Ala. Code § 11-50A-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-20
Section 11-50A-20 Trust Agreement
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the authority, any issue of bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture made by the authority with a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank within or without the state having the powers of a trust company. The trust agreement or indenture may pledge or assign any revenues to be received by the authority and any proceeds which may be derived from the disposition of any real or personal property of the authority or proceeds of insurance carried thereon. The resolution providing for the issuance of bonds and the trust agreement or indenture may contain any provisions the authority deems necessary or appropriate for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, including the right of appointment of a receiver upon default in the payment of any principal or interest obligation and the right of any receiver or trustee to enforce collection of any rates, fees, tolls, charges, or revenues for the output, capacity, use, or service of the project necessary to pay all costs of operation and all reserves provided for, the principal of and interest on all bonds of the issue, all costs of collection, and all other costs reasonably necessary to accomplish the collection of such sums in the event of any default of the authority. The resolution, trust agreement or indenture may include covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property for and construction of the project and to the custody, safeguarding, and application of all funds of the authority, including any proceeds derived from the disposition of any real or personal property of the authority or proceeds of insurance carried thereon, and covenants providing for the operation, maintenance, repair, and insurance of the project, and may contain provisions concerning the conditions, if any, upon which additional bonds may be issued. The resolution, trust agreement or indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action of any bondholder as is customary in securing bonds and debentures of corporations and may contain any other provisions that the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust agreement or indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the project affected by the trust agreement or indenture; provided, however, any such treatment shall not result in a charge against the interest of any joint owner of the electric generation, transmission or distribution facilities, a portion of which facilities constitutes the project.
Ala. Code § 11-50-531 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-531
Section 11-50-531 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

All bonds and the income therefrom issued by the corporation and all mortgages and deeds of trust executed as security therefor and all properties of the corporation of every kind and character shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. Any such mortgage or deed of trust shall be admitted to record in the office of the judge of probate of any county in this state without the payment of any tax upon the debt secured thereby or any other fee or charge except the costs of recording the instrument at the rate fixed by law.
Ala. Code § 2-8-208 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-208
Section 2-8-208 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this article which shall include the rules and regulations governing the holding of referendums as adopted by the certified commission, the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal and disbursement of assessments collected hereunder, and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the evident intent and purposes of this article. The certified commission authorized to conduct a promotional program as authorized under this article shall have a right to recommend such rules and regulations to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and upon receipt of such recommended rules and regulations said board shall meet within a period of not more than 90 days to consider their adoption. The certified commission shall be given at least ten days’ notice in writing of any such meeting held for the purpose of adopting rules and regulations as authorized hereunder.
Ala. Code § 2-16-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 2-16-21
Section 2-16-21 Adoption, Conduct, Etc., of Program for Prevention, Eradication and Control of Infectious and Contagious Poultry Diseases; Cooperation by Department, Etc., with Other State and Federal Agencies
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to adopt, conduct and carry out a program or plan designed to prevent, eradicate and control infectious and contagious diseases of poultry in the State of Alabama, and such program shall be carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

The Department of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to cooperate with other agencies for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division, and to that end the commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with other agencies, departments and institutions of the State of Alabama and of the federal government.
Ala. Code § 11-54-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-100
Section 11-54-100 Construction of Division
Status: in_force

(a) Neither this division nor anything contained in this division shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the industrial development board might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers.

(b) No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the organization of the board or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security therefor, except as is provided in this division, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that nothing in this division shall be construed to deprive the state and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over any properties of the board or to impair any power thereover of any official or agency of the state and its governmental subdivisions which may be otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-57 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-57
Section 11-44C-57 Additional Appropriations
Status: in_force

Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance, may be made by the council by not less than five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the director of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriation.
Ala. Code § 11-43-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-15
Section 11-43-15 False Enumeration of Municipal Census
Status: in_force

Any enumerator of census for a municipality who willfully causes a false enumeration to be made, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and also may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
Ala. Code § 11-44-71 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-71
Section 11-44-71 Procedure for Adoption - Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-1
Section 11-44C-1 Applicability of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply to any Class 2 municipality in the state of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-42-49 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-49
Section 11-42-49 Ballots
Status: in_force

Each voter may furnish his own ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: “For annexation,” if he desires to vote in favor of annexing the territory to the city or “Against annexation,” if he desires to vote against annexing the territory to the city. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to be of any particular size, form, or color.
Ala. Code § 2-15-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-27
Section 2-15-27 Records Required to Be Maintained by Operators of Livestock Markets, Livestock Hide Dealers, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Every operator of a livestock market where livestock are received and sold shall keep a copy of the register of livestock brands in his place of business where it will be easily accessible for public inspection during business hours.

(b) The operator of every livestock market where livestock are received and sold, together with those livestock dealers, slaughterers and butchers buying livestock for resale or for slaughter which livestock were not purchased at a livestock market, shall obtain and keep or cause to be kept a record for at least two years covering all livestock received, which shall show thereon the name and address of the owner, the number of animals received, the date of receipt and a description of such livestock together with the license number of the vehicle with the name and address of the driver thereof or the railroad waybill number or record of other method of transportation by which the livestock arrived. These records shall be retained by every such livestock market, dealer or slaughterer required to keep such records and shall be made easily accessible for public inspection for a period of two years after the livestock are received by such livestock market, dealer or slaughterer. Livestock dealers required to keep records under this subsection shall be those dealers required to be licensed under Article 6 of this chapter.

(c) Livestock hide dealers shall keep records of cattle hides received by them to facilitate the tracing of lost or stolen livestock. Livestock hide dealers shall keep a record of all such hides which shall include the name and address of the person from whom hides are purchased, a description of the hides, brands and any other identifying information appearing thereon. Livestock hide dealers shall keep such records for public inspection for a period of two years after receipt of such hides.
Ala. Code § 2-13-120 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-120
Section 2-13-120 Publication of Referendum Information; Notice
Status: in_force

Referendum date, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of such referendum shall be published by the state ADA and Alabama Dairy Farmers Federation Service through the medium of the public press in the state at least 30 days before the holding of such referendum, and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to all dairy-related organizations within the state and to each county extension agent and shall likewise state the method by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-62-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-13
Section 11-62-13 Limitations as to Operation of Facilities - Administration or Management of Facilities by Third Parties Under Employment Arrangements or Management Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The user of any facility acquired, improved, financed, or in any way provided or assisted by any authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not employ any third party that is not a governmental agency or a not-for-profit organization to administer or manage such facility unless the following conditions with respect to such third party and the employment arrangement or management contract between such user and such third party are satisfied:

(1) Such user shall be completely unrelated to such third party and shall be free from any aspect of control or undue influence by such third party, it being the intention of this chapter that prohibited control or undue influence shall be deemed to arise from circumstances such as the promotion or encouragement of the organization of such user by such third party for the primary purpose of having such user own or lease any facility that is to be managed by such third party, the selection or nomination by such third party of any of the members of the initial or any subsequent governing body of such user or the past or present existence of any substantial business relationship between any member of the governing body of such user and any person who has a substantial economic interest in such third party or who by reason of being a partner, officer, director or stockholder of such third party has any significant influence in the management of its affairs;

(2) Such user shall retain ultimate control of the operation of such facility, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to make all significant decisions relating to the financial management of such facility, the power to employ, or to terminate the employment of, the chief administrator of such facility and all other employees holding positions of significant responsibility in the management of such facility and the power to determine all terms and conditions upon which the benefits and services provided by such facility shall be made available to persons needing or desiring to use the same;

(3) The employment arrangement or management contract between such user and such third party shall fix the compensation of such third party on a basis that is reasonably related to the value of the services performed by such third party and that does not transfer to such third party a substantial part of the financial burdens or benefits of the ownership of such facility; and

(4) No management contract between such user and such third party shall have a term greater than three years, including in such term any period for which such contract may be renewed or extended at the option of such third party.

(b) If the relationship between any user and any third party employed to administer or manage any facility complies with the foregoing provisions of this section, then in such case nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the employment of such third party to administer or manage such facility or to mean that such user does not operate such facility for any purpose of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54-174 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-174
Section 11-54-174 Procedure to Incorporate; Contents and Execution of Certificate of Incorporation; Filing
Status: in_force

Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county or one of the counties in which the authorizing municipality is located a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided.

The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:

(1) The names of the persons forming the authority.

(2) The name of the authority (which shall be “The Commercial Development Authority of the City of _____,” with the insertion of the name of the authorizing municipality, unless the Secretary of State shall determine that such name is identical to the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, in which case the incorporators may insert additional identifying words so as to eliminate the duplication or similarity).

(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 11-54-189, that fact shall be stated).

(4) The name of the authorizing municipality together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted the authorizing resolution.

(5) The location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the authorizing municipality.

(6) That the authority is organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(7) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.

The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds. When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there shall be attached to it (i) a copy of the application as filed with the governing body of the authorizing municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-54-173, (ii) a certified copy of the authorizing resolution adopted by the governing body of the authorizing municipality, and (iii) a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. Upon the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation and the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, the authority shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation. The judge of probate shall thereupon send a notice to the Secretary of State that the certificate of incorporation of the authority has been filed for record.
Ala. Code § 11-43-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-5
Section 11-43-5 Provision for Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Chief of Police, Etc.; Designation of Persons to Administer Oaths, Issue Warrants, and Approve Appearance Bonds
Status: in_force

The council may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, and chief of the fire department and shall specifically prescribe their duties. The council shall designate the persons who shall administer oaths and issue warrants of arrest for violations of law and the ordinances of the city or town and the persons authorized to approve appearance bonds of persons arrested.
Ala. Code § 11-44-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-54
Section 11-44-54 Solicitation, Etc., of Votes by Municipal Employees
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-51-184 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-184
Section 11-51-184 Employment of Special Counsel
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue may employ special counsel when necessary from time to time to enforce collection of municipal license taxes for the municipality and otherwise to enforce the provisions of the ordinance levying such taxes, including any litigation required, and the Department of Revenue may pay special counsel such fees as the commissioner considers reasonable and proper from the proceeds of the taxes payable to the city or town under the provisions of this division.
Ala. Code § 11-51-241 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-241
Section 11-51-241 Exemption
Status: in_force

The governing body of any Class 6 municipality, by the adoption of a resolution or an ordinance, and the board of education of the municipality by the adoption of a resolution, may grant, with respect to any parcel of commercial property located within the municipality, for a period of not more than 15 years, a partial or complete exemption from the portion of the municipal and county ad valorem taxes allocated for municipal educational purposes which exceeds 20 mills; provided, the revenue from municipal and county ad valorem taxes allocated for municipal educational purposes with respect to the parcel of commercial property continues to equal or exceed the amount of revenue with respect to the parcel for the tax year immediately preceding the first tax year for which the exemption is effective. The extent of the exemption and the period of the exemption shall be fixed in the resolution or ordinance.
Ala. Code § 22-50-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a Facility for Care or Treatment of Mental or Emotional Illness or Substance Abuse, or Services to Persons with an Intellectual Disability
Status: in_force

(a) No person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter, without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church or ministry be certified which provides only religious services.

