Ala. Code § 22-57-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 22-57-3
Section 22-57-3 Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTISM SERVICES. Any developmental services that include all of the following:

a. Are designed to meet developmental needs of an individual with ASD across the lifespan, including transitions from early intervention to preschool, childhood to adolescence, and adolescence to adulthood.

b. Are selected in collaboration with the parents or guardians of children with ASD or adults with ASD.

c. Are delivered in inclusive environments, to the extent practical.

d. Are part of a coordinated system of care.

(2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD). ASD is a developmental disability that causes substantial impairments in social interaction and communication and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests. Many people with ASD have unusual ways of learning, paying attention, and reacting to different sensations. The thinking and learning abilities of people with ASD can vary from gifted to severely challenged. ASD begins before the age of 3 and lasts throughout the life of a person with the disorder. ASD may range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, to a milder form, called Asperger Syndrome. If a child has symptoms of either of these disorders, but does not satisfy the specific criteria for either, the diagnosis is called Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).

(3) COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. The total effort in the state, inclusive of service coordination/case management, that is directed at meeting the needs of individuals with ASD and their families. Such a system promotes the full potential of individuals with ASD across their lifespan.

(4) COUNCIL. The Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council.

(5) LEAD AGENCY. A participating agency designated to be the lead agency for the council.

(6) PARTICIPATING AGENCY. A department, commission, council, board, division, community service provider, or an office or other entity which may provide services to individuals with ASD and their families including, but not limited to, the following:

a. The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, including the Office of School Readiness and the Head Start Program.

b. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.

c. The Alabama Department of Education.

d. The Alabama Department of Human Resources.

e. The Alabama Department of Insurance.

f. The Alabama Department of Mental Health.

g. The Alabama Department of Public Health.

h. The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.

i. The Alabama Medicaid Agency.

j. The University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service.

k. Universities of higher education.

l. The Autism Society of Alabama.

m. The Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities.

(7) POLICIES. Directives by the lead agency, participating agencies, the executive committee, or other written documents that represent the position of the council concerning any matter within the purview of this article.

(8) SERVICE PROVIDER. Any individual, other than a physician licensed to practice medicine, or public or private agency which does any of the following:

a. Consults with or provides services to individuals with ASD, the parents or guardians of individuals with ASD, or both.

b. Consults with or provides services to other ASD service providers.

c. Assists parents or guardians of individuals with ASD and others to provide services.

d. The term service provider shall not include nor refer to a physician licensed to practice medicine.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-163 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-163
Section 11-44E-163 Financial Interest in Public Service Utility
Status: in_force

No mayor or commissioner or any other official of the city, nor any employee thereof, shall be financially interested in any corporation operating any public service utility within the city; provided, however, this shall not apply to any employment or interest existing at the time of the selection or election of such mayor or commissioner or other official.
Ala. Code § 11-50-406 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-406
Section 11-50-406 Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds from Sale
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by any district incorporated under this article shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including any engineering, legal or other expenses incident thereto and, in the case of bonds issued in whole or in part for the construction of a gas system or systems or any part thereof, interest on such bonds (or, if a part only of the bonds are issued for the purpose of such construction, on the part of such bonds issued for that purpose) prior to and during such construction and, in the case of bonds issued by a district for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of such district, any premium which it may deem necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds to be refunded and any interest (accrued and to accrue) on the bonds to be so refunded.

The treasurer or other officer designated by the board of directors shall give a receipt for the purchase price to the purchaser of any such bonds, which receipt shall be full acquittal to such purchaser, and he shall not be under any duty to inquire as to the application of the proceeds of such bonds.
Ala. Code § 2-10-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-30
Section 2-10-30 Commissioner to Report Association Violating Purposes of Organization, Etc
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner finds that an association is violating the purposes for which organized or is conducting its business in any unauthorized manner or is not serving the interest of its members or is being conducted in such a manner as to seriously impair its capital or jeopardize the interest of its members or has seriously impaired its capital or for any other reason such association should be discontinued or have a change of management, the commissioner shall call a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and present all facts to such board.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-9
Section 11-43B-9 (Amended by Act 2026-500) Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-500, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

The mayor shall, from time to time, prepare a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city. At the end of each fiscal year the council shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a reputable, disinterested certified public accountant. The same accountant shall not conduct the audit for more than three consecutive fiscal years. A true summary of the annual audit report shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The audit report shall be submitted by the mayor to the council at its first meeting after the completion of such report.
Ala. Code § 2-8-196 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-196
Section 2-8-196 Notice of Referendum
Status: in_force

With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article, the duly certified commission shall, not less than 30 days before the date of such referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected, and the general purposes to which said amount so collected shall be expended and applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified commission through the medium of an established farm publication and written notice thereof shall be given to each county agent in the area covered by the referendum.
Ala. Code § 11-62-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-18
Section 11-62-18 Exemptions of Authority - Taxation
Status: in_force

(a) Every authority shall exercise its powers in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and for the improvement of their health and social condition, and the exemptions from taxation hereinafter described are hereby granted in order to promote the more effective and economical exercise of such powers.

(b) No income, excise, or license tax shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any corporate activities of an authority or any of its revenues, income, or profit. No ad valorem tax or assessment for any public improvement shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any property during any time that title to such property is held by an authority, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any time that such property is leased to a user by an authority pursuant to a lease which provides that title to such property shall automatically pass to such user upon expiration of the lease term or which gives such user the right to purchase such property from such authority for a nominal consideration and any time that title to such property is retained by an authority pursuant to a contract of sale with a user which provides that title to such property shall not pass to such user until the purchase price thereof has been paid in full.

(c) No privilege or license taxes payable in respect of the recording or filing for record of any mortgage, deed, or other instrument, including, without limitation, the privilege taxes now imposed by Chapter 22 of Title 40, shall be levied, charged, or collected in connection with the recording or filing for record of any mortgage, deed, or other instrument evidencing a conveyance to or the creation of any property interest in an authority, any agreement or instrument to which an authority is a party, and any mortgage, deed, or other instrument evidencing a conveyance from an authority to another party or the creation by an authority of any property interest in another party.

(d) If, pursuant to any contractual arrangement between an authority and a user, any facility has been or is to be acquired by such authority and leased or sold to such user or has been or is to be financed by a loan from such authority, then in such case the gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipment of such facility, regardless of whether such sale is to such authority, such user or any contractor or agent of either thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof. Further, if, pursuant to any contractual arrangement between an authority and a user, any facility has been or is to be acquired by such authority and leased or sold to such user or has been or is to be financed by a loan from such authority, then in such case any property used in the construction and equipment of such facility, regardless of whether such property has been purchased by such authority, such user or any contractor or agent of either thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to any such property by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof.

(e) All bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by any authority, their transfer and the income therefrom, including the interest income thereon and any profits made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
Ala. Code § 11-50-399 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-399
Section 11-50-399 Acquisition of Competing Gas Systems, Etc
Status: in_force

All districts incorporated under the provisions of this article shall have all powers and be subject to all limitations with respect to the acquisition of competing gas systems and the duplication of existing privately owned gas systems to the same extent as boards under the provisions of Sections 11-50-266 through 11-50-270.
Ala. Code § 11-51-150 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-150
Section 11-51-150 Petition for Injunction Against Taxpayer Upon Delinquency for Payment of License or Excise Tax
Status: in_force

Any municipality may file in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the county in which the petitioning municipality is situated a petition to enjoin the operation and conduct of any business, occupation, trade, or profession subject to a municipal privilege or business license or excise tax imposed by the petitioning municipality and which is delinquent in whole or in part, following no less than 15 days’ written notice and demand to the taxpayer delivered personally or via certified U.S. mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the taxpayer’s last known address as indicated on the records of the municipality. The petition shall be verified by the mayor, city clerk, police officer, license officer, or by any other governing official or by any employee of the municipality authorized to receive or collect the privilege or business license or excise tax.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-54
Section 11-44E-54 Examination of Books and Publication of Accounts
Status: in_force

At the end of each year, the commission shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, or by the state department of public examiner of public accounts.
Ala. Code § 2-26-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-50
Section 2-26-50 Adoption and Registration of Symbols of Identification or Certification of Foundation Seed, Seeds or Plant Parts
Status: in_force

An association or associations of farmers engaged in multiplying and certifying seed or plant parts of a superior variety or strain of plants or crops, such as those bred and tested or tested only by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University, and in increasing breeder seed by producing, processing and distributing foundation seed may adopt a symbol or symbols of identification or certification of such seed or plant parts and such foundation seed and, upon approval of the director of such experiment station and of the Director of the Extension Service of Auburn University, register same with the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Only one such association may so register such a symbol or symbols for any one specified crop.
Ala. Code § 11-46-33 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-33
Section 11-46-33 Duties of Clerk as to Voting Machines
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever voting machines are to be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall:

(1) Cause the proper ballot labels to be placed on the voting machines;

(2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper working order for voting;

(3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers for any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places;

(4) See that all the registering counters are set at zero;

(5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers, all voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and

(6) Seal each one with a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters, together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent record in such clerk’s office, open to any citizen.

(b) The inspection and sealing of voting machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any election at which such machines are to be used and shall continue until all machines are sealed. When all machines are locked and sealed, the key to each machine shall be placed in an envelope and sealed, the signature of the municipal clerk and the signature of two watchers of opposed interest, if such there shall be, shall be placed across the seal, and on the envelope shall be written the number then on the protective counter and the number on the seal of the voting machines. This envelope shall be delivered to the election inspector who will serve as an election officer at the polling place where such machine is used.

(c) It shall be the duty of the municipal clerk to see that a voting machine or machines, together with an instruction model for each machine showing a portion of the face of such machine in use at such election, is delivered to each and every polling place where machines are required by law to be used at least one hour before the time set for opening the polls in such ward. After the machine has been delivered, the clerk shall cause such machine to be set up in the proper manner and cause protection to be given so that such machine shall be free from molestation and injury. The protective curtains shall be examined to see that they properly conceal the actions of the voter while such voter is operating the machine. All poll lists and necessary supplies shall be delivered to the inspector at the same time the key or keys to the machine are delivered.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, the term voting machines, as used in this title, shall not include electronic vote counting systems as defined in Title 17.
Ala. Code § 2-8-280 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-280
Section 2-8-280 Subsequent Referendums
Status: in_force

In the event any referendum conducted as provided in this article shall fail to receive the required number of affirmative votes from catfish producers eligible for participation and voting therein, then the certified association conducting the said referendum shall be authorized to call another referendum for the purposes set forth in this article in any succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for the period authorized by this article; provided, that no such referendum shall be held within a period of 12 months from the date on which the last referendum was held. In the event such referendum is carried or favored by the required number of eligible catfish producers participating therein and assessments in pursuance thereof are levied for the period set forth in the call for such referendum, then the association conducting such referendum shall have full power and authority to call and conduct during or after the last year of such period another referendum in which the catfish producers shall vote upon the question of whether or not such assessments shall be continued or renewed for another period of time as authorized under this article. Any subsequent referendums as authorized in this section shall be subject to all of the requirements of an original referendum conducted under the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-323 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-323
Section 2-8-323 Certified Association - Audit
Status: in_force

(a) A certified association receiving and disbursing funds, following the close of its fiscal year every five years, shall cause an audit of its books and accounts for the five-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other related information, and a copy of the auditor’s report shall be forwarded to the board for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and 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.

(b) Any examination or audit required by this section shall be open to public inspection.

(c) 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 § 11-44E-94 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-94
Section 11-44E-94 Political, Other Improper Influences on City Manager and Personnel Under His (Her) Authority Prohibited; Ineligibility of Candidates for Public Office to Continue Employment
Status: in_force

Neither the city manager nor any person appointed by him (her) or seeking appointment by him (her) shall be appointed, promoted, reduced, removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his (her) political opinions or affiliations. Neither the city manager nor any officer or employee directly appointed by the city manager shall continue in such position after becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any municipal public office. No person appointed by the city manager, or seeking appointment by him (her), shall either directly or indirectly give, render, or pay any money, service, or other valuable thing to any person for, or on account of, or in connection with, his (her) test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.
Ala. Code § 11-51-240 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-240
Section 11-51-240 Applicability; Definitions
Status: in_force

This division shall apply to all Class 6 municipalities as defined in Section 11-40-12, and all city boards of education located within those municipalities. As used in this division, the term “governing body” shall mean the city council or other governing body of any municipality subject to this division; and the term “municipal and county ad valorem taxes allocated for municipal educational purposes” shall mean all real estate ad valorem taxes and all personal property ad valorem taxes imposed by a Class 6 municipality or levied by the county in which the municipality is located which are allocated for municipal educational purposes in the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-111 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-111
Section 11-44E-111 Submission of Budgets
Status: in_force

On a day to be fixed by the commission, but in no case later than the 1st day of September in each year the city manager shall submit to the commission:

(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government to be known as “operations budget”; and

(2) A budget message.

On a day to be fixed by the commission, but in no case later than the 20th day of March each year the city manager shall submit to the commission:

(1) A supplemental budget, which shall encompass new programs or activities, capital expenditures, and new personnel additions; and

(2) A budget message.

When submitting budgets to the commission, the city manager shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
Ala. Code § 2-2-112 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-112
Section 2-2-112 Advisory Commission on Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grant
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-75 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-75
Section 11-44C-75 Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale
Status: in_force

No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity upon notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. All notes may be sold at not less than par and accrue interest at private sale without previous advertisement.
Ala. Code § 2-15-66 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-66
Section 2-15-66 Livestock Market Operators Selling Livestock at Auction Not to Permit Purchase of Livestock, Etc., by Owners, Officers, Employees, Etc., of Market
Status: in_force

(a) Livestock market operators who sell livestock at auction shall not permit their owners, officers, agents or employees to purchase livestock at auction from consignments for resale for their own speculative accounts nor purchase livestock for the accounts of others, nor shall they permit their owners, officers, agents or employees to enter into agreements with other parties whereby such owners, officers, agents or employees shall share, directly or indirectly, in profits realized from resale of livestock purchased at auction out of consignments on a speculative basis. This provision shall not prohibit the livestock market from purchasing livestock from consignment in order to protect the legitimate interests of consignors after having publicly offered the livestock for sale to the highest bidder.

