Ala. Code § 11-98-5.3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-5.3
Section 11-98-5.3 Prepaid Wireless Telephone Service
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue for the State of Alabama.

(2) PREPAID RETAIL TRANSACTION. The purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale.

(3) PREPAID WIRELESS CONSUMER. A person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction.

(4) PREPAID WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE. A service that meets all of the following requirements:

a. Authorizes the purchase of CMRS, either exclusively or in conjunction with other services.

b. Must be paid for in advance.

c. Is sold in units or dollars whose number or dollar value declines with use and is known on a continuous basis.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the current CMRS emergency telephone service charge established under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 11-98-7 and, upon its implementation, the replacement, statewide 911 charge to be established under subsection (a) of Section 11-98-5 shall be collected on prepaid wireless telephone service on each retail transaction as follows:

(1) The prepaid wireless statewide 911 charge shall be collected on prepaid wireless by the seller from the prepaid wireless consumer with respect to each retail transaction occurring in this state. The amount of the prepaid wireless 911 charge shall be either separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the prepaid wireless consumer by the seller, or otherwise disclosed to the prepaid wireless consumer. If a minimal amount of prepaid wireless telephone service is sold for a single, non-itemized price as part of the purchase of a wireless communications device, the seller may elect not to apply the prepaid communications charge to the initial transaction. For these purposes, a service allotment denominated as 10 minutes or less, or five dollars ($5) or less, is a minimal amount. If the seller elects to collect such charge, it shall be treated as all other prepaid communications charges under this chapter.

(2) For purposes of subdivision (1), a retail transaction that is effected in person by a prepaid wireless consumer at a business location of the seller shall be treated as occurring in this state if that business location is in this state, and any other retail transaction shall be treated as occurring in this state if the retail transaction is treated as occurring in this state for purposes of Chapter 23 of Title 40.

(3) The prepaid wireless 911 charge is the liability of the prepaid wireless consumer and not of the seller or of any provider, except that the seller shall be liable to remit all prepaid wireless 911 charges that the seller collects from prepaid wireless consumers as provided in subdivisions (6) and (7) of this subsection, including all charges that the seller is deemed to collect where the amount of the charge has not been separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the prepaid wireless consumer by the seller.

(4) The amount of the prepaid wireless 911 charge that is collected by a seller from a prepaid wireless consumer, if the amount is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the prepaid wireless consumer by the seller, shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental agency.

(5) The prepaid wireless 911 charge shall be increased or decreased, as applicable, upon any change to the rate specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 11-98-7 or, upon its implementation, the statewide 911 charge. The increase or decrease shall be effective on the effective date of the change to the postpaid charge or, if later, the first day of the first calendar month to occur at least 60 days after the enactment of the change to the rate specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 11-98-7 or, upon its implementation, the statewide 911 charge. The department shall provide not less than 30 days of advance notice of the increase or decrease on the department’s website.

(6) Prepaid wireless 911 charges collected by sellers shall be remitted to the department at the times and in the manner provided by Chapter 23 of Title 40. The department shall establish registration and payment procedures that substantially coincide with the registration and payment procedures that apply to Chapter 23, Title 40.

(7) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain four percent of prepaid wireless 911 charges that are collected by the seller from prepaid wireless consumers.

(8) The audit and appeal procedures applicable to Chapter 23 of Title 40 shall apply to prepaid wireless 911 charges.

(9) The department shall establish procedures by which a seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service may document that a sale is not a retail transaction, which procedures shall substantially coincide with the procedures for documenting sales for resale transactions for sales and use tax purposes under Chapter 23 of Title 40.

(10) The department shall pay all remitted prepaid wireless 911 charges over to the Commercial Mobile Radio Services Board and, upon the effective date of the statewide 911 charge, to the statewide 911 Board, within 30 days of receipt, for use by the board in accordance with the purposes permitted by this chapter, after deducting an amount, not to exceed two percent of collected charges, that shall be retained by the department to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance of prepaid wireless 911 charges.

(c) The enactment of this section does not constitute an expression as to the application of the CMRS service charge to prepaid service before the adoption of Act 2012-293.
Ala. Code § 11-88-52 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-52
Section 11-88-52 Manner of Assessment Generally; Limitation as to Amount of Assessment
Status: in_force

The cost of any part of such improvement may be assessed in fair proportion against the frontage of the property drained by the said improvement or against all the lots or parcels of land lying within the area drained, served, or benefited, but the assessment shall not exceed the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from the improvement.
Ala. Code § 11-88-132 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-132
Section 11-88-132 Acquisition, Etc., of Water System of Water and Fire Protection Authority by City Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners - Conveyance of Funds in Trust for Authority’s Fire Protection System; Governing Board of Authority as Trustees; Trustees’ Powers and Liabilities
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that the board of water and sewer commissioners of any city (“commissioners”) should acquire, operate, or control by virtue of assignment, conveyance, court order, operation of law, or otherwise the water system of a water and fire protection authority (“authority”), then the commissioners shall thereupon convey to the authority the principal sum of $2,000,000 in irrevocable trust for the support and maintenance of the authority’s fire protection system.

(b) The trustees of the trust so established shall be the members of the governing board of the authority, as it may be comprised from time to time, who shall have all powers necessary to effect the support and maintenance of the authority’s fire protection system, including, but not limited to, the following powers:

(1) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;

(2) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the trust was created or to exercise any power expressly or impliedly needed for the accomplishment of such purpose;

(3) To appoint, employ, and contract with such employees, agents, advisors, and consultants, including, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, financial experts, and such other advisors, consultants, and agents as may in its judgment be necessary or desirable, and to fix their compensation;

(4) To borrow money for expenses or for any other purpose of the trust, and to pledge, mortgage, or otherwise encumber any property of the trust as security for any loans or bond issues of the authority;

(5) To deduct, retain, expend, and pay out of money belonging to the trust, any and all necessary and proper expenses in connection with the operation and conduct of the trust, and to pay all taxes, insurance premiums, and other legal assessments, debts, claims, or charges which at any time may be due and owing by, or which may exist against, the trust;

(6) To invest or reinvest the trust property in the following eligible investments:

a. Demand deposits (interest bearing) in federally insured banks and interest bearing deposits (whether or not evidenced by certificates of deposit) in federally insured banks; provided, however, that said deposits plus interest shall be fully secured by obligations described in paragraphs b. and c. hereinbelow, to the extent that said deposits plus interest exceed insurance available from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or from any agency of the United States of America that may succeed to the functions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

b. Bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness that are direct obligations of the United States of America or that are unconditionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States of America;

c. Bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any federal agencies or government-sponsored enterprises authorized to issue their own debt instruments, including, without limitations to the following: Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Federal Land Banks, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Governmental National Mortgage Association, the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Banks for Cooperatives, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Home and Loan Mortgage Association, or the Farmers Home Administration;

d. Repurchase agreements with federally insured banks or with government bond dealers reporting to and trading with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, provided that such repurchase agreements are secured by obligations described in paragraphs b. and c. hereinabove;

e. Interest bearing time deposits (whether or not evidenced by certificates of deposit) in savings and loan associations (i) the deposits of which are insured to the maximum extent possible by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or any agency of the United States of America that may succeed to its functions and (ii) the principal office of which is located in the state; provided, however, that said deposits plus interest shall be secured by obligations described in paragraphs b. and c. hereinabove, to the extent that said deposits plus interest exceed insurance available from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or from any agency of the United States of America that may succeed to the functions of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation; and

f. Any and all investments authorized under Section 19-3-120.

(7) To apply the net income of the trust property, or such additional sum or sums from or out of the principal of such trust, to expenses for the support and maintenance of the authority’s fire protection system as the trustees in their discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate for such purposes.

(8) To do all of the things hereinabove set out and to exercise any other powers and authorities which such trustees generally have, without first obtaining any order of court therefor.

(c) An individual trustee shall not in any way be personally liable for any liability, loss, or expense suffered by the trust fund unless such liability, loss, or expense arises out of or results from the willful misconduct or wrongdoing of such trustee.
Ala. Code § 11-92A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92A / Section 11-92A-13
Section 11-92A-13 Issuance and Sale of Bonds
Status: in_force

An authority is hereby authorized from time to time to sell and issue its bonds for the purposes authorized in Section 11-92A-12.
Ala. Code § 11-90-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 90 / Section 11-90-1
Section 11-90-1 Powers of Counties and Municipalities as to Establishment and Maintenance of Free Public Libraries Generally
Status: in_force

The county commissions of the counties of this state and municipalities, through their governing bodies, may establish and maintain or aid in establishing and maintaining free public libraries for the use of the citizens of the respective counties or municipalities, either separately or in connection with public schools, and to that end may accept gifts, donations, and bequests of land, buildings or money therefor and may make appropriations from the county or municipal treasury in support thereof in such sums as they may deem proper.
Ala. Code § 11-81-93 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-93
Section 11-81-93 Bonds for Refunding of Bonds Outstanding or Installments on Serial Bonds Outstanding - Authority for Issuance
Status: in_force

(a) The county commission of any county having bonds outstanding, without an election, may issue bonds of the county for the purpose of refunding the bonds to an amount not exceeding the principal amount of the bonds to be so refunded and also, without an election, may issue bonds of the county from time to time for the purpose of refunding installments of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) becoming due on outstanding serial bonds heretofore or hereafter issued.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a county commission of any county, without an election, and no later than December 31, 2020, may issue bonds of the county, limited in an amount as provided in subsection (a), for the purpose of refunding bonds that were originally issued prior to January 1, 2011, to refund other bonds. The prior refunding bonds are ratified and confirmed and given effect in all respects and any refunding bonds to be issued to refund those bonds are authorized. This subsection does not apply to any bonds that prior to May 18, 2020, have been held invalid by the Supreme Court of Alabama or by final judgment of the circuit court in the county which issued the bonds and from which judgment an appeal was not taken to the Supreme Court of Alabama within the time provided by law for the taking of appeals or to any bonds the validity of which is an issue in any pending civil action commenced prior to May 18, 2020.
Ala. Code § 11-85-20 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 85 / Section 11-85-20
Section 11-85-20 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. Counties and municipalities.

(2) GOVERNING BODY. The chief legislative body of a governmental unit.

(3) MUNICIPALITY. Such term shall include cities and towns.

(4) REGION. All the geographical area contained within the aggregate territorial limits of all governmental units participating in the establishment of a region for planning as provided in this article.

(5) ADVISORY PLANNING. Continuing and systematic studies of the land economics and land policies of a region in terms of social and economic betterment of said region, together with the submission of interim and final results of said systematic and continuous studies to the governing bodies of constituent governmental units for review, adoption, rejection, or implementation thereof in whole or in part. Said term shall not be deemed, construed or held to include zoning or any other regulation of the use, disposition, alienation, ownership, improvement, or change of any land or any structures thereon within any given region, whether said regulation is sought to be accomplished by way of ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or any other enactment or action of whatsoever kind.

(6) COMPREHENSIVE ADVISORY PLANNING. Comprehensive studies of the present and future development of the land economics and land policies of a region, with due regard to neighboring regions and the state as a whole. Said term may include, but is not limited to:

a. Preparation, as a guide for long-range development, of advisory general physical plans with respect to the pattern and intensity of land use and the provision of public facilities, including transportation facilities, together with long-range fiscal plans for such development;

b. Advisory coordination of all related advisory plans and planned activities at both the intragovernmental and intergovernmental levels; and

c. Preparation of suggested regulatory or administrative measures in support of the foregoing for submission to the governing bodies of constituent governmental units for review, adoption, rejection,or implementation in whole or in part as said units may elect.
Ala. Code § 11-88-16 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-16
Section 11-88-16 Exemption from Taxation of Authority and Property, Leases, Bonds, Etc., Thereof; Payment of Fees, Taxes, or Costs to Probate Judge for Incorporation, Etc.; Imposition of License or Excise Tax Upon Authority
Status: in_force

The authority, the property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.

The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document.

No license or excise tax may be imposed on any authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-92-9 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92 / Section 11-92-9
Section 11-92-9 Investment in Warrants by Trustees, Executors, Etc
Status: in_force

A trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or other fiduciary may invest trust funds in warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter unless otherwise directed by a court having jurisdiction or by the document that is the source of authority.
Ala. Code § 11-105-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 105 / Section 11-105-1
Section 11-105-1 Formation of Public Authority
Status: in_force

Any one or more municipalities or counties, or any combination thereof, by resolution of the governing body of each participating municipality or county, may elect to form a public authority for the purpose of promoting and developing tourism in the geographic area to be served by the authority. The authority shall be vested with the powers provided by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-102-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 102 / Section 11-102-1
Section 11-102-1 Joint Exercise of Powers or Services Authorized
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or as otherwise prohibited by law, any county or incorporated municipality of the State of Alabama may enter into a written contract with any one or more counties or incorporated municipalities for the joint exercise of any power or service that state or local law authorizes each of the contracting entities to exercise individually. For purposes of this chapter, it is sufficient if each of the contracting entities has the authority to exercise or perform the power or service which is the subject of the contract regardless of the manner in which the power or service shall be exercised or performed, provided that at least one of the contracting parties has the authority to exercise the power or service in the manner agreed upon by the parties. The joint contract may provide for the power or service to be exercised by one or more entities on behalf of the others or jointly by the entities.
Ala. Code § 11-99-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99 / Section 11-99-10
Section 11-99-10 Equalized Valuation for Apportionment of Property Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) If it can be shown that losing tax increments would be harmful to any given taxing authority or cause a taxing authority not to honor a prior binding commitment, by contract executed with the public entity creating a tax increment district prior to the designation of the tax increment district, and if an agreement has been made for such allowances through a process of negotiation at the time of the creation of the tax increment district, a taxing authority may make payments into the tax increment fund, less the sum of:

(1) Any property taxes produced from the tax increments which are required to be paid by the taxing authority to another political subdivision; and

(2) A portion, not to exceed 20 percent or a one-time payment mutually agreed upon at the time of the creation of the tax increment district, of the tax increment produced in the district by the taxes levied on behalf of that taxing authority.

(b) All tax increments that have accrued with respect to school districts under this chapter shall be determined and the amounts shall be paid on February 1 of each year out of the taxes of all school districts that have territory in a tax increment district.

(c) The use of the increased valuations in the tax increment district before the completion of the project in calculating any general state school aid formula is prohibited.

(d) A taxing authority may, but shall not be required to, pay a tax increment into the tax increment fund for a district beyond five years from the date the district was created unless one or more of the following conditions exist or have been met:

(1) Tax increment obligations have been issued for the district.

(2) The public entity that created the tax increment district has acquired an interest in any property within the district pursuant to the project plan.