(b) No part of this section shall be construed as a mandate for an insurance policy, plan, or contract to offer or provide new or additional coverage benefits, or require any payment or prepayment to any person by any insurer or health care service plan.
Ala. Code § 11-47-239 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-239
Section 11-47-239 Construction of Article to Effect Its Purpose
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
Ala. Code § 2-8-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-15
Section 2-8-15 Refund of Assessment to Cattle Owner
Status: in_force

Any owner of cattle against whom any assessment is made and deducted under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with said assessment, shall have the right to demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from such cattle owner, if such demand for refund is made in writing within 30 days from the date on which such assessment was deducted from the sale price of cattle sold by such cattle owner. Applications for refunds of amounts deducted from the sale price of any cattle sold must give the name and address of the sale market or purchaser who bought the cattle, date of purchase, invoice number, if any, and the number of head purchased from him for which the assessment was deducted. Within 30 days after the first quarterly receipt of funds from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and thereafter within 30 days after receipt of such application, the certified association shall, after such association determines that the assessment was paid as claimed in the application, refund the amount so paid as an assessment. The mailing by the association of a valid check in the amount of such assessment, payable to seller, within 30 days after receipt of the application for refund, shall constitute a compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 11-48-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-25
Section 11-48-25 Effect and Correction of Defects or Errors in Notice
Status: in_force

If there is any defect in said notice or proceedings before or subsequent to said notice with respect to one or more interested persons, the same shall not affect such notice or proceedings except insofar as it may touch the interest or property of such person or persons and shall not avail any other person concerned therein. In the case of such defect, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as those prescribed in this article may be had in order to supply such defect.
Ala. Code § 11-42-63 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-63
Section 11-42-63 Filing of Contest as to Right of City to Tax Lands or Property; City to File Separate Causes Against Contesting Property Owners
Status: in_force

(a) On the day fixed in the notice or any day to which said cause may be continued, any owner of any of the property declared to be subject to taxation by the city in the resolution may file with the judge of probate a contest contesting the right of the city to tax any of the land or property owned by him, assigning as grounds for such contest the nonexistence of some one or more of facts required by this article to be in existence before the property is subject to city taxation.

(b) A separate case shall be docketed by the city against each property owner who files a contest, and thereafter such cause shall be a separate and distinct cause.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-53
Section 2-3A-53 Alabama Agricultural and Textile Technology Facilities Improvement Fund
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-50 shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated “The Alabama Agricultural and Textile Technology Facilities Improvement Fund,” pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by Amendment 619. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in investments of the same kind as those in which the State Treasurer is at the time legally authorized to invest moneys held in the General Fund of the state, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds; provided, however, that notwithstanding any legal limitation that might otherwise be applicable, the State Treasurer shall have the authority to invest such proceeds and income in certificates of deposit of any savings and loan association, whether federally or state chartered, whose principal office is located in the state. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-50.
Ala. Code § 2-7-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-5
Section 2-7-5 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Payment of Appropriation to State Fair Authority; Expenditures Limited to Prizes, Etc.; Free Space for Exhibits
Status: in_force

Each year, upon a plan for distribution of premiums or prizes having been adopted by the Alabama State Fair Authority and upon said plan having been returned to the Alabama State Fair Authority by the commission, with or without modifications thereof by the said commission, or upon the expiration of the time provided for the return of said plan by the commission to the Alabama State Fair Authority without said plan having been returned within said time, the chairman of the board of directors of the Alabama State Fair Authority shall present the State Comptroller with a requisition for a lump sum in an amount equal to the annual appropriation for that year, and the State Comptroller shall thereupon draw a warrant upon the Treasurer of the State of Alabama for that amount, and the Treasurer shall pay said warrant or cause said warrant to be paid. The Alabama State Fair Authority shall expend and disburse said funds for the purposes and only for the purposes specified in this article. All moneys appropriated to the commission shall be used exclusively for premiums, prizes or rewards for the exhibits, and no portion of said moneys shall be used or allocated for overhead or other expenses of the Alabama State Fair Authority. The Alabama State Fair Authority shall provide space for exhibits without charge to the persons participating in the exhibits.
Ala. Code § 11-70B-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70B / Section 11-70B-8
Section 11-70B-8 Sale of Real Property
Status: in_force

(a) Following the hearing and order of the court in accordance with Section 11-70B-6, the court shall cause a sale of the real property to be advertised and conducted by the court in a manner similar to the procedure described in Section 40-10-15. The sale shall not occur earlier than 45 days following the date of the order of the court.

(b)(1) Except as otherwise authorized by law, the minimum bid price for the sale of the real property shall be the redemption amount.

(2)a. In the absence of any bid higher than the minimum bid price, the court or its designee shall bid in for the property on behalf of the Class 1 municipality or its designee in an amount equal to the minimum bid price, causing the Class 1 municipality to become the purchaser at the sale pursuant to Section 11-70B-7.

b. A bid in on behalf of the Class 1 municipality or its designee shall be tendered as a credit bid for the portion of the minimum bid price equal to the municipal code lien payoff. If the minimum bid price bid in by the Class 1 municipality includes a tax payoff amount, the Class 1 municipality shall tender the amount of the tax payoff to the court, which, together with the municipal code lien payoff, shall satisfy the full amount of the minimum bid price.

(c) Payment of the winning bid shall be due immediately after the sale is conducted. The proceeds of the foreclosure sale shall be distributed in the following manner:

(1) If the purchaser is a party other than the Class 1 municipality, the court or its designee shall deposit with the Class 1 municipality the amount of the proceeds equal to the municipal code lien payoff, less any costs incurred or fees charged by the office of the judge of probate.

(2) If the purchaser is the Class 1 municipality, the Class 1 municipality shall tender to the court an amount equal to any costs incurred by the court that are included in the amount of the municipal code lien payoff.

(3) If the minimum bid price includes a tax payoff amount, the court shall deposit the amounts paid with the appropriate parties in accordance with Sections 40-5-10, 40-10-128, 40-10-129, and 40-10-193 and any applicable local laws.

(4) In the event that the foreclosure sale price exceeds the minimum bid price, the surplus shall be distributed by the court to the interested parties, including the owner, as their interests appear and in the order of priority in which their interests exist.

(d) Upon deposit by the court of any tax payoff amounts with the appropriate parties as described in subdivision (c)(3), any and all rights of redemption accorded to interested parties under Chapter 10 of Title 40, Chapter 51 of Title 11, Section 11-53B-10, or Section 11-48-54 are extinguished.

(e) From and after the moment of the sale, the sale shall be final and binding.

(f) Within 90 days following the date of the sale, the court shall cause to be executed a deed to the real property identified in the petition. Upon execution, the court shall cause the deed to be recorded with the office of the judge of probate.

(g) Within 90 days following the date of the sale, the Class 1 municipality shall file a report of the sale with the clerk of the circuit court, which report shall identify whether a sale took place, the foreclosure sale price, and the identity of the purchaser.

(h) The municipality, by ordinance, may adopt forms to implements and administer this section.
Ala. Code § 11-51-181 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-181
Section 11-51-181 Time of Collection; Inspection of Reports by Municipal Governing Body
Status: in_force

Municipal taxes collected by the Department of Revenue shall be collected at the same time and along with the collection by the department of taxes levied and collected for the state under the provisions of Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-2.1, 40-23-4 to 40-23-31, inclusive, 40-23-36, 40-23-37, except for those provisions relating to the tax rate, 40-23-38, Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and Sections 40-26-1 to 40-26-21, inclusive, and all reports required to be made to the Commissioner of Revenue under this division shall, on request made to the Department of Revenue, be made available for inspection by the governing body of the city or town or its designated agent at reasonable times during business hours.
Ala. Code § 2-13-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-21
Section 2-13-21 Renovated Butter
Status: in_force

No person shall sell in this state any butter that is produced by taking original packing stock butter or other butter or both and melting the same so that the butterfat can be drawn off or extracted, then mixing the said butterfat with skimmed milk or milk or cream or other milk product and rechurning or reworking the said mixture or that produced by any process that is commonly known as boiled, process or renovated butter, unless the words “renovated butter” shall be plainly branded with Gothic or boldface letters at least three fourths of an inch in height on the top and sides of each tub, box, pail or other kind of case or package or on the wrapper of prints or rolls in which it is put up. If such butter is exposed for sale uncovered or not in a case or package, a placard containing the labels so printed shall be attached to the mass of butter in such manner as to easily be seen and read by the purchaser. The branding or marking of all packages shall be in the English language and in a conspicuous place so as to be easily seen and read by the purchaser.
Ala. Code § 2-14-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-15
Section 2-14-15 Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Chapter, Rules or Regulations, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person who shall perform any of the acts declared by this chapter to be unlawful or who fails to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this chapter or who violates any quarantine order issued under the provisions of this chapter or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated under the provisions of this chapter or who fails and refuses to register colonies of bees or pay the registration fee required by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and, within the discretion of the court, may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-45
Section 11-43A-45 Discrimination Prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any municipal position or appointive municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of Council Districts Because of Population Change
Status: in_force

Whenever there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the following manner:

(1) The mayor shall within six months after the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:

a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries.

b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population.