(b) Livestock market operators shall not permit auctioneers, weighmasters, clerks, starters or other employees performing duties of comparable responsibility to purchase livestock out of consignment for any purpose for their own accounts or the accounts of others.
Ala. Code § 11-65-37 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-37
Section 11-65-37 Conducting Race Without License Prohibited; Wagering on Certain Races Prohibited
Status: in_force

Any person who, directly or indirectly, holds any horse race or greyhound race without having procured an operator’s license as prescribed in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of such a race, except in the case of pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an operator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of any of the above misdemeanors in a court of competent jurisdiction, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than $1,000.00, nor more than $10,000.00, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both, such fine and imprisonment to be in the discretion of the court.
Ala. Code § 11-70A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70A / Section 11-70A-2
Section 11-70A-2 Initiation and Notice of Action
Status: in_force

(a) Any Class 3 municipality may initiate an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action under this section against a parcel of tax sale property located within its municipal limits and purchased by the municipality from the State Land Commissioner. 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, examines 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, searches the records of the Secretary of State for the name and address of a registered agent.
Ala. Code § 11-54-56 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-56
Section 11-54-56 Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds from Sale
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this article, other than refunding bonds, shall be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping and furnishing one or more projects as may be provided in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued.

(b) Such cost shall be deemed to include the following:

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

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

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

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

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

(6) Interest on the bonds for a reasonable period prior to the commencement of the construction of the project and during the period that it is estimated will be required for such construction and for a period of not more than six months after the completion of such construction.

(c) If any proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds remain undisbursed after completion of the work and payment of all costs and expenses in connection with the project with respect to which the bonds are issued, such balance shall be applied toward the retirement of the bonds. The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only for the purposes for which the refunding bonds were authorized to be issued.
Ala. Code § 11-42-187 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-187
Section 11-42-187 Partial Annexation - Payment of Value of School Property, Etc., by Expanded Municipality
Status: in_force

Said city or town shall also pay to the city or town from which territory is taken the value of any school property or other property that may be in such annexed territory at the time of such annexation.

The amount of said bonded indebtedness and the value of said property to be paid by said enlarged city or town shall be determined and agreed on by the council of the enlarged city or town and by the council of the city or town from which such territory is taken, in such a manner as they shall elect. If they cannot agree, then the matter shall be determined by the circuit court of the county in which such enlarged city or town may be upon the filing of a complaint by either municipality or by any taxpayer of either municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-38 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-38
Section 11-43C-38 Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel
Status: in_force

(a) There are hereby created three divisions of city government: Public works, finance, and public safety. The mayor shall appoint department heads to the above divisions. Upon the first vacancy, of any nature whatsoever, in the office of police chief or fire chief, the mayor may appoint the police chief and fire chief, respectively, from outside the said merit system, with the approval of four members of the council who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor; provided, however, such officers shall be removed from office only upon recommendation of the mayor with the approval of four council members.

(b) The mayor also is authorized to appoint a city attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and shall be compensated in the manner and at a rate approved by the mayor. In addition to the city attorney, the mayor, from time to time in his sole discretion, is authorized to obtain additional legal counsel outside of the city merit system to advise and defend him in his capacity of mayor and in the pursuit of the operation of government.

(c) Upon approval by a majority of those present and voting, the council, from time to time when it deems necessary and reasonable, is authorized to obtain legal counsel outside the city merit system to advise and defend them in their respective capacities as council members and in the pursuit of the operation of government.
Ala. Code § 11-47-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-95
Section 11-47-95 Limitation Upon Taking of Census
Status: in_force

A census may be taken by the cities and towns as provided by this article and a report of the same be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-47-94 as often as the city or town council of any such city or town may deem advisable, but in no event shall such census be taken more than once in each five years.
Ala. Code § 2-6-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-24
Section 2-6-24 Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and Director of Finance to Constitute Corporation; Directors; Officers; Record of Proceedings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 11-52-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-14
Section 11-52-14 Alternate Structure of Planning Commission in Class 5 Municipality Having City Manager, Mayor Commission Form of Government
Status: in_force

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

(b)(1) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager, mayor commission form of government 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 regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, such representation to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor.

(2) The regular members of the planning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman, both of whom shall be regular members, and a secretary who need not be a member of the planning commission.

(3) The council shall appoint four supernumerary members to the planning commission, and the mayor shall appoint one supernumerary member to the planning commission.

(4) Supernumerary members shall serve at the call of the chairman only in the absence of regular members or in the event that one or more regular members excuse themselves from deliberation on a particular item being considered by the planning commission. While so serving, supernumerary members shall have and exercise the power and authority of regular members.

(5) The terms of the regular members and supernumerary members appointed by the council shall be four years or until their successors take office, provided, however, that the terms of the regular members and supernumerary members initially appointed pursuant to this section shall be staggered as follows: Four regular members and two supernumerary members shall serve four-year terms; two regular members and one supernumerary member shall serve three-year terms; two regular members and one supernumerary member shall serve two-year terms; and one regular member and one supernumerary member shall serve one-year terms. The mayor shall make the appointment of the one regular member and one supernumerary member who shall initially serve a one-year term. Any regular member or supernumerary member may be reappointed.

(6) After a public hearing, the council, in the case of regular or supernumerary members appointed by it, or the mayor, in the case of the regular or the supernumerary member appointed by him or a previous mayor, may remove a regular or supernumerary member for reason of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or continued failure to attend meetings. The council or mayor, as the case may be, shall file a written statement of reasons for removal.

(7) Vacancies occurring other than through expiration of term shall be filled for the duration of the unexpired term by the mayor in the case of the regular member and supernumerary member appointed by him or a previous mayor; and by the council in the case of the regular members and supernumerary members appointed by it.

(8) The city engineer of any municipality adopting an alternate planning commission structure pursuant to this section, or a similar official in the case of a municipality having no city engineer, shall be an ex officio member of the planning commission, but shall have no voting privileges.

(9) All regular members and supernumerary members shall serve as such without compensation, and shall hold no other municipal office.

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

(d) Unless specified otherwise in this section, the duties, powers, responsibilities, and procedures of any planning commission appointed pursuant to this section shall be as provided for in Title 11, Chapter 52.
Ala. Code § 2-15-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-29
Section 2-15-29 Prohibited Acts
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for:

(1) Any person to use any brand for branding livestock unless the brand is registered with the department;

(2) Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand of any livestock;

(3) Any livestock market or livestock dealer to receive any livestock for sale or any livestock slaughterer to receive livestock for slaughter unless records of receipt and sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this article;

(4) Any livestock market, livestock dealer or livestock slaughterer to fail or refuse to keep a copy of the register of brands furnished by the department in a place easily accessible to interested parties for inspection at reasonable times as required by subsection (a) of Section 2-15-27;

(5) Any livestock market or livestock dealer or livestock slaughterer to fail or refuse to keep a record for review and inspection at reasonable times as required by subsection (b) of Section 2-15-27; and

(6) Any livestock hide dealer to fail or refuse to keep records required by subsection (c) of Section 2-15-27 for review and inspection as required by said subsection.
Ala. Code § 11-64-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 64 / Section 11-64-3
Section 11-64-3 Power and Authority of Municipalities and Public Corporations
Status: in_force

Each municipality and each public corporation shall have the power and, when approved by its governing body, the authority, to do or perform any one or more of the following:

(1) To anticipate the receipt of any grant either by loan or by assignment or both; to issue securities to evidence such loan or assignment; to make such securities the general obligation indebtedness of the issuer or the obligation of the issuer limited or restricted as to source of payment and security to all or a portion of the proceeds of the grant or to any revenue, receipts, or income or any special tax or license of the issuer, or any one or more thereof.

(2) To pledge to the holders of any securities issued pursuant to this chapter the full faith and credit of the issuer and in addition to, or instead of such pledge, to pledge and grant a security interest in all or a portion of the proceeds of the grant or any revenue, receipts, or income or any special tax or license of the issuer, or any one or more thereof; or to mortgage or grant a security interest in any property of the issuer as security for any such securities, as the governing body of the issuer may determine.

(3) To pledge, assign, and grant a security interest in all or any part of the proceeds of any grant to the holders of any securities issued by the municipality or the public corporation for any lawful purpose under the authority of any law other than this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-7A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7A / Section 2-7A-9
Section 2-7A-9 Biennial Audit and Examination
Status: in_force

The Agriculture Exhibition Center Corporation shall be subject to audit and examination every two years by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts for compliance with this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54-134 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-134
Section 11-54-134 Liability
Status: in_force

No member of an investment committee shall in any way be personally liable for any liability, loss, or expense suffered by the endowment trust fund supervised and administered by the committee unless such liability, loss, or expense arises out of or results from the wilful misconduct or wrongdoing of such member.
Ala. Code § 11-50B-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50B / Section 11-50B-10
Section 11-50B-10 Power of Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

In addition to all other power, rights, privileges, and authority heretofore granted by law, in the exercise of the authority and power granted hereunder, public providers may exercise all powers of eminent domain now or hereafter conferred on municipalities in this state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no public provider may acquire any other person’s or entity’s cable system, telecommunications equipment, or telecommunications system, or any part or equipment of any other person’s or entity’s system, including, but not limited to, poles, wires, conduits, transmitters, receivers, towers, appliances, or rights-of-way, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
Ala. Code § 2-28-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 28 / Section 2-28-5
Section 2-28-5 Minimum Qualifications for Applicants for Permits to Engage in Structural Pest Control Work; Applicants to Present Evidence as to Qualifications to Commissioner; Issuance of Permits
Status: in_force

(a) Every applicant for examination for a permit to engage in structural pest control work, including those who will be designated as certified operators or branch supervisors as provided for in Section 2-28-8, shall have a knowledge of the practical and scientific facts underlying the practice of structural pest control work and the necessary knowledge and ability to recognize and control those hazardous conditions which may affect human life and health. Applicants for certified operators’ or branch supervisors’ permits, before being eligible to take an examination for structural pest control work, shall present satisfactory evidence to the commissioner relative to his or her qualifications.

(b) Before a permit is issued to any applicant, the applicant shall be certified by the commissioner as qualified to perform the type or branch of professional work or service for which a permit is desired. Any full-time employee of the applicant who has been certified by the commissioner as qualified to perform the type or branch of professional work or service in which the applicant will engage may be designated by the applicant as a certified operator or branch supervisor to be in charge of and responsible for the applicant’s professional work or service, and the permit may be issued naming that employee as certified operator or branch supervisor.
Ala. Code § 11-44-98 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-98
Section 11-44-98 Solicitation of Votes by Municipal Employees
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-49-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-6
Section 11-49-6 Vacation of Right-of-Way Fee
Status: in_force

Prior to the exercise of the power of a municipality incorporated in this state to vacate the public right-of-way for a road, street, alley, or other dedicated public way, open or unopen, as a condition of exercise of such power to vacate, the governing body may require abutting landowners who will directly benefit from such vacation to pay to such municipality a vacation of right-of-way fee equal to the fair market value of the land which will be added to the holdings of such abutting landowners. Such fair market value shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality after a public hearing, notice of which shall be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation at least five days prior thereto and mailed to such address or addresses as may be set forth in the application by abutting owners for the vacation of right-of-way unless a waiver of such notice to abutting landowners is filed by such abutting landowners with the clerk of the municipality and noted in the minutes of the municipal governing body at the time of adoption of the resolution vacating such right-of-way, or unless the abutting landowners paying such fee appear, personally or by counsel, at such public hearing. In no event shall the said vacation of right-of-way fee exceed the assessed value per square foot of all subdivision lots or tracts abutting the right-of-way to be vacated applied to square foot area of the real property to be added to holdings of each abutting landowner paying such fee; provided, however, the determination of such a fee in a lesser amount by the governing body of the municipality shall be conclusive as to its amount.
Ala. Code § 11-46-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-104
Section 11-46-104 Duties of Clerk as to Voting Machines
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-150 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-150
Section 11-50-150 Execution of Sale, Lease, Etc., by Governing Body and Terms Thereof
Status: in_force

If the result of such election shall be in favor of a sale, lease, or disposition of the plant, the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town may proceed to sell, lease, or dispose of the electric light plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant owned by such city or town at a price not less than the minimum price fixed as provided in Section 11-50-142, and upon such terms and time of payment as to the said board of aldermen or governing body may seem best, but if there are deferred payments, the same must be secured by a lien on the plant sold or disposed of.
Ala. Code § 11-65-32.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-32.1
Section 11-65-32.1 Televised Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering; Pari-Mutuel Pools and Takeout; Construction
Status: in_force

(a) Televised Racing Events in Alabama and Pari-Mutuel Wagering Thereon. The provisions of Section 11-65-32 to the contrary notwithstanding, any person now or hereafter licensed by a racing commission in a Class 1 municipality (the “commission”) to conduct live horse racing or live greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering on either thereof (the “racing operator”) shall have the right, subject to the reasonable regulatory authority of the commission, (1) to cause live horse racing events and live greyhound racing events conducted at the racetrack in such Class 1 municipality (the “Class 1 racetrack”) to be transmitted by television to racetracks located elsewhere in the State of Alabama (as well as to the locations in other states and foreign countries permitted by said Section 11-65-32) and there made available for public viewing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and (2) to cause televised horse racing events and greyhound racing events held at racetracks located elsewhere in the State of Alabama (as well as at locations in other states and foreign countries permitted by said Section 11-65-32) to be received at the Class 1 racetrack and there made available for public viewing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon.

