Ala. Code § 11-47-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-90
Section 11-47-90 Authorization for Conduct by Municipality; Appointment, Oath, and Duties of Enumerators
Status: in_force

Municipal corporations may by ordinance require a census to be taken of the inhabitants residing within the corporate limits of such municipality. Such census shall be taken by enumerators, who shall be responsible citizens appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Such enumerator or enumerators shall take such census block by block and shall state, as far as practical, the name, age, sex, and race of each person residing within such municipality. They shall, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe the following oath: “I solemnly swear that I will honestly and conscientiously enumerate the inhabitants living within the town or city, or portion thereof allotted to me for enumeration.”
Ala. Code § 11-67-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-7
Section 11-67-7 Account of Cost of Abatement or Removal of Nuisance; Report to Governing Body; Posting of Report
Status: in_force

Each Class 2 municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing a nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by the municipality or an authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual, and shall provide an itemized report in writing to the governing body of the municipality showing the cost of abating or removing the nuisance. Before the report is submitted to the governing body, a copy shall be posted for a minimum of five days prior thereto on or near the chamber door of the governing body with a notice of the time when the report will be submitted to the governing body for confirmation.
Ala. Code § 11-47-173 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-173
Section 11-47-173 Right of Entry of Municipality Pending Appeal
Status: in_force

When an appeal is taken from any preliminary assessment as provided for in subsection (c) of Section 11-47-172, such appeal shall not deprive the municipal corporation obtaining the judgment of condemnation from a right of entry for any or all of the purposes provided for in Section 11-47-171 or subsection (a) of Section 11-47-172; provided, that the amount of damages assessed shall be paid into court in money and a bond shall be given in not less than double the amount of damages assessed, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken, conditioned to pay such damages as the owner of the property may sustain.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-18
Section 11-43C-18 District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council
Status: in_force

Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of $50.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $400.00 per month. Said salaries shall be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall salaries be set above those as specified in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-66A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66A / Section 11-66A-16
Section 11-66A-16 Applicability of Certain State Laws
Status: in_force

(a) A research and development corridor shall be subject to Chapter 25 of Title 36, but board members shall not be required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 36-25-14, or any successor to that law.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a research and development corridor shall be subject to the Alabama Open Meetings Act, Chapter 25A of Title 36.
Ala. Code § 11-57-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-6
Section 11-57-6 Board of Directors; Record of Proceedings of Board
Status: in_force

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

All resolutions adopted by the board shall constitute actions of the authority, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing and signed by the secretary of the authority and shall be recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 2-25-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-22
Section 2-25-22 Violations of Article, Rules and Regulations, Notice or Order; Forgery, Etc., of Certificates, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any provision or requirement of this article or of the rules and regulations made thereunder or of any notice or order given pursuant thereto or who shall forge, counterfeit, destroy or wrongfully or improperly use any certificate provided for in this article or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto or who shall interfere with or obstruct any inspector or other employee of the commissioner in the performance of his duties shall be deemed guilty of a Class “C” misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-50-529 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-529
Section 11-50-529 Bonds - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders
Status: in_force

In addition to all other remedies available under this chapter or by law, any holder of any bonds issued by the corporation, including the trustee under any mortgage or deed of trust executed as security therefor, shall have the right, subject to any contractual limitations and to the prior or superior rights of others:

(1) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding to enforce his rights against the corporation and the board and its officers, including the right to require the fixing and collection of uniform schedules of rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement made by the corporation as to, or pledge of, the revenues of the corporation, and to require the corporation and the board and its officers to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and the trustee;

(2) By civil action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds or of such trustee;

(3) By civil action to obtain the appointment of a receiver of the corporation and of any utility owned or operated by it or any part or parts thereof, which receiver shall have all the powers of a receiver, including the right to enter upon and take possession of all or any part of the property of the corporation, including all franchise and other rights in connection with any thereof, and to operate and maintain the same and, under the jurisdiction of such court, to fix and collect revenues arising therefrom in such manner as the corporation might itself do.

All moneys coming into the hands of the receiver shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts and applied in accordance with the orders of such court. No such mortgage shall be subject to foreclosure to the extent that the physical properties covered thereby shall be sold thereunder.
Ala. Code § 2-8-158 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-158
Section 2-8-158 Eligibility to Vote in Referendum; Question to Be Voted On; Period During Which Assessments Levied
Status: in_force

Any referendum conducted under this article may be held on an area or statewide basis, as may be determined by the certified association, pursuant to and in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted for holding of such referendum. All owners of hens engaged in the production of eggs who shall be subject to any assessment levied under this article 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, as provided in this article, in an amount set forth in the call for such referendum, which amount shall not exceed the limitations prescribed by this article. In the event the required number of owners of hens engaged in the production of eggs vote in favor of levying and collecting assessments as authorized in this article, the period of time during which such assessment shall be levied shall be five years following the first referendum and for periods of three years for subsequent referendums, as provided in Section 2-8-160.
Ala. Code § 2-2-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-7
Section 2-2-7 Annual Report; Publication of Handbooks, Pamphlets, Etc
Status: in_force

The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall submit each year on or before December 1 or as early thereafter as practicable to the Governor an annual report covering all operations of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the condition, progress and needs of agriculture and industries throughout the state. Such annual report may be printed as now provided by law in sufficient quantities for general distribution as needed. He may publish, by and with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, such handbooks, pamphlets, bulletins, notices and information as in his judgment will aid and promote agricultural and industrial development of Alabama and the enforcement of the provisions of law relating to agriculture and industries.
Ala. Code § 11-56-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 11-56-2
Section 11-56-2 Legislative Intent; Construction of Chapter Generally
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to empower each incorporated city and town in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing buildings and facilities for lease to and use by the municipality, the county, or any public corporation in the performance of their respective public functions or for lease to and use by the United States, and to invest each corporation organized under this chapter with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purchase, including the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
Ala. Code § 2-15-298 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-298
Section 2-15-298 Ticky Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Prohibited from Entering State
Status: in_force

No ticky cattle or equine or equidae shall be driven, moved, or transported in any way into Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-20
Section 11-54A-20 Dissolution of Corporation and Vesting of Title to Property in City
Status: in_force

At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall thereupon pass to the city.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-99 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-99
Section 11-43A-99 Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office until Different Provision Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices
Status: in_force

All persons holding any administrative office on the date that the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their respective duties until different provision shall be made for the performance of such duties or until the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this article or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein or by law.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-19
Section 11-43A-19 Power of Council to Create, Change, and Abolish Offices, Etc., and Assign Additional Functions or Duties Thereto
Status: in_force

The council, by ordinance, may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, boards, or agencies other than the offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this article. The council, by ordinance, may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this chapter but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, board or agency any function or duty assigned by this chapter to a particular office, department, board or agency.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-4
Section 11-61A-4 Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state all of the following:

(1) The name of each person forming the authority, the residence of each person, a statement that each person is a duly qualified elector of the municipality, and a statement that each is the owner of property in the municipality.

(2) The name of the authority (which shall include the words “Parking Authority”).

(3) The duration that the authority will exist. If the duration is to be perpetual, that fact shall be stated.

(4) The name of the municipality authorizing the incorporation of the authority and the date the authorization was granted.

(5) The proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the boundaries of the municipality.

(6) Any other matters that are not inconsistent with this chapter or other laws of the state that the authority chooses to insert.
Ala. Code § 11-43-58 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-58
Section 11-43-58 Judging of Qualifications and Election of Mayor, President of Council, Etc
Status: in_force

The council shall judge of the qualifications and election of the mayor, the president of the council and of each alderman, and such other officers as may be elected by the people, and the resolutions and ordinances that may be adopted by the council under this section shall not be subject to the approval or disapproval of the mayor.
Ala. Code § 11-48-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-54
Section 11-48-54 Redemption of Property After Sale Generally
Status: in_force

Any real property heretofore or hereafter sold for the satisfaction of a local improvement assessment lien imposed thereon by the governing body of a municipality may be redeemed by the former owner, or his assigns, or other person authorized to redeem property sold for taxes by the State of Alabama within two years from the date of such sale by paying to the purchaser at such sale or to any person deraigning title under such purchaser or to the city or town treasurer for such purchaser or person deraigning title under such purchaser the amount of the purchase price for which the property was sold at such sale plus an amount equal to interest on such purchase price from the date of such sale to the date of redemption at the rate of six percent per annum plus a fee of $2.00 to cover the expense of a conveyance. If the redemption is made from the municipality, the payment may be made upon such terms including installment payments as the governing body of the municipality may approve.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-19 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-19
Section 11-61A-19 Investment by Governing Body
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or municipality within this state may invest any idle or surplus money held in its treasury in bonds of the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-47-240 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-240
Section 11-47-240 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(1) THE CITY. A city subject to this article.

(2) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative power of the city is vested.

(3) PARKING FACILITY. Any building, structure, land, right-of-way, equipment, or facility used or useful in connection with the construction, enlargement, development, maintenance, or operation of any area or building for off-street parking of motor vehicles.
Ala. Code § 11-50-351 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-351
Section 11-50-351 Establishment, Collection, Etc., of Rates, Fees, and Charges for Services Furnished
Status: in_force

(a) The board is hereby authorized to fix and revise from time to time rates, fees, and other charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by any water system, sewer system, or sewage disposal system or parts thereof owned, operated, or maintained by the board. Such rates, fees and charges shall be so fixed and revised as to provide funds sufficient at all times: (1) To pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such system or systems or parts thereof; (2) To pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the board, including any bonds issued to refund the same, as the same shall become due and payable; (3) To pay the principal of and the interest on all revenue bonds issued by the board under the provisions of this article as the same shall become due and payable; (4) To create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing such bonds; and (5) To make such annual payments to the city, if any, as may have been agreed upon by the council and the board. The board shall charge and collect the rates, fees, and charges so fixed or revised, and such rates, fees, and charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, department, agency, or official of the state or of the city.

(b) Such rates, fees, and charges shall be just and equitable and may be based or computed either upon the quantity of water used or upon the number and size of water or sewer connections or upon the number and kind of plumbing fixtures in use in the premises connected with the water system or the sewer system or upon the number or average number of persons residing or working in or otherwise connected with such premises or upon the type or character of such premises or upon any other factor affecting the use of the facilities furnished or upon any combination of the foregoing factors.

(c) Any charges for sewer services, including services to manufacturing and industrial plants, obtaining all or a part of their water supply from sources other than the water system of the board may be determined by gauging or metering or in any other manner approved by the board.

(d) In cases where the character of the sewage from any manufacturing or industrial plant, building, or premises is such that it imposes an unreasonable burden upon the sewer system, an additional charge may be made therefor, or the board may, if it deems it advisable, compel such manufacturing or industrial plant, building, or premises to treat such sewage in such manner as shall be specified by the board before discharging such sewage into any sewers owned or maintained by the board.