The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted as a proposed ordinance and considered by the council as other ordinances are considered. Once filed with the clerk, the report shall be treated as an ordinance introduced by a council member.

(2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance.

(3) Such redistricting ordinance shall apply to the first regular election held more than six months after its becoming effective and to all municipal elections, regular or special, held after the first regular election. No incumbent council member shall be deprived of his or her unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
Ala. Code § 11-42-44 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-44
Section 11-42-44 Notice of Election
Status: in_force

The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge, in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection of the public.
Ala. Code § 2-10-108 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-108
Section 2-10-108 Incorporated Marketing Association Not Affected
Status: in_force

This article shall not amend, repeal or in anywise affect the provisions of article 3 of this chapter, nor any corporation or association formed thereunder.
Ala. Code § 11-50-533 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-533
Section 11-50-533 Municipal Aid
Status: in_force

Any municipality incorporated under the laws of Alabama which is situated within the territorial limits of any power district proposed to be served by any public nonprofit corporation now or hereafter organized under the laws of Alabama for the purpose of acquiring and operating facilities for the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity and related service within a power district composed of all or parts of any three or more connecting counties shall have the power to advance funds to such corporation for the purpose of paying the preliminary organization and administration expenses of such corporation. Any funds so advanced shall be repayable within such time, not exceeding one year from the date of such advancement, and on such terms as may be provided by the governing body of such municipality and agreed to by such corporation.
Ala. Code § 2-8-59 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-59
Section 2-8-59 Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement
Status: in_force

The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit required by this section and submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association’s fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this article, the association shall forward a copy of a financial statement to the state board showing the amount received and collected and the amount spent for each project and item. The statement shall be available for public inspection.
Ala. Code § 11-51-97 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-97
Section 11-51-97 Licensing, Etc., of Sales at Auctions, in Public Places or on Streets of Merchandise, Medicines, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-271, p. 440, §3 effective July 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 11-45-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 45 / Section 11-45-11
Section 11-45-11 Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Class 1 or Class 2 Municipalities
Status: in_force

All courts of the State of Alabama shall take judicial notice of all municipal ordinances of each Class 1 or Class 2 municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-70B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70B / Section 11-70B-6
Section 11-70B-6 Judicial Hearing; Procedures
Status: in_force

(a)(1) A Class 1 municipality shall request that a judicial hearing on the petition occur not earlier than 30 days nor later than 90 days following the filing of the petition.

(2) At the judicial hearing, any interested party shall have the right to be heard and to contest the delinquency of the municipal code lien, the adequacy of the proceedings, the classification of the real property as owner-occupied, and the amount of the tax payoff.

(b) If the court determines that the information set forth in the petition is accurate, the court shall render its judgment and shall order all of the following:

(1) The municipal code lien is delinquent.

(2) The amounts of any additional municipal code liens and taxes described in the petition are delinquent.

(3) Proper notice has been given to all interested parties.

(4) The property is not owner-occupied.

(5) The property as described in the petition be sold in accordance with this chapter.

(6) The sale shall become final and binding immediately after the sale is conducted in accordance with Section 11-70B-8.

(c) The order of the court shall provide that the real property be sold free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances other than all of the following:

(1) Rights of redemption provided under federal law.

(2) Taxes assessed against the property that are due but not yet delinquent as of the date of the court’s order.

(3) Any easement that burdens the property, any real covenant that burdens the property, and any utility easement that benefits the property as of the date of the filing of the municipal code lien on which the Class 1 municipality is seeking to foreclose under this chapter.

(d) If at any point in the proceedings the court determines that the real property is owner-occupied, the Class 1 municipality shall seek immediate dismissal of the proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-15
Section 11-44B-15 Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, Etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned
Status: in_force

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, board, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, board, or agency by this article, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, board, or agency or part thereof, are by this article assigned to another office, department, board, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
Ala. Code § 11-51-129 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-129
Section 11-51-129 Street Railroads, Electric, Gas, and Waterworks Companies, Etc
Status: in_force

The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within the state may annually assess and collect of persons operating electric or hydroelectric street railroads, electric light and power companies, gas companies, waterworks companies, pipe line companies for transporting or carrying gas, oil, gasoline, water or other commodities, gas distributing companies, whether by means of pipe lines or by tanks, drums, tubes, cylinders, or otherwise, heating companies or other public utilities, incorporated under the laws of this state or any other state or whether incorporated at all or not, except telephone and telegraph companies, railroad and sleeping car companies and express companies which are otherwise licensed shall not exceed three percent of the gross receipts of the business done by the utility in the municipality during the preceding year; and, for the first year’s business when an existing utility is taken over, the amount of the license shall be computed on the basis of the gross receipts of the prior operators plus the gross receipts of the new owners; provided, that this section shall not affect any existing contract between any municipality and any public utility operating therein, except those provisions of contracts which relate to the amount or basis of the license tax imposed by such municipality on such utility.
Ala. Code § 2-8-230 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-230
Section 2-8-230 Legislative Intent and Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, and purchasers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use and sale of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats products; and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers of the Legislature as authorized by the amendment to the state Constitution which expressly authorizes such activity.
Ala. Code § 2-8-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-121
Section 2-8-121 Authorized Activities Not Illegal or in Restraint of Trade
Status: in_force

No association, meeting or activity undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of this article and intended to benefit all of the producers, handlers and processors of a particular commodity shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Ala. Code § 11-51-96 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-96
Section 11-51-96 Lien for License Taxes
Status: in_force

On all property, both real and personal, used in any exhibition, trade, business, vocation, occupation, or profession for which a license is or may be required, municipal corporations shall have a lien for such license, which lien shall attach as of the date the license is due and shall be superior to all other liens, except the lien of the state, county, and municipal corporations for taxes and the lien of the state and county for licenses. Such lien may be enforced by attachment.
Ala. Code § 11-44-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-91
Section 11-44-91 Elections for Office of Commissioner - Ballots; Voting
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 22-50-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-90
Section 22-50-90 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Any information collected and stored in the criminal record repository of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reflecting the result of an arrest, detention, or initiation of a criminal proceeding by criminal justice agencies, including, but not limited to, arrest record information, fingerprint cards, correctional induction and release information, identifiable descriptions, and notations of arrests, detention, indictments, or other formal charges. The term shall not include analytical records or investigative reports that contain criminal intelligence information or criminal investigation information.

(2) DIRECT CARE PROVIDER. A psychiatrist, medical doctor, psychologist, social worker, community service specialist, therapist, nurse, mental health worker, foster care provider, police officer, and any other employee or person who has direct contact with the clients and patients served by the Alabama Department of Mental Health pursuant to a contract with the department.

(b) Pursuant to Public Law 92-544 (86 Stat. 1115) and with the approval of the Attorney General of the United States, the Alabama Department of Mental Health may use the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to secure criminal history background information through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on persons with whom the Department of Mental Health employs or contracts with, or both, to be direct care providers to clients and patients. The information shall be provided by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to the Department of Mental Health pursuant to Section 32-2-61. Any request by the Department of Mental Health for the information on a direct care provider applicant shall include a complete set of fingerprints for each applicant and shall comply with the applicable administrative rules and procedures of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
Ala. Code § 2-26-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-70
Section 2-26-70 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

The intent and purpose of this article is to provide a method for assisting farmers and other seed purchasers and seed dealers to determine the validity of complaints of such seed purchasers against seed dealers relating to the quality of the seed by establishing a committee to investigate and make findings and recommendations in the nature of arbitration proceedings where damages are suffered by such seed purchasers caused by the failure of any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seeds to perform as represented, or to conform to the description on the labeling thereof as required by Sections 2-26-1 through 2-26-14. The meaning of words and terms as used in this article shall, where applicable, be construed to conform to the meaning of such words and terms as same are defined in Section 2-26-1.
Ala. Code § 11-52-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-13
Section 11-52-13 Alternate Structure for Class 5 Municipality Planning Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any Class 5 municipality may determine by ordinance that any planning commission of the municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of nine members: Namely, eight members appointed by the governing body representing as equally as possible the several districts or wards of the municipality, such representation to be determined by the governing body and one member appointed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality. The eight appointees appointed by the governing body shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body and the member appointed by the mayor or chief executive officer shall serve at his pleasure. Each member of the governing body excluding the mayor or chief executive officer shall nominate persons to fill two vacancies on said commission within two months after the vacancy occurs. Failure to do so shall result in the vacancy being filled by the governing body without said nomination. In addition, each member of the governing body shall nominate an alternate member of the commission subject to the approval of the governing body. The powers and duties of the alternate members shall be prescribed by the governing body. Alternate members shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body. The city engineer of any Class 5 municipality who adopts this alternate planning commission structure shall be an ex officio member of the planning commission but shall have no voting rights.

(b) Where an alternate planning commission structure of any Class 5 municipality has been provided for by ordinance as provided herein, the action of the planning commission shall be subject to appeal to the governing body of the municipality. An appeal of the action of the local governing body shall be to the circuit court of the county in which such municipality is located.
Ala. Code § 11-50-433 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-433
Section 11-50-433 Members of Board - Oath of Office
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and the Constitution of the United States, and that I will faithfully, zealously and impartially discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, without fear or favor, for the public welfare, so help me God.” The successors to the members of the board named in this article shall take and subscribe the same oath.
Ala. Code § 11-70-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70 / Section 11-70-2
Section 11-70-2 Initiation and Notice of Action
Status: in_force

(a) Class 2 municipalities may initiate an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action under this chapter against a parcel of tax sale property located within its municipal limits and purchased by the municipality. The municipality shall record, in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the property is located, a notice of its intention to file an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action. The notice shall include a legal description of the property, street address of the property if available, a statement that the property is subject to expedited quiet title and foreclosure proceedings under this chapter, and a statement that those proceedings may extinguish any legal interests in the property. As used herein, interested parties shall mean the owner, his or her heirs or personal representatives, any mortgagee or purchaser of the subject property or any part thereof, and any party with an interest in the property, or in any part thereof, legal or equitable, in severalty or as tenant in common, including a judgment creditor or other creditor having a lien thereon, or any part thereof.