(b) Combined Pari-Mutuel Pools and Takeout for Televised Racing Events. With respect to horse or greyhound racing events that are conducted at the Class 1 racetrack and are transmitted by television to other locations, the racing operator may create and administer pari-mutuel pools that, in addition to bets made by bettors at the Class 1 racetrack, include bets made by bettors at one or more of the locations receiving the televised racing events. With respect to horse or greyhound racing events that are conducted at racetracks other than the Class 1 racetrack and are received by television at the Class 1 racetrack, the racing operator may participate in pari-mutuel pools, created and administered by the racetrack conducting the televised events, that include bets made by bettors at the Class 1 racetrack as well as bets made by bettors at the racetrack conducting the televised events and at other locations receiving the televised events. Pari-mutuel pools that include bets made by bettors at both the Class 1 racetrack and other locations are herein referred to as “combined pools.” The amount allowed to the racing operator as the “takeout” with respect to pari-mutuel pools bet at the Class 1 racetrack on horse or greyhound racing events that are received by television from elsewhere shall be the same as the takeout that would be allowed by applicable law on the same kind of pari-mutuel pools bet on live racing at the Class 1 racetrack; provided, however, that with respect to any horse or greyhound racing events received by television at the Class 1 racetrack, the racing operator, in order to enable bettors at the Class 1 racetrack to participate fully in combined pools, may adjust the takeout for bets placed at the Class 1 racetrack to match the takeout required for the combined pools administered by the operator of the racetrack conducting the live racing events that are transmitted by television to the Class 1 racetrack.

(c) Construction of Section. Nothing in this section shall be construed (1) to permit or make lawful “off-track betting” or gambling of any kind at any location in Alabama other than a racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering on live racing events may be lawfully conducted or (2) to permit racing events to be transmitted or received by television, or pari-mutuel wagering to be conducted with respect to televised racing events, at any racetrack in Alabama other than the Class 1 racetrack, unless such activities at such other racetrack are also authorized by the particular racing act or other separate law applicable to such other racetrack.
Ala. Code § 11-42-153 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-153
Section 11-42-153 Form and Marking of Ballots
Status: in_force

(a) At the election provided for in this article the municipal authorities shall furnish ballots on which shall be printed:

“Election to provide for the consolidation of _______

(Naming the cities or towns to be consolidated). For Consolidation _____

Against Consolidation _____ ”

(b) The voter shall express his choice by making a cross mark (X) opposite the phrase expressing his choice.
Ala. Code § 2-19-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-5
Section 2-19-5 Taking of Cotton from Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and unlawfully takes from any bale of cotton any part thereof without the authority of the owner, consignee or agent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-8-233 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-233
Section 2-8-233 Application of Nonprofit Association for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum — Generally
Status: in_force

Any nonprofit association of producers fairly and substantially representative of the producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats throughout the state, may at any time after this article becomes effective, make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment, collecting, expending and utilizing same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified hereunder as an approved or certified association by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article.
Ala. Code § 11-44-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-14
Section 11-44-14 President of Board of Commissioners - Election; Powers and Duties Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-7-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-20
Section 2-7-20 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) ASSOCIATION. Any association organized to promote, sponsor and operate a county, regional or state fair.

(2) BOARD. The Agricultural Center Board of the State of Alabama.

(3) FAIR. A bona fide exhibition designed to promote education and encourage improvement in agriculture, horticulture, livestock, poultry, dairy products, apiary products, liberal arts, fine arts, home economics and 4-H Club and other youth organizational activities by offering prizes, premiums or rewards for the best exhibits thereof.

The board is authorized to adopt, by rules and regulations, different categories or types of fairs to be used in disbursing special merit awards under Section 2-7-28.
Ala. Code § 2-19-129 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-129
Section 2-19-129 Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge or counterfeit, or use without authority, any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this article or in the regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who shall, except in compliance with the regulations of the board, move any regulated article into this state from any other state which the board found in such regulations is infested by the boll weevil, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-43-189 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-189
Section 11-43-189 Appointment of Members of Personnel Board by Representatives and Senators in District
Status: in_force

Each merit system created under this article shall have the option of having at least one member of its personnel board appointed by the Representatives and Senators in that district.
Ala. Code § 11-57-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-19
Section 11-57-19 Investment in Bonds - by Executors, Savings Banks, Insurance Companies, Etc
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust funds in bonds of the authority.
Ala. Code § 22-50-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-80
Section 22-50-80 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Alzheimer’s and Dementia Education, Care, and Training Act.
Ala. Code § 2-10-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-91
Section 2-10-91 Purposes of Article
Status: in_force

The purposes of this article are to promote the general welfare of agriculture; to enable producers of agricultural products, whether in the State of Alabama or not, to cooperate in the production, processing, packing, distribution, financing and marketing of agricultural products and in the manufacturing, supplying or selling of machinery, equipment, or supplies used in connection with the production of said agricultural products or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; and to enable such producers to organize incorporated associations with or without capital stock and not for profit but for service to their members by the organization and operation of such corporations by a simplified and inexpensive procedure for the promotion and accomplishment of such cooperative and the general welfare of agriculture.
Ala. Code § 11-65-44 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-44
Section 11-65-44 Presence of Underage Persons Prohibited
Status: in_force

No person under 19 years of age shall be employed for any purpose in or about a racing facility where either horse racing or greyhound racing is conducted pursuant to any license issued by a commission under the provisions of this chapter, except in a job which does not allow or require contact with members of the public engaged in wagering activities, such as the job of groom, animal exerciser, stable attendant, parking attendant, or office worker. No person under 19 years of age shall be admitted to performances of horse racing or greyhound racing which are the subject of pari-mutuel wagering at any such racing facility, nor shall any person under 19 years of age be permitted to wager on any horse race or greyhound race conducted at such racing facility, nor shall any person employed by an operator accept a wager on any horse race or greyhound race from any person under 19 years of age.
Ala. Code § 11-50-266 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-266
Section 11-50-266 Notice to Owner of Existing Gas Plant or System in Territory of Intention of Waterworks Board to Operate Gas Plant or System Therein, Etc
Status: in_force

Whenever any such waterworks board proposes to engage in the business of operating a plant or system for the manufacture of gas and the distribution thereof or the purchase and distribution of manufactured or natural gas and, at the time such waterworks board proposes to engage in such business, there is then in existence within the territory in which it is proposed to furnish manufactured or natural gas service a plant or distribution system or both or any part or parts thereof furnishing the service so proposed to be furnished by such waterworks board, then such waterworks board, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such authority, shall notify the owner of such plant or system by registered or certified mail of its intention to engage in such business and of its willingness to acquire on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon so much of such plant and system as shall be located in the territory in which such waterworks board proposes to furnish such service and as shall be necessary and convenient therefor.
Ala. Code § 11-55-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 55 / Section 11-55-13
Section 11-55-13 Authority of Cities or Towns to Acquire, Etc., and Lease Facilities to United States Postal Service; Issuance of Bonds, Etc., to Finance Acquisitions
Status: in_force

Any city or town in this state

(1) May acquire (by construction, purchase or otherwise), improve and equip land, buildings and other facilities for use by the United States Postal Service;

(2) May lease any such land, buildings or facilities to the United States Postal Service on such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to such city or town and the United States Postal Service;

(3) May borrow money for the purpose of financing the costs of any such acquisition, improvement and equipment;

(4) May issue, in evidence of such borrowing, bonds, warrants, notes or other securities (which such bonds, warrants, notes or other securities shall mature and come due not later than 30 years from their date but shall otherwise be issued in accordance with, and shall be subject to, applicable provisions of law);

(5) May borrow money and issue bonds, warrants, notes or other securities for the combined purpose of financing the costs of any such acquisition, improvement and equipment (or of refunding any bonds, warrants, notes or other securities theretofore issued therefor) and for any other lawful purpose or purposes; and

(6) May pledge for the payment of any such bonds, warrants, notes or other securities any taxes, licenses or revenues that it is authorized by law to pledge for the payment of bonded or other indebtedness.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-42
Section 11-44B-42 Scope of Article; Rules and Regulations; Job Classification Specifications; Employment Retention and Removal; Reduction of Base Pay
Status: in_force

(a) All covered employees of the city shall be subject to this article and the rules and regulations prescribed in or promulgated pursuant to this article.

(b) All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article shall be enacted by the city council based upon applicable state and federal laws. The rules and regulations shall establish qualifications for examinations and appointment of new covered employees, assignment or transfer of current covered employees, resignations, disciplinary actions to include, but not be limited to, suspensions, demotions and dismissals, layoffs, leaves of absence with pay, leaves of absence without pay, and all other matters determined by the city council to be required to effectively implement the intent of this article. All rules and regulations shall govern covered employees. The city council shall cause the rules and regulations and other components of the established personnel system to be periodically reviewed and revised as needed to insure the system is responsive to the needs of the city, to meet all legal requirements, and to implement the intent of this article.

(c) The human resources department of the city shall develop and submit to the city council for approval by resolution job classification specifications for all jobs in the city to be representative of the duties, activities, and qualifications; provided however, the mayor may authorize or direct revisions to established job classification specifications to promote the efficiency of the city.

(d) Present employees determined to be regular status employees in accordance with this article and those who may hereafter be employed in the personnel system and to have achieved regular status shall remain in their respective employment subject to removal for cause, availability of funds, need for jobs as determined by the city council, and reductions in force. For department heads, removal for cause shall include failure to meet standards under performance based contracts or agreements if such performance based contracts are implemented. No covered employee on March 15, 2006, shall be subject to any examination in order to retain his or her present job. This article shall not be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of any covered employee, regardless of employment status, in the manner provided herein.

(e) Except in connection with a reduction in base pay for all jobs or a job classification, due to the availability of funds, the base pay of a covered employee may not be reduced except as provided herein.
Ala. Code § 2-32-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 32 / Section 2-32-4
Section 2-32-4 Assessment
Status: in_force

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that ratite producers be permitted by referendum, as provided in this chapter, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education, advertising, and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution, and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale of ratites and ratite products.
Ala. Code § 2-11-55 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-55
Section 2-11-55 Unauthorized Use of Brand or Label
Status: in_force

After notice of the establishment of grades or standards and the determination of brands and labels, it shall be unlawful to use a brand or label to identify farm products and fish as being of a grade established before a permit is granted or after the revocation of the right to use such brand or label by the commissioner, with the approval of said board. Violations of this section shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine of not more than $50.00 and for subsequent offenses by a fine of not more than $200.00.
Ala. Code § 11-70A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70A / Section 11-70A-8
Section 11-70A-8 Right to Redeem; Judgment
Status: in_force

(a) If an interested party appears at the hearing and asserts a right to redeem the property, that party may redeem in accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 40.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) That the municipality provided notice to all interested parties or that the municipality complied with the notice procedures in Section 11-70A-5, which compliance shall create a rebuttable presumption that all interested parties received notice and an opportunity to be heard.
Ala. Code § 11-59-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 11-59-15
Section 11-59-15 Documents of Corporations May Be Filed for Record Without Payment of Taxes or Certain Fees
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of the corporation, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are conveyed to the corporation, any mortgages or deeds of trust executed by the corporation and the certificate of dissolution of the corporation may all be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized without the payment of any tax or fees other than such fees as may be authorized by law for the recording of such instruments.
Ala. Code § 11-43-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-4
Section 11-43-4 Election of Clerk, Etc., in Towns and in Cities Having Less Than 6,000 Inhabitants; Filling of Vacancies in Council Generally
Status: in_force

In cities having a population of less than 6,000 and in towns, the council shall elect a clerk and fix the salary and term of office, and may determine by ordinance the other officers of the city or town, their salary, the manner of their election and the terms of office, and shall fill all vacancies in the council by a majority vote of the council; and all members of the council may vote to fill vacancies any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The clerk and such other officers elected by the council shall serve until their successor or successors are elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 11-68-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 68 / Section 11-68-9
Section 11-68-9 Certificate of Appropriateness Prerequisite to Changes in Historic Property or District; Submission and Consideration of Application for Certificate; Rules, Regulations, and Standards; Expedited Procedure; Records
Status: in_force

(a) No change in the exterior appearance of an historic property or any building, structure, or site within an historic district may be made, and no historic property may be demolished, and no building or structure in an historic district may be erected or demolished unless and until a certificate of appropriateness for such change, erection, or demolition is approved by the historic preservation commission created by the municipality designating the historic property or the historic district. Signs shall be considered as structures and no sign on an historic property or in an historic district shall be changed, erected, or demolished unless and until a certificate of appropriateness is approved by the commission. The requirement of a certificate of appropriateness shall apply to public property which has been designated as an historic property or which is contained in an historic district, and shall apply to all actions by public authorities which involve historic properties and properties within historic districts. Demolition by neglect and the failure to maintain an historic property or a structure in an historic district shall constitute a change for which a certificate of appropriateness is necessary. A municipality enacting an ordinance, pursuant to this chapter, may include selection of paint colors in changes requiring a certificate of appropriateness. The painting of originally unpainted surfaces shall require a certificate of appropriateness.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth the procedure for submission and consideration of applications for certificates of appropriateness, and no certificate of appropriateness shall be approved unless an application for a certificate of appropriateness is submitted to the commission accompanied by such drawings, photographs, and plans, as may be required by the commission.

(c) The commission shall adopt general design standards which shall apply in considering the granting and denial of certificates of appropriateness.

(d) Applications for certificates of appropriateness shall be considered by the commission at public meetings, held at times and places and pursuant to such notices as are specified in the ordinance creating the commission.

(e) The commission may adopt an expedited procedure for approval of routine maintenance to historic properties, or to buildings or structures in historic districts. Such expedited procedure may waive the requirements for submission of an application for a certificate of appropriateness and for consideration at a public meeting.