(e) The board may combine any water system and sewer system owned and operated by it and may provide a single schedule of rates, fees, and charges for the services and facilities furnished by such combined system. It may also provide for reductions in such schedule in cases where water is furnished to premises which are not connected with the sewer system of the board.
Ala. Code § 11-50-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-31
Section 11-50-31 Rights and Powers of Domestic Municipal Corporations as to Acquisition, Maintenance, Etc., of Waterworks Systems Conferred Upon Foreign Municipal Corporations
Status: in_force

All the rights and powers that are incident to and conferred by law upon municipal corporations of this state to purchase, hold, take, and condemn property or easements in property needful for the location, maintenance, security, and operation of a complete system of waterworks, including the ownership of such watersheds, rights-of-way, and easements in property and the construction of such dams, canals, raceways, and reservoirs and the laying of such pipes, conduits, and mains as is necessary and proper to render a public water supply available for use are hereby conferred upon such foreign municipal corporations as may wish to procure a public water supply from this state in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-46-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-31
Section 11-46-31 Exhibition of Voting Machines for Voter Instruction and Information; Diagrams Furnished with Voting Machines
Status: in_force

During the 30 days next preceding an election at which voting machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition in public places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election shall be used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed for the election. This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote tabulator that requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that will be read by the tabulator. In these municipalities, the municipal governing body shall, at least 30 days prior to the municipal election, place a sample of the ballot or vote card that will be used in the election on public exhibition in public places and at the times it deems most suitable for the information and instruction of the voters.

Prior to any election the municipal governing body may cause copies of any diagram or diagrams required to be furnished with voting machines at polling places to be made, either in full size or reduced size, and to be posted, published, advertised, or distributed among the electors in a manner as they may deem desirable.
Ala. Code § 11-44B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance with Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality
Status: in_force

If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then:

(1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance,

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

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

(2) The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended;

(3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice that an election for mayor and all the members of the city council will be held at the next regular municipal election as required and provided for by the election laws of the state of Alabama, which shall be the same date at which the regular municipal elections for the commission board would otherwise be held, being the second Tuesday in July, 1985, and if necessary, run-off elections on the third Tuesday next thereafter as provided by law, and such elections shall be so held wherein a mayor shall be elected at large and a seven-member council shall be elected from single-member districts as provided by this chapter;

(4) The municipality shall, after said election and the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor as provided in this chapter, be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided and thereafter be governed by a mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts pursuant to this chapter, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-14-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 2-14-2
Section 2-14-2 Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees by providing for the registration, inspection and control of honeybees and apiaries, which activity is hereby found and declared by the Legislature to promote agriculture in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 2-15-62 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-62
Section 2-15-62 Livestock Market Permit Fees; Use and Disclosure of Information Pertaining to Amount or Volume of Business
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this section, every person operating a livestock market in this state shall be required to pay annually, on or before October 1, a permit fee. The exact amount of such annual permit fee for livestock markets, depending upon the annual gross business during the preceding 12-month period prior to October 1 established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries, within the range of the schedule set out below, shall be as follows:

(1) For an annual gross business of $250,000.00 or less, the permit fee shall be not less than $75.00 nor more than $90.00;

(2) For an annual gross business of more than $250,000.00 but less than $500,000.00, the permit fee shall be not less than $150.00 nor more than $180.00;

(3) For an annual gross business of more than $500,000.00 but less than $1,000,000.00, the permit fee shall be not less than $225.00 nor more than $270.00;

(4) For an annual gross business of more than $1,000,000.00 but less than $2,500,000.00, the permit fee shall be not less than $300.00 nor more than $360.00;

(5) For an annual gross business of over $2,500,000.00, the permit fee shall be not less than $375.00 nor more than $450.00.

The amount of permit for livestock markets which are beginning operations shall be the minimum established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries. The fee levied under this section for any permit issued on or after April 1 of any year shall be one half of the amount prescribed above for an annual permit fee unless the permit was actually required to be obtained prior to that date.

(b) All permit fees due under this section shall be delinquent 30 days from the date on which such permit fee was due and a delinquent penalty of 15 percent shall be added to the amount of the permit fee.

(c) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.

(d) The permit fee levied under this section shall be paid by all agricultural cooperative marketing associations operating livestock markets. The exemptions allowed such agricultural cooperative marketing associations pursuant to Section 2-10-105 or any other exemption statute shall not relieve such cooperative associations from the payment of the permit fee levied by the provisions of this section.

(e) Any information received by the commissioner or the department relating to the amount or volume of business conducted by a livestock market for the purposes of Section 2-15-61 and this section shall be confidential and for official use only and shall not be divulged by the commissioner or department; provided, however, that such information may be used for agricultural statistical purposes and shall be disclosed in aggregate amounts only and not be publicly disclosed with respect to the name or names of individual livestock markets.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-94 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-94
Section 11-44C-94 Materials or Supplies Becoming Component Parts in Repair, Etc., of Certain Aircraft
Status: in_force

(a) In Class 2 municipalities, the gross proceeds from the sale or sales of materials or supplies to any person for the use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repair, conversion, modification, or reconditioning of aircraft of 30,000 pounds gross weight or greater shall be exempt from municipal sales and use tax. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exemption provided in this section shall only apply to those materials and supplies which enter into and become a component part of those aircraft.

(b) The exemption provided in this section shall be applicable to all sales occurring on and after October 1, 2003.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-7
Section 11-43A-7 Time for Change in Form of Government
Status: in_force

The change in the form of government shall take place on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election for the election of members of the governing body held by the municipality during a general municipal election year as established by Section 11-46-21, except in Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council as authorized in Section 11-43A-8; and in such cities the change in the form of government may take place on the first Monday in November in any even-numbered year, designated therefor by the municipal governing body unless the election approving such change was held in 1983, in which case the change shall take place on the first Monday in October 1986.
Ala. Code § 2-2-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-4
Section 2-2-4 Term of Office; Vacancy
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall hold office for a term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The vacancies in said office shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term and until the election and qualification of a successor.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-11
Section 2-3A-11 Exemption from Taxation
Status: in_force

The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages and deeds of trust or trust indentures by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, incorporated city or town, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but without limitation to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes or costs to the judge of probate of any county of this state in respect of its incorporation or the recording of any document. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any private person, firm or corporation from payment of any ad valorem, mortgage or deed taxes or recording fees notwithstanding the fact that the authority has acquired an interest in the property or instrument subject to such taxes or fees.
Ala. Code § 11-50-83 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-83
Section 11-50-83 Filing of Written Objections, Etc., to Proposed Assessments by Property Owners
Status: in_force

The owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of said sewer or sewers or sewer system, may appear at any time on or before the date named in the notice provided for in Section 11-50-81 or at the meeting mentioned therein and file in writing with the clerk or in his office any objections or defense to the proposed assessment against said property or to the amount thereof. Persons who do not file objections in writing or protests against such assessment on or before the date named in said notice shall be held to have consented to the same.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-50
Section 11-43A-50 Oath or Affirmation of Councilman, Officers, and Employees
Status: in_force

Every councilman, officer and employee of the municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk:

“I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am eligible for the office of _____ and will execute the duties of same according to the best of my ability, and that I will support the Constitutions and will obey the laws of the United States and of the State of Alabama; that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the ordinances of the City of _____, and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of _____.”
Ala. Code § 2-10-58 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 2-10-58
Section 2-10-58 Provisions of Bylaws
Status: in_force

Each association incorporated under this article shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted by this article. A majority vote of the members or stockholders or their written assent is necessary to adopt such bylaws. Each association, under its bylaws, may also provide for any or all of the following matters:

(1) The time, place and manner of calling and conducting its meetings;

(2) The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum;

(3) The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or by both and the conditions, manner, form and effects of such votes;

(4) The number of directors constituting a quorum;

(5) The qualification, compensation, duties and term of office of directors and officers, the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;

(6) Penalties for violations of the bylaws;

(7) The amount of entrance, organization and membership fees, if any, the manner and method of collection of the same and the purposes for which they may be used;

(8) The amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association, the charge, if any, to be paid by each member or stockholder for services rendered by the association to him and the time of payment and manner of collection and the marketing contract between the association and its members or stockholders which every member or stockholder may be required to sign;

(9) The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock and the method, time and manner of permitting members to withdraw or the holders of common stock to transfer their stock;

(10) The manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members and of the shares of common stock;

(11) The conditions upon which and the time when membership of any member shall cease;

(12) The automatic suspension of the rights of a member when he ceases to be eligible to membership in the association and the mode, manner and effect of the expulsion of a member; and

(13) The manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or stockholder or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of his membership or, at the option of the association, by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors.

In case of the withdrawal or expulsion of a member, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise his property interests in the association and shall fix the amount thereof in money which shall be paid to him within one year after such expulsion or withdrawal.
Ala. Code § 2-15-82 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-82
Section 2-15-82 Livestock Market Reporting Requirements; Provision of List of Licensed Dealers by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Status: in_force

Every livestock market in Alabama is hereby required to report to the commissioner the name and address of any dealer who fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of the Alabama Livestock Dealers’ Financial Responsibility Act which requires every dealer in livestock to make full payment of the amount of each purchase of livestock to the person from whom the purchase was made not later than the close of the next business day following the date of such purchase. The commissioner shall furnish every livestock market with a complete list showing thereon the names and addresses of every dealer who has been issued a livestock dealer’s license, with supplements thereto, as may be necessary to enable livestock markets to comply with the reporting requirements hereof.
Ala. Code § 11-47-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-13
Section 11-47-13 Purchase of School Property and Erection of School Buildings; Levy of Tax Therefor
Status: in_force

All municipal corporations may purchase school property or purchase lots and erect school buildings thereon for the use and benefit of the citizens of their respective towns or cities. For said purpose the town council or board of aldermen may levy a tax not exceeding one-fourth of one percent; provided, that the city or town tax shall not exceed the constitutional limitation. The town council or board of aldermen may purchase school property, from time to time, for the maintenance and improvement of such school property and the maintenance of public schools therein within the limits prescribed in this section. Any purchase of school property under the power granted in this section shall only be made by the majority vote of the town council or board of aldermen of such city or town and approved by the mayor.
Ala. Code § 11-59-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 59 / Section 11-59-8
Section 11-59-8 Powers of Corporations Generally
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those hereinafter stated:

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

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

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

(4) To acquire, whether by condemnation, purchase, exchange, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, and to construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more facilities, including all real and personal properties which the board of directors of the corporation may deem necessary or convenient in connection therewith and regardless of whether or not any such facilities shall then be in existence and whether or not the same shall then be publicly or privately owned and whether or not the same shall then be used by the municipality;

(5) To operate and to lease to others any or all of its facilities;

(6) To fix and collect admission fees to and rents and charges for the use of its facilities or of any part thereof and to make and enforce regulations for the termination of any admission privileges or licenses granted by it and the discontinuance of any leases or services upon the failure to pay any fees, charges or rents provided therefor;

(7) To issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers;

(8) To mortgage and pledge its facilities or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the rents and revenues therefrom or from any thereof as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any obligations incurred in connection therewith;

(9) To exchange, sell, and convey any of its facilities which shall have become worn out or obsolete or which shall not be needed for the furtherance of its corporate purposes;

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

(11) To appoint and employ such officers, employees, and agents, including attorneys, as the board of directors shall deem necessary for the business of the corporation; and

(12) To purchase machinery and equipment on the installment plan, to borrow money for such purpose and to issue negotiable notes or other evidence of debt in evidence thereof and as security therefor, to pledge and mortgage the machinery so purchased.
Ala. Code § 11-49-101 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-101
Section 11-49-101 Adoption of Ordinance for Vacation of Street and Erection of Public Building, Etc., Thereon - Publication of Notice as to Introduction of Ordinance and Time for Consideration Thereof by Council, Etc. - Required
Status: in_force

No ordinance vacating a portion of a street as provided by Section 11-49-100 shall be adopted until after the expiration of 30 days after its first introduction, and after it has been introduced it shall be published in some newspaper published in the city or town for two successive weeks, and such publication shall also contain a statement of the time when it will be considered and that objections to its passage may then be heard by the council or other governing body; provided, however, that if the city or town has no newspaper published therein, such publication shall be made in some newspaper of general circulation published within the county where such city or town is located.