(b) The municipality shall make a good faith effort to identify the interested parties and the addresses at which they can be reached. The municipality shall be presumed to have made a good faith effort to identify interested parties if it does all of the following:

(1) Erects a sign not less than four feet by six feet on the property and maintains it for a minimum of 30 days, which must read as follows:

THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO THE CITY OF ______________ FOR UNPAID TAXES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, PLEASE CALL _____________.

(2) Examines the addresses that appear on the face of the recorded deeds, mortgages, and relevant instruments.

(3) Examines the records of the tax assessor or revenue commissioner to find the names and addresses of all parties who paid taxes in the five-year period prior to the date of the tax sale; provided, however, that the municipality is not required to search for parties who paid taxes more than 20 years prior to the year of the inquiry.

(4) If the interested party is an individual, the municipality shall examine voter registration lists, available municipal archives for records of deaths, and the probate court records of estates opened in the county in which the property is located.

(5) If the interested party is a business entity, the municipality shall search the records of the Secretary of State for the name and address of a registered agent.
Ala. Code § 2-30-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-21
Section 2-30-21 Supervision and Control of Research Work
Status: in_force

All research work supported by the funds provided in this article shall be done under the supervision and control of the Director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.
Ala. Code § 22-52-10.10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-10.10
Section 22-52-10.10 Renewal of Outpatient Commitment Order
Status: in_force

(a) A petition for renewal of an outpatient commitment order may be filed by the director of a designated mental health facility or his or her designee at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the current commitment order. The petition, together with a copy of the original commitment order and copies of any subsequent renewal commitment orders, shall be filed with the probate court of the county where the commitment was originally ordered. The petition shall explain in detail why renewal of the order is being requested and shall include testimony affirming the facility’s belief that the respondent meets the requirements for renewal pursuant to Section 22-52-10.2.

(b) The judge of probate shall conduct a hearing, within 30 days after the date of petition, to consider the petition for renewal of the commitment order.

(c) Adequate written notice shall be provided to the respondent prior to the hearing.

(d) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Section 22-52-9. A copy of the order shall be forwarded to the probate court having original jurisdiction. The burden of proof shall be to prove, based on clear and convincing evidence, the criteria as prescribed in Section 22-52-10.2.

(e) Any order renewing an order for commitment to outpatient treatment shall not exceed a period of one year.

(f) In cases where outpatient treatment has been renewed, a revocation petition seeking inpatient treatment may not be filed and a new petition seeking inpatient treatment shall be required.
Ala. Code § 11-54-151 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-151
Section 11-54-151 Construction of Article
Status: in_force

Neither this article nor anything herein contained shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a municipality might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative; and this article shall not be construed as requiring an election by the voters of a municipality prior to the issuance of bonds hereunder by such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-50-142 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-142
Section 11-50-142 Passage of Resolution by Governing Body Providing for Sale, Lease, Etc
Status: in_force

Before any sale, lease, or disposition of an electric light plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant of any city or town shall be made, the board of aldermen or other governing body shall pass a resolution declaring it to be, in the judgment of said board of aldermen or other governing body, to the best interests of the city or town that the electric plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant of such city or town shall be sold, leased, or disposed of and shall fix in said resolution the minimum price at which the sale, lease, or disposition should be had.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-79 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-79
Section 11-43C-79 Office, Etc., with Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office
Status: in_force

Any office, department, or agency provided for by this chapter with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of any such office, department, or agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency, and shall continue to exercise its powers and duties until otherwise provided, and shall have power to continue any business, proceeding, or other matter within the scope of its regular powers and duties. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, or agency.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-20
Section 11-44B-20 Powers of City; Vesting of Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties
Status: in_force

The city shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as the interest may require; and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or restricted by this article, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of this state, it would be competent for this article to specifically enumerate.

All rights, powers and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as herein provided by this article, shall vest in such city under the organization herein provided for, unless in conflict with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-12
Section 11-43A-12 Powers of Municipality
Status: in_force

The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the Constitution and the laws of the state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require, and, except as prohibited by the Constitution and the laws of this state or restricted by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive but in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the municipality shall have and may exercise all powers granted to municipalities under the Constitution and the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-51-125 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-125
Section 11-51-125 Railway Sleeping Car Companies, Etc
Status: in_force

The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within this state may annually assess and collect of persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the business of operating cars for the transportation, accommodation, comfort, convenience, or safety of passengers on or over any railway line or lines in whole or in part within this state, whether such cars are termed sleeping, palace, parlor, chair, dining, or buffet cars or by some other name, for the privilege of doing intrastate business within the limits of such municipalities, whether such companies are incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or whether incorporated at all or not, is fixed at $10.00 for each and every municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-47-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-5
Section 11-47-5 Execution of Contracts
Status: in_force

Contracts entered into by a municipality shall be in writing, signed and executed in the name of the city or town by the officers authorized to make the same and by the party contracting. In cases not otherwise directed by law or ordinance, such contracts shall be entered into and executed by the mayor in the name of the city or town and all obligations for the payment of money by the municipality, except for bonds and interest coupons, shall be attested by the clerk. This section shall not be construed to cover purchases for the ordinary needs of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-44D-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44D / Section 11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions Applicable to Both Mayor-Council and Manager-Council Forms of Government
Status: in_force

The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose:

(1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance,

a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and

b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder.

(2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.

(3) Within 10 days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of government was adopted, to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice.

(4) On noon of the seventh day following the canvass of the election results, including the results of any runoff election, if needed, the newly elected officers shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end.

(5) The officers elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, 1988. Officers elected thereafter shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. An election shall be held in 1988 on the month and day established by the general laws of the state pertaining to municipal elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner as provided by the general laws of the state pertaining to municipal elections, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.

(6) The municipality shall, after said election and the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor if the mayor-council form of government was adopted, be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided and thereafter be governed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-2
Section 11-43C-2 Special Election as to Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government
Status: in_force

After May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies may call a special election to be held in 1987, for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city or in the nearest larger city. All qualified electors of such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-43C-3. The election shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is or may be provided by law in other city elections. The proposal for which the majority of the votes cast shall be “yes,” or in favor of such proposition, shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the mayor or other chief executive officer shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted for such city.
Ala. Code § 2-15-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-40
Section 2-15-40 “Dealer” Defined
Status: in_force

Every person engaged in the business of buying livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20 for resale or slaughter or who engages in the business of transporting, hauling or driving livestock as defined in Section 2-15-20 along any public road or highway of Alabama for resale, market or slaughter or who engages in the business of slaughtering such livestock shall be deemed to be a dealer for the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-13-112 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-112
Section 2-13-112 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall provide otherwise:

(1) STATE. The State of Alabama;

(2) MILK. Any class of cow’s milk produced in the state;

(3) DAIRY PRODUCTS. Products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk and includes fluid milk products;

(4) FLUID MILK PRODUCTS. Those dairy products normally consumed in liquid form;

(5) PERSON. Any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative association, or any other entity;

(6) PRODUCERS. Any person engaged in the production of milk for commercial use;

(7) PROMOTION. Actions such as paid advertising, sales promotion and publicity to advance the image and sales of and demand for dairy products;

(8) NUTRITION EDUCATION. Those activities intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional principle including the role of milk and dairy products in a balanced diet;

(9) STATE ADA. The American Dairy Association of Alabama, an affiliated member organization of Southeast United Dairy Industry Association;

(10) SOUTHEAST UNITED DAIRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. A regional dairy promotion organization coordinating regional dairy promotion activities in the southeast United States;

(11) DAIRY DIVISION. A division of the Alabama Farmers Federation composed of all Alabama dairy farmers;

(12) BULK TANK UNIT. A bulk tank unit as defined in accordance with the State Board of Health, Dairy Inspection Division;

(13) HANDLER. Any person engaged in the business of distributing, marketing, or in any manner handling fluid milk or dairy products, in whole or in part, for consumption;

(14) NATIONAL DAIRY BOARD. The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under 7 U.S.C. §4504, as amended;

(15) ACT. The Alabama Dairy Promotion Act; and

(16) COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. Any cooperative marketing association of producers which is organized under the provisions of the act of Congress of February 18, 1922, known as the “Capper-Volstead Act.”
Ala. Code § 11-44D-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44D / Section 11-44D-10
Section 11-44D-10 Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties Continued
Status: in_force

All rights, powers, and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts a form of government as provided by this chapter, shall vest in such city under the new form of government as herein provided for, unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54-145 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-145
Section 11-54-145 Requirements Respecting Leases
Status: in_force

Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following: The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and, unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made in the preceding sentence shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease the project to a lessee under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient (1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project, (2) to build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith, and (3) unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project, to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured.
Ala. Code § 22-52-10.3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-10.3
Section 22-52-10.3 Order for Outpatient Treatment
Status: in_force

(a) At the final hearing on a petition for commitment seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate court may order that the respondent participate in outpatient treatment provided by a designated mental health facility.

(b) The probate court shall not order outpatient treatment unless the designated mental health facility has consented to treat the respondent on an outpatient basis under the terms and conditions set forth by the probate court.

(c) If outpatient treatment is ordered, the order of the probate court may state the specific conditions to be followed and shall include the general condition that the respondent follow the directives and treatment plan established by the designated mental health facility.

(d) Pursuant to this section, an order for outpatient treatment shall not exceed 150 days unless the order pertains to a renewal of an outpatient commitment order up to one year as provided for by this article.