(f) The commission shall keep a record of all applications for certificates of appropriateness and requests for approval of routine maintenance and of all of its proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-60-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 60 / Section 11-60-7
Section 11-60-7 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested and which shall consist of any number of directors, not less than three, all of whom shall be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the municipality. The directors shall serve as such without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties under this chapter. No director shall be an officer or employee of the municipality. The directors shall be elected by the governing body of the municipality, and they shall be so elected that they shall hold office for staggered terms. At the time of the election of the first board of directors, the governing body of the municipality shall divide the directors into three groups containing as near equal whole numbers as may be possible. The first term of the directors included in the first group shall be two years; the first term of the directors included in the second group shall be four years; the first term of the directors included in the third group shall be six years and, thereafter the terms of all directors shall be six years; provided that, if at the expiration of any term of office of any director a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected. Any meeting held by the board of directors for any purpose whatsoever shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 2-15-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-45
Section 2-15-45 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Conduct, Management and Operation of Business of Dealers
Status: in_force

Power is hereby conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the conduct, management and operation of any business as defined in this article, including the making, keeping and inspection of records to facilitate the tracing and identification of such livestock, the records to be kept and reports made and other like matters provided for to protect against stealing or unlawful dealing in or transportation of such livestock.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-93
Section 11-44C-93 Provisions Applicable Regardless of Form of Government Chosen
Status: in_force

It is the legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose:

(1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population.

(2) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or any entity thereof for any service of any kind, whether by bid or otherwise, including but not limited to, professional services and bond issues, shall make every reasonable effort to require that the contractor, firm, or company to which any contract is awarded, must have at least 15 percent participation by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or the city shall make every reasonable effort to insure that at least 15 percent of the total value of all such contracts and agreements described above shall be awarded to qualified contractors or professionals who are socially and economically disadvantaged.

(3) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to require that all capital improvements and repairs made in the city shall be made on the basis of need and shall, as nearly as practicable, be fairly and equitably made in all districts of the city whether they be council or commission districts.

(4) The officials of the form of government chosen shall demonstrate their commitment to the poor and needy in this city by annually allocating in the city budget an amount of funds to be approved by the council or commission, to agencies, organizations, and programs serving the poor and needy in a manner and amount to be determined by the council or commission.
Ala. Code § 2-8-249 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-249
Section 2-8-249 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 association, 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 association authorized to conduct a promotional program as authorized under this article shall have a right to recommend such rules and regulations to the 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 association shall be given at least 10 days’ notice in writing of any such meeting held for the purpose of adopting rules and regulations as authorized hereunder.
Ala. Code § 11-47-250 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-250
Section 11-47-250 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) BEACH. A sandy shoreline area abutting to the Gulf of Mexico, characterized by low relief, generally of gentle slope, and some vegetation, extending into the abutting waters to a distance 1,000 feet seaward of the mean high tide line.

(2) BEACH PROJECT. The placement and maintenance of sand and associated sand stabilization structures, vegetation, vegetation irrigation systems, and access structures on a coastal beach for the purposes of maintaining or restoring the beach and providing storm protection for upland properties.

(3) COASTAL BEACH. Any beach that is located wholly or partially within the corporate limits of a coastal municipality and that abuts the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

(4) COASTAL MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation whose corporate limits include or abut the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

(5) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative power of a coastal municipality is vested.
Ala. Code § 11-44-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-19
Section 11-44-19 Meetings of Board of Commissioners - Time, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-18
Section 11-44C-18 District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council
Status: in_force

Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of $100.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $500.00 per month. Said salaries shall be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall salaries be set below those as specified in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-46-126 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-126
Section 11-46-126 Canvassing of Returns, Declaration of Election Result, and Issuance of Certificate of Election by Board of Commissioners; Runoff Elections
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-356 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-356
Section 11-50-356 Provisions of Article Cumulative; Issuance of Revenue Bonds and Revenue Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this article need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-43-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-14
Section 11-43-14 Dealing, Etc., in Warrants, Claims, Etc., of Municipality by Officers or Employees
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of a town or city, himself or through any person, to deal or traffic in any manner whatever in any warrant, claim or liability against the town or city, and any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00. If any person so violating the foregoing provisions is the mayor or any member of the council or any city board, he shall be subject to impeachment.

Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any officer from selling a claim he may acquire directly from the town or city in payment of a debt due him or from purchasing in good faith so much of such claims as may be sufficient to pay his taxes and licenses for the current year.
Ala. Code § 2-11-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-52
Section 2-11-52 Establishment and Alteration of Grades and Standards
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may establish and promulgate official grades and standards for farm products and fish produced and processed within the state for the purpose of sale and may from time to time amend or modify such grades and standards. Such official grades and standards may be promulgated so as to apply regardless of the stage of processing or of the form in which such farm products and fish are sold. Before establishing, amending or modifying any such grades or standards, the said commissioner shall hold public hearings in such places within the state as shall be most convenient to producers of the commodity under consideration. Notice of such hearings shall be advertised for three successive weeks prior thereto in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the county where the hearing is to be held and shall specify the date and place of each hearing and that it is to be held for the purpose of obtaining information with a view to establishing grades or standards for farm products and fish.
Ala. Code § 11-54-96 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-96
Section 11-54-96 Exemptions of Boards - Taxation
Status: in_force

The industrial development board and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom and all bonds issued by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-50-443 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-443
Section 11-50-443 Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally
Status: in_force

All funds of said board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the municipality and in the municipal depositories, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon warrants signed by an employee of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system designated by the board and countersigned by a member of the board designated by the board and issued for claims that have been audited and ordered paid by said board and for salaries due board members and employees for work performed and services rendered.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-15
Section 11-54B-15 Furniture, Structure of Facility Not Deemed Nuisance
Status: in_force

Any movable furniture, structure, facility, or appurtenance or activity located or permitted in connection with a self-help business improvement district shall not, by reason of such location or use, be deemed a nuisance or unlawful obstruction or condition, notwithstanding any rule or regulation or principle of negligence law pertaining to the use of public streets and highways and neither the municipality nor any user acting under permit shall be liable for any injury to person or property, unless such furniture, structure, facility or use shall be negligently constructed, maintained, or operated.
Ala. Code § 2-25-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-42
Section 2-25-42 Sale, Etc., of Falsely Named Seeds, Trees, Plants, Etc
Status: in_force

All trees, seeds, plants and vines sold, offered or exposed for sale in the State of Alabama, shall be properly named as to variety and kind, and any person selling, trading or exchanging or offering or exposing for sale any trees, seeds, plants or vines falsely named as to variety and kind shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-44-89 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-89
Section 11-44-89 Procedure for Letting of Contracts for Construction, Improvements, Etc., of Streets, Highways, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 22-53-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-2
Section 22-53-2 Report by County Department of Pensions and Security
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 11-47-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-70
Section 11-47-70 Removal, Etc., of Monuments, Headstones, Etc., from Graves from Which Remains Removed
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the remains of any person shall have been removed from any cemetery by any relative or friend of such person under the provisions of Section 11-47-65, the person causing such removal shall also be entitled to remove any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant to the grave from which such remains have been removed, and the affidavit or written consent given under the provisions of Section 11-47-65 shall be sufficient warrant and authority for the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling such cemetery to permit such removal of any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant to such grave.

(b) Whenever the remains of any person buried in any lot or plat shall have been removed and any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant thereto shall remain on said lot or plat for more than 90 days after the removal of the last human remains therefrom, such vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement may be removed and disposed of by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands and thereafter no person claiming any interest in said lot or plat or any such vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant thereto shall have the right to maintain in any court any action in relation to any such vault, monument, headstone, coping or other improvement so removed or disposed of.
Ala. Code § 22-52-35 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of Special Probate Judges for Consideration, Hearing and Entry of Orders Pertaining to Commitment or Continued Custody of Certain Persons Committed or Transferred to Facilities of Department of Mental Health; Qualifications, Powers, Etc., of Special Probate Judges; Conduct of Hearings by Special Probate Judges Generally
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application of the commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter.

(b) A special judge of probate appointed under the provisions of this article shall be vested with all authority, duties, responsibilities and judicial functions of the probate court having jurisdiction over any person involuntarily committed by the probate court of any county in the State of Alabama to any facility operated by the Department of Mental Health. Such jurisdiction of the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa and Mobile Counties or any special judge of probate appointed under the provisions of the article shall be concurrent with the probate court having jurisdiction over the commitment or continued custody of such insane person.

(c) Any hearing conducted by the probate judge of Tuscaloosa or Mobile Counties or any special judge of probate appointed under the provisions of this article shall be conducted in the facilities provided by the Department of Mental Health wherein such persons committed as a patient are located.

(d) Any special judge of probate appointed under the provisions of this article shall be a citizen of the State of Alabama and licensed to practice law in this state; he shall not, however, be required to be a resident of the county or counties for which he is appointed.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-6
Section 11-43B-6 Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor
Status: in_force

Except where clearly authorized by law, no council member shall hold any other public office or be employed by the city during the term for which the member was elected to the council. No former council member or mayor shall hold any compensated appointive city office or employment until one year after the expiration of the term for which the person was elected or appointed.
Ala. Code § 11-43-184 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-184
Section 11-43-184 Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Reimbursement of State for Cost of Services and Facilities Furnished; Disposition of Funds Received by State as Reimbursements
Status: in_force

Every such agreement with the state Director of Personnel to furnish the services and facilities of the State Personnel Department to such municipalities shall provide for the reimbursement to the state of the reasonable cost of the services and facilities furnished as determined by the state Director of Personnel.

Funds obtained as reimbursement for such services shall be deposited into the accounts of the State Personnel Department and may be expended to help defray the expenses of said department.
Ala. Code § 11-50-92 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-92
Section 11-50-92 Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Property Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment or Interest - Notice of Sale; Payment of Assessment Prior to Sale; Cost of Notice and Sale Charged Against Land, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) If the property owner who has not elected to pay in installments fails to pay his assessment within 30 days or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment within 30 days from the date of the assessment or makes default in the payment of any annual or quarterly installment or the interest thereon, the whole of such assessment shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the council to collect such assessment shall proceed to sell the property against which the assessment is made to the highest bidder for cash, but he shall first give notice by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town or of general circulation therein advertising the day of such sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold.

(b) Any property owner, notwithstanding his default, may pay the assessment with interest and all costs if tendered before the sale of the property.

(c) The cost of such notice and sale shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale.
Ala. Code § 2-15-232 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-232
Section 2-15-232 Sale of Swine Infected with or Exposed to Hog Cholera
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to sell any hog, pig or shoat which is infected with or has been exposed to hog cholera disease. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 11-44-128 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-128
Section 11-44-128 Bond of Commissioners; Holding of Offices of Profit or Trust, Etc., by Commissioners, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-2
Section 11-50A-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

The municipalities are now empowered to own and operate electric distribution systems to serve their citizens, inhabitants, and customers by providing them electricity for all purposes. To assure that the municipalities may have alternative sources of bulk electric power and energy, in addition to those presently available, to operate their electric distribution systems in a dependable, efficient, and economical manner, it is desirable that the municipalities acting through the authority be empowered to engage in joint action for the generation, transmission, and distribution of bulk electric power and energy for sale to the municipalities for resale and for the sale, purchase, exchange and transmission of bulk electric power and energy with other electric suppliers. The Legislature finds and declares that the provision of alternative sources of bulk electric power and energy to the municipalities through joint action in the fields of generation, transmission, and distribution is in the public interest; that the creation of the authority as a non-profit public corporation is desirable to aid in the continued viability of the electric distribution systems operated by the municipalities and to provide for a means by which the municipalities may act jointly in all ways possible for the purpose of coordinated bulk electric power and energy supply programs; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Ala. Code § 2-19-102 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-102
Section 2-19-102 Application; Fee
Status: in_force

(a) Each person who wants to engage in activities in this state which require registration under this article shall file with the commissioner an application for registration.

(b) The application shall include:

(1) The name and address of the applicant; and

(2) The name of each trade association relating to cotton producing and marketing of which the applicant is a member.

(c) The applicant shall submit with each application an application fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
Ala. Code § 2-15-167 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-167
Section 2-15-167 Reporting of Appraisals - Materials
Status: in_force

Appraisals of materials shall be reported on forms furnished by the department. Reports of appraisals of materials shall, when practicable, show the number, size or quantity, unit price and total value of each kind of material appraised.
Ala. Code § 2-31-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-15
Section 2-31-15 Judicial Review of Ruling of Commissioner; Appeal from Circuit Court
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after the conclusion of the hearing the commissioner shall notify all parties of his ruling. Said notification shall be in writing. Within 30 days after notification any party may appeal the commissioner’s ruling to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The appeal shall be heard only on the certified record of the hearing and the commissioner’s ruling shall be considered prima facie just and correct and shall not be overturned unless the circuit court finds that the commissioner’s action was arbitrary and capricious, not supported by the weight of the evidence or that the commissioner erred to the prejudice of the appellant’s substantial rights in his application of the law.