If, for any reason, the ordinance is not acted on at the time stated in the said notice, it may be postponed to the next regular meeting of the council or other governing body and may thereafter be postponed by the council or other governing body to subsequent regular meetings.
Ala. Code § 2-15-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-80
Section 2-15-80 Purpose of Division
Status: in_force

The Alabama Livestock Dealers’ Financial Responsibility Act requires, among other things, the prompt payment of the purchase price of livestock purchased by livestock dealers. Therefore, the intent and purpose of this division is to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to more effectively enforce the requirements of such act by requiring livestock markets to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any dealer who purchases livestock without complying with the provisions of said act.
Ala. Code § 2-11-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-45
Section 2-11-45 Weighing Procedures; Printed Ticket
Status: in_force

(a) When making a weight determination of farm-raised catfish, the processor shall weigh the catfish as they are unloaded from the live haul truck and shall drain any water from the weighing baskets before the catfish are weighed. No deductions shall be made thereafter for water in the weighing baskets.

(b) The processor shall also use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of farm-raised catfish and subject to the provisions of Article 1, commencing with Section 8-16-1, of Chapter 16 of Title 8. The weighing device shall electronically print a ticket which provides an exact duplicate of the weight indicated. A copy of this ticket shall be furnished to the owner of the catfish. The ticket shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The name and address of the processor.

(2) The name of the owner of the catfish being weighed.

(3) The date the catfish are weighed.

(4) The signature of the individual who weighed the farm-raised catfish recorded on the weight ticket.

(5) Any additional information the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries deems necessary for the lawful and accurate recording of the weight of farm-raised catfish.

(c) The device should print zero (0) before each weighing.

(d) Deductions for trash fish, turtles, and other foreign materials shall be determined by a separate electronic weighing of the trash fish, turtles, and other foreign materials with a printed ticket provided to the producer.
Ala. Code § 2-32-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 32 / Section 2-32-9
Section 2-32-9 Assessment Moneys Collected - Generally
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association, on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year, all assessment moneys collected by the commissioner, less an amount not to exceed three percent of the total amount collected, which amount shall be deposited in the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The assessment moneys remitted to the treasurer of the certified association shall be used and expended by the association for a promotional program in the manner provided by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the association.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-53 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-53
Section 11-44E-53 Codification Authorized
Status: in_force

The commission may provide at any time it may deem proper, for the revision and codification of its resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, or may relate to that portion of such resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, which relate to, affect, or purport to govern any particular subject or subjects or subdivision of municipal legislation. The commission shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which said code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer or officers of said city by posting or by publication, one or all, but it shall not be necessary unless so prescribed by the commission for such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The commission may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The commission may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto may be certified by and filed with the city clerk, or other corresponding officer, in lieu of spreading the same on the minutes; and the commission may prescribe the manner in which copies of such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, may be officially certified for use by the inhabitants or by the courts. The commission may adopt and provide for the maintenance in a designated office of the city a comprehensive zoning map of the city open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and may make such zoning map a part of any ordinance by reference thereto in such ordinance and without publication of such zoning map in any newspaper. Such zoning map need not be in one piece but may for convenience be in sections. A zoning map of territory newly added to the city shall be treated as a comprehensive zoning of the city for purposes of application of the provisions of the preceding sentence.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-25
Section 11-43A-25 Thirty-Day Delay in Effect of Ordinances Granting Franchises, Etc.; Publication at Expense of Grantee
Status: in_force

No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise, lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as provided by law which publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm or corporation applying for said grant.
Ala. Code § 2-8-151 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-151
Section 2-8-151 Authorized Activities Not Illegal or in Restraint of Trade
Status: in_force

No association, meeting or activity undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of this article and intended to benefit the poultry and egg industry shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
Ala. Code § 11-51-41 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-41
Section 11-51-41 When Taxes Due and Delinquent
Status: in_force

The municipal taxes due and payable up to September 30 succeeding the effective date of such ordinance shall be collected under and in accordance with the laws existing to such September 30, but from, on and after October 1 succeeding the effective date of such ordinance, no municipal taxes of such cities or towns shall be due or collectible except under the provisions of this article. Whenever in this article the words “city” or “cities” are used the same shall also include towns and all other municipalities.
Ala. Code § 11-52-36 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 11-52-36
Section 11-52-36 Jurisdiction of Planning Commission as to Subdivision Plats in Territory Controlled Under Section 11-52-31 Exclusive; Status of Other Existing Platting or Subdivision Statutes
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2012-297, §4, effective October 1, 2012.
Ala. Code § 11-51-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-9
Section 11-51-9 Collection of Taxes Due Upon Property Assessed to Unknown Owner Generally
Status: in_force

When property, other than real, is assessed to an unknown owner, the taxes due may be collected by a levy of execution upon such property and a sale thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-47-215 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-215
Section 11-47-215 Certificate of Incorporation of Authorities - Contents
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:

(1) The names of the persons forming the authority, together with the residence of each person, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of at least one of the subdivisions.

(2) The name of the authority, which may be a name indicating in a general way the area proposed to be served by the authority and shall include the words “Public Park Authority” (e.g., “The _____ Public Park Authority,” or “The Public Park Authority of _____,” the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of one or more of the authorizing subdivisions or other geographically descriptive word or words, the descriptive word or words shall not, however, preclude the authority from locating facilities or otherwise exercising its powers in other geographical areas), unless the Secretary of State shall determine that the name is identical to the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, in which case, the incorporators may insert additional identifying words so as to eliminate the possibility of duplication or similarity.

(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, that fact should be so stated).

(4) The name of each authorizing subdivision, together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted an authorizing resolution.

(5) The proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the boundaries of one of the authorizing subdivisions.

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

(7) If the exercise by the authority of any of its powers hereunder is to be in any way prohibited, limited, or conditioned and a statement of the terms of the prohibition, limitation, or condition.

(8) The number of members of the board of directors of the authority, which shall be an odd number not less than three, the duration of their respective terms of office, which shall not be in excess of six years, and the manner of their election or appointment.

(9) Any provisions, not inconsistent with this article, which relate to the vesting of title to its properties upon its dissolution.

(10) A statement as to whether employees of the authority shall or shall not be subject to civil service laws, retirement laws, and disability laws applicable to employees of one of the authorizing subdivisions which then may be in effect or may thereafter be enacted.

(11) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 2-6-84 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-84
Section 2-6-84 Securities as Legal Investments
Status: in_force

Securities issued by the corporation under the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for fiduciaries investing trust funds and for investments by savings banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state and shall be eligible to be used as security for the deposit of funds of the state and its instrumentalities.
Ala. Code § 11-50-310 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-310
Section 11-50-310 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) WATER SYSTEM. A plant and system for the gathering, collecting, or impounding of water and the distribution thereof for domestic or industrial use or both or a plant or system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of water for domestic or industrial use or both, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises.

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

(3) GAS SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture and distribution of gas or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of manufactured or natural gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises.

(4) ELECTRIC SYSTEM. A plant and system for the generation, manufacture, and distribution of electricity or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of electricity, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises.

(5) SYSTEM. A water system or a sewer system, or a gas system or an electric system.

(6) SYSTEMS. More than one system.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-32 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-32
Section 11-43C-32 Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee
Status: in_force

Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount of $350.00, which qualifying fee shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
Ala. Code § 11-55-10 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 55 / Section 11-55-10
Section 11-55-10 Requirements as to Leases of Projects
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following:

(1) The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project;

(2) The amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and

(3) The estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto.

(b) The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made by subsection (a) of this section shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and, prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease the project to a lessee under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals as upon the basis of such determinations and findings will be sufficient:

(1) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project;

(2) To build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith; and

(3) To pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-13
Section 11-44A-13 Pension and Retirement Plans, Etc., Continued
Status: in_force

All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder.
Ala. Code § 2-15-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-121
Section 2-15-121 Application for Charter; Information Required; Fee
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-226, §2, effective August 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 2-15-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-30
Section 2-15-30 Violations of Provisions of Article or Rules and Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Deemed Misdemeanors; Disposition of Fines Collected for Violations of Article; Revocation, Etc., of Permits or Licenses of Livestock Markets or Livestock Dealers by Commissioner Upon Violations of Provisions of Article
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who performs any act declared to be unlawful by this article or who fails to perform any duty imposed by the provisions and requirements of this article or who violates any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided by law for such an offense.

(b) All amounts paid as fines for violations of this article when collected by the proper authority shall be transmitted to the department and deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.

(c) If any livestock market or livestock dealer violates any of the provisions or requirements of this article, such violations shall constitute grounds for the commissioner to revoke or cancel or refuse to issue or renew the permit or license issued by him which authorizes the operation of a livestock market or to engage in business as a livestock dealer pursuant to the law which regulates and governs the receipt, handling and sale of livestock at livestock markets or as a livestock dealer pursuant to Article 6 of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-4
Section 11-54B-4 Findings Required for Public Hearing on Adoption of Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance
Status: in_force

A public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business improvement district ordinance may be called only if the governing body of a municipality finds that:

(a) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requirements of Section 11-54B-5 has been filed with the clerk of the municipality.

(b) The area described in the self-help business improvement district plan would benefit from being designated as a self-help business improvement district.

(c) The self-help business improvement district plan required by Section 11-54B-5 includes a designated district management corporation to provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses, employees, residents, and consumers in the self-help business improvement district.

(d) The self-help business improvement district plan includes a special assessment which will be levied by the district management corporation on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district to finance the supplemental services described in the plan and that such special assessment is expected to produce revenue which is consistent with the annual budget adopted and approved as provided in this chapter.

(e) The copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the district management corporation satisfy the requirements of Section 11-54B-9.

(f) It is in the best interests of the municipality and the public to designate the geographical area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district and to designate a district management corporation to provide administrative and other services to the district.

(g) The existing level of publicly funded services provided by the municipality in the geographical area of the proposed district has been documented in writing and certified by the mayor of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-17-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-25
Section 2-17-25 Designation and Powers of Commissioner as State Agency for Cooperating with Secretary of Agriculture; Jurisdiction of Commissioner Exclusive as to Activities Covered by Chapter; Cooperation with Other Governmental Branches and Agencies
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and such agency is hereby directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the meat and poultry inspection program of this state under this chapter to assure that its requirements will be at least equal to those imposed by the applicable provisions of the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and in developing and administering the program of this state under this chapter in such manner as will effectuate the purposes of this chapter and said federal acts.

(b) In such cooperative efforts, the commissioner is authorized to accept from said Secretary of Agriculture of the United States advisory assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training (including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment) and financial and other aid for administration of such a program. The commissioner is further authorized to spend public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this chapter to pay 50 percent of its estimated total cost of the cooperative programs so developed.

(c) The commissioner is further authorized to recommend to the said Secretary of Agriculture of the United States such officials or employees of this state as the commissioner shall designate for appointment to the advisory committee provided for in Section 301 of the federal Meat Inspection Act, and the commissioner shall serve as the representative of the Governor of this state for consultation with said secretary under paragraph (c) of Section 301 of said act, unless the Governor shall select and designate another representative.

