Ala. Code § 2-26-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-13
Section 2-26-13 Violation of Provisions of Article or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Hereunder Deemed Misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person who shall perform any of the acts which are declared to be unlawful by this article or who fails to perform any duty or requirements imposed by the provisions of this article or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated hereunder or who shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or solicit orders for agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed without having a permit as required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such offense.
Ala. Code § 11-42-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-53
Section 11-42-53 Costs of Election
Status: in_force

The city at whose instance the election is held shall pay all cost and expense incident to the election.
Ala. Code § 2-6B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6B / Section 2-6B-1
Section 2-6B-1 Short Title; Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Family Farm Preservation Act.

(b) The Legislature recognizes the importance of the family farm in Alabama. It is the intent of the Legislature to assist in the preservation of family farms in Alabama by assuring that lawfully conducted farms and farm operations will not be considered to be public or private nuisances when and so long as they are operated in conformance with generally accepted agricultural and farm management practices, as described herein. The Legislature further recognizes that family farms may incorporate to take advantage of those provisions of law not afforded to other corporations.
Ala. Code § 2-29-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 29 / Section 2-29-4
Section 2-29-4 Bonds of Commission Merchants; Institution of Civil Actions Upon Bonds
Status: in_force

Before any permit shall be issued, the applicant therefor shall make and execute to the State of Alabama a surety bond in the penal sum of $1,000.00, said bond to be filed in the office of the commissioner. Said bond is intended and shall be so conditioned as to secure the faithful account for and payment to the consignor of the proceeds of all farm products handled or sold by such commission merchants. Every such bond shall cover every transaction (within its scope) occurring at any time after its filing and until 60 days after any new bond shall be filed. If at any time the commissioner is of the opinion that the responsibility of any surety or sureties on any existing bond is or is in danger of becoming impaired for any reason, he shall require the giving of a new bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties. Subject to the foregoing provision, upon issue of a new permit to a commission merchant theretofore licensed, no new bond shall be required, but the old bond theretofore given shall continue in force, unless the sureties on such old bond notify the commissioner in writing before October 1 in any year of dissent from such continuance. In the latter event, a new bond shall be required. Civil actions upon the appropriate bond or bonds may be brought (but only within one year after accrual) directly by the consignor, his representatives or assigns in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover for any loss or damage resulting from any breach or breaches of conditions of such bond or bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-43-190 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-190
Section 11-43-190 Applicability of Provisions of Article
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall not apply to any municipality with an established civil service or merit system already in existence on August 23, 1976, so long as the said civil service or merit system continues in full force and effect.

(b) This article shall not apply to any municipality having a population of less than 5,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census.
Ala. Code § 11-62-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-19
Section 11-62-19 Exemptions of Authority - Usury and Interest Laws
Status: in_force

Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8, as such laws may at any time be amended. Further, any payment payable directly or indirectly by any user pursuant to any lease, installment sale contract, loan agreement, or other contract to which an authority is a party, any payment pursuant to any authorized purpose obligation or any payment pursuant to any other obligation constituting the source of payment for any obligation of an authority which, in any such case under the laws of the state in effect at the time, constitutes interest, or a payment in the nature of interest, shall be exempt from all such laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates.
Ala. Code § 11-51-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-10
Section 11-51-10 Demand for Payment of Taxes Due and Charge Therefor
Status: in_force

Cities and towns may provide for a personal demand of taxes due and are authorized to make a charge therefor, not exceeding $.50, to be paid as costs, but such demand shall not be necessary or essential to the validity of proceedings to make collection by law.
Ala. Code § 11-44-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-5
Section 11-44-5 Proposition Submitted to Voters; Form and Marking of Ballots
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-73-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 73 / Section 11-73-1
Section 11-73-1 Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Applicability
Status: in_force

This chapter shall only apply in Class 2 municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-50-344 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-344
Section 11-50-344 Transfer of Existing Water or Sewer Systems to Board; Powers of Board as to Conveyance, Etc., of Title to Systems
Status: in_force

The council of any city which shall have theretofore created a board of water and sewer commissioners and the waterworks board of any such city which shall have theretofore been formed under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241 are each hereby authorized and empowered, without the necessity of authorization of an election by the qualified voters of said city, to transfer and convey to such board of water and sewer commissioners all or any part of any water system or sewer system or both such systems then owned and operated by such city or by such waterworks board for such considerations and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon; provided, however, that any such transfer or conveyance shall be subject to all bonds, mortgages, and other obligations, including revenue bonds, then outstanding which shall have theretofore been issued by such city or by such waterworks board and to all obligations under contracts which shall have theretofore been entered into by such city or such waterworks board in connection with the water system or sewer system or part thereof so transferred and conveyed, and such board of water and sewer commissioners as successors in interest of the city or of such waterworks board in and to the properties so transferred and conveyed shall assume the payment of all such bonds and obligations and the performance of the terms of all such contracts, and the employees of such city or of such waterworks board whose work is directly related to the properties so transferred and conveyed shall, insofar as practicable, continue to perform the same duties as theretofore without reduction in compensation and without impairment of the civil service, seniority, or retirement rights of such employees. The instrument effectuating any such transfer and conveyance may impose any conditions deemed advisable in connection with the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of the properties so transferred and conveyed.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as permitting such board of water and sewer commissioners to transfer title to such properties or to encumber the same in such manner that title may become vested in private ownership.
Ala. Code § 11-40-34 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-34
Section 11-40-34 Assessment of Costs
Status: in_force

The municipality may assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where the assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the municipality for the assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. The assessment shall then be added to the tax bill of the property, collected as a tax, and remitted to the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-1
Section 2-3A-1 Declaration of Purpose and Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in this state the following conditions exist:

(1) That there exists in this state an inadequate supply of funds at interest rates sufficiently low to enable persons engaged in agriculture in this state to continue their operations at present levels;

(2) That such inability to continue agricultural operations lessens the supply of agricultural commodities available to fulfill the needs of the citizens of this state;

(3) That such inability to continue operations decreases available employment in the agricultural sector of the state and results in unemployment and its attendant problems; and

(4) That it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the citizens of this state that provision be made for the establishment of a public corporation to promote the development of agriculture in this state by making available to persons engaged in agriculture in this state, at interest rates lower than would be otherwise obtainable, funds for use in agricultural operations and to vest such corporation with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose.
Ala. Code § 11-52-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-8
Section 11-52-8 Adoption, Etc., of Master Plan for Physical Development of Municipality by Commission - Authorization and Procedure Generally; Contents of Plan
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the function and duty of the commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission’s judgment, bear relation to the planning of such municipality.

(b) The plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter shall show the commission’s recommendations for the development of said territory, including, among other things, the general location, character and extent of streets, viaducts, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields and other public ways, grounds and open spaces, the general location of public buildings and other public property, the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication, power, and other purposes, the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing ways, grounds, open spaces, buildings, military installations, property, utilities, or terminals; as well as a zoning plan for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of buildings and premises.

(c) As the work of making the whole master plan progresses, the commission may from time to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the municipality or one or more of the aforesaid or other functional matters to be included in the plan.

(d) The commission may from time to time amend, extend, or add to the plan.

(e) For purposes of this section, the term “military installation” has the same meaning as specified in Section 11-106-3.
Ala. Code § 22-56-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 22-56-5
Section 22-56-5 Department to Establish Official Standards for Certification
Status: in_force

In order to ensure that consumers of mental health services through state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department receive individual treatment and that rights delineated in Section 22-56-4 and elsewhere in state and federal law are consistently observed within mental health programs operated by the providers, the department shall establish within 180 days of January 1, 1996, official standards for certification to be observed by all state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department. These standards shall be developed with the active participation of mental health providers, consumers and family members of consumers. The department shall establish teams to monitor the compliance with these standards by state facilities, community mental health centers, and providers under contract to the department, and consumers and family members shall be significantly represented on the teams.
Ala. Code § 11-64-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 64 / Section 11-64-7
Section 11-64-7 Additional Authority; Chapter Not to Repeal, Restrict, or Modify Any Law
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to grant additional authority to grantees, municipalities, and public corporations and shall not be considered to repeal, restrict, or modify any law now in effect or hereafter enacted.
Ala. Code § 11-50-89 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-89
Section 11-50-89 Effect of Sale of Property for Enforcement of Assessment Lien Upon Other Assessment Liens Upon Same Property
Status: in_force

The enforcement by the municipality of its lien for an assessment levied for one improvement by the sale of the property shall not operate to discharge or in any way affect the lien of any other assessment for a different improvement on the same property, but the purchaser at such sale shall take subject to the lien of all other assessments and the right of the municipality to enforce the same.
Ala. Code § 11-51-67 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-67
Section 11-51-67 Proceedings for Sale of Land for Payment of Taxes - Entry in Books of Department of Revenue of Municipal Taxes Due on Property; Amount for Which Property to Be Sold
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall enter in the books caused to be prepared by said department under the provisions and requirements of law, in regard to state and county taxes, the amount of municipal taxes due on the property described in the books in the same manner and way as it is required to enter the amount of state and county taxes due thereon, and in making sales of said property the amount at which the property is sold shall not be less than the whole amount of taxes, including such municipal taxes, interest, costs, and officer’s fees as provided for and required to be paid in the case of redemption of such land.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-62 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-62
Section 11-44C-62 Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord with Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations
Status: in_force

No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by or on behalf of the city except in accordance with an appropriation duly made, and no payment shall be made from or obligation incurred against any appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such appropriation to meet the same; provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prevent the advance authorization of expenditures for small purchases as provided for by this chapter. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be void. Every payment made in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed illegal, and every official who shall knowingly authorize or make such payment or knowingly take part therein and every person who shall knowingly receive the payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to the city for the full amount so paid or received. If any officer, member of any board, or employee of the city, shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall knowingly authorize or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly take part therein, such action shall be cause for his or her removal. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the making of contracts of lease or for services providing for the payment of funds at a time beyond the fiscal year in which such contracts are made, provided the nature of such transactions will reasonably require the making of such contracts.
Ala. Code § 11-47-137 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-137
Section 11-47-137 Regulation, Etc., of Markets and Marketing of Food Products, Etc
Status: in_force

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish, regulate and control markets and market houses and to require and provide for the proper inspection of food products and articles offered for sale or barter within the police jurisdiction of the city or town and for the punishment of persons or corporations offering for sale unsound or unwholesome articles in markets or other places in the city or town or within the police jurisdiction thereof.

Such cities and towns shall have the power to inspect all dairies and the products of the same in the county in which the city or town or any part thereof is located and the owner of which sells or disposes of milk or butter in such city or town and to regulate the same, and the council or other governing body of such city or town may fix and prescribe the payment of a reasonable fee for such inspection. Such council or other governing body shall have the power to regulate the sale of meats, vegetables, fruits, and other articles and to prescribe the localities in which the same may be sold, but any person may keep and sell fresh meats in such localities in any grocery store, green grocery store, or other store of similar nature, subject to the ordinances of the city or town regulating the slaughtering, inspecting, and keeping and selling of such meats, and this right shall not be restrained or denied by the imposition of unnecessary, unreasonable, or discriminatory regulations or excessive licenses. In the territory outside of the corporate limits and inside of the police jurisdiction of a municipality, any person shall have the right to sell fresh meats subject to the inspection of such meats on the premises where sold and subject to the same sanitary and slaughtering regulations governing meats sold inside of the corporate limits and subject to a license to be fixed by the city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-48-62 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-62
Section 11-48-62 Issuance of Bonds After Completion of Work
Status: in_force

If bonds have not been issued during the progress of the work as authorized by Section 11-48-61, the municipality may, after completion of the work, sell and issue bonds not exceeding an amount sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of and interest on any temporary loans made pursuant to the provisions of said Section 11-48-61 to finance all or part of the improvement, plus such portion of the cost of the improvement, computed in accordance with Section 11-48-9, as has not been financed by any such temporary loan then outstanding and unpaid.

In determining the amount of bonds so to be issued, the council shall take into consideration to the extent practicable the amount which at the time of the authorization of the sale of the bonds has been paid by the property owners toward the cost of the improvement.
Ala. Code § 22-51-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 22-51-15
Section 22-51-15 Limitations of Liability for Certain Regional Mental Health Entities, Directors, and Employees
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be construed to supersede any protections limiting damages described in Article 8 of Chapter 47 of Title 11, and Chapter 93 of Title 11, which may have been available to entities organized pursuant to this chapter.

(b) When directors and employees of an entity organized pursuant to this chapter are engaged in the discharge of services or programs certified and contracted for by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, the directors and employees shall be entitled to immunity to the same extent and under the same circumstances afforded to state employees pursuant to Section 36-1-12.

(c) An entity organized pursuant to this chapter shall not be liable for any conduct protected pursuant to subsection (b).

(d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to subcontractors or independent contractors of an entity organized pursuant to this chapter.

