Ala. Code § 11-50-414 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-414
Section 11-50-414 Validation of Proceedings to Incorporate Gas Districts
Status: in_force

All acts or proceedings heretofore done or taken for the purpose of incorporating any gas district under the provisions of this article are hereby validated and declared legal, notwithstanding that the resolution adopted by the governing body of any municipality which is a member of such gas district authorizing its mayor to proceed with the organization and incorporation of such gas district in purported compliance with Section 11-50-391 does not set forth a brief description of the gas system or systems to be owned and operated by such gas district or fails to comply in other respects with the provisions of said Section 11-50-391, notwithstanding failure to publish any resolution and notwithstanding that the objects for which such gas district is organized as stated in the certificate of incorporation of such gas district, filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of such gas district is located, include objects or purposes which are not authorized by said article; provided, that such gas district shall not have or exercise any power which is not conferred upon said district by said article or by any act amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto heretofore or hereafter adopted or by this section.
Ala. Code § 11-54-82 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-82
Section 11-54-82 Application for Authority to Incorporate Industrial Development Board; Adoption of Resolution by Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation; Execution, Acknowledgment, and Filing of Certificate of Incorporation Generally
Status: in_force

Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, each of whom shall be a duly qualified elector of and taxpayer in the municipality, shall file with the governing body thereof an application in writing seeking permission to apply for the incorporation of an industrial development board of such municipality, the governing body shall proceed to consider such application.

If the governing body shall by appropriate resolution duly adopted find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the industrial development board be formed and shall authorize the persons making such application to proceed to form such board and shall approve the form of certificate of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the board, then the persons making such application shall execute, acknowledge, and file a certificate of incorporation for the corporation as provided in Section 11-54-83.

No board may be formed unless such application shall have first been filed with the governing body of the municipality and the governing body shall have adopted a resolution as provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 22-53-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-20
Section 22-53-20 Liability for Payment for Care and Maintenance
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 11-44-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-28
Section 11-44-28 Selection, Compensation, Removal, Etc., of Officers and Employees Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-31
Section 11-44C-31 Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts
Status: in_force

The mayor shall each month print a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city, and shall furnish printed copies thereof to the daily newspapers of the city, other members of the news media of the city, and to persons who apply for copies. At the end of each year, the mayor shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, or by the state examiners, and shall cause the result of the examination to be published in the same manner as provided above for publication of statements of monthly expenditures. The examination shall not be made more than five years in succession by the same accountant.
Ala. Code § 11-50-271 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-271
Section 11-50-271 Consolidation of Gas and Waterworks Plants and Systems
Status: in_force

Any such waterworks board may, if it so elects, combine any waterworks plant and system owned by it with any gas plant and system owned by it and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair thereof as one combined and consolidated plant and system, the keeping of books and records for one combined plant and system, and the borrowing of money for any purpose authorized by law and the issuance of revenue bonds payable from the revenues of both the waterworks and the gas plants and systems, or such waterworks board may keep and operate such waterworks plant and system separate from its gas plant and system.
Ala. Code § 2-5A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 5A / Section 2-5A-12
Section 2-5A-12 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a special fund for the use of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and shall be used solely for maintenance, repair, and capital outlay for markets and market facilities, for payment of other expenses of operations as approved by the authority, and for liquidation of costs of construction of the markets and facilities. The funds shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the state Comptroller on the State Treasury, upon the authorization of the commissioner. After August 1, 2013, all funds remaining in the original Farmers’ Market Authority Fund #0360 shall transfer into a newly created Farmers’ Market Authority Fund for use by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-51-211 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-211
Section 11-51-211 Quarterly Sales and Use Tax Returns
Status: in_force

(a)(1) With respect to those municipalities and counties for which the department serves as the collecting sales tax agent from time to time, when the total state sales tax for which any person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 averages less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the preceding calendar year, a quarterly sales tax return and remittance in lieu of monthly returns may be made to the department. If a quarterly filing election has been made by the taxpayer, then the return and remittance shall be made to the department on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the end of the quarter for which the tax is due. The election to file quarterly shall be made in writing no later than February 20 of each year and shall be filed with the department. Notwithstanding the above, no state-administered county or municipal sales tax return shall be due until January 20 of each year unless the total state sales tax for which any person is liable during the preceding calendar year exceeds ten dollars ($10). The department is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subdivision.

(2) With respect to those municipalities and counties for which the department serves as the collecting use tax agent from time to time, when (i) the total state sales tax for which any person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 averages less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the preceding calendar year and (ii) the total state use tax for which that person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 averages less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the preceding calendar year, a quarterly use tax return and remittance in lieu of monthly returns may be made to the department. If a quarterly filing election has been made by the taxpayer, then the return and remittance shall be made to the department on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the end of the quarter for which the tax is due. The election to file quarterly shall be made in writing no later than February 20 of each year and shall be filed with the department. Notwithstanding the above, no state-administered county or municipal use tax return shall be due until January 20 of each year unless the total state sales tax for which any person is liable during the preceding calendar year exceeds ten dollars ($10). The department is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subdivision.

(b)(1) With respect to self-administered counties and municipalities, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(20), when the total state sales tax for which any person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 averages less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the preceding calendar year, a quarterly sales tax return and remittance in lieu of monthly returns may be made to each appropriate self-administered county or municipality. If a quarterly filing election has been made by the taxpayer, then the returns and remittance shall be made to each appropriate self-administered county or municipality on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the end of the quarter for which the tax is due. The election to file quarterly shall be made in writing no later than February 20 of each year and shall be filed with each appropriate self-administered county or municipality. Notwithstanding the above, no sales tax return shall be due to a self-administered county or municipality until January 20 of each year unless the total state sales tax for which any person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 during the preceding calendar year exceeds ten dollars ($10). A self-administered county or municipality is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subdivision. Further, any self-administered county or municipality may, in its discretion, permit a taxpayer to file its sales tax returns on a basis less frequently than quarterly.

(2) With respect to self-administered counties and municipalities, when the total state sales tax for which any business or person domiciled in Alabama is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40, averages less than two hundred dollars ($200) per month during the preceding calendar year, a quarterly use tax return and remittance in lieu of monthly returns may be made to each appropriate self-administered county or municipality. If a quarterly filing election has been made by the taxpayer, then the return and remittance shall be made to the appropriate self-administered county or municipality on or before the 20th day of the month next succeeding the end of the quarter for which the tax is due. The election to file quarterly shall be made in writing no later than February 20 of each year and shall be filed with each appropriate self-administered county or municipality. Notwithstanding the above, no use tax return shall be due to a self-administered county or municipality until January 20 of each year unless the total state sales tax for which any person is liable under Chapter 23 of Title 40 during the preceding calendar year exceeds ten dollars ($10). A self-administered county or municipality is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this subdivision. Further, any self-administered county or municipality may, in its discretion, permit a taxpayer to file its use tax returns on a basis less frequently than quarterly.
Ala. Code § 11-50-439 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-439
Section 11-50-439 Powers and Duties of Board Generally
Status: in_force

The board shall have complete control of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system of such municipality and shall have authority to employ, upon terms to be fixed by the board but in no event for a term exceeding one year, and to discharge with or without cause, managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, plumbers, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system; except, that in those municipalities where public employees are governed by a citywide civil service or merit system act all of such managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, plumbers, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such waterworks plant and waterworks system shall in all respects, both as to selection, employment, discharge, tenure of office, or employment and as to pay, promotion, demotion, and all other respects covered by said civil service or merit system act be governed and controlled by said civil service or merit system act, anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding. It shall have the power and authority and it shall be its duty to charge for and collect all accounts due for any service which the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system may furnish to its customers upon rates to be provided and approved by the governing body of such municipality. The board shall have the right to delegate to any manager which it may employ the authority to employ and discharge employees which may be needed, to direct their work and to manage, control, and operate the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system and to account to the board for his acts in so doing, but his authority shall be restricted as the authority of the board is restricted in this article.
Ala. Code § 2-14-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-9
Section 2-14-9 Eradication or Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Honeybees; Inspection; Fees; Transfer of Honeybees to Hives with Movable Frames
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this chapter, shall have full and plenary power to deal with American and European Foulbrood, Nosema, Isle of Wight disease, and other contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees and to do and perform all such acts through the State Apiarist and other agents or employees to the end that contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees may be eradicated or controlled. The commissioner, through the State Apiarist, may inspect all honeybees, combs, and hives being shipped or moved from this state to other states or countries that require inspection and certification before being admitted to other states or countries. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his or her agents or employees, including the State Apiarist, may enter and inspect, at all reasonable hours, any premises, station, depot, express office, storeroom, warehouse, vehicle, apiary, or any other location where honeybees, beekeeping equipment, or supplies are kept to ascertain whether such honeybees, equipment, or supplies are infected with or exposed to any infectious or contagious diseases or whether they are being kept, moved, or transported in violation of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall establish a fee to be paid by each owner of honeybees necessary to defray the cost and expense of the inspections which shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury.

It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, resist or refuse to allow such entrance and inspection.

The State Apiarist or his or her agent may direct and require any owner or other person in possession of honeybees dwelling in hives without movable frames and combs not permitting of ready examination and inspection to transfer such bees within a specified time to hives with movable frames. Failure to comply shall be followed by destruction of the hives and contents.
Ala. Code § 2-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 2-9-2
Section 2-9-2 Proceeding Against Persons Delinquent in Payment of License or Permit Fee
Status: in_force

When any person has been delinquent for 30 days or more in the payment of any license or permit fee levied under the provisions of this title or any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is directed or authorized to administer or enforce, he shall be deemed to be delinquent and shall, upon the demand of a license inspector in his county or upon demand of an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, be required to immediately make application for such permit or license and shall pay to such license inspector or inspector of the Department of Agriculture and Industries a fee of 15 percent of the amount of said permit or license in addition to the price of such permit or license. Such license inspector or inspector of such department shall immediately forward such application with the money therefor to the Department of Agriculture and Industries. Such license inspector may retain the delinquent fee of 15 percent, but inspectors of the department shall pay into the department such delinquent fee along with the regular permit or license fee.
Ala. Code § 2-11-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-100
Section 2-11-100 Inspection
Status: in_force

The commissioner and his duly authorized employees may enter and inspect any place where grain is stored, shipped, sold or offered for sale for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. The commissioner and his duly authorized employees may, for the purpose of inspection and examination of grain, break the seals of cars; and, after such inspection has been made, the said officials shall securely close and reseal such doors as have been opened by them, using the special seal provided by the Department of Agriculture and Industries for the purpose. A record of all original seals broken by said officials and the date when broken and also a record of all state seals substituted therefor and the date and number of said seals shall be made by such officials. Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, impedes or interferes with said commissioner or his employees in the execution of any duty authorized to be performed by him under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-50-304 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-304
Section 11-50-304 Exceptions
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-297, EFFECTIVE MAY 7, 2025.
Ala. Code § 2-6-112 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-112
Section 2-6-112 Execution, Authentication, and Delivery of Bonds
Status: in_force

All bonds of the corporation shall be signed by its president, and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The signatures of the president and secretary may be facsimile signatures and a facsimile of the seal of the corporation may be imprinted on the bonds if the board of directors, in its proceedings with respect to issuance of such bonds, provides for manual authentication of such bonds by a trustee or paying agent or by named individuals who are employees of the state and who are assigned to the Department of Finance or office of the State Treasurer. Delivery of bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers or in the seal of the corporation after the signing and sealing of the bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-67B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67B / Section 11-67B-1
Section 11-67B-1 Applicability
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply only to Class 5 municipalities that have adopted the Mayor/Commission/City Manager form of government.
Ala. Code § 11-41-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-26
Section 11-41-26 Rendition of Decree of Forfeiture and Dissolution; Appeal from Same
Status: in_force

If, upon such hearing, it shall appear that one of the grounds of forfeiture enumerated in section 11-41-24 exists, the probate judge shall render a decree declaring such charter forfeited and such municipality dissolved, and from any decree rendered under this section any citizen of the town or person filing such petition may appeal to the circuit court upon giving bond for cost of such appeal.
Ala. Code § 11-44-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-29
Section 11-44-29 Distribution of Executive and Administrative Powers and Duties Among Departments; Determination and Exercise of Powers and Duties of Departments by Commissioners
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-50-211 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-211
Section 11-50-211 Conveyance Authorized; Terms and Conditions; Ordinances and Resolutions
Status: in_force

Every municipality shall have the power, without the necessity of an election of the qualified voters of such municipality, to transfer and convey to any regulated utility any gas system, or part thereof, owned by the said municipality; and any public gas corporation shall have the power, without the necessity of an election of the qualified voters of any authorizing municipality, to transfer and convey to any regulated utility any gas system, or part thereof, owned by the said public gas corporation; provided, that:

(1) Prior to any such transfer or conveyance by a municipality, its governing body must have adopted an ordinance authorizing such transfer and conveyance;

(2) Prior to any such transfer and conveyance by a public gas corporation, its board of directors must have adopted a resolution authorizing such transfer and conveyance, and each authorizing municipality with respect to that public gas corporation must have adopted an ordinance consenting to the said transfer and conveyance; and

(3) Any such transfer and conveyance by either a municipality or a public gas corporation may be made only after prior approval thereof by the commission and must be made for a consideration not less than the fair market value of the property transferred and conveyed, as such fair market value may be determined by the commission, and on such other terms and conditions as may be provided in the aforesaid ordinance or resolution authorizing such transfer and conveyance and as may be approved by the commission.
Ala. Code § 2-10-105 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-105
Section 2-10-105 Permit Fee; Taxation
Status: in_force

Any corporation or association organized under this article shall pay to the state the annual permit fee of $10.00 now required by law and shall pay all ad valorem taxes on its real and personal property; except, that all cotton and all other agricultural products which have been raised or produced in the State of Alabama, title to which may be held by such corporation or association in its own right or for the use and benefit of its members, and all goods and articles purchased or acquired by such corporation, whether in or out of the state, for its own use or for the use and benefit of its members for strictly agricultural or farm purposes in this state, shall, so long as held by such corporation or association, be exempt from taxation, nor shall such corporation be liable for any other license or privilege fee or tax for the purpose of engaging in or transacting business or otherwise in this state.
Ala. Code § 11-49C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49C / Section 11-49C-3
Section 11-49C-3 Joint Exercise of Powers, Privileges, or Authority
Status: in_force

Any power or powers, privileges, or authority exercised or capable of being exercised by Class 8 municipalities of this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any municipality of another state if the municipality is contiguous to the Alabama municipality and the municipalities share in the costs of governmental services such as transportation, fire fighting, law enforcement, and public works. The joint exercise of power shall include any personnel and fringe benefit sharing arrangement whereby the other municipality may transfer funds or receive funds for the payments of personnel and benefit costs for persons where employment is within the geographic location of the municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-14
Section 11-61A-14 Signature on Bonds
Status: in_force

