found to Contain Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds; Commissioner’s Power, Upon Notice, to Order Removal, Destruction or Treatment; Refusal of Owner to Comply; Liability for Cost of Treatment or Destruction
Status: in_force

If the commissioner finds, on examination, any plant, plant product or nursery stock infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds, he shall notify in writing the owner or persons having charge of such premises to that effect, and the owner or person in charge shall, within 10 days after such notice, unless an appeal is taken as provided in this article, cause the removal and destruction of the infested and infected plant or plant product if it is incapable of successful treatment; otherwise, such owner or person in charge shall cause it to be treated as directed in the order of the commissioner. No indemnity shall be awarded to the owner for complying with the above notice or orders of the commissioner.

In case the owner or person in charge shall refuse or neglect to comply with the terms of the order within 10 days after receiving it, the commissioner may proceed to treat or destroy the infested or infected plant or plant product. The expense thereof shall be assessed, collected, and enforced against the owner by the commissioner. If such owner shall fail to pay all such expenses within 30 days, the Attorney General shall, or shall cause the district attorney of such circuit, to institute a civil action in the name of the state for the recovery of the same; and when judgment is recovered and collected, the sum shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund.
Ala. Code § 11-67-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-10
Section 11-67-10 Procedures for Abatement and Removal of Repeat Nuisances
Status: in_force

The city council in any Class 2 municipality may adopt procedures for the abatement and removal of repeat nuisances authorizing the mayor, or his or her designee, without a resolution of the city council, to take actions as necessary to abate or remove overgrown weeds or abandoned or discarded debris on property that has previously been subject to abatement or removal within the last three years through the procedures in this article. The procedures adopted by the city council shall provide for the sending of a letter to the last known address of the property owner by regular United States mail not less than 10 days prior to the order to abate or remove the nuisance. The notice to the owner of the property shall inform the owner of all of the following:

(1) The mayor, or his or her designee, has declared the property to be a nuisance.

(2) The city has previously abated or removed a nuisance on the property.

(3) The reasonable cost of the current abatement or removal shall be assessed and collected as a special assessment and lien against the property.

(4) The property owner may have the nuisance abated or removed at his or her own expense prior to the arrival of the employees, contractors, or designees assigned by the city to abate or remove the nuisance.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-74 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-74
Section 11-44E-74 Vacancy in Office of Mayor; Acting Mayor; Special Election; Qualification, Duties, and Term of Successor
Status: in_force

Whenever a vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, including physical or mental incapacity, the senior member of the commission based on consecutive time in service as commissioner shall serve as acting mayor until an acting mayor is selected by the commission. An acting mayor shall be selected by a majority vote of the commission and shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date selected and shall serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a commissioner while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office the acting mayor fills. The election commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the commission thereof, shall within five days of the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of mayor call a special election to fill the vacancy, the election to be held on a Tuesday not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days from the occurrence of the vacancy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a regular or special election is scheduled or required to be held within 90 days after the occurrence of the vacancy but more than 30 days after the occurrence, then the vacancy in the office of mayor will be filled at the regular or special election. Notice of the election shall be given at the expense of the city by one publication at least 18 days in advance of the election in one or more newspapers published in the city. The method, procedure, and requirements of qualifying, voting upon, and determining the successful candidate shall be the same as is provided herein relative to the election of the mayor at regular elections, except that statements of candidacy must be filed at least 20 days before the date set for such election. The successor to the mayor chosen at any such election shall qualify for office as soon as practical thereafter, and shall be clothed with and assume the duties, responsibilities, and powers of such office immediately upon qualification and shall hold office for the unexpired term of the predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 2-26-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-2
Section 2-26-2 Powers and Duties of Commissioner Generally
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, who may act individually or through his authorized agents to:

(1) Inspect, sample, make analyses of and test agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub and flower seeds transported, sold, offered or exposed for sale or distributed within this state for sowing or planting purposes, at such time and place and to such extent as he may deem necessary to determine whether said seeds are in compliance with the provisions of this article and notify promptly the person who transported, sold, offered or exposed the seed for sale of any violation;