(e) This section only applies to claims that accrue on or after August 1, 2021.
Ala. Code § 2-8-131 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-131
Section 2-8-131 Hours, Voting Places, Rules, Etc., for Referendum; Notices to Be Given
Status: in_force

The hours, voting places, and rules for any referendum authorized in this article with respect to any of the agricultural commodities herein referred to and the area in which the referendum shall be held shall be established and determined by the organization of the commercial growers and producers of such agricultural commodity duly certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this article. The referendum date, area, hours, voting places, and rules with respect to the holding of the referendum shall be published in accordance with Section 2-8-126. Notice shall likewise contain a statement of the amount of annual assessment proposed to be levied, which shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 2-8-126, and shall likewise state the method by which the assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-157 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-157
Section 2-8-157 Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense
Status: in_force

The arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under this article shall be under the direction of the organization certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such organization shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such organization.
Ala. Code § 11-51-209 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-209
Section 11-51-209 Gross Receipts Tax
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county or municipality that levied or administered a gross receipts tax in the nature of a sales tax, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(8), on February 25, 1997, may continue to do so after July 1, 1998. However, no other governing body of a county or municipality may levy or administer a gross receipts tax in the nature of a sales tax. This section shall not apply to county or municipal gasoline or motor fuel taxes, privilege or business license taxes levied on a business for the privilege of doing business within the county or municipality, occupational license taxes, tobacco taxes, or other similar taxes levied by a county or municipality pursuant to Section 11-51-90 or local laws, except privilege or license taxes levied in the nature of a sales tax.
Ala. Code § 11-70B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70B / Section 11-70B-3
Section 11-70B-3 Enforcement of Municipal Code Liens
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any fees, penalties, and abatement costs imposed against real property for abatement of nuisances or violations of a Class 1 municipality’s housing and building codes adopted pursuant to state law, other than owner-occupied property, may be enforced in rem as a lien pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Unless otherwise specified by law, municipal code liens may be filed in the judge of probate’s office for the county where the real property is situated.

(c) Every municipal code lien shall be superior to all other liens except those liens for taxes pursuant to Section 11-51-6.
Ala. Code § 2-15-158 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-158
Section 2-15-158 Right of Entry of State Veterinarian, Livestock Inspectors, Etc.; Interference with Execution of Duties, Etc., by State Veterinarian, Livestock Inspectors, Etc
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian, the assistant state veterinarian and the state livestock inspectors may enter upon the premises or into any barns or other buildings where livestock are kept or found in the State of Alabama in the discharge of the duties prescribed in this article.

Any person or persons who shall assault, resist, oppose, prevent, impede or interfere with the State Veterinarian, an assistant state veterinarian or a state livestock inspector in the execution of his or their duties or on account of the execution of his or their duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-50-440 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-440
Section 11-50-440 Appointment of Accountant, Etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts
Status: in_force

The board shall at least once a year appoint an expert accountant or firm of accountants who shall make an examination in detail of all books and accounts of the board to cover the period since the preceding examination and make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of its findings at the board’s first meeting after completion of such report, a copy of which shall also be furnished the governing body of the municipality, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The same person or firm shall not be appointed or authorized to make such examination twice in succession. For this service said accountants shall be paid such reasonable and proper sum as may be agreed upon.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-13
Section 11-43B-13 Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property
Status: in_force

No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise or lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as required by law. The publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation applying for said grant.
Ala. Code § 11-47-131 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-131
Section 11-47-131 Powers as to Health, Sanitation and Quarantine Generally
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted to them by the applicable provisions of this title or any other provisions of law, all cities and towns of this state shall have the following powers, and the councils or other governing bodies of such cities and towns may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise or enforcement of the same:

(1) To prevent the introduction of contagious, infectious, or pestilential diseases into such cities or towns;

(2) To establish and regulate a sufficient quarantine, not inconsistent with laws of the state, in the towns and cities and within the police jurisdiction thereof and to punish any breach of quarantine law;

(3) To adopt such ordinances and regulations as the council or other governing body may deem necessary to insure good sanitary condition in public places or in private premises in the cities and towns; and

(4) To prescribe the duties and fix the salaries and compensation for such health officials as they may deem necessary.
Ala. Code § 2-25-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-40
Section 2-25-40 Delivery of Fruit Trees of Different Kind, Variety, Etc., Than Sold
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, acting either as principal or agent, to sell to any person any fruit trees or other plants representing same to be of a certain kind, variety and description and thereafter to deliver to such purchaser in filling such order and in completing such sale a fruit tree or fruit trees of a different kind, variety or description than the kind, variety or description of such fruit tree or fruit trees so ordered and sold; provided, that a variation in kind, variety and description may vary not more than five percent in any shipment containing not less than 50 such fruit trees.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-5
Section 11-44C-5 Provisions Applicable to Mayor-Council Form of Government
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable.
Ala. Code § 11-50-473 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-473
Section 11-50-473 Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally
Status: in_force

All funds of said board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the municipality and in the municipal depositories, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon warrants signed by an employee of the municipal gas system designated by the board and countersigned by a member of the board designated by the board and issued for claims that have been audited and ordered paid by said board and for salaries due board members and employees for work performed and services rendered.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-96 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-96
Section 11-54B-96 Annual Reports and Audits
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality.

(1) Each annual report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:

a. A financial statement for the preceding year, including a balance sheet, statement of income and loss, and such other information as is reasonably necessary to reflect the corporation’s actual performance, certified by the treasurer of the corporation.

b. The budget for the current fiscal year.

c. In the case of a district whose purpose is to increase tourism, a list of the businesses in the designated class that are currently operating within the district.

(2) A copy of each annual report shall be sent to the mayor, the members of the governing body of the municipality, and to all district members.

(b)(1) The district management corporation shall have its books, accounts, and financial transactions annually audited by a certified public accountant.

(2) The audit shall be performed within 90 days of the close of each fiscal year.

(3) Certified copies of the audit report shall be filed within 120 days after the close of the fiscal year with the governing body of the municipality, the mayor, and the finance director or other financial control officer of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-56-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-17
Section 11-56-17 Investment in Bonds - by Municipalities
Status: in_force

The governing body is authorized in its discretion to invest in bonds of the corporation any idle or surplus money held in the treasury of the municipality which is not otherwise earmarked or pledged.
Ala. Code § 11-44-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-24
Section 11-44-24 Continuation in Force of Laws, Bylaws, Ordinances, and Resolutions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-42-210 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-210
Section 11-42-210 Costs and Expenses of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The city or town at whose instance the proceedings are instituted shall pay all costs and expenses incident thereto, including the cost of such election so held.
Ala. Code § 11-44D-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44D / Section 11-44D-3
Section 11-44D-3 Conduct of Referendum; Election Results Determine Which Provisions of Chapter Applicable; Election Expenses
Status: in_force

The referendum shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this title, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the majority of votes shall be in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then only the applicable provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city; if the majority of the votes shall be in favor of the council-manager form of government, then only the applicable provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city. The expenses of any and all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 2-17-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-9
Section 2-17-9 Examination, Inspecting and Labeling, Etc., of Meat Food Products and Poultry Food Products; Destruction of Condemned Meat Food Products and Poultry Food Products; Removal of Inspectors from Establishments Failing to Destroy Same
Status: in_force

For the purposes set forth in Section 2-17-3, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment where such articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce, and for the purposes of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment is open or not, to every part of said establishment. Said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag or label as “Alabama inspected and passed” all such products found to be not adulterated, and said inspectors shall mark, label, stamp or tag as “Alabama inspected and condemned” all such products found adulterated; and all such condemned meat food products or poultry food products shall be destroyed for food purposes as provided in Section 2-17-4, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products.
Ala. Code § 11-50-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-2
Section 11-50-2 Acquisition of Power Lines and Rights-of-Way, Etc., Incident Thereto
Status: in_force

(a) Cities and towns in this state are authorized to construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire power lines for the transmission of electricity from any point in this state or any other state to said city or town for the purpose of serving the needs of its citizens.

(b) For the purposes of this section cities and towns may exercise the right of eminent domain in acquiring title to land for rights-of-way, power stations, and other purposes necessary to the operation of said transmission lines. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided by law.
Ala. Code § 2-6-79 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-79
Section 2-6-79 Construction of Market Facility
Status: in_force

The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall proceed with the acquisition, construction and equipping of the market facility as soon as may be practicable following the sale of the corporation’s securities. Such acquisition, construction and equipping shall be done by the Board of Agriculture and Industries under the supervision of the Building Commission upon the award of a contract or contracts for each part of the work to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for and public opening of sealed bids; provided, that for the purpose of determining the lowest responsible bidder, the invitation for bids and the bidding documents shall be so arranged that alternates from the base bid shall constitute cumulative deductions from the base bid in the event such alternates should be selected. All such contracts shall be lump sum contracts and shall be awarded and executed by the Board of Agriculture and Industries to the respective lowest bidders following determination by the Building Commission of the lowest bidders. Payment made under any such contracts shall be only upon the contractor’s written, verified statements when approved by the Building Commission or its agent, in such amounts as the Building Commission may approve as having been then earned under such contracts. The Building Commission shall be reimbursed for all reasonable direct costs incurred by it in connection with such acquisition, construction and equipping, including expenses and fees for the preparation of plans, specifications and contract documents and supervision and inspection of the work. Such plans and specifications may be revised and extras may be added to the contracts only when approved by the Building Commission and only to the extent that funds are available therefor.
Ala. Code § 11-50-396 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-396
Section 11-50-396 Powers Generally
Status: in_force

Each district incorporated under this article shall have each and all of the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:

(1) To have succession in its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in the certificate of incorporation, or until dissolved as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-50-392.

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

(3) To have and use a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure.

(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, receive, own, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any one or more gas systems the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the district (whether or not such system or systems were in existence or whether or not such system or systems were privately owned or municipally owned prior to the acquisition by such district).

(5) To receive, acquire, take, and hold, whether by purchase, gift, or lease, devise, or otherwise, real, personal, and mixed property of any nature whatsoever that its board of directors may deem a necessary or convenient part of or useful in connection with such system or systems.

(6) To borrow money for any corporate purpose and to issue in evidence of the borrowing interest-bearing bonds payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of any one or more of its systems.

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

(8) To make such covenants in connection with the issuance of bonds or in order to secure the payment of bonds as a private business corporation can make under the general laws of the state, notwithstanding that such covenants may operate as limitations on the exercise of other powers granted by this article.

(9) To purchase, manufacture, produce, or otherwise secure a supply or supplies of natural gas or manufactured gas or both.

(10) To transport and to sell at wholesale all or any part of its gas supply to any municipality or any gas or utility board for distribution to the inhabitants of any municipality and the surrounding territory or to any other user, residential, industrial, institutional, or commercial.

(11) To transport and distribute and to sell gas and to furnish gas services from its system or systems.

(12) To establish rates and charges for its gas and gas services and to alter such rates and charges by resolution, which resolution shall be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the district; but, if no newspaper is published within the limits of the district, such resolution may be published by posting a copy thereof in three public places within the limits of the district.

(13) To collect and enforce collection of such charges.

(14) To lease, exchange, sell, convey, and otherwise dispose of its real, personal, or mixed property by any form of conveyance or transfer, with it being expressly provided that a district may sell and convey a gas system or systems to utility companies or corporations regulated by the Alabama Public Service Commission.

(15) To appoint and employ officers, agents, and employees, including attorneys, as its business may require and to fix their compensation.

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

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

(18) To own and operate liquefied petroleum gas systems, including vehicles and containers for delivery and dispensing liquefied petroleum gas, and to distribute, dispense, and sell liquefied petroleum gas within and without the state.
Ala. Code § 11-67-146 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-146
Section 11-67-146 Weed Lien
Status: in_force

When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the municipality, but a redemptioner or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which a weed lien has been made, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the weed lien.
Ala. Code § 2-31-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-8
Section 2-31-8 Action by Commissioner Upon Default
Status: in_force

When the commissioner has determined that a grain dealer has defaulted in payment for grain which he has purchased, the commissioner shall determine through appropriate procedures the producers and the amount of defaulted payment and as trustee of the bond shall immediately after such determination to those who should receive the benefits. Should the defaulted amount be less than the principal amount of the bond or bonds then the surety shall be obligated to pay only the amount of the default.
Ala. Code § 11-65-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-26
Section 11-65-26 Suspension or Revocation of Permit
Status: in_force

A commission may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter or fine the holder of such permit not to exceed $1,000.00, after hearing with 15 days’ notice to such holder, in any case where it has reason to believe that any provision of this chapter, or any reasonable rule or regulation of the commission, has not been complied with or has been violated. The commission may revoke such permit, after such hearing, if it finds that facts not known by it at the time it considered the application for such permit indicate that such permit should not have been issued. Deliberations of a commission concerning the suspension or revocation of a permit may be conducted in executive session unless otherwise requested by the holder of such permit. If any permit is suspended or revoked, the commission shall state its reasons for so doing and shall enter the same in the permanent records of its proceedings. The suspension or revocation of a permit shall be final unless an appeal is taken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-50-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-52
Section 11-50-52 Extension or Alteration of Sewer System, Etc
Status: in_force

Any city or town may extend or alter its sewer system and extend the mains whenever in the opinion of the city or town it may be necessary or expedient to do so, and such city or town may extend the mains to any point in the county in which it is situated, and for these purposes, the said city or town shall have and exercise the full rights of eminent domain and may acquire such lands or easements therein and the uses of such waterways as may be necessary by the proceedings provided by law for acquiring private property for public uses.
Ala. Code § 11-50B-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50B / Section 11-50B-11
Section 11-50B-11 Limitation on Debts
Status: in_force

No action taken pursuant to this chapter shall create or authorize the incurrence of a debt by any municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provisions or statutory limitation on debts.
Ala. Code § 11-71-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 71 / Section 11-71-4
Section 11-71-4 Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

Any authority formed pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers, in addition to those stated elsewhere in this chapter:

(1) To enter into competitively bid contracts and agreements affecting the infrastructure projects of the district.

(2) To hold public meetings with proper advertisement and notice to affected and adjacent property owners.

(3) To acquire, construct, install, and operate projects and all property, rights, or interests incidental or pertinent thereto; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall authorize an authority to construct, own, or operate a system for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power, cable television, or Internet system, or telecommunications utility or to be in the business of providing electric energy, cable television, Internet, or telecommunications services.

(4) To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business and affairs of the district, and of the acquisition, construction, installation, and operation of projects therein until completed and formal dedication is accepted by the city.