All bonds shall be signed by the chair or vice-chair and the secretary or treasurer of the authority and the seal of the authority shall be affixed. A facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the bonds may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the bond in lieu of his or her manually signing. A facsimile of the seal of the authority may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed. Coupons shall be signed by the chair or vice-chair and the secretary or treasurer of the authority. A facsimile of the signature of the chair or vice-chair and the secretary or treasurer may be impressed or otherwise reproduced on any interest coupon in lieu of their manually signing. Delivery of executed bonds shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers or in the seal of the authority after the signing and sealing of the bonds.
Ala. Code § 2-17-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-13
Section 2-17-13 Slaughter, Sale, Offer for Sale, Transportation, Etc., of Animals, Carcasses, Food Products, Etc., in Violation of Provisions of Chapter or Regulations Promulgated by Commissioner
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products or poultry food products of any such animals:

(1) Slaughter any such animals or birds or prepare any such articles which are capable of being used as human food at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter;

(2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any such articles which are capable of use as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation or receipt for transportation or any articles required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed or do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such article to be adulterated or misbranded; or

(3) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in commerce or from an official establishment any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head or viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, except as may be authorized by regulations of the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 11-67-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-20
Section 11-67-20 Applicability of Article
Status: in_force

This article shall only apply to Alabama Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 municipalities.
Ala. Code § 2-6-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-27
Section 2-6-27 Lease of Corporation’s Properties to Board - Authorized; Provisions of Lease Agreement
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-575, p. 1231, §30, effective June 9, 2011.
Ala. Code § 11-53-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 11-53-4
Section 11-53-4 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed as being additional authority of incorporated municipalities to adopt ordinances relating to the establishment and enforcement of minimum standards for buildings, dwellings, and structures of all types and descriptions used for human habitation and occupancy and is cumulative to and in addition to existing legal authority.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-103 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-103
Section 11-43A-103 Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements
Status: in_force

All contracts and other obligations entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-17
Section 11-44B-17 Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings
Status: in_force

No action or proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, agency, or officer or employee thereof shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything contained in this article.
Ala. Code § 11-42-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-1
Section 11-42-1 Applicability of Provisions of Article; Provisions of Article Not Exclusive
Status: in_force

Any town or city may from time to time extend its corporate limits in the manner set forth in this article, but the provisions of this article shall not preclude any city or town from extending its corporate limits in any other way or manner that may be authorized by law.
Ala. Code § 11-65-28.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-28.1
Section 11-65-28.1 Modification of Takeout for All Racing Events
Status: in_force

In order to provide a uniform takeout for pari-mutuel wagering on racing events that reflects the competitive pressure on pari-mutuel wagering from other forms of gambling in surrounding states, and to enable any racetrack in a Class 1 municipality (a “Class 1 racetrack”) to maximize its participation in combined pools with other racetracks both inside and outside the State of Alabama, the Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the uniform takeout hereinafter provided for pari-mutuel pools wagered by bettors present at a Class 1 racetrack, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11-65-28 and 40-26A-2, which sections are hereby superseded to the extent that their provisions purport to govern the takeout at a Class 1 racetrack in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Subject to the continued effectiveness of the provisions of Section 11-65-32.1, including particularly those provisions related to adjustment of the takeout for combined pools, the total takeout allowed to the racing operator of a Class 1 racetrack for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on live horse or greyhound racing events conducted at such racetrack and for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on horse or greyhound racing events conducted elsewhere and received by television at such racetrack, before deducting any state or local wagering taxes or fees, shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount wagered in such pools by bettors present at the Class 1 racetrack, irrespective of the number or combination of racing contestants selected by the bettors.
Ala. Code § 2-10-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-28
Section 2-10-28 Annual Report
Status: in_force

Every association shall prepare and make out an annual report, on forms furnished by the commissioner and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, containing such financial and other information relative to its operation during the fiscal year as may be required by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such report shall contain, in addition to such other information as the board may require, the name of the association, its principal place of business, a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, the sources of its capital, expenses of operations and its balance sheets. Said report shall be filed with the commissioner on such date as required by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Said report shall be considered as a confidential document, and the information contained therein shall not be divulged except by permission of the board.

It shall be the duty of the commissioner to check or cause to be checked the annual report, make a summary of his findings therefrom and furnish such summary to each member of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, that they may consider the same at their next meeting or such other time as the board sees fit.
Ala. Code § 2-15-71 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-71
Section 2-15-71 Purchase, Etc., of Livestock on Public Road, Etc., Within 2,500 Feet of Public Livestock Market
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or offer to buy livestock on any public street, road or highway within 2,500 feet of the premises of a public livestock market which has obtained a permit to engage in business pursuant to this division. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.

(b) The Department of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the enforcement of this section.
Ala. Code § 2-11-77 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-77
Section 2-11-77 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall have power and authority to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the evident intent and purpose of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-2-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-52
Section 2-2-52 Funds to Pay Expenses of Compiling Statistics
Status: in_force

To defray the expenses of gathering, compiling and publishing statistics, funds available to the Department of Agriculture and Industries by legislative appropriation or otherwise may be expended for this purpose pursuant to budget and allotment as now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-41-27 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 41 / Section 11-41-27
Section 11-41-27 Disposition of Property After Dissolution
Status: in_force

If any municipal corporation dissolved under the provisions of this article shall own any property, the title thereto shall vest in the county in which such municipal corporation is situated, but if such corporation shall owe any debts, such property shall be sold by the county commission, and be applied pro rata to the payment of such indebtedness.
Ala. Code § 11-44-40 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-40
Section 11-44-40 Elections for Office of Commissioner - Specification in Statement of Candidacy and Ballot as to Long or Short Term
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-19-133 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-133
Section 2-19-133 Conduct of Referendum
Status: in_force

The arrangements for the management of any referendum held under this article shall be under the direction of the certified organization. The organization shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders.
Ala. Code § 11-50-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-12
Section 11-50-12 Combination of Electric Light and Power Plants, Etc., and Waterworks Plants, Etc.; Use of Electric Light and Power Plants, Etc., and Disposition of Revenues Therefrom
Status: in_force

All cities and towns which own and operate an electric light plant or system or any power plant of any kind may combine such electric light and power plants and system with the waterworks or waterworks system owned and operated by the city or town, and the receipts and revenues derived from the electric light plant and works or from such power plant may be applied in payment of or pledged to secure the payment of any indebtedness incurred by the city or town in the construction, maintenance, or extension of its waterworks system or any additions or improvements thereto; and any electric or hydroelectric power or power plant of similar kind owned and operated by any of the cities and towns within the provisions of this section may use such lighting or power plants and systems for the operation of its waterworks system and plant.
Ala. Code § 2-19-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-80
Section 2-19-80 Cotton Standards of United States Adopted
Status: in_force

The official cotton standards of the United States, as established and promulgated from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, shall, while they are in effect, be the official cotton standards of this state on which all cotton which is of or within the grades of the said official standards shall be sold in the state.
Ala. Code § 2-7-29 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-29
Section 2-7-29 Amount of State Aid Payable to Fairs - Limitations
Status: in_force

The amount of state aid given a fair under Section 2-7-27 shall be a percentage of the prizes or premiums paid by the fair. In no case shall a fair be paid state aid and merit awards combined exceeding the amount such fair pays in approved agricultural prizes or premiums. The total amount paid by the board in state aid and merit awards to a fair in any year shall not exceed the amount authorized herein. No allotment and payment to a fair under Sections 2-7-26 and 2-7-27 for state aid shall exceed 50 percent of the prizes and premiums paid at the fair, and no such fair shall be eligible for an allotment unless at least $500.00 is to be paid by it in prizes and premiums. No part of any allotment and payment of funds payable hereunder shall be used for maintenance, improvements or operating expenses of any fair or for any other purpose than prizes, premiums and awards.
Ala. Code § 2-14-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-11
Section 2-14-11 Destruction of Diseased Bees, Supplies or Equipment
Status: in_force

Any colony or colonies of bees, combs, honey frames, hives, supers or other beekeeping supplies or equipment found to be infected with American Foulbrood or any other infectious or contagious disease of bees which cannot be satisfactorily controlled is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be destroyed by burning by the beekeeper or other person in control of such diseased bees. Upon failure of the beekeeper to destroy the diseased bees and equipment, the commissioner or his agents or employees are hereby authorized to and may destroy such bees and equipment.
Ala. Code § 2-29-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 29 / Section 2-29-2
Section 2-29-2 Commission Merchant’s Permit Required; Application for Permit; Issuance of Permit; Duration; Permit Fee
Status: in_force

No person shall within this state engage in the commission business as a commission merchant without a permit therefor. Every commission merchant shall annually, on or before October 1, file an application with the commissioner for a permit to do a commission business in farm products. Such application shall state the kind or kinds of farm products which the applicant proposes to handle, the full name of the person, firm, exchange, association or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm or the names of all the officers of the exchange, association or corporation and the city, town or village and street number where the particular business is to be conducted. Unless the commissioner refuses the application on one or more of the grounds provided in Section 2-29-5, he shall issue to such applicant, upon the payment of proper fees and the execution and delivery of a bond as provided in Section 2-29-4, a permit entitling the applicant to conduct a commission business at the place named in the application until October 1 next following. The fee for every such permit shall be $10.00.
Ala. Code § 2-15-155 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-155
Section 2-15-155 Livestock Brought into State to Be Accompanied by Certificate of Health; Preparation and Contents Thereof; Mailing of Certificate to State Veterinarian Upon Arrival of Livestock in State; Furnishing of Blank Health Certificates by State Veterinarian
Status: in_force

All livestock, when brought into Alabama by a person, company or corporation or railroad or other transportation companies, shall be accompanied by a certificate of health, and said certificate shall state that said animal or animals are free from contagious, infectious or communicable disease and the carrier or carriers of the cause or causes of such diseases.

This certificate must be made by a qualified veterinarian immediately after he has personally examined the livestock and before the livestock has been shipped into Alabama. This certificate shall be attached to and accompany the shipping bill of the livestock to the place to which the livestock are shipped, and the owner of the livestock or agent of the transportation company shall mail or send said certificate to the State Veterinarian immediately following the arrival of the livestock at its place of destination.

The State Veterinarian shall furnish qualified veterinarians with blank health certificates at actual cost.
Ala. Code § 11-49-42 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-42
Section 11-49-42 Passage, Etc., of Ordinance Requiring Construction, Etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, Etc.; Apportionment of Costs Between Railroads
Status: in_force

Whenever any such governing body shall deem any such improvement necessary, it shall pass an ordinance requiring the construction of such improvement, describing the character and location of such proposed improvement with reasonable certainty, stating the estimated cost thereof and fixing a reasonable time for the construction of the same, and where a viaduct, bridge, or tunnel crosses over or passes under the tracks of two or more railroad companies and such railroad companies cannot themselves agree upon the division as between them of the cost thereof to be borne by them as provided in Section 11-49-40, the said governing body shall have full power and authority to apportion the cost thereof equitably among the different railroads owning the said tracks.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-16
Section 11-43C-16 District Council Members - Oath of Office
Status: in_force

Every person who shall be elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of council member shall, upon assuming office, qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of the state of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-47-72 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-72
Section 11-47-72 Filing, Etc., of Declaration as to Removal of All Remains from Abandoned Cemetery
Status: in_force

After the removal of all human remains interred in any part or the whole of the cemetery lands abandoned as a burial place for the human dead as provided in this division, the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands may file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such lands are situated a written declaration reciting that all human remains have been removed from the part or portion of such lands described in such declaration. Such declaration shall be acknowledged in the manner of the acknowledgment of deeds to real property by the president and secretary or other corresponding officers of such cemetery corporation or association or by the incumbent of any such corporation sole or by the persons owning or controlling such cemetery lands, and thereafter any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of any part of said lands shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any grantee or mortgagee therein named his successor or assigns of the fact of the complete removal of all human bodies therefrom.
Ala. Code § 11-50-96 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-96
Section 11-50-96 Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System Authorized Generally
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of said sewer or sewer system authorized to be purchased under the provisions of this division, the council of any city or town may issue bonds, within the limitations prescribed by the Constitution, in such amount as may be necessary, not to exceed the total cost of said sewer or sewers or sewer system.
Ala. Code § 22-50-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-21
Section 22-50-21 Police Officers for State Mental Health Facilities or Hospitals
Status: in_force

The State Mental Health Officer may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to arrest intruders, trespassers, and persons guilty of improper or disorderly conduct on the property of state mental health facilities or hospitals. Such officers shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the hospital grounds, buildings, or lands or arrest them and may, without warrant, arrest any person guilty of abuse of a patient, of a misdemeanor or disorderly conduct, of stealing or injuring property or other offenses committed on the lands or premises of the hospitals and take such person before a district court judge or other officer charged with trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person so arrested shall be tried and, if found guilty, convicted as in cases of persons brought before such a court on a warrant. Such police officer shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus.
Ala. Code § 11-40-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-30
Section 11-40-30 Demolition of Unsafe Structures
Status: in_force

Any incorporated municipality of the state may, after notice as provided herein, move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause.
Ala. Code § 2-15-270 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-270
Section 2-15-270 Adoption of Rules and Regulations for Control of Manufacture, Sale, Etc., of Hog Cholera Vaccines, Serums, Etc., by State Board Authorized
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of controlling the manufacture, sale, distribution, handling, keeping and use of all veterinary, biological products, serums and vaccines that are used or intended for use for the immunization, treatment, prevention or protection of swine from the disease known as hog cholera. The sale, distribution or use of any such products may also be restricted or prohibited by appropriate rules and regulations adopted and promulgated as authorized under this section when the State Board of Agriculture and Industries finds and determines that such action is necessary to control, eradicate and prevent the spread of hog cholera disease.
Ala. Code § 2-19-83 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-83
Section 2-19-83 Admissibility in Evidence of Certificate of Classification of Cotton
Status: in_force

A certificate of classification of cotton issued by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be accepted in all the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Ala. Code § 11-67-28 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-28
Section 11-67-28 Effect of Resolutions and Account Reports Confirmed Before Enactment of Article
Status: in_force

All resolutions authorizing abatement or removal of nuisances enacted prior to the passage of this article under the authority of any other act are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to have said nuisances removed or abated by either the city or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual. The procedure for confirming the account report shall be in accord with the provisions of this article.