(e) The designated mental health facility shall immediately report to the probate court any material noncompliance with the outpatient treatment order. The report shall set forth the need for revocation of the outpatient treatment order and shall be verified and filed with the probate court.

(f) The probate court shall set a hearing to consider the motion for revocation of the outpatient treatment order. The hearing procedures and safeguards set forth in this article, applicable to a petition for involuntary commitment, shall be followed. If at the hearing, the probate court finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that the conditions of outpatient treatment have not been met, and that the respondent meets inpatient criteria, the probate court may enter an order for commitment to inpatient treatment.

(g) No county shall be financially responsible for the cost of provision of outpatient mental health services ordered pursuant to this article. The cost for the provision of outpatient services are not allowable costs under Section 22-52-14.
Ala. Code § 11-42-185 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-185
Section 11-42-185 Operation, Etc., of Waterworks, Gas or Electric Light Systems of Absorbed Municipalities
Status: in_force

Should the city or town so absorbed or whose government is extinguished own any waterworks, gas or electric light systems, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall take charge of and operate said waterworks, gas or electric light systems on the same terms and conditions and charge the consumers thereof the same rates or charges as before said absorption by the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines, and said city or town shall have the same use and benefit of said waterworks, gas or electric light systems as that of the city or town so absorbed.
Ala. Code § 2-11-120 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-120
Section 2-11-120 Definitions
Status: in_force

The terms “honey,” “liquid or extracted honey,” “strained honey” or “pure honey” as used in this article, shall mean the nectar of plants that has been transformed by, and is the natural product of the honeybee, either in the honeycomb or taken from the honeycomb and marketed in a liquid, crystalized or granulated condition.
Ala. Code § 2-8-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-19
Section 2-8-19 Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement
Status: in_force

The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit required by this section and submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association’s fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this article, the association shall forward a copy of a financial statement to the state board showing the amount received and collected and the amount spent for each project and item. The statement shall be available for public inspection.
Ala. Code § 11-67-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-22
Section 11-67-22 Resolution Declaring Weeds to Be Public Nuisance and Ordering Abatement
Status: in_force

Whenever any weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property the governing body of any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known, describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description of the property and no other description of the property shall be required. Any number of streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private property, may be included in one resolution.
Ala. Code § 2-7-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-21
Section 2-7-21 Funds to Be Disbursed by Agricultural Center Board
Status: in_force

Any funds which may be appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this article shall be disbursed by the Agricultural Center Board for payment of prizes, premiums and awards, together with other expenses incident thereto, as provided in this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-84 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-84
Section 2-8-84 Application of Soybean Producers’ Association for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Action by State Board of Agriculture and Industries on Application
Status: in_force

Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of an application by any nonprofit association of soybean producers, as provided in Section 2-8-83, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider the application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant is fairly and substantially representative of the soybean producers of this state, and the board shall otherwise find and determine that such application and the program proposed therein are in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, the board shall certify such association as the duly delegated and authorized group or organization and shall likewise certify that such organization is duly authorized to conduct among the soybean producers of this state a referendum for the purpose set forth in its application which shall be consistent with the purposes of this article. In the event there is more than one pending application at any time, the board must decide between the pending applications based on the program proposed, the number and geographical distribution of soybean producer members in the applicant organization, the size, stability, potential effectiveness and fiscal soundness of the applicant organization and any organizations with which it is affiliated, the existence and effectiveness of affiliated county organizations in the applicant organization and its affiliates and the sentiment of soybean producers as ascertained by petitions, hearings and otherwise as may be determined by the board. No application shall be considered if an association holds currently valid certification.
Ala. Code § 2-8-364 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-364
Section 2-8-364 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent and purposes of this article, including rules and regulations governing the holding of a referendum by a certified association, the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal, and disbursement of assessments collected, and any other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the intent and purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-4
Section 11-43C-4 Conduct of Election; Election Expenses
Status: in_force

The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. The expenses of any and all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 2-10-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-70
Section 2-10-70 Agreements Between Associations
Status: in_force

Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, contracts and arrangements with any other cooperative corporation, association or associations formed in this or in any other state for the cooperative and more economical carrying on of its business or any part or parts thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same methods, means and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective business.
Ala. Code § 11-51-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-100
Section 11-51-100 Regulation and Control of Vending Machines on Which Music Is Played
Status: in_force

The governing body of such city or town may regulate and control the location and use of vending machines on which music is played by licensing the same.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-15
Section 11-44C-15 District Council Members - No Primary Elections; 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 council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein. A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member 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 500 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-2
Section 11-44A-2 Establishment of Council Districts; Salaries; Election Notice; Powers and Duties of Mayor-Council
Status: in_force

If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then,

(1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five 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) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder,

(3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and

(4) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this article be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11 and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this article which may have been theretofore granted to such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-28
Section 11-43A-28 Qualifications of City Manager; Duties; Designation or Appointment of Administrative Officer to Perform Duties of Manager During Temporary Absence or Disability
Status: in_force

The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his appointment, he may but need not be a resident of the municipality or state, but during his tenure of office he shall reside within the municipality.

The city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of the municipal government. He shall be responsible to the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the municipality and, subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system law applicable to such municipality and except as otherwise provided herein, he shall have power and shall be required to:

(1) Enforce all laws and ordinances;

(2) Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers and employees of the municipality except as otherwise provided by this article and except as he may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such department or office; provided that he shall not appoint or remove officers and employees of:

a. Any library board of the municipality;

b. Any board of the municipality having control over any park, recreation facility, fair, or exhibit;

c. Any municipally owned public utility and any municipally owned service enterprise, including inter alia, electric, gas and water boards, agencies, etc.;

d. Any school board of the municipality;

e. Any hospital board of the municipality;

f. Any airport board of the municipality;

g. Any housing authority;

h. Any city plumbers or electricians boards;

i. Any planning board of the municipality;

j. Any zoning board of the municipality;

(3) Exercise administrative supervision and control over all officers, employees, offices, departments, boards, and agencies created by this article or hereafter created by the council, except those enumerated in paragraphs a. to j. of subdivision (2), inclusive, set out above in this section, and except those otherwise given independent status; and subject to any civil service or merit system law in effect in such municipality;

(4) Keep the council fully advised as to the financial conditions and needs of the municipality; to prepare and submit a budget proposal annually to the council and be responsible for its administration after its adoption; to prepare and submit, as of the end of the fiscal year, a complete report on the financial and administrative activities of the municipality for such year;

(5) Recommend to the council such actions as he may deem desirable;

(6) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as may be required of him;

(7) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this article or required of him by ordinance or by resolution of the council not inconsistent with this article.

To perform his duties during his temporary absence or temporary disability, the manager may designate by letter filed with the city clerk a qualified administrative officer of the municipality. In the event of failure of the manager to make such designation, the council may by resolution appoint a qualified administrative officer of the municipality to perform the duties of the manager until he shall return or his disability shall cease.
Ala. Code § 11-65-38 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-38
Section 11-65-38 Disqualification Due to Gambling Activities
Status: in_force

No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on horse races or greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practice, shall be eligible as an applicant for any horse racing facility license or any operator’s license to conduct horse racing or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon under the provisions of this chapter, or to be connected with such licensed activities in any capacity, and any corporation, partnership, or other entity which has an officer, director, stockholder, partner, or executive or who employs any person who engages in such practices shall likewise be ineligible as a licensee, and each commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such matters in entertaining any such application and otherwise in administering this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-15-316 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-316
Section 2-15-316 Annual Report of Commissioner as to Certificates Issued, Etc
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have such a number of the annual reports printed and bound as may be deemed advisable by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to obtain the greatest benefit to the breeders of improved stock in this state, said reports to contain copies of certificates issued under the provisions of this article and such other data of special interest to livestock breeders as said State Board of Agriculture and Industries may designate for publication therein.
Ala. Code § 11-48-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-29
Section 11-48-29 Fixing of Amount of Assessments by Council and Effect Thereof; Reduction, Abatement, Etc., of Assessments Generally
Status: in_force

(a) At such meeting or any adjourned meeting the council shall proceed by order or resolution to fix the amount of the assessment against each lot or tract of land described and included in said assessment roll, and all such assessments from the date of such order or resolution shall be and constitute a lien on the respective lots or parcels of land upon which they are levied superior to all other liens, except those of the state and county for taxes.

(b) The council shall have no power to reduce or abate an assessment made for public improvements after such assessments shall have been made final, unless an appeal shall have been taken from such assessments within the time prescribed by law, except as provided in Sections 11-48-30 and 11-48-31, but this provision shall not affect the power of such council to split an assessment between two or more parties as now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-46-74 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-74
Section 11-46-74 Use of Election Dates Established by Classification Act or Local Act
Status: in_force

Any municipality whose election dates have been established by classification act, local act, or general act of local application may continue to use said election dates unless a majority of the members of the governing body vote to use the election dates established in this article or Section 11-43-2.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-27
Section 11-43B-27 Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect
Status: in_force

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, industrial development boards or authorities, housing authorities, medical clinic boards, plumbers or electricians boards or other technical boards, planning commission, board of adjustment, any municipally owned service enterprise, and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any such authority, board, or agency until otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-3
Section 11-54B-3 Development and Maintenance of Self-Help Business Improvement Districts
Status: in_force

A municipality may, through ordinance, provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended as the exclusive procedure through which a municipality may create and maintain a self-help business improvement district.
Ala. Code § 11-46-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-30
Section 11-46-30 Schools for Instruction of Election Officials in Use of Voting Machines; Qualifications and Certification of Election Officials
Status: in_force

(a) When voting machines are to be used in any municipal election, the municipal governing body shall provide for holding a school or schools of instruction for those who will actually conduct the election. The municipal clerk shall notify those persons who have been appointed election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school of instruction and shall also publish notice thereof at least 48 hours before the same is to be held.