(3) Construction of improvements pursuant to the project plan has commenced in the district.
Ala. Code § 11-82-2 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 82 / Section 11-82-2
Section 11-82-2 Retention of Option to Redeem - Generally
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality in this state which may hereafter issue securities may, if such action shall be deemed advisable by the governing body of such county or municipality, retain in the proceedings of such governing body authorizing the issuance of such securities an option to redeem all or any part thereof as may be specified in such proceedings at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings and as may be briefly recited in the face of such securities.
Ala. Code § 11-81-11 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-11
Section 11-81-11 Sale
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be sold at public or private sale as the governing body of the municipality or county may determine.

If the bonds are sold at public sale, the public sale shall be either on sealed bids or at auction. The notice of public sale shall state whether the sale is to be on sealed bids or at auction and shall also briefly recite the amount of the bonds to be sold, the maturities thereof, the amount payable at each maturity, any redemption or prepayment privileges, the frequency with which interest will be payable, either the rate of interest which the bonds are to bear or that the bidders are invited to name the rate of interest in their bids and the time and place of sale or for submitting sealed bids. Such notice shall be published once in each of two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality proposing to issue the bonds, or, if there is no such newspaper published in such municipality or if the sale is of county bonds, then in a newspaper published in the county proposing to issue the bonds or in which such municipality is situated. The first of such two publications shall be not less than 10 days before the last date for submitting bids if the sale is on sealed bids or the date of sale if the sale is at auction. If there is no newspaper meeting the foregoing requirements, the notice shall be posted in three public places in the county or municipality issuing the bonds for at least a period of 10 days. The governing body shall have the right to reject any or all bids.
Ala. Code § 11-101A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 101A / Section 11-101A-21
Section 11-101A-21 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

All properties of an authority, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all securities issued by an authority and the income therefrom, and all indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to this chapter and all revenues derived from such leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to an authority shall be exempt from any and all taxation by the state, or by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but without limitation to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which an authority may engage. An authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. The gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipment of any project for an authority, regardless of whether the sale is to the authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 (commencing with Section 40-23-1), Chapter 23, 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 sale by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality thereof. Any property used in the construction and equipment of any project for an authority, regardless of whether the property has been purchased by the authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 (commencing with Section 40-23-60), Chapter 23, Title 40, and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to any property by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-13
Section 11-99A-13 Final Assessment
Status: in_force

As soon as possible after receipt by the appointing government of the petition and all required approvals, variances, or exceptions, the council shall conduct a hearing with respect to the petition, and, if considered expedient by the council, the council shall confirm and make final the assessment or the methodology by which the assessments shall be made, as provided in the petition, whereupon the assessments and methodology therefor shall stand confirmed and be and remain legal, valid, and binding liens upon the property upon which the assessments are made, as provided in this chapter. The final assessment of each tract in the district shall be based on the estimated increase in value of each tract resulting from the special benefits derived from the improvements, and consistent with Section 223 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, but shall not be made against any land owned or used by a utility in connection with the distribution, transmission, or generation of electric power. If the council considers the recommendation inexpedient, the council shall advise the board of the reasons for its determination, and the board may submit a revised recommendation to the appointing government.
Ala. Code § 11-88-47 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-47
Section 11-88-47 Publication of Notice for Bids; Letting of Contract; Requirement of Bonds, Etc., from Bidders, Etc.; Construction of Improvement, Furnishing of Labor, Etc., by Authority
Status: in_force

(a) If the board shall finally order the making of the proposed improvement, notice shall be given asking for bids for such work, which notice shall describe in a general way the character and approximate quantities of such work and the types of materials, including alternates, if any, to be employed and shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each county in which any part of the improvements will be constructed and having general circulation therein. The date for receiving bids as set out in the said notice shall be not earlier than two weeks after the date of first publication thereof.

(b) The board must let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, that if the lowest responsible bidder has not bid a satisfactory price, the board may reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the same manner as provided in this section.

(c) The board may, by order, impose further conditions upon bidders with regard to bonds and surety for the faithful completion of such work according to contract or for any other purpose mentioned in the specifications. Surety bond for the faithful completion of the said work shall be required where same or any part thereof is let out by contract in an amount not less than 50 percent of the estimated total of each contract.

(d) The authority may elect to construct the improvement or furnish labor or material or both for the same without asking for bids for that part of the improvement. In the event that the authority makes any such election, then the provisions of this section requiring the authority to ask for bids from contractors and to publish a notice with respect thereto shall not be applicable to any work of construction to be performed by the authority or to any labor and material, or either to be furnished by the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-95-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 95 / Section 11-95-6
Section 11-95-6 Board of Directors of Corporation; Election; Terms of Office; Qualifications; Vacancies; Expenses; Impeachment
Status: in_force

Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of five directors. One director, the alternating director, shall be elected initially by the governing body of the authorizing municipality and thereafter alternately by the governing bodies of the authorizing county and the authorizing municipality. Two directors shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing county and two directors shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial term of office of the alternating director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on the third January 1 following the date of filing of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation. Thereafter, the term of office of the alternating director shall be three years. The initial terms of office of one director elected by the governing body of the authorizing county and one director elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on the third January 1 following the date of filing of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation. The initial terms of office of one director elected by the governing body of the authorizing county and one director elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on the sixth January 1 following the date of filing of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director, excluding the alternating director, shall be six years. The governing body of each of the authorizing subdivisions shall specify for which term each director it elects is elected. 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. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of that one of the authorizing subdivisions that elected the predecessor director. Each election of a director, whether for a full six-year term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such.

No officer of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director elected by the authorizing county must be, at the time of his election, a duly qualified elector of the authorizing county. Each director elected by the authorizing municipality must be, at the time of his election, a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality. The alternating director must also be, at the time of his election, a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in the state. Directors shall be eligible for re-election. Each director shall serve as such without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. Any director of the corporation may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
Ala. Code § 11-97-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 97 / Section 11-97-6
Section 11-97-6 Board of Directors of Corporation; Election; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Qualifications; Expenses; Impeachment
Status: in_force

(a) Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of three directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the determining subdivision for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of the determining subdivision shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial term of office of one director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on January 1 of the first succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election. The initial term of office of another director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on January 1 of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election. The initial term of the remaining director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on January 1 of the third succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the determining subdivision. If the term of office being served by any director shall expire prior to the election of such director for a new term or prior to the election of his successor by the governing body of the determining subdivision, such director shall continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified, and if such director is elected for a new term after the expiration of the immediately preceding term which he has been serving, his new term of office shall be deemed to have commenced as of the expiration of such immediately preceding term.

(b) Any officer of the determining subdivision shall be eligible for appointment and may serve as a member of the board for the term for which he is appointed or during his tenure as an officer of the determining subdivision, whichever expires first, but he shall not receive a fee for his services; provided, however, that at no time shall the board consist of more than one officer of the determining subdivision. Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the determining subdivision. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. No director shall vote on or participate in the discussion or consideration of any matter coming before the board in which he, his immediate family or any business enterprise with which he is associated has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest; provided, however, that when any such matter is brought before the board, any director having an interest therein which may be in conflict with his obligations as a director shall immediately make a complete disclosure to the board of any direct or indirect pecuniary interest he may have in such matter prior to removing himself and withdrawing from the board’s deliberations and vote on the matter presented.

(c) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy in the membership of the board or the voluntary disqualification or abstention of any member thereof shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the powers and duties of the corporation.

(d) Any director of the corporation 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, or successor provision thereof, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175, or successor provision thereof.

(e) All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and maintained in the permanent records of the corporation. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as evidence of the matters therein certified.
Ala. Code § 11-88-131 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-131
Section 11-88-131 Acquisition, Etc., of Water System of Water and Fire Protection Authority by City Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners - Inclusion of Governing Board of the Authority in Governing Board of Commissioners
Status: in_force

In the event that the board of water and sewer commissioners of any city (“commissioners”) should acquire, operate, or control by virtue of assignment, conveyance, court order, operation of law, or otherwise the water system of a water and fire protection authority (“authority”), then the membership of the governing board of the commissioners shall thereupon be increased to include the members of the governing board of the authority notwithstanding any limitation or condition previously imposed by Section 11-50-342.
Ala. Code § 11-98-11 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-11
Section 11-98-11 Methods of Response to Emergency Calls
Status: in_force

(a) The enhanced 911 system shall be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one of the following methods in response to emergency calls:

(1) Direct dispatch method, which is a service to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a request for services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken.

(2) Relay method, which is a service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a request for emergency services, and is relayed to the appropriate emergency service providers or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit.

(3) Transfer method, which is a service that receives requests for emergency services and directly transfers the requests to an appropriate emergency service provider or other provider of emergency services.

(4) Referral method, which is a service that, upon the receipt of a request for emergency services, provides the requesting party with the telephone number or other contact information of the appropriate emergency service provider or other provider of emergency services.

(b)(1) The board of commissioners of each district shall select the method or methods that it determines to be the most feasible for the county or municipality.

(2) In addition to the method selected under subdivision (1), the board of commissioners of each district shall select one or more reasonable alternative methods to respond to emergency calls in the district in the event the primary method under subdivision (1) fails or is otherwise rendered temporarily unavailable. The reasonable alternative method authorized under this subdivision may include a method not specifically enumerated under subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, regardless of the method of response selected by the board of commissioners pursuant to subsection (b), a PSAP shall require a 911 operator who answers a 911 call at the PSAP to remain on the call with the individual until the PSAP has connected the individual with the appropriate provider of emergency services.

(d) Nothing in this chapter shall expand the obligations of any CMRS, voice communications, or other originating service provider to transmit, convey, or route a voice call, video call, text call, data-only call, or any other request for assistance to an emergency service provider beyond the requirements set forth under federal law and valid regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.
Ala. Code § 11-92C-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92C / Section 11-92C-10
Section 11-92C-10 Proceeds from the Sale of Bonds
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by an authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but not limited to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the principal, premium, as applicable, and interest on the bonds, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. The costs and expenses may include, but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) The underwriting, fiscal, engineering, legal, and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds.

(2) Except in the case of refunding bonds, interest to accrue on the bonds for a period ending not later than two years from their date.
Ala. Code § 11-81-179 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-179
Section 11-81-179 Statutory Mortgage Lien of Bondholders - Duration; Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) Any system or systems that shall be made subject to a statutory mortgage lien as provided for in Section 11-81-178 shall remain subject to such lien until payment in full of the principal of and the interest on the bonds to secure the payment of which such lien was created or until moneys sufficient for the payment thereof shall have been set aside in trust for payment thereof.

(b) Any holder of any of said bonds or of any of the interest coupons applicable thereto and the trustee under any trust indenture, if so provided in such indenture, may, by civil action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect, enforce and compel performance of all duties of the officials of the borrower, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the collection of revenues, the proper segregation of the revenues of the system or systems and the proper application thereof; provided, however, that such statutory mortgage lien shall not be construed to give any such holder of bonds or coupons or such trustee authority to compel the sale of such system or systems or any part thereof. Any trust indenture provided for by the authorizing proceedings may contain such provisions regarding the rights and remedies of the trustee thereunder and the holders of the bonds and coupons as the governing body may deem advisable and as are not in conflict with the provisions of this article, and may contain such provisions restricting the individual right of action of the holders of the bonds or coupons as are customary in indentures respecting bonds or debentures of corporations.
Ala. Code § 11-81-246 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-246
Section 11-81-246 Assessment Lien; Enforcement. (Amended by Act 2026-265)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-265, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) An assessment under this article and any interest or penalties on the assessment:

(1) Is a lien against the real property on which the assessment is imposed from the date on which the notice of contractual assessment is recorded.

(2) Subject to the requirement in Section 11-81-245(a)(1) to obtain and record in the proper recording office an executed consent and subordination agreement from existing mortgagees and other lienholders, has the same priority status as a lien for any other ad valorem or non-ad valorem tax.

(3) Is a lien that runs with the real property, and the portion of the assessment under the assessment contract that has not yet become due is not eliminated by foreclosure of a property tax lien.

(b) The assessment lien may be enforced by the local government in the same manner that an ad valorem or non-ad valorem tax lien against real property may be enforced by the local government with all redemption rights provided by Section 40-10-1 et seq. or other applicable law to remain in effect.

(c) Delinquent installments of the assessments incur interest and penalties in the same manner as delinquent ad valorem taxes.

(d) A local government may recover costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, in a suit to collect a delinquent installment of an assessment.

(e) Provided, however, that in any action to enforce an assessment lien, the person or entity enforcing the assessment lien must serve the holders of all mortgages and other liens with notice about the enforcement action at least 60 days before any hearing or other action is taken with respect to the enforcement action. Service upon a domestic or foreign corporation or other entity shall be by serving the registered agent of the entity if a registered agent has been appointed; otherwise service shall be in accordance with Rule 4 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ala. Code § 11-85-54 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 85 / Section 11-85-54
Section 11-85-54 Officers; Appointment of Advisory Committees
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect a chairman and may elect an executive committee and other officers as necessary from among its membership. A commission may appoint such advisory committees as it may deem necessary.
Ala. Code § 11-81-12 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-12
Section 11-81-12 Determination of Highest Bidder
Status: in_force

In determining the highest bidder for bonds offered for sale at any public sale held pursuant to this chapter, the lowest net interest cost to the county or municipality as determined by the governing body of such county or municipality shall govern. The determination of such governing body as to what constitutes such lowest net interest cost shall be final and conclusive.
Ala. Code § 11-81-113 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-113
Section 11-81-113 Grouping of Improvements for Issuance of Bonds
Status: in_force

Any municipality desiring to issue bonds under this division shall have power to group improvements under two or more improvement ordinances and make one issue of bonds under this division based on the combined estimated costs or combined assessments in respect to such improvements.
Ala. Code § 11-81-222 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-222
Section 11-81-222 Contents of Complaint; Order and Notice of Hearing to Show Cause Why Obligations Not Valid
Status: in_force

(a) The complaint by appropriate allegations, references or exhibits shall briefly state the following: the authority for issuing such obligations; the resolution or resolutions authorizing their issuance and the fact of their adoption and all essential proceedings had or taken in connection therewith; the amount of the obligations to be issued; the maximum rate of interest they are to bear; when principal and interest are to be paid and the place of payment (unless the successful bidder at public sale will have the right to name, designate, request or suggest the place of payment, which shall be stated if this is the case); the taxes, other revenues or other means provided for their payment; and, in the case of obligations payable from taxes, the amount of outstanding indebtedness payable or secured by the same taxes and the assessed valuation for the then preceding tax year of the taxable property in the territory in which said taxes are or will be levied.