All account reports previously confirmed prior to the enactment of this article are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to collect these special assessments in the same manner as provided by prior law.
Ala. Code § 2-24-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 24 / Section 2-24-1
Section 2-24-1 Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

Recognized soil-testing practices are the most effective means by which fertilizer and lime needs of fields, pastures and gardens can be determined for the growth of certain crops, plants and grasses. It is a means of providing the latest information available from research and experimental sources for fertilizers and limes needed for agricultural production. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to authorize the approval and certification of agricultural soil-testing laboratories which follow recommended uniform methods, procedures and standards for the soil and climatic conditions which prevail in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-9-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 2-9-5
Section 2-9-5 Payment of Salaries and Expenses of Commissioner, Members of Board, Department Employees, Etc
Status: in_force

The salaries and expenses of the commissioner, members of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and the salaries of the employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, as otherwise fixed by law, shall be payable from the Agricultural Fund and other funds available to said department by legislative appropriation or otherwise; provided, that the expenses of travel and type or means of transportation of such officers and employees and other expenses incident thereto in the performance of their official duties, as otherwise provided by law, and proof thereof, shall be subject to rules and regulations approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as to the manner, method or system of payment. The provisions of this section as to expenses shall also apply to experts and scientists when performing duties as provided in this title or any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce.
Ala. Code § 11-54-126 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-126
Section 11-54-126 Legislative Findings and Intent
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(1) That industrial development boards have been, and may hereafter be, organized, under the provisions of either industrial development board act, to promote industry, develop trade, and further the use of the agricultural products and natural and human resources of the State of Alabama and the development and preservation of such resources.

(2) That in order to enable all industrial development boards to act more effectively to promote both the establishment of new business, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, service, and research enterprises, and the expansion of such enterprises already existing in Alabama, it is advisable that they be empowered to receive, manage, use, and expend contributions from private sources that are separate from and in addition to any other moneys or other properties that such boards are empowered by law to expend or to own.

(3) That the inducement of new business, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, service, and research enterprises to locate in this state, and the promotion of the prosperity of such enterprises already existing within this state, are in the best interests of the people of this state.

(4) That the purposes for which endowment trust funds may be created under this division, and the purposes to be accomplished by this division, are proper public purposes.

(b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to confer on industrial development boards, in addition to those powers heretofore or hereafter conferred on them, the power to establish and administer endowment trust funds in support and furtherance of the purposes herein authorized. This division shall be liberally construed in conformity with such intention.
Ala. Code § 22-57-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 22-57-7
Section 22-57-7 Implementation of Article
Status: in_force

The implementation of this article shall be subject to the availability of appropriations to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the council and members of the council.
Ala. Code § 2-15-317 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-317
Section 2-15-317 Obtaining Certificate by False Pretense; Giving False Pedigree
Status: in_force

Any person who, by false pretense, shall obtain from any club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, equine or equidae, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd registered or other register of any club, association, society, or company or a transfer of any registration and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-46-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-54
Section 11-46-54 Designation, Etc., of Custodians of Voting Machines and Keys; Transportation, Storage, and Protection of Machines
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any municipality procuring voting machines shall designate a person or persons who shall have the custody of the voting machines and the keys therefor when the machines are not in use at an election and shall provide for his compensation and for the safe storage and care of the machines and keys.

(b) All voting machines, when not in use, shall be properly boxed or covered and stored in a suitable place or places by said custodian. The same authority that caused the delivery of the voting machines shall be charged with transporting such machines back to the custodian and shall furnish all necessary protection to see that such machines are not molested nor injured from the time such machines leave the place where they are regularly stored until they are turned over to the custody of the officials of a voting district and from the time that custody ceases on the part of the voting district officials and the machines are returned to the place of regular storage.
Ala. Code § 2-10-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-100
Section 2-10-100 Associations May Federate
Status: in_force

Associations incorporated under this article may, in carrying out their purposes, become members of and enjoy the facilities and cooperation of any federation whose members are agricultural societies, organizations or associations whose purposes and operations are in any way promotive of and not inconsistent with the purpose of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-15-190 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-190
Section 2-15-190 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to authorize and empower the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program to include methods and procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or Bang’s disease in cattle and to prescribe the powers, authority and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian relative to such a disease control program, which powers, duties and authority shall be in addition to or supplemental to all other powers, duties and authority now authorized by law for the control and eradication of diseases of livestock.
Ala. Code § 11-57-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-18
Section 11-57-18 Investment in Bonds - by Municipalities
Status: in_force

The governing body is authorized in its discretion to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in the treasury of the municipality which is not otherwise earmarked or pledged.
Ala. Code § 11-70B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 70B / Section 11-70B-2
Section 11-70B-2 Applicability of Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to Class 1 municipalities.

(b) This chapter shall not apply to owner-occupied property.
Ala. Code § 11-67-140 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-140
Section 11-67-140 Article Applicable Only to Certain Class 5 Municipalities
Status: in_force

This article shall only apply to a Class 5 municipality with a mayor/commission/city manager form of government.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-16
Section 11-44C-16 District Council Members - Oath of Office
Status: in_force

Every person who shall be elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of council member shall, upon assuming office, qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of the state of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-43-120 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-120
Section 11-43-120 Bond; Duties Generally; Payment of Warrants; Reports and Statements to Council
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the council may prescribe for the faithful performance of his duties and the safe custody of the funds. He shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality, keeping an accurate record of the funds of the several departments, and shall keep books showing accurately the financial condition of the city. He shall pay out money only upon warrants drawn by the officers authorized by the applicable provisions of this title to draw warrants upon the treasurer, and when paid shall keep safely the warrants so drawn. Such warrants, approved by the mayor or such other person as the council may designate, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrant showing to what department the same is to be charged.

In cities of 6,000 or more, such warrants shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrants showing to what department the same is to be charged, but the council may authorize the clerk to draw such warrants on the treasurer without the approval of the mayor; except, that in all instances the approval of the mayor shall have first been inscribed upon the voucher for the payment of which such warrant is drawn. No warrant shall be drawn except by authority of law or ordinance. No expenditure shall be allowed unless the same shall have been authorized by ordinance or by the mayor and is carefully itemized and shall have been examined, audited, and approved. The treasurer shall keep a record of all warrants presented for payment which are unpaid for want of funds and shall pay them when funds are available in the order of their presentation.

He shall make report once a month or oftener if required by the council of the financial condition of the account of each department authorized to draw on the treasurer and shall make a quarterly statement, under oath, of the financial condition of the city or town to the council.
Ala. Code § 11-50A-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-26
Section 11-50A-26 Provisions of Resolution, Agreement, Chapter, Etc., as Irrevocable Contract with Holders of Bonds, Notes, Etc
Status: in_force

The provisions of any bond resolution, trust agreement or indenture authorized in this chapter shall be a contract with every holder of the bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes; and the duties of the authority under this chapter and under any bond resolution, indenture, or trust agreement shall be enforceable by any bondholder or noteholder by mandamus or other appropriate action. While any of the bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes issued by the authority shall remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents shall not be diminished, impaired, or affected in any manner which will affect adversely the interest and rights of the holders of those bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes. Any change in name or composition of the authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this chapter or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be for the benefit of the state, the authority and every owner of the authority’s bonds, bond anticipation notes and notes and, upon and after the issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes under the provisions of this chapter, shall constitute an irrevocable contract by the state with the owners of such bonds, bond anticipation notes and notes.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-3
Section 11-43B-3 Terms of Office
Status: in_force

The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided in section 11-43B-2 and every four years thereafter.
Ala. Code § 2-7A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7A / Section 2-7A-7
Section 2-7A-7 Exemption from Certain State, County, and Municipal Taxes; Rebates; Revenue Sharing Agreements
Status: in_force

(a) The Agriculture Exhibition Center Corporation, as a governmental entity, is exempt from the payment of all state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. The corporation and its contractors shall be granted a certificate of exemption from sales and use taxes by the Department of Revenue as provided by Sections 40-9-14.1 and 40-9-60, or other general law.

(b)(1) Any county or municipal sales and use tax proceeds that are collected by the corporation; a joint venture of the corporation, including a public or private venture of the corporation; or a lessee of the corporation or a joint venture of the corporation, and remitted to a local taxing authority is rebated by that local taxing authority to the corporation.

(2) The county commission of the county in which the Alabama Farm Center is located, at the time of the formation of the corporation, may opt-out of the requirement to rebate sales taxes collected by a private entity, joint venture partner, or public-private partnership.

(3) The corporation may enter into revenue sharing agreements with the county commission of the county in which the center will be located and municipalities therein to share any tax revenue generated by the corporation outside of the operational area outlined in the corporation’s articles of incorporation.

(c) The corporation is exempt from paying all state, county, and local ad valorem taxes.

(d) The corporation is exempt from paying any other taxes levied by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, including, but not limited to, license and excise taxes imposed relating to the privilege of engaging in any activities in which the corporation may engage.
Ala. Code § 2-15-313 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-313
Section 2-15-313 Fee for Certificate
Status: in_force

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix a charge for such certificate, not to exceed $2.00, as may be necessary to cover the expense incident to the execution of the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-40-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-54
Section 11-40-54 Failure of Owner to Comply with Notice of Non-conformity, Certificate of Modified Approval, Etc.; Civil Penalties; Collection and Enforcement of Penalties
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017.
Ala. Code § 11-48-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-16
Section 11-48-16 Manner of Assessment of Costs of Improvements Generally - Sewers, Swamp Drainage, Seawalls, Levees, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) When the improvement consists of a sanitary or storm water sewer or sewers or a sanitary or storm water sewer system, including sewage treatment or sewage disposal plants, the cost of any part thereof may be assessed in fair proportion against the frontage of the property drained by said sewer system or against all the lots or parcels of land lying within the district drained, served, or benefited, but the assessment shall not exceed the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from the improvement.

(b) When the improvement consists of the draining of swamps or the elevating, filling, reclamation, or draining of submerged, inundated, or overflowed land, then the council shall have the power and authority, after the completion and acceptance of such improvement, to assess the cost thereof or any part thereof upon or against the property so drained, elevated, or reclaimed and specially benefited thereby to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived by such property from such improvement.

(c) When such improvement consists of the construction of seawalls, dikes, levees, embankments, or other protection against seas, waves, storms, floods, waters, or rivers, then the council shall have power and authority, after the completion and acceptance thereof, to assess the cost of constructing said improvement or any part thereof upon or against the property abutting on such improvement and all other property protected or specially benefited thereby to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived by such property from such improvement.
Ala. Code § 11-50-403 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-403
Section 11-50-403 Rules and Regulations Not to Supersede Rules, Regulations, Etc., of Municipalities in Territory Served by District; Municipal Rules, Regulations, Etc., to Govern in Event of Conflict
Status: in_force

No rules or regulations promulgated by a gas district pursuant to the authority conferred by this article shall supersede any valid rules, regulations, or codes promulgated by a municipality situated in the territory served by such gas district with respect to the installation, connection, maintenance, and servicing of gas fixtures, pipes, appliances, and equipment within the corporate limits of such municipality or its police jurisdiction.

In the event of any conflict between any rules or regulations promulgated by a gas district pursuant to this article and those adopted by a municipality situated in the territory served by such gas district, those adopted by such municipality shall apply and shall be controlling with respect to the installation, connection, maintenance, and servicing of gas fixtures, pipes, appliances, and equipment within the corporate limits of such municipality and its police jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 11-54-188 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-188
Section 11-54-188 Earnings of an Authority
Status: in_force

An authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of an authority, then any net earnings of an authority thereafter accruing shall be paid to its authorizing municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-16
Section 11-43-16 Employment of County Deputy Sheriffs as Policemen
Status: in_force

Incorporated municipalities are authorized and permitted to employ as policemen, on a part-time basis, deputy sheriffs of a county in which the municipality is located. The governing body of the municipality employing such deputy sheriffs shall fix by ordinance the duties and salaries of such persons. In addition, the municipality may require that any person or persons so employed be residents of the employing municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-48-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-24
Section 11-48-24 Contents of Notice as to Assessments for Improvements
Status: in_force

The notice required by Section 11-48-22 shall also state the general character of the improvements, the terminal points thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or portions thereof along which the improvement has been constructed, and, if the improvement made consists of a sanitary or storm water sewer or sanitary or storm water sewer system, said notice shall also describe the frontage of the property drained by said sewers or the territory or area drained, served, or benefited by said sewer or sewers by naming the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or other lines by which said district is bounded.

If the improvement made consists of the draining, elevating, filling or reclaiming of swamps or overflowed, inundated, or submerged land within the limits of any municipality having a population of 60,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent federal census, said notice shall also describe the territory or area drained, filled, elevated, or reclaimed and the territory benefited and increased in value by reason of such improvement.

If the improvement made consists of the construction of a seawall or other protection against waves, seas, storms, and floods, said notice shall also describe the territory or area protected, benefited, or increased in value by reason of the construction of such seawall or other protection against seas, waves, storms, and floods.
Ala. Code § 11-49-43 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-43
Section 11-49-43 Penalization of Railroad, Etc., for Failure to Comply with Ordinance Ordering Construction, Etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, Etc
Status: in_force

Any such governing body may penalize the failure of any such railroad company or of such railroad companies to construct within a reasonable time or to maintain any such viaduct, bridge, or tunnel ordered by a proper ordinance, such penalties to be prescribed as provided in the charter of said city for violations of police ordinances, and such penalties may be directed against said railroad company or railroad companies or against its or their officers or agents having supervision, charge, or control of or operating the same, any or all.
Ala. Code § 11-48-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-8
Section 11-48-8 Hearing Upon Objections as to Proposed Improvement; Amendment, Modification, Rescission, Etc., of Ordinance or Resolution; Actions Ratified and Confirmed Where Prior to Ordinance, Resolution or Hearing
Status: in_force

(a) At the meeting, to be held as provided for as specified in Section 11-48-6, or at a place and time to which the same may be adjourned, all persons whose property may be affected by the proposed improvement may appear in person or by attorney or by petition and object or protest against said improvement, the material to be used or the alternative types of material or any of them from which selection is later to be made, if any, and the manner of making the same, and said council shall consider such objection and protest and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance or resolution.

But if objection to the proposed improvement is made by a majority in frontage of the property owners to be affected thereby when the proposed improvement is to be assessed against the property fronting or abutting any street, avenue, or alley or by a majority in area of the property owners when the proposed improvement is to be assessed against the property comprising a sewerage, drainage, or other improvement district, the improvement shall not take place unless ordered by a two-thirds vote of those elected to the council.