(d) For the purpose of preventing and eliminating burdens on intrastate commerce with respect to meat and poultry and meat products and poultry products, the jurisdiction of the commissioner within the scope of this chapter shall be exclusive, and no county or municipal board of health or other county or municipal agency shall have any power or jurisdiction to regulate the slaughtering of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or the preparation or transportation of the carcasses or parts thereof or the meat and meat products and poultry products of such animals or birds, nor shall any county or municipal board of health or other county or municipal agency have any power or jurisdiction with regard to the inspections provided for in this chapter, nor with respect to any other activity committed to the authority of the commissioner by this chapter.

(e) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may cooperate with all other branches of government, county and municipal, and with county and municipal health departments or other agencies and may conduct such examinations, investigations and inspections as provided for in this chapter and as he determines practical through any officer or employee of the state or any municipality or county in the state qualified for such purpose. The commissioner is also authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with any municipal or county health departments to carry out the duties and requirements of this chapter. Any municipal or county health department is also authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with the commissioner for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this chapter.

(f) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude or restrict any municipality or county from the exercise of its police powers with regard to the establishment and maintenance of the facilities at which the activities regulated by this chapter are conducted.
Ala. Code § 2-21-34 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 21 / Section 2-21-34
Section 2-21-34 Publication of Certain Information
Status: in_force

The commissioner may publish annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable; provided, that the information concerning production and use of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any persons.
Ala. Code § 11-50-462 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-462
Section 11-50-462 Members of Board - Election and Terms of Office; Vacancies
Status: in_force

The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members of the board. Immediately upon the creation and establishment of the board, the governing body of such municipality shall proceed to elect one member to serve until July 1 of the next ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified, one member to serve until July 1 of the second ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified and one member to serve until July 1 of the third ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified.

At the first regular meeting of the governing body of such municipality in the month of June of each year, the said governing body shall elect a successor of the member of the board whose term expires on July 1 following, and the person so elected shall become a member of the board on July 1 following and shall hold such position for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Should such governing body fail to elect a member at its first meeting in the month of June, it shall do so at any succeeding regular meeting of such governing body. A member of the board may succeed himself if the governing body of such municipality desires to reelect him.

Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board by resignation, death, or any other cause, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately fill said vacancy by electing another person to membership on the board, who shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member he succeeds and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 11-46-138 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-138
Section 11-46-138 Offenses of Electors
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-35 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-35
Section 11-43A-35 Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office until Contrary Provision Is Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, Etc
Status: in_force

All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-manager form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency, be abolished by this article, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein.
Ala. Code § 2-19-126 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-126
Section 2-19-126 Authority to Designate Elimination Zones; Authority to Prohibit Planting of Cotton and to Require Participation in Eradication Program
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to designate by regulation one or more areas of this state as “elimination zones” where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken. The board is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within an elimination zone when there is reason to believe it will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety. The board is authorized to issue regulations prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in such elimination zones, and requiring that all growers of commercial cotton in the elimination zones participate in a program of boll weevil eradication including cost sharing as prescribed in the regulations. Notice of such prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one day each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area. The board is authorized to set by regulation a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when growers in designated “elimination zones” do not meet the requirements of regulations issued by the board with respect to reporting of acreage and participation in cost sharing as prescribed by regulation. Such penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of $50.00 per acre. When a grower fails to meet the requirements of regulations promulgated by the board, the commissioner shall have authority in elimination zones to destroy cotton not in compliance with such regulations. Costs incurred by the commissioner may be assessed against the grower.
Ala. Code § 22-52-10.7 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-10.7
Section 22-52-10.7 Transfer to Another Facility
Status: in_force

A respondent committed to inpatient treatment may be transferred from any treatment facility to another treatment facility when deemed to be in the best interest of the respondent. Any law enforcement officer or any designated employee of the department or designated mental health facility shall have the authority to transport committed respondents from any facility to any other facility within the State of Alabama so long as it is in the best interest of the committed respondents.
Ala. Code § 2-15-294 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-294
Section 2-15-294 Appointment, Commissioning and Supervision of Inspectors; Inspectors to Be Paid by Counties
Status: in_force

The county commission in each county shall pay a reasonable salary, as determined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to as many inspectors as shall be required in the county to guard county lines, look after isolated vats, quarantined ranges and premises and quarantined cattle.

The inspectors paid by the county shall be determined and appointed and commissioned by the State Veterinarian with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as state inspectors, and they shall work under the direction of the State Veterinarian or the state or federal inspector in charge of the county.
Ala. Code § 22-51-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 22-51-14
Section 22-51-14 Appropriations by Local Governing Bodies
Status: in_force

The governing bodies which are entitled to appoint a member of the board of directors are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the cost of construction of the facilities as determined upon by agreement between the board of directors and the respective governing bodies; and the said governing bodies are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the cost of operating such programs as the corporation shall have elected to implement, as determined by agreement between the Alabama Department of Mental Health, the board of directors and the respective governing bodies, notwithstanding the fact that the said facilities may be located in a county other than the county whose governing body makes the said appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-20
Section 11-43C-20 Vice-President of Council
Status: in_force

The vice-president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve a two-year term and may be re-elected for another two-year term. The vice-president will serve in the absence of the president. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of vice-president of the council, the council shall elect a successor to the vice-president.
Ala. Code § 11-48-26 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-26
Section 11-48-26 Filing of Written Objections, Etc., to Assessments by Property Owners
Status: in_force

The owner or owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of said improvement may appear at any time on or before the date named in said notice or at said meeting and file in writing with the clerk or in his office any objections or defense to the proposed assessment against said property or to the amount thereof, and persons who do not file objections or protests in writing against such assessment shall be held to have consented to the same.
Ala. Code § 11-50-56 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-56
Section 11-50-56 Giving of Notice Under Provisions of Division
Status: in_force

Whenever in the exercise of any power granted under this division notice is required to be given, the mayor and aldermen or other governing body may designate a person or persons to give such notice, who shall be a bonded officer of the municipality, and to make returns upon the same, and such return shall be prima facie evidence of such notice.

Personal notice to nonresidents shall not be necessary, and the mayor and aldermen or other governing body may provide and fix the character of the publication of notice to nonresidents, which shall be given by publication once a week for three weeks or by posting for the same time in three public places in said city or town where no newspaper is published therein.

Whenever any notice to a resident property owner is returned not found, the mayor and aldermen or other governing body may prescribe and issue alias notices to be served as in the case of the original notice. Two returns of “not found” as to a resident property owner shall authorize the mayor and aldermen or other governing body to proceed to give notice to such resident property owner by publication as herein required to be given to nonresidents.
Ala. Code § 11-54-95 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-95
Section 11-54-95 Documents of Boards May Be Filed for Record Without Payment of Taxes or Certain Fees
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of the industrial development board, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are conveyed to the board, any mortgages or deeds of trust executed by the board, any leases or agreements or contracts of sale made by the board, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are conveyed by the board to another pursuant to a contractual obligation of the board or as a result of the exercise of an option theretofore granted by the board, and the certificate of dissolution of the board may all be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the board is organized or any county in which any property involved is located without the payment of any tax or fees other than such fees as may be authorized by law for the recording of such instruments.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-45 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-45
Section 11-54B-45 Mailing of Proposed Ordinance and Notice of Hearing
Status: in_force

At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district plan, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, with a description of the geographical area proposed to be included in the district, the proposed ordinance, and the self-help business district plan shall be mailed to all known owners of nonexempt real property located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district by the municipality. The notice shall be mailed to all known owners of nonexempt real property at the address listed in the county property tax assessment records. In addition, a copy of the notice shall be posted in at least three places located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district. A property owner’s failure to receive a copy of the notice shall not constitute grounds to contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district established by ordinance. Alternatively, in the case of a district formed to increase tourism within the municipality, the notices required shall be mailed to the owners of the businesses of the designated class, but the failure of a business owner or business to receive a copy of the notice shall not constitute grounds to contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district established by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-57-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-3
Section 11-57-3 Application for Authority to Form Corporation; Adoption of Resolution by Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation; Procedure for Incorporation Generally
Status: in_force

Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this chapter, if it shall be made to appear to the governing body that each of the said persons is a duly qualified elector of and property owner in the municipality; and, if the governing body shall duly adopt a resolution wherein it shall be declared that it will be wise, expedient, and necessary that such a public corporation be formed and that the persons filing such application shall be authorized to proceed to form such public corporation, then the said persons shall become the incorporators of and shall proceed to incorporate the authority in the manner provided in this chapter.

No corporation shall be formed under this chapter unless the application provided for in this section shall be made and unless the resolution provided for in this section shall be adopted.
Ala. Code § 11-40-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-3
Section 11-40-3 Acquisition of Rights, Power, and Authority Granted
Status: in_force

Affirmative action shall not be necessary for cities and towns to acquire the rights, power, and authority granted in this title. Municipalities shall, however, hold such elections and pass such ordinances and resolutions as are required by this title.
Ala. Code § 2-6-80 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-80
Section 2-6-80 Renovation of Coliseum
Status: in_force

The Agricultural Center Board shall proceed with the renovation and repair of the coliseum as soon as may be practical following the sale of the corporation’s securities. Such renovation and repair shall be done by the Agricultural Center Board under the supervision of the Building Commission upon the award of a contract or contracts for each part of the work to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for and public openings of sealed bids; provided, that for the purpose of determining the lowest responsible bidder, the invitation for bids and the bidding documents shall be so arranged that alternates from the base bid shall constitute cumulative deductions from the base bid in the event such alternates should be selected. All such contracts shall be lump sum contracts and shall be awarded and executed by the Agricultural Center Board to the respective lowest bidders following determination by the Building Commission of the lowest bidders. Payments made under any such contracts shall be only upon the contractor’s written, verified statements when approved by the Building Commission or its agent, in such amounts as the Building Commission may approve as having been then earned under such contracts. The Building Commission shall be reimbursed for all reasonable direct costs incurred by it in connection with such acquisition, construction and equipping, including expenses and fees for the preparation of plans, specifications and contract documents and supervision and inspection of the work. Such plans and specifications may be revised and extras may be added to the contracts only when approved by the Building Commission and only to the extent that funds are available therefor.
Ala. Code § 11-50-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-30
Section 11-50-30 Acquisition, Etc., by Foreign Municipalities of Property Necessary to Afford Adequate Water Supply Authorized
Status: in_force

Any city or town located in any state adjoining the State of Alabama which is duly incorporated by the laws of the state wherein such town or city is located may acquire, own, take, and dispose of any property, real or personal, in this state, that may be necessary or appropriate for affording such town or city and the inhabitants thereof an adequate water supply to be drawn from a source located in this state.
Ala. Code § 22-52-10.4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-10.4
Section 22-52-10.4 Findings Necessary for Inpatient Treatment; Order When No Treatment Available
Status: in_force

(a) A respondent may be committed to inpatient treatment if the judge of probate, based upon clear and convincing evidence, finds that all of the following are true:

(1) The respondent has a mental illness or a mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder .

(2) As a result of the mental illness or mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder, the respondent poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to self or others.

(3) The respondent, if not treated, will continue to suffer mental distress and continue to experience deterioration of the ability to function independently.

(4) The respondent is unable to make a rational and informed decision as to whether or not treatment for mental illness or mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder would be desirable.