(5) To enter into contracts with one or more owners of property within the authority relating to the acquisition, construction, or installation of improvements. Without limitation, contracts may require owners in the boundaries of the authority to connect their properties with gas, water, or sewer mains, utilities, or other services in the streets in front of, at the rear of, or otherwise adjacent or near to their properties prior to the paving or final paving of roads on which their properties front. Any infrastructure projects or improvements requiring installations, construction, or service by, or contracts with, an electric utility shall be subject to and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission, including without limitation the rules governing reimbursement to the utility for the cost of installing electric facilities underground.

(6) To contract on a competitively bid basis with any licensed contractor for the purpose of providing any materials or any work with respect to the acquisition, installation, or construction of infrastructure projects.

(7) To purchase liability and other forms of insurance.

(8) To adopt and amend bylaws not in conflict with this chapter or the laws of this state.

(9) To enter into contracts and agreements with any landowner, owner, or any other person concerning the installation, construction, or acquisition of infrastructure projects, assessment of the costs thereof, the waiver or limitation of legal rights, or any other matters concerning the authority or projects within the boundaries of the authority.

(10) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this chapter. A specific power shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power that is necessary, useful, or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(11) To take official action with respect to the reimbursement of costs associated with infrastructure projects.

(12) To enter into professional contracts and agreements and other instruments, and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which an authority is organized or to exercise any power expressly granted hereunder.
Ala. Code § 11-43D-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43D / Section 11-43D-17
Section 11-43D-17 Appointment of Accountant; Examination of All Books and Accounts; Compensation
Status: in_force

The mayor, at least once a year, shall appoint a certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to conduct an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of all books and accounts of the city since the preceding examination and to make a full report thereof in writing, under oath, to be submitted to the council at its first meeting after the completion of such report, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the council. For his services, said certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall be paid such sum as may be agreed upon.
Ala. Code § 2-8-156 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-156
Section 2-8-156 Notice of Referendum
Status: in_force

When a referendum has been authorized as provided in Section 2-8-155, the certified organization shall, not less than 30 days before the date of the referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the area covered by the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected and the general purposes to which said amount thus collected shall be expended and applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified organization through the medium of its trade publication, and written notice thereof shall be given to each county agent in the area covered by the referendum.
Ala. Code § 2-6-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-104
Section 2-6-104 Public Corporation - Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors, as provided for in this section. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The presence of a majority of members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy on the board or the voluntary disqualification or abstention of any director shall impair the right of a quorum of the board to act.

(b) The board of directors shall be the same as the Agricultural Center Board.

(c) All resolutions adopted by the board of directors shall constitute actions of the corporation, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the Director of Finance. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary under seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things certified. The board shall meet at any time and upon notice as it shall determine or upon the call of the president or the vice president.
Ala. Code § 11-51-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-5
Section 11-51-5 Notification of Property Owners Where Valuation by City Higher Than County Valuation; Right of Property Owners to Contest Valuation, Etc
Status: in_force

In the event the values of any property are higher than those made by the county assessor, the property owners shall be notified of the valuations placed and shall have the right to appear and contest the same and appeal from the judgment as provided by law.

This section, however, shall not affect the right of the Department of Revenue of the state to raise or lower or fix valuations as now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-50-230 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-230
Section 11-50-230 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) WATER SYSTEM. A waterworks plant and distribution system, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used in connection therewith, including franchises.

(2) SEWER SYSTEM. A sanitary sewer system, including mains, laterals, sewage disposal plants or sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenances to such system and all property used in connection therewith.

(3) SYSTEM. A water system or a sewer system.

(4) SYSTEMS. A water system and a sewer system.
Ala. Code § 2-17A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17A / Section 2-17A-3
Section 2-17A-3 Contracts for Inspection Services by Department of Agriculture and Industries; Fees for Inspection Services
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized and empowered to enter into agreements of contract with any person, firm, corporation or association on terms mutually agreeable with the parties thereto whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall provide qualified personnel to perform rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products inspection in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be adopted under authority of this chapter. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, under authority of contracts for inspection work as authorized in this section, is empowered to charge and collect fees for inspection services to be performed, which fees shall be in the nature of a contribution to defray the cost of such services. All amounts collected as inspection fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund and be specifically designated or earmarked therein for expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to defray cost and expenses necessary to furnish such inspection services. The amount of fees or compensation to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Industries under the provisions of any contract authorized hereunder shall be fixed and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries at an amount whereby no cost or additional expenses will be borne by said department in rendering the inspection services to be performed, except as hereinafter provided. The amount of inspection fees or compensation shall not be fixed at a sum which will produce any profit or additional revenue to the Department of Agriculture and Industries over and above the actual cost necessary to furnish such inspection service. In the event the Legislature appropriates funds to defray the cost and expenses of providing inspection services as authorized under this chapter, then any contract as authorized hereunder with respect to the payment of inspection fees shall not be necessary; provided, that if any such amount as may be appropriated shall be insufficient to furnish the required inspection services such contracts may then provide that the difference or an additional amount as may be necessary to perform the required inspection services shall be paid by the slaughtering and processing establishment receiving the inspection services.
Ala. Code § 11-44-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-27
Section 11-44-27 Continuation in Office of Officials and Employees
Status: reserved

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

The authority and the municipality are hereby respectively authorized to enter into one or more lease agreements with each other whereunder one or more projects or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to the municipality. No such lease agreement shall be for a term longer than the then current fiscal year in which it is made. Any such lease agreement made, however, may contain a grant to the municipality of successive options to renew such lease agreement, on the conditions specified therein, for additional terms, but no such additional term shall be for a period longer than the fiscal year in which such renewal shall be made. The lease agreement may contain provisions as to the method by which such renewal may be effected. The obligation on the part of the municipality to pay the rental required to be paid and to perform the agreements on the part of the municipality required to be performed during any fiscal year during which the lease agreement is in effect shall constitute a general obligation of the municipality, and the municipality is authorized to pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of such rental and the performance of such agreements; provided, that the rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by the municipality under the lease agreement during any fiscal year during which the lease agreement is in effect shall be payable solely out of the current revenues of the municipality for such fiscal year. Any lease agreement may contain such covenants as shall not be inconsistent with this chapter. The rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by the municipality under the provisions of the lease agreement shall never create an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of Section 225 of the Constitution of the state.

If any space available for rent in any project which shall have been leased in whole or in part to the municipality should become vacant after acquisition or construction of the project by the authority, then until such time as all such vacant space shall have been filled or rented neither the municipality nor any officer, department or agency thereof shall thereafter enter into any rental agreement or renew any then existing rental agreement for other space in or about the municipality to be used for the same purposes for which such vacant space in the project is capable of being used.
Ala. Code § 11-43-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-13
Section 11-43-13 Bonds of Certain Municipal Officers or Employees
Status: in_force

All officers or employees handling money or exercising authority over property of municipalities shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond, with surety to be approved by the mayor, in such penalty as the council may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and faithfully to account for all moneys received.
Ala. Code § 2-8-203 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-203
Section 2-8-203 Refund of Assessment
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-278, p. 884, §2, effective August 7, 2014.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-2
Section 11-44E-2 Authority to Adopt Mayor/Commission/City Manager Form of Government; Ordinance for Election of Commissioners
Status: in_force

At any time upon passage of this chapter and said chapter becoming law, any Class 5 municipality may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by adopting an ordinance by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. Within 30 days of the adoption of the ordinance adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, members of that governing body shall adopt a second ordinance for the election of commissioners from six single-member districts with the district boundaries established therein.
Ala. Code § 2-8-291 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-291
Section 2-8-291 Penalty for Failure to Deduct and Pay Over Assessment; Inspection of Books and Records; Injunctions
Status: in_force

(a) Any dealer, handler, processor, buyers or other distributors of catfish feed who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to other penalty provided by law, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. Any distributor of catfish feed who fails or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his authorized agents and employees to inspect and review his books and records which disclose his distributed or manufactured tonnage of catfish feed for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts deducted and remitted as required under this article shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor. The amount of any fine under this article shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and shall be forthwith transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled thereto.

(b) In addition to the above penalty, the circuit court or any judge thereof shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both, restraining and enjoining any person from distributing and manufacturing catfish feed in Alabama in violation of the provisions of this article. Petitions for injunctive relief as authorized under this subsection shall be filed in the name of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the circuit court in the county of residence of the person who distributes or manufactures catfish feed in violation of the provisions of this article or in the county where such violation occurs. Any temporary restraining order or permanent injunction issued under this subsection shall be issued without a bond.
Ala. Code § 2-19-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-42
Section 2-19-42 Effect of Failure to Maintain Record Book
Status: in_force

Any person who shall engage in the traffic of seed cotton and who shall fail to keep the record book as provided by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-19-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-104
Section 2-19-104 Duration of Registration
Status: in_force

A registration under this article shall be valid for a period of one year after the date of registration.
Ala. Code § 11-50-108 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-108
Section 11-50-108 Adoption of Rules and Regulations for Operation and Maintenance of Sewers or Sewer System Purchased; Charges for Use of Sewers or Sewer System
Status: in_force

The council of any city or town purchasing any sewer or sewers or sewer system may make reasonable rules and regulations for the operation and maintenance of the same and may provide penalties for the violation thereof. No charge shall be made for the use of said sewers or sewer system against any property assessed under the provisions of this article for the cost of the sewer or against the owners or tenants thereof, but the council may prescribe a maximum volume of drainage for commercial or manufacturing business or plants and make charges for such excess or otherwise regulate the same.
Ala. Code § 11-68-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 68 / Section 11-68-11
Section 11-68-11 Issuance of Certificate; Factors Considered; Reasons for Rejection; Application for Reconsideration; Effect of Rejection on Issuance of Building Permit
Status: in_force

(a) The historic preservation commission shall approve an application and issue a certificate of appropriateness if it finds that the proposed change, erection, or demolition conforms to the general design standards established by the commission, is compatible with the character of the historic property or historic district and does not detract from the value of the historic property or historic district. In making this determination, the commission shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent factors, the historic and architectural features involved and the proposed change thereto, and the relationship thereof, to the exterior architectural style, and pertinent features of other structures in the immediate neighborhood.

(b) In its review of applications for certificate of appropriateness, the commission shall not consider interior changes or use having no effect on the exterior of a building or structure.

(c) In the event the commission rejects an application, it shall state its reasons for doing so and shall transmit a record of such action and reasons therefor, in writing, to the applicant. The applicant may make modifications to its plans and resubmit the application for reconsideration at any time after doing so.

(d) In cases where the application is for a change in the exterior of the building or structure which would require the issuance of a building permit, the rejection of an application for a certificate of appropriateness by the commission shall be binding upon the building inspector or other administrative officer charged with issuing building permits and, in such case, no building permit shall be issued.
Ala. Code § 11-63-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 63 / Section 11-63-1
Section 11-63-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

The words and phrases hereinafter defined, wherever used in this chapter, shall be deemed to have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section.

(1) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama.

(2) RELATED PUBLIC CORPORATION. Such term, when used with respect to a municipality, means and includes each of the following:

a. A public corporation organized pursuant to an Alabama statute that requires all the directors of such corporation to be elected by the governing body of the municipality; or

b. A public corporation organized pursuant to an Alabama statute that requires that at least one-half of the directors of such corporation be elected by the governing body of the municipality and that any directors thereof other than those elected by the governing body of the municipality be appointed by the Governor of Alabama.

(3) SECURITIES. Bonds, warrants, notes, and certificates of indebtedness or any of them.

(4) MUNICIPAL SECURITIES. Securities issued by a municipality pursuant to authorization in this chapter.

(5) CORPORATION SECURITIES. Securities heretofore or hereafter issued by a related public corporation.

(6) MUNICIPAL REVENUES. Such term means and includes any one or more of the items of tax proceeds and other revenues that a municipality is authorized to pledge for its bonds under the provisions of Section 11-81-16.

(7) CODE. The Code of Alabama, 1975.
Ala. Code § 11-47-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-10
Section 11-47-10 Advertisement of Municipalities - Costs
Status: in_force

The reasonable cost of or charge for such advertising shall be a legal charge against any available funds of the municipality engaged in such advertising.
Ala. Code § 11-46-110 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-110
Section 11-46-110 Oath and Identification of Voters Challenged Generally; Voting Procedure Where Paper Ballots Used Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-54-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-31
Section 11-54-31 Exemption from Taxation of Projects, Bonds, Etc
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this article and the income therefrom, all mortgages executed as security therefor, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions of this article, and all projects and the revenue derived from any lease thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-2-73 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-73
Section 2-2-73 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article.

The commissioner is also empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to also adopt such rules concerning irrevocable letters of credit so as to adequately protect the department and the public who may have occasion to depend upon said letter of credit for payment.
Ala. Code § 22-53-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-5
Section 22-53-5 Bond
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 11-46-140 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-140
Section 11-46-140 Contest of Elections - Grounds; Commencement of Action
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-3-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2-3-23
Section 2-3-23 Promulgation and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations; Posting of Rules; Penalty
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is empowered and authorized, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations, as in the opinion of the commissioner, shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Any rules and regulations made and promulgated shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each structure, facility or market. When so promulgated and posted, such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Any person willfully violating the provisions of any rule or regulation after it has been promulgated and posted, as provided above, for over 30 days, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 2-8-166 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-166
Section 2-8-166 Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement
Status: in_force

The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit as required by this section and submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association’s fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this article, the association shall forward a copy of a financial statement to the state board showing the amount received and collected and the amount spent for each project and item. The statement shall be available for public inspection.
Ala. Code § 11-52-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-9
Section 11-52-9 Adoption, Etc., of Master Plan for Physical Development of Municipality by Commission - Conduct of Surveys and Studies; Purpose of Plan
Status: in_force

In the preparation of such plans the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality and with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory.