(2) Enter upon any public or private premises during regular business hours in order to have access to seeds subject to this article and the rules and regulations thereunder;

(3) Issue and enforce a written or printed “stop-sale,” “suspension from sale” or “nonuse” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub or herb seed which is found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this article, which shall prohibit further sale or use of such seed until such officer has evidence that the law has been complied with; provided, that in respect to seeds which have been denied sale, the owner or custodian of such seeds shall have the right to appeal from such order to a court of competent jurisdiction where the seeds are found, requesting a judgment as to the justification of said order and for the discharge of such seed from the order prohibiting this sale in accordance with the findings of the court;

(4) Establish and maintain or make provision for seed testing and sampling facilities, employ qualified persons and incur such expenses as may be necessary to comply with these provisions;

(5) Make or provide for making purity and germination tests of such seeds for farmers and dealers on request, prescribe rules governing such testing and fix and collect charges for such tests. The fees collected for making service tests shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund;

(6) Cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement; and

(7) Publish the result of laboratory and field analyses and tests, information shown on analyses tags or labels by seedsmen and information pertaining to violations of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-42-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-22
Section 11-42-22 Subsequent Extensions of Corporate Limits
Status: in_force

Any incorporated municipality having extended its corporate limits under the provisions of this article or any other law may again extend its corporate limits under this article or under any other law authorizing an extension of the corporate limits by such incorporated municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-2-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-19
Section 2-2-19 Regulation of Micro Markets and Vending Machines
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) MICRO MARKET. An unstaffed, self-checkout retail food service facility that does all of the following:

a. Includes one or more micro market displays.

b. Has an automated payment kiosk or other device designed to accept electronic payments that is operated by the consumer.

c. Is located indoors and within a separate business.

d. Is generally accessible only to individuals within the building in which the food service facility is located.

(2) MICRO MARKET DISPLAY. The place where the food being sold by a micro market is displayed, including any of the following:

a. An open rack.

b. A refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer that has an automated self-locking feature that prevents a consumer from accessing the food on the occurrence of any condition that results in the failure of the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer.

c. A vending machine.

d. A beverage dispenser.

e. A single-serve coffee brewer.

(3) VENDING MACHINE. A self-service machine that, upon insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, or key, or by optional manual operation, dispenses servings of food in bulk or in packages, or prepared by the machine, without the necessity of replenishing the machine between each vending operation.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the regulatory authority provided to the Department of Public Health shall not apply to the regulation of a micro market or vending machine or to any food and beverages sold by a micro market or vending machine as defined in this section.

(c) Except as provided in Sections 11-51-98, 20-1-7, 21-1-41, and 40-12-176, and as otherwise provided by general and local law, the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall regulate micro markets and vending machines.
Ala. Code § 11-70-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70 / Section 11-70-8
Section 11-70-8 Right to Redeem; Judgment
Status: in_force

(a) If an interested party appears at the hearing and asserts a right to redeem the property, the party may redeem the property by paying all the taxes, interest, municipal liens, penalties, fees, and any other charges due and owing pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 40, including the amount due to the land commissioner had the property not been sold to the municipality.

(b) If an interested party appears and fails to redeem, or if no one appears, the circuit court shall enter judgment on the petition not more than 10 days after the date the matter was heard.

(c) The judgment of the circuit court shall specify all of the following:

(1) The legal description, tax parcel identification number, and, if known, the street address of the property foreclosed.

(2) That fee simple title to property foreclosed by the judgment is vested absolutely in the municipality, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (5) without any further rights of redemption.

(3) That all liens against the property, including any lien for unpaid taxes or special assessments, are extinguished.

(4) That the municipality has good and marketable fee simple title to the property.

(5) That all existing recorded and unrecorded interests in the property are extinguished, except for recorded easements or right-of-way, private deed restrictions, plat restrictions, or restrictions or covenants imposed under the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic Development Act or any other environmental law in effect in the state.