(b) The judge of said court shall, on the filing and presentation of said complaint, issue an order against the taxpayers and citizens of each organizing subdivision requiring them to show cause, at a time and place to be designated in said order, which time shall be not less than 20 days nor more than 40 days after the issuance of such order and which place shall be within the county in which the complaint is filed, why said obligations should not be validated and confirmed.

(c) A copy of said complaint and order shall be served (at least 18 days before the date fixed in such order for the hearing) on the district attorney of the county in which such proceedings are pending and on the district attorney of each county which may constitute an organizing subdivision or in which an organizing subdivision may be located. It shall be the duty of each district attorney so served to examine such complaint carefully and, if it appears to him or if he has any reason to believe that such complaint is defective, insufficient or untrue or if it is his opinion that the obligations in question have not been properly authorized or would be in violation of law or that the tax, revenues or other means provided for their payment would not be valid or that any pledge or other covenant or provision for the benefit of said obligations would not be valid, then he shall make such defense thereto as to him shall seem proper. Any officer, agent or employee who has charge, possession, custody or control of any of the books, papers or records of said unit shall, on demand of each such district attorney, exhibit to him for examination said books, papers and records and shall, without cost, furnish to him duly authenticated copies of such books, papers and records which pertain to the proceedings for the issuance of such obligations or which might affect the legality of same or the validity of the tax, revenues or other means provided for their payment, as he shall demand.

(d) Prior to the hearing of said case, the register or clerk of said court shall publish in a newspaper published in each organizing subdivision once each week for at least three weeks before the hearing, the first publication to be at least 18 days before such hearing, a notice addressed to the taxpayers and citizens of each such organizing subdivision requiring them at the time and place specified in the order providing for the hearing of such case to show cause, if any they have, why said obligations, the taxes, revenues or other means provided for their payment and any pledges or other covenants, provisions or agreements for the benefit of said obligations that may be referred to in the complaint should not be validated and confirmed; provided, that if no newspaper shall be published in any organizing subdivision then such notice shall be published as aforesaid in a newspaper published in the county or, if no newspaper is published in the county, then in a newspaper published within the state and having a general circulation in such organizing subdivision. By the publication of such notice all taxpayers and citizens of each organizing subdivision shall become parties defendant to said proceedings, and the court shall have jurisdiction of them the same as if each of them were named individually as party defendants in said complaint and personally served with process.
Ala. Code § 11-87-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 87 / Section 11-87-1
Section 11-87-1 Creation, Establishment, Etc., Authorized; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Joint Operation
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality within such county is hereby authorized to create and establish, maintain and operate ambulance service within the county, or within the municipality, to promote the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the county and municipality and of citizens and others traveling within such county and may make all needful rules and regulations for the control and management of such service.

The governing body of the county and the governing body of any municipality within the county may unite in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the county and of the municipality, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each.

The governing body of any municipality may also unite with the governing body of any other municipality within such county, or together with the governing body of the county, in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the several governments, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each.
Ala. Code § 11-94-8 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 94 / Section 11-94-8
Section 11-94-8 Officers of Authority
Status: in_force

The officers of an authority shall consist of a president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board may determine. The office of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. All officers shall be elected by the board and shall be members of the board.
Ala. Code § 11-108-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 108 / Section 11-108-3
Section 11-108-3 Annual Fiscal Year Report
Status: in_force

(a) Each county and municipality that has levied a business privilege tax or business license tax, by March 30, shall file an annual fiscal year report with the Department of Revenue containing all of the following information concerning the previous fiscal year: (1) The classifications and schedules for business license taxes. (2) Whether the classifications or schedules changed during the reporting year or will change during the year immediately following the fiscal year covered by the report. (b) The Department of Revenue shall post each report on the department’s website. (c) Any municipality or county that has levied a business privilege tax or business license tax and that fails to comply with subsection (a) shall escrow subsequent business license taxes and business privilege taxes until the municipality or county achieves compliance with subsection (a).

(1) The classifications and schedules for business license taxes.

(2) Whether the classifications or schedules changed during the reporting year or will change during the year immediately following the fiscal year covered by the report.

(b) The Department of Revenue shall post each report on the department’s website.

(c) Any municipality or county that has levied a business privilege tax or business license tax and that fails to comply with subsection (a) shall escrow subsequent business license taxes and business privilege taxes until the municipality or county achieves compliance with subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 11-85-23 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 85 / Section 11-85-23
Section 11-85-23 Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

Any regional planning commission established and created under this article shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To perform comprehensive advisory planning and research for the region for which such commission shall have been established and its urban areas or areas where rapid urbanization has occurred or is expected to occur, including those areas extending into adjoining states in instances and situations where such planning and related activities for such bi- or multi-state areas are now or hereafter may be authorized by compact or otherwise;

(2) To provide planning assistance, upon request duly evidenced by ordinance or resolution, to

a. Any city, other municipality or county;

b. Any group of adjacent communities, incorporated or unincorporated, having common or related urban planning or development problems; or,

c. Any other regional planning agency;

(3) To apply for and accept and utilize grants and assistance from the federal government or from any other public or private source which now or hereafter legally may make such grants or afford such other assistance;

(4) To contract with the federal government or with private or public sources which now or hereafter legally may contract as to such planning to receive advances or progress payments; and

(5) To adopt its own rules of procedure and order of business.
Ala. Code § 11-92A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92A / Section 11-92A-1
Section 11-92A-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) ARTICLES. The articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation of an authority.

(2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation incorporated and reincorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(3) AUTHORIZED OPERATIONAL AREA. The county or counties in which the authority has been or is proposed to be authorized to operate, as designated in its articles of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If an authority does not designate an authorized operational area, then such authority’s authorized operational area shall be deemed for all purposes to be solely the county of incorporation of the authority.

(4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of an authority.

(5) BOND OR BONDS. A bond or bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.

(6) COUNTY OF INCORPORATION. The county of the state in which an authority has been or is proposed to be incorporated or reincorporated.

(7) DIRECTORS. The members of the board of directors.

(8) INCORPORATORS. The natural persons filing a written application for the incorporation or reincorporation of an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(9) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, any person, including, without limitation, a private firm, a private association, a corporation, and a public person.

(10) PROBATE JUDGE. The judge of probate of the county of incorporation of an authority.

(11) PROJECT. Any land and any buildings or other improvements thereon, and all real, personal, and mixed properties deemed by an authority to be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use by the following or by any combination of two or more thereof:

a. Any industry for the manufacturing, processing, cultivating, or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products;

b. Any commercial enterprise involved in storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling products of agriculture, mining, or industry (but not including facilities designed for the sale or distribution to the public of electricity, gas, water, or telephone or other services commonly classified as public utilities);

c. Any facility classified as “industrial” within the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes now or hereafter in effect;

d. Any enterprise for the purpose of research in connection with:

1. Any of the foregoing;

2. The development of new products or new processes;

3. The improvement of existing products or known processes;

4. The development of facilities for the exploration of outer space or promotion of the national defense;

e. Office facilities for any of the foregoing, regardless of whether such facilities are adjacent to or on a site contiguous to land used for any of the foregoing purposes, including national, regional, or divisional offices for the management or supervision of any of the operations described in this subparagraph; or

f. Facilities of any type for or useful in the control, reduction, abatement or prevention of air, noise, water, or general environmental pollution, including, but not limited to, any air pollution control facility, noise abatement or reduction facility, water management facility, water purification facility, waste water collection system, waste water treatment works or solid waste disposal facility.

The determination of an authority that a proposed use is within this definition shall be conclusive.

(12) PUBLIC PERSON. The state and any county, city, town, public corporation, agency, subdivision thereof, instrumentality thereof, or similar person.

(13) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-98-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-10
Section 11-98-10 Restrictions on 911 Use; Secondary Backup Emergency Number Authorized; Certain Automatic Alerting Devices Connected to Network Prohibited; Possible Penalties for Misuse
Status: in_force

(a) The telephone number 911 is restricted to emergency calls that may result in dispatch of the appropriate response for: fire suppression and rescue, emergency medical services or ambulances, hazardous material, disaster, or major emergency occurrences, and law enforcement activities.

(b) The digits 911 shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for non-emergency telephone calls.

(c) No person shall connect to a service supplier’s network or to a CMRS provider’s network any automatic alarm, or other automatic alerting device that automatically dials, without human initiation, and provides a pre-recorded message in order to directly access the services that may be obtained through dialing 911.

(d) The making of a false alarm, complaint, or knowingly reporting false information using the E-911 system, may subject the caller to penalties as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-99B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99B / Section 11-99B-5
Section 11-99B-5 Authorization and Procedure for Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of any district may at any time be amended in the manner provided in this section.

(b)(1) The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and the amendment may include, without limitation:

a. A change in the name of the district.

b. The addition to the project or projects of the district of a new project or projects and the proposed location thereof.

c. A change in the general description of the area or areas in which the district proposes to acquire each project or projects, including, but not limited to, the addition of new or additional areas or property with the consent of the owner or owners of the new or additional property.

d. Any matters that might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation, or any change in any such matters.

(2) If any proposed amendment would add any new county, municipality, or public corporation as a member of a district, the proposed amendment shall include, in addition:

a. Provisions for election of at least one director by the governing body of each new county, municipality, or public corporation.

b. Provisions for any change in the total number of directors that the board deems appropriate and any provision to give the directors proportional voting power based upon the percentage of indebtedness and operating expenses of the district for which the entities electing the directors will be guarantors, or any other measure for establishing proportional voting power of directors; provided, however, that the total number of directors shall be at least equal to the number of directors immediately before the amendment, plus the number added pursuant to paragraph a.

c. Any provision that the board deems appropriate for apportioning of the properties of the district upon its dissolution among its members.

(c) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the district, the chair of the board or other chief executive officer of the district and the secretary of the district shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the district, under its seal, with the governing body of each member and each additional county, municipality, or public corporation proposed to be added as a member of the district. The application shall request each governing body with which the application is filed to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with any documents in support of the application as the chair or other chief executive officer may consider appropriate.

(d) As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with any governing body pursuant to subsection (c), that governing body shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment.

(e) Following the adoption of a resolution by that governing body that was the last to adopt such a resolution, but only if the governing body of each other county, public corporation, and municipality with whom the application was filed has theretofore adopted a resolution, the chair of the board or other chief executive officer of the district and the secretary of the district shall sign and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county where the certificate of incorporation of the district was filed a certificate in the name of and on behalf of the district, under its seal, reciting the adoption of the respective resolutions by the board and by each of the governing bodies and setting forth the proposed amendment. If the proposed amendment provides for a change in the name of the district, there shall be filed, together with the certificate required by the immediately preceding sentence, a certificate of the Secretary of State showing that the proposed new name of the district is not identical to that of any other corporation then in existence and organized under the laws of this state or so nearly similar to that of any other corporation so as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. Upon the filing for record of each certificate, the amendment to the certificate of incorporation shall become effective. If the proposed amendment effects a change in the name of the district, the judge of probate shall promptly send a notice to the Secretary of State advising him or her of the change.
Ala. Code § 11-103-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 103 / Section 11-103-1
Section 11-103-1 Authorization of Payment by Credit Cards
Status: in_force

(a) The use of credit cards for any payments made to a county or municipal office, department, agency, board, or commission may be authorized by the county commission or municipal governing body in which the office, department, agency, board, or commission is located as provided in Section 11-103-2, and if authorized, shall be accepted pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the county commission or municipal governing body in which the office, department, agency, board, or commission is located. The rules and regulations shall include specific procedures for the acceptance of credit card payments, including, but not limited to, provision for the payment of any discount or administrative fee charged by the credit card issuer or processor. The county or municipal governing body is authorized, but not required to impose the assessment of a surcharge or convenience fee from the person paying by credit card in an amount not greater than the transaction fee charged by the credit card issuer or processor. If no such election is made, the county or municipal governing body may withhold the cost of any discount or administrative fee charged by the credit card issuer or processor from each governmental entity entitled to the proceeds from the payment made by the credit card issuer. In this event, each governmental entity shall be assessed the percentage of the cost equivalent to its pro rata share of the payment.

(b) Except as otherwise provided, this chapter shall be construed to allow acceptance of credit card payments of any types of amounts payable to a county or a municipality as authorized by the county commission or municipal governing body, including, but not limited to, taxes, license and registration fees, fines, and penalties. For purposes of this chapter, the term “credit card” shall include credit cards, charge cards, and debit cards issued by any bank, foreign lender, domestic lender, or credit card bank as defined in Section 5-20-3.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-33 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-33
Section 11-99A-33 Non-effect of Errors
Status: in_force

No delays, mistakes, errors, or irregularities in any act or proceeding authorized or required by this chapter shall prejudice or invalidate any preliminary or final assessment, but may be remedied by subsequent filings, amending acts, or municipal, county, or board proceedings, as the case may require. When remedied, the preliminary or final assessment shall take effect retroactively as of the date of the original filing, act, or proceeding. If any final assessment made is set aside by any court or if for any reason the board determines it to be expedient to alter any final assessment, the appointing government may make a new assessment in accordance with this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-81-94 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-94
Section 11-81-94 Bonds for Refunding of Bonds Outstanding or Installments on Serial Bonds Outstanding - Security
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the authority of Section 11-81-93 shall have all the security and protection to which the original bonds were entitled.
Ala. Code § 3-7A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 7A / Section 3-7A-6
Section 3-7A-6 Penalty for Dog or Cat Without Tag or Certificate
Status: in_force

The owner of any dog or cat found not wearing the evidence of current immunization as provided herein or for which no certificate of current immunization can be produced, and which is apprehended by an officer or other person charged with the enforcement of this chapter, shall forthwith be subject to a penalty to be imposed by the rabies officer not to exceed an amount equal to twice the state approved charge for immunization, in addition to the fee heretofore prescribed for immunization. When collected, the said penalty shall accrue to the rabies officer or his agent, except in the case of a rabies officer employed full-time on salary, in which case the penalty shall accrue to the employing agency or agencies.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-10
Section 11-99A-10 Annexation Incidental to Formation of District
Status: in_force

The petition for the formation of a district by a municipality may include land that is not within the corporate limits of the municipality provided that the land is, taken as a whole, contiguous with land within the corporate limits of the municipality. In such a case, upon the formation of the district, all land within the districts shall become automatically annexed into and a part of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-102-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 102 / Section 11-102-3
Section 11-102-3 Approval of Contract
Status: in_force

No contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall take effect until the contract has been approved by the governing body of each of the contracting municipalities or counties. Approval by a county governing body shall be by adoption of a resolution and approval by a municipal governing body shall be by adoption of an ordinance of general and permanent operation.
Ala. Code § 11-81-262 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-262
Section 11-81-262 Authorization and Procedure for Incorporation Generally
Status: in_force

Any number of natural persons, not less than three, residing in the county of incorporation may incorporate an authority as provided in this article. The incorporators shall file a written application in accordance with Section 11-81-263.
Ala. Code § 11-88-73 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-73
Section 11-88-73 Appeal from Assessments to Circuit Court - Entry of Judgment for Amount Properly Chargeable Against Land Where Assessment Defective; Payment of Costs
Status: in_force

If, on the hearing of such appeal, it shall appear that, by reason of any technical irregularity or defect in the proceedings, the assessment has not been properly made against the lot or parcel of land sought to be charged, the court may, nevertheless, on application of the authority, upon satisfactory proof that expense has been incurred which is a proper charge against the lot or land in question, enter judgment for the amount properly chargeable against the said lot or land.