The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
Ala. Code § 11-75-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 75 / Section 11-75-8
Section 11-75-8 Obligations of the Authority
Status: in_force

All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any municipality nor count against the constitutional debt limit of a participating municipality. This section shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority.
Ala. Code § 2-6-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-22
Section 2-6-22 Authority and Procedure for Incorporation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-1
Section 11-61A-1 Declarations
Status: in_force

The history of municipalities and the course of legislatures throughout America, including the Legislature of Alabama, confirm that public welfare requires that Class 2 municipalities be authorized to provide off-street parking facilities through parking authorities.

The Legislature makes each of the following declarations:

(1) The free circulation of traffic on the streets of Class 2 municipalities is necessary to the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.

(2) The greatly increased use of motor vehicles has caused serious traffic congestion on the streets of the Class 2 municipalities.

(3) The parking of motor vehicles has contributed to the congestion.

(4) The congestion prevents the free flow of traffic through the municipalities, impedes effective firefighting and the disposition of police forces, and threatens irreparable loss in the values of urban property, which can no longer be readily reached by vehicular traffic.

(5) Parking facilities in Class 2 municipalities are grossly inadequate.

(6) Private enterprise has been unable to solve the problem, because private parking lots are frequently temporary in nature, located without regard for actual parking requirements, with vacant land being used for parking purposes in a haphazard fashion in order to earn minimal revenue from the land pending construction.

(7) The inadequacy of parking space is harmful to the public convenience, health, safety, and welfare.

(8) The inadequate off-street parking spaces now existing must be supplemented by off-street parking facilities provided by public undertaking.

(9) The enactment of this law is declared to be a public necessity which the public welfare and convenience require.
Ala. Code § 11-51-122 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-122
Section 11-51-122 Insurance Companies - Provision of Statement of Gross Premiums, Etc., and Payment of License Tax; Effect of Failure to File Statement or Pay Tax
Status: in_force

On or before March 1 of each year, each insurance company which did any business in any municipality in this state during any part of the preceding year shall, if a license or privilege tax is imposed by said municipality on such insurance company, furnish the mayor or a revenue official, of such municipality a statement in writing duly certified showing the full and true amount of gross premiums received during the preceding year as provided under this article and shall accompany such statement with the amount of license tax due according to Sections 11-51-120 and 11-51-121.

Failure to furnish such statement or to pay such sum shall subject the company and its agents to such penalties as the ordinance of such municipality may prescribe for doing business therein without a license.
Ala. Code § 2-31-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-4
Section 2-31-4 Surety Bond; Requirements; Waiver of Bond Requirements
Status: in_force

Every person licensed as a grain dealer shall have filed with the department a surety bond for each separate location signed by the dealer as principal and by a responsible company authorized to execute surety bonds within the State of Alabama. Such bond shall be in the principal amount to the nearest $1,000.00 equal to ten percent of the aggregate dollar amount paid by the dealer to producers for grain purchased from them during the 12 month period ending no more than 30 days prior to the time the dealer files to be licensed under this article. Persons who have been in the business of a grain dealer for less than one year are required to only meet minimum bond requirements their first year. Provided, that in any case the amount of the bond shall not be less than $25,000.00 or more than $100,000.00 for each separate location. Provided further, these bond requirements will be waived upon proof to the commissioner that such person is licensed under the United States Department of Agriculture Warehouse Act.
Ala. Code § 11-44-155 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-155
Section 11-44-155 Conduct of Election, Canvassing of Vote and Declaration of Election Result; Adoption and Certification Thereof of Provisions as to Mayor-Council Form of Government
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-51-160 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-160
Section 11-51-160 Equitable Attachment
Status: in_force

In addition to the remedies provided in this division, the petitioner also shall be entitled to an equitable attachment in aid of its civil action under this division to collect a privilege, license, or excise tax due it, and no ground for such attachment shall be necessary except that the respondent is due a privilege license or excise tax which is delinquent in whole or in part, and no bond shall be required to be given for such equitable attachment, but an oath as provided by Section 11-51-150 shall be sufficient.
Ala. Code § 11-46-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-1
Section 11-46-1 Municipalities May Provide for Election, Compensation, Bond, Etc., of Officers
Status: in_force

Cities and towns may, except as otherwise provided by law, by ordinance provide for the election at any regular municipal election or for the appointment of such officers as are deemed needful or proper for the good government of the city or town and the due exercise of its corporate powers, fix their terms of office, fix their compensation and prescribe the duties of such officers, their liabilities and powers and require them to give bond in such sum and to be conditioned and approved as the council may prescribe.
Ala. Code § 11-54-85 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-85
Section 11-54-85 Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment
Status: in_force

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

Any such amendment shall be effected in the following manner: The members of the board of directors of the board shall file with the governing body of the municipality an application in writing seeking permission to amend the certificate of incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment proposed to be made. Such governing body shall consider such application and, if it shall by appropriate resolution duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and shall authorize the same to be made and shall approve the form of the proposed amendment, then the persons making such application shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment specified in such application and shall file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation was originally filed. The proposed amendment shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each member of the board of directors before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. Such judge of probate shall thereupon examine the proposed amendment and, if he finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with and the proposed amendment is within the scope of what might be included in an original certificate of incorporation, he shall approve the amendment and record it in an appropriate book in his office. When such amendment has been so made, filed, and approved, it shall thereupon become effective, and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-89 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-89
Section 11-44C-89 Oath Taken by City Officers
Status: in_force

Every officer of the city shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation as provided by law, to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk.
Ala. Code § 2-5A-32 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5A / Section 2-5A-32
Section 2-5A-32 Execution and Other Details of Bonds
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be signed by the chair or vice chair of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, and the seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be affixed thereto, or a facsimile thereof imprinted thereon, and attested by the secretary of the board. All signatures of the chair, vice chair, and secretary may be facsimile signatures if the proceedings under which the bonds are issued provide for the manual authentication of such bonds by a trustee or paying agent or by named individuals who are employees of the State of Alabama and who are assigned to the Department of Finance or office of the State Treasurer. The seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be impressed on the bonds and a facsimile of such seal may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually impressed thereon. Delivery of bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers subsequent to the signing of such bonds. For the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, the commissioner shall designate the State Treasurer. Funds for the payment of debt service shall be transferred by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to the State Treasurer on the actual due date of such principal, premium, if any, or interest.
Ala. Code § 11-54-186 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-186
Section 11-54-186 Exemption from Competitive Bid Laws
Status: in_force

Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41.
Ala. Code § 11-52-75 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-75
Section 11-52-75 Regulation as to Housing of Different Classes of Inhabitants in Residential Districts
Status: in_force

For the promotion of the public peace, order, safety, or general welfare, such municipal corporations may, within residential districts established pursuant to this article, further regulate as to the housing or residence therein of the different classes of inhabitants, but such regulations are not hereby authorized as will discriminate in favor of or against any class of inhabitants.
Ala. Code § 2-16-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 2-16-42
Section 2-16-42 Administration and Enforcement of Division Generally; Quarantining of Poultry and Eggs Produced on Premises Not Equipped with Prescribed Disposal Facilities; Right of Entry and Inspection of State Veterinarian, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) This division shall be administered and enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or other authorized employees or agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to quarantine and prohibit the removal or other disposition of any poultry and eggs from premises, buildings, vehicles or other places unless such poultry and eggs are produced on premises equipped with disposal facilities as prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized and required under Section 2-16-41. Quarantine orders issued under this section shall be issued in the same manner as now authorized by law for the quarantine of livestock infected or infested with or exposed to contagious and infectious diseases of livestock.

(b) The State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or any other authorized employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, are hereby authorized to enter any place or upon any premises or into any buildings or other enclosures where poultry is produced, fed or kept or upon the premises of any commercial poultry hatchery for the purpose of performing any inspection work or duties necessary for the enforcement of this division.
Ala. Code § 2-8-277 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-277
Section 2-8-277 Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense
Status: in_force

Arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under provisions of this article shall be under the direction of the association certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such association shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such association.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-8
Section 11-54A-8 Officers of Authority
Status: in_force

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chairman and vice chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board from the membership thereof; the secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority may, but need not, be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board. The chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the authority shall also be the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the board, respectively.

Prior to receipt by the authority of any tax revenues from the city, any county, state, or federal governments, the treasurer of the authority shall provide evidence to the governmental entity from which the funds are to be received of procurement of a fidelity bond in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of tax funds to be received and that the company issuing the bond is qualified to issue fidelity bonds in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-54-183 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-183
Section 11-54-183 Exemption from Certain Taxes and Fees
Status: in_force

The income of any authority, all bonds issued by an authority and the interest paid on any such bonds, all conveyances by or to an authority, and all leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to an authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. Any authority shall also be exempt from all 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. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to exempt the property of an authority from any ad valorem taxes imposed by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or to exempt an authority from any privilege or license taxes levied by the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision with respect to tangible personal property purchased or used by an authority.
Ala. Code § 2-11-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-9
Section 2-11-9 Bonds of Employees and Inspectors
Status: in_force

The commissioner may require any employee or agent and any inspector licensed under this article to execute and file with him a good and sufficient bond, payable to the state, in such sum, not exceeding $1,000.00, and with such surety or sureties as he may prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful performance by such employee, agent or licensed inspector of his duties as such employee, agent or licensed inspector, such bond to be filed in the office of the commissioner. Any person injured by the failure of such employee, agent or licensed inspector faithfully to perform such duties shall be entitled to institute a civil action on such bond in his own name in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of such damages as he may have sustained by reason of such failure.
Ala. Code § 2-8-361 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-361
Section 2-8-361 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

The funds derived from any assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be used and expended by the certified association for the purpose of promoting and stimulating advertising, education, research, production, and sales of shrimp and seafood and the consumption and use of shrimp and seafood products. Any funds expended by the certified association not authorized for a promotional program previously approved shall be deemed an unauthorized and illegal expenditure of the funds. Any funds approved for expenditure by a certified association for an approved promotional program for the shrimp and seafood industry are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by the certified association to carry out any approved promotional program or programs. It shall not be necessary for the Legislature to make any specific or general appropriation for any disbursements or expenditures be subject to the budget and allotment requirements of Article 4, Chapter 4, Title 41, and disbursements and expenditures may not be restricted or subject to any other requirements for general or special appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-56-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-1
Section 11-56-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, have the following respective meanings:

(1) CORPORATION OR THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the corporation.

(3) THE STATE. The State of Alabama.

(4) THE MUNICIPALITY. That incorporated city or town in the state which authorized the organization of the corporation.

(5) THE COUNTY. That county in which the certificate of incorporation of the corporation shall be filed for record.

(6) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. The municipality or the county.

(7) PUBLIC CORPORATION.

a. Any public corporation (other than a corporation organized under this chapter) now or hereafter organized or created in the state pursuant to the authorization or determination by the municipality, by the municipality and one or more other cities and towns in the state, by the county, by the county and one or more counties in this state, or by the governing body of any thereof, and

b. The board of education of the municipality or of the county.

(8) UNITED STATES. The United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

(9) GOVERNING BODY. The council, board of commissioners, or other like body in which the legislative functions of the municipality are vested by law.

(10) PROJECT. A building or buildings located or to be located in the municipality or in its police jurisdiction and designed for use and occupancy as a courthouse, jail, city or town hall, auditorium, music hall, art gallery, art center, museum, municipal building, or post office or for the supplying of office, warehousing, storage, or related facilities for officers and departments of the municipality, the county, any public corporation, any public utility subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission, any agencies for which the municipality, the county or any public corporation may lawfully furnish office, warehousing, storage, or related facilities and the United States, or any one or more thereof, together with any lands deemed by the board to be desirable in connection therewith.

(11) BOND. Any bond authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including refunding bonds.

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

(13) INDENTURE. A mortgage, an indenture of mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, or trust indenture executed by the corporation as security for any bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-54-122 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-122
Section 11-54-122 Additional Powers of Industrial Development Boards; Powers with Respect to Ancillary Facilities
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, each industrial development board shall have the following powers:

(1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to enlarge, improve, replace, equip, and maintain, one or more ancillary facilities, including all real and personal properties deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, and to sell and issue its bonds for any of such purposes;

(2) To lease to others and otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any ancillary facility, provided that an industrial development board may operate and use any ancillary facility, or any part thereof, intended for its own use; and

(3) To exercise with respect to any ancillary facility, and each part thereof, any and all powers that are conferred on industrial development boards by the Industrial Development Board Act.

Each industrial development board shall have with respect to ancillary facilities all powers that are conferred on such boards by the Industrial Development Board Act with respect to other projects; all applicable provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act shall apply to the exercise by an industrial development board of the powers conferred on it by this division; and all other provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act with which this division is not in conflict shall be applicable to the exercise by an industrial development board of its powers under this division, all to the same extent as if the said provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act were set out in full herein; provided, however, that any bonds issued by an industrial development board in connection with any ancillary facility intended, in whole or in part, for its own use and operation need not be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale of such facility but shall be payable solely out of such revenues and receipts as may be designated in the proceedings of the board of directors of such industrial development board under which such bonds shall be authorized to be issued.
Ala. Code § 11-42-128 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-128
Section 11-42-128 When Annexation Deemed Perfected
Status: in_force

From the time the said triplicate of the agreement is filed in the office of the judge of probate, as required in Section 11-42-127, the proclamations having been made and published as required by Section 11-42-126, the one city or town shall be and shall be held to be annexed to and merged into the other city or town under the terms and provisions as set forth in the agreement of annexation and merger.
Ala. Code § 11-44-139 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-139
Section 11-44-139 Publication of Semiannual Statement of Receipts and Expenses, Etc.; Audit of Books and Accounts
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 22-57-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 22-57-8
Section 22-57-8 Construction of Article
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing or allowing the establishment of any medical rule, regulation, policy, protocol, regimen, practice, or medical standard of care.
Ala. Code § 11-68-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 68 / Section 11-68-2
Section 11-68-2 Establishment of Historic Preservation Commission and Architectural Review Boards
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality electing to enact an ordinance, pursuant to this chapter, to provide for the creation, protection, and enhancement of historic properties or historic districts, shall establish an historic preservation commission, hereinafter sometimes called the commission, and may establish one or more architectural review boards, hereinafter sometimes called the boards, to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of that ordinance.
Ala. Code § 2-19-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-121
Section 2-19-121 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words shall have the meaning stated below, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) BOLL WEEVIL. Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development.