Appeals from action by the circuit court shall be directly to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and no security for costs shall be required of the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-63 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-63
Section 11-44C-63 Existing Budget Continued in Force
Status: in_force

Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that the council is first organized shall continue in force and effect during the balance of the city’s then fiscal year, or until such time as the mayor may submit to the council and the council adopts an amended, altered, or revised budget for the balance of said fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 11-47-241 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-241
Section 11-47-241 Powers of Certain Cities as to Planning, Establishment, Operation, Etc., of Parking Facilities
Status: in_force

Any city in this state having a population of 34,000 or more according to the last federal decennial or any subsequent federal census is hereby authorized:

(1) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect parking facilities;

(2) To finance the cost of parking facilities in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness;

(3) To pledge to the payment thereof its full faith and credit and any taxes, licenses, or revenues which the city may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness;

(4) To lease or let parking facilities or any one or more of them to such tenant or tenants, for such period and such compensation or rental and on such conditions as the governing body may prescribe;

(5) To fix, establish, collect, and alter parking fees, tolls, rents, and other charges for the use of any parking facility;

(6) To make and enforce rules and regulations governing the use of any parking facility owned or controlled by the city; and

(7) To execute such contracts and other instruments and to take such other action as may be necessary or convenient in connection with parking facilities.
Ala. Code § 2-7-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-7
Section 2-7-7 Annual Payment to South Alabama State Fair Association for Premiums, Awards and Prizes
Status: in_force

The commission shall pay to the South Alabama State Fair Association, under the same terms and conditions as are provided in this article for the payment to the Alabama State Fair Authority, a sum annually for premiums, awards and prizes provided for in this article. The payment of this sum of money shall be limited to premiums, awards and prizes as provided in this article. Payment of any sum of money to the South Alabama State Fair Association by the commission shall contain all of the limitations and requirements provided in this article for payment to the Alabama State Fair Authority, and such payment shall be made in the manner provided for in this article for payment of prizes, premiums and awards at the annual fair held by the Alabama State Fair Authority.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-7
Section 11-54A-7 Board of Directors; Election, Terms, Eligibility, Etc
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of any number of directors, not less than three, who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. At the time of the election of the first board, the governing body of the city shall divide the directors into three groups containing as nearly equal whole numbers as may be possible. The governing body of the city shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial term of office of the first group shall be two years each. The initial terms of office of the second group shall be four years each. The initial term of office of the third group shall be six years. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto has not been elected, the director whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor is elected. If at any time there is a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to the vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the city. Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the city or own property within the redevelopment district as defined by the city; provided, that at least 75 percent of the members of the board must be duly qualified electors of the city. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-73 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-73
Section 11-43C-73 Revenue Notes
Status: in_force

In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of revenues, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated “revenue note for the year _____ (stating the budget year).” Such notes may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes, together with the renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes have been issued. Such borrowing shall be subject to any limitation provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-100
Section 11-44E-100 Temporary Absence or Disability of City Manager
Status: in_force

During the temporary absence or disability of the city manager, the city manager shall designate the appropriate department head to serve in his (her) absence with the city commission’s approval.
Ala. Code § 11-66A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66A / Section 11-66A-18
Section 11-66A-18 Dissolution of Corridor; Vesting of Title to Property of Corridor
Status: in_force

At any time when a research and development corridor has no financial obligations or other executory agreements outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be entered upon its minutes, declaring that the corridor shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate with which the corridor’s certificate of incorporation is filed, the corridor shall thereupon stand dissolved, and in the event the corridor owned any property at the time of the dissolution, the title to all its properties, subject to the state constitution, thereupon shall vest in the corridor’s authorizing subdivision, or if the corridor has more than one authorizing subdivision, in the corridor’s authorizing subdivisions as tenants in common.
Ala. Code § 2-11-79 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-79
Section 2-11-79 Injunction
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies for the enforcement of the provisions of this article, any person who violates any of the provisions of this article may be restrained or enjoined from violating the same by proper proceedings instituted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, as petitioner, in any court having jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief. Such proceedings shall be filed in the county where the violation occurs. In any such proceedings for injunctive relief, no bond for such petitioner shall be required.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-15
Section 11-54A-15 Liability of City
Status: in_force

The city shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the city within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
Ala. Code § 11-47-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-11
Section 11-47-11 Appropriations, Etc., for Promotion, Etc., of Municipal Resources and for Promotion of Industry, Etc., Within Municipality, Etc
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers which may be conferred on it by law, every incorporated city or town shall have the power to set aside, appropriate and use municipal funds or revenues for the purpose of developing, advertising and promoting the agricultural, mineral, timber, water, labor and all other resources of every kind within its police jurisdiction, and for the purpose of locating and promoting agricultural, industrial and manufacturing plants, factories and other industries within the municipality or elsewhere inside the county not more than 15 miles from the boundaries of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-50-86 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-86
Section 11-50-86 Assignment and Transfer of Assessment Liens
Status: in_force

The council of each city or town may transfer and assign such assessment liens to the owner or owners of the sewer or sewers or sewer system from whom purchased or to any other person.
Ala. Code § 2-17-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-8
Section 2-17-8 Persons, Firms, Etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, Etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, Etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Etc., to Comply with Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, mules or other equines or poultry or parts of the carcasses of any such animals or birds that died otherwise than by slaughter unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe to assure that such animals or birds or the unwholesome parts or products thereof will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
Ala. Code § 2-17-35 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-35
Section 2-17-35 Forfeiture by Persons, Firms, Etc., Upon Failure to File Annual or Special Reports as Required by Commissioner
Status: in_force

If any person, firm or corporation required by this chapter to file any annual or special report shall fail so to do within the time fixed by the commissioner for filing the same and such failure shall continue for 30 days after notice of such default, such person, firm or corporation shall forfeit to this state the sum of $25.00 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of this state and shall be recoverable in a civil action in the name of the state brought in the county where the person, firm or corporation has his or its principal place of business or in any county in which he or it shall do business. It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys under the direction of the Attorney General of this state to prosecute for the recovery of such forfeitures. The cost and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-54-177 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-177
Section 11-54-177 Officers of the Authority
Status: in_force

The officers of an authority shall consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chairman and vice chairman of an authority shall be elected by the board from the membership thereof; the secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority may, but need not, be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board. The chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer of the authority shall also be the chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer of the board, respectively.
Ala. Code § 11-51-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-95
Section 11-51-95 Taxpayer to Be Licensed for Each Applicable Line of Business
Status: in_force

(a) Any taxpayer engaged at one location in more than one line of business falling within separate NAICS sector or sub-sectors, for which a business license is or may be required by the municipality in accordance with this chapter, shall take out and pay for a license for each separate NAICS sector or sub-sectors from which the taxpayer derived more than 10 percent of its gross receipts during the preceding license year. Provided, however, that for each business license, the gross receipts which shall be taxed with regard to such license shall, except as provided in subsection (c) and other provisions of Act 2006-586, be only those gross receipts which arise within the line of business which is the subject of the license.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a municipality may, in its discretion as evidenced by adoption of an ordinance, increase the 10 percent gross receipts threshold to no more than 35 percent.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the gross receipts derived from one or more additional lines of business of the taxpayer if those gross receipts do not exceed the required threshold for the purchase of a second or multiple business license. Instead, those gross receipts shall be included in the business license for the taxpayer’s primary line of business.
Ala. Code § 11-51-57 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-57
Section 11-51-57 Preparation, Etc., of List of Insolvents, Etc
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the county commission shall embrace in the list of insolvent taxes allowed which he is required to furnish to the collector under the provisions of law in regard to state and county taxes and as a part of such list the name of each insolvent taxpayer of such municipal taxes and the amount of such municipal taxes and costs, if any, due from the insolvent to such municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-51-192 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-192
Section 11-51-192 Assessment for Interest for Delinquency
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any municipality may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance, to assess interest on any business license tax delinquency. If assessed, interest on any delinquency shall be charged from the due date of the tax.

(b) If assessed by the municipality, interest shall be computed at the same rate prescribed by Section 11-51-208(f) relating to interest on delinquent or overpaid sales and use taxes levied by self-administered municipalities.

(c) If the municipality elects under subsection (a) to assess interest on business license tax delinquencies, except as provided in this subsection, interest at the same rate shall be paid by a taxing jurisdiction on any refund of business license tax erroneously paid to the jurisdiction. Interest shall be computed on any overpayment from the date of the overpayment to the taxing jurisdiction, provided that interest on any refund of business license taxes of a municipality not administered by the Department of Revenue under Section 11-51-180 shall be limited in accordance with the principles of Section 11-51-208(f).
Ala. Code § 2-27-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-52
Section 2-27-52 Exceptions to Applicability of Article
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to the application of pesticides to lawns, trees or shrubs immediately adjacent to a dwelling or building nor to the use of pesticides or other chemicals for the control, eradication or prevention of termites or household pests. In no event shall this article be construed so as to apply to persons engaged in farming activities who use their own aircraft or ground equipment for the application of pesticides, unless such persons use this equipment for hire to service property not owned or leased by them, nor shall this article apply to municipalities, counties or the state or federal agencies, or subdivisions thereof, where such governmental agencies engage in the custom application of pesticides through employees of such agencies; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any person from the requirements of this article where such person performs custom application of pesticides by contract for any governmental agency. Any person issued a license pursuant to the requirements of this article shall not be required to procure a permit required by Chapter 28 of this title unless such person engages in work regulated, controlled and governed by the provisions and requirements thereof; but none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to exempt any person from being required to procure a license under requirements of this article and also a permit under requirements of Chapter 28 of this title where such persons engage in work regulated and governed by both of said statutes.
Ala. Code § 2-10-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-54
Section 2-10-54 Powers of Association
Status: in_force

Each association incorporated under this article shall have the following powers:

(1) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, ginning or utilization of any agricultural products produced or delivered to it by its members;

(2) To engage in any activity in connection with the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof;

(3) To engage in any activity in connection with the purchase, hiring or use by its members of supplies, machinery or equipment;

(4) To engage in the financing of any one or more of the activities specified in this section;

(5) To borrow money and to make advances to members;

(6) To act as the agent or representative of any member or members in any of the above-mentioned activities;

(7) To purchase or otherwise acquire and to hold, own and exercise all rights of ownership in and to sell, transfer or pledge shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association engaged in any related activity or in the handling or marketing of any of the products handled by the association;

(8) To establish reserves and to invest the funds thereof in bonds or such other property as may be provided in the bylaws;

(9) To buy, hold and exercise all privileges of ownership over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conducting and operation of any of the business of the association or incidental thereto;

(10) To establish, secure, own and develop patents, trademarks and copyrights;

(11) To do each and everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any one or more of the objects enumerated in this section, or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association, and to contract accordingly;

(12) To exercise and possess all powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purpose for which the association is organized or to the activities in which it is engaged and, in addition, any other rights, powers, and privileges granted by the laws of this state to ordinary corporations, except such as are inconsistent with express provisions of this article and to do any such thing anywhere;

(13) To have a corporate seal;

(14) To own, buy and sell all kinds of property; and

(15) To sue and be sued.

Each association incorporated under this article may render the services mentioned in this section to nonmembers thereof as well as to members; provided, that no such incorporated association shall deal in the agricultural products of nonmembers to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by it for members and that no such incorporated association shall purchase supplies and equipment for or render farm business service to nonmembers in an amount greater in value than such as are purchased for or rendered to members. All business transacted by any cooperative association for or on behalf of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof shall be disregarded in determining the value of member or nonmember business transacted by such association.
Ala. Code § 11-66A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66A / Section 11-66A-11
Section 11-66A-11 Audited Financial Statements
Status: in_force

(a) A research and development corridor shall be required to produce audited financial statements from a certified public accountant or a firm thereof regularly engaged in the auditing of financial records, or an auditor who is regularly employed by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, for each fiscal year and, when available, deliver the audited financial statements to each public entity that financially supports the corridor, if the corridor: (i) receives any eligible funds; (ii) receives any funds, proceeds, or revenues from any public entity; or (iii) issues any financial obligation.

(b) For purposes of this section, the person conducting an audit pursuant to subsection (a) must be a person who: (i) is in fact independent; (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the corridor; and (iii) is not connected with the corridor or any officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director, or person performing similar functions.
Ala. Code § 11-57-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-16
Section 11-57-16 Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds from Sale
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds sold by the authority, other than refunding bonds, shall be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping one or more projects as may be provided in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(6) Interest on the bonds for a reasonable period prior to the commencement of the construction of the project and during the period that is estimated will be required for such construction and for a period of not more than six months after the completion of such construction.

(c) If any proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds remain undisbursed after completion of the work and payment of all costs and expenses in connection with the project with respect to which the bonds are issued, such balance shall be applied toward the retirement of the bonds. The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only for the purposes for which the refunding bonds were authorized to be issued.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-74 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-74
Section 11-43C-74 Emergency Notes
Status: in_force

In the absence of available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under the provisions of this chapter, the council may by resolution authorize the issuance of notes, each of which shall be designated “emergency note” and may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes and renewals shall be paid not later than the last day of the fiscal year next succeeding the budget year in which the emergency appropriation was made.
Ala. Code § 11-67-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-95
Section 11-67-95 Construction of Division
Status: in_force

This division is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a municipality may have under any other law.
Ala. Code § 2-23-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 23 / Section 2-23-6
Section 2-23-6 Inspection, Sampling, Analysis, Etc., of Agricultural Liming Materials by Commissioner; Right of Entry Upon Public or Private Premises, Etc., of Commissioner
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner, who may act through his authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make analysis of and test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state as he may deem necessary to determine whether such agricultural liming materials are in compliance with the provisions of this act or regulations promulgated hereunder.

(b) The commissioner, individually or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to agricultural liming materials subject to the provisions of this chapter and regulations pertaining thereto and to the records relating to their distribution.

(c) In the case of out-of-state manufacturers or distributors of agricultural liming materials, sampling and inspections will be made at points of delivery or elsewhere in Alabama.

(d) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those approved by the board and shall be guided by procedures of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. The analysis, test and sampling of agricultural liming materials shall be made and conducted in accordance with and subject to the provisions and requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title.
Ala. Code § 2-31-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-10
Section 2-31-10 Inspection; Examination of Books, Records, Etc.; Reports to Be Filed by Grain Dealers
Status: in_force

The commissioner, through his employees, may inspect the premises used by any grain dealer in the conduct of his business at any time and the books, accounts, records, and papers of every such grain dealer shall at all times during business hours be subject to inspection by the department. Each grain dealer may also be required to make such reports of his activities, obligations and transactions as deemed necessary by the commissioner as set forth in the rules and regulations.
Ala. Code § 11-42-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-42
Section 11-42-42 Certification and Filing of Resolution and Map or Plat of Territory to Be Annexed with Probate Judge
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor or other executive head of the city shall certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed to be brought into the city is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to be brought into the corporate limits of the city, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed with the judge of probate.