In such case the court shall make such order for the payment of the costs as it may deem proper.
Ala. Code § 11-89C-4 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 89C / Section 11-89C-4
Section 11-89C-4 Powers of Public Corporation; Requirements for Development or Adoption of Rules, Procedures, Ordinances, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) When expressly required to comply with storm water laws, any public corporation created pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers:

(1) To establish, maintain, and operate an organizational structure pursuant to this chapter, its original or amended certification, and its bylaws or other rules of procedure, that will enable it to implement the storm water laws for and on behalf of any governing body that exercises the option to participate in or with a public corporation, provided that no new or greater authorities or powers other than those specifically granted to the governing bodies are conferred upon any public corporation formed pursuant to this chapter. Except for the authority provided in subdivision (20), authority to enforce the storm water laws is retained wholly and exclusively to the governing bodies and may not be further delegated to or assumed by the public corporation, its agents or employees.

(2) To establish the procedure by which a governing body may elect to join the public corporation and by which a member governing body may elect to withdraw from the public corporation.

(3) To establish a board of directors to serve as the governing body of the corporation to establish policy and procedure for the corporation. The board shall consist of one representative from each member governing body. The representative shall be the mayor, if the member governing body is a governing body of a municipality, or a county commissioner, if the member governing body is a governing body of a county. The board shall designate at least three members, and no more than five members, to serve as an executive committee to perform the executive and administrative functions of the corporation. The executive committee shall include one county commissioner from the largest county member governing body, if there is one, and at least two mayors. If there is no county member governing body, there shall be at least three mayors; or if there are no participating municipalities, there shall be at least three county commissioners, representing different counties. The board shall elect one executive committee member as chair, one as co-chair, and one as secretary. Individual board and executive committee members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reasonable actual expenses that are properly documented and authorized. All other needed organizational matters, bylaws, rules of procedure, and officers shall be determined by the board of directors.

(4) To employ individuals directly or indirectly through loaned, detailed, or assigned employees from the member governing bodies or other entities. Employees directly employed by the public corporation shall be eligible to participate in the employee benefit programs of any member governing body, including insurance and pension programs, upon approval of the executive committee and the subject member governing body.

(5) To enter into contracts with individuals, governing bodies, member governing bodies, governmental agencies, professional associations, corporations, partnerships, and other legal entities to implement the functions of this chapter.

(6) To purchase, lease, license, own, or otherwise acquire real and personal property, including easements, rights of way, and all other interests in land, including municipal separate storm sewers, buildings, and other facilities and equipment.

(7) To construct, operate, maintain, repair, and replace facilities for storm water functions.

(8) To contract with member governing bodies for the construction, improvement, renovation, management, or operation of their municipal separate storm sewer systems.

(9) To purchase or obtain insurance and other appropriate tangibles and intangibles.

(10) To apply for, solicit, and otherwise obtain and receive from any governmental, public, or private source, grants, contributions, and donations, of money, all forms of property, equipment, supplies, services, and labor.

(11) To hold and invest its moneys in all legal forms of investment for fiduciaries.

(12) To salvage, lend, lease, or sell by cash or installment, with or without interest, its lands, interest in land, facilities, equipment, and other property.

(13) To undertake or participate in studies, surveys, analyses, or investigations of storm water runoff and other functions of the storm water laws and this chapter.

(14) To adopt necessary and appropriate policies, procedures, rules, and regulations applicable to the member governing bodies to implement the storm water laws in accordance with this chapter.

(15) To develop and hold public hearings on pro forma resolutions or ordinances, or both, which may be adopted by any member governing body to implement this chapter.

(16) To develop pro forma remedies and procedures for the enforcement of resolutions or ordinances, or both, adopted to implement this chapter.

(17) To sue and be sued, except as immunized hereby, in its own name and to appear in all administrative forums.

(18) To establish the cost, charges, fees, or assessments as required of the member governing bodies for participation in the public corporation, necessary to fund the operation, activities, projects, and facilities of the corporation.

(19) In accordance with Section 11-89C-10, to establish the procedure for the assessment and collection by the tax assessor and tax collector of the respective counties or other public official performing those functions, of any fees, charges, or assessments levied by a member governing body.

(20) To authorize any officer, employee, or other agent of the public corporation to enter upon private or public property under the regulatory jurisdiction of one or more of its member governing bodies during normal business hours and upon the presentation of appropriate credentials for the purpose of performing investigations regarding the existence and source of contamination, and determining from the owner or other appropriate individual the methods they will employ to stop, neutralize, remove, or otherwise remedy the contamination. Any officer, employee, or other authorized agent who performs the duties authorized under this section in accordance with provisions hereof shall be immune from arrest and prosecution for trespass in performing any legal duty pursuant to this chapter by presenting identification issued or authorized by the public corporation.

(21) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to implement and administer this chapter.

(b) In the development of any rule or procedures for the enforcement of such, any public corporation created pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:

(1) Set a date and time for a public hearing and afford the public and interested parties an opportunity to offer written comments, and to present testimony and evidence in support of their respective positions as to the proposed resolutions, ordinances, remedies, or procedures and may have counsel to represent them at their own expense. The board of the corporation shall consider fully all written and oral submissions presented. At the conclusion of this hearing and any continuation thereof, the board of the corporation may modify or withdraw such proposals or may adopt such pro forma resolutions, ordinances, remedies, or procedures which are reasonable and supported by evidence from the proposal itself, the public comments submitted thereupon and the public hearing record and which shall be thereafter presented to the member municipal or county governing bodies, or both, for their consideration. Adoption of any rule shall require an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of the corporation. No later than 30 days following the adoption of a rule, the public corporation shall issue a statement reflecting the reasoning and evidence supporting adoption of the rule and an explanation for rejecting the evidence or assertions made urging modification or withdrawal of the rule.

(2) Give notice of the hearing by publishing in a newspaper of general circulation published within the county in which the corporation members exist at least 45 days prior to the date of the hearing stating the date, time, and location of the hearing, and including either the terms or the substance of the proposals to be considered or a description of the subjects and issues involved, the address of the location where copies of the proposed resolution, ordinances, remedies and procedures may be inspected or copies thereof obtained, and the manner in which interested persons may present their views thereon. Every proposed rule shall be accompanied by a thorough statement identifying and explaining the purpose and support for its adoption. The notice shall also be timely delivered by electronic means (i.e., email notification) to all persons who have made timely request of the corporation in advance for advance electronic notice of any such hearings and timely mailed to all persons who pay the cost of the mailing and who have made timely request of the corporation in advance for advance notice by mail of any such hearings.

(3) Make available for public inspection and copying, at cost, any such proposed resolutions, ordinances, remedies, and procedures at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing.

(c) The governing bodies shall satisfy all statutory requirements applicable to the respective governing bodies for adoption of ordinances, including notice and public hearing, before adopting any such pro forma resolutions, ordinances, remedies, and procedure, however, adoption by a member governing body of any ordinance or resolution recommended by the board of the public corporation or authorized by this statute shall require an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the council or commission authorized to adopt such ordinances or resolutions in the governing body.
Ala. Code § 11-88-9 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-9
Section 11-88-9 Bonds of Authority - Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest
Status: in_force

As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any water system, sewer system or fire protection facility owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from such system or facility, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such system or facility will be sufficient to operate such system or facility, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such system or facility and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto.

Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority under this article.
Ala. Code § 11-104-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 104 / Section 11-104-3
Section 11-104-3 Establishment of Trust or Participation in Multiple-Employer Trust; Management and Control; Taxation; Validity; Termination
Status: reserved

(a) A governmental entity may adopt an ordinance, bylaw, or resolution allowing for the establishment of a trust, or for the establishment of participation in a multiple-employer trust with other governmental entities, for the sole purpose of funding post-employment benefit obligations. The governmental entity may adopt such ordinance, bylaw, or resolution through voting procedures and requirements currently utilized by the governmental entity which are in accordance with state law.

(b) Any trusts created pursuant to this chapter shall be evidenced by a written trust instrument, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by and between the governmental entity or entities and the applicable trustee, so long as such terms and conditions do not conflict with this chapter. Each trust shall be managed and controlled by its respective governmental entity or entities and trustee pursuant to the terms of the written trust agreement.

(c) All assets and income of any trusts shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof. Distributions from the trusts will not be taxable income to the retired employees or their dependents under state law or other local law. The assets of the trusts will not be subject to the claims of creditors of the governmental entities, trustees, plan administrators, employees, retired employees, or dependents, and will not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy, the insolvency laws, or other process whatsoever, nor shall any assignment thereof be enforceable in any court.

(d) A trust created pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed to be invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as beneficiaries in the agreements creating the trusts, nor shall they be deemed to be invalid as violating any existing law against perpetuities or against suspension of the power of alienation of title to property or against trusts for the purpose of the accumulation of income; but each trust may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was created.

(e) A single-employer trust may be terminated by the governmental entity if the governmental entity’s plans or programs providing post-employment benefits for which the trust is established are repealed or terminated, and there is no future obligation of the governmental entity to provide such post-employment benefits. A multiple-employer trust may be terminated, or a governmental entity may terminate its affiliation with a multiple-employer trust, under the aforementioned circumstances pursuant to the terms of the written trust agreement. Also, any trust may be terminated if GASB adopts new requirements that eliminate or alter the funding of post-employment benefits.
Ala. Code § 11-81-263 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-263
Section 11-81-263 Filing of Application for Incorporation with Probate Judge; Contents Thereof; Recordation of Application by Probate Judge; Approval or Disapproval by Governing Body of County of Incorporation and Each Participating Municipality
Status: in_force

(a) The written application of the incorporators shall be filed with the probate judge, which application shall:

(1) Contain a statement that the incorporators propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to this article.

(2) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of the county of incorporation.

(3) Request that the governing body of the county of incorporation and each participating municipality adopt a resolution declaring that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the written application, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record articles in accordance with this article.

(b) The application shall include the form of articles of the proposed authority.

(c) The governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality shall review the contents of the application and the accompanying form of articles and shall adopt a resolution to deny the application or to declare that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the form of the articles, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 11-81-264.

(d) It shall not be necessary that a resolution be published in any newspaper or posted or be offered for more than one reading.

(e) No authority may be formed until the application and the resolution have been adopted.
Ala. Code § 11-81-117 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-117
Section 11-81-117 Refunding of Excess Assessments - Authority and Procedure Generally
Status: in_force

In the event the amount collected from the assessment under any improvement ordinance shall exceed the total cost and expense of the improvement, there shall be refunded to each of the parties affected by said assessment a proportionate amount of the excess upon demand made therefor by said parties within 12 months after maturity or payment of the bonds authorized by this division.
Ala. Code § 11-85-56 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 85 / Section 11-85-56
Section 11-85-56 Powers and Duties Generally
Status: in_force

A regional planning and development commission established pursuant to this article may perform the following:

(1) Carry on continuous, comprehensive planning for the region, assessing needs, resources, and development opportunities and formulating goals, objectives, policies, and standards to guide physical, economic, and human resource development.

(2) Prepare a regional plan consistent with state comprehensive planning and reflecting plans and programs of the participating governmental units which shall set forth policies for the development of the region in accordance with present and future needs and resources including policies for patterns of urbanization, for the use of land and resources for commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, forestry, and agriculture, for the development of human resources and for administrative measures in support thereof.

(3) Prepare an annual regional development program to implement the policies contained in the regional plan, which program shall contain an analysis of the current status of regional development in relation to the regional plan and prior regional development programs, a review of trends affecting regional development, schedules of major program expenditures and activities, and capital improvements together with financing plans and recommendations for new programs or elimination or change of existing programs and for changes in administrative organization or procedures.

(4) Prepare and publish studies of the region’s resources.

(5) Provide planning and technical assistance to governmental units and planning and development agencies within the region and coordinate regional planning activities with those of the state, of governmental units within the region and in neighboring regions, and with the programs of federal departments and agencies and regional commissions.

(6) Borrow money and apply for and receive grants-in-aid, contributions, and any other forms of financial or other assistance from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this article subject to applicable provisions of state law.

(7) Review and comment on applications by governmental units within the region for state or federal loans, grants-in-aid, or other financial assistance and indicate their relationship to the regional plan and development program and provide information regarding state and federal grants and assistance programs in the region.

(8) Adopt bylaws and issue rules and regulations for the conduct of its business.

(9) Make and enter into contracts and agreements.

(10) Acquire and dispose of real and personal property subject to applicable provisions of state law.

(11) Promote industrial and economic growth for the region by means of advertisement, recruitment, or by whatever method deemed appropriate and approved by the commission.

(12) Charge fees for services provided by the commission.

(13) Employ a director and other employees and consultants, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

(14) Perform other activities in furtherance of this article not inconsistent or contrary to state law.

(15) Determine the name by which the commission shall be called and certified.
Ala. Code § 11-85-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 85 / Section 11-85-5
Section 11-85-5 Certification of Plan to Governor and to Municipalities, Counties, Etc., Within Region
Status: in_force

The regional planning commission, after adopting the regional plan, shall certify a copy thereof to the Governor, to the planning commission of each municipality within the region, to the council of each municipality not having a planning commission, to the county commission of each county wholly or partly included in the region and to other organized taxing districts or political subdivisions wholly or partly included in the region.
Ala. Code § 11-107-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 107 / Section 11-107-6
Section 11-107-6 Additional Residential Building Permit Fee Authorized; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any county or municipality that has a permitting and inspection program for residential construction, by resolution or ordinance adopted by a majority of the total membership of the local governing body, may levy an additional fee of up to twenty dollars ($20), in addition to any other fees authorized by law, for the issuance of any permit connected to the construction of a residence or structure as defined in Section 34-14A-2.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “permit” includes, but is not limited to, building permits, mechanical permits, plumbing permits, electrical permits, or any combination of the foregoing, and any other permit required for the construction or remodeling of a new or existing residence or structure as defined in Section 34-14A-2.