(2) CERTIFICATE. A document issued or authorized by the commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils.

(3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his designated representative.

(4) COTTON. Any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(5) HOST. Any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle.

(6) INFESTED. Actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists.

(7) PERMIT. A document issued or authorized by the commissioner to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted designations for limited handling, utilization, or processing.

(8) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity.

(9) REGULATED ARTICLE. Any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, other hosts, gin trash, and mechanical cotton pickers.

(10) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

(11) COTTON GROWER. Any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing or causing to be produced, for market, cotton.

(12) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-2
Section 11-54A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any city in accordance with Section 11-54A-4.

(2) AUTHORITY. Any redevelopment authority organized pursuant to this chapter.

(3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of any city in accordance with Section 11-54A-4, that authorizes the corporation of the authority.

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

(5) BONDS. Shall include bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(6) CITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama with respect to which a redevelopment authority may be organized.

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

(8) DEVELOPMENT AREA. Any business district of the city which is not more than three miles from the central business district and shall include areas used predominantly for business and commercial purposes.

(9) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to any city, its city council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body.

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

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

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

(13) PROJECT. Interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements located or to be located within the development area, and any fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with any such land, interest in land, building, structure, facility, or other improvement, all for the essential public purpose of the development of trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities in the development area. A project in the downtown central business district of a municipality may be for any industrial, commercial, business, office, parking, utility, residential (including without limitation homes, apartments, town houses, condominiums, hotels, and motels), or other use, provided that a majority of the members of the authority determine, by a resolution duly adopted, that the project and the use thereof would further the public purpose of this chapter. A project outside of the downtown central business district of a municipality may be for any industrial, commercial, business, office, parking, utility, or other nonresidential use, provided that a majority of the members of the authority determine, by a resolution duly adopted, that the project and the use thereof would further the public purpose of this chapter.

(14) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-50-101 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-101
Section 11-50-101 Issuance, Etc., of Bonds by Municipalities Having Less Than Six Thousand Inhabitants
Status: in_force

Any city or town having a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants may, notwithstanding the amount or character of any bonded or other indebtedness, issue such bonds, but the same shall be a lien or charge only against the property improved and drained and against the fund collected from the assessments levied against the property improved and drained and shall not be the general obligation of the city or town, nor shall such city or town be in any way liable to the holders of such bonds in case of failure to collect the same, but such bonds may be secured by mortgage on or deed of trust to said sewers or sewer system.

Such last described bonds, when issued, shall convey and transfer to the owners thereof all right, title, and interest in and to the assessment and the lien upon the respective lots or parcels of ground provided for in this division, which liens and assessments shall stand as security for such bonds and coupons until they are paid, with full power in the holder of said bonds or coupons to enforce the collection thereof by foreclosure action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The first bond or coupon holder who institutes a foreclosure action in any court against any property assessed shall only be entitled to have the proceeds of said suit applied pro rata to the payment of his own bonds and the bonds held by others so that no more than one foreclosure action shall be brought against any one lot or parcel of land.
Ala. Code § 11-67-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-5
Section 11-67-5 Hearing Procedures; Jurisdiction to Abate Nuisance; Finality of Decision
Status: in_force

If objections are filed, at the time stated in the notice, the council of the Class 2 municipality shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protest regarding the proposed abatement or removal of weeds or debris. The council may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the council, by resolution, shall decide whether a public nuisance exists and, if so, shall order it to be abated or removed with respect to any property or part thereof described. The governing body, by passage of the resolution, shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and either to perform or have performed the work of abatement or removal with respect to the property or part thereof. The decision of the governing body on the matter is final and conclusive.
Ala. Code § 2-8-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-52
Section 2-8-52 Remission of Collections to Treasurer of Association
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association all moneys paid to or collected by him on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth of January, April, July and October of each year, less an amount not to exceed three percent of the total amount so collected, which commission shall be deposited in the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The amount remitted to the treasurer of the certified association shall be used and expended by such association for the promotional program in the manner provided by this article and the rules and regulations of the association.
Ala. Code § 22-50-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-22
Section 22-50-22 Exemption of Superintendent and Physician of State Mental Health Facilities from Attending as Witnesses
Status: in_force

Neither the superintendent nor a physician of a state mental health facility or hospital shall be compelled to attend as a witness to testify as an expert in any case or on any question of insanity or psychological medicine in the state; provided, that he shall certify, in writing, within 10 days after the service of the summons, that his absence from the facility or hospital, in his best judgment, will interfere with his or her professional duties and the welfare of the patients under his care. But defendants in criminal cases and the state by the consent of the defendant and, in civil cases, either party may take the deposition of the superintendent or of any of the physicians as to all matters involving his or their expert opinion when such testimony is admissible.
Ala. Code § 2-15-251 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-251
Section 2-15-251 Distribution of Anti-hog Cholera Serum and Other Immunizing Agents by Department Generally; Payment of Cost of Inoculating Swine
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 2-15-253, the department shall distribute through employees of the livestock sanitary division of the said department, licensed veterinarians and others approved by the State Veterinarian, anti-hog cholera serum and any other approved immunizing agent, without cost thereof, to any bona fide farmer who is an owner of swine in Alabama making application therefor upon forms to be furnished by said department and approved by the officially approved administrator of said serum or other approved immunizing agent. Distribution of anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent shall not be made under the provisions of this subsection to owners of commercial garbage fed swine.

(b) The cost of inoculating swine with products distributed under any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid by the owner of such swine, such cost to be mutually agreed upon by the owner and the individual performing the services of inoculation.
Ala. Code § 11-50-470 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-470
Section 11-50-470 Appointment of Accountant, Etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts
Status: in_force

The board shall at least once a year appoint an expert accountant or firm of accountants who shall make an examination in detail of all books and accounts of the board to cover the period since the preceding examination and make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of its findings at the board’s first meeting after completion of such report, a copy of which shall also be furnished the governing body of the municipality, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The same person or firm shall not be appointed or authorized to make such examination twice in succession. For this service said accountant shall be paid such reasonable and proper sum as may be agreed upon.
Ala. Code § 11-53A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53A / Section 11-53A-21
Section 11-53A-21 Authority of Cities to Demolish Unsafe Buildings
Status: in_force

The city shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when any of the above are found by the governing body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause.
Ala. Code § 2-12-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 2-12-3
Section 2-12-3 Grades, Standards and Weight Classes
Status: in_force

To provide for uniformity in the marketing of eggs, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall adopt and promulgate, from time to time, reasonable classifications or standards for grades of quality and weight classifications or standards for the size of eggs to be sold or offered for sale in this state, and such grades and weight classes shall, so far as practicable, be consistent with the standards and classifications for grades and weight classes of the United States Department of Agriculture and the tolerances allowed thereunder as such standards, grades and weight classes are now established or may hereafter be amended. Eggs unfit for human consumption may also be defined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 2-8-270 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-270
Section 2-8-270 Legislative Purpose and Intent
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that producers of catfish shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, processors and distributors of catfish feed and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use and sale of catfish and catfish products, and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the catfish industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment 327 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901.
Ala. Code § 22-53-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-21
Section 22-53-21 Reexamination of Nonpaying Inmates Required
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 2-19-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-7
Section 2-19-7 Buying or Receiving Cotton Taken from Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, buys or receives any cotton taken from the bale without the authority of the owner, consignee or agent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-51-204 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-204
Section 11-51-204 Adoption, Etc., of Rules and Regulations as to Ascertainment, Etc., and Levy of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality making or enforcing a levy or assessment of taxes under the provisions of this article shall from time to time adopt by ordinance such rules and regulations for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of any taxes levied under the provisions of this article as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and, upon request, shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules and regulations.

(b) Except as provided in this article, any interpretations, rules, and regulations adopted or utilized by the governing body shall not be inconsistent with any rules and regulations which may be issued or promulgated by the Department of Revenue from time to time pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, for the corresponding state tax.
Ala. Code § 11-66A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66A / Section 11-66A-14
Section 11-66A-14 Exemption of Corridor from Competitive Bid Laws
Status: in_force

Each corridor, all contractual agreements made by the corridor, and any building or improvement of a project shall be exempt from state laws requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by any public entity, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2 of Title 39 and Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41.
Ala. Code § 11-40-18.2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-18.2
Section 11-40-18.2 Liability and Indemnification Under Firemen’s and Policemen’s Supplemental Pension System
Status: in_force

In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, in any Class 1 municipality, the board of firemen and policemen for the Class 1 municipality, the members of the board of firemen and policemen, and any officer, employee, or agent of a Class 1 municipality or of the board of firemen and policemen shall not incur any liability, individually or on behalf of any other individuals or on behalf of a Class 1 municipality or the board of firemen and policemen in a Class 1 municipality, for any act or failure to act in relation to the plan or the fund of any firemen’s and policemen’s supplemental pension system established pursuant to Act 556 of the 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959, p. 1376).

In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, officers and members of the board, employees in any Class 1 municipalities, and agents of any Class 1 municipality and of the board of firemen and policemen shall be indemnified against any and all liabilities arising by reason of any act, or failure to act, in relation to the plan or the fund of the firemen’s and policemen’s supplemental pension system. This indemnification shall not apply to any act or failure to act made in bad faith, nor shall it apply to a paid consultant or paid agent of the fund. This indemnification shall include, without limitation, expenses reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen’s and policemen’s supplemental pension system, and amounts paid in any compromise or settlement relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen’s and policemen’s supplemental pension system. The indemnification shall be paid from the fund and shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively.
Ala. Code § 11-50-241 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-241
Section 11-50-241 Construction of Division; Jurisdiction, Etc., of State Board of Health and State Public Service Commission
Status: in_force

(a) Neither this division nor anything contained in this division shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy which any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence thereof, but shall be construed as cumulative and independent of any such power, right or remedy. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of such corporation, the acquisition of any property, or the making of any loans or issuance of instruments in evidence thereof or as security therefor, except as prescribed in this division, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that nothing in this division shall be construed to suspend the jurisdiction of the State Board of Health as may be otherwise provided by law.

(b) Any corporation organized under the provisions of this division shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and regulation by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-85 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-85
Section 11-54B-85 Notice Requirements
Status: in_force

(a)(1) At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district plan, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, with a description of the area proposed to be included in the district, the proposed ordinance, and the self-help business improvement district plan shall be mailed to all prospective district members.

(2) In the case of a proposed district to promote economic growth, the notice shall be mailed to all known owners of real property at the address listed in the county property tax records of the assessor or the revenue commissioner.

(3) In the case of a proposed district to increase tourism, the notices shall be mailed to the owners of the businesses in the particular class that is to comprise the district.

(b) A copy of the notice shall be posted in at least three places located within the area proposed to be included in the district and on the municipality’s website. (c) An owner of real property or a business owner in the particular class may not contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district established by ordinance on the grounds that he or she did not receive a copy of the notice.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-47 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-47
Section 11-44C-47 Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility and Capital Budgets
Status: in_force

The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies to each member of the council and each newspaper of general circulation published in the city and all other members of the news media in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.
Ala. Code § 11-54-179 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-179
Section 11-54-179 Bonds of Authority Generally
Status: in_force

(a) Source of payment. All bonds issued by an authority shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the board of its projects or of any thereof as may be designated in the proceedings of the board under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued.

(b) Pledge of revenues, receipts and other security. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by an authority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the same may be payable and may be secured by a mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture conveying as security for such bonds all or any part of the property of the authority from which the revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived.

The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the operation, maintenance and insurance of the property covered by said mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, the use of the revenues and receipts subject to such mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and receipts, the rights, duties and remedies of the parties to any such instrument and the parties for the benefit of whom such instrument is made and the rights and remedies available in the event of default as the board shall deem advisable and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this article. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the authority shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid.

In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the authority made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed as security therefore, such default may be enforced by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, or either of said remedies, and foreclosure of such mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture may, if provided for in said instrument, be had.

(c) Execution. All bonds issued by an authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to the bonds of the authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of said officers may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of his manually signing the same, a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto, and a facsimile of the signature of the chairman of the board may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such interest coupons in lieu of his manually signing the same.

(d) General provisions respecting form, interest rate, maturities, sale and negotiability of bonds. Any such bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of its board. Bonds of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such price or prices and at such time or times as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous. The authority may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions in connection with any financing done by it. All bonds, except bonds registered as to principal or as to both principal and interest, and any interest coupons applicable thereto issued by the authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified source.

(e) Nature of obligation and source of payment. All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the state or of any county or municipality; provided that the provisions of this sentence shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority. Any bonds issued by the authority shall be limited or special obligations of the authority payable solely out of the revenues and receipts of the authority specified in the proceedings authorizing those bonds.

(f) Eligibility for investment. Bonds of an authority are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fiduciary’s authority, and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 11-58-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 58 / Section 11-58-5
Section 11-58-5 Powers of Corporations Generally
Status: in_force

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

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the period specified in the certificate of incorporation (which may be in perpetuity) unless sooner dissolved as provided in this chapter.

(2) To sue and be sued and prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties.

(3) To have and use a corporate seal and to alter it at pleasure.