(b) The plat or map filed with the certified copy of the resolution as required in subsection (a) of this section shall show the boundary of the territory proposed to be taken into the city, which territory must be contiguous to the boundary of the city at some point and may extend to or around the boundary line of any other city, but is not to embrace any territory within the corporate limits of another city.
Ala. Code § 11-65-47 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-47
Section 11-65-47 Applicability of Chapter; Severability of Provisions
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law concerning activities and actions authorized by this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being specifically declared that any other provisions of existing law that prohibit or regulate horse racing or greyhound racing and gambling or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall not be applicable to any activities or actions authorized by and regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter are expressly declared to be severable. If any provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction (including, without limitation thereto, any particular allocation of net commission revenues or other provision which, if not severed from this chapter, would cause it to be a local act in violation of any constitutional limitation or condition applicable to local acts), such provision shall be severed from this chapter in order to effectuate the legislative intent that such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, and the operation of such judgment shall be limited to the provision thereof directly involved in the action in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Ala. Code § 11-46-112 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-112
Section 11-46-112 Forms of Oaths to Be Taken by and for Challenged Voters; Penalty for False Oath; Refusal to Take Oath
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-1-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-6
Section 2-1-6 Refund of Any Funds Improperly or Illegally Collected
Status: in_force

In the event of improper or illegal collection of any license or permit fee, or any other sum made in an effort to enforce any of the provisions of this title or any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce, either as a result of a mistake of law or fact, upon the written application of the party in interest, the comptroller, upon requisition of the commissioner approved by the Attorney General that such sum was improperly or illegally collected and paid into the Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, shall draw his warrant in favor of the party in interest upon the Treasurer for the amount thus certified as improperly or illegally collected and paid into the Treasury to the credit of said Agricultural Fund, and the same shall be charged to and paid out of the particular fund into which it was originally paid. The application for refund provided for in this section must be filed with the Commissioner within two years from the date on which the amount was improperly or illegally collected, and no amounts shall be refunded unless the application therefor is filed within the time limit prescribed in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-40-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-70
Section 11-40-70 Right-of-Way Acquisition
Status: in_force

The owner of any tract or body of land, located within the planning jurisdiction of any Class 2 municipality, no part of which tract or body of land is adjacent or contiguous to any public road or highway, shall have and may acquire pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 3, Title 18, a convenient right-of-way, not exceeding in width 50 feet, over the lands intervening and lying between the tract or body of land and the public road nearest or most convenient thereto provided written approval is obtained from the municipal government and the planning board of the municipality, when a right-of-way exceeding 30 feet is needed to comply with local ordinances or conditions of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 22-50-2.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-2.1
Section 22-50-2.1 Department - Name Changed; Transition Period
Status: in_force

(a) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in names of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or in any other name by which the department has been known, shall continue in the name of the Department of Mental Health. Any existing or future reference to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or any other name by which the department has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to the Department of Mental Health.

(b) The Advisory Board of Trustees for the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall continue in existence as the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Department of Mental Health.

(c) A reasonable transition period for the name change shall be allowed to permit an orderly and cost-effective transition relating particularly to the use of equipment and supplies. All letterhead, business cards, forms, and any other materials in use by the commission containing the name Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall continue to be used by the Department of Mental Health until the supplies are exhausted. Replacement supplies shall contain the name of the Department of Mental Health.

(d) In addition to changes in Section 29-7-13, the Code Commissioner, at times determined appropriate, shall change all references to mental retardation in this code as follows: All references to “mentally retarded” shall be changed to “people with an intellectual disability” and all references to “mental retardation” shall be changed to “intellectual disability.” This change in terminology is intended to be a name change only and it shall not limit or expand the eligibility for any programs or services provided by any state or local agency.
Ala. Code § 2-17-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-11
Section 2-17-11 Inspection of Sanitary Conditions in Slaughtering and Processing Establishments; Commissioner to Refuse to Allow Marking, Stamping, Etc., of Meat Food Products, Poultry Food Products in Establishments Where Sanitary Conditions Adulterate Meat Food Products, Poultry Food Products, Etc
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall cause to be made by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry are slaughtered and the meat and meat products and poultry food products thereof are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishment shall be maintained; and, where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products or poultry food products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products or poultry food products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as “Alabama inspected and passed.”
Ala. Code § 11-43-5.2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-5.2
Section 11-43-5.2
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-106, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 24, 2026.

(a) This section shall apply to any Class 8 municipality with a corporate limit lying in two counties, which has a population equal to or greater than 25,000 according to the last decennial census and which was subject, on January 1, 2023, to a county personnel board.

(b)(1) The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, may opt out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board, effective six months after the effective date of the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance shall be transmitted to the county personnel board following its passage by the municipal governing body.

(2) Not less than 10 years after a municipality opts out from the county personnel board’s jurisdiction as provided in subdivision (1), the municipality, by ordinance, may opt back in to a county personnel board’s jurisdiction, effective six months after the effective date of the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance shall be transmitted to the county personnel board following its passage by the governing body.

(c) Any municipality that opts out from the county personnel board’s jurisdiction as provided in subdivision (b)(1) shall create its own municipal civil service system which shall ensure that the vested or vesting rights of any existing appointees of the county civil service system are protected and not otherwise altered or diminished, except as otherwise provided for by law.

(d)(1) Any municipality exercising its rights under this section may not engage in any type or form of discrimination that is prohibited by federal or state law.

(2) Any municipality that elects to opt out as provided in this section shall enact a policy that explicitly prohibits the appointment, promotion, demotion, or dismissal of an employee from any position which in any way favors or discriminates against the employee because of his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of his or her race or gender or for any other reason that is prohibited by state or federal law.
Ala. Code § 11-67A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67A / Section 11-67A-5
Section 11-67A-5 Notification to Department of Revenue
Status: in_force

The municipality shall notify the Department of Revenue of the sale or disposition of the inoperable motor vehicle on a form supplied by the Department of Revenue.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-25
Section 11-44C-25 First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public
Status: in_force

The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10 o’clock in the morning on the first Monday after the expiration of the term of office of the present municipal officeholders, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once a week. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-42
Section 11-44C-42 Mayor to Submit Budget to Council
Status: in_force

On a day to be fixed by the council but in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council:

(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the “general fund budget”;

(2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by such city;

(3) A capital budget; and

(4) A budget message.

When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
Ala. Code § 2-27-33 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-33
Section 2-27-33 Additional Powers and Authority
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the powers and authority heretofore authorized by law pursuant to Sections 2-27-30, 2-27-31 and 2-27-32, the pesticide residue laboratory heretofore established and now operated by the Department of Agriculture and Industries at Auburn University shall also be authorized to obtain reliable analysis of raw and processed agricultural products and other food products, fish, game, and other wildlife to detect the presence of any harmful drug residues for the protection of public health, to aid in developing and expanding markets for agricultural products, and for the protection and production of fish and wildlife and related purposes, which activities shall be in addition to the duties as now authorized by law for the operation of such laboratory.

(b) In addition to the testing and analysis authorized in subsection (a), testing and analysis may be performed as authorized in Section 2-2-33.
Ala. Code § 2-25-13.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-13.1
Section 2-25-13.1 Sale of Plants or Nursery Stock Which Is Not Viable Unlawful; “Viable” Defined
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any plants or nursery stock unless such plants or nursery stock are viable and meet the basic requirements of a viable plant or viable nursery stock at the time and place of sale. Nursery stock or plants that are capable of living and accomplishing the purpose for which they are grown, whether foliage, flowers, fruit or special use, shall be considered viable. The basic requirements of viable nursery stock or viable plants are as follows:

(1) They must be free of physiological and pathological defects to the extent that all essential parts may function normally.

(2) The root system must have adequate roots or the ability to produce them to support normal performance of all essential parts of the plant. The root system must be adequately protected to prevent excessive loss of moisture while in storage and transit.

(3) The trunk and branches must be capable of transporting fluids throughout the plant and be free from any infirmity of a permanent nature which would interfere with this function. Any damaged branches must be capable of being pruned without seriously deterring growth of the plant.

(4) The leaves must be capable of performing essential manufacturing functions, such as photosynthesis. In the case of deciduous plants, when void of leaves, they must have the ability to put out new leaves capable of functioning normally.
Ala. Code § 11-50-317 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-317
Section 11-50-317 Pledge of Revenues from and Mortgaging of Systems for Payment of Bonds
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued by a corporation organized under this article for any purpose for which it is authorized by law to borrow money and issue its bonds, without regard to the system for the benefit of or with respect to which such bonds may be issued, may be made payable out of the revenues from all systems owned by the corporation or out of the revenues from any one or more systems owned by the corporation, and any such corporation may pledge for the payment of any of its bonds the revenues from which such bonds are payable and may mortgage, pledge, or otherwise convey as security for such bonds the system or systems the revenues from which are so pledged.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-22
Section 11-44C-22 Vacancies in Council
Status: in_force

Vacancies of any nature in the council, other than those occurring less than one year prior to the date of the next regular council election, shall be filled by special elections to be held for that purpose, the dates of which shall be set by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council after such vacancy occurs, such dates to be set no later than 120 nor less than 60 days after the occurrence of such vacancies. Such elections shall be held in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as regular council elections and the person so elected shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term. A special election shall be called by the mayor on the date set by the council and shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the general laws applicable to such city.

If a vacancy occurs after reapportionment has changed the district boundaries, but before the new districts take effect, the old district boundaries will remain in effect for filling that vacancy.

Vacancies where less than one year remains of the unexpired term shall be filled by appointment by the mayor with confirmation by the council.
Ala. Code § 2-19-127 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-127
Section 2-19-127 Authority for Destruction or Treatment of Cotton in Elimination Zones; When Compensation Payable
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have authority to destroy, or in his discretion, to treat with pesticides volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and to establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in elimination zones when the commissioner deems such action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. No payment shall be made by the commissioner to the owner or lessee for the destruction or injury of any cotton which was planted in an elimination zone after publication of notice as provided in this article, or was otherwise handled in violation of this article, or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. However, the commissioner shall pay for losses resulting from the destruction of cotton which was planted in such zones prior to promulgation of such notice.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-77 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-77
Section 11-43C-77 Personnel Holding Administrative Office Continued in Office; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office, Etc., Abolished by This Chapter
Status: in_force

All personnel, except those specifically designated by the provisions of this chapter as removable at the discretion of the mayor, holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government becomes effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until other provisions have been made by law for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. If any office, department, or agency of the city shall be abolished by this chapter, the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon such units by the laws of the state shall thereafter be exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated by the council.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-68 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-68
Section 11-43C-68 Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees
Status: in_force

All fees received by any officer or employee of the city shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the division of finance.
Ala. Code § 11-58-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 58 / Section 11-58-15
Section 11-58-15 Exemptions of Corporations - Usury and Interest Laws
Status: in_force

Each medical clinic board now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this chapter, as amended, is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 2-11-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-95
Section 2-11-95 Sale Without Certificate of Grade
Status: in_force

Whenever standards and grades shall have been fixed and established under the provisions of this article for any grain, it shall be unlawful thereafter for any person, firm or corporation to buy or sell grain designed for intrastate shipment on the basis of any standard or grade that may be established under the authority of this article without first having secured certificates of grade from the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 2-30-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-22
Section 2-30-22 Disposition of Revenues from Sale of Timber or Forest Products, Operations of Experimental Forestry Units, Etc
Status: in_force

Any revenue derived from the sale of timber or forest products or from other proceeds obtained from the operation of experimental forestry units or from the sale of any equipment shall be used for the lines of work authorized by this article.
Ala. Code § 11-46-56 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-56
Section 11-46-56 Absentee Ballots - Eligibility
Status: in_force

Any qualified elector of a city or town shall be entitled to cast an absentee ballot under and pursuant to the election laws of the State of Alabama in any municipal election.
Ala. Code § 2-2-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-16
Section 2-2-16 Commissioner to Enforce Laws; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Notice
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the execution and enforcement of the laws and provisions contained in this title and any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce, and he is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the evident purpose and intent of the law. The commissioner shall give notice of all rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this section to all parties in interest and to all parties who are likely to be interested in the same within 30 days after the promulgation thereof, and such rules and regulations shall not become effective until the expiration of said 30-day period.
Ala. Code § 2-5A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5A / Section 2-5A-15
Section 2-5A-15 Local Appropriations Authorized
Status: in_force

The county commission of any county and the governing body of any municipality may make such appropriations as, in their discretion, may be deemed necessary or proper to assist in the establishment of farmers’ markets under this article.
Ala. Code § 11-44-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-50
Section 11-44-50 Examinations of Books and Accounts
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-269 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-269
Section 11-50-269 Appeal from Order of Commission
Status: in_force

Any party shall have the right to appeal from the order of the Public Service Commission, such appeal to be governed by existing provisions of law relating to appeals from final orders of the commission; except, that such appeal shall be taken to the circuit court of the judicial circuit containing the greater portion by value of the property to be acquired, and such appeal shall be taken within 10 days from the filing of the order of the commission. The order of the commission shall specify the judicial circuit in which the greater portion of the property by value is located, and such specification shall be conclusive for fixing the venue of an appeal. On any such appeal, if the court shall determine that any condition imposed by the order of the commission is unreasonable or that the commission has erred in determining the just compensation to be paid, the court shall proceed to enter the judgment the commission should have entered. Any action brought under the provisions of this division shall have a preferred status before the commission and in the courts as to trial and disposition thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-42-85 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-85
Section 11-42-85 Right of Children Residing in Territory Exempt from Taxation to Attend Public Schools of City
Status: in_force

The public schools of the city, to the extent that the same are supported and maintained by revenue derived from all sources, except appropriations made from the city treasury derived from city taxes or other source of city revenue, shall be open to children residing in the territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article the same as the schools are open to the children residing within the corporate limits of the city other than the territory exempt from taxation.