(b) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund established in Section 34-14A-20.
Ala. Code § 11-98-9 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-9
Section 11-98-9 Technical Proprietary Information
Status: in_force

All technical proprietary information submitted to the board or to the independent third-party auditor as provided by Section 11-98-13 shall be retained by the board and the auditor in confidence and shall be subject to review only by the Examiners of Public Accounts. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no technical proprietary information submitted shall be subject to subpoena or otherwise released to any person other than to the submitting voice communication provider, the board, and the independent third-party auditor without the express permission of the administrator and the submitting voice communication provider. General information collected by the independent third-party auditor shall only be released or published in aggregate amounts which do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual voice communication provider. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no district, political subdivision, voice communication provider, or its employees, directors, officers, or agents shall be liable for any damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution resulting from death, injury, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person in connection with establishing, developing, implementing, maintaining, operating, and otherwise providing 911 service in compliance with the requirements established by the FCC or other state or federal requirement, except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct.
Ala. Code § 11-81-201 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-201
Section 11-81-201 Election as to Proposed Undertaking
Status: in_force

Whenever any county or municipal corporation through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article, as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election the question of whether or not such county or municipality will enter upon the undertaking proposed by the governing body of the county or municipal corporation will be voted upon. If the majority of the voters shall vote in the affirmative, then the county or municipal governing body shall proceed with the proposed undertaking in conformity with the provisions of this article and the law of the state pertinent thereto; otherwise, it shall not. Such election shall be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or may be hereafter provided by the law applicable to the authorization of municipal or county bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-95-15 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 95 / Section 11-95-15
Section 11-95-15 Applicability of Division 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 21 of Title 22
Status: in_force

A corporation shall constitute a hospital corporation as that term is used in Sections 22-21-101, 22-21-102, and 22-21-106 as now or hereafter amended. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any corporation may be designated by its authorizing county as the agency of such county to acquire, construct, equip, operate, and maintain public hospital facilities in such county, in the manner and with the consequences specified in said Section 22-21-101, shall, if so designated, receive hospital taxes referred to in said Section 22-21-102 to the extent and in the manner provided in said section, and shall be entitled to anticipate the proceeds of any special county tax in the manner and to the extent specified in said Section 22-21-106. Nothing in this section shall be construed in any manner to limit any rights or powers otherwise conferred upon a corporation pursuant to any other provision of this chapter, and the provisions of Sections 22-21-107, 22-21-108, 22-21-109, and 22-21-110 shall not apply to a corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-97-12 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 97 / Section 11-97-12
Section 11-97-12 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

(a) Any bonds issued or assumed by a corporation may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with such refunding including, without limitation to, attorneys’ fees, costs of printing the refunding bonds, financial advisors’ fees and accountants’ fees; provided, that unless such bonds are duly called for redemption pursuant to provisions contained therein, the holders of any such bonds then outstanding and proposed to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their outstanding bonds for such refunding. The issuance of such refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the rights, duties, and obligations of such corporation in respect thereof shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of bonds generally, to the extent that such provisions may be appropriate therefor.

(b) Refunding bonds issued by any corporation may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of such outstanding bonds. Pending the application of the proceeds of any such refunding bonds for any of the purposes provided in this section, such proceeds may be invested in any eligible investments pursuant to an escrow agreement providing for the future application of such proceeds in accordance with such purposes.
Ala. Code § 11-98-2 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-2
Section 11-98-2 Districts; Creation; Composition; Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

The creating authority may by ordinance or resolution, as may be appropriate, create within its respective jurisdiction districts composed of the territory lying wholly within the municipality or of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the county. The districts shall be political and legal subdivisions of the state, with power to sue and be sued in their corporate names and to incur debt and issue bonds. The bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the district and not the State of Alabama. The bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The bonds shall be payable out of the income, revenues, and receipts of the district. The bonds shall be authorized and issued by resolution or ordinance of the creating authority of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not to exceed 30 years from issuance, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, without coupon or fully registered without coupon, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to the priorities on the income, revenues, and receipts of the district as the resolution or ordinance may provide.

All bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recitals shall be conclusive that they have been duly authorized pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-92A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92A / Section 11-92A-21
Section 11-92A-21 Transfer of Funds and Assets to Authority
Status: in_force

Any public person is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to an authority, with or without consideration, (a) any properties, real, personal, or mixed, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, that may be owned by such public person or that may be jointly owned by any two or more thereof, and (b) any funds owned or controlled by any public person or jointly by any two or more thereof; whether or not such property or funds are considered necessary for the conduct of the governmental or public functions (if any) of such public person. Such transfer or conveyance shall be authorized by an ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the governing body of such public person. Any such ordinance or resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading.
Ala. Code § 11-94-13 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 94 / Section 11-94-13
Section 11-94-13 Bonds of Authority - Application of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds shall be applied as provided in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued, including without limitation, the payment of all legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds and if so provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance, interest on said bonds (or, if a part only of any issue of bonds is issued for acquisition purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that issue that is issued to pay acquisition costs) for a reasonable period prior to and during the time required for the acquisition, construction and equipping of the project and for a period not exceeding 18 months after the completion thereof. An authority may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds for the capitalization of a debt service reserve and/or a replacement and extension reserve from the proceeds of its bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-81-177 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-177
Section 11-81-177 Investment in Bonds by Executors, Trustees, Savings Banks, Etc
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-92B-24 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92B / Section 11-92B-24
Section 11-92B-24 Exemptions from Competitive Bidding
Status: in_force

An authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the provisions and requirements of Sections 41-16-50 to 41-16-63, inclusive, as amended or replaced, requiring competitive bids in connection with certain contracts.
Ala. Code § 11-97-21 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 97 / Section 11-97-21
Section 11-97-21 Disposition of Net Earnings of Corporation
Status: in_force

Every corporation shall be a nonprofit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any private person, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of a corporation, then any net earnings of a corporation thereafter accruing shall be paid to its determining subdivision.
Ala. Code § 11-88-111 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-111
Section 11-88-111 Effect of Annexation or Incorporation of Area in Which Assessments for Improvement Made Upon Assessments, Liens, Bonds, Etc
Status: in_force

The subsequent annexation to a municipality or incorporation as a new municipality of any area with respect to which assessments have been made for an improvement pursuant to this article shall not change, alter, or invalidate in any manner any of the proceedings taken, assessments made, liens established, or notes or bonds issued under this article.
Ala. Code § 11-84-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 84 / Section 11-84-1
Section 11-84-1 Authorized
Status: in_force

Each of the several counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama, acting through its county commission, council, or other governing body, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, or bequest such tracts of land suitable for the growth of trees as may be available and as such governing body may deem it wise to so acquire and to administer the same as well as any lands now owned by any such county, city, or town and suitable for the growth of trees as county, city, or town forests.
Ala. Code § 3-2-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-2-3
Section 3-2-3 Investigation of Seizure by Department; Procedure for Return of Animal Where Owner Located, Etc
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Industries, upon receipt of a notice from a person who has seized an estrayed animal as provided in Section 3-2-2, shall investigate such seizure in an effort to locate the owner of the animal. In the event the owner is located and the ownership established, the animal shall be returned to the person found to be the owner thereof upon payment by such person to the seizor the actual cost for keeping the animal, together with the actual amount of damages which he may have suffered as a result of the animal being upon his premises.
Ala. Code § 11-82-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 82 / Section 11-82-5
Section 11-82-5 Option to Redeem to Be Provided in Proceedings for Issuance of Securities
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to confer on any county or municipality any right or option to redeem any securities heretofore or hereafter issued except as is or may be provided in the proceedings under which such securities were or shall be issued.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-43 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-43
Section 11-99A-43 Assessment Revenue Anticipation Bonds, Notes Etc
Status: in_force

The district at any time may obtain loans, in the amounts, on the terms and conditions, and payable from and secured by a pledge of such funds, revenues, assessments, and property, all as the board may determine, for the purpose of paying any costs of the district referenced in Section 11-99A-2(6)(v) and (w) and Section 11-99A-15(c), and in evidence thereof the district may issue assessment revenue anticipation bonds, notes, or other evidences of debt. The provisions of Section 11-99A-15(f) shall apply to any such debt.
Ala. Code § 11-90-2 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 90 / Section 11-90-2
Section 11-90-2 Library Boards - Composition; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vacancies in Office
Status: in_force

The government and supervision of such libraries shall be vested in a library board consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the county commission or the governing body of the municipality. The terms of membership on the library board, as first appointed, for one member shall be for one year, for the second member shall be for two years, for the third member shall be for three years, and for the remaining two members the terms shall be for four years. After the first term, all appointments shall be for four years. The county commission or governing body shall fill all vacancies including expired and unexpired terms. Members of the library board shall serve without compensation.
Ala. Code § 11-88-84 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-84
Section 11-88-84 Effect of Mistakes in Advertisement or Sale; Supplementary Proceedings for Correction of Errors; Enforcement of Lien by Purchaser
Status: in_force

No mistake in the publication provided for in Section 11-88-80 in the description of the property or in the name of the owner shall vitiate the assessment or the lien and, if, for any reason, the sale made by the authority is ineffectual to pass title, it shall operate as an assignment of the lien and, upon the request of the purchaser, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as required in this article may be had to correct the errors in the said proceedings for his benefit or the lien so assigned to him may be enforced by civil action.
Ala. Code § 11-81-169 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-169
Section 11-81-169 Revenue Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds from Sale - Generally
Status: in_force

The governing body, where practicable, shall require that the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this article be deposited in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system and shall require, insofar as practicable, that each such deposit be secured by United States government securities having an aggregate market value at least equal to the sum at the time on deposit, or, in any event, the proceeds shall be deposited in some bank or other depository either within or without the state which will secure such deposit satisfactorily to said governing body.
Ala. Code § 3-1-26 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1-26
Section 3-1-26 Burning, Cauterizing, Etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, Etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, Etc., Appear Younger — Transportation, Etc., of Such Horse into State
Status: in_force

Any person transporting or moving into Alabama, for any purpose whatsoever, any horse, mule or other soliped which has had its teeth burned, cauterized or changed in any manner to make such animal appear younger than it really is shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-101A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 101A / Section 11-101A-5
Section 11-101A-5 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under this chapter may at any time, and from time to time, be amended, but only in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, which amendment shall be set forth in full in the resolution and which amendment may include any matters that might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.

(b) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file, with the governing body of each authorizing subdivision, a written application in the name and on behalf of the authority, requesting the governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the chair may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing body of an authorizing subdivision, the governing body shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or approving and authorizing the proposed amendment. The governing body of each authorizing subdivision with which any application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents to be included in the resolution or otherwise spread upon or made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.

(c) Within 60 days following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by the governing body of the authorizing subdivision, or, if there is more than one, the last adopted of the approving resolutions, the chair of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation of the authority was originally filed a certificate in the name and on behalf of the authority reciting the adoption of the respective resolutions by the board and by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision and setting forth the proposed amendment. The judge of probate shall thereupon record the certificate in an appropriate book in his or her office. When the certificate has been filed and recorded, the amendment shall become effective, and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment.
Ala. Code § 3-8-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 8 / Section 3-8-1
Section 3-8-1 Rabies Vaccine Required for Any Canidae or Felidae; Applicability
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, it shall be illegal to own, maintain, sell, or trade any canidae or felidae for which there is no USDA licensed rabies vaccine. Anyone currently owning or maintaining such animal may keep the animal for the length of the animal’s life providing the animal is spayed or neutered and is registered with the Department of Agriculture and Industries. This section does not apply to any zoological parks, circuses, colleges, and universities, animal refuges approved by the Department of Agriculture and Industries, county or municipal humane shelters, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, or veterinary clinics.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-32 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-32
Section 11-99A-32 Apportionment of Liens
Status: in_force

Upon the subdivision of any assessed tract of land, the board may, but shall not be required to, apportion the lien and the assessment among the subdivided lots in a manner as the board may consider expedient.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-46 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-46
Section 11-99A-46 Assumption of Municipal or County Actions
Status: in_force

Where an appointing government has taken official action with respect to the construction, acquisition, or installation of improvements, whether before or after June 12, 1999, such as by adoption of a resolution or ordinance respecting the same, a district previously or thereafter formed may assume the official action and may undertake the construction, acquisition, or installation of improvements and may pay or reimburse all costs incurred with respect to the improvements by or on behalf of the appointing government from bond issue proceeds.
Ala. Code § 11-81-13 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-13
Section 11-81-13 Disposition of Proceeds from Sale
Status: in_force

The principal proceeds received in the sale of any bonds hereafter issued under the authority of this chapter shall be used for the purposes for which the bonds are issued; provided, however, that if for any reason any part of such proceeds shall not be necessary for such purposes then such unexpended part of such proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or interest on said bonds. All accrued interest and premium received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of interest or principal on the bonds sold.
Ala. Code § 11-108-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 108 / Section 11-108-1
Section 11-108-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Business License Tax Reporting and Appeals Act.
Ala. Code § 11-107-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 107 / Section 11-107-3
Section 11-107-3 Building Code Exemption for Nonprofit Veterans’ Organization That Acquires Interest in State Armory Building
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “nonprofit veterans’ organization” means any nonprofit organization that has a tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) and, as its primary purpose, supports veterans and active duty servicemembers, as defined pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 3911, and their dependents.

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when a nonprofit veterans’ organization, by means of a reversionary clause in a deed, acquires a possessory interest in a state armory building, with the intent to use the facility to further the organization’s support of veterans, active duty servicemembers, and their dependents, the building shall be exempt from compliance with any applicable state or local building codes for not less than 10 calendar years from the date of acquisition.
Ala. Code § 3-7A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 7A / Section 3-7A-16
Section 3-7A-16 Relation to Volunteer Service Act
Status: in_force

A licensed veterinarian and his or her assistants, whether compensated by fee or otherwise or not compensated, when assisting the county rabies officer at any officially designated rabies vaccination clinic shall be considered a volunteer for the purpose of Section 6-5-336.
Ala. Code § 11-81-241 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-241
Section 11-81-241 Definitions. (Amended by Act 2026-265)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-265, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

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

(1) COSTS OF A QUALIFIED PROJECT. All costs including, but not limited to, the following:

a. All costs of acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, construction, assembly, installation, modification, renovation, or rehabilitation incurred in connection with any qualified project or any part of any qualified project.

b. All costs of real property, fixtures, or personal property used in or in connection with or necessary for any qualified project or for any facilities related thereto, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. The cost of all land, estates for years, easements, rights, improvements, water rights, connections for utility services, fees, franchises, permits, approvals, licenses, and certificates.