(b) In all cases where any city or town has undertaken a program of public improvements, the cost of which was or is to be assessed in whole or in part against the property drained, served, or benefited by such improvements, the action of such city or town in receiving construction bids, awarding and executing a construction contract or contracts pursuant to such bids, and commencing performance thereunder prior to the adoption of the improvement ordinance or resolution and prior to the holding of the protest meeting required by subsection (a) is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the actions of such cities or towns in proceeding with the program of public improvements and assessing the cost thereof or any part of such cost against the property drained, served, or benefited by the improvements, which costs are determined in part by reference to the amounts paid under any such contract or contracts, are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided that, before any such assessments are or were made final the appropriate improvement ordinance or resolution was adopted and the required protest meeting or hearing was convened, held, and conducted in the manner required by law.

This subsection shall not apply to any such contract, the validity of which has been, prior to the adoption hereof, successfully challenged in a court of competent jurisdiction by judgment entered prior to July 30, 1979, or to any contract when litigation relating to any such contract is pending on July 30, 1979.
Ala. Code § 2-13-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-20
Section 2-13-20 Substitutes for Butter and Cheese - Sale of Substitutes Tending to Deceive Public
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, barter, exchange or give away any substitute for butter which is molded in such form or shape or manner or which because of any brand, name, mark or advertisement has a reasonable tendency to cause the public to think or believe said substitute to be butter.
Ala. Code § 11-51-208 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-208
Section 11-51-208 Collection of Taxes by Department of Revenue - Reports; Costs; Enabling Act; Rules and Regulations; Assessment, Rates of Interest
Status: in_force

(a) Municipalities may, upon request of the municipal governing body, engage the Department of Revenue to collect and administer their municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax. Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Department of Revenue shall collect and administer the municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax on behalf of the requesting municipality. The department shall prepare and distribute reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for the collection and administration of any municipal tax it collects and administers and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the municipality. In collecting and administering a municipal sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection and administration of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.

(b)(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected and, on a bi-weekly basis, shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the department’s actual cost of collection and administration, to be distributed to each municipality, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.

(2) The department shall charge each municipality the actual cost to the department for collecting and administering its tax. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality. At least once each month, the Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the department for the collection and administration charges due as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue. Payment shall be from funds collected under this section and shall be the actual cost of collection and administration, not to exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall not charge a fee to the municipality, city, or town for the cost of filing, payment processing, and remittance services relating to any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department. References in this subsection to filing, payment processing, and remittance services shall mean and refer only to the ONE SPOT system to file and pay taxes authorized to be filed thereunder, and shall not include the collection and administration of local taxes as defined in Section 11-3-11.3(i).

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

(c) Except where the department is collecting on July 1, 1998, any municipality which has a tax levy that will be collected and administered by the department pursuant to the provisions of this section shall forward a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution to the department at least 60 days prior to the first day of the first month on which the department is to begin collecting and administering the tax.

(d) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a heretofore adopted levy, which will be collected and administered under this section shall not be subject to collection and administration by the department until the first day of the month next following the expiration of 60 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution with any amendments thereto.

(e) Subject to the provisions of this section, the department shall from time to time issue rules for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of taxes subject to the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and shall furnish any county or municipal governing body with a copy of those rules within 15 days of final adoption. Upon request, the department shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules.

(f) Any self-administered municipal governing body, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(21), may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to assess interest on any tax delinquency. Any such assessment of interest shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 40-23-2.1. Any self-administered municipal governing body may also elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to pay interest on any refund of tax erroneously paid. In the event that the governing body elects to assess interest on any tax delinquency, the governing body must also elect to pay interest, at the same rate charged by the municipality on tax delinquencies, on any refund of tax erroneously paid. The applicable interest rate to be charged by or due from the municipality shall be determined pursuant to Section 40-1-44. References in this subsection to “erroneously paid” taxes on which interest shall be due to the taxpayer shall only mean and refer to taxes erroneously paid to the self-administered municipality or its agent as a result of any error, omission, or inaccurate advice by or on behalf of the self-administered municipality, including in connection with a prior examination of its books and records by the self-administered municipality or its agent.

(g) The applicable interest rate to be assessed on any tax delinquency or paid on any refund of erroneously paid taxes with respect to all municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax levies collected and administered by the department shall be determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44.

(h) For the purpose of this section, the terms collection and administration shall have the same meaning as in Section 11-3-11.3(i).
Ala. Code § 22-53-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53 / Section 22-53-26
Section 22-53-26 Bond for Support
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-322, §1, effective April 16, 1998.
Ala. Code § 2-13-123 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-123
Section 2-13-123 Collection of Assessment; Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) In the event a majority of the bulk tank units eligible for participation in such referendum and voting therein shall vote in favor of such assessment, then the said assessment shall be collected monthly for the number of years set forth in the call for such referendum, and the collection of such assessment shall be under such method, rules and regulations as may be determined by the state ADA conducting the same; and the said assessment so collected shall be paid into the treasury of the state ADA to be used together with other funds from other sources. Funds to be collected pursuant to a referendum conducted under this article shall be withheld and paid by each handler, including producer handlers, to the state ADA by the last calendar day of the month succeeding the month in which the milk was received by the handler.

(b) In the event of a failure to pay part or all of an assessment levied pursuant to this article, the Attorney General of the state shall, upon the request of the state ADA, enforce the provisions of this article and collect such moneys for payment to the state ADA. In the alternative to requesting the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this article, the state ADA may bring a civil action to collect assessment from a handler failing to pay such assessments. A handler found to have failed to pay assessments pursuant to this article shall also be liable for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in the collection of such assessments.
Ala. Code § 11-43D-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43D / Section 11-43D-18
Section 11-43D-18 Establishment of Salaries for Mayor and Council
Status: in_force

The salary of the first mayor and council elected hereunder shall be established by the commission at least six months prior to the mayor and council taking office. Such salary, and the manner in which it is to be paid, shall be established by ordinance of the governing body. The salary of all mayors and council members serving the city after the first mayor and council shall be established as provided by general law applicable to mayor-council municipalities. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, the mayor and council members shall be reimbursed for approved expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Ala. Code § 11-48-41 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-41
Section 11-48-41 Appeals to Circuit Court from Assessments - Conduct Generally; Right of Jury Trial; Entry of Judgment and Assessment of Costs Generally
Status: in_force

The civil action may be tried on the record without other pleadings, and the court shall hear all objections of the property owners to said assessment and the amount thereof and shall determine whether or not such assessment exceeds the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from the improvement, and shall enter judgment accordingly. Such civil action shall be tried by the judge without a jury, unless a jury trial is demanded at the time of filing appeal, in which event the action shall be tried by a jury as in other civil actions. In the event the court or jury shall not sustain the assessment for the full amount, the costs of the appeal and trial in the circuit court shall be adjudged against the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-46-100 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-100
Section 11-46-100 Appointment of Election Officers Upon Failure of Others to Attend Polls
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-52
Section 11-43C-52 Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure
Status: in_force

If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if four of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective.
Ala. Code § 11-53B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53B / Section 11-53B-6
Section 11-53B-6 Assessment of Costs
Status: in_force

The municipality shall have the power to 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 such an 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 or discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city 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 by the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment.
Ala. Code § 11-53A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53A / Section 11-53A-3
Section 11-53A-3 Administrative Hearing; Order for Removal of Unsafe Building or Structure; Appeal of Order for Removal
Status: in_force

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 60 days from the date notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the city governing body, together with any objection to the finding by the board that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall delay any action on the finding of the board until a determination is made. A hearing shall be held not less than 10 nor more than 60 days after the request. At the hearing, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, after the expiration of 60 days from the date the notice is given, the governing body shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance. Notice of the meeting of the governing body, and that a determination will be made at the meeting, shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 10 days prior thereto. If a building or structure is determined to be unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be demolished and removed 30 days following the determination. The city may actually perform, or contract for the performance of the demolition and removal of the building structure, and may sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition and removal.

(b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 30 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing the notice and bond, the clerk shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the city clerk. The appeal shall be docketed in the court as a preferred case. The city clerk shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the circuit clerk a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body. A trial shall then be held without a jury upon the determination of the governing body.
Ala. Code § 2-8-317 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-317
Section 2-8-317 Referendum - Levy of Assessment
Status: in_force

In the event a referendum levying an assessment is passed, the commissioner, within 30 days, shall notify in writing stockyards and small ruminant selling points that on or after the date designated in the notice, which may not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of the notice by the commissioner, the amount of the assessment shall be fifty cents ($.50) per sheep or goat and shall be deducted from all sales. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, all assessments so deducted by sellers shall be remitted to the commissioner, less two percent of the total assessment deducted, which may be retained by the livestock broker to compensate him or her for the expense of collecting and remitting the assessments. The books and records of all stockyards shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representatives or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of the amounts remitted as required by this section. The commissioner may deduct two percent of all sums remitted to him or her under this section to defray the expenses incident to collection and administration of this article. All amounts deducted by the commissioner shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-47 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-47
Section 11-43C-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 § 11-53B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 53B / Section 11-53B-2
Section 11-53B-2 Demolition or Repair Upon Finding of Necessity and Notice Given
Status: in_force

Upon a finding of necessity by the governing body of any incorporated municipality in the state, after giving notice as provided herein the municipality may demolish or repair a building or structure or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations which are found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. The cost of any action taken by the municipality shall be assessed against the property as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-21
Section 11-54-21 Legislative Intent; Construction of Article Generally
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize municipalities to acquire, own, and lease and, in connection with any such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade and controlling, abating, or preventing pollution (including preventing pollution which may be caused by the location, development, or expansion of industry or commerce) by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and research enterprises to locate in this state or to expand and enlarge existing enterprises or to utilize pollution control facilities in order to control, abate, or prevent pollution from present or proposed operations or by any combination of two or more thereof promoting the use of agricultural products and natural resources of this state and promoting a sound and proper balance in this state between agriculture, commerce, and industry. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. It is not intended hereby to authorize any municipality itself to operate any manufacturing, industrial, or commercial enterprise.

(b) This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
Ala. Code § 11-56-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-21
Section 11-56-21 Exemption from Taxation of Projects, Bonds, Etc
Status: in_force

Each project and the income from all leases made with respect thereto, the bonds issued by the corporation and the income therefrom and all lease agreements and indentures made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from all taxation in the state.
Ala. Code § 2-6-86 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-86
Section 2-6-86 Dissolution of Corporation
Status: in_force

When all securities issued by the corporation and all obligations incurred by it under the provisions of, and within the limitations contained in this article, shall have been fully paid, then the members of the board of directors of the corporation may at such time file with the Secretary of State a written statement subscribed and sworn to by them, reciting payment in full of all securities of the corporation, and all obligations incurred by it under the provisions of this article, which statement shall then be recorded by the Secretary of State with the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, whereupon the corporation shall stand dissolved.
Ala. Code § 11-46-132 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-132
Section 11-46-132 Offenses of Election Officers Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-51-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-21
Section 11-51-21 Certification to Circuit Court of Unpaid Assessments for Improvements and Collection Thereof from Proceeds of Sale; Effect of Sales Upon Tax and Assessment Liens
Status: in_force

If any assessment for street improvements or otherwise are due and unpaid, the amounts assessed against such property may also be certified by the city or town clerk to the register or clerk of the circuit court and may be collected out of the proceeds of the sale of such property as in the case of taxes, but no sale of property by the city or town for taxes shall relieve the property of the lien for assessments due the city or town, and no sale for assessments shall relieve the property of the lien for taxes due the city or town unless the same shall have been paid.
Ala. Code § 11-51-46 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-46
Section 11-51-46 Preparation, Etc., of Assessment Forms, Etc., for Use by Tax Assessor
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue in preparing the form of assessment required by law to make the provisions for the assessor to indicate in the assessment list what property assessed, if any, is situated in such municipalities; and, in the abstract of duties placed on such form, the Department of Revenue may place instructions to the assessor such as will advise him of his duty in making assessments of property subject to municipal taxation.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-21
Section 11-54B-21 Contracts for Operation and Management with Other District Management Corporations
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the district management corporation may contract with other district management corporations to provide for the operation and management of such other district management corporations. In addition, the board of directors of the district management corporation may contract to provide supplemental services outside of the geographical area of the district.
Ala. Code § 11-47-226 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-226
Section 11-47-226 Loans, Donations, Performance of Services, Etc., by County, Municipality, or Other Political Subdivision, Etc., to Achieve Objectives of Article; Funding Agreements; Amount of Indebtedness Under Funding Agreements
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state, a county, or municipality, may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the following:

(1) Lend or donate money to an authority or perform services for the benefit thereof.

(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to an authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind.

(3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, which are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with an authority in attaining the objectives of this article.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the preceding subsection (a), if the governing body of any subdivision finds and determines that the project or projects to be financed, in whole or in part, through the issuance by the authority of an issue or series of its bonds will benefit the residents of the subdivision, then the subdivision may, upon notice to the public by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the subdivision, (i) appropriate and pledge, on a continuing basis, public moneys of the subdivision for the express purpose of paying all or a portion of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds of the authority and (ii) enter into one or more contracts with the authority, or with the trustee under the indenture pursuant to which the bonds are issued, to evidence and specify the terms of the financial commitment undertaken by the subdivision, such a contract being herein called a “funding agreement.” Any funding agreement executed and delivered by a subdivision may be for a term that corresponds to the term of the bonds secured, in whole or in part, thereby and may contain the terms, provisions, covenants, and conditions as the governing body of the subdivision and the board deem to be appropriate. The contractual commitment of a subdivision pursuant to a funding agreement may be either a general obligation of the subdivision, secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit, or a limited obligation of the subdivision payable solely from specified sources. In either event, a subdivision may specifically pledge and assign for the payment of its funding agreement obligations the proceeds from any specific tax or taxes levied by the subdivision or the revenues from any revenue-producing properties owned, leased, or operated by the subdivision. In any instance where a funding agreement contains a pledge by a subdivision of any tax proceeds, the subdivision shall, during each fiscal year that the funding agreement shall be in effect, levy the tax or taxes so pledged and use so much of the proceeds therefrom as may be necessary to pay its funding agreement obligations. Any funding agreement executed and delivered by a subdivision may specify that, notwithstanding the actual debt service payable on the bonds secured thereby, the total amount payable pursuant to the agreement by the subdivision during any fiscal year shall not exceed a specified sum.

(c) In any instance in which (i) bonds of the authority are secured by funding agreements of more than one subdivision and (ii) each of the funding agreements specifies the maximum amount payable pursuant to its provisions in any particular fiscal year, the specified amount being herein called the “maximum annual contract obligation,” the amount of the resulting indebtedness of such a subdivision, for purposes of any limitation on indebtedness imposed by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 or any other applicable provision of law, shall at any time be equal to the product of (A) the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of the bonds secured by the funding agreements and the amount of interest then accrued and unpaid thereon and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the subdivision’s maximum annual contract obligation and the denominator of which shall be equal to the aggregate of the maximum annual contract obligations of all of the subdivisions that are parties to the funding agreements.
Ala. Code § 11-52-12 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-12
Section 11-52-12 Alternate Structure for Class 3 Municipality Planning Commission Created Pursuant to Section 11-52-3
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any Class 3 municipality may determine by ordinance that any planning commission of the municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3 shall consist of 12 members: Namely, the mayor, or at the discretion of the mayor, any administrative assistant to the mayor or any administrative officer of the municipality under the supervision of the mayor; one administrative official of the municipality selected by the mayor; one member of the governing body selected by it as member ex officio; and nine members appointed by the mayor.