(b) If the judge of probate finds that no treatment is presently available for the respondent’s mental illness or mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder , but that confinement is necessary to prevent the respondent from causing substantial harm to himself or herself or to others, the order committing the respondent shall provide that, should treatment for the respondent’s mental illness or mental illness with a secondary diagnosis of co-occurring substance use disorder become available at any time during the period of the respondent’s confinement, the treatment shall be made available to him or her immediately.

(c) In determining whether an individual poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to self or others, all available relevant information shall be considered, including any known relevant aspects of the individual’s psychosocial, medical, and psychiatric history, in addition to the individual’s current behavior.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a mental health provider to expand his or her current services if necessary funding is not provided.
Ala. Code § 2-17-20 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 17 / Section 2-17-20
Section 2-17-20 Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection as to Establishments Deemed Unfit to Engage in Business Because of Convictions Based Upon Acquisition, Distribution, Etc., of Unwholesome, Mislabeled or Deceptively Packaged Food, Etc.; Appeals from Determination and Order of Commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner may for such period or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide or withdraw inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for or recipient of such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under this chapter because the applicant or recipient or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient has been convicted in any federal or state court of any felony or of one or more violations of any law other than a felony based upon the acquiring, handling or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under this chapter from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or failing to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products or poultry food products as required by this chapter.

For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he is a partner, officer, director, holder or owner of 10 percent or more of its voting stock or an employee in a managerial or executive capacity.

The determination and order of the commissioner under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for or recipient of inspection service files application for judicial review within 30 days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in Section 2-17-19. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order by the commissioner are based.
Ala. Code § 11-46-91 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 46 / Section 11-46-91
Section 11-46-91 Standard of Time Applicable; Effect of Legal Holidays or Closing Days; Municipal Governing Body Defined
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-51-210.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-210.1
Section 11-51-210.1 Notice of Tax Rates; Correction of Erroneously Published Rates; Liability
Status: in_force

No later than October 1, 2018, the Department of Revenue shall send notice to every county or municipality levying a sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax regarding the rates of such taxes according to the records held by the department. Each county and municipality shall notify the department of an existing erroneous rate published by the department no later than December 1, 2018. The county or municipality notifying the department of such rate error shall send written confirmation, on county or municipal letterhead, to the department listing the erroneous rate published by the department and the corrected rate along with supporting ordinances, resolutions, or documentation. If the county or municipality fails to respond to the department regarding an erroneously published rate pursuant to this section, the taxpayer shall be relieved from liability to the local jurisdiction for having charged and collected an insufficient amount of tax on or after March 1, 2019, based upon the rates published by the department on March 1, 2019. Should the county or municipality properly respond and notify the department regarding the erroneously published rate, and the rate published by the department and relied upon by the taxpayer is in conflict with the response provided by the county or municipality as required by this section, the department shall be responsible to the local jurisdiction for reimbursement of the amount due as a result of the difference between the published rate and the actual rate as provided to the department. Such liability shall only be applicable for a period, not to exceed one year, from the date the incorrect rate was published by the department.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-31
Section 11-43C-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 therefor. 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 such examination to be published in the manner above provided for publication of statements of monthly expenditures. Such examination shall not be made more than two years in succession by the same accountant.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-3
Section 2-3A-3 Incorporation of Authority; Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance may incorporate and organize a public corporation, with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this article. To organize such a corporation, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth:

(1) The name and official designation of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant’s right to office;

(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants;

(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority;

(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be in the state;

(5) The period of duration of the proposed corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 2-3A-14, that fact shall be stated); and

(6) Any other matter relating to the incorporation of the proposed corporation that the applicants may choose to insert and that is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of the state.

(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds.

(c) The Secretary of State shall examine the application; and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.

(d) When the application has been made, filed and recorded as herein provided, the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this article under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-43C-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43C / Section 11-43C-24
Section 11-43C-24 City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties
Status: in_force

The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such merit system. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance, or such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks.
Ala. Code § 11-67-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 67 / Section 11-67-9
Section 11-67-9 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 § 2-2-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-2
Section 2-2-2 Qualifications of Commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be a person of good moral character of recognized executive ability and trained in the practice and science of agriculture.
Ala. Code § 2-19-130 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-130
Section 2-19-130 Certification by Board of Cotton Growers’ Organization Authorized; Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) The board may certify a cotton growers’ organization for the purpose of entering into agreements with the State of Alabama, other states, the federal government, and other parties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.

(b) In order to be eligible for certification by the board, the cotton growers’ organization must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that:

(1) It is a nonprofit organization and could qualify as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)).

(2) Membership in the organization shall be open to all cotton growers in this state.

(3) The organization shall have only one class of members with each member entitled to only one vote.

(c) The organization’s board of directors shall be composed as follows:

(1) Two Alabama cotton growers recommended by the Alabama Cotton Commission, to be appointed by the commissioner with the consent of the board.

(2) Two Alabama cotton growers recommended by the Alabama Farmers Federation, to be appointed by the commissioner, with the consent of the board.

(3) Four Alabama cotton growers to be appointed by the commissioner, with the consent of the board.

(4) One representative of state government from this state to be appointed by the commissioner with the consent of the board.

(d) All books and records of account and minutes of proceedings of the organization shall be available for inspection or audit by the commissioner at any reasonable time.

(e) Employees or agents of the growers’ organization who handle funds of the organization shall be adequately bonded in an amount to be determined by the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 22-52-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-3
Section 22-52-3 Service of Petition and Order Setting Petition for Hearing Upon Individual Sought to Be Committed; Contents of Notice
Status: in_force

When any petition has been filed seeking the involuntary commitment of a respondent and the petition has been reviewed by the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall order the sheriff of the county in which the respondent was located at the time of the filing to serve a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the order setting the petition for a hearing, upon the respondent. The notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing; a clear statement of the purpose of the proceeding and the possible consequences to the subject thereof; the alleged factual basis for the proposed commitment; a statement of the legal standards upon which commitment is authorized; and a list of the names and addresses of the witnesses who may be called to testify in support of the petition. The hearing shall be preceded by adequate notice to the respondent.
Ala. Code § 2-30-23 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-23
Section 2-30-23 Appropriation of Funds by Counties and Municipalities; Receipt of Donations from Counties, Municipalities, Individuals, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) County commissions in the several counties of Alabama and municipalities of said state shall have full power and authority to appropriate funds for any of the purposes of this article.

(b) The Board of Trustees of Auburn University is hereby authorized and empowered to receive such donations as are from counties, municipalities, individuals, firms, organizations, corporations and companies for forwarding the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 2-8-288 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-288
Section 2-8-288 Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement
Status: in_force

The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit required by this section and submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association’s fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this article, the association shall forward a copy of a financial statement to the state board showing the amount received and collected and the amount spent for each project and item. The statement shall be available for public inspection.
Ala. Code § 2-3A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 3A / Section 2-3A-15
Section 2-3A-15 Article Cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 22-50-83 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-83
Section 22-50-83 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to implement this article.
Ala. Code § 2-15-273 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-273
Section 2-15-273 Administration and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian are charged with the duty of the administration and enforcement of any rules and regulations as may be adopted and promulgated under authority of this subdivision.
Ala. Code § 22-52-12.2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 52 / Section 22-52-12.2
Section 22-52-12.2 Renewal Petition Time Limit for Certain Patients
Status: in_force

With regard to those patients who shall have been committed to state mental health facilities for 150 days or more as of January 1, 1992, the directors of such facilities or their designees shall petition for renewal of the commitment orders affecting such patients as appropriate. Said petitions shall be filed within a reasonable period of time not to exceed one year. All proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-52-10.6.
Ala. Code § 2-6B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6B / Section 2-6B-6
Section 2-6B-6 Availability of Certain Nonproprietary Information as to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems Permits
Status: in_force

In order that the citizens of Alabama shall have the opportunity to be as fully informed as practicable respecting the establishment hereafter in this state of farm operations known as concentrated animal feeding operations, as defined in Section 502(14) of the Federal Clean Water Act, and as described in Chapter 335-6-7 of the rules promulgated by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of this state that appropriate nonproprietary information respecting the pendency and issuance of national pollutant discharge elimination systems general or individual permits in respect of such farm operations be available to the citizens of Alabama, and that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, in carrying out the public notice provisions and requirements of its Rules 335-6-6.21 and 335-6-6.23(5)(d) and (13), shall act consistently with this public policy and those rules and with all applicable federal requirements and guidelines including, by way of example and not limitation, the unified national animal feeding operation strategy released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on March 9, 1999.
Ala. Code § 11-45-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 45 / Section 11-45-6
Section 11-45-6 Amendment of Ordinances
Status: in_force

No ordinance shall be amended after its passage by providing that designated words be stricken out or that designated words be inserted or that designated words be stricken out and other words inserted in lieu thereof, unless the ordinance or section or subdivision thereof amended shall be set forth in full as amended.
Ala. Code § 11-66-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 66 / Section 11-66-6
Section 11-66-6 Distribution of Fund Capital
Status: in_force

The fund capital shall be distributed to the incorporated municipalities of the state and shall be paid on April 15 of the fiscal year for which each annual appropriation is made as follows:

(1) Each incorporated municipality in the state with a population of less than 1,000 shall receive $1,000; each incorporated municipality in the state with a population of 1,000 or more shall receive $2,500.

(2) The residue of the portion to be paid to the incorporated municipalities in the state shall be distributed among the incorporated municipalities in the state on the basis of the ratio of the population of each such municipality to the total population of all the incorporated municipalities in the state according to the next preceding federal decennial census, or in the case of a municipality incorporated subsequent to the said federal decennial census, the official census taken upon incorporation.

Each municipality shall upon receipt of its share deposit same in a special account and shall not commingle such funds with other revenues of the municipality. The share of each municipality shall be expended solely for capital improvements and the renovation of capital improvements determined by the municipal governing body. The governing body of each municipality may use such share to finance bond or warrant issues for capital improvements and the renovation of capital improvements and may pledge such share to retire the principal and interest of such bonds or warrants.
Ala. Code § 11-43-188 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43 / Section 11-43-188
Section 11-43-188 Provision in Merit Systems for Probationary Periods of Employment
Status: in_force

The merit system adopted may provide for a probationary period of employment of up to one year during which time said officer shall not obtain any rights under said system.
Ala. Code § 2-11-32 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-32
Section 2-11-32 Administration of Article
Status: in_force

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
Ala. Code § 11-50-464 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-464
Section 11-50-464 Members of Board - Impeachment and Removal
Status: in_force

Members of the board may be removed from office in the manner and on the same grounds provided by the general law of this state for the impeachment and removal of officers, as set out in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-54-130 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-130
Section 11-54-130 Investment Committee
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be, with respect to an endowment trust fund, one investment committee consisting of the following:

(1) Not less than two members of the directors, each of whom shall serve ex officio during his or her term of office as a member of the directors, and each of whom shall be elected by the directors.

(2) Not more than five additional persons, each of whom shall serve as a member of such investment committee for such term of office as shall be prescribed in the authorizing resolution, and shall be elected by the directors, either (i) from nominations made by any trade organization under contract to the board with respect to such fund, or (ii) if no such contract exists, from the membership of one or more trade organizations, or (iii) if no such trade organization exists, as the board deems advisable.