2. The cost of securing any franchises, permits, approvals, licenses, or certificates.

3. The cost of preparation of any application therefor and the cost of all fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, and other property used in or in connection with or necessary for any qualified project.

c. All financing charges and fees and all interest on revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of a local government which accrues or is paid prior to and during the period of construction of a project and during any additional period as the local government may reasonably determine to be necessary to place the qualified project in operation.

d. All costs of engineering, surveying, and architectural and legal services and all expenses incurred by engineers, surveyors, architects, and attorneys in connection with any qualified project.

e. All expenses for inspection of any qualified project.

f. All fees of fiscal agents, paying agents, and trustees for bondholders under any trust agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement; all expenses incurred by any fiscal agents, paying agents, and trustees and all other costs and expenses incurred relative to the issuance of any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations for any qualified project.

g. All fees of any type charged by a local government in connection with any qualified project.

h. All expenses incurred in determining the feasibility or practicability of any qualified project.

i. All costs of plans and specifications for any qualified project.

j. All costs of title insurance and examinations of title with respect to any qualified project.

k. Repayment of any assessments made for the advance payment of any part of any of the costs provided in this subdivision, including interest thereon and any other expenses of the assessments.

l. Administrative expenses of the local government and other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to any qualified project or the financing thereof or the placing of any project in operation.

m. The establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, or other funds or reserves as the local government may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the local government may be authorized.

(2) DESIGNATED REGION. An area approved by a local government for qualified projects pursuant to Section 11-81-242.

(3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Any incorporated municipality, county, or improvement district in this state.

(4) PROGRAM. A program created under this article.

(5) QUALIFIED PROJECT or PROJECT. The installation or modification of a qualifying improvement on real property in a designated region under a program adopted by a local government.

(6) QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENT. An improvement fixed to or used upon an existing building or facility that is part of the real property and intended to increase energy efficiency and community resilience to storm-related events, such as high winds and flooding, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

a. Wind resistant improvements or programs that qualify the structure for insurance discounts including, but not limited to, the FORTIFIED Program or improvements that increase the life safety of occupants during tornados including, but not limited to, safe rooms that comply with the International Code Congress (ICC-500) as mandated by the Alabama Building Commission, or are manufactured or site built under the supervision of a professional or producer member of the National Storm Shelter Association.

b. Energy conservation and efficiency improvement, which is a measure to reduce consumption through conservation or a more efficient use of electricity, natural gas, propane, or other forms of energy on the real property, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

1. Air sealing.

2. Installation of insulation.

3. Installation of energy-efficient heating, cooling, or ventilation systems.

4. Building modifications to increase the use of daylight.

5. Replacement of windows.

6. Installation of energy controls or energy efficient lighting systems.

7. Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment.

8. Installation of efficient lighting equipment.

9. Other improvements that lead to demonstrable savings.

c. Flood mitigation, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

1. The raising of a structure above the base flood elevation to eliminate flood damage.

2. Installation of a flood diversion apparatus.

3. Electrical, mechanical, plumbing, or other system improvements that reduce flood damage.

4. Improvements to mitigate or eliminate the potential for microbial growth, or reduce flood insurance premiums.

5. Any other improvement that reduces repetitive loss that is recognized by the National Flood Insurance Program, Community Rating System, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

(7) REAL PROPERTY. Real property excludes residential property consisting of fewer than five units and individual residential units of condominiums or cooperatives and limited common elements and common elements attached to or related to the condominium or cooperative units.
Ala. Code § 11-105-2 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 105 / Section 11-105-2
Section 11-105-2 Designation of Tourism Promotion and Development District
Status: in_force

A public authority established pursuant to this chapter shall designate a tourism promotion and development district which may be comprised of part or all of the corporate limits of any participating municipality and all or part of the unincorporated areas of any participating county. The governing body of each municipality and each county participating in the formation of the authority shall state in its authorizing resolution or by separate resolution the geographic area within its corporate limits that shall comprise the tourism promotion and development district.
Ala. Code § 11-86A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 86A / Section 11-86A-10
Section 11-86A-10 Members of the Board of Directors; Terms; Meetings; Removal from Office
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 11-86A-6, the board of directors shall be composed of the number of directors provided for in the articles, appointed as provided in the articles for the terms designated therein.

(b) All directors shall serve until their successors are appointed or until they cease to be qualified. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled as provided for in the articles, but any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term. In the event any uncertainty arises as to the terms of office of a director, the governing body or person authorized to appoint a director to the board of directors may clarify the term by adoption of an appropriate resolution or by execution of an appropriate certificate.

(c) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but any meeting of the board of directors may be adjourned by a majority of the directors present, or may be adjourned by a single director if the director is the only director present at the meeting. A vacancy in the membership of the board of directors may not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority and may hold other meetings at any time upon notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority, or if the bylaws make no provision for notice as determined by the chair of the board of directors. The board of directors may hold a special meeting upon call of the chair or by a majority of the directors. Any matter on which the board of directors is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special, or called meeting. At the request of a director, the vote on any question before the board of directors may be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the record. All resolutions adopted by the board of directors shall constitute actions of the authority.

(d) A director may be impeached and removed from office only in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-47 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-47
Section 11-99A-47 Limited Exception from Regulations
Status: in_force

The appointing government and any other public person may determine that improvements may be built by the district, paid for with proceeds of bonds, and may otherwise be subject to the terms of this chapter even though the subdivision, zoning, or other ordinances, rules, codes, and regulations of the appointing government or other public person would, but for this chapter, require the owners of the land, developers, or other private persons to pay for the costs of improvements, and to the extent paid for from the proceeds from a bond issue or assessments under this chapter, the private person shall be relieved of the obligation to pay for costs.
Ala. Code § 11-91A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 91A / Section 11-91A-4
Section 11-91A-4 Transfer of Responsibility and Control of Program; Membership of Board
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 36-29-14, the board shall have exclusive responsibility and control over the program as of 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015. In order to make proper preparation to assume all responsibility and control for the program effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, the board shall be in place no later than September 1, 2014, and shall hold its organizational meeting no later than October 1, 2014. The SEIB shall be responsible for setting and conducting the initial board elections required under subsection (c) and for ensuring that all appointing authorities for board appointments as set out in subsection (c) are notified of appointments to be made pursuant to this chapter. In order to ensure that all board members are appointed or elected no later than September 1, 2014, all appointments shall be made and all elections conducted no later than August 15, 2014. All elections held after January 1, 2015, shall be conducted by the chief executive officer of the board under rules promulgated by the board.

(b) The board shall consist of members appointed or elected as set out in subsection (c) who shall serve a three-year term expiring on December 31 of the third year; provided that, in order to establish staggered terms for board members, the initial terms of office for board members shall be as set out in subsection (c). All members of the board may be re-elected or re-appointed to successive terms.

(c) The membership of the board shall consist of the following:

(1) Three members who are representatives of municipal government from municipal employer participants appointed by the Alabama League of Municipalities. Initial appointments shall be for staggered terms with one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015; one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2016; and one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2017.

(2) Three members who are representatives of county government from county employer participants appointed by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. Initial appointments shall be for staggered terms with one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015; one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2016; and one member appointed to an initial term expiring on December 31, 2017.

(3) One member who is a retired employee participating in the program appointed by the Alabama Retired Employees’ Association. The member appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall serve a three-year term, provided that the retiree first appointed shall serve an initial term expiring on December 31, 2015.

(4) One member who is an active full-time employee of municipal or county government with at least 10 years of creditable coverage in the program who is elected by the full-time employees of municipalities and counties participating in the program pursuant to procedures set out in subsection (a). The member elected pursuant to this subdivision shall serve a three-year term, provided that the member first elected shall serve an initial term expiring on December 31, 2016.

(5) One member who is either an active full-time employee of an employer participant that is not a county or municipality with at least 10 years of creditable coverage in the program or a retiree participating in the program. This member shall be elected by active full-time employees of an employer participant that is not a county or municipality and retirees participating in the program pursuant to procedures set out in subsection (a). The member elected pursuant to this subdivision shall serve a three-year term, with the initial term of the member first elected expiring on December 31, 2017.

(d) Any vacancy of an elected board member prior to the expiration of his or her term shall be filled for the remainder of the term by special election provided there are at least 12 months remaining in the term. The special election shall be conducted by the chief executive officer of the board under rules and regulations promulgated by the board. Any vacancy of an appointed board member shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Ala. Code § 11-108-4 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 108 / Section 11-108-4
Section 11-108-4 Appeal of County or Municipal Tax Determination
Status: in_force

A taxpayer may appeal any business license tax or business privilege tax determination of a county or municipality that has levied a business privilege tax or business license tax to the Alabama Tax Tribunal as provided in Section 40-2B-2.
Ala. Code § 11-88-71 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-71
Section 11-88-71 Appeal from Assessments to Circuit Court - Transcript Deemed Prima Facie Evidence of Correctness of Assessment, Etc
Status: in_force

Upon the hearing of such appeal, the introduction of such transcript and papers shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of such assessment and that the said property and persons are justly indebted to the authority for the amount of the said assessment.
Ala. Code § 11-88-61 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-61
Section 11-88-61 Effect of Defects in Notice or Proceedings; Supplementary Proceedings for Correction of Defects
Status: in_force

If there be any defect in the said notice or proceedings before or subsequent to the said notice with respect to one or more interested persons, the same shall not affect such notice or proceedings except insofar as it may touch the interest or property of such person or persons and shall not avail any other person concerned therein. In case of such defect, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as those prescribed in this article may be had in order to supply such defect.
Ala. Code § 3-1-1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1-1
Section 3-1-1 Keeping of Dog Known to Kill, Etc., Stock Prohibited; Liability of Owner for Injuries, Etc., Caused by Same; Liability for Killing of Same
Status: in_force

No person shall keep any dog which has been known to kill or worry sheep or other stock without being set upon the same. Any person knowingly keeping such dog is liable for double the value of all stock killed or injured by such dog, such damages to be recovered by the owner of such stock before any court of competent jurisdiction and no action shall be maintained against anyone for killing such dog.
Ala. Code § 11-86A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 86A / Section 11-86A-15
Section 11-86A-15 Security for Bonds
Status: in_force

(a) In the discretion of the board of directors of an authority, any bonds may be secured by an indenture between an authority and a trustee, which may be a trust company or bank having trust powers, whether the trust company or bank is located within or outside of the state. In any indenture or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, an authority may pledge, for payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds, any of its revenues to which its rights exist or may thereafter come into existence, and may assign, as security for payment, any of its leases, franchises, permits, and contracts. In any indenture, an authority may mortgage any properties, including any that may be thereafter acquired by it, and may provide that in the event of a default in payment of the bonds secured thereby or in the event of default with respect to any agreement contained therein, the mortgage may be foreclosed either by sale at public outcry or by judicial proceedings. Any pledge of revenues shall be valid and binding from the time it is made, and the revenues pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately become subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of such a pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have actual notice thereof, provided any indenture has been recorded in the office of the probate judge, regardless of compliance with the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code. In any indenture or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and pledging for the benefit thereof revenues from any one or more projects, the authority may include provisions customarily contained in instruments securing evidences of indebtedness, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the collection, segregation, and application of any rental or other revenue due or to become due to the authority, the terms to be incorporated in any lease agreement respecting any property of the authority, the maintenance and insurance of any building, structure, or other property owned by the authority, the creation and maintenance of special funds from any revenue of the authority, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the holder of the bonds or the trustee under the indenture, all as the board of directors deem advisable and which are not in conflict with this section.

(b) If an authority defaults in payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds or in any of the agreements on the part of an authority that may properly be included in any indenture securing the bonds or in any resolution authorizing their issuance, a holder of the bonds or any of the coupons, or the trustee under any indenture if authorized in indenture, may, in addition to any other remedies herein provided or otherwise available, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce payment of the principal or interest and compel performance of all duties of the authority, and shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver possessing all the powers of a receiver necessary or appropriate for the operation and maintenance of the property of the authority covered by the indenture or resolution, and the collection, segregation, and application of revenues therefrom. The indenture or any resolution may contain provisions restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of the bonds and coupons.
Ala. Code § 11-81-189 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-189
Section 11-81-189 Impairment, Etc., of Valid Liens or Contracts Not Authorized by Article
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any borrower to impair or commit a breach of the obligation of any valid lien or contract created or entered into by it, the intention of this article being to authorize the pledging, setting aside and segregation of gross revenues only where consistent with outstanding obligations of such borrower.
Ala. Code § 11-95-21 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 95 / Section 11-95-21
Section 11-95-21 Cumulative Effect of Chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-96-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 96 / Section 11-96-5
Section 11-96-5 Community Action Program Defined; Components of Program; Administration
Status: in_force

(a) A community action program is a community-based and -operated program which:

(1) Includes or is designated to include a sufficient number of projects of components to provide, in sum, a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem;

(2) Has been developed, and which organizes and combines its component projects and activities, in a manner appropriate to carry out all the purposes of Sections 11-96-2 and 11-96-4; and

(3) Conforms to any other supplementary criteria as may be prescribed by federal or state laws or regulations.

(b) The components of a community action program may include programs designated to assist participants, including the elderly poor, to:

(1) Secure and retain meaningful employment;

(2) Attain an adequate education;

(3) Make better use of available income;

(4) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment;

(5) Obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, employment, and energy related assistance;

(6) Remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;

(7) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; and,

(8) Make more frequent and effective use of other programs related to the purposes of Sections 11-96-2 and 11-96-4.