(b) Where an alternate planning commission structure of any Class 3 municipality has been provided for by ordinance as provided herein, the adoption of any plan or amendment by the commission shall be by resolution of the commission and shall be carried by the affirmative votes of not less than eight members of the commission. Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The approval of any subdivision and the passage of any question before the commission other than the adoption or amendment of any plan, shall be carried by majority of those members present.
Ala. Code § 2-15-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-5
Section 2-15-5 Care and Handling of Livestock and Animal Husbandry Practices on Private Property
Status: reserved

(a) For the purpose of this section and Sections 2-4-1 and 13A-11-14, the term livestock shall include, but is not limited to, bovines, swine, sheep, goats, equine or equidae, ratites, poultry, pen-raised livestock such as quail, deer, pheasants, or similar livestock, and other farm animals.

(b) This section shall not affect the authority or the responsibility of any law enforcement agency or its officers to investigate or prosecute any violation of the law.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving a farm or farm operation from complying with public health and sanitation statutes, rules, and orders administered or enforced by or through the Department of Public Health and any county health department.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by state or federal law or as provided in subsection (f), the entire subject matter concerning the care and handling of livestock and animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural and farm products on private property shall be reserved to the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the department and board.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), no county or municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, or resolution concerning the care and handling of livestock or animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural and farm products on private property.

(f) This section shall not affect, repeal, supersede, or override any ordinance heretofore enacted by a county or municipal governing body, or preclude or prohibit a county or municipal governing body from hereinafter enacting an ordinance, concerning zoning, business licenses, or the enforcement of public nuisances.

(g) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries may adopt rules necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this section.
Ala. Code § 2-15-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-25
Section 2-15-25 Maintenance, Publication, Etc., of Register of Brands by Department; Department to Determine Ownership, Etc., of Lost, Estrayed or Stolen Livestock and Furnish Said Information to Interested Persons
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain a complete register of all brands, showing the name and address of the owner, and shall publish and distribute copies of this register in booklet or pamphlet form and supplementary copies thereof to every livestock market and sheriff’s office and other public officials in the state that may have an official need therefor. Copies of the register of brands may be furnished to other persons upon request at a price of $5.00 per copy.

(b) The department shall also make use of its records of brand registrations in the performance of its duties to trace, locate and determine ownership of any lost, estrayed or stolen livestock and similar duties relating to livestock theft investigations and furnish such information to interested persons, upon receipt of notice giving details or description of the kind of livestock, color, weight, size, sex, age, marks, brands and other identifying information.
Ala. Code § 2-17-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-10
Section 2-17-10 Labeling of Cans, Pots, Etc., Containing Meat, Meat Food Products, or Poultry Food Products; Misbranding of Products, or Poultry Food Products; Misbranding of Carcasses, Etc.; Establishment of Definitions and Standards; Use of False or Misleading Names, Labeling, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) When any meat or meat food product or poultry food product prepared for intrastate commerce which has been inspected as provided in this chapter and marked “Alabama inspected and passed” shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under this chapter is maintained, the person, firm, or corporation preparing the product shall attach a label to the can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering, which label shall state that the contents thereof have been “Alabama inspected and passed” under this chapter, and no inspection and examination of meat or meat food products or poultry food products deposited or enclosed in tins, cans, pots, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under this chapter is maintained shall be deemed to be complete until such meat or meat food products or poultry food products have been sealed or enclosed in the can, tin, pot, canvas, or other receptacle or covering under the supervision of an inspector.

(b) All carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and poultry food products inspected at any establishment under the authority of this chapter and found to be not adulterated shall at the time they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, directly thereon or on their containers, both shipping container and immediate container, as the commissioner may prescribe, such information as will ensure that the same are not misbranded in contemplation of subdivision (13) of Section 2-17-1.

(c) The commissioner, whenever he or she determines such action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles subject to this chapter and standards of fill of containers and styles and sizes of types thereof for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards established under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or under the federal Meat Inspection Act or under the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and there shall be consultation between the commissioner and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States prior to the issuance of such standards to avoid inconsistency between such standards and the federal standards.

(d) No article subject to this chapter shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation, in intrastate commerce under any name or other marking or labeling which is false or misleading or in any container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the commissioner are permitted. A food product that contains cultured animal tissue produced from animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived may not be labeled as meat or a meat food product.

(e) If the commissioner has reason to believe that any marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this chapter is false or misleading in any particular, he or she may direct that such use be discontinued or withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in such manner as he or she may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading. If any person, firm, or corporation using or proposing to use the marking, labeling, or container does not accept the determination of the commissioner, such person, firm, or corporation may request a hearing before the commissioner, but the use of the marking, labeling, or container shall, if the commissioner so directs, be discontinued or withheld pending hearing and final determination. Any such determination by the commissioner shall be conclusive unless, within 30 days after receipt of notice of the final determination, the person, firm, or corporation adversely affected files a complaint in the circuit court of the county wherein the person, firm, or corporation so using the questioned marking, labeling, or container resides or has his or her or its principal place of business, and the court is hereby vested with jurisdiction and it shall be its duty to set the matter for hearing upon 30 days’ written notice to the commissioner and to take testimony and examine the facts of the case and to determine, without the intervention of a jury, whether or not the questioned marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this chapter is false or misleading in any particular, and the determination shall, in the absence of fraud, corruption, bad faith, or gross abuse of discretion, be final.
Ala. Code § 11-65-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 65 / Section 11-65-21
Section 11-65-21 Suspension or Revocation of License
Status: in_force

A commission may suspend or revoke any license or fine the holder thereof not to exceed $5,000.00 after hearing with 15 days’ notice in any case where it has reason to believe that any regulation of the commission has not been complied with or has been violated. Annually, each commission shall review the performance of each licensee for compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of such commission. Deliberations of a commission under this section may be conducted in executive session, unless otherwise requested by the licensee. If any such license is suspended or revoked, the commission shall state its reason for doing so, which shall be entered of record. Such action shall be final unless appealed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-47-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-15
Section 11-47-15 Alteration of Channel of Watercourse; Construction, Maintenance, Leasing, Etc., of Wharves and Buildings, Etc., on and Near Wharves and Wharf Sites
Status: in_force

The council or other governing body of any town or city may alter and change the channel of any watercourse in the police jurisdiction of the city or town and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites and may collect wharfage dues and other charges thereon and rentals with respect thereto. Said council or other governing body may lease to others all or any part of wharves or sites for wharves constructed, maintained, or owned by such town or city and any buildings and other improvements so constructed on or near any wharf or wharf site for public or private use for a period or periods not exceeding 40 years from the completion of such construction or for a period or periods not exceeding 40 years from the delivery of the lease if such construction shall have been completed before the date of delivery of the lease, and may authorize the lessees in such leases and their sublessees to construct or maintain buildings and other improvements upon the properties so leased and collect wharfage due thereon and to sublet all or any part of said wharves, buildings and other improvements.
Ala. Code § 2-2-14.2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-14.2
Section 2-2-14.2 Forfeiture of Conveyances and Vehicles Used to Perpetrate Livestock Theft
Status: in_force

(a) All conveyances and vehicles of transportation including trailers and semitrailers, equine or equidae, or any other equipment, together with all harness or other accessories, which have been used, or are used in the commission of theft of livestock, as defined in Section 13A-8-4(f), shall be contraband, and in the discretion of the circuit court, may be forfeited to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, as hereinafter provided.

(b) Livestock theft investigators, appointed under Section 2-2-14, or any other officer authorized to enforce those laws pertaining to the theft of livestock, who finds any vehicle, conveyance or equipment, listed above, which is being, or has been, used in the perpetration of the crime of theft of livestock, shall seize said vehicle, conveyance or equipment listed above, and report said seizure to the district attorney in the county where the seizure was made. The report made to the district attorney shall include a full description of the property seized along with a full explanation of the circumstances under which the property was seized.

(c) The district attorney or other prosecuting officer of the judicial circuit, upon receiving such report may at once institute, or cause to be instituted condemnation proceedings in the circuit court, in the same manner that he is directed by law to institute proceedings for the condemnation and forfeiture of automobiles and other vehicles used in the illegal transportation of alcoholic beverages. The provisions of Sections 28-4-286 and 28-4-287, so long as they are in compliance with this section shall apply.

(d) The proceeds of the sale of any property condemned and forfeited to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries under authority of this section, after payment of all expenses in the cause, including the cost of seizure and a keeping of the property pending the proceedings, shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.

(e) Any lienholder with a perfected security interest recorded in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code may recover the property in kind or may recover the balance remaining after deduction of any costs of recovery and sale.
Ala. Code § 22-56-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 22-56-8
Section 22-56-8 Effect of Chapter on Established Standards of Medical Care; Applicability of Written Policies and Procedures
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to alter, expand, or diminish established standards of medical care applicable to physicians licensed to practice medicine. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the requirement to develop and implement written policies and procedures as outlined in Section 22-56-7 shall not apply to the private offices of physicians licensed to practice medicine.
Ala. Code § 11-40-69 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-69
Section 11-40-69 Avenue for Input by Adjoining Property Owners. (Amended by Act 2026-407)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-407, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

Any municipal ordinance enacted pursuant to this article shall include an avenue for input by adjoining property owners to participate in the rehabilitation and use of the property subject to this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-99 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-99
Section 2-8-99 Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement
Status: in_force

The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit 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 § 11-47-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-3
Section 11-47-3 Contracts and Indebtedness for Municipal Buildings and Public Utility Systems; Consolidation of Systems; Ancillary Service Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any city or town may contract for the construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair of any municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system or may on credit employ labor and purchase on credit all materials and supplies needed in such construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair and may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness in the forms and of the maturities described in Section 11-47-2 to the extent of any indebtedness incurred in such contract or purchase or construction, reconstruction or extension and may secure such evidences of indebtedness by mortgage or deed of trust (in such form and with such provisions as such governing body may determine) on such municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system.

(b) The governing body may consolidate or combine their waterworks systems or plants with their lighting or power plants and systems and use any part of the one system or plant for the operation of the other plant or system, and may use the net proceeds, receipts and revenues from the lighting or power plant for the payment or security of any debt incurred in the construction, maintenance, extension, or operation of the waterworks system.

(c) The governing body may enter into agreements with companies duly registered as service contract providers under Chapter 32 of Title 8 to make available ancillary service contracts to residential utility customers of the city or town’s utilities system, including residential water, sewer, gas, and electric utility services customers, with the endorsement of the city or town if deemed appropriate, and the governing body may apply any fees it receives pursuant to the agreements to its general revenue fund. No city or town shall require utility customers to purchase an ancillary service contract.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-95
Section 11-44E-95 Bond of City Manager
Status: in_force

The city manager, before entering upon the discharge of his (her) duties, shall give bond in the penal sum of not less than $50,000.00 payable to the city and for the benefit of the city, and for the use and benefit of the public, to secure and indemnify the city and any of the public by reason of his (her) default, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of his (her) duties. Expenses of providing such bond shall be paid by the city.
Ala. Code § 11-54-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-1
Section 11-54-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, wherever used in this article, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section:

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

(2) INDUSTRIAL PARK. Land:

a. Determined by the governing body of a municipality to be suitable for use by two or more industrial enterprises for industrial purposes, and

b. Acquired or proposed to be acquired by a municipality and held by it for the purpose of selling it to one or more persons for use for industrial purposes.

(3) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, including both public and private corporations, and any other entity, either public or private, that has the power to acquire title to land.
Ala. Code § 2-8-360 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-360
Section 2-8-360 Duty of Treasurer Before Money Remitted
Status: in_force

Before any money is remitted by the commissioner to the treasurer of the certified association, the treasurer shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in an amount not less than the estimated annual total amount of the assessments handled by the treasurer. The surety on the bond shall be a corporate surety company duly qualified and licensed to do business in the state, and the bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful handling, proper accounting, and properly authorized expenditure of all funds received and disbursed by the principal named in the bond.
Ala. Code § 2-2-111 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-111
Section 2-2-111 Program Created; Goals; Implementation and Administration
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-1
Section 11-44B-1 Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Adopting Mayor-Council Form
Status: in_force

Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form:

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows:

Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government, pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107.

Section 2. That the form of government as described by Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, providing for a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts, is hereby adopted as the form of government for the city of _____, pursuant to all the terms and conditions contained in said act.

Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law, and implemented pursuant to said Act No. 85-107.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-3.3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 Municipality - Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1, 2011. The question submitted at the election shall be:

“Shall the municipality of ______ adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in November 2012?”

(2) The governing body of the municipality shall call the election and the election shall be conducted pursuant to general municipal election laws.

(b) The mayor of any Class 7 municipality in which an election pursuant to this section is required, by proclamation, within 10 days of the adoption of the resolution by the governing body, shall call an election on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government pursuant to this section. The election shall be held before January 1, 2011. If the mayor fails, by proclamation, to call the election within the 10-day period, the majority of the council, by resolution, shall call the election.

(c) A change in the form of government adopted pursuant to this section shall become effective on the first Monday in November 2012.

(d) This section supersedes all other laws in conflict only for the purpose of holding the election in 2010 and making the change in the form of government approved at the election. When these purposes have been effectuated, this section shall have no further force or effect.
Ala. Code § 11-43-49 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-49
Section 11-43-49 Proceedings - Time and Place of Meetings Generally; Appointment of Temporary Chairman or Election of President Pro Tempore
Status: in_force

The council shall determine the time and place of holding its meetings, which at all times shall be open to the public, and, in towns and cities of less than 12,000 population, in the absence of the mayor, shall appoint a temporary chairman, which appointment shall be entered of record. In cities of more than 12,000 population, it shall elect viva voce a president pro tempore.
Ala. Code § 11-47-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-20
Section 11-47-20 Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Generally
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city or town in this state may, by ordinance to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property not needed for public or municipal purposes and direct the mayor to make title thereto, and a conveyance made by the mayor in accordance with such ordinance invests the grantee with the title of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-94 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-94
Section 11-43A-94 Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year; Submission and Adoption of Budget; Changes in Budget
Status: in_force

(a) The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the first day of each October in each year and shall end on the last day of September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this article, the term “budget year” shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.