(4) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, lease, construction, or otherwise one or more medical clinics and any necessary or desirable clinical facilities.

a. Any municipal medical clinic shall be located either within the corporate limits of the municipality or within 15 miles of the corporate limits, but not within the corporate limits or police jurisdiction of any other municipality, unless the other municipality shall by resolution adopted by its governing body consent to the location within its police jurisdiction.

b. A county medical clinic shall be located within the county in which it is incorporated.

c. No municipal or county medical clinic shall be located outside of the county in which the board is incorporated, unless the governing body of the other county by resolution consents to the location within its boundaries.

(5) To improve, enlarge, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more medical clinics and any necessary or desirable clinical facilities.

(6) To lease to others one or more medical clinics or parts of clinics and any clinical facilities, to charge and collect rent therefor, to terminate any lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the lease obligations, and to grant options to renew or extend any lease upon terms and conditions as the board of directors may determine. No lease shall extend beyond the last maturity of any bonds issued by the medical clinic board or 60 years from the date of the lease, whichever is the longer, and no option to renew shall permit the extension of any lease beyond that period.

(7) To sell, exchange, and convey, to contract to sell, exchange, or convey, and to grant options to any lessee to acquire any medical clinic and any clinical facilities and any or all of its properties whenever its board of directors finds it to be in furtherance of the purpose for which the corporation was organized.

(8) To borrow money and to issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers.

(9) To mortgage and pledge any one or more of its medical clinics and any or all of its clinical facilities or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues, rentals, and receipts therefrom or from any part thereof as security for the payment of the principal and interest on any bonds issued and any agreements made in connection therewith.

(10) To enter into contracts and agreements or to do any act necessary for or incidental to the performance of the duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter.

(11) To accept gifts, money, or property, including one or more medical clinics and clinical facilities, from any source whatsoever, subject to any conditions the board of directors approves.

(12) To appoint and employ those officers and agents, including attorneys, as its business requires.

(13) To provide for any insurance its board of directors deems advisable.
Ala. Code § 11-53B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53B / Section 11-53B-1
Section 11-53B-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds all of the following:

(1) It is estimated that within the municipalities of the state, there exist several thousand parcels of real property that due to poor design, obsolescence, or neglect, have become unsafe to the extent of becoming public nuisances. Much of this property is vacant or in a state of disrepair and is causing or may cause a blight or blighting influence on the city and the neighborhoods in which the property is located. Such property constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare to the citizens of the state and is an impediment to economic development within the municipality. This threat can be minimized if an incorporated municipality is authorized to repair the affected structures and is able to recover the cost of the repairs. In addition, where the municipality has undertaken the demolition of the structures and has taken a lien on the real property for the cost of the demolition, there has not been an effective method for recovering this assessment. These obligations owed to municipalities have largely been under-performing assets that could be converted to cash, providing the municipalities with much needed revenues.

(2) It is the intent of this chapter to authorize a municipality of the state to proceed with the demolition or repair of a structure based on its own findings, and to set out a method for collecting the assessment liens so imposed.
Ala. Code § 11-54-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-52
Section 11-54-52 Powers of Municipalities Generally as to Acquisition, Leasing, Etc., of Projects for Provision of Buildings and Other Facilities for Certain National Organizations
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each municipality shall have the following powers:

(1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift, or lease, and to equip one or more projects, which shall be located within this state and may be located within or without the municipality or partially within or partially without the municipality, but which shall not be located more than 15 miles outside of the corporate limits of the municipality;

(2) To improve, enlarge, expand, equip, furnish, insure, and maintain one or more projects;

(3) To lease to others any or all of its projects or any part thereof for such rentals and upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions of this article and to grant options to renew or extend any such lease upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may determine; provided, that no lease shall extend beyond the last maturity of any bonds issued by the municipality or 60 years from the date of the lease, whichever is the longer, and no option to renew shall permit the extension of any lease beyond such period;

(4) To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, improving, enlarging, expanding, equipping, or furnishing any project and to secure the payment of such bonds as provided in this article; and,

(5) To enter into contracts and agreements and to do any act necessary for or incidental to the performance of the duties and the execution of its powers under this article.
Ala. Code § 11-45-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 45 / Section 11-45-2
Section 11-45-2 Style of Ordinances; Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances or Resolutions Generally; Manner of Awarding Contracts on Bids
Status: in_force

(a) The style of an ordinance of a city or town shall be, “Be it ordained by the city (or town) council of _______ as follows:” inserting the name of the city or town as the case may be.

(b) No ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall be adopted by the council at the same meeting at which it is introduced, unless unanimous consent of those present is given for the immediate consideration of such ordinance or resolution, such consent to be shown by a vote taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting shall be entered upon the minutes, and no ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall become a law unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to said council in cities of over 12,000 inhabitants shall vote in its favor. In all towns and in cities of less than 12,000 population an affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of members of the council to which the corporation is entitled, including the mayor, shall be required to enact any ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation.

(c) The council shall award no contract on bids except by resolution.
Ala. Code § 22-54-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 22-54-3
Section 22-54-3 Applications for Admission; When Applications for Admission Not to Be Accepted
Status: in_force

(a) All admissions to the facility shall be by written application only. Application shall be made by the head of the state institution, agency, governmental body or court requesting same to the superintendent of the facility.

(b) An application shall not be accepted by the superintendent if by so doing the admission will result in an overcrowded condition or if adequate staff or facilities are not available.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-21
Section 11-44B-21 Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to Certain Officers or Governing Body in Existing Ordinances, Etc., Deemed References to Mayor or Council
Status: reserved

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.

Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established, reference is made to the mayor, chairman of the commission board, public safety commissioner, associate commissioner No. 1, finance and water commissioner or associate commissioner No. 2, the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor of the mayor-council form of government herein established. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution or law in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established, reference is made to the commission board of the city, city commission, the governing body, or like term, the same shall be construed to refer to the city council.
Ala. Code § 2-15-153 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-153
Section 2-15-153 Quarantining of Lots, Towns, Cities, Etc., Where Livestock Infected with Contagious, Infectious or Communicable Diseases, Etc.; Issuance and Service Upon Owners, Etc., of Livestock and Agents, Etc., of Railroads, Trucks, Etc., of Notice of Establishment of Quarantine
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian or an assistant veterinarian or state livestock inspector shall quarantine a stall, lot, yard, pasture, field, town, city, township, county or any part of the State of Alabama when he shall determine the fact that livestock in such place or places are infected with a contagious, infectious or communicable disease or when said livestock are infested or infected with the carrier or carriers of a contagious, infectious or communicable disease or when exposed to any such disease.

The State Veterinarian or an assistant veterinarian or livestock inspector shall issue written or printed notice of the establishment of said quarantining to the owners or keepers of said livestock and to any officer or agent of a railroad, truck or other transportation companies doing business in or through the quarantined part or parts of the state, which notice must be executed by the State Veterinarian or assistant veterinarian or by any livestock inspector by leaving a copy of said notice with the owners or keepers of said livestock and with any officer or agent of a railroad, truck or other transportation company doing business in or through the quarantined part or parts of the state and shall return the fact of such service on the original notice. Said original notice and return thereof shall be received as evidence of its legal service thereof on the dates mentioned therein in all courts, proceedings and places with further proof; provided, that where a whole county has been quarantined the certificate of the State Veterinarian stating the fact shall be received as evidence of said quarantine’s being established, and it shall be unnecessary to furnish other proof of same or service of notice of the same on the owners or keepers of said livestock.
Ala. Code § 2-15-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-23
Section 2-15-23 Renewal of Brands; Effect of Failure to Renew Brand
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a renewal period for recording livestock brands with the department which shall be once every three years, beginning with October 1, 2005. All brands recorded on or after October 1, 2005, shall be renewed or rerecorded on or before October 1, 2008, and each three-year period thereafter. At least 90 days prior to the renewal date for all registered brands, the department shall notify all persons having brands registered of the renewal date. On or before the renewal date of all brands, the registered owner thereof shall pay to the department a renewal fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries for the first position of the animal on which the brand appears, plus an additional fee established by the Alabama Board of Agriculture and Industries for each additional position on such animal as authorized and provided under subsection (b) of Section 2-15-28. Such additional information needed for renewal as the department may require shall also be furnished on forms provided by the department.

(b) If any livestock owner fails to renew any brand registered in his or her name, the brand shall be forfeited and shall be available to any other applicant for registration as provided under Section 2-15-21.
Ala. Code § 2-17-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-14
Section 2-17-14 Unauthorized Casting, Printing, Etc., of Device or Label Containing Official Mark or Simulation; Forgery, Unauthorized Use, Etc., of Official Devices, Marks, Etc.; Making of False Statements in Certificates, Misrepresentations as to Inspections, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) No brand manufacturer, printer or other person, firm or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, any form of official certificate or simulation thereof except as authorized by the commissioner.

(b) No person, firm or corporation shall:

(1) Forge any official device, mark or certificate;

(2) Use any official device, mark or certificate or simulation thereof or alter, detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark or certificate without authorization from the commissioner;

(3) Fail to use or to detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate contrary to the regulations prescribed by the commissioner;

(4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or his representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal or part or product thereof bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged or improperly altered official mark;

(5) Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the commissioner; or

(6) Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted under this chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed or exempted.
Ala. Code § 11-48-64 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-64
Section 11-48-64 Acquisition of Lands, Easements, Etc., for Public Improvements
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the municipality it may be necessary or expedient for the carrying out and full exercise of the powers granted by this article, such municipality may acquire by purchase or condemnation the necessary lands or rights or easements or interests therein, thereunder and thereover, and may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided in this article or by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of an interest therein for the uses for which private property may be taken; in which case such proceedings shall be governed in every respect by the general laws of the state pertaining thereto.
Ala. Code § 2-8-251 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-251
Section 2-8-251 Purchasers to Obtain Permit from Commissioner; Procedure
Status: in_force

Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit which buys wheat, corn, grain sorghum, or oats in Alabama from the producer thereof shall, in the event assessments are required to be deducted from the purchase price of such wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats under the provisions of this article, obtain from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries an annual permit which shall authorize such individual or business firm to engage in the business of buying wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama. The permit required hereunder shall expire on June 30, the end of the year for which it is issued and shall be renewable as of July 1 unless revoked by the commissioner for failure to comply with the provisions of this article. The application for the annual permit as required hereunder shall be accompanied by a fee of $5.00 which shall be deposited by the commissioner in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. The permit shall be conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations duly adopted for carrying out the requirements of this article relative to the deduction and remittance of assessments by individuals or business firms buying wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama whether such individuals or business firms are domiciled in Alabama or another state.
Ala. Code § 11-44-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-26
Section 11-44-26 Continuation, Etc., of Rights, Powers, Liabilities, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-99 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-99
Section 11-50-99 Disposition of Proceeds from Sale of Bonds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized to be issued by this division shall be applied only to the payment of the cost of the sewer or sewers or sewer system designated in the ordinance providing for their issue.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-21
Section 11-54A-21 Existence of Authority to Prevent Incorporation of Another by City
Status: in_force

The existence of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-90
Section 11-44E-90 Creation of Office of City Manager
Status: in_force

The office of the city manager is hereby created under sole authority of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 2-8-87 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-87
Section 2-8-87 Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense
Status: in_force

The arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be under the direction of the association certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such association shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such association.
Ala. Code § 2-6-116 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-116
Section 2-6-116 Disposition of Bond Proceeds
Status: in_force

All proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds, excluding refunding bonds, sold by the corporation remaining after payment of the expenses of issuance thereof and the funding of any required reserve or replacement fund shall be deposited into a special account to the credit of the corporation, and shall be subject to be drawn on by the corporation solely for the purposes of paying the costs of the project work, and all reasonable and necessary incidental expenses, including interest which shall accrue on the bonds during the project work and for a period not exceeding two years thereafter. Any balance of the proceeds remaining, upon completion of the project work and the payment of all costs in connection therewith, shall be transferred to the debt service reserve fund account of the corporation or used to redeem bonds issued by the corporation as may be determined by the board of directors of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-50-262 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-262
Section 11-50-262 Borrowing of Money and Issuance of Revenue Bonds Therefor; Execution of Mortgages, Pledges, Etc., as Security for Indebtedness; Provisions in Same as to Rights of Parties Thereto, Etc.; Sale of Gas to Municipalities Authorized
Status: in_force

(a) Any waterworks board shall also have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds as evidence of any money so borrowed, which bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of such gas plant and system. As security for any money so borrowed, together with interest thereon and any obligations incurred or assumed, the board shall have the power to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise transfer and convey its real, personal, and mixed property or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, including its franchises owned and thereafter acquired and all or any part of the revenues derived from such plant or system or any part thereof. The instrument whereunder such mortgage or pledge shall be made may contain such agreements as the board of directors of such corporation shall deem advisable respecting the operation and maintenance of such property and respecting the rights and duties of the parties to such instrument or for the benefit of whom such instrument is made; provided, that no such mortgage or pledge shall be construed so as to permit the foreclosure thereof.

(b) Any such waterworks board shall also have the power to contract for the sale of and to sell its gas supply or any part thereof to any person, firm, or corporation and to any city or town for distribution to the inhabitants thereof and the surrounding territory.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-23
Section 11-43A-23 Rules of Council
Status: in_force

The council shall determine its own rules and order of business and such rules shall be established by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 2-6-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-70
Section 2-6-70 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) AGRICULTURAL CENTER BOARD. The board of that name established pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.

(2) AGRICULTURAL FUND. The fund of that name created and administered pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 9, Title 2.

(3) BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES. The Alabama Board of Agriculture and Industries created pursuant to Section 2-3-1.

(4) BUILDING COMMISSION. The Building Commission created under Article 6, Chapter 9, Title 41, and any successor agency thereto.

(5) COLISEUM. The existing Garrett Coliseum and the grounds and other buildings and structures associated therewith, all owned by the Agricultural Center Board and located in the City of Montgomery, Alabama.

(6) CORPORATION. The public corporation authorized to be created by this article.