(b) The investment committee shall elect, from among its members, such officers as it shall deem necessary or desirable, and the respective duties and terms of office of such officers shall be such as are from time to time prescribed by such investment committee; provided, however, that no person may serve as an officer of the investment committee beyond the expiration of his or her term of office as a member of such investment committee. The investment committee may act by majority of its members. An investment committee may, if expressly so authorized by the board, act hereunder with respect to more than one endowment trust fund created by such board.

(c) The investment committee shall from time to time set, and may from time to time amend, modify, or alter, an investment policy with respect to each endowment trust fund supervised by it; provided, that such investment policy shall not be inconsistent with this division, the authorizing resolution, and the trust agreement under which such fund has been created or established. In addition to any other matters required or authorized by this division to be addressed therein, an investment policy may contain such provisions as the investment committee may deem advisable with respect to the purchase, sale, and disposition of investments by a fund manager with or without the prior approval, whether written or oral of such committee. The investment committee shall monitor the performance of investments of moneys held in and forming a part of such fund, compliance with the investment policy, and if and to the extent authorized by the directors to do so, the management, use, and disposition of any other properties, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, contributed to the fund.

(d) The directors may authorize the investment committee or any fund manager, or any one or more of them, to provide for the management, use, and disposition of any properties, other than money, contributed to the fund, subject to such conditions or limitations as the directors deem advisable.
Ala. Code § 11-44-18 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-18
Section 11-44-18 Compensation of Commissioners and President of Board of Commissioners
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-6-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-13
Section 2-6-13 Use of Funds
Status: in_force

The board may utilize the funds appropriated herein to accomplish the purposes of maintaining, restoring, renovating, and improving the facility as it deems appropriate or for any legal purpose approved by the board.
Ala. Code § 11-44-17 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-17
Section 11-44-17 President of Board of Commissioners - Performance of Duties and Responsibilities of Mayor in Certain Municipalities - Duties as President of Board of Commissioners and as Mayor
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-27-31 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-31
Section 2-27-31 Location
Status: in_force

Any laboratory established under the provisions of this article shall be located on property owned by Auburn University, which shall be leased to the Department of Agriculture and Industries by the trustees of the university.
Ala. Code § 11-50-390 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-390
Section 11-50-390 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) GOVERNING BODY. The council, commission, or other governing body of such municipality.

(3) MAYOR. The mayor, president, or chairman of the commission or other chief executive officer of such municipality.

(4) GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture, transmission, delivery, and transportation of natural or manufactured gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property, real, personal, or mixed, used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises and easements. Such gas transmission system shall include facilities for making sales and deliveries of gas to industrial and institutional users and to line tap residential and commercial users as well as to gas distribution systems.

(5) GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. A plant and system for the distribution and sale of gas and gas services in a municipality and the surrounding territory, including the sale and distribution of gas to residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and all other users, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property, real, personal, or mixed, used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises and easements. A gas distribution system may make sales and deliveries of gas to other distribution systems.

(6) GAS SYSTEM AND SYSTEMS. One or more gas transmission systems and one or more gas distribution systems.

(7) RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum present of the governing body of a municipality. All resolutions of a general or permanent nature adopted or promulgated by the governing body of a municipality under the provisions of this article shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, but if no newspaper is published within the limits of such municipality, such resolution may be published by posting a copy thereof in three public places within the limits of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-83 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-83
Section 11-54B-83 Findings Required for a Public Hearing on the Adoption of a Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance
Status: in_force

A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a municipality finds all of the following:

(1) That a request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requirements of Section 11-54B-84 has been filed with the clerk of the municipality.

(2) That the area described in the self-help business improvement district plan would benefit from being designated as a self-help business improvement district.

(3) That the self-help business improvement district plan includes a designated district management corporation to provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses, properties, employees, residents, and consumers in the self-help business improvement district.

(4) That the self-help business improvement district plan includes a special assessment that will be levied by the municipality on the district members to finance the supplemental services described in the plan, and that the assessment is expected to produce revenue that is consistent with the annual budget adopted and approved as provided in this article.

(5) That the copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the district management corporation satisfy the requirements of Section 11-54B-89.

(6) That it is in the best interest of the municipality and the public to designate the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district.

(7) That the existing level of publicly funded services provided by the municipality in the geographical area of the proposed district has been documented in writing and certified by the mayor of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-64-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 64 / Section 11-64-1
Section 11-64-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following respective meanings:

(1) CONDITIONS OF A GRANT. The terms and conditions upon which a grant is made by a donor.

(2) DONOR. The United States, or the state, or any county in the state or any municipality or any department, division, board, bureau, institution, or agency of any of the foregoing, or any person, firm, or corporation, institution, foundation or other agency or any combination of any two or more such donors.

(3) GOVERNING BODY. The council, commission, board of directors, or other group or body which governs, controls, or makes decisions for a grantee.

(4) GRANT. Any gift, grant, appropriation, donation, or advance by any donor, whether absolute or conditional, for any purpose.

(5) GRANTEE. Any municipality, or any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of any municipality, whether incorporated or not, acting on behalf of the municipality, or any public corporation, to which a grant is to be made.

(6) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town incorporated under the laws of the state.

(7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any board, authority, or other municipal public corporation incorporated with the approval of, or more than one of the directors of which are elected or appointed by, the governing body of, a municipality. A city board of education shall be considered a public corporation within the meaning of this chapter.

(8) SECURITIES. One or more bonds, notes, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness of a municipality or public corporation.

(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-56-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 56 / Section 22-56-1
Section 22-56-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Mental Health Consumers’ Rights Act.”
Ala. Code § 11-44B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44B / Section 11-44B-3
Section 11-44B-3 Mayor and Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, Etc., of Commissioners Terminated
Status: in_force

The newly elected mayor and council members elected as herein provided shall assume the duties of their respective offices at noon on the first Monday in October following their election, and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end.
Ala. Code § 2-19-101 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-101
Section 2-19-101 Required
Status: in_force

(a) No person may purchase cotton on a forward contract from a cotton producer without first having registered with the commissioner as a cotton buyer.

(b) It shall be a misdemeanor to violate subsection (a) of this section and, upon conviction, the punishment imposed shall be as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 11-51-123 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-123
Section 11-51-123 Insurance Companies - Company May Engage in Business in Municipality Upon Payment or Tender of Tax; Agents Not to Be Subject to Further Privilege or Occupational Taxes
Status: in_force

Upon the payment or tender of the amount named in such ordinance of any city or town, any such insurance company which is authorized to do business in this state shall be permitted to do business in said city or town through its agents, who shall not be subject to or required to pay further privilege or occupational tax for representing such company or soliciting business for it.
Ala. Code § 11-42-184 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-184
Section 11-42-184 Disposition of Public Books, Papers, and Documents of Absorbed Municipalities
Status: in_force

All the public books, papers, and documents of said city or town so absorbed on file in any office or with any public officer thereof shall be transferred to and filed with the appropriate officer or department of the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered or rearranged as the council or other governing body thereof may direct. It shall be the duty of all persons having charge of such books, papers, and documents to deliver the same to and file the same with the appropriate officer or department.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-11
Section 11-43A-11 Municipal Government to Be Known as “Council-Manager Form of Government”; Vesting of Municipal Powers in Council
Status: in_force

The municipal government of any such city or town proceeding under this article shall be known as the “council-manager form of government.” Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the municipality shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as “the council.” All powers of municipalities shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this article or if the manner be not prescribed then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-84 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43A / Section 11-43A-84
Section 11-43A-84 Appointment of City Manager; Temporary Acting City Manager; Term of City Manager; Removal; Actions by Council or Its Members Prohibited or Restricted
Status: in_force

(a) The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city manager who shall be an officer of the city and shall have the powers to perform the duties provided in this article. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for which he shall have been elected nor within one year after expiration of his term. Any civil service act which may be applicable to the municipality shall not apply to the appointment or removal of the city manager.

(b) A temporary acting city manager may be designated by the council to serve for not more than four months in the following events, but only in these events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of this article; or (2) following the removal of any permanent city manager.

(c) Such temporary acting city manager shall perform the duties and assume the obligations of the office of city manager and may be removed by the council at any time. If the council shall permit the temporary acting manager to serve for longer than four months, he shall become the permanent city manager.

(d) The council shall appoint the city manager for an indefinite term, and the council may remove him at any time by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council.

(e) Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the city manager, nor shall they take part in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in administrative service to the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the mayor and the members of the council shall deal with the administrative services and employees only through the city manager, and neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Any mayor or member of the council violating the provisions of this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a second violation of this section, the person so convicted shall forfeit his office.
Ala. Code § 11-50-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-6
Section 11-50-6 Issuance of Bonds for Payment for Waterworks Plants, Etc., Purchased; Security for Bonds; Provision in Purchase Agreement as to Disposition of Revenues from Plants, Etc
Status: in_force

In payment for such plants, cities or towns may issue their bonds in the manner provided by law, and the same may be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on the plants so purchased. By the terms of such purchase it may be provided that the revenue of such waterworks may be collected, controlled, and disbursed by a commission selected in the manner and having the powers and term of office which may be agreed upon between the vendor of such plant and such city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-68-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 68 / Section 11-68-5
Section 11-68-5 Powers and Duties of Commission
Status: in_force

An historic preservation commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this chapter shall be authorized to:

(1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance;

(2) Prepare a survey of all property within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality creating the commission;

(3) Recommend to the municipality creating the commission buildings, structures, sites, and districts for designation as historic properties or districts;

(4) Restore and preserve any historic properties acquired by the municipality creating the commission or acquired by the commission;

(5) Promote acquisition of facade and conservation easements by the municipality creating the commission or by the commission;

(6) Develop and conduct educational programs on historic projects and districts designated pursuant to the ordinance and on historic preservation subjects;

(7) Make such investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation as the municipality creating the commission or the commission deems necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this chapter;

(8) Apply for funds to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission from municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and sources;

(9) Purchase, sell, contract to purchase, contract to sell, own, encumber, lease, mortgage, and insure real and personal property in carrying out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission;

(10) Investigate, survey, and process nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places;

(11) Investigate, survey, and process applications for certification of historic properties for tax credits for preservation expenditures;

(12) Contract with other municipal, county, state, federal and private agencies and organizations to perform historic preservation related functions;

(13) Exercise such further powers as the commission may deem reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the purposes, responsibilities, and powers of the commission.
Ala. Code § 22-50-82 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 22-50-82
Section 22-50-82 Development of Educational Programs and Services; Instructors and Training
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 22-50-84, the Department of Public Health may develop educational programs and services concerning Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and related diseases. These programs and services shall be offered to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or related diseases, the families of these individuals, and the general public.

(b)(1) The department may provide instructors to train and provide support to each of the following:

a. Members of the families of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or similar diseases.

b. Health care providers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or similar diseases at the home of the individual or a member of the family of the individual, or a similar residential location.

c. Other caregivers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or similar diseases at the home of the affected individual or a member of the family of the individual, or similar residential location.