(b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting machine is used, unless he has received such instruction, is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection with the machine and has received a certificate to that effect from the authorized instructor; provided, that this requirement shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person as an election official to fill a vacancy among the election officials.
Ala. Code § 11-40-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-52
Section 11-40-52 Administrative Review; Petition; Hearing
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017.
Ala. Code § 22-51-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 22-51-11
Section 22-51-11 Powers of Corporation
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the following powers in addition to others granted in this chapter:

(1) To construct and maintain facilities as defined in Section 22-51-4;

(2) To cooperate and contract with the State Board of Health for the construction of such facilities;

(3) To cooperate and contract with the Alabama Department of Mental Health for the construction, operation and maintenance of such facilities and for the operation and execution of such programs as it has elected to implement;

(4) To take over by purchase, lease or otherwise any hospital or other facilities to be used for carrying out such programs as it has elected to implement;

(5) To arrange with any appropriate local or state agencies for the opening or closing of streets, roadways, alleys or other rights-of-way or easements and to exercise the power of eminent domain;

(6) To purchase, lease or rent any land, building, structure or facilities needed in its operations;

(7) To enter upon buildings or property in order to conduct investigations or to make surveys or soundings;

(8) To obtain options upon, and to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, any property, or interest therein, from any person;

(9) To sell, exchange, transfer, assign or pledge any property, or any interest therein, to any person;

(10) To improve any such property;

(11) To insure against such risks as it may deem advisable;

(12) To borrow money upon its bonds, notes, warrants, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by pledges of its revenues;

(13) To have perpetual succession;

(14) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers;

(15) To determine reasonable fees for services which it makes available to the public and collect such fees, unless, on application and investigation, it is determined that the person receiving such services is unable to pay the established fee, and in such case, such amount as he or she is able to pay will be collected;

(16) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter;

(17) To carry into effect the powers and purposes conferred by this chapter; and

(18) To do any and all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers given in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-47-227 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-227
Section 11-47-227 Construction of Bonds as Negotiable Instruments
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by an authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified or limited source.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-183 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-183
Section 11-44E-183 Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts with City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, Etc.; Penalty
Status: in_force

No member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee appointed shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in services to be furnished or performed for the city; and no such member of the commission, the mayor, or employee shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in any services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, cable television systems, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of said city. No such member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee of such city shall be interested in or be an employee or an attorney of any corporation operating any public service utility within said city. No such member of the commission, officer, or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of said city any cable television system, railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00.
Ala. Code § 11-54-181 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-181
Section 11-54-181 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued by an 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 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 such refunding bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and have such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of its board.

Any refunding bonds issued by an authority shall be issued and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-54-179.
Ala. Code § 11-44F-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44F / Section 11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act; Division into Single-Member Districts; Residence Requirements for Candidates and Electors
Status: in_force

Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts. The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district.
Ala. Code § 11-51-98 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-98
Section 11-51-98 License Tax on Vending and Weighing Machines - Authorized Generally
Status: in_force

The governing body of each city and town within the State of Alabama is authorized and empowered to levy and collect from every person, firm, company, corporation or association, receiver or trustee, but not a governmental subdivision, who possess and operate or who maintain for operation by others vending machines for vending gum, candy, cigarettes, milk, soft drinks, or any other type or kind of article or on which a person is weighed or on which music is played a license in amounts that are reasonable at the discretion of such governing bodies authorized hereby to levy and collect same for each such vending machine so possessed and operated or that is maintained for operation by others within the limits of such city or town and within the police jurisdiction thereof; provided, however, that such city or town shall not be authorized or empowered to levy or collect a license from any such person, firm, company, corporation or association, receiver or trustee who possesses and operates or who maintains for operation by others coin-operated gas meters, coin-operated telephones, machines vending postage stamps, or other necessary articles on a nonprofit basis for emergency use only by the employees of such person, firm, or corporation; provided further, that in cases where vending machines vending merchandise are located in industrial plants or on private property for use of employees, the person, firm, or corporation operating such vending machines shall be entitled to an occupational license, the fee for which shall be based on a percentage of the gross receipts of the sale of such merchandise.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-167 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-167
Section 11-44E-167 Penalties for Violations of This Chapter; Disqualification of Candidate
Status: in_force

Any person willfully violating any provisions of this chapter relating to the mayor/commission/city manager form of government for which penalties have not otherwise been prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, or both. Furthermore, any candidate for the office of commissioner or mayor, shall be disqualified from holding municipal office for a period of four years from such conviction.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-99 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-99
Section 11-44E-99 Vacancies in Office of City Manager
Status: in_force

In the case of a vacancy in the office of city manager, the commission may appoint an acting city manager who shall possess the powers and duties of the city manager until such time as a new city manager is appointed by the commission. The acting city manager shall be compensated at no less than the level as the preceding city manager.
Ala. Code § 11-56-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-6
Section 11-56-6 Board of Directors; Record of Proceedings of Board
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall be residents of the municipality and shall be elected by the governing body for staggered terms of office as follows: The first term of one third of the directors shall be two years; of another one third, four years; and of the remaining one third, six years. Thereafter the term of office of each director shall be six years. If any director resigns, dies, becomes incapable of acting as a director or ceases to reside in the municipality, the governing body shall elect a successor to serve for the unexpired period of his term. Directors shall be eligible for reelection by the governing body to succeed themselves in office. No director shall be an officer of the state or the municipality. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and duties of the corporation. The members of the board and the officers of the corporation shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties.

All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under its seal, shall be received in all courts as evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 11-49B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49B / Section 11-49B-5
Section 11-49B-5 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under this chapter may be amended as follows:

(1) A resolution adopted by the board of directors proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation.

(2) The proposed amendment shall be set forth in full in the resolution, and which may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.

(3) After the adoption of the resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board or other chief executive officer, and the secretary of the authority, shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the authorizing county and with the governing body of the principal municipality, requesting each governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with any documents in support of the application as the chair or other chief executive officer may consider appropriate. The application shall, except in its designation of the governing body to which they are addressed and with which they are filed, be identical.

As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing bodies of the authorizing county and the principal municipality pursuant to this section, the governing bodies shall review the application and shall adopt resolutions either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Each governing body shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which the final action upon the application is taken. Within 40 days following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by that governing body that was the last to adopt a resolution but only if the governing bodies of both the authorizing county and the principal municipality have adopted a resolution, the chair of the board or other chief executive officer of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the authorizing county a certificate in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of respective resolutions by the board and by the governing bodies of the authorizing county and the principal municipality and setting forth the proposed amendment.
Ala. Code § 11-44F-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44F / Section 11-44F-3
Section 11-44F-3 Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality
Status: in_force

The municipality shall thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may have therefore been granted to such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-93
Section 11-44E-93 Noninterference by Mayor or Commission with Certain Duties of City Manager; Dealings with Administrative Service
Status: in_force

Neither the mayor, commission nor any of its members shall direct the employment or removal of any person by the city manager or by any of his (her) subordinates in the administrative service of the city. Appointments or removals of employees not subject to a civil service or merit act will be done in conformity with Section 11-44E-92(2). Except for the purposes of inquiry and investigation held in a manner firmly established by resolution or ordinance in advance of such inquiry and investigation, the commission and its members shall deal with the administrative service of the city solely through the city manager, and neither the commission nor any member thereof shall give orders, either publicly or privately, to any employee under the supervision of the city manager, except in emergencies.
Ala. Code § 11-44-86 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-86
Section 11-44-86 Assignment or Delegation of Powers and Duties of Board of Commissioners
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-26-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-52
Section 2-26-52 Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Agricultural Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate and work with such associations of farmers to accomplish the following purposes:

(1) To implement an Alabama seed improvement program encompassing activities of foundation seed production, seed certification and labeling and quality control in the production of seed in order to make available for agriculture in this state high quality seed;

(2) To conduct educational programs stressing the benefits of the use of seed of superior varieties and strains; and

(3) To otherwise formulate and implement such programs as will insure that quality seed is properly produced, processed, certified and distributed in the state.
Ala. Code § 2-27-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-4
Section 2-27-4 Administration and Enforcement
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall be administered and enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-14-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-7
Section 2-14-7 Owners, Etc., to Mark Used Hive-Bodies and Supers; Marks, Etc., to Be Approved by State Apiarist
Status: in_force

To adequately identify used bee equipment, the owner or other person in possession of such equipment shall be required to mark all hive-bodies and supers with an easily identified symbol, which symbol or identifiable mark must be approved by the State Apiarist.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-15
Section 11-43B-15 Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts
Status: in_force

The council shall be composed of seven members. The boundaries of the districts shall be established by ordinance adopted at least six months prior to the next regular municipal election.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-52
Section 11-54B-52 Retention of Municipal Police Powers
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the improvement of any street or sidewalk incident to a self-help business improvement district, the municipality and its governing body shall retain its police powers and other rights and powers relating to any streets or parts thereof constituting or included in a self-help business improvement district, and no action shall be interpreted or construed to be a vacation, in whole or in part, of any municipal street or part thereof, it being intended that the establishment of a self-help business improvement district pursuant to this article is a matter of regulation only.
Ala. Code § 11-51-60 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-60
Section 11-51-60 Entry by Tax Collector in Docket Book of Municipal Taxes Due, Etc
Status: in_force

The county tax collector shall embrace in the docket of lands made by him under the provisions of law in regard to state and county taxes the amounts due such municipalities both from known and unknown owners in the county, if any, in the same manner and way as he is required to do in regard to state and county taxes, giving the name of the municipality to whom due and stating the municipal tax year for which the taxes are due, in such manner and way as to show respectively the amounts of taxes due the state, the amounts due the county, and the amounts due such municipalities chargeable against the respective properties.
Ala. Code § 11-47-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-4
Section 11-47-4 Authority for Issuance of Bonds After Reorganization
Status: in_force

Bonds authorized to be issued by cities and towns of the state by act of the legislature before the adoption of the constitution or by laws adopted since the adoption of said constitution may be issued by such municipality, the same after becoming reorganized under the applicable provisions of this title as before.
Ala. Code § 11-75-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 11-75-2
Section 11-75-2 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

The regional law enforcement training facility authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against the authority.