(6) That the municipality provided notice to all interested parties or that the municipality complied with the notice procedures in Section 11-70-5, which compliance shall create a rebuttable presumption that all interested parties received notice and an opportunity to be heard.
Ala. Code § 2-2-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-17
Section 2-2-17 Evidence of Rules, Regulations and Notices; Copies Furnished to Probate Judges
Status: in_force

The rules, regulations or notices purporting to be published by authority of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in book or pamphlet form and typed or printed copies of all acts, rules, regulations or notices certified to by the commissioner or the board shall be received as evidence of the passage or issuance and legal publication of such rules, regulations or notices as of the date mentioned or provided for therein in all courts and places without further proof. A copy of said rules and regulations or notices shall be furnished to all probate judges by the commissioner immediately after their adoption; provided, that such rules, regulations or notices as apply to a restricted area of the state shall be required to be furnished only to the probate judges within the area to which such rules, regulations and notices apply.
Ala. Code § 11-70A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70A / Section 11-70A-10
Section 11-70A-10 Record of Order
Status: in_force

The municipality shall record the court’s order in the probate court following the 42-day period after the entry of the order if no appeal is filed or after a final judgment on appeal from the decision of the circuit court on the municipality’s petition for an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action.
Ala. Code § 11-44-126 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-126
Section 11-44-126 Meetings of Board of Commissioners - Time; Presiding Officer; Quorum; Record of Proceedings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-57-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-26
Section 11-57-26 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right or remedy which any municipality or any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence hereof and shall be construed as cumulative and independent thereof.
Ala. Code § 2-14-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-14
Section 2-14-14 Designation of State Apiarist; Powers Thereof
Status: in_force

The employee of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries performing the duties of chief, director or supervisor of the division of plant industry shall be the State Apiarist, and he shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter except the review procedure to be performed by the commissioner under the provisions of Section 2-14-12.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-8
Section 11-61A-8 Officers
Status: in_force

The board shall elect a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary, a treasurer, and other necessary officers to accomplish the purposes of the authority. The tenure of service as chair, vice-chair, and secretary shall be one year. The tenure of service as treasurer and other officers shall be determined by the board. Subject to the certificate of incorporation, the authority may employ all necessary personnel and set the terms and conditions of their employment. The duties of the chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer shall be the same as are customarily performed by those officers and as may be prescribed by the board. The duties of any other officer of the authority shall be prescribed by the board.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-33 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-33
Section 11-43C-33 Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate
Status: in_force

No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper’s oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline for filing said statements of candidacy.
Ala. Code § 11-46-133 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-133
Section 11-46-133 Offenses of Inspectors
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-6A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6A / Section 2-6A-1
Section 2-6A-1 Declaration of Policy
Status: in_force

It is the finding of the Legislature that, despite the fact that agriculture has been and continues to be the backbone of the economy of the State of Alabama, increasing numbers of the state’s farmers and agricultural businessmen are losing their livelihood due to conditions beyond their control caused by the current economic situation in agriculture and certain structural changes that are occurring in the economy of both the state and the United States. A crisis has developed in the state’s agricultural sector that is not and cannot be met with existing programs and resources, with the result that more and more Alabama farmers and agricultural businessmen are being forced to leave farming or to seek supplemental employment, but without the provision of any coordinated program of assistance to help them retrain and make the adjustment to other forms of economic livelihood or to acquire the needed supplemental skills. The Legislature thus deems it in the best interest of the health and welfare of the people of the State of Alabama, and in order to avoid duplication and to increase efficiency, to provide programs under which individuals within the agricultural sector of the State of Alabama who have contributed greatly to the financial base of the state, but who are now experiencing difficulties in their farming operations due to causes beyond their control, may receive assistance from qualified professionals to provide needed career and technically oriented educational training and counseling services at reasonable cost and to provide for the delivery of those services to persons requiring such assistance during periods of adjustment, periods of transition from farming to other activities or during that period of time needed for them to acquire supplemental nonfarming skills. It is the intent of the Legislature that all agencies of state government and state educational institutions and agencies thereof at all levels cooperate with and to the extent possible coordinate with the commission and channel efforts along the lines set out herein through the commission.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-80
Section 11-44C-80 Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken
Status: in_force