(2) These instructors may provide technical assistance, training, support, and advice that will accomplish both of the following:

a. Encourage the providing of long-term care for such individuals in the home of the individual, or a member of the family of the individual, or a similar residential location.

b. Reduce health care costs to the state, the family of the affected individual, and health care facilities.
Ala. Code § 2-15-312 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-312
Section 2-15-312 Issuance of Certificate to Owner of Sire Upon Receipt of Statement by Commissioner; Disposition of Copies of Certificate Generally; Posting of Copy of Certificate by Owner of Sire
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon the receipt of the statement provided for in Section 2-15-311, duly verified by affidavit, shall issue a certificate to the owner of said sire, a copy of which certificate shall be forwarded to the probate judge of the county court in which said sire is stationed or located and another copy furnished the applicant, which shall be posted by the owner in a conspicuous place where said sire may be stationed, which certificate shall state the name, age, description, pedigree and ownership of said sire, the terms and conditions upon which the sire is advertised for service and that the provisions of this article so far as relates to the filing of the statement aforesaid have been complied with.
Ala. Code § 2-6-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-54
Section 2-6-54 Lease Authorized - Lease Not to Constitute Debt of State; Payment of Rentals
Status: in_force

The lease agreement shall never in any event constitute or give rise to an indebtedness of the State of Alabama and no recourse shall ever be had against the general credit of the state or against its general funds for payment of said rentals. The rentals provided for in the lease agreement shall be payable solely out of the moneys in the Agricultural Center Fund derived from the operation of the properties covered by the lease agreement and, to the extent such moneys are not sufficient to pay said rentals and to pay the said operating and administrative expenses, out of the moneys in the Agricultural Fund appropriated for said purposes in this article. No moneys at any time in the General Fund of the state shall ever be used for payment of said rentals.
Ala. Code § 2-25-15.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 25 / Section 2-25-15.1
Section 2-25-15.1 Receipt of Plants, Nursery Stock, Etc., Not in Compliance with Law by Common Carriers, Et Alia; Duty to Inform Commissioner and Isolate and Hold Item
Status: in_force

Any person, including a common carrier, who receives plants, plant products, nursery stock, or other things sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered by carriage or shipment within this state, as to which provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the commissioner and isolate and hold the plant, plant product, nursery stock or other thing unopened or unused subject to such inspection or other disposition as may be provided by the commissioner.
Ala. Code § 11-48-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 48 / Section 11-48-13
Section 11-48-13 Council to Accept or Reject Work, Etc., for Municipality
Status: in_force

In case of any controversy or dispute, the council shall be invested with sole and exclusive power to determine whether any improvement constructed under the provision of this article has been completed in accordance with the terms of the contract therefor and to accept or reject such work on the part of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-50-492 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-492
Section 11-50-492 Election of Members; Filling of Vacancies
Status: in_force

The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members of the board. Immediately upon the creation and establishment of the board, the governing body of such municipality shall proceed to elect one member to serve until July 1 of the next ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified; one member to serve until July 1 of the second ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified; and one member to serve until July 1 of the third ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified. At the first regular meeting of the governing body of such municipality in the month of June of each year, the said governing body shall elect a successor of the member of the board whose term expires on July 1 following, and the person so elected shall become a member of the board on July 1 following and shall hold such position for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Should such governing body fail to elect a member at its first meeting in the month of June, it shall do so at any succeeding regular meeting of such governing body. A member of the board may succeed himself, if the governing body of such municipality desires to reelect him. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board by resignation, death, or any other cause, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately fill said vacancy by electing another person to membership on the board, who shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member he succeeds and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-57 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-57
Section 11-54B-57 Annual Reports and Audits
Status: in_force

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

(1) Each annual report shall include, at a minimum:

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

b. The budget for the current fiscal year.

c. In the case of a district funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, a list of the businesses of the designated class that are currently operating within the district.

(2) A copy of each annual report shall be sent to the mayor, the city council, and to all property owners, or in the case of districts funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, business owners of the self-help business improvement district, in each case by first class mail or by personal delivery.

(b) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall cause an annual audit of its books, accounts, and financial transactions to be made and filed with the municipality and for that purpose the corporation shall employ a certified public accountant. The annual audit shall be completed and filed with the governing body within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified duplicate copy of the audit shall be filed with the mayor and the finance director or other financial control officer of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 2-13-87 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-87
Section 2-13-87 Issuance and Revocation of Permit
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall issue to each person, firm or corporation who holds a permit issued under the authority of Section 2-13-82 or Section 2-13-83 a permit for a semiannual period, as authorized by this article upon the application of such person, firm or corporation. The commissioner shall have no authority to revoke a permit so issued to any such person, firm or corporation until an inspection of the premises has been made by the commissioner or by an employee of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. Revocation must be in writing, and no permit shall be revoked except for violations of rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this article. Any revocation of a permit shall not become effective until three days after the order of revocation has been delivered to the permit holder. Delivery of the notice may be made by registered or certified mail.
Ala. Code § 11-44-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-21
Section 11-44-21 Meetings of Board of Commissioners - When Open to Public
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 2-19-128 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 2-19-128
Section 2-19-128 Authority to Promulgate Appropriate Regulations
Status: in_force

(a) The board is authorized to promulgate regulations restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies in any premises in an elimination zone which have been or are to be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll weevil, or in any other area that may be affected by such treatments.

(b) The board shall also have authority to adopt such other rules and regulations as it deems necessary to further effectuate the purposes of this article. All rules and regulations issued under this article shall be adopted and published in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Section 41-22-1 et seq.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43B / Section 11-43B-14
Section 11-43B-14 Initial Territorial Limits
Status: in_force

The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-90 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of Council Districts Because of Population Change
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) Such redistricting ordinance shall apply to the first regular election held more than six months after its becoming effective and to all municipal elections, regular or special, held after the first regular election. No incumbent council member shall be deprived of his or her unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
Ala. Code § 2-2-50 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-50
Section 2-2-50 Agricultural Statistics
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall gather, compile and publish statistics relating to crop acreage, prospects and production; livestock and livestock products; prices of farm commodities; the marketing of farm products; wages of farm labor; the use and results of commercial and other forms of fertilizers; systems of farming and of farm rentals; the production, purchase and sale of food and food products and such other data relating to farms and farming as may be of interest to the people of Alabama and pertinent to the administration of the laws relating to agriculture.
Ala. Code § 2-1-13 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-13
Section 2-1-13 Agricultural Tourist Attractions
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this section, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) AGRICULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. Any agricultural based business providing any on-site attraction to tourists which meets criteria established by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

(2) DIRECTIONAL SIGN. A sign placed on the right-of-way of a state highway or county road to direct traffic to an agricultural tourist attraction.

(b) The Department of Agriculture and Industries shall by rule establish the criteria and an application process to provide for agricultural tourist attractions. Each application for approval as an agricultural tourist attraction with the department shall be accompanied by a one-time application fee to be established by the department. In addition, each agricultural tourist attraction shall pay an annual renewal fee to be established by the department. The department shall maintain a registry of approved agricultural tourist attractions.

(c) Upon approval by the Department of Agriculture and Industries as an approved agricultural tourist attraction and at the request of the applicant, the Department of Agriculture and Industries in conjunction with the Department of Transportation or the county engineer, as appropriate, shall take the appropriate steps to place directional signs to direct traffic to the agricultural tourist attraction. An agricultural tourist attraction shall pay any costs related to directional signs provided for in this subsection.

(d) An agricultural tourist attraction directional sign shall not be placed along a highway under state jurisdiction unless the State Department of Transportation approves the sign and its placement. The state shall not be responsible for the cost or maintenance of any agricultural tourist attraction directional sign approved by the State Department of Transportation to be placed along a highway under state jurisdiction.

(e) An agricultural tourist attraction directional sign shall not be placed along a county road unless the county engineer approves the sign and its placement along the county road. The county shall not be responsible for the cost or maintenance of any agricultural tourist attraction directional sign approved to be placed along the county road by the county engineer.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-146 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-146
Section 11-44E-146 Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government or by anything herein contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency, or officer party thereto may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-62-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-21
Section 11-62-21 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

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

This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws. However, the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of any authority under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law of the state generally applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations by other public corporations organized under the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 11-57-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 57 / Section 11-57-15
Section 11-57-15 Bonds - Security for Payment of Principal and Interest
Status: in_force

The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which the bonds shall be made payable by an assignment or pledge of the lease agreement covering the project from which revenues so pledged shall be derived and by a pledge of the rental from such project and may be secured by a nonforeclosable indenture covering the project.

The trustee under any indenture may be a trust company or bank having trust powers, whether located within or without the state. The indenture may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing evidences of indebtedness, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the collection, segregation and application of the rental from any project covered by such indenture, the terms to be incorporated in the lease agreement respecting the project, the maintenance and insurance of the project, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the rental of the project and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the holders of the bonds or the trustee under the indenture as the board shall deem advisable and shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter; provided, that in making any such agreements or provisions the authority shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom. The indenture may contain provisions regarding the rights of any trustee thereunder and the holders of the bonds and coupons and may contain provisions restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of the bonds and coupons.
Ala. Code § 11-44-136 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-136
Section 11-44-136 Publication, Enactment, Etc., of Ordinances or Resolutions Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-70 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-70
Section 11-44C-70 Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment
Status: in_force

Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment he shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the council shall not exempt individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding.
Ala. Code § 11-51-223 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-223
Section 11-51-223 Assessment and Collection of Privilege or License Tax, Etc., Authorized; Exception
Status: in_force

No provision of this division shall prevent the governing body of the city from assessing and collecting a privilege or license tax or fee from every person, firm, company, or corporation engaged in, or carrying on, any business, profession, trade, vocation, or occupation on a parcel of land exempt from city real estate ad valorem taxes under this division, except that no occupational license fee may be assessed against, or collected from, persons who have been exempted from occupational license fees under Section 11-51-222, to the extent, and during the period of, the exemption.
Ala. Code § 11-47-71 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-71
Section 11-47-71 Sale, Etc., of Lands in Abandoned Cemeteries by Corporations, Etc.; Confirmation of Sales by Probate Court
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever such a cemetery or part thereof has been abandoned as a cemetery or place of burial for the human dead as provided for in Section 11-47-60 by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling the same, the parts or portions thereof in which no interments had been made and such parts and portions thereof from which all human remains have been removed may be sold by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery land or may be mortgaged or otherwise pledged as security for any loan or loans made to such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands. No order of any court shall be required prior to the making of any such sale, mortgage, pledge, or other encumbrance of such lands abandoned for cemetery purposes or from which the human remains have been removed; provided, however, that any sale of such cemetery lands made by any cemetery corporation or association controlled by a board of directors or other governing body shall be fairly conducted and the price paid therefor must be fair and reasonable and all such sales must be confirmed, as to the fairness and reasonableness of the price paid by the probate court of the county in which such lands are situated.

(b) Petitions for confirmation of such sales by cemetery corporations and associations governed by a board of directors or other governing body shall be made to the probate court of the county wherein such lands are situated, and the judge of said court shall fix a day for the hearing and give notice thereof by publication in accordance with the provisions of Section 43-2-445, relating to confirmation of sales of real estate by an executor or administrator.
Ala. Code § 11-47-192 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-192
Section 11-47-192 Filing of Statement as to Manner of Injury, Damages Claimed, Etc
Status: in_force

No recovery shall be had against any city or town on a claim for personal injury received, unless a sworn statement be filed with the clerk by the party injured or his personal representative in case of his death stating substantially the manner in which the injury was received, the day and time and the place where the accident occurred and the damages claimed.
Ala. Code § 11-43D-21 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 43D / Section 11-43D-21
Section 11-43D-21 Temporary Absence or Disability of Mayor; Filling Vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) In the case of absences of the mayor from the city or his inability to serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or president pro tem of the council, in case of absence or disability of the president of the council, shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or the president pro tempore to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council.