(2) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure.

(3) To have perpetual succession.

(4) To make and, from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.

(5) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted under this section.

(6) To acquire, receive, take, or dispose of, by purchase, sale, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, that the authority may deem necessary to accomplish its purposes.

(7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, renovate, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, and operate a regional law enforcement training facility. The regional law enforcement training facility may include a shooting range to be used for training.

(8) To sell and issue bonds in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use, or purpose, pursuant to the same rules and regulations established for water, sewer, and fire protection districts as found in Chapter 89.

(9) To borrow money for any of its purposes.

(10) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of officers, employees, and agents as the purposes of the authority may require, including, but not limited to, engineers, architects, attorneys, management consultants, private construction management firms, fiscal advisers, and in particular, a superintendent to manage the regional law enforcement training facility, and facility personnel as necessary to operate and maintain the facility.
Ala. Code § 11-47-213 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-213
Section 11-47-213 Cooperation by Subdivisions in Acquisition, Establishment, Operation, Etc., of Projects; Powers of Cooperating Subdivisions
Status: in_force

A subdivision may join and cooperate with one or more other subdivisions in acquiring, providing, establishing, financing, refinancing, operating, managing, and controlling and conducting projects, making them common to the use of the subdivisions and the inhabitants thereof, and in fixing and charging fees and making rules and regulations for the conduct, management, and use thereof.

All subdivisions so joining or cooperating shall jointly have the same powers and authority conferred on each by this article.
Ala. Code § 22-53-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-22
Section 22-53-22 Jurisdiction to Determine Liability
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 11-50-349 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-349
Section 11-50-349 Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees
Status: in_force

Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by this section may be restricted by the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or such trust agreement, may, either by civil action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted under this section or under such resolution or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this article or by such resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the board or by any officer thereof including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rates, fees, and charges for the use of or for the services and facilities furnished by the water system or sewer system.
Ala. Code § 2-15-173 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-173
Section 2-15-173 Payment of Expenses of Suppression or Eradication of Livestock Diseases and Administration of Article
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall provide for payment of the expense of the suppression or eradication of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock from the Agricultural Fund.

(b) The funds appropriated in the general appropriation bill for the purpose of controlling outbreaks of plant and animal disease may be expended in the administration of this article, including all help in such control as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner, and in payment of animals and materials which have been condemned as provided and authorized in this article.
Ala. Code § 2-11-56 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-56
Section 2-11-56 Inspection of Farm Products and Fish; Certificate
Status: in_force

The commissioner or his duly authorized agents may inspect farm products and fish marked, branded or labeled in accordance with official grades or standards established and promulgated by the said commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, condition and approximate quality of the farm products and fish inspected and such other pertinent facts as the said commissioner, with the approval of the said board, may require. Such a certificate relative to the condition or quality of said farm products and fish shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the facts required to be stated therein.
Ala. Code § 11-51-185 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-185
Section 11-51-185 Request for Department to Collect Municipal Taxes; Effective Date; When Department to Perform Duties Under Division
Status: in_force

(a) Except where the Department of Revenue is already collecting taxes on July 1, 1998, any municipality requesting the Department of Revenue to collect its tax shall forward a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution to the department at least 30 days prior to the first day of the month on which the act, ordinance, or resolution is to take effect.

(b) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a municipal ordinance heretofore adopted, which shall be collected under this division or a new request to collect shall not be effective nor subject to collection by the Department of Revenue until the first day of the month next following the expiration of 30 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling ordinance or resolution with any amendments thereto.

(c) The Department of Revenue shall not be required to make any collection of municipal privilege or license taxes levied in the nature of sales or use taxes or otherwise perform any duties as provided for in this division until a certified copy of the ordinance and amendments thereto has been on file with the Department of Revenue for at least 30 days.
Ala. Code § 2-27-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-10
Section 2-27-10 License to Sell
Status: in_force

(a) Before any person sells or offers for sale any restricted-use pesticide in this state for use therein or before any person sells such restricted pesticide for importation into this state where such sale is directly to the user, custom applicator, aerial applicator, or pest-control operator, the person shall apply for and obtain from the commissioner an annual license which authorizes the sale of restricted-use pesticides to persons who have been issued certified pesticide-use permits as required by Section 2-27-11. The license required by this section shall be posted in a conspicuous place in licensee’s sales outlet. Application forms for this purpose shall be furnished by the commissioner, which shall be accompanied by a license fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries. All such licenses shall expire December 31 of each year and shall be renewed annually as of January 1, upon payment of the required annual license fee. Any person who has more than one sales outlet or establishment in Alabama shall pay an additional license fee established by the board for each such additional sales outlet. If the license fee is not paid by February 15, or within 45 days following its due date, a delinquent penalty of 10 percent shall be added to the license fee. License fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury.

(b) Before any person is issued a license under this section authorizing the sale of restricted-use pesticides, the person shall comply with all requirements of this article and rules and regulations as may be promulgated and approved for the sale of such pesticides.

(c) It is hereby intended that every person who sells or offers for sale restricted-use pesticides directly to farmer users, custom applicators, aerial applicators, pest-control operators, or other users of restricted-use pesticides shall be subject to licensing requirements of this section except as exempt under Section 2-27-5. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the board, may promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of determining whether dealers who apply for a license as required in this section are qualified and equipped to safely handle, keep, store, deliver, transport, and sell or offer for sale restricted-use pesticides, to the end that such pesticides will be sold, stored, and otherwise handled by such dealers in a manner that will not endanger or be hazardous or cause injury or damage to human health, nontarget animals, wildlife, crops, water, or be detrimental to the general environment. Any person denied a license as required in this section shall be entitled to the review, hearing, and appeal rights provided under subsection (d) of Section 2-27-9.
Ala. Code § 11-54-143 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-143
Section 11-54-143 Bonds Issued to Finance Projects
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of this article shall be limited obligations of the municipality the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the leasing of the project to finance which the bonds are issued. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this article shall never constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the municipality or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated in the face of each such bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their date, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the proceedings of the governing body whereunder the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. The bonds issued hereunder shall be subject to the general provisions of law, presently existing or that may hereafter be enacted, respecting the execution and delivery of the bonds of a municipality and respecting the retaining of options of redemption in proceedings authorizing the issuance of municipal securities. Any bonds issued under the authority of this article may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing body to be most advantageous, and the municipality may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which the governing body may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of this article and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-22
Section 11-43A-22 Investigation and Determination of Election and Qualifications of Council Members by Council; Judicial Review
Status: in_force

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for the purpose of investigating such election and qualifications shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and to require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 2-31-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-17
Section 2-31-17 Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who engages in business as a grain dealer without securing a license or who does not have a valid license or is in violation of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or who shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the commissioner or his duly authorized agent in performance of his duty in connection with this article or its rules and regulations or any grain dealer who refuses to permit inspection of his premises, books, accounts or records as provided in this article, besides having his license suspended, revoked or refused to be renewed, may also upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. In case of a continuing violation or violations, each day and each violation constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Ala. Code § 11-67-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-45
Section 11-67-45 Article Cumulative in Nature
Status: in_force

This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law.
Ala. Code § 11-40-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-17
Section 11-40-17 Minimum Monthly Retirement and Survivor’s Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities
Status: in_force

In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, shall not be of an amount less than $400.00 per month, and any survivor’s or spouse’s benefit payable on a monthly basis shall not be of an amount less than $160.00 per month.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-91
Section 11-43C-91 Procedure for Changing Form of Government; Change from Mayor-Council Form Prohibited for Four Years
Status: in_force

The city is prohibited from changing from the mayor-council form of government within four years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city’s form of government may be amended or changed when: (i) Awritten petition executed by 10 percent of the number of those who voted in the last city election is submitted to the council with the proposed changes or amendments incorporated in the petition; after presentation of the petition, the council shall call for a referendum vote on the proposed changes and amendments, and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in the referendum is in favor of the proposed changes or amendments. After the council receives the proposed changes and petition, it shall call a special election for the purpose of determining whether the city shall adopt the changes or amendments. Notice shall be given of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city prior to the referendum vote. All qualified electors of such city may participate in the election and such questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot. The referendum shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is provided by law in other city elections.
Ala. Code § 11-50A-33 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-33
Section 11-50A-33 Severability
Status: in_force

In the event any portion of this chapter should be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining portions of this chapter, which shall continue effective; provided, however, that if Section 11-50A-7 hereof or any portion of Section 11-50A-7 is held invalid or unconstitutional or if the payments in lieu of taxation provision set out in Section 11-50A-7 is for any reason determined to be unenforceable in a legal proceeding related to the initial issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes of the authority, then the entire chapter shall be invalid and ineffective and shall not be law.
Ala. Code § 11-67-144 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-144
Section 11-67-144 Appeal and Review
Status: in_force

(a) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the administrative official at the hearing, within 10 days, may appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the clerk of the municipality and the appeal shall be docketed in the court and shall be a preferred case therein. The clerk of the municipality, upon receiving the notice, shall file with the clerk of the court a copy of the record, findings and determination of the administrative official in its proceedings. Any trials shall be held without jury upon the determination of the administrative official that the weeds are a public nuisance.