(c) Components of a community action program may be administered by the community action agency when consistent with sound and efficient management and applicable law, or by other agencies. There may be projects eligible for assistance under Section 11-96-2, or projects assisted from other public or private sources; and they may be either specially designed to meet local needs or designed pursuant to the eligibility standards of a state or federal program providing assistance to a particular kind of activity which will help in meeting those needs.
Ala. Code § 11-89-31 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 89 / Section 11-89-31
Section 11-89-31 Definitions
Status: in_force

All definitions in Section 11-89-1 are incorporated in this article by reference, except that “district” shall also mean in this article any district which is operating under this article. Moreover, where used in this article, the words “special corporation” shall mean any corporation organized pursuant to this article.
Ala. Code § 11-98-16 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 98 / Section 11-98-16
Section 11-98-16 Certification Requirements for Public Safety Telecommunicators
Status: in_force

On or after July 1, 2022, an individual performing the duties of a public safety telecommunicator, as defined in Section 11-98-1, and employed by a primary PSAP receiving 911 calls, shall be certified under rules established by the Statewide 911 Board. Individuals hired on or after July 1, 2022, shall have 180 days to be enrolled in the certification process, but shall be allowed to perform the duties of a public safety telecommunicator without certification until the expiration of the 180-day period. Any individual performing the duties of public safety telecommunicator for a primary PSAP receiving 911 calls on or before June 30, 2022, shall not be required to complete the coursework to be certified under rules established by the board.
Ala. Code § 11-88-109 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-109
Section 11-88-109 Refunding of Excess Amounts Collected from Assessments Upon Demand Therefor; Limitation Period for Claims for Refunds; Disposition of Unclaimed Amounts
Status: in_force

In the event the amounts collected from the assessments under any improvement resolution shall exceed the total cost and expense of the improvement, there shall be refunded to each of the parties affected by the said assessments a proportionate amount of the excess, upon demand made therefor by the said parties within 12 months after maturity or payment of the bonds authorized with respect to that improvement.

If such claims be not presented within 12 months from the date of the maturity or payment of the said bonds, they shall be forever barred, and such amount shall be converted to the general fund of the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-89A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 89A / Section 11-89A-6
Section 11-89A-6 Board of Directors of Authority; Election; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Qualifications; Expenses; Meetings; Notice and Waiver; Resolutions; Impeachment
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation, as most recently amended; provided, however, that in the case of any authority in existence and incorporated prior to May 11, 1989, the board shall consist of three directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the determining subdivision for staggered terms in accordance with the provisions of law as it existed immediately prior to the aforesaid effective date unless such authority shall otherwise amend its certificate of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-89A-5. Unless provided to the contrary in its certificate of incorporation, all powers of the authority shall be exercised, and the authority shall be governed, by the board or pursuant to its authorization. Subject to the provisions of the first sentence of this subsection (a) and to the provisions of subdivision (8) of subsection (b) of Section 11-89A-4, the board shall consist of directors having such qualifications, being elected or appointed by such person or persons (including, without limitation, the board itself, the governing body or bodies of one or more determining subdivisions or other counties and municipalities, and other entities or organizations) and in such manner, and serving for such terms of office, all as shall be specified in the certificate of incorporation of the authority; provided, however, that no fewer than a majority of the directors shall be elected by the governing body or bodies of one or more of the determining subdivisions and the certificate of incorporation of each authority must contain provisions having this effect. Unless provided to the contrary in the certificate of incorporation of an authority, any officer of any determining subdivision shall be eligible for appointment and may serve as a member of the board for the term for which he is appointed or during his tenure as an officer of such determining subdivision, whichever expires first.

(b) If, at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected or appointed, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected or appointed. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, whether by death, resignation, incapacity, disqualification, or otherwise, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected or appointed by the person or persons who elected or appointed the predecessor director. Each election or appointment of a director, whether for a full term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. Any director, irrespective of by whom elected or appointed, shall be eligible for reelection or reappointment.

(c) Each director shall serve as such without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but any meeting of the board may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the directors present or may be so adjourned by a single director if such director is the only director present at such meeting. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority, may hold other meetings at any time and from time to time upon such notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority, and must upon call of the chairman of the authority or a majority of the total number of directors, hold a special meeting, none of which meetings shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13A-14-2 or other similar law. Whenever any notice is required by the bylaws of the authority to be given of any meeting of the board, a waiver thereof in writing, signed (whether before or after such meeting) by the person or persons entitled to such notice, shall be the equivalent to the giving of such notice. Any matter on which the board is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special or called meeting. At the request of any director, the vote on any question before the board shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the record. All resolutions adopted by the board shall be reduced to writing and signed by the secretary of the authority and shall be recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.

(d) Any director 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 1901 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in said Section 175.
Ala. Code § 3-7A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 7A / Section 3-7A-14
Section 3-7A-14 Power of Municipalities
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be held to limit in any manner the power of any municipality to prohibit dogs, cats, or ferrets from running at large, regardless of rabies immunization status as herein provided; nor shall anything in this chapter be construed, in any manner, to limit the power of any municipality to further control and regulate dogs or cats in such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-99B-9 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99B / Section 11-99B-9
Section 11-99B-9 Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest
Status: in_force

(a) As security for payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the district may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any project owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates, licenses, rentals, fees, and charges for and the adoption of reasonable regulations respecting any such project, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with this chapter for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from the project will be sufficient to operate the project, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and the interest on any bonds payable from the revenues, and maintain reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of the project, and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto.

(b) Any contract pursuant to this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any trust indenture made by the district under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-81-59 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-59
Section 11-81-59 Election Contest - Authorized; Bond Required
Status: in_force

Any election held under the provisions of this article can be contested by any qualified elector of the municipality by executing a bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the judge of probate of the county, for the payment of the costs of the contest.
Ala. Code § 11-101A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 101A / Section 11-101A-18
Section 11-101A-18 Exemption from Usury Laws
Status: in_force

An authority shall be exempt from all laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 8-8-1) of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 11-88-48 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-48
Section 11-88-48 Supervision of Work
Status: in_force

All work done or improvements made under the provisions of this article shall be done under the supervision of the engineer or other superintendent appointed for that purpose by the board; provided, that the engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be related by blood or by marriage to any contractor to whom work is awarded under the terms of Section 11-88-47, or, if the said contractor is a corporation, to any stockholder thereof and the said engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be interested in or have any share in the proceeds of any construction contract or any contract for the sale of materials to be employed in the said work, nor be a stockholder in the company selling the said materials, nor shall the said engineer or other superintendent so appointed be employed, directly or indirectly, by any parties having an interest in the proceeds of any such construction or sales contract.
Ala. Code § 3-1-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1-3
Section 3-1-3 Liability of Owner, Etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, Etc., for Injuries Caused by Same
Status: in_force

When any person owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and, as a result of his careless management of the same or his allowing the same to go at liberty, and another person, without fault on his part, is injured thereby, such owner or keeper shall be liable in damages for such injury.
Ala. Code § 11-91A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 91A / Section 11-91A-8
Section 11-91A-8 Awarding of Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) Before entering into any contract or contracts for a carrier or third party administrator, the board shall solicit competitive proposals from companies or agencies qualified to administer or offer plans for group health care coverage. The board shall carefully evaluate all proposals received and award the contract or contracts to the most qualified company or agency taking into consideration all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the following: The benefits offered; the proposed administrative costs and the costs to be incurred by the employer participant and its employees, retirees, and dependents; and the experience of the companies or agencies submitting proposals. In evaluating these factors, the board may employ the services of impartial professional insurance analysts or actuaries. The contract or contracts executed by the board with the selected carrier or third party administrator shall be a contract to offer coverage to all employees and retirees of employer participants subject to this chapter.

(b) The board may at the end of any contract period discontinue any contract or contracts it has executed with any carrier or third party administrator and replace the carrier or administrator with a contract or contracts with any other carrier or third party administrator meeting the requirements of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-25
Section 11-99A-25 Failure to Provide Notice
Status: in_force

In any case where notice is provided for in this chapter, if the board or appointing government finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the board or appointing government shall not thereby lose jurisdiction and the proceedings shall not be voided, but if the proceeding is continuing, the board shall hold the proceedings in abeyance until due notice is given, and shall continue the proceeding as though notice had been properly given in the first instance. If the proceedings are not continuing, the board or appointing government shall provide an opportunity for the person or persons failing to receive notice to be heard, and after having heard the person, the board or appointing government may make modifications in the assessments, plans, improvements, or bond issue as it may deem appropriate.
Ala. Code § 11-81-33 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-33
Section 11-81-33 Execution of Bonds, Etc., with Engraved or Otherwise Reproduced Facsimile of Signature, Seal or Other Means of Authentication, Etc
Status: in_force

Any bonds, notes or other obligations for the payment of money heretofore or hereafter authorized to be issued and delivered by any city or town of this state may be executed with an engraved, imprinted, stamped or otherwise reproduced facsimile of any signature, seal or other means of authentication, certification or endorsement required or permitted to be recorded thereon if so authorized by the governing body of such city or town; provided, that at least one signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed.

This section shall not repeal any other law authorizing the execution of such bonds, notes or other obligations for the payment of money or interest coupons attached thereto with facsimile signatures or seals.
Ala. Code § 11-86A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 86A / Section 11-86A-11
Section 11-86A-11 Amendment of Articles
Status: in_force

(a) The articles of an authority may be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of directors shall adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles. The amendment shall be fully set forth in the resolution and may include any matters that might have been included in the original articles.

(b) After the adoption by the board of directors of a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file with the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality a written application in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, requesting the county and each participating municipality to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors proposing the amendment to the articles. The county and each participating municipality shall therein review the application and adopt a resolution either denying the application or approving and authorizing the proposed amendment. A resolution need not be published or posted or offered for more than one reading.

(c) Following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by the county commission of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file in the office of the probate judge a certificate in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of resolutions by the board and by the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality and setting forth the proposed amendment. The probate judge shall record the certificate. The amendment shall become effective upon recordation.
Ala. Code § 11-88-77 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-77
Section 11-88-77 Appeal from Judgment of Circuit Court to Supreme Court - by Authority
Status: in_force

The authority may also appeal from any judgment of the said circuit court, without giving bond. All appeals taken pursuant to this article shall be preferred cases in the Supreme Court.
Ala. Code § 11-87-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 87 / Section 11-87-3
Section 11-87-3 Contracts for Services
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality may enter into contracts to provide such ambulance service and may appropriate and pay public funds for such service provided under such contracts.
Ala. Code § 11-81-227 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-227
Section 11-81-227 Article Not Applicable Where Validity of Obligations in Controversy in Pending Actions or Proceedings
Status: in_force

No action shall be taken under this article for the validation of obligations of a unit in any case where the validity of such obligations is in controversy in any civil action or proceeding now pending in any state or federal court.
Ala. Code § 11-94-6 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 94 / Section 11-94-6
Section 11-94-6 Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment Procedure; Recordation of Amendment as Conclusive Evidence
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation may at any time and from time to time be amended so as to make any changes therein and add any provisions thereto which might have been included in the certificate of incorporation in the first instance.

Such an amendment shall be effected in the following manner: The board of the authority shall file with the governing body of each authorizing subdivision a resolution seeking permission to amend the certificate of incorporation, specifying in such resolution the amendment proposed to be made. The governing body of each authorizing subdivision shall consider such resolution and, if each of them shall by appropriate resolution duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and shall authorize the same to be made and shall approve the form of the proposed amendment, then the authority shall cause to be executed an instrument embodying the proposed amendment and shall file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation was originally filed. The proposed amendment shall be subscribed and acknowledged by its president or vice president before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. Such judge of probate shall thereupon examine the proposed amendment and, if he finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with and the proposed amendment is within the scope of what might be included in an original certificate of incorporation, he shall approve the amendment and record it in an appropriate book in his office. When such amendment has been so made, approved, and filed, it shall thereupon become effective and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section. The recording of the amendment shall be conclusive evidence that the requisite findings and approvals have been made.
Ala. Code § 11-81-220 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-220
Section 11-81-220 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) UNIT. Any public corporation organized in this state pursuant to authorization or determination by any municipality or municipalities or county or counties or a municipality and a county or by any combination of municipalities and counties or by the governing body of any one or more thereof and shall include also any county board of education and any city board of education.

(2) ORGANIZING SUBDIVISION. With respect to any unit, each municipality or county which may have granted authorization or made determinations respecting the incorporation of the unit or the governing body of which may have granted such authorization or made such determinations and, in the case of a board of education, the county or city with respect to which such board of education is organized.

(3) OBLIGATIONS. Bonds, warrants, certificates of indebtedness and notes of a unit, including bonds, warrants, certificates and notes that are general obligations of the issuing unit and those that are payable solely from a specified source.

(4) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The district attorney of the judicial circuit in which the county is located.
Ala. Code § 11-89B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 89B / Section 11-89B-5
Section 11-89B-5 Use of Moneys Derived from Sale of Bonds
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of any such bonds issued by such public corporation shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including the funding of all or part of any reserve funds which may be required for debt service, replacement and extension or capital improvements, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to:

(1) The fiscal, engineering, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of and security for the bonds, including, without limitation, the charges, premiums or fees in connection with any debt service insurance or letter of credit or other additional security given with respect to its bonds, whether such amounts are to be paid in a lump sum or over a period of time;

(2) Interest on bonds in the case of bonds issued to pay costs of construction or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay construction costs prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction; and

(3) Any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded in the case of the bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by such public corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-101-15 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 101 / Section 11-101-15
Section 11-101-15 Use of Proceeds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2001-642, p. 1317, § 2, effective May 20, 2001.
Ala. Code § 11-95-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 95 / Section 11-95-3
Section 11-95-3 Application for Incorporation of Public Corporation; Approval by Local Governing Bodies
Status: in_force

A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any county. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of a county, shall first file a written application with the governing body of such county and with the governing body of any single municipality located wholly within such county, which application shall:

(1) Recite the names of the county and the municipality with the governing bodies of which such application is being filed;

(2) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate a corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;

(3) State the proposed location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be within the county with whose governing body such application is filed;

(4) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county with whose governing body such application is filed; and

(5) Request that the governing body of such county and the governing body of such municipality each adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed corporation be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed corporation by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-95-4.

Every such application shall be accompanied by such supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with them, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the governing bodies of the municipality and the county with which the application was filed shall each review the contents of the application, and shall each adopt a resolution either denying the application or declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed corporation be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed corporation by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-95-4. Each governing body with which the application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of such governing body at which final action upon said application is taken.
Ala. Code § 11-105-4 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 105 / Section 11-105-4
Section 11-105-4 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) The affairs of the authority shall be managed by a board of directors, hereinafter called the board, which shall consist of the following: At least one and not more than five board members representing each incorporated municipality located within the defined tourism promotion and development district and not more than two board members from any unincorporated area included in the tourism promotion and development district, except that the number of board members from the unincorporated area of the tourism development district may be increased to not more than four board members by a two-thirds majority vote of the then existing board members of the authority.

(b) The number of board members representing each municipality included in the tourism promotion and development district shall be computed as follows:

(1) One board seat for each seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) of annual lodging tax collections collected within the municipality. The minimum board seats per municipality shall be one and the maximum board seats per municipality shall be five.

(2) The board members representing the incorporated municipalities shall be appointed by the governing body of their respective municipality. The board members shall not be required to reside within any municipality or the tourism promotion and development district. The initial board member terms shall be one each for a one, two, and three-year term. In the event there are more than three board members representing any incorporated municipality, each additional board member shall be appointed for a three, two, or one-year initial term in the order the additional board member is appointed. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three years. No board member representing any incorporated municipality shall serve longer than the initial term of the board member plus two consecutive three-year terms.