As to that portion of any term of the public schools in the city supported and maintained by appropriations made from the city treasury derived from city taxes or other source of city revenue, children residing in the territory which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall have the right to attend on the payment for the use of the city of a per capita tuition fixed (if any) by the school board or other governing body having control of the schools on a basis of what is equitable and just, taking into consideration the cost and expense of supporting and maintaining such schools for such portion of any term as is supported and maintained by and from city revenue.
Ala. Code § 2-9-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 2-9-6
Section 2-9-6 Requisitions and Warrants for Payments from Fund
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred under this title or any other provision of this code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce for the operation of the department shall be paid by warrants drawn by the comptroller on the Agricultural Fund upon the requisition of the commissioner. Said requisition shall be itemized and sworn to and accompanied by an itemized statement of expenses by any person in whose favor a warrant is to be drawn, verified by affidavit that such statement is correct and such amount is unpaid, with such other information or evidence as the board may require. Thereupon, a warrant or warrants shall be drawn by the comptroller upon the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury for the amounts so requisitioned.
Ala. Code § 11-43-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-21
Section 11-43-21 Qualifications; Compensation; Powers and Duties; Bond; Term of Office and Removal
Status: in_force

(a) A city manager employed under the provisions of this article shall have the authority and be charged with the duties, liabilities, and penalties and shall hold office and receive compensation as set forth in this section: The city manager shall be the administrative head of the municipal government. He shall be chosen by the governing body of the municipality without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications. The choice shall not be limited to inhabitants of the municipality or of the State of Alabama. The city manager shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by ordinance of the governing body, which shall be payable in 12 monthly installments from the municipal treasury. During the absence or disability of the city manager the governing body shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of the office of city manager. The city manager must devote all of his working time and attention to the affairs of the municipality and shall be responsible to the governing body for the efficient administration of all the affairs of the municipality over which he has jurisdiction.

(b) The city manager shall have the power and it shall be his duty:

(1) To see that all laws and ordinances are enforced;

(2) To appoint and employ all necessary employees of the municipality; provided, that the positions of chief of police, chief of the fire department, and superintendent of the waterworks or other utility plants shall be filled by the governing body;

(3) To remove employees employed by him without the consent of the governing body and without assigning any reason therefor; provided, that nothing in this section shall operate or confer upon the city manager supervision and control over the municipal board of education or municipal schools, utilities operated by the municipality, or its police or fire department other than the authority to engage the employees under the heads of the police and fire departments and utilities operated by the municipality;

(4) To attend all meetings of the governing body with a right to take part in the discussions, but having no vote. The city manager shall be entitled to notice of all special meetings;

(5) To recommend to the governing body for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient;

(6) To see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants in any public utility franchise are faithfully kept and performed and, upon the knowledge of any violation thereof, to call the same to the attention of the city or town attorney, whose duty it shall be forthwith to take such steps as are necessary to protect and enforce the same;

(7) To make and execute all lawful contracts on behalf of the municipality as to matters within his jurisdiction; provided, that no contract, purchase, or obligation involving more than $100.00 shall be binding until after approval by the governing body;

(8) To keep the governing body at all times fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the municipality;

(9) To make a full written report to the governing body on the first of each month showing the operation and expenditures of each department of the municipal government for the preceding month;

(10) To fix all salaries and compensations of municipal employees lawfully employed by him, subject, however, to supervision, approval, or disapproval of the governing body;

(11) To perform the duties of the city or town clerk without additional compensation, when so directed by resolution of the governing body, and when so acting he shall be charged with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities, and penalties of the city or town clerk. When so acting his official acts may be in his name as city manager;

(12) To act as the purchasing agent for the municipality, by whom all of the purchases of supplies for departments under his control as well as those for the fire and police departments and utilities operated by the municipality shall be made, and he shall approve all vouchers in payment of such purchases; provided, that all purchases involving the expenditure of more than $100.00 in one transaction or for one purpose shall first be authorized or approved by the governing body; and

(13) To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance or resolution of the governing body.

(c) The city manager, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall give bond in the penal sum of not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $20,000.00, to be fixed by the governing body and to be approved by them, payable to the municipality and for the benefit of the municipality and for the use and benefit of the public to secure and indemnify the municipality and any of the public by reason of his default, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of his duties.

(d) The term of office of the city manager shall be coextensive with the term of office of the governing body; provided, that he may be discharged upon 60 days’ written notice following the vote of as many as two thirds of the entire number of members of the governing body.
Ala. Code § 2-15-196 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-196
Section 2-15-196 Penalty for Violations of Rules and Regulations Promulgated by State Board
Status: in_force

Rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized under this article for a brucellosis disease program shall have the force and effect of law, and any person who shall violate any such rule or regulation or who shall fail or refuse to perform any duty required thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such an offense.
Ala. Code § 11-42-186 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-186
Section 11-42-186 Partial Annexation - Payment of Proportionate Share of Bonded Indebtedness for Municipal Improvements by Expanded Municipality
Status: in_force

Should the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines absorb or annex any part of another city or town, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall assume and pay the proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of the city or town from which said territory is taken that the cost of the municipal improvements in such territory taken from such city or town bears to the whole cost of municipal improvements made in the whole of the city or town from which such territory is taken immediately before such annexation; provided, that this section shall apply only to that part of bonded indebtedness actually expended for municipal improvements.
Ala. Code § 11-44-135 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-135
Section 11-44-135 Distribution of Municipal Powers and Duties Among Departments; Authority of Commissioners as Heads of Departments; Additional Duties of President of Board
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-46-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-40
Section 11-46-40 Assistance of Disabled Electors Generally
Status: in_force

When paper ballots are used, any elector applying to vote who shall state under oath to any of the inspectors (which oath may be administered by any one of the inspectors) that by reason of his inability to write the English language, or by reason of blindness or the loss of the use of his hand or hands he is unable to prepare his ballot may have the assistance of any person he may select. In such case, said elector must remain within the polling place, and the inspector shall send for the person selected. If the person first selected cannot be found, then such elector may select another person to assist him. The person so selected shall render said elector all such assistance in the preparation of his ballot as he may require so that the ballot may be voted for the candidate of his choice in the manner provided in this article. In cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, the elector and the person selected to assist him shall retire to a booth or compartment and there prepare the elector’s ballot. In all other cities and towns they shall be permitted to prepare it at any point in the polling place.
Ala. Code § 2-27-63 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-63
Section 2-27-63 Article Deemed Cumulative
Status: reserved

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not repeal any other laws or parts of laws unless such laws or parts of laws are in direct conflict with the provisions of this article, and, then such laws or parts of laws are repealed only to the extent that same conflict with the provisions of this article. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to repeal, amend or modify the provisions or requirements of Chapter 28 of this title, as it is hereby intended that the provisions of this article are cumulative and supplemental to the provisions and requirements of said provisions.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-24
Section 11-44B-24 Municipalities’ Authority to Annex Certain Unincorporated Territory
Status: in_force

Any Class IV incorporated municipality in this state organized in accordance with Section 11-44B-1, et seq., shall have the following power and authority:

(a) To annex all or any portion of any unincorporated territory or any unincorporated territories which are enclosed within the corporate limits of the municipality and have been so enclosed for a period of one (1) year or more on April 21, 1994. The municipality shall adopt an ordinance finding and declaring that the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories set forth and described therein is enclosed within the existing corporate limits of the municipality and has been so enclosed for a period of one (1) year or more on April 21, 1994, and that the annexation of the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories is in the best interest of the public good and welfare of the municipality. Annexation of the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories described in the ordinance shall be effective following the adoption and the publication thereof as required by law, and the filing of a copy of the ordinance, together with a map of the territory or territories annexed in the office of the judge of probate of the county or counties where the annexed territory is located. Any annexation made pursuant to this subsection must be made within one year of April 21, 1994.

(b) To annex all or any portion of any unincorporated territory or any unincorporated territories which become enclosed within the corporate limits of the municipality and have been so enclosed for a period of one (1) year or more. The municipality shall adopt an ordinance finding and declaring that the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories set forth and described therein is enclosed within the corporate limits of the municipality and has been so enclosed for a period of one (1) year or more on the date of the adoption of said ordinance and that the annexation of the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories is in the best interest of the public good and welfare of the municipality. Annexation of the unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories described in the ordinance shall be effective following the adoption and the publication thereof as required by law, and the filing of a copy of the ordinance, together with a map of the territory or territories annexed in the office of the judge of probate of the county or counties where the annexed territory is located. Provided, however, no unincorporated territory or unincorporated territories larger than fifteen (15) acres in size may be annexed pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-2
Section 2-3A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases used in this article, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein:

(1) AFFILIATE. With respect to any lender, any person, firm or corporation controlled by, or under common control with, such lender, and any person, firm or corporation controlling such lender.

(2) AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Farming, ranching, the production of agricultural commodities (including, without limitation, the products of aquaculture and silvaculture) or the treating, processing, storing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution or exporting of agricultural commodities; provided, however, that such term shall not include any operation the principal purpose of which is the selling at retail of agricultural commodities or related products; provided, further, that costs of agricultural operations shall specifically include, but not be limited to, costs of acquiring and improving real and personal property, repairs, annual operating expenses, family living expenses and refinancing of debt incurred for any such costs.

(3) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(4) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.

(5) BONDS. Bonds, notes, certificates, bond, grant or revenue anticipation notes or any other evidence of indebtedness representing an obligation to pay money.

(6) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of the authority.

(7) LENDER. Any federal or state chartered bank, federal land bank, production credit association, bank for cooperatives, federal or state chartered savings and loan association or building and loan association, small business investment company or any other institution qualified within this state to originate and service loans, including, but without limitation to, insurance companies, credit unions and mortgage loan companies.

(8) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, a person, corporation, association, partnership or cooperative.

(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-19-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-14
Section 2-19-14 Removal from Bale of Cotton, Etc., of Ginner’s Tag
Status: in_force

Any person, other than the purchaser, whether such person is the owner in whole or in part or warehouseman or other person who shall remove or destroy the tag placed upon any bale of cotton by the ginner thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-27-56 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-56
Section 2-27-56 Surety Bond or Liability Insurance
Status: in_force

Each applicant for a license to perform the custom application of pesticides shall, before a license is issued to him, furnish and file with the commissioner a surety bond in which the State of Alabama is named as obligee in the sum of $3,000.00 for each applicant operating ground equipment or not more than two aircraft. Where an applicant operates more than two aircraft, the amount of the bond required to be furnished shall be increased by the sum of $3,000.00 for each additional aircraft, provided the total amount of any bond required under this section shall not exceed the sum of $12,000.00. The bond shall be conditioned for the protection of, and that the licensee will answer in damages to, persons who may suffer legal damages as a result of licensee’s custom application of pesticides or drift to plants, animals or property or by failure of licensee to comply with any of the requirements of this article, and rules and regulations duly adopted under authority thereof. Any person having a right of action against the principal named in such bond for damages caused by his application of pesticides may maintain an action against the principal and surety in such bond in the county where the work was performed; provided, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall, in no event, exceed the amount of such bond. The filing of such bond shall not serve as a limitation of any liability for which he may be subject. Such bond as required in this section shall be written by a corporate surety company qualified to do business in Alabama. A liability insurance policy in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the bond insuring the licensee against legal liability proximately caused by his custom application of pesticides and written by an insurance company qualified and authorized to do business in the State of Alabama or by an eligible surplus line insurer or insurers, acceptable to the Commissioner of Insurance, may be filed with the commissioner in lieu of the surety bond as required in this section. The total and aggregate of the insurer for all claims shall be limited to the face amount of the liability insurance policy. A reasonable deductible clause may be included therein in an amount acceptable to the commissioner. The liability insurance policy need not apply to damages or injury to agricultural crops, plants or land being worked upon by licensee.
Ala. Code § 2-6-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-1
Section 2-6-1 Creation; Composition; Duties; Compensation; Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

There is hereby created and established an Agricultural Center Board, to consist of the Director of Finance, Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Chair of the Montgomery County Commission, President of the Montgomery City Council, Mayor of Montgomery, and four members who shall be qualified electors of the State of Alabama and who shall be appointed by the Governor to hold office concurrently with the Governor and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Board members appointed after June 9, 2011, shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The board shall be charged with the management, development, operation, promotion, improvement, and control of any structure, facility or coliseum constructed by the Alabama Building Commission as an agricultural center for the purpose of housing livestock shows, agricultural and industrial displays and other exhibits. Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments are made. One member of the board shall be designated by the Governor to act as chairman. Members of the board, except any elected official or state official, shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, and their expenses for attending meetings of the board and affairs of the board shall be paid as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36; provided, that no member shall receive annually in excess of an aggregate of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200). The board shall have the right to adopt such rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the effect and purposes of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-52-55 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-55
Section 22-52-55 Proceedings for Court Order - Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 11-43-7.2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-7.2
Section 11-43-7.2 Additional Expense Allowances for Members of Council or Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1, the council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may grant to the members of the council or governing body, an additional amount of money monthly for expenses incurred by the members when attending to the business of the municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum amount of the additional expense allowance shall be three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($333.33) per month.