(b) The city manager, at least 45 days prior to the beginning of each budget year, shall submit to the council a budget proposal with explanations. The council shall adopt a budget, by ordinance, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget so adopted shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by the general public. Any changes in the budget during the course of the budget year shall be made by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-40-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-24
Section 11-40-24 Employees of Separately Incorporated Public Corporation Not Deemed Employees of Municipality
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of any separately incorporated public corporation authorized to be created by a municipality pursuant to state law are employees of that separately incorporated entity and are not employees of the municipality authorizing the creation of the entity.
Ala. Code § 11-47-211 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-211
Section 11-47-211 Powers of Subdivisions as to Acquisition or Leasing of Lands, Buildings, Etc., for Projects, Generally
Status: in_force

Each subdivision in the State of Alabama may, in the manner as may be authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands, buildings, facilities, and improvements for public purposes, acquire or lease lands, buildings, facilities, and improvements situated in whole or in part inside or outside the limits of the subdivision for one or more projects; provided, however, that no project acquired by a municipality shall be located in whole or in part within the corporate limits or the police jurisdiction of another municipality or within a county other than the county where its primary site of government is located unless the governing body of the other municipality or county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location therein of the project; provided further, that no project acquired by a county shall be located in whole or in part in a different county unless the governing body of the other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location therein of the project.
Ala. Code § 11-50-145 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-145
Section 11-50-145 Notice of Election
Status: in_force

Notice of said election shall be given by advertisement published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers published in the city or town owning the plant proposed to be sold or disposed of and, if there is no paper so published, notices shall be posted at five or more public places in such city or town and shall be published in a newspaper published in the county in which the city or town is located.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-13
Section 11-54A-13 Notice of Bond Resolution; 30 Days to Bring Action to Question Bond Validity
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the city, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed the name and title of either the chairman or secretary of such authority.

“The _____ Redevelopment Authority, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, on the _____ day of _____ authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of bonds of the public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the public corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the bonds, or the pledge and the mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture to secure the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of this notice.”

A newspaper shall be deemed to be published in the city, within the meaning of this section, if its principal editorial office is located in the city.

Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in the notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds, or the validity of any pledge and mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made therefor, must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of the notice. After the expiration of that period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the proceedings or of the bonds or the pledge or mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the proceedings, bonds, pledge, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within the period.
Ala. Code § 2-8-238 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-238
Section 2-8-238 Eligibility to Vote in Referendum; Question to Be Voted On
Status: in_force

Any referendum conducted hereunder may be held on a statewide basis pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for the holding of such referendum. All producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats who shall be subject to any assessments levied hereunder shall be entitled to vote in the referendum. In such referendum, individuals so eligible for participation therein shall vote upon the question of whether there shall be levied an assessment for a period of five years in an amount set forth in the call for such referendum, which amount shall not exceed the limitations prescribed by this article.
Ala. Code § 11-50A-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50A / Section 11-50A-22
Section 11-50A-22 Issuance of Bond Anticipation Notes and Notes
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the power and is authorized to issue, from time to time, bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and to renew from time to time any bond anticipation notes by the issuance of new bond anticipation notes, whether the bond anticipation notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The authority may issue bond anticipation notes only to provide funds which would otherwise be provided by the issuance of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are to be issued. The bond anticipation notes may be authorized, sold, executed, and delivered in the same manner as bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing bond anticipation notes or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the authority is authorized to include in any bonds. All bond anticipation notes shall be special obligations of the authority payable out of any revenues pledged to the payment of, or the proceeds to be derived from the issuance of, the bonds in anticipation of the issuance of which the bond anticipation notes shall have been issued. Validation of the bonds shall not be a condition precedent to the issuance of any bond anticipation notes, and it shall not be required that those bond anticipation notes be judicially validated. Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in an amount exceeding the principal amount of the bonds in anticipation of which they are to be issued. The authority shall also have the power and is also authorized to issue, from time to time, its notes, which notes shall not be conditioned upon, and need not be related to, the anticipated issuance of bonds, for the purpose of providing funds for any of its corporate purposes. Notes may be authorized, secured, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds and shall be issued in such principal amounts as the authority shall determine. In the discretion of the authority, bond anticipation notes and notes may be validated in the same manner as bonds.
Ala. Code § 11-44-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-52
Section 11-44-52 Promising, Etc., of Employment, Etc., to Obtain Political Support, Etc.; Provision of Automobiles, Etc., to Bring Voters to Polls
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-11-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-93
Section 2-11-93 Designation of Inspectors to Grade Grain; Interest in Grain Warehouse or Elevator
Status: in_force

The commissioner may designate any person as inspector under the provisions of this article who is eligible for a license under the United States Grain Standards Act. No employee of the Department of Agriculture and Industries engaged in the inspecting or grading of grain under the provisions of this article shall be interested, financially or otherwise, directly or indirectly, in any grain elevator or warehouse or in the merchandising of grain or be employed by any person, firm or corporation owning or operating any grain warehouse or elevator.
Ala. Code § 2-17-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-21
Section 2-17-21 Promulgation, Approval, Adoption, Amendment, Etc., of Regulations for Implementation of Chapter Generally; Issuance, Etc., of Temporary Orders of Commissioner
Status: in_force

Wherever in this chapter it is provided that regulations may or shall be promulgated by the commissioner or that any activity or procedure may be regulated by order of the commissioner or wherever any words of like import appear, any such regulation so issued and promulgated for the purpose of implementing this chapter must, before the same shall become effective, be approved and adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. Any such regulation so issued and promulgated may at any time be altered, amended or rescinded by the said Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama; provided, however, that when it is found by the commissioner and such finding is expressed in an official order issued by him, together with his reasons for such finding, that any activity, practice or procedure subject to the provisions of this chapter is being conducted in such a manner as to constitute or which inherently constitutes a clear and immediate hazard to the public welfare, safety or health, such activity, practice or procedure may be regulated, controlled or prohibited by a temporary order of the commissioner, which such temporary order shall be valid for no more than 60 days unless, within such period, the same is ratified, approved, adopted and promulgated by the Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama as a regulation promulgated under the authority of this chapter; and, in the event such temporary order of the commissioner is not ratified, approved, adopted and promulgated by the said board within such period, the commissioner may not thereafter reissue the same or a substantially similar temporary order with respect to the same activity, practice or procedure by the authority of this section.
Ala. Code § 11-51-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-91
Section 11-51-91 Licenses for Business, Etc., Conducted Outside Corporate Limits of Municipality
Status: in_force

(a) Any municipality with an ordinance in effect on January 1, 2021, to fix and collect licenses for any business, trade, or profession done within the police jurisdiction of the municipality but outside the corporate limits thereof may continue to do so after July 26, 2021; provided, that the amount of the licenses shall not be more than one half the amount charged and collected as a license for like business, trade, or profession done within the corporate limits of the municipality, fees and penalties excluded; and provided further, that the total amount of the licenses outside the corporate limits shall not be in an amount greater than the cost of services provided by the municipality within the police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits. All licenses adopted pursuant to this section shall be assessed to all businesses, trades, or professionals within the police jurisdiction.

(b) No calculation shall be required to be made by the municipal officials or license officer for the cost of services to any particular business or classification of businesses within the police jurisdiction so long as the total amount of revenues from the licenses collected in the police jurisdiction is not an amount greater than the cost of services provided by the municipality to the police jurisdiction.

(c)(1) On or before December 31, 2021, any municipality collecting license revenue or other taxes and fees within its police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits shall notify the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts that it collects license revenue and other taxes and fees in its police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits. Beginning March 1, 2022, each municipality collecting license revenue and other taxes or fees within its police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits shall prepare an annual report which shall include an accounting of all license revenues and other taxes or fees collected in the police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits during the previous fiscal year and provide a list of the services provided by the municipality and a list of providers within the police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits. If the municipality provides police or fire protection within the police jurisdiction, the report shall include the following information:

a. The total annual budget for each police department and fire department within the municipal corporate limits.

b. The total number of calls responded to by each police or fire department within the municipal corporate limits and the total number of calls responded to by each police or fire department within the police jurisdiction. For the police department, the number should include the number of calls responded to as well as the number of citations and arrests made.

(2) A copy of the annual report, which shall be completed by March 1 for the previous fiscal year, shall be forwarded to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and shall be made available to the public.

(3) If a municipality fails to file a report as provided in subdivision (1) within 12 months of the report being due, the municipality may not collect any further license revenue or any other taxes or fees in the police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits.

(4) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide written notice to the Department of Revenue of any municipality prevented from the further collection of license revenue or other taxes or fees as provided in subdivision (3), within 30 days of the expiration of the time period provided for in subdivision (3).

(5) The Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, by majority vote, shall have the authority to direct the Examiners of Public Accounts to perform an audit of any municipality collecting revenue in its police jurisdiction outside the corporate limits. A municipality shall not be responsible for the cost of the audit so directed unless it is determined by the Examiners of Public Accounts that a municipality is not in compliance with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b).

(d) When the place at which any business, trade, or profession is done or carried on is within the police jurisdiction of two or more municipalities which levy the licenses thereon authorized by this section, the licenses shall be paid to, issued, and collected by that municipality only whose boundary measured to the nearest point thereof is closest to the business, trade, or profession. This section shall not have the effect of repealing or modifying the limitations in this article relating to railroad, express companies, sleeping car companies, telegraph companies, telephone companies, and public utilities and insurance companies and their agents. This section shall be given a liberal construction to effectuate its purpose and meaning.

(e) Act 2021-297 does not affect any public or private contracts, or any mutual aid agreements between law enforcement, fire service, public safety, or emergency service agencies.
Ala. Code § 2-33-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 33 / Section 2-33-7
Section 2-33-7 Ombudsman; Complaints
Status: in_force

(a) In consultation with the Department of Insurance, a nonprofit agricultural organization that offers health benefits shall designate an individual to serve as an ombudsman to respond to concerns from nonprofit agricultural organization members pursuant to a complaint procedure to be established by the nonprofit agricultural organization which is substantially similar to the customer complaint procedure under the Department of Insurance.

(b) The Department of Insurance may review and comment on any complaint received by the department from a member enrolled in health benefits, and the complaint shall be forwarded by the department to the ombudsman established under subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 2-19-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-13
Section 2-19-13 Removal, Etc., from State of Cotton Subject to Purchase Money Lien
Status: in_force

Any person who removes or aids in removing from this state any cotton subject to the lien given by law for the purchase money with intent to prevent, hinder or delay the enforcement of such lien must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years at the discretion of the jury.
Ala. Code § 2-8-58 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-58
Section 2-8-58 Joint Programs with Other States
Status: in_force

Any certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar agricultural commodities promotional program jointly with such associations, commissions or other agencies in other states, and such certified association shall be authorized to contribute a proportionate share of the cost and expense necessary for such a program.
Ala. Code § 11-50-460 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-460
Section 11-50-460 Creation; Composition
Status: in_force

Any municipality in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized within its discretion to create and establish by ordinance a municipal gas utility board for such municipality, to be composed of three members.
Ala. Code § 2-15-127 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-127
Section 2-15-127 Appeal of Refusal to Grant Charter; Court, Venue, Bond, and Costs; Stay Upon Appeal of Suspension or Revocation of Charter; Failure to Perfect Appeal
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-226, §2, effective August 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-70
Section 11-44E-70 Election; Term; Qualification
Status: in_force

The mayor shall be elected at the same election at which commissioners for Districts 1, 3, and 5 are elected under the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter and shall hold office for four years. The mayor shall be elected at large. The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in October following his (her) election. The regular election for mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday of July, 1993, and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at any such regular election shall on or before the first Monday in October following his (her) election make oath that he (she) is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his (her) knowledge and ability. At any election for mayor the candidate receiving a majority of votes for the office shall be elected thereto. If at the first election a majority is not received by any candidate for the office of mayor, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared eligible for a second (run-off) election to be held on the second Tuesday next thereafter following the first election.
Ala. Code § 11-52-52 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-52
Section 11-52-52 Filing of Tentative Report of Board of Appraisers; Notice of Filing of Report and of Period for Filing Objections Thereto; Meeting of Board of Appraisers as to Objections and Transmittal of Report to Council; Approval or Disapproval of Report by Council; Payment of Compensation to Property Owners Generally; Effect of Failure of Council to Approve Report or Provide for Payment of Compensation Within 90 Days
Status: reserved

The board of appraisers shall, within 90 days after the time fixed for the filing of claims, file its tentative report with the clerk of the council, setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be paid the respective owners of the lands included within the lines of such reservations as located on the approved plat. Thereupon the clerk of the council shall publish once a week for two consecutive weeks in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality the fact of the filing of the report of the appraisers and specify a period of 30 days from and after the date of the first such publication within which objections to the report may be filed with the clerk of the council. If objections are filed within said period, then the clerk of the council shall cause the board of appraisers to hold a meeting at which said objections shall be transmitted to the board, and the board may modify its report. The report in its original form or, if modified, in its modified form shall be transmitted to the council by its clerk. Before passing on the report, the council may return it to the board of appraisers for reconsideration, and the board may, upon further consideration, transmit its former or a modified report to the council. The council may approve or disapprove the report.

If the report is approved by the council, the council shall provide for the payment of amounts of compensation set forth in the report within 90 days after the filing of the report with council. In the case of those property owners who file claims, payments shall be made through the clerk of the council, who shall notify the claimants at the addresses given upon the claims filed with him. Payments to all other persons shall be made through the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the reserved location is situated by the payment to said clerk of the amounts awarded to such persons, notice of distribution to such persons to be given and made as may be provided by a rule or order of said court. Payments made as aforesaid to the clerk of the council or clerk of said court within said 90 days shall be deemed compliance with the above requirements for payment within 90 days.

If the council disapproves the report or fails to provide for such payment within said 90 days, such disapproval or failure shall be deemed a dismissal of the proceedings and a cancellation of the plat and an abandonment of the reservations of the street locations as shown on the plat, with the same liability of the municipality for expenses as provided in Section 11-52-51 in the case of abandonment by resolution, and thereupon the clerk of the council shall cause to be transmitted to the probate judge of the county an attested statement of such abandonment.
Ala. Code § 2-19-132 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-132
Section 2-19-132 Cotton Growers Assessment Referendum Authorized; Assessments Generally
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the certified organization, the board shall authorize a referendum among cotton growers upon the question of whether an assessment shall be levied upon cotton growers in the state to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of boll weevil or other cotton pest suppression or eradication programs authorized by this article or by any other law of this state.

(b) The assessment levied under this article shall be based upon the number of acres of cotton planted. The amount of the assessment, the period of time for which it shall be levied, and the geographical area to be covered by the assessment shall be determined by the board. In no event shall the amount of the assessment exceed $50 per acre for any growing season.