(b) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of the mayor, council member-at-large, or council members from a district, the council shall call for an election to fill said vacancy which shall be called and held not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the occurrence of said vacancy. Notice of said election and the time of holding the same shall be given by one publication at least 15 days in advance of the same in one or more newspapers in said city at the expense of the city. The person chosen at said election shall qualify as speedily as possible after election. Upon notice of the vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall serve as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during such time and until the election of the mayor. This ordinance shall become effective upon its due adoption and publication as required by law.

(c) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of the mayor, council member-at-large, or council member from a district and said vacancy shall occur within six months of a regularly scheduled election for the purpose of electing the council members and the mayor, the said vacancy shall be filled by the council in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-51-93 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-93
Section 11-51-93 Violations; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, taxpayer, or agent of a person or taxpayer to engage in businesses or vocations in a municipality for which a license may be required without first having procured a license therefor. A violation of this division or of an ordinance passed hereunder fixing a license shall be punishable by a fine fixed by ordinance, not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, and if a willful violation, by imprisonment, not to exceed six months, or both, at the discretion of the court trying the same. Each day shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) In addition to the penalties prescribed by subsection (a), if a taxpayer fails to pay any business license tax owed to a taxing jurisdiction on or before the date prescribed therefor, there shall be assessed a penalty of 15 percent of the business license tax required to be paid with the license form. There shall be assessed a penalty of 30 percent of any business license tax required to be paid with the license form if the business license tax and any assessed penalties are not paid within 30 days of the due date prescribed in the preceding sentence. Such penalties shall not be cumulative.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fine or penalty under this section shall be assessed, or if assessed, shall be waived, if reasonable cause exists. “Reasonable cause” shall mean: The death or major illness of or an accident involving a sole proprietor causing serious bodily injury that in either case resulted in the sole proprietor being unable to purchase the license or operate his or her business during the 10 days preceding the due date for the license; natural disaster, fire, explosion, or accident that caused the closing or temporary cessation of the business of the taxpayer during the 10 days preceding the due date for the license; or reliance on the erroneous advice of an employee or agent of the revenue department of the taxing jurisdiction or its designee given in writing or by electronic mail. The municipality may, but is not required to, waive the penalty for other reasons, including, but not limited to, the taxpayer’s reliance on erroneous but good faith advice from its tax adviser or on erroneous oral advice from an employee or agent of the revenue department of the taxing jurisdiction or its designee. The burden of proving reasonable cause shall be on the taxpayer, and a determination by the taxing jurisdiction that reasonable cause does not exist shall be reversed only if that determination was made arbitrarily and capriciously.

(d) All penalties and interest administered by the taxing jurisdiction pursuant to this section and Section 11-51-192 shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as business license taxes.
Ala. Code § 2-11-97 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-97
Section 2-11-97 Appeal from Grading
Status: in_force

(a) Any person aggrieved by the grading by any employee of the commissioner of any grain for which federal standards have been adopted by the state may appeal such grading in accordance with the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) Any person aggrieved by the grading by any employee of the commissioner of any grain for which federal standards have not been fixed but for which state grades have been established under the provisions of this article may appeal the question to the commissioner. The commissioner shall make such tests as shall be deemed necessary to determine the correct grade of the grain in question and, after making such tests, shall issue or cause to be issued an appeal grade certificate to all interested parties. Said certificate shall take such form as is prescribed by the commissioner in the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the correct grade of the grain in any court of the State of Alabama. The commissioner shall charge, assess and cause to be collected for each such appeal as is filed with the Department of Agriculture and Industries a fee of $5.00 which shall be paid to the commissioner, and same shall be refunded if the appeal is sustained.

(c) Any appeal from inspection and grading made under the provisions of this article shall be taken before the grain leaves the place where the inspection appealed from was made and before the identity of the grain has been lost, under such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe. Any buyer of grain buying under the standards and grades of this article shall be entitled to appeal from any inspection or grading made under the provisions of this article at any time within two days of the transfer or delivery to said buyer by any seller of any certificate issued under the provisions of this article and regardless of any movement of said grain.
Ala. Code § 2-8-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-22
Section 2-8-22 Penalty for Failure to Deduct and Pay Over Assessment
Status: in_force

Any dealer, handler, processor, sales market or other purchaser of cattle who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. The amount of any fine under this section shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and shall be forthwith transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled thereto.
Ala. Code § 2-7-24 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2-7-24
Section 2-7-24 Types of Awards Permitted
Status: in_force

The board shall grant state aid only on cash premiums paid on approved classes of:

(1) Beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equine or equidae, and other livestock, including farmwork stock, poultry, eggs, and dairy products.

(2) Field, garden, and horticulture products and apiary products and exhibits.

(3) Home economics displays, including cooking, sewing, preserving, and other activities of women.

(4) Other agricultural products.

(5) Agricultural education exhibits.

(6) Flower shows or exhibits.

(7) Fine arts (art exhibits, including portraits, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and molding of pottery).

(8) Exhibits for 4-H clubs, Future Farmers of America, and other similar youth organizations.

(9) Community exhibits.
Ala. Code § 11-47-113 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 47 / Section 11-47-113
Section 11-47-113 Prohibition of Houses of Prostitution
Status: in_force

The council or other governing body of any town or city of this state may prohibit houses of prostitution and punish the inmates thereof.
Ala. Code § 2-15-83 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-83
Section 2-15-83 Inspection of Records by Commissioner, Inspectors, Etc
Status: in_force

The commissioner, duly authorized inspectors, employees and agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have power and authority during business hours to enter upon the premises of any livestock market and to have access to and inspect books, invoices and other like records of such markets relating to the receipt, keeping, sale and delivery of livestock for the purpose of enforcing the requirements of this division.
Ala. Code § 2-8-8 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 2-8-8
Section 2-8-8 Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense
Status: in_force

The arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be under the direction of the association certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such association shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such association.
Ala. Code § 2-32-14 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 32 / Section 2-32-14
Section 2-32-14 Certified Association Receiving and Disbursing Funds
Status: in_force

A certified association receiving and disbursing funds shall, within 60 days following the end of each calendar year, or within a period of 60 days following the close of its fiscal year, cause an audit of its books and accounts to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other pertinent information, and a copy of the auditor’s report shall be forwarded to the board for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit, review, and investigate the receipts and disbursements of funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. Any examination or audit required by this section 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 chapter, the association shall publish a verified statement in the publications of the certified association showing the amount received and collected and the amounts spent for each project and item.
Ala. Code § 2-6-127 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-127
Section 2-6-127 Dissolution of Corporation
Status: in_force

When all securities issued by the corporation and all obligations assumed by it under this article shall have been paid in full, the then president of the corporation shall execute and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the corporation an appropriate deed, or deeds, to which the seal of the corporation shall be affixed and attested by the secretary of the corporation, whereby there shall be conveyed to the state all the buildings, properties, and other assets then owned by the corporation. The then officers and directors of the corporation shall at such time file with the Secretary of State a written statement, subscribed and sworn to by each of them, reciting the payment in full of all bonds issued by the corporation and the execution and delivery of such deed or deeds to the state, which statement shall be filed by the Secretary of State and recorded with the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, whereupon the corporation shall stand dissolved.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-200 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-200
Section 11-44E-200 Authority to Change from Mayor/Commission/City Manager Form of Government
Status: in_force

No city may change from the mayor/commission/city manager form of government within two years after adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to any form of municipal government provided by the laws of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-96 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44C / Section 11-44C-96
Section 11-44C-96 Tax Exemption for Bayfest, Inc
Status: in_force

In Class 2 municipalities, BayFest, Incorporated, is exempt from the payment of all municipal sales and use taxes and gross receipts taxes. This exemption from all municipal sales and use taxes and gross receipts taxes shall be retroactive to October 1, 1999.
Ala. Code § 2-30-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 30 / Section 2-30-2
Section 2-30-2 Objects, Purposes and Duties of Extension Service
Status: in_force

The objects, purposes, and duties of the extension system shall be to aid in diffusing among the people of both urban and rural Alabama useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, forestry and natural resources, family and individual well-being, youth development, community and economic development, urban affairs, and other areas as needed. The extension system shall also aid in securing for expenditure in Alabama the full amounts of federal funds appropriated conditionally to Alabama by the Congress of the United States under an act approved May 8, 1914, and generally known as the Smith-Lever Act, for extension work in agriculture and home economics and other supplementary and related acts for extension work in agriculture and home economics.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-54 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-54
Section 11-54B-54 Furniture, Structure of Facility Not Deemed Nuisance
Status: in_force

Any movable furniture, structure, facility, or appurtenance or activity located or permitted in connection with a self-help business improvement district shall not, by reason of location or use, be deemed a nuisance or unlawful obstruction or condition, notwithstanding any rule or regulation or principle of law pertaining to the use of public streets and highways and neither the municipality nor any user acting under permit shall be liable for any injury to person or property, unless the furniture, structure, facility, or use shall be negligently constructed, maintained, or operated.
Ala. Code § 11-50-527 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-527
Section 11-50-527 Bonds - Consent of Department of Finance
Status: in_force

No bonds of the corporation shall be issued until consent of such issuance shall have been given by the Department of Finance of the State of Alabama. Such consent shall be granted only after a public hearing and after a petition requesting such consent has been duly filed by the corporation with the director of said department more than five days prior to such public hearing. Such petition shall specify the plan or program of the corporation and the use to which it proposes to put the proceeds from such bonds, if they are to be sold, and shall specify the plan under which such bonds are to be issued if they are to be issued in exchange for outstanding bonds. Such petition shall furnish such other information as may be necessary fully to advise said department as to the purpose and description of and security for the bonds and as may be required by the rules of said department. Said department shall grant such consent only after it finds that the issuance of the bonds so proposed would serve some public need and would be in the public interest. It shall be unlawful for the corporation to use the proceeds of sale of any of the bonds contrary to the plans and purposes presented to said department in obtaining such consent. The corporation applying for such consent is authorized to pay such fees as shall be lawfully assessed against it by said department in connection with the granting of such petition.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-145 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-145
Section 11-44E-145 Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken
Status: in_force

All contracts entered into by the preceding form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
Ala. Code § 2-15-157 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 15 / Section 2-15-157
Section 2-15-157 Cleaning and Disinfecting of Vehicles Used in Transporting Animals
Status: in_force

All vehicles in which animals are transported in Alabama shall be cleaned and disinfected at the expense of the operator thereof after each time of use or before the vehicles are used to transport other animals.
Ala. Code § 2-27-5.1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 27 / Section 2-27-5.1
Section 2-27-5.1 Local Governments Prohibited from Passing Ordinances Regulating Pesticides
Status: reserved

(a)(1) The term “pesticides” as used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Alabama Pesticide Act, Section 2-27-2(1).

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating the use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacturing, or application of pesticides.

(b) This section shall not prohibit or affect the right of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state to adopt and enforce the provisions of the Standard Building Code, Standard Fire Prevention Code, or the codes, standards, and recommended practices of the National Fire Protection Association.

(c) Any local law or general law of local application regulating pesticide use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacturing, or application is repealed.
Ala. Code § 2-2-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2-1
Section 2-2-1 Chief Executive Officer of Department
Status: in_force

The constitutional officer known as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be the chief executive officer and shall have management and control of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. He shall exercise all rights, privileges, powers and duties granted him under the Constitution and statutes of the state.
Ala. Code § 11-54B-87 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54B / Section 11-54B-87
Section 11-54B