(b) Notwithstanding all other provisions of law, any council or governing body member may elect in writing to have the expense allowances authorized by subsection (a) of this section and Section 11-43-7.1, become subject to the withholding of any employee contribution required to be paid into the trust fund of any pension or retirement system in which the member is eligible to participate. A council or governing body member may also elect in writing, within 90 days of May 4, 1994, to pay into the pension or retirement system trust fund the required contribution on any expense allowances previously received by the member during all or any portion of the three-year period prior to the member’s payment election, together with interest at the rate of eight percent per annum thereon computed from the date of receipt of the allowance to the date of payment. If either or both of the elections is made by a member of the governing body or council, the expense allowances on which employee contributions are paid into the retirement plan trust fund shall be considered together with all salaries received by the member, from which the required employee contribution was likewise withheld and paid into the retirement trust fund, to determine the base amount on which any retirement benefits or allowances to which the council or governing body member may be entitled shall be computed as provided under the retirement system.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent any member of the council or governing body from being reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by the member in connection with any travel on municipal business beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, and the amount incurred shall not accrue against the monetary amounts provided in subsection (a) of this section, nor shall the reimbursement for the amount incurred be eligible for pension system withholding or be considered in determining pension or retirement benefits or allowances.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-113 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to Determine Form of Government
Status: in_force

Between October 1, 1991, and March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions to be decided 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 provided by the applicable general municipal election laws, unless otherwise provided herein. The form of government for which the majority of votes are cast shall thereafter be adopted by the municipality as its form of government at the time and in the manner prescribed herein. Within five days of the declaration of the referendum results, the city clerk shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, a certificate setting forth such results.
Ala. Code § 2-10-71 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-71
Section 2-10-71 Association Not a Monopoly
Status: in_force

No association organized under this article shall be deemed to be a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly or an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily, nor shall the marketing contracts or agreements between the association and its members or any agreements authorized in this article be considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Ala. Code § 11-44-129 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-129
Section 11-44-129 Compensation of Commissioners; Disbursement of Funds from Municipal Treasury
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-54-170 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-170
Section 11-54-170 Legislative Intent; Liberal Construction
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation in any municipality of commercial development authorities to acquire, own, and lease projects for the purpose of promoting trade and commerce by inducing commercial enterprises to locate new facilities in any municipality and expand existing facilities in any municipality. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. It is not the intent of the Legislature to authorize any authority itself to operate any commercial enterprise. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the intent.
Ala. Code § 11-50-213 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-213
Section 11-50-213 Article Supplemental
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any authority which any municipality or public gas corporation now existing or hereafter formed may have under the provisions of any other law, but this article shall be construed to be supplemental and additional to all authority otherwise conferred by law. No proceedings, notices, or approval shall be required, except as herein expressly prescribed, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ala. Code § 11-49B-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49B / Section 11-49B-11
Section 11-49B-11 Statutory Mortgage Lien
Status: in_force

The resolution of the board or trust indenture that provides for the issuance of bonds may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of the bonds and of the interest coupons on the transit systems, including any after acquired property out of the revenues from which the bonds are made payable. The resolution of the board or the trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of the transit system may be located of a notice containing a brief description of the systems, a brief description of the bonds, and a declaration that the statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of the bonds and the interest coupons applicable to the bonds upon the systems, including any additions or extensions to the system. Each judge of probate shall receive, record, and index the notice filed for record in his or her office. The recording of the notice shall operate as constructive notice of the contents.
Ala. Code § 11-46-73 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-73
Section 11-46-73 Provisions of Article as to Offenses Cumulative
Status: in_force

It is specifically declared that the designation in this article of certain acts and omissions relative to municipal elections as offenses shall not be exclusive and that any act or omission relative to a municipal election which is by law designated as an offense but which is not mentioned in this article shall continue to be an offense punishable in the manner prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 11-42-166 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-166
Section 11-42-166 Dissolution of Annexed Municipality; Ordinances, Resolutions, and Bylaws of Annexing Municipality Applicable to and Enforceable in Municipality Annexed
Status: in_force

The annexed city or town from and after the time of annexation, under the terms of this article, shall be and shall be held to be dissolved, and from and after the time of such dissolution all of the ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws of the annexing city or town shall apply to and be enforceable in the territory which was embraced in the annexed city or town, except insofar as is inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-3
Section 11-44E-3 Election of Commission and Mayor; Term of Office
Status: in_force

(a) The expense for all elections shall be paid by such city. The mayor and all commission candidates shall qualify as provided in Sections 11-44E-71 and 11-44E-72, respectively, and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in this chapter. Under applicable laws for the election of commissioners to the commission, the mayor, within the scope of this chapter, shall provide for an election to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every two years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioners in the manner herein provided.

Upon the adoption of such form of government and approval by the Justice Department, the mayor shall call an election, to be governed by this chapter, to be held no later than the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and 6 for four-year terms. Associate commissioners for Districts 1 and 5 shall also be elected the second Tuesday in July 1991, for initial two-year terms. Any commissioner whose present term does not expire until 1993, shall continue to serve the remainder of his or her term, but shall represent the district in which he or she resides. Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall elect associate commissioners the second Tuesday in July, 1993, for four-year terms. After 1993, all associate commissioners shall serve four-year terms. The mayor shall continue to hold office until the first Monday in October, 1993, and shall continue to be elected at-large for a four-year term.

Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his or her district and one vote for a candidate for mayor. Any district commissioner candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast from the district in which he or she is a candidate shall be declared elected as a commissioner from his or her district. In the event that no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be eligible for a second or run-off election. Such election shall be held on the second Tuesday next thereafter following the first election. The candidate for the commissioner receiving a majority of votes cast in the second election shall be declared elected to such designated office. The commissioners so elected shall take office on the first Monday in October following the election. Each commissioner shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until his or her successor shall have been designated as prescribed elsewhere in this chapter. A commissioner may succeed himself or herself in office.

The candidate for mayor receiving the majority of votes cast at the first election shall be elected thereto. If at the first election no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared eligible for a second or run-off election. The second or run-off election shall be held on the second Tuesday next thereafter following the first election. The candidate receiving the majority of votes cast in the second or run-off election shall be declared elected to such office.

Notwithstanding any notice requirements of any other statute or statutes concerning municipal elections, a notice shall be published by the city clerk no earlier than the second Tuesday and no later than the third Tuesday in May preceding the election. The notice shall, in substance, state the month, day, and year of the election and the purpose for which it is called. The notice shall further recite that the city has been divided into districts as provided under this chapter and state where a copy of the district division is on file. The notice shall be published at least one time in a newspaper published in the city, and if no newspaper is published in the city, then by posting notices in three public places within the municipality. The election of the first commission shall be held and conducted in the same manner as provided by law unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. All municipal officials of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect to municipal elections as provided by law. The call of the election by the mayor shall be sufficient to require any municipal officer or officers to comply with their duties and responsibilities with regard to all municipal elections, including the designation of places of voting, appointment of election officers, and other matters concerning the election. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause all election requirements to be met.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), effective in 2011, and thereafter, the first election date for the mayor shall be on the first Tuesday in August and the second election or run-off election shall be held on the sixth Tuesday thereafter. Notice of the election shall be given no earlier than the first Tuesday and no later than the third Tuesday in June preceding the election.
Ala. Code § 11-50-79 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-79
Section 11-50-79 Assessment of Cost of Sewers or Sewer System Against Abutting Lands Authorized
Status: in_force

If the purchase of said sewers or sewer system is finally ordered, the council may assess the cost of said sewers or sewer system or any part thereof upon and against all the lots or parcels of land within the territory or area abutting on or drained or that may be drained by such sewers, or sewer system to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such sewers or sewer system and from the purchase of the same by the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-5A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5A / Section 2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Farmers’ Market Authority is established in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities, and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish, may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state on which to conduct farmers’ markets.

(b) Notwithstanding Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 9, the commissioner, upon the approval of the Governor, may grant, bargain, sell, and convey all its right, title, and interest in any market which it has established and any facility installed in any market or in connection with any market upon terms and conditions as it deems expedient. The commissioner, however, may not execute a deed of conveyance to any market and market facilities, including the land on which it is located, until the department has received payment in full of an amount sufficient to reimburse the department for the expenses incurred in acquiring the land, erecting any buildings thereon, and installing any facilities. No deed of conveyance shall be executed until the grantee agrees to continue to operate the market for the benefit of agricultural producers in the area then being served by the market, as long as this need continues to exist, pursuant to rules of operation as are prescribed by the commissioner and stipulated in the contract and deed of sale.

(c) In the event a market is no longer needed to serve the agricultural community as stipulated by the commissioner, the commissioner, as a means to recoup to the extent possible all moneys expended by the Department of Agriculture and Industries in establishing the market, shall obtain a certified appraisal of the market, advertise for four weeks that the market will be sold at public auction or sealed bid on a certain date, and sell the market at public auction or sealed bid with the commissioner reserving the right to accept or reject any or all bids. No sale shall be executed without the approval of the Governor.

(d) No sale shall be made by the commissioner without a complete and full recitation of the facts and reasons for the sale being spread on the minutes of the Board of Agriculture and Industries and in a certificate signed by the chair certifying to the Governor that the stated facts and reasons are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.

(e) All functions of the Farmers’ Market Authority provided in Chapter 5, and all books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Farmers’ Market Authority existing on August 1, 2013, shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-46-135 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-135
Section 11-46-135 Deception of Disabled Voter by Marker, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-46-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-45
Section 11-46-45 Preparation of Statements of Vote; Certification, Sealing, and Delivery of Statements and Poll Lists; Packaging of Ballots; Sealing and Delivery of Ballot Boxes
Status: in_force

(a) At elections where paper ballots are used, as soon as the ballots are all counted, the inspectors must ascertain the number of votes received for each person and for what office and must make a statement of same in writing. Each of the inspectors must sign this statement and must also certify in writing on the sealed envelope containing the poll list signed by the electors that such poll list is the poll list of the election in the ward or voting place at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which such election was held and for what offices. The statement of the vote and the poll list thus certified, together with a list of the registered electors qualified to vote at such voting place at such election on such day, must be sealed up in an envelope furnished along with the other election supplies and addressed to the municipal governing body. Each of the inspectors shall write his or her name across every fold at which the envelope when fastened could be opened, and such envelope shall be delivered immediately to the returning officer of the ward, who shall deliver it to the municipal clerk along with the ballot box within the time prescribed in subsection (c).

(b) As soon as the ballots contained in a ballot box have been counted and the statement of the vote prepared as directed in subsection (a), the inspectors shall roll up the ballots so counted, seal the bundle thereof, and label the same as to show for what officer or officers the ballots contained therein were received. The rejected ballots, if any, shall also be rolled up, the package thereof labelled as rejected ballots and sealed up as the other parcel of ballots. These sealed packages, together with the sealed poll list made by one of the clerks, shall be returned by the inspectors to the ballot box from which the ballots were taken and the ballot box shall be securely sealed and labelled so as to show the nature of its contents. The inspectors shall also attach to the outside of the box a slip of paper or other device showing the total votes received by each candidate voted for in such election.

(c) The envelope containing the statement of the votes prepared pursuant to subsection (a) and the sealed ballot box shall be delivered to the returning officer of the ward who shall immediately and in any event not later than 11:00 A.M. of the next day after the polls have closed deliver them to the municipal clerk, who shall thereupon give such returning officer a receipt stating therein the condition of the box when received.
Ala. Code § 2-10-73 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-73
Section 2-10-73 Fees to Probate Judges and Secretary of State
Status: in_force

For examining and filing corporation papers under provisions of this article, the probate judge in whose office the same is filed shall receive a fee of $2.00 and be paid $.15 per 100 words for recording the same. The Secretary of State for the use of the state shall be paid $5.00 for filing a certificate of incorporation forwarded by the probate judge as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-105 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-105
Section 11-43A-105 Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, Etc., with Independent Status until Otherwise Provided
Status: in_force

All laws relating to any school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board or commission, zoning board, board of adjustment, park or recreation board, industrial development board, medical clinic board, utilities board, or any municipally-owned service enterprise, including, without limitation, electric, gas, sewer, and water boards or agencies, and to any board, authority, or agency having independent status, which may apply at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective, 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, unless and until otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-46-105 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-105
Section 11-46-105 Voting Booths
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 22-53-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-25
Section 22-53-25 Monthly Bill; Changes; Judgments for Payment
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 22-52-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-2
Section 22-52-2 Review of Petition by Probate Judge; Examination of Petitioner; Dismissal of Petition Without Further Proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) When any petition is filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent, the probate judge shall immediately review the petition and shall require the petitioner to be sworn and answer under oath questions regarding the petition and the respondent.

(b) If it appears from the face of the petition or from the testimony of the petitioner that the petition is totally without merit, the probate judge shall order the petition dismissed without further proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-51-132 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-132
Section 11-51-132 License Requirement or Tax on Certain Real Estate Companies Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the terms “company,” “broker,” “salesperson,” and “place of business” have the same definitions as in Section 34-27-2.

(b) A municipality may only levy or collect a business privilege tax from or require the licensing of a real estate company that has been licensed pursuant to this chapter if the real estate company’s place of business is located within the municipality.

(c) No municipality may levy any business privilege tax from or require the licensing of a real estate salesperson or broker separate from the privilege tax or license levied upon the company of the salesperson or broker, except that salespersons or brokers who form a legally constituted business organization pursuant to subdivision (11) of subsection (a) of Section 34-27-36 may be subject to such business privilege tax or license.
Ala. Code § 2-8-209 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-209
Section 2-8-209 Enforcement Duties of Commissioner; Revocation of Certification of Commission
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries to enforce and collect the assessment charges levied upon the ginning of cotton as set forth under the provisions of this article and to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to revoke or cancel any approval or certification of a commission in the event it finds that such commission is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification may be revoked, the certified commission shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question of whether its certification should be revoked.
Ala. Code § 11-43-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-104
Section 11-43-104 Additional Duties; Bond
Status: in_force

The clerk, in addition to these enumerated duties, shall perform any and all duties that may be required of him by ordinance or resolution. He shall give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the mayor, in such sum as the council may prescribe.
Ala. Code § 2-27-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-8
Section 2-27-8 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

In addition to the express authority of the commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, to adopt rules and regulations and establish fees for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article as provided in this article, the commissioner, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may also adopt and promulgate such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this article. A public hearing with due notice thereof shall be given before rules and regulations are approved and adopted as authorized in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-47-229 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-229
Section 11-47-229 Exemption from State Laws Governing Usury or Prescribing or Limiting Interest Rates
Status: in_force

Each authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-25.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-25.1
Section 11-44C-25.1 Number of Required Council Meetings Per Year
Status: in_force

The city council or governing body of a Class 2 municipality shall meet not less than 48 times per year on dates and at times to be decided by the city council.
Ala. Code § 11-44-125 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-125
Section 11-44-125 Commissioners - Vacancies
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.