(c) All affected cotton growers shall be entitled to vote in any such referendum and the board shall determine any questions of eligibility to vote.

(d) If at least two-thirds of those voting vote in favor of the assessment, then the assessment shall be collected by the department from the affected cotton growers.

(e) The assessments collected by the department under this article shall be promptly remitted to the certified organization under such terms and conditions as the commissioner shall deem necessary to ensure that such assessments are used in a sound program of eradication or suppression of the boll weevil or other cotton pests.

(f) The certified organization shall provide to the department an annual audit of its accounts performed by a certified public accountant.

(g) The assessments collected by the department under this article shall not be “state” funds.
Ala. Code § 11-56-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-18
Section 11-56-18 Investment in Bonds - by Executors, Savings Banks, Insurance Companies, Etc
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 2-26-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 26 / Section 2-26-5
Section 2-26-5 Annual Permit Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, distributes or solicits orders for the sale of any agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub, or flower seed to retail seed dealers, farmers, or to others who use or plant such seed in the State of Alabama shall, before selling or offering such seed for sale or distributing or soliciting orders for the sale of such seed and on or before January 1 of each year secure an annual permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to engage in such business. Seed dealers and other sellers of seed shall apply for an annual permit upon forms prescribed by the commissioner, and such permit shall be issued upon the payment of the following permit fees when the application is in proper form:

(1) For each person engaged in selling seed at retail in closed containers or packets of eight ounces or less displayed on a supplemental container display, a permit fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries, not to exceed seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each such display, the fee to be deposited to the benefit of the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury;

(2) For each person selling seed to retail seed dealers, farmers, or others who use or plant the seed, not displayed on a supplemental container display, a permit fee for each place of business, or each representative or representatives, where such person does not maintain an established place of business in Alabama, shall be based on gross receipts from the sale of such seed for the last preceding year in Alabama established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries within the range of the schedule set out below as follows:

Gross Receipts Permit Fee 1. Receipts of $2,500.00 or less $ 5.00 - $15.00 2. Receipts of $2,500.01 through $25,000.00 $ 25.00 - $50.00 3. Receipts of $25,000.01 through $50,000.00 $ 50.00 - $75.00 4. Receipts of $50,000.01 through $100,000.00 $100.00 - $150.00 5. Receipts of $100,000.01 through $200,000.00 $200.00 - $300.00 6. Receipts of $200,000.01 through $300,000.00 $300.00 - $400.00 7. Receipts of $300,000.01 through $400,000.00 $400.00 - $500.00 8. Receipts of $400,000.01 through $500,000.00 $500.00 - $600.00 9. Receipts of more than $500,000.00 $600.00 - $700.00

(3) For places of business not previously in operation, the fee shall be based on anticipated gross receipts for the first year of business. Out-of-state seed sellers not previously selling seed in Alabama which sell or distribute seed through a representative soliciting orders in Alabama shall not be required to pay the required permit fee for their first year of operation in the State of Alabama.

(b) Any person selling seed who also sells seed in closed containers or packets of eight ounces or less from a rack display shall be required to pay only the permit fee required by subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Persons engaged in the operation of seed cleaning or processing plants, including peanut shellers, seed treaters and corn processors, and persons who purchase seed and process such seed for resale shall be required to obtain a permit as required under this section if such persons clean and/or process or treat seed at their plant, and the annual fee to be paid therefor shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); provided, that if such persons shall sell seed to retail seed dealers, farmers, or to others who use or plant such seed they shall also be required to pay the annual permit fee required under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section in addition to the annual permit fee.

(d) A broker, as defined in this subsection, shall obtain an annual permit as required by this section and pay the fee required under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) for a person selling seed. The term “broker” as used in this subsection means a person domiciled in Alabama or who solicits business in Alabama who acts as agent for or otherwise represents another person for compensation in negotiating the sale or purchase of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub, or herb seed.

(e) Any permit issued under this section shall be valid and effective until January 1 next succeeding the date of issuance. The permit fee levied under this section shall be in addition to all other fees, licenses, taxes, and other similar charges or fees now levied by law for the sale of seed in Alabama. All fees collected under this section and all amounts collected as fines imposed under the penalty provisions of this article shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury for use in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article. Amounts collected under this section as an improper or illegal collection or overpayment may be refunded to the person entitled thereto in accordance with Section 2-1-6.

(f) A permit as required under this section shall be obtained by a person for each place of business at which such person is engaged in the sale of seed and for each separate operation where seed are cleaned, treated, or otherwise processed unless such place of business is an integral part of one business or operation. All permit fees due under this section shall be delinquent if not paid within 30 days from the date on which the permit fee is due, and the commissioner is authorized to add a delinquent penalty of 10 percent to the amount of the permit fee due under this section. The permit fee levied under this section shall be paid by all agricultural cooperative marketing and purchasing associations, and the exemption allowed such organizations pursuant to Section 2-10-105 or any other exemption statute shall not relieve such cooperative organizations from the payment of the permit fee levied under the provisions of this section.

(g) Farmers or producers of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub, or herb seed who sell uncleaned, unprocessed, unpackaged, and unlabeled seed of their own production only and do not sell seed received or purchased from other sources shall not be required to obtain a permit or pay any fee required under this section; provided, that any farmer who sells cleaned, processed, packaged, and labeled seed to retail seed dealers, farmers, or to others who use or plant such seed where the total amount of the sale price thereof is in excess of $3,000.00 in any one year shall be required to obtain a permit and pay the fee required by subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section; provided, that the first $3,000.00 worth of cleaned, processed, packaged, and labeled seed of any farmer shall be exempted from the computation of gross receipts in determining the amount of the permit fee.
Ala. Code § 11-42-213 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-213
Section 11-42-213 Fees and Compensation of Probate Judge and Other Officers for Services Rendered
Status: in_force

The judge of probate for services rendered under the provisions of this article shall be entitled to charge a fee of $10.00. All other officers shall be entitled to the same compensation for services rendered by them as they are authorized by law to charge for similar services rendered by them and the city or town at whose instance the services are performed under the provisions of this article shall pay all costs and expenses thereof; except, that in the case of a contest as provided in this article, the cost of such contest shall be paid by the party against whom such contest is decided.
Ala. Code § 11-54-129 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-129
Section 11-54-129 Use of Assets
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to succeeding provisions hereof with respect to the investment of moneys held in and forming a part of an endowment trust fund, and the management, use, and disposition of other properties, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, contributed to such fund, all moneys held in and forming a part of an endowment trust fund, whether such moneys may be characterized as either principal or income of such fund, may be expended, and all other properties contributed to a trust fund may be used only to induce new business, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, service, and research enterprises, whether or not any such enterprise, or any property to be utilized in connection therewith, would constitute a “project” within the meaning of either industrial development board act, to locate within the statutory service area of the board that created such fund, and to foster activities and policies conducive to the continuing prosperity of such enterprises already existing within such area, all to the end that such board may thereby support (i) the establishment and promotion of business and industry, (ii) the development of trade and commerce, (iii) the furtherance of the use of the agricultural products and natural resources of the State of Alabama, and (iv) the development and preservation of such resources. Any expenditure permitted by the preceding provisions of this section to be made out of moneys on deposit in an endowment trust fund, and any such use of other properties contributed to any such fund, shall be deemed an expenditure or use, as the case may be, for a public purpose.

(b) Subject to subsection (a), and subject to any applicable terms and provisions of the authorizing resolution and any trust agreement with respect to an endowment trust fund created by a board, all moneys held in and forming a part of such fund may be expended and distributed, and any other properties contributed to such fund may be managed, used, and disposed of, for such purpose or purposes as the board shall from time to time generally determine, and in accordance with such procedures as may be set out in either the authorizing resolution or any trust agreement respecting such fund, and pursuant to either or both, any resolution adopted at any time by the directors, and subject to such procedures and the direction and approval of the board, one or more contracts between such board and any individual, organization, corporation, or other person, including, but not limited to, any trade organization.

Provided, however, that any such contract shall not contain any provisions inconsistent with any provisions of this division or of the authorizing resolution or any trust agreement respecting such fund; and provided further, that the initial term of any such contract between a board and a trade organization may not exceed 40 years, but such contract may thereafter be renewed or extended for such additional term or terms, not exceeding, in the aggregate, 40 years, as the board deems advisable.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-21
Section 11-43B-21 Transfer of Powers and Duties from Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices
Status: in_force

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this chapter with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, board, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, board, or agency provided for by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-47-230 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-230
Section 11-47-230 Compliance with State Laws Governing Competitive Bidding
Status: in_force

An authority and all contracts made by it shall comply with the laws of the state requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations including, without limitation, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41.
Ala. Code § 11-47-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-21
Section 11-47-21 Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Leasing Thereof
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city or town in this state may, by ordinance to be entered on its minutes, lease any of its real property not needed for public or municipal purposes, and a lease made by the mayor in accordance with such ordinance shall be binding for the term specified in the lease, not to exceed a period of 99 years; provided, that in counties having a population of not less than 225,000 and not more than 400,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, such limitation of the term to a period of 99 years shall not apply to any oil, gas, or mineral lease made in accordance with such ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-44-48 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-48
Section 11-44-48 Acceptance, Etc., of Free Passes, Gifts, Etc., by Officers or Employees from Railways, Gas Works, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-40-65 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-65
Section 11-40-65 Filing Petition for Foreclosure; Form of Petition; Notice. (Amended by Act 2026-361)
Status: in_force

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

(a) After a municipal code lien has been recorded with the office of the probate judge of the county in which the real property lies, the Class 2 municipality may identify those properties on which to commence a judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article, except that those properties the Class 2 municipality identifies as owner occupied shall not be subject to judicial in rem foreclosure under this article. The Class 2 municipality shall not file a petition for judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article for a period of six months following the date upon which the municipal code lien is recorded in the office of the probate judge. A petition for judicial in rem foreclosure may include any other municipal code lien that has been filed prior to the date the petition is filed. After enforcement proceedings have commenced in accordance with this article, the enforcement proceedings may be amended to include any subsequently arising municipal code liens and, if applicable, any and all taxes as defined in this article.

(b) If the property on which the Class 2 municipality is seeking to foreclose under this article is subject to taxes as defined in this article, then at least 60 days prior to the filing of the petition, the Class 2 municipality shall notify all other taxing agencies within the jurisdiction of the Class 2 municipality, and the State of Alabama of the Class 2 municipality’s intention to file a petition for judicial in rem foreclosure of the real property on which a municipal code lien exists. Upon notification, the Revenue Commissioner shall provide the tax payoff amount to the Class 2 municipality.

(c) The Class 2 municipality shall record in the appropriate lis pendens record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the real property is located, a notice of his or her intent to file a judicial in rem foreclosure action. The notice shall include a legal description of the property, street address of the property if available, a statement that the property is subject to judicial in rem foreclosure proceedings under this article, and a statement that those proceedings may extinguish any legal interests in the property.

(d) Simultaneous with the filing of his or her notice of intent to file a judicial in rem foreclosure action, the Class 2 municipality shall file a petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the real property is located, the petition shall have form and content substantially identical to that form as provided in subsection (i).

(e) The petition shall be filed against the real property against which the municipal code lien has been recorded and shall provide all of the following:

(1) The identity of the Class 2 municipality.

(2) The real property address.

(3) A description of the real property.

(4) The tax identification number of the real property.

(5) The municipal code lien which is being foreclosed.

(6) The principal amount of the municipal code lien together with applicable interest and penalties.

(7) The principal amount of any additional municipal code liens together with applicable interest and penalties in accordance with subsection (a) if any.

(8) The year or years for which the taxes are delinquent, if any.

(9) The principal amount of the taxes together with interest and penalties, if any.

(10) The tax payoff amount.

(11) A statement that upon final sale in accordance with this article and payment of the tax payoff amount, if applicable, an interested party’s rights of redemption under Title 40, Chapter 10 or this title, Chapter 51, shall be extinguished.

(12) The names and addresses of all interested parties to whom copies of the petition are to be sent in accordance with subsection (f).

(f) The Class 2 municipality shall mail copies of the petition by both certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail to all interested parties whose identity and address are reasonably ascertainable. Copies of the petition shall also be mailed by first-class mail to the real property address to the attention of the occupants of the property, if any. In addition, notice shall be physically posted on the real property and shall include the following statement: “THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO A JUDICIAL IN REM FORECLOSURE ACTION AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO [NAME OF CLASS 2 MUNICIPALITY] OR ANOTHER PARTY. PERSONS WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT [NAME OF CLASS 2 MUNICIPALITY].”

(g) If the Class 2 municipality finds reason to believe that the real property is owner occupied after the filing of the petition, the Class 2 municipality shall immediately seek dismissal of its petition.

(h) Within 30 days of the filing of the petition, the Class 2 municipality shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located. Such notice shall specify:

(1) The name and address of the Class 2 municipality.

(2) The real property address.

(3) A description of the real property.

(4) The tax identification number of the real property.

(5) Any applicable municipal code lien which is being foreclosed upon.

(6) The principal amount of any municipal code lien together with interest and penalties.

(7) The applicable period of tax delinquency, if any.

(8) The principal amount of taxes, if any.

(9) Upon deposit with the appropriate parties by the court of the tax payoff amounts, if any, any and all rights of redemption accorded to interested parties under Title 40, Chapter 10 or under this title, Chapter 51, are extinguished.

(10) The date and place of the filing of the petition.

(i) The petition for judicial in rem foreclosure shall be in substantially the following form:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR__________ COUNTY

STATE OF ALABAMA-

Petitioner: )

[Class 2 municipality] )

Name, Address, )

Telephone Number )

v. Civil Action No: ________

Respondents:

__________, ACRES OF LAND LYING )

AND BEING IN __________________, )

_____________COUNTY, ALABAMA )

__________________________________ )

__________________________________ )

(Address of Property)

And

_______________________________ )

Name and mailing address of Owner

PETITION FOR JUDICIAL IN REM FORECLOSURE COMES NOW (Petitioner) and petitions this Court for judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with Section _________ of the Code of Alabama 1975, by showing this Court as follows:

1. _________ is the owner of certain real property located at ________ (the “Property”) having a tax identification number of _____. (A legal description of the Property is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and by this reference incorporated herein).

2. The municipal code lien(s) recorded against the Property by City of _____ for nonpayment of costs incurred, penalties, or fees arising from violations of the City of _______′s Code of Ordinances related to the Property, the total amount of which is $ ________ (amount includes principal amount of the municipal code lien and any accrued interest and penalties as of this date) have not been paid. (An itemized list of any municipal code lien recorded against the Property and the subject of this Petition is attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and by this reference incorporated herein.)