(b) The circuit court shall not itself hear or accept any further evidence with respect to those issues made the basis of the appeal. The review shall be conducted by the court without a jury and shall be confined to the record. The findings of the administrative official, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive on appeal. If upon appeal the court finds that the ruling appealed from is unlawful within the meaning of this article, it shall have the power to vacate or modify the same.
Ala. Code § 11-50-149 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-149
Section 11-50-149 Disposition of Ballots at Conclusion of Election; Canvassing of Returns and Declaration of Election Results
Status: in_force

The ballots shall be kept in a sealed box; and, at the conclusion of the election, the box shall be turned over forthwith by the managers to the officers designated as the returning officers and shall by them be safely and at once delivered to the mayor or other chief executive officer of such city or town. Within three days after such election the votes shall be canvassed and counted by the board of aldermen or other governing body of such city or town, and it shall declare the result.
Ala. Code § 2-8-165 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-165
Section 2-8-165 Joint Programs with Other States
Status: in_force

Any certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar egg and egg products promotional program and other activity, as authorized in this article, jointly with such associations, commissions or other agencies in other states, and such certified association shall be authorized to contribute a proportionate share of the cost and expense necessary for such a program.
Ala. Code § 11-44-123 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-123
Section 11-44-123 Commissioners - Election; Terms of Office; Designation of Positions; Qualification for Office and Taking of Oath
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-15-123 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-123
Section 2-15-123 Public Livestock Markets Pre-existing This Article; Non-transferability of Charter
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-226, §2, effective August 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 2-11-102 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-102
Section 2-11-102 Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension from Sale, Seizure, Etc
Status: in_force

The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title shall be applicable to the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43-160 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-160
Section 11-43-160 Removal
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any person appointed to office in any city or town may, for cause, after a hearing, be removed by the officer making the appointment.

(2) The council of the municipality may remove, by a two-thirds vote of all those elected to the council, any person in the several departments for incompetency, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office and for conduct detrimental to good order or discipline, including habitual neglect of duty.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in municipalities having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, the mayor may vote on the removal of any person appointed to office in the municipality pursuant to subsection (a) and the mayor shall be considered as a member of the council in determining whether there is a two-thirds vote of the council for the removal of the officer.
Ala. Code § 11-50-1.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-1.1
Section 11-50-1.1 Acquisition of Certain Waterworks Systems Only with Consent of Governing Board of Corporation or Association Operating Same
Status: in_force

Municipalities are hereby prohibited from acquiring, or duplicating any services of, any waterworks system or any part thereof, operated by a corporation or association which has been organized under Sections 10-4-190 through 10-4-194, Sections 11-88-1 through 11-88-21, Sections 11-88-40 through 11-88-111, or Sections 11-89-1 through 11-89-19, without the consent of a majority of the members of the governing board of said corporation or association.
Ala. Code § 11-40-102 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-102
Section 11-40-102 Development of Training Courses
Status: in_force

Any training provided pursuant to this article shall be developed in consultation with the Alabama Ethics Commission, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
Ala. Code § 11-50-191 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-191
Section 11-50-191 Conveyance Authorized; Terms; Ordinance or Resolution
Status: in_force

Each municipality which now or hereafter owns a system or part of a system is hereby authorized to transfer and convey one or more systems, or any part or parts of a system or systems, or any rights incidental thereto, without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters of such municipality, to any other municipality in Alabama. Any such transfer or conveyance may be made with or without pecuniary consideration and on such terms and conditions as the governing body of the municipality owning such system or systems or part or parts thereof may determine. Any such transfer and conveyance shall be made only upon the enactment by the governing body of the municipality owning such system, or systems or part thereof, of an ordinance or resolution authorizing such transfer and conveyance.
Ala. Code § 11-71-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 71 / Section 11-71-5
Section 11-71-5 Liability; Civil Actions
Status: in_force

(a) Authorities, members of boards of directors, officers, and agents of the authority shall have the same immunity from liability as a municipality and its officers unless their actions are unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or the actions are wanton, willful, or intentional. Subject to the previous sentence, no civil action may be brought or maintained against the authority or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of an authority or director or its or his or her agents, servants, or employees in or about the construction, acquisition, installation, maintenance, operation, superintendence, or management of any facility or other improvement owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by the authority.

(b) No civil action may be maintained against a municipality, its officers, servants, employees, or agents relating to any facility built by an authority or to any other project owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by an authority unless the individuals’ actions were unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or such acts were wanton, willful, or intentional.
Ala. Code § 11-43-86.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-86.1
Section 11-43-86.1 Increase to Compensation for Mayor of Class 1 Municipality
Status: in_force

Effective beginning the next term of office of the mayor of any Class 1 municipality, the annual salary for the mayor of any Class 1 municipality shall be increased by forty thousand dollars ($40,000) payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-46-124 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-124
Section 11-46-124 Voting Machines to Remain Locked During Period for Filing of Contests; When Seals of Machines May Be Broken; Disposition of Records Taken from Machines
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-7-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-53
Section 2-7-53 Statement to Be Filed by Organization Desiring Allotment; Time of Payment; Amount
Status: in_force

Any livestock exhibit group desiring to obtain an allotment under this article shall, not less than 30 days before holding its livestock show, file with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries a statement of its premium list for that year with a detailed explanation of the exhibits and demonstrations for which prizes, premiums and awards are to be paid. The amounts allotted shall be paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries within 30 days after the prizes, premiums and awards have been actually paid upon a verified statement of same. The amount to be allotted to livestock shows shall be left to the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, subject to the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-19
Section 11-43C-19 President of Council
Status: in_force

The president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve the regular two-year term and may be re-elected for another two-year term. He shall preside at all meetings of the council and shall be a voting member. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the president of the council, the council shall elect a successor to the president.
Ala. Code § 2-15-160 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-160
Section 2-15-160 Commissioner Authorized to Destroy Animals or Materials Affected by or Exposed to Disease and Indemnify Owners Thereof
Status: in_force

If it appears necessary for the arrest or eradication of any disease of animals to destroy animals affected by or exposed to or any material contaminated by or exposed to disease, the commissioner is authorized, in cooperation with the State Veterinarian, to indemnify the owner and destroy said animals or materials so affected and so exposed.
Ala. Code § 2-19-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-1
Section 2-19-1 Making of Deductions from Actual Weight of Cotton by Persons Buying or Selling Baled Cotton; Use of Untested Weights in Weighing Cotton
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person in buying or selling baled cotton or in weighing such cotton for any person other than himself to deduct from the actual weight thereof as shown on a level-standing beam of the scale or to use in weighing cotton untested weights so as to deprive the seller of the cotton of any of its real value. Deductions may be made by mutual consent of buyer and seller or their authorized agents or representatives, on wet or damaged cotton bales, on each bale so weighed or deducted from.

Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-16-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 2-16-5
Section 2-16-5 Requirements for Baby Chicks, Turkey Poults and Hatching Eggs Shipped or Brought into State
Status: in_force

All baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall originate in flocks that meet the minimum requirements of pullorum disease control provided for under this article and the regulations issued by authority of this article and shall be accompanied by a certificate approved by the official state agency or the livestock sanitation officials of the state of origin certifying same.
Ala. Code § 2-10-63 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-63
Section 2-10-63 Removal of Officer or Director
Status: in_force

Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by 10 percent of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association; and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy. The director or officer against whom such charges have been brought shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses, and the person or persons bringing the charges against him shall have the same opportunity. In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by 20 percent of the members residing in the district from which he was elected. The board of directors must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the director. By a vote of a majority of the members of that district, the director in question shall be removed from office.
Ala. Code § 2-30-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-40
Section 2-30-40 Creation; Operated in Connection with Auburn University; Director
Status: in_force

There shall be an Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station System under the charge of and operated in connection with Auburn University, and under the administration and supervision of a director, who shall be appointed by the president, with the approval of the board of trustees thereof, and shall hold office at their pleasure. The salary of the director shall be fixed by the president, with the approval of the board of trustees, and such part thereof as shall be fixed to be paid by the State of Alabama shall be paid out of any appropriation to the experiment station system as other salaries therefrom are paid.
Ala. Code § 2-30-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-20
Section 2-30-20 Establishment, Maintenance, Etc., of Forest Research Program; Establishment of Forestry and Forest Ranger Courses and Expansion of Facilities for Training in Forestry
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University shall establish or expand and maintain a forest research program for the state designed to obtain basic and practical information pertaining to greater growth and better quality of timber and more varied and economical uses of forest products. To accomplish these purposes, investigations shall be conducted at the main station at Auburn and at such points throughout the state as may be deemed necessary to determine sound and progressive forest practices for each principal forest type of the state.

(b) The Auburn University shall establish a four-year course in forestry and a forest ranger course, and it shall expand the present facilities for the training in forestry of all agricultural students.
Ala. Code § 22-50-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-42
Section 22-50-42 Personnel Policies - Continuation of Positions Not Under Merit System
Status: in_force

Positions in the Department of Mental Health and employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health not under the State Merit System on October 29, 1965, shall continue not under such Merit System until placed under such State Merit System by the Alabama Department of Mental Health or by law specifically placing such positions or employees under a merit system.
Ala. Code § 2-15-233 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-233
Section 2-15-233 Quarantining of Lots, Stalls, Etc., Where Swine Infected with Hog Cholera; Disposition of Bodies of Hogs Dying from Hog Cholera; Moving of Hogs from Quarantined Premises, Etc
Status: in_force

All lots, stalls and pastures and other premises where swine are kept and the disease of hog cholera is diagnosed or exists among such swine are hereby declared to be quarantined for a period of at least 30 days. No hogs may be removed for any purpose from such premises for a period of at least 30 days following the date of the appearance of the last case of hog cholera. All hogs shall be burned immediately which have died from hog cholera or moved to rendering plants in vehicles equipped with watertight bodies, and no other disposition of such hogs shall be made.

It shall be unlawful for anyone to move swine from quarantined premises in violation of the provisions of this section, and it shall also be unlawful to move hogs which have died from hog cholera in any manner other than the manner prescribed by this section.
Ala. Code § 2-8-205 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-205
Section 2-8-205 Expenditure of Assessments
Status: in_force

The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the ginning of cotton as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the certified commission 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 cotton and cotton products. Any funds expended by the certified commission not authorized by the promotional program previously approved shall be deemed as an unauthorized and illegal expenditure of such funds. All funds approved by the certified commission for expenditure for an approved promotional program for the cotton industry, as authorized under this article, are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by said certified commission 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 and expenditures be subject to the budget and allotment requirements of Title 41, Chapter 4, Article 4, and such disbursements and expenditures shall not be restricted or subject to any other requirements for any general or special appropriations.