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the application to such city of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
Ala. Code § 11-67A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67A / Section 11-67A-1
Section 11-67A-1 Applicability
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply only to Class 1 municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-50-394 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-394
Section 11-50-394 Board of Directors - Organization; Officers
Status: in_force

Promptly after their appointment, the members of the board of directors shall meet to organize. At such meeting and at the first meeting in each year thereafter, the members of the board shall choose from their number a president. They shall also choose a secretary and a treasurer who may but need not be members of the board.
Ala. Code § 11-53A-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53A / Section 11-53A-23
Section 11-53A-23 Notice to Require Owner to Abate Nuisance or to Request Hearing
Status: in_force

(a) The notice shall require the owner to abate the nuisance within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before the administrative officer designated by the mayor or council to determine whether there has been a violation. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and shall name the particular date, time, and place for the hearing, if requested. The notice shall contain the names of all owners and lienholders of the property, a legal description of the property, and the nature of the proceeding.

(b) The notice shall be sent to the person shown by the records of the county tax collector to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. It shall be the responsibility of the person to promptly advise the appropriate city official of any change of ownership or interest in the property. The appropriate city official shall cause a copy of each building nuisance notice to be recorded in the office of the judge of probate.

(c) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance within 120 days from the date of the notice, provided the appropriate city official may stipulate additional time, but in no case more than a total of 150 days.

(d) The notice may also require the immediate vacation of a building or structure and prohibit its occupation until the required repairs and improvements have been completed, inspected, and approved by the appropriate city official. In these cases, the official shall post at each entrance to the building or structure a sign stating “THIS STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE. ITS USE OR OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE CITY OF ________”, or words of similar import, and shall be signed and dated. The sign shall remain until the required repairs and improvements have been made or the structure has been demolished and removed. The sign shall not be removed without permission of the official whose name is affixed thereon. No person shall enter the structure except for the purpose of making the required repairs or demolishing the structure.

(e) A hearing before the administrative official may be requested within five days of the date of the notice of the appropriate city official. The appropriate city official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first-class mail of the determination of the administrative official. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance exists, the owner shall comply with the initial order to abate issued by the appropriate city official, with any modifications as may be made by the administrative official.
Ala. Code § 2-3-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-20
Section 2-3-20 Acquisition of Sites and Erection of Facilities; Storage; Charges for Space; Services and Facilities; Disposition of Funds Collected
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, lease or condemnation, for and in the name of the State of Alabama a suitable site or sites accessible to highways and railroad and air terminal facilities and to erect and install thereon such structures, facilities and equipment as may be necessary for the inspection, grading, standardization, classification, refrigeration, dehydration (for both food and feed), canning, packing, processing, cold storage and marketing of agricultural products, including all staple food crops, fruits, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, fish and kindred products and to let or lease space and facilities in such markets for the storage of such products pending inspection, grading, packing, canning, processing, classification, refrigeration, dehydration (for both food and feed) and marketing of such products and to make such charges for such space, services and facilities as will cover the reasonable costs of operation and maintenance of such markets, equipment and facilities; provided that such charges shall not be made with a view to producing any revenue or profit to the State of Alabama or to the board but shall be based exclusively upon the reasonable cost of operation and maintenance and liquidation of costs of construction.

All collections of such charges shall be deposited monthly in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, and shall be used for payment of the expenses of operation and maintenance and liquidation of costs of construction of such markets and facilities, upon requisition upon the State Comptroller, to be paid by the warrant of the Comptroller upon the Treasury. Any moneys remaining after payment of the above expenses may be used for the payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued for the purpose of construction of a farmers market facility, upon requisition upon the State Comptroller, to be paid by warrant of the Comptroller upon the State Treasury. Said collections received from operations of a farmers market facility are hereby appropriated for the above uses.
Ala. Code § 2-23-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 23 / Section 2-23-10
Section 2-23-10 Suspension from Sale, Seizure and Condemnation of Agricultural Liming Materials Offered or Exposed for Sale in Violation of Chapter, Etc
Status: in_force