3. The taxes assessed against the Property by City/County of _____ or by the State of Alabama for the year(s) _____ in the amount of $ ________ (amount includes principal amount of taxes owed and any accrued interest and penalties as of this date) [have] [have not] been paid.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit “C” is a list of the names and addresses of interested parties also receiving a copy of this Petition by first class mail.

5. Occupants of the Property shall be served by mailing the petition by first-class mail to the attention of the occupants at the above-listed Property address.

6. Based upon the information and belief of the Petitioner the Property is not owner-occupied property.

7. The Petition has also been posted on the Property in accordance with Section 11-4-54(f), Code of Alabama 1975.

8. Simultaneously with the filing of this Petition, Petitioner has filed a lis pendens in the appropriate office of the judge of probate.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner demands (1) a hearing before the Circuit Court in _____ County (the “Court”) and (2) a judgment by the Court stating that (a) the municipal code lien recorded against the Property is delinquent and (b) that notice has been given to all interested parties, and an order that the Court may cause the Property to be sold at public outcry in a similar manner as that required in Section 40-10-15 of the Code of Alabama.

CITY OF ______________

By: ___________________

Its: ___________________

NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

This petition serves as notice to the respondents and all interested parties that (1) each party is presumed to own or have a legal interest in the property, (2) that foreclosure proceedings have been commenced because of the failure to pay the municipal code lien cited above, and (3) foreclosure will result in the loss of ownership of the Property and all rights or interests of all interested parties, including any and all rights or redemption accorded to by interested parties under Title 40, Chapter 10 and Title 11, Chapter 5, Code of Alabama 1975.

To avoid loss of ownership or any interest in the property, payment of the full amount of the municipal code lien, penalties, interest, and costs, plus payment of the full amount of any property taxes that are due or delinquent, if any, including any related penalties, interest, and costs must be paid to the _____ office located at _____ by _____date. Respondents and all interested parties are also reminded that each of you may wish to contact an attorney to protect your rights.

A hearing on the above matter shall take place before the Circuit Court of _____ County no earlier than 30 days after the filing of this petition. To determine the exact time and date of such hearing, please call the office of the Circuit Court of _____ County.

This _____ day of _____, _____.

__________________________

Circuit Clerk of ______ County

EXHIBIT A

Description of the Property

Together with all rights, title, and interest running with the above-described property but not taxed under a separate tax reference number as delineated on the tax maps of the petitioner for the year(s) for the municipal code liens being foreclosed.

EXHIBIT B

Names and Addresses of Interested Parties
Ala. Code § 2-15-154 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-154
Section 2-15-154 Transportation of Livestock Within or from Quarantined Districts
Status: in_force

No railroad company or the owners or masters of any vessel, boat, truck or other vehicle or other transportation company shall receive for transportation or shall transport livestock from any quarantined district into any other part of Alabama, except as provided in this section.

No person, company or corporation shall deliver livestock for transportation to any railroad company or vessel, boat, truck or other vehicle or other transportation company in a quarantined district of Alabama, except as provided in this section.

No person, company or corporation shall drive or cause to be driven livestock on foot or transport livestock in a private conveyance or cause livestock to be transported in a private conveyance from a quarantined district to a nonquarantined part of Alabama, except as provided in this section.

Livestock may be moved within the limits of a quarantined district or from a quarantined district in Alabama only under and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be unlawful to move or to allow to be moved any livestock from one place to another within the limits of a quarantined district or from a quarantined to a nonquarantined district of Alabama in any other manner or method or under any conditions other than prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-143 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-143
Section 11-44E-143 Transfer of Agency Records and Property
Status: in_force

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency of this chapter, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, or agency or part thereof are by this chapter assigned to another office, department, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
Ala. Code § 11-50-300 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-300
Section 11-50-300 Construction and Application
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this division shall apply to any municipal water works board authorized to be incorporated by a municipality which, on January 1, 2015, either served water customers or has assets in four or more counties other than the county where the authorizing municipality is principally located, or after January 1, 2015, either serves water customers or has assets in four or more counties other than the county where the authorizing municipality is principally located, and the organization and operation of the board, shall be subject to this division.

(b) The powers and rights provided to a regional board pursuant to this division are cumulative and independent of any powers and rights pursuant to the enabling statute. Except as expressly set forth in this division, this division shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy that a board may have pursuant to the enabling statute.

(c) To the extent this division conflicts with any other provision in the enabling statute, this division shall control.

(d) This division does not apply to a municipal utilities board that operates a water works system and an electric distribution system, nor to an entity that serves only wholesale water customers.
Ala. Code § 11-50-471 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-471
Section 11-50-471 Annual Report to Municipal Governing Body
Status: in_force

Said board shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality, showing in detail the receipts and expenditures for its preceding fiscal year, the physical condition of the property under the care of said board, and any other matters of public interest connected with said board.
Ala. Code § 2-22-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 22 / Section 2-22-8
Section 2-22-8 Licensing and Labeling Requirements for Sale of Soil Conditioners and Soil Amendments
Status: in_force

Every person who sells or offers for sale in or for importation into this state any soil conditioner or soil amendment for which label or labeling claims are made that such a product contains plant nutrients shall be subject to all of the requirements of this article for the sale of commercial fertilizer including the license and inspection fee requirement. If any label or labeling claims are made for the release of plant nutrients in the soil or of any bacterial action causing the release of plant nutrients in the soil in connection with the sale of any soil conditioner or soil amendment, a license authorizing the sale of the product shall be obtained from the commissioner. The commissioner may issue such a license in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-55 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-55
Section 2-3A-55 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of Amendment 619 and this article, the authority may, at any time and from time to time, issue for the state refunding bonds of the state for the purpose of refunding any or all of the bonds authorized by the aforesaid amendment then outstanding (including any refunding bonds that may have been previously issued), whether such refunding shall occur before, at or after the maturity of the bonds to be refunded. In the discretion of the authority, refunding bonds may be issued in exchange for such outstanding bonds or they may be sold and the proceeds thereof applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of such outstanding bonds. Refunding bonds to be issued in exchange for such outstanding bonds shall not be issued in a principal amount greater than the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded. Refunding bonds to be sold pursuant hereto may be issued in such principal amount or amounts as shall be determined by said authority. Pending the application of the proceeds of refunding bonds issued in accordance with this section, such proceeds, together with investment income therefrom, and moneys in any sinking fund for the bonds to be refunded, together with investment income therefrom, may be held by the State Treasurer, in trust, or may be deposited by the State Treasurer, in trust, on such terms as the State Treasurer shall approve, with one or more trustees or escrow agents which trustees or escrow agents shall be trust companies or national or state banks having powers of a trust company within or without the state, for investment in direct general obligations of, or obligations the payment of the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by, the United States of America. The proceeds of such refunding bonds, together with the investment income therefrom, and moneys in any sinking fund for the bonds to be refunded, together with investment income therefrom, shall be available for the payment of all or any part of the principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the bonds to be refunded and of such refunding bonds, or any of them, as the authority in its discretion shall prescribe. Proceeds of such refunding bonds shall be so invested and applied as to assure that the principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, on the bonds to be refunded thereby shall be paid in full on their respective maturity, interest, or redemption payment dates. The State Treasurer may contract with respect to the safekeeping and application of proceeds derived from the sale and issuance of such refunding bonds and other funds included therewith and the income therefrom, including the right to appoint a trustee which may be any trust company or national or state bank having powers of a trust company within or without the state. As provided in Amendment 619, refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not be obligations of Alabama Agricultural Development Authority but shall be general obligations of the State of Alabama, and the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal of all refunding bonds and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. Except as herein expressly provided otherwise, all provisions of this article regarding the terms and conditions of the bonds to be issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-50, as well as the sale, issuance, and execution thereof and the security therefor, shall apply to all refunding bonds issued hereunder provided, however, that no refunding bonds shall be issued unless the present value of all debt service on the refunding bonds (computed with a discount rate equal to the true interest rate of the refunding bonds and taking into account all underwriting discount and other issuance expenses) shall not be greater than 95 percent of the present value of all debt service on the bonds to be refunded (computed using the same discount rate and taking into account the underwriting discount and other issuance expenses originally applicable to such bonds) determined as if such bonds to be refunded were paid and retired in accordance with the schedule of maturities (considering mandatory redemption as a scheduled maturity) provided at the time of their issuance. Provided further that the average maturity of the refunding bonds, as measured from the date of issuance of such refunding bonds, shall not exceed by more than three years the average maturity of the bonds to be refunded, as also measured from such date of issuance, with the average maturity of any principal amount of bonds to be determined by multiplying the principal of each maturity by the number of years (including any fractional part of a year) intervening between such date of issuance and each such maturity, taking the sum of all such products, and then dividing such sum by the aggregate principal amount of bonds for which the average maturity is to be determined.
Ala. Code § 2-8-357 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-357
Section 2-8-357 Referendum - Levy of Assessment
Status: in_force

In the event a referendum levying an assessment is passed, the commissioner, within 30 days, shall notify in writing all businesses where shrimp and seafood are sold to the public at the first point of sale by commercial shrimp boat owners and commercial seafood fishermen licensed and authorized to do business in the state that, on or after the date designated in the notice, which may not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of the notice by the commissioner, the amount of the assessment which shall not exceed two cents ($.02) per pound of shrimp or other seafood as established by joint resolution of the Legislature and shall be deducted from all sales, or shall not exceed five cents ($.05) per gallon of diesel fuel purchased for use in any commercial shrimp boat licensed to do business in this state. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, all assessments so deducted by sellers shall be remitted to the commissioner, less two percent of the total assessment deducted, which may be retained by the commissioner to compensate him or her for the expense of collecting and remitting the assessments. The books and records shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representatives or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of the amounts remitted as required by this section. The commissioner may deduct two percent of all sums remitted to him or her under this section to defray the expenses incident to collection and administration of this article. All amounts deducted by the commissioner shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
Ala. Code § 2-6-117 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-117
Section 2-6-117 Disposition of Refunding Bond Proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds of refunding bonds shall be applied, together with any other moneys legally available, to the payment of the expenses authorized by this article and to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on any outstanding bonds to be refunded. The expenses authorized by this article shall include, in addition to other expenses authorized by this article, all expenses that the board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale and issuance of refunding bonds, including, without limitation, the expenses of selling and issuing such refunding bonds, including any discount reflected in the purchase price paid to the corporation, fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, fiscal agents, financial advisors, and other consultants, fees and disbursements of trustees, escrow agents, registrars, paying agents, transfer agents, depositories for safekeeping, authenticating agents, agents for the delivery and payment of bonds, fees and commissions of bond insurers and credit enhancers, printing costs, and other customary bond issuance expenses.

(b) To the extent not required for the immediate payment of outstanding bonds or for deposit into an interest account or a reserve account, proceeds of refunding bonds together with any other moneys legally available, shall be deposited in trust, with one or more trustees or escrow agents, which trustees or escrow agents shall be trust companies or national or state banks, located either within or without the state, having powers of a trust company. Any proceeds or moneys deposited in trust with one or more trustees or escrow agents shall be applied solely to the payment when due of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on the outstanding bonds on or prior to the redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be. Any proceeds or moneys so deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents, may be invested in government securities; provided, such government securities shall not be subject to redemption prior to their maturity other than at the option of the holder thereof.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), neither the government securities nor moneys so deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on such outstanding bonds to be refunded; provided that any cash received from such principal or interest payments on the government securities deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents to the extent such cash will not be required at any time for such purpose, shall be paid over to the corporation, and to the extent such cash will be required for such purpose at a later date, shall, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, be reinvested in government securities maturing at times and in amounts sufficient to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding bonds on and prior to the redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be, and interest earned from such reinvestments to the extent not required for the payment of such outstanding bonds shall be paid over to the corporation.

(d) Moneys on deposit in any reserve fund created pursuant to this article shall be invested by the corporation in permitted investments which mature at such time or times as the corporation shall direct. Interest income earned from such investments shall be deposited as received in an account of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-48-48 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-48
Section 11-48-48 Payment of Assessments Generally
Status: in_force

The municipality, in ordering any local improvement the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against any property in accordance with the provisions of this article, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment, provided the cost of such improvement does not exceed $1,000.00, but if the total cost of said improvement is greater than such sum, any property owner may, at his election, to be expressed by notifying the municipal official charged with the duty of collecting such assessments in writing within 30 days after the assessment is made final, pay the said assessment in 10 equal installments, which shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum, payable annually; provided, however, that if, on or before the date such assessment is made final, bonds shall have been issued, under the provisions of Division 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 81 of this title, by the municipality for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of such improvement, the rate of interest on such installments may, at the option of the municipality and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be fixed by the municipality at a rate not exceeding the “effective net interest rate” on such bonds, as that term is herein defined; and provided, that if the assessment against any lot or parcel of land does not exceed $25.00, said assessment must be paid in cash within 30 days after assessment is made final as above provided.

Any person may pay the whole assessment against any lot or parcel of land within 30 days from the time the assessment is made and may at any installment period pay the assessment in full by paying the full amount of the installments, together with all accrued interest thereon. Should the property owner desire to pay off the deferred installments between the dates on which they are due, he shall pay interest on the same until the succeeding installment period. The first installment shall be payable within 30 days after the assessment is made final, and all assessments or installments thereof shall be payable at the office of the clerk, tax collector, or treasurer of the city or town as may be prescribed, and all assessments or installments thereof shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum after the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the same is made final, which interest shall be due and payable at the time and place the assessment or installment is due and payable; provided, however, that if, on or before the date such assessment is made final, bonds shall have been issued, under the provisions of Division 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 81 of this title, by the municipality for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of such improvement, the rate of interest on such assessments or installments may, at the option of the municipality and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, be fixed by the municipality at a rate not exceeding the “effective net interest rate” on such bonds, as that term is herein defined.

In all cases where the property owner does not elect to pay installments or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment in 30 days from the date of assessment, he shall be held to have waived the right to pay in installments, and the entire assessment shall at the expiration of said 30 days become due and payable.

The term “effective net interest rate” as used in this section means, with respect to any bonds issued as aforesaid for the purpose of providing funds to pay any portion of the costs of improvements, that rate computed by (1) determining, at the rate or rates of interest borne or to be borne by such bonds, the total dollar amount of the interest on such bonds from their date to their respective maturities (and deducting from such amount any premium thereon in excess of face value, or adding to such amount any discount thereon below face value, as the case may be), and (2) dividing such total dollar amount of interest by the sum of the bond year dollars of such bonds - the bond year dollars of each maturity of such bonds to be computed by multiplying the face amount of the bonds maturing in each year by the number of years the bonds of that maturity are outstanding.