(7) ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS. (i) Any time deposit with, or any certificate of deposit issued by, any bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which is organized under the laws of the United States of America that may succeed to the functions of such corporation; (ii) any debt securities that are direct, general obligations of the United States of America; (iii) any debt securities payment of the principal of and interest on which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America; (iv) any debt securities (including participation certificates) that are direct, general obligations of any of the following agencies of the United States of America: the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Federal Farm Credit Bank, the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Immediate Credit Banks, the Banks for Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Banks (including any joint obligations of any two or more of the foregoing agencies), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Farmers Home Administration, or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States of America; (v) any repurchase obligations of any bank, savings bank or savings and loan association which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States of America that shall succeed to the functions of such federal corporation), which repurchase obligations are at least 100 percent secured by any one or more classes of eligible investments described in (i) through (iv), inclusive, above; (vi) any security or interest therein, whether secured or unsecured, in which an insurance company or a savings and loan association organized under the laws of the state may legally invest its own moneys at the time of investment therein by the corporation; (vii) shares of any money market fund registered and regulated under the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a no-load, open-end management investment company, the portfolio assets of which consist solely of cash and eligible investments and repurchase agreements fully secured by any one or more classes of eligible investments; and (viii) any debt obligation, debt instrument or deposit obligation in which trustees are legally permitted to invest under the laws of the state at the time of investment therein by the corporation.

(8) MARKET FACILITY. Any facility for the inspection, grading, standardization, classification, refrigeration, dehydration, canning, packing, processing, cold storage and marketing of agricultural and kindred products permitted to be acquired and constructed by the Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to Section 2-3-20.

(9) SECURITIES. When used with reference to debt instruments to be issued by the corporation, shall mean and include notes, bonds and other forms of indebtedness.

(10) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-7-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-4
Section 2-7-4 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Meetings of Commission to Consider Distribution Plan; Travel Allowances and Per Diem
Status: in_force

For the purpose of considering the plan proposed by the Alabama State Fair Authority as provided in Section 2-7-3, the commission shall meet at such time or times and at such place or places in the state as may be designated by the chairman of said commission. For traveling to and from any such meeting and for attending the same, each member of the commission shall receive the same travel allowances and per diem expense allowance as are provided for by law for members of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, which said allowances shall be paid to such members by the Alabama State Fair Authority upon said members presenting to the Alabama State Fair Authority verified claims for the same.
Ala. Code § 11-50-467 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-467
Section 11-50-467 Meetings
Status: in_force

The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and other meetings at such times and places as its members may elect, and the chairman of the board or any two members may call a meeting at any time he or they consider that the business demands that a meeting be held. The chairman and one member or any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

A true record of all the proceedings of all meetings of the board shall be kept by the secretary. At the call of any member the vote on any pending question shall be taken by ayes and nayes, and the same shall be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to any member of the governing body and to the public at all times, and a copy from said record, certified by the secretary, shall be competent evidence in all courts.
Ala. Code § 11-46-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-90
Section 11-46-90 Applicability of Article; Costs of Elections
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-47-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-19
Section 11-47-19 Establishment, Etc., of Public Grounds, Parks, Etc., and Provision of Music and Other Exhibitions
Status: in_force

The council or other governing body of any town or city may establish, lay out and improve public grounds, parks, and boulevards and regulate the same and may provide music and other exhibitions for the amusement of the inhabitants.
Ala. Code § 2-30-61 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-61
Section 2-30-61 Disposition of Revenues Derived from Sale, Etc., of Semen, Bulls, Etc
Status: in_force

Any revenue derived from supplying semen to cooperating associations or from the sale of semen to other dairymen or the sale of bulls or equipment shall be applied to any of the lines of work authorized by this article.
Ala. Code § 11-43-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-10
Section 11-43-10 Municipal Officers to Pay Over Public Moneys Received; Daily Balances Required
Status: in_force

Officers of any municipality collecting or receiving moneys of the municipality shall pay such moneys over to the city or town treasurer instanter, daily balances in all cases being required.
Ala. Code § 22-52-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-14
Section 22-52-14 Payment of Costs
Status: in_force

In any commitment proceeding, the fees of any attorney appointed by the probate judge to act as advocate for the petition and any attorney or guardian ad litem appointed by the probate judge for the person sought to be committed shall be set at the rates established by Section 15-12-21; and any expert employed to offer expert testimony, in such amounts as found to be reasonable by the probate judge; and all other costs allowable by law shall be paid by the state general fund upon order of the probate judge; except, that if the petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent and is not a law enforcement officer or other public official acting within the line and scope of his or her duties, all costs may be taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is granted and the person sought to be committed is not indigent, the probate judge may order all costs paid from the estate of the person committed. Fees for an attorney appointed to advocate for the peritioner may include reasonable fees related to consultation and preparation of the petition prior to appointment, subject to approval by the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-50
Section 11-44C-50 Summary of Budget
Status: in_force

At the head of the budget there shall appear a summary of the budget, which need not be itemized further than by principal sources of anticipated revenue, stating separately the amount to be provided by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing so in such manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget.
Ala. Code § 2-16-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 2-16-6
Section 2-16-6 Maintenance of Records by Public Hatcheries and Chick Dealers or Jobbers
Status: in_force

Every public hatchery and chick dealer or jobber shall keep such records of operation as the regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Industries may require for the proper inspection of said hatchery and chick dealer or jobber.
Ala. Code § 2-15-291 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-291
Section 2-15-291 State Aid to Counties for Payment of Expenses of Tick Eradication
Status: in_force

In the event the Agricultural Fund will permit, the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may aid a county in defraying the county’s expense of tick eradication from the said Agricultural Fund; provided, that such aid shall not exceed $20,000.00 to any one county during the fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 11-42-105 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-105
Section 11-42-105 Continuation of Officers and Corporate Organization of Municipalities; Qualification and Assumption of Duties of Officers Elected for Consolidated Municipalities
Status: in_force

The officers of the several municipalities shall continue in office, and the corporate organization of the several municipalities shall continue unaffected until the officers of the consolidated town or city are elected and qualified as provided for in the applicable provisions of this title or any other applicable provisions of law, and such officers so elected shall immediately qualify and assume the duties of their office.
Ala. Code § 2-2-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-70
Section 2-2-70 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature has found and does hereby declare that bonds that are required by persons obtaining licenses and permits that are issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or the Department or the Board of Agriculture and Industries are hard to obtain and unduly expensive.

Many times the person applying for the permit or license will have available funds such as cash or negotiable securities or credit, but existing statutes do not allow for these funds to be substituted in lieu of a bond.

It is, therefore, the purpose of this law to allow certain specified funds to be substituted in lieu of those bonds that are required to be obtained prior to being licensed or permitted.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-31
Section 11-44A-31 Boundaries of Districts
Status: in_force

The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets or other well-defined boundaries.
Ala. Code § 2-21-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 21 / Section 2-21-28
Section 2-21-28 Short Weight
Status: in_force

If any commercial feed in the possession of or consigned to the purchaser is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the licensee who manufactures or distributes said commercial feed shall, within 30 days after an official notice from the commissioner, pay to the purchaser a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. The commissioner, by regulation and with approval of the board may allow reasonable tolerances for short weight due to loss through handling and transportation.
Ala. Code § 2-15-231 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-231
Section 2-15-231 Possession, Sale, Etc., of Hog Cholera Virus
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association in the State of Alabama to have in possession or keep, sell or offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of hog cholera virus.
Ala. Code § 2-2-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-6
Section 2-2-6 Inspection of Books; Examination of Witnesses; Divulging Information
Status: in_force

The commissioner or his duly appointed agents shall have authority to inspect books and records, to hear complaints, to administer oaths, to certify to all official acts and to examine under oath in any part of the state witnesses in any matter pertaining to their duties and cause such examination to be reduced to writing. If any person, having been sworn by any of the above officers to tell the truth, shall willfully give false testimony, he shall be guilty of perjury. If the commissioner or any member of the board or any employee or agent shall divulge any information acquired from the private books, documents or papers of any person, firm or corporation while acting or claiming to act under any authorization or designation in respect to confidential or private transactions, property or business of any person, firm or corporation, except in his report to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries or in the report of any agent or employee to the commissioner or when called upon to testify in any court or proceedings at law, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and such employee or agent shall be disqualified from acting in any official capacity in the department.
Ala. Code § 2-8-380 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-380
Section 2-8-380 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act.
Ala. Code § 11-47-110 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-110
Section 11-47-110 Animals Running at Large on Streets; Driving Livestock through Streets
Status: in_force

All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to regulate and prevent the running at large on the streets of all equine or equidae, cows, hogs, dogs, or other animals and to pass all laws necessary for the impounding and sale of the animals and destruction of dogs and to regulate and prohibit the driving of livestock in droves through the streets of a city or town.
Ala. Code § 2-10-35 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-35
Section 2-10-35 Dissolution of Marketing or Marketing and Purchasing Associations
Status: in_force

(a) Any cooperative marketing corporation or association or mutual cooperative marketing or purchasing corporation or association organized under the laws of this state, may be dissolved in the mode and manner following:

(1) In any mode or manner now provided by law in this state for the dissolution of corporations;

(2) By proceedings in the circuit court in the county wherein the corporation or association was organized, under its statutory jurisdiction; or

(3) By complaint in the circuit court in the county wherein the corporation or association was or may be organized, in the manner provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) If the board of directors or other governing body shall deem it advisable to dissolve such corporation or association and shall adopt a resolution to that effect at any regular meeting of the board or other governing body or at any special meeting called for that purpose, 30 days’ notice of which shall have been given each member of such board or other governing body, such resolution to be adopted by a vote of not less than two thirds of its members and spread upon the minutes of such board or other governing body, and such members so voting for such dissolution may file a complaint in their names and in the name of the corporation or association against the remaining members or stockholders of such corporation or association in said circuit court for the purpose of effectuating such dissolution. But, if it shall be made to appear to the court or to the judge thereof that the stockholders or members of such corporation or association are, in the judgment of the court or judge, so numerous as to render it impracticable or inexpedient to bring them all before the court, and, in the judgment of the court or judge, a sufficient number, not less than 10 representative stockholders or members of such corporation or association are made defendants to such complaint, such court or judge may make an order directing personal service on the defendants named and that publication, in such manner and form as the court or judge may prescribe, be made as to all other members and parties interested once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county wherein such complaint is filed. If, upon the final hearing, such court shall find that a continuance of such corporation is impracticable or that it will be in the interest of the corporation or association that it be dissolved, it may make and enter a judgment dissolving said corporation and, upon such dissolution, may direct the business and affairs of said corporation to be wound up by the board of directors or other governing body of said corporation or association under the supervision and direction of the court, or the court may, in its discretion, appoint a receiver for that purpose. Such court may make all such orders and judgments as may be deemed necessary and proper to effectuate such dissolution, the winding up of the business of the association or corporation and the final disposition of the assets thereof, if any.

(c) If the corporation or association has ceased business and become and remained inactive in the transaction of its business affairs for 12 months or more or, if it has no board of directors or other governing body, such complaint for dissolution may be filed by and on behalf of 10 or more stockholders or members of such corporation or association and in the name of such corporation or association, in the manner and form provided for in subsection (b) of this section, and the court may make such order or judgment thereon as in said subsection authorized and provided.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-70
Section 11-43C-70 Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment
Status: in_force

Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment he shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the council shall not exempt individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding.
Ala. Code § 2-8-239 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-239
Section 2-8-239 Majority Vote Required for Approval of Assessment; Canvass of Results; Limitations on Assessment
Status: in_force

If in such referendum a majority or more of the wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers who are eligible to participate and actually vote therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed on such referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner hereinafter provided. All wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers who produce wheat, corn, grain sorghum, or oats in the crop year immediately preceding the referendum shall be eligible to participate in said referendum. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter the certified association shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof. The amount of the assessment levied upon the sale of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats shall not exceed $.02 per net bushel after deductions for foreign material on any wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats sold by the producers thereof.
Ala. Code § 2-17-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-2
Section 2-17-2 Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Policy; Purpose and Construction of Chapter Generally; Adoption and Promulgation of Regulations Promulgated Under Certain Federal Acts
Status: in_force

(a) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation’s total supply of food. It is essential to the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products and result in sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, misbranded or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged articles to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that regulation by the commissioner and cooperation by this state and the United States as contemplated by this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise effectuate the purposes of this chapter; therefore, the intent and purpose of this chapter is to authorize, provide and require a meat and poultry inspection program in this state which will be no less equal to the provisions and requirements of applicable federal laws which authorize and provide for such inspection and related duties in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States as directed under Section 2-17-25. Accordingly, it is hereby intended that this chapter shall be liberally construed and interpreted insofar as possible to be consistent with such declared intent and purpose.