(3) Appointed board members shall represent the following from within their respective municipality:

a. No more than one board member from each municipality may be a member of the elected body of the municipality.

b. No more than two board members from each municipality may be engaged in the lodging business within the tourism promotion and development district.

c. No more than two board members from each municipality may be engaged in a business within the tourism promotion and development district, other than a lodging business, whose customers or clients are primarily tourists or visitors.

d. Any other board members from each municipality shall have a background and experience in a tourist-related industry or attraction, in the field of marketing, advertising, or public relations, or other field or industry directly related to the purposes for which the authority is created and established.

(c) The number of board members representing any unincorporated area of the defined tourism promotion and development district shall be determined as follows:

(1) There shall be two board members from the unincorporated area of the tourism promotion and development district, except that the number of board members from the unincorporated area of the tourism promotion and development district may be increased to not more than four board members by a two-thirds majority vote of the then existing board members of the authority.

(2) The board members representing the unincorporated area of the defined tourism promotion and development district shall be appointed by a majority vote of the members of the county commission of the county in which the unincorporated area is located. The board members shall be required to reside within the county. The initial board member terms shall be one each for a two and three-year term. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three years. No board member representing the unincorporated area of the tourism promotion and development district shall serve longer than the initial term of the board member plus two consecutive three-year terms. At least one of the board members shall be engaged in either the lodging business or a major tourist attraction within the unincorporated area. Any additional board members representing the unincorporated area of the tourism promotion and development district that may be appointed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall have a background and experience in a tourist-related industry or attraction, in the field of marketing, advertising, or public relations, or other field or industry directly related to the purposes for which the authority is created and established.

(3) Board members whose terms have expired shall continue to serve until either replaced or reappointed by the appropriate governing body.

(4) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but they may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties for the authority.
Ala. Code § 3-6A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 6A / Section 3-6A-8
Section 3-6A-8 Duties of Animal Control Officer
Status: in_force

If the appropriate jurisdiction does not employ an animal control officer, the duties of this chapter shall be carried out by a law enforcement officer.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-36 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-36
Section 11-99A-36 Pledge of Assessments to Bonds
Status: in_force

Assessments may be pledged to an issue of bonds, and if pledged, the pledge shall be deemed a perfected, first claim by the bondholders, or trustee on behalf of the bondholders, against the assessments, regardless of compliance with the terms of Article 9 of Title 7, the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code, or any other public notice or filing. However, nothing herein shall prevent the filing of a financing statement under Article 9 of Title 7, the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code, and a filing shall not constitute an election to perfect only in accordance with Article 9 of Title 7.
Ala. Code § 11-80-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 80 / Section 11-80-4.1
Section 11-80-4.1 Appropriations and Contributions to Community Action Agencies
Status: in_force

(a) County and municipal governments in Alabama are hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county or municipality, or from federal revenue sharing funds of the county or municipality, funds to community action agencies authorized to administer grants and contracts in their areas. These funds may be used to match grant funds and contract funds from the federal government, state government, planning and development commissions, and other public and private organizations where local matching funds are required for the delivery of social services.

(b) County and municipal governments in Alabama are authorized to contribute to community action agencies in-kind services such as space, equipment, personnel and other resources which can be fairly evaluated as matching funds for the same purposes as stated in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Community action agencies eligible to receive county and municipal funds may be organized as public agencies or public non-profit or private non-profit corporations as authorized by the local government jurisdictions.
Ala. Code § 11-81-58 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-58
Section 11-81-58 Recordation of Election Results
Status: in_force

The record of the result of the election as ascertained and declared by the board of canvassers shall be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of such municipality and when so recorded shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated and of the validity of such election, unless contested as provided in Sections 11-81-59 through 11-81-61. No form shall be required for such record, but it shall be sufficient if the record plainly and manifestly shows the votes cast for and against the proposition submitted to the electors.
Ala. Code § 3-6-2 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 3-6-2
Section 3-6-2 When Person Deemed Lawfully on Property of Owner of Dog
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter a person shall be considered to be lawfully upon the private property of the owner of such dog when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of this state or by the laws of the United States or the postal laws and regulations of the United States, when reading meters, when delivering milk, when making repairs to any public utility or service upon said premises or when on such property upon the invitation, either expressed or implied, of the owner or lessee of such property.
Ala. Code § 11-86A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 86A / Section 11-86A-5
Section 11-86A-5 Contents, Signing, and Filing of Articles
Status: in_force

(a) The articles of an authority shall state all of the following:

(1) The names of the incorporators and that each is a resident of the county of incorporation. In addition, one of the incorporators shall also be a Class 4 municipality that has within 90 days of March 9, 2000, opted by ordinance to be a participating municipality.

(2) The name of the authority, which may be a name indicating in a general way the geographic area proposed to be served by the authority and include the words “Park and Recreation Authority” (e.g., “The ___________ Park and Recreation Authority” or “The Park and Recreation Authority of ___________,” the blank space to be filled in with a geographically descriptive word or words, but the descriptive word or words shall not preclude the authority from exercising its powers in other geographic areas).

(3) The period of the authority which may be perpetual.

(4) The location of the principal office of the authority, located within the boundaries of the county of incorporation.

(5) That the authority is organized pursuant to this chapter.

(6) The prohibitions, limitations, or conditions of the authority.

(7) A minimum of three directors and the duration of their respective terms of office which may not be in excess of six years.

(8) The manner of appointing directors. The articles may specify that the directors are to be appointed by any of the following:

a. The governing body of the county of incorporation.

b. The governing bodies of the participating municipalities.

c. The individual members of the governing bodies, based upon districts, precincts, place numbers, or another method.

d. The legislative delegation of the county of incorporation.

e. A combination of a. to d., inclusive, as the articles prescribe.

(9) Any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter relating to the dissolution of the authority and the vesting of title to its assets and properties upon dissolution.

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

(b) The articles shall be signed by each of the incorporators.

(c) The authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in its articles upon the filing for record of the articles with the probate judge. The recording of the articles by the probate judge shall be conclusive evidence of the due, legal, and valid incorporation of the authority. The probate judge shall record the articles in an appropriate book in his or her office. There shall be no filing fees or recording taxes due or payable on account of the filing for record of the articles.
Ala. Code § 11-92B-17 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 92B / Section 11-92B-17
Section 11-92B-17 Participation in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

An authority, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System, may elect to have its officers and employees become eligible to participate in the Employees’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 11-81-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-3
Section 11-81-3 Issuance of Refunding or Funding Bonds as to Adjustment, Etc., of Indebtedness
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title which shall authorize the issuance of refunding or funding bonds may exercise all powers deemed necessary by the governing body for the execution and fulfillment of any plan or agreement for the settlement, adjustment, refunding, or funding of the indebtedness of the county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title not inconsistent with the provisions of law relating to the issuance of refunding or funding bonds. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing powers, it is expressly declared that the governing body shall have the power to take all steps and proceedings contemplated or permitted by any act of the Congress of the United States relating to the readjustment of municipal indebtedness, and the State of Alabama hereby gives its assent thereto and hereby authorizes each county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title in the state to proceed under the provisions of the acts for the readjustment of its debts.
Ala. Code § 3-5-13 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 3-5-13
Section 3-5-13 Procedure for Sale of Livestock or Animal When Not Reclaimed by Owner, Etc.; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
Status: in_force

If the owner or his agent shall not, when he has made no bond, reclaim his livestock or animal within 24 hours after the judge of the district court shall have ascertained such damages, then the judge of the district court shall order the same sold by a constable of the precinct or by someone appointed to act as such or by the sheriff or his deputy or by the law enforcement officer of a municipality. Such officer, upon the making of such order, shall sell the same upon giving five days’ notice of such sale by publication one time in a newspaper published in the county, said notice to contain a brief description of the livestock or animal to be sold and the time and place of sale. But out of the proceeds such officer shall pay the costs and expenses and damages due the plaintiff and the expenses of taking up, keeping and caring for such livestock or animal, and the balance must be paid to the owner of such livestock or animal, if known, and if not known, then into the county treasury or the treasury of the municipality. The officer making the sale shall be entitled to $1.00 for making such sale and posting the notices.
Ala. Code § 11-97-27 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 97 / Section 11-97-27
Section 11-97-27 Liberal Construction
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any corporation might otherwise have under any laws of the state, and the provisions of this chapter are cumulative to any such powers.

This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws. However, the issuance of bonds of any corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law of the state generally applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations by other public corporations organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 11-99A-42 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99A / Section 11-99A-42
Section 11-99A-42 Reassessments
Status: in_force

The council may make a reassessment or new assessment of a parcel if:

(1) A court of competent jurisdiction sets aside an assessment against the parcel.

(2) On the written advice of legal counsel, the council determines that the original assessment is invalid.

(3) Requested in writing by a district to correct an error or omission in an existing assessment, or to comply with the methodology for the assessments as approved by the council as provided in this chapter, or to conform an assessment or assessments to the provisions and limitations thereupon of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-99B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 99B / Section 11-99B-3
Section 11-99B-3 Filing of Application for Incorporation of District; Adoption of Resolutions Approving or Denying Application by Governing Bodies
Status: in_force

(a) In order to incorporate a district under this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file an identical written application with the governing body of each county, municipality, and public corporation proposed to be a member of the proposed district. Such application shall contain:

(1) A statement of each project that the district proposes to acquire or construct.

(2) A general description of the area or areas in which the district proposes to acquire or construct such project or projects, and the name of each county, municipality, and public corporation proposed to be a member of the district.

(3) A proposed total number of directors, which shall be at least equal to the total number of counties and municipalities, and public corporations with the governing bodies of which such application is filed, but in no event less than three, and proposed provisions for the election of each director by one of such governing bodies and for the election of at least one director by each of said governing bodies; and any proposal to give the directors proportional voting power based upon the percentage of indebtedness and operating expenses of the district for which the entities electing the directors will be guarantors, or any other measure for establishing proportional voting power of directors.

(4) The proposed location of the principal office of the district, which shall be within a county with the governing body of which such application is filed or within a county in which is located a municipality or a public corporation with the governing body of which such application is filed.

(5) A statement that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county or one of the counties with the governing bodies of which such application is filed or a county in which is located a municipality or a public corporation with the governing body of which such application is filed.

(6) A request that each of such governing bodies adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed district be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed district by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-4.

Such application may also state a proposed plan for apportioning the properties of the district upon its dissolution among its members. Every such application shall be accompanied by such supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate.

(b) As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) each governing body with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application, and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed district be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed district by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-4.
Ala. Code § 3-5-10 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 3-5-10
Section 3-5-10 Officer or Person Taking Up Livestock or Animal Entitled to Possession Thereof until Judgment and Costs of Keeping and Caring for Livestock or Animal Paid
Status: in_force

The person or officer taking up such livestock or animal shall be entitled to possession thereof until the judgment which may be recovered as provided in this chapter is paid, together with the costs of the same and the cost of keeping and caring for such livestock or animal after such judgment or until the same is sold under execution to satisfy said judgment; provided, that the cost of keeping and caring for such livestock or animal under such circumstances shall be upon the same basis as that previously determined as a proper charge for the maintenance of such livestock or animal prior to the entering of such judgment.
Ala. Code § 11-88-99 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 88 / Section 11-88-99
Section 11-88-99 Irregularities in Proceedings Authorizing Issuance of Bonds or Neglect, Etc., of Duties by Officers Not to Affect Validity of Bonds; Bonds to Have Properties and Protection of Commercial Paper
Status: in_force

No irregularity in the proceedings to authorize the issue of bonds under this article nor the omission or neglect of any officer charged with the execution of any duties imposed by this article shall affect the validity of any bonds issued under this article. Such bonds shall have all the properties and protection of commercial paper.
Ala. Code § 11-81-55 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-55
Section 11-81-55 Conduct of Election Generally
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality in which an election is held under this article shall designate the number and location of voting places and shall appoint three managers, two clerks, and one returning officer for each voting place in such municipality to conduct said election, and the mayor or other chief executive shall notify the managers, clerks, and returning officers of their appointment and shall deliver the box and ballots to the managers at the several voting places in the municipality; provided, that if voting machines are to be used at said election, then the election officials therefor shall be appointed and the election shall be conducted as is prescribed in the applicable provisions of Sections 17-9-1 through 17-9-41, inclusive, with amendments thereto or any other laws governing the use of voting machines at elections for such municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-89C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 89C / Section 11-89C-3
Section 11-89C-3 Public Corporation - Procedure for Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) Three or more natural persons who are either the mayor of a municipality or the chair of a county governing body of a county or counties in which a municipality is wholly or partially situated, may file with their respective governing bodies a written application to incorporate a public corporation pursuant to this chapter. If each of the governing bodies adopts a resolution declaring that the formation of a public corporation is wise, expedient, and necessary, and approves the proposed certificate of incorporation, the incorporators shall proceed to incorporate the public corporation pursuant to this chapter by executing and filing for record in either the office of the judge of probate of the participating county having the largest population according to the last federal decennial census, or, if there is not a participating county, in any county in which the municipality with the largest population according to the last federal decennial census is situated, a certificate of incorporation together with certified copies of the resolution of each approving governing body. Any governing body that fails to approve its participation in the public corporation shall be removed from the certificate of incorporation. The incorporation may proceed with the officials of the remaining three or more governing bodies. The certificate of incorporation shall include the following:

(1) The names of the incorporators and their official county or municipal office.

(2) The name of the public corporation.

(3) The duration of the public corporation which shall be perpetual.

(4) The location of the principal office of the public corporation.

(5) A statement that the corporation is organized pursuant to this chapter.

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

(b) Upon the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation and required attachments, the corporation shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation. The judge of probate shall send a notice to the Secretary of State that the certificate of incorporation of the public corporation has been filed for record. After filing, the certificate of incorporation may be amended in the manner provided by the board of directors of the public corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-81-122 — Alabama Code / Title 3 / Chapter 81 / Section 11-81-122
Section 11-81-122 Maintenance and Disposition of Sinking Fund Accounts for Refunding Bond Issues
Status: in_force

A separate sinking fund account shall be provided and kept for each refunding bond issue authorized under the provisions of Sections 11-81-119 through 11-81-121 to which shall be credited all collections made on assessments levied with respect to the improvements financed by the original issues of bonds or the proper proportionate part thereof, and such sinking fund shall be used only for the purpose of paying interest and principal on such bonds in that particular group or series as they mature.