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale or suspension from sale, use or removal order to the manufacturer, owner, distributor or custodian of any lot of agricultural liming materials being held for sale purposes and to hold such material at a designated place when such agricultural liming material is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter until the law has been complied with and such agricultural liming material is released in writing by the commissioner or his authorized agents or such liming material has been otherwise legally disposed of by written or judicial authority. Any lot or other quantity of agricultural liming material not in compliance with the provisions and requirements of this chapter or rules and regulations duly adopted and promulgated hereunder shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation in accordance with the procedure now prescribed by law under Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title.
Ala. Code § 2-16-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 2-16-40
Section 2-16-40 Purpose of Division
Status: in_force

The purpose of this division is to control, eradicate and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of poultry through the proper destruction and disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste by requiring commercial growers of poultry and commercial hatcheries to be equipped with and to use disposal facilities as provided in this division.
Ala. Code § 11-50-6.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-6.1
Section 11-50-6.1 Referendum on Issuing Obligations to Construct Hydroelectric Generating Facility in Class 5 Municipality
Status: in_force

Should any Class 5 municipality subject to this section desire to construct a hydroelectric generating facility, said municipality is hereby authorized to call for a referendum of all registered voters living in said municipality. The election shall be held and conducted as nearly as may be in the same way as elections on amendments to the Constitution, and shall be held on the same day as the next general, primary or special election following final passage of this section. The question to be placed before the qualified voters is as follows:

Whereas, the city of (name of municipality) is considering the construction of a hydroelectric generating facility on the (name of river or stream), the question is hereby placed before the qualified voters of said city as follows:

Shall the city of (name of municipality) be authorized to issue obligations payable from both general and electric revenues to construct and operate a hydroelectric generating facility on the (name of river or stream)? Yes ( ) No ( ).
Ala. Code § 2-2-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-8
Section 2-2-8 Commissioner’s Powers and Duties Generally; Assistance from Other State Agencies
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall execute the agricultural and industrial policies of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be his duty:

(1) To investigate and ascertain the industrial possibilities of the State of Alabama and to seek to secure the development of the same;

(2) To collect statistics in regard to industrial development in the State of Alabama;

(3) To make investigations as to any matter relative to industrial development and possibilities;

(4) To cooperate in the fostering and development of the industrial interests of the state;

(5) To cooperate especially in the promotion, establishment and location of industries in the smaller municipalities and rural communities of the state which use as a raw material farm products of any character;

(6) To cooperate with the state chamber of commerce, local chambers of commerce and all local industrial boards to promote the purposes of this title; and

(7) To employ such clerical assistants, agents or representatives and to secure such expert advice or assistance as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this title and any other provision of this Code or other statute which he is authorized to administer or enforce.

(b) In the discharge of the functions, duties and powers placed upon, vested in and to be exercised by him in accordance with the provisions of this title and any other provision of this Code or other statute which he is authorized to administer or enforce, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have the right to call on all state departments, institutions, agencies, bureaus, boards or commissions for assistance, reports, advice and information, and it shall be the duty of such departments, institutions, agencies, bureaus, boards or commissions to comply with such request.
Ala. Code § 11-48-37 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-37
Section 11-48-37 Appeals to Circuit Court from Assessments - Bond
Status: in_force

The amount of such appeal bond shall be fixed and the sureties thereon shall be approved by the mayor or other chief executive officer, and the said bond shall be conditioned to prosecute said appeal to effect and pay the city or town any judgment that the circuit court may enter, and all damages that any person may suffer by such appeal.
Ala. Code § 2-15-293 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-293
Section 2-15-293 State Veterinarian to Determine and Notify County Commission as to Number of Dipping Vats, Inspectors, Chemicals, Etc., Required; Admissibility in Evidence, Etc., of Copy of Notice
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian shall determine the required number of dipping vats in the county and shall give written notice to the county commission of said county of the necessary number of dipping vats and the required number of inspectors and the amount of material required for keeping said vats filled with a standard tick-killing arsenical dip of the composition and strength required by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

A certified copy of such notice shall be received as evidence of the giving of same in all courts and places without further proof, and said written or printed notice may be served on the probate judge or chairman of the board of revenue by registered or certified mail.