(b) Wherever in this chapter it is provided that regulations or orders may or shall be promulgated by the commissioner with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, such officials are authorized to adopt and promulgate any regulations as may have been or may hereafter be promulgated under authority of the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, amendments thereto or other appropriate or related federal laws, insofar as possible, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to administer and enforce its provisions and requirements.
Ala. Code § 2-8-61 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-61
Section 2-8-61 Enforcement Duties of Commissioner; Revocation of Certification of Association
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question of whether its certification should be revoked.
Ala. Code § 11-46-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-121
Section 11-46-121 Identification of Voters Where Voting Machines Used; Voting Procedure Generally; Assistance of Voters Generally; Challenges to Voters
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-15-250 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-250
Section 2-15-250 Department to Acquire Anti-hog Cholera Serum and Other Approved Immunizing Agents
Status: in_force

The Department of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and required to purchase anti-hog cholera serum and any other approved immunizing agent in such units as deemed advisable by said department, at the lowest and best bid or bids, from one or more reliable manufacturers producing a high quality product, which products shall be approved by the State Veterinarian.
Ala. Code § 22-52-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-93
Section 22-52-93 Costs
Status: in_force

No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including, but not limited to, the cost of housing and treatment. All costs associated with a probable cause hearing, including cost of counsel, shall be paid by the State General Fund upon order of the judge of probate; except, that if the petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent and is not a law enforcement officer or other public official acting within the line and scope of his or her duties, all costs may be taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is granted and the person sought to be committed is not indigent, the judge of probate may order all costs paid from the estate of the person committed.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-5
Section 11-44A-5 Conduct of Election and Referendum
Status: in_force

The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality.
Ala. Code § 22-51-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 22-51-13
Section 22-51-13 Taxation Exemption
Status: in_force

The corporations authorized in this chapter and their property, including bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and deeds, and all income from such property and the operation of programs shall be exempt from all taxation, and no excise tax may be imposed on any corporation for the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter; provided, that the corporation must adhere to minimum standards for licensure as provided by Chapter 50 of this title.
Ala. Code § 2-8-125 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-125
Section 2-8-125 Authority of Certified Organization to Conduct Referendum on Assessment
Status: in_force

Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in the manner set forth in Section 2-8-124, such organization shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the producers and growers of such particular agricultural commodity a referendum on the question of whether or not such growers and producers shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purposes stated in this article. Such referendum may be conducted either on a statewide or area basis.
Ala. Code § 11-51-131 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-131
Section 11-51-131 Savings and Loan Associations
Status: in_force

Municipalities may levy a license on savings and loan associations in proportion to the amount paid in on nonwithdrawable shares, reserves, and undivided profits of the association upon the same schedule as is provided for banks and none other.
Ala. Code § 2-15-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-90
Section 2-15-90 “Livestock Market” Defined
Status: in_force

The term “livestock market” as used in this division shall mean livestock markets which are subject to the requirements of Division 1 of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-57-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-11
Section 11-57-11 Bonds - Authority for Issuance; Security for Payment of Principal and Interest Generally; Form, Terms, Denominations, Etc.; Sale, Redemption, Etc
Status: in_force

The authority is empowered at any time and from time to time to sell and issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, complete and equip one or more projects and for payment of obligations incurred for any such purpose. The principal of and interest on any such bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the project with respect to which such bonds were issued.

Any bonds of the authority may be delivered by it at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption prior to maturity and may contain other provisions not inconsistent with this chapter as may be provided by the resolution of the board whereunder such bonds are authorized to be issued; provided, that no bond of the authority shall have a specified maturity date later than 30 years after its date. Each bond of the authority having a specified maturity date more than 10 years after its date shall be made subject to redemption at the option of the authority at the end of the tenth year after its date and on any interest payment date thereafter under such terms and conditions as may be provided in the resolution under which such bond is authorized to be issued.

Bonds of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such time or times as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous to the authority.

Bonds issued by the authority shall not be general obligations of the authority but shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the project with respect to which such bonds were issued.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-64 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-64
Section 11-44C-64 Department of Finance; Director
Status: in_force

There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system.
Ala. Code § 2-6-119 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-119
Section 2-6-119 Pledge for Payment of Principal and Interest on Bonds; Filing with Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

In the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any of its bonds, the corporation is authorized and empowered to pledge for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds at the respective maturities of the principal and interest, and to agree to use solely for such purpose, all the revenues which under the provisions of Section 2-6-118 are provided for the payment of the principal and interest, subject to prior pledges as and to the extent the corporation may provide. Upon the issuance of any bonds pursuant to this article, the corporation may file in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, Alabama, an instrument reciting the issuance of the bonds and the pledge of the revenues as security, and the filing of the instrument shall constitute constructive notice of the pledge. The instrument shall be received and recorded by the judge of probate upon the payment of the fee for the recording of mortgages, but no tax shall be payable.
Ala. Code § 2-10-99 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-99
Section 2-10-99 Powers of Association
Status: in_force

An association incorporated under this article shall have the power to:

(1) Contract and be contracted with;

(2) Borrow and lend money;

(3) Issue notes, bonds and other obligations and secure the payment of the same by mortgage or otherwise;

(4) Buy, contract for, own, sell, convey, pledge, mortgage and otherwise have, use and dispose of property of all kinds, insofar as not prohibited by law;

(5) Promote and carry out the purpose of this article to market the agricultural products of its members, cooperatively in pools or otherwise and collect for the same;

(6) Purchase such products from its members;

(7) Advance money upon such products to its members;

(8) Act as agents for its members;

(9) Process, condition, pack, store and otherwise safeguard, care for and make ready for market the agricultural products of its members;

(10) Purchase for and distribute to its members and purchase and sell to its members seed, plants, fertilizers, machinery, implements, livestock, feed, chemicals, foodstuffs, materials, supplies, packages, containers, wrappings, labels, tags and any other goods, wares or merchandise necessary or useful in the production, processing, packing, storage, distribution and marketing of agricultural products;

(11) Erect, buy, own, rent, operate, manage and control all plants, properties, machinery and installations necessary or useful in processing, conditioning, packing, manufacturing, storing, shipping, distributing and marketing of such products of its members; and

(12) Render to its members farm business service.

In addition to the foregoing, the articles of incorporation of any association incorporated under this article may contain any provision consistent with law with respect to management, regulation, government, financing, indebtedness, membership, the establishment of voting districts and the election of delegates for representative purposes, the issuance, retirement and transfer of its stock, if formed with capital stock, or any provisions relative to the way or manner in which it shall operate or with respect to its members, officers or directors and any other provisions relating to its affairs. The powers granted in this section shall be possessed by an association or federation organized under this article fully and completely, whether specified in the articles of association. Such incorporated association may render the services mentioned in this section to nonmembers thereof as well as to members; provided, that no such incorporated association shall deal in the agricultural products of nonmembers to an amount greater in value than such as are handled by it for members and that no such incorporated association shall purchase supplies and equipment for or render farm business service to nonmembers in an amount greater in value than such as are purchased for or rendered to members. All business transacted by any cooperative association for or on behalf of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof shall be disregarded in determining the value of member and nonmember business transacted by such association.
Ala. Code § 2-8-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-40
Section 2-8-40 Legislative Purpose and Intent
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that producers of swine shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of swine and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use and sale of swine and swine products, and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the swine industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment 327 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901.
Ala. Code § 11-54-191 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-191
Section 11-54-191 Continued Existence of Authority Notwithstanding Reclassification of Municipalities
Status: in_force

Any authority created hereunder shall continue in existence and shall have all powers conferred upon an authority organized pursuant to this article notwithstanding the fact that due to a reclassification of municipalities by the Legislature, the municipality which authorized the creation of such authority is no longer classified as a Class 1 municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-52-75.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-75.1
Section 11-52-75.1 Regulation as to Housing of Mentally Retarded or Mentally Ill Persons in Multi-Family Zone
Status: in_force

(a) It is the express intent of the Legislature to abolish and prohibit any zoning law, ordinance, or regulation which prevents or prohibits mentally retarded or mentally ill persons from living in a natural residential environment zoned “multi-family.” Zoning ordinances shall not exclude a group home from a “multi-family” residential area solely because the persons residing in the group home are not blood related, and no such group home shall be located within 1,000 feet of another group home as measured between lot lines. The group home shall be required to meet all other zoning and licensing requirements of local and state governmental agencies.

(b) For the purpose of any zoning law, ordinance, or regulation in force in the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions, the classification of “multi-family” shall not exclude a group home in which 10 or less unrelated persons who are mentally retarded or mentally ill may reside, and said home may, in addition thereto, include two additional persons who need not be related by blood or marriage to each other or to any of the mentally retarded or mentally ill persons living in the home.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any such group home previously established and existing on the date of the enactment of this section.
Ala. Code § 11-59-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 11-59-11
Section 11-59-11 Liability of Municipalities Upon Bonds, Obligations, Agreements, Etc., of Corporations
Status: in_force

The municipality shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the corporation or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the corporation, and none of the bonds of the corporation or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
Ala. Code § 11-42-55 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-55
Section 11-42-55 Requirement as to Resolutions, Orders, or Notices Under Article
Status: in_force

In every proceeding to extend the corporate limits of any city under the provisions of this article the council of such city shall declare in each and every resolution provided for in this article and the probate judge shall declare in each and every order directing and ordering an election to be held under this article and in every notice given hereunder and in every order made and entered on the records of the probate court under this article, that such resolution, order, or notice, as the case may be, is passed, ordered, or given under the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-42-78 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-78
Section 11-42-78 Construction of Sanitary Sewers, Enforcement of Sanitary Connections, and Assessment of Costs Thereof in Territory Exempt from Taxation
Status: in_force

The council or governing body of the city shall have the right to construct or cause to be constructed sanitary sewers and enforce sanitary connections in the territory exempt from city taxation under the provisions of this article and assess the cost and expense thereof against the abutting property in the same manner and under the same laws and to the same extent as it is authorized to construct similar betterments and enforce connections in the territory within the corporate limits of the city not exempt from taxation.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-4
Section 2-3A-4 Board of Directors; Members; Terms; Vacancies; Qualifications; Expenses; Quorum; Impeachment; Copies of Proceedings as Evidence
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors, and all powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.

(b) The board shall consist of seven directors. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of Finance and the Superintendent of Banking shall be ex officio members of the board of directors. The remaining four directors shall be appointed, by the persons and in the manner hereinafter prescribed, as soon as may be practicable after the incorporation of the authority, for staggered terms as follows: The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one director and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint one director each of whose initial terms shall begin immediately upon his respective appointment and shall end on September 30 in the fourth calendar year next following the calendar year in which the certificate of incorporation of the authority was issued; and the Governor shall appoint each of the two remaining directors whose initial terms shall begin immediately upon their respective appointments and shall end on September 30 in the second calendar year next following the calendar year in which the certificate of incorporation of the authority was issued. Thereafter, the term of office of each appointed director shall be four years, commencing on the October 1 next following the September 30 on which the term of the immediate predecessor director ended. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board not heretofore provided for, a successor director shall be appointed to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy. The appointment of each appointed director (other than those initially appointed), whether for a full four-year term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made by the same state officer who appointed the director whose term has expired or is to expire or in whose office a vacancy otherwise exists and shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. If the term of office of any appointed director shall expire prior to the reappointment of such director or prior to the appointment of his successor, such director shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualified, and if such director is reappointed 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 on the October 1 next following the expiration of such immediately preceding term. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment.

(c) Each appointed director shall, at the time of his appointment and at all times during his term of office, be a qualified elector of the state; and a failure by any appointed director to remain so qualified during such term shall cause a vacancy of the office of such director. No officer or employee of the state or of any county, city or town therein, and no officer, employee, director or trustee of any lender or any affiliate thereof, shall be eligible for appointment as a director. The acceptance by an appointed director of any office or employment which, had such director held such office or been so employed at the time of his appointment as a director, would have rendered him ineligible for appointment as a director, shall cause a vacancy of the office of such director. Each director shall serve without compensation, except that he may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties.

(d) 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 of the board to exercise all the powers and duties of the authority. Any appointed director may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by 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 said Section 175, or successor provisions thereof. All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority and maintained in the permanent records of the authority. 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 evidence of the matters therein certified.
Ala. Code § 2-8-192 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-192
Section 2-8-192 Referendum to Levy Assessment Declared to Be in the Public Interest
Status: in_force

It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that cotton producers be permitted by referendum as hereinafter provided to levy upon themselves an assessment, and to provide for the collection thereof for the financing or contributing toward the financing of a program of research, education, advertising and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution and marketing as well as the increased use, consumption and sale of cotton and cotton products.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-21
Section 11-43C-21 Powers of Council; Dealings with Officers and Employees in Administrative Service
Status: in_force

All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to:

(1) Appoint stenographic and clerical employees deemed necessary for service to the council, subject to the provisions of any merit system in effect at such time;

(2) Upon recommendation of the mayor, establish administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions;

(3) Adopt the budget of the city;

(4) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants;

(5) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs;

(6) Appoint the members of all boards except the Planning Commission and the Housing Board and the Industrial Development Authority;

(7) Succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government and not in conflict with this chapter; and

(8) Levy property, sales, and license taxes and local improvement assessments.

Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from office, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service to the city, except as provided in subdivision (1) of this section. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the members of the council shall deal with the administrative service only through the mayor. Members of the council shall not give orders to any subordinates of the mayor, either publicly or privately. Any councilman violating the provisions of this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a councilman.
Ala. Code § 2-19-60 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-60
Section 2-19-60 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to protect the public interest as to the character of service rendered by public gins, and to that end the commissioner is authorized and empowered to supervise and control public gins as to the character of service which they render.
Ala. Code § 11-47-252 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-252
Section 11-47-252 Requirements for Construction of Beach Project
Status: in_force

A coastal municipality may not begin construction of a beach project until each of the following requirements have been satisfied:

(1) The governing body of the coastal municipality, after a public hearing held on not less than 30 days’ public notice, has identified the following by adoption of a survey, map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references.

a. The location of the mean high tide line for the area in which the beach project is proposed to be located.

b. The location of the limits of the landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project relative to both the mean high tide line and the construction control line, if any, then established under the regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the ordinances of the coastal municipality, or both.

(2) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department, has issued a permit ratifying and confirming the location of the mean high tide line and authorizing the construction and maintenance of the proposed beach project pursuant to Section 9-15-56.

(3) To the extent that the proposed beach project is to be located landward of the mean high tide line, the coastal municipality has obtained by conveyance or exercise of powers of eminent domain any necessary rights to utilize the land lying between the mean high tide line and the limits of the landward extension of the beach project.

(4) The governing body of the coastal municipality has caused to be recorded with the office of the judge of probate in the county or counties within which the beach project is to be located a certified copy of the survey, plat, map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references identifying the location of the mean high tide line within the area of the beach project as ratified and confirmed by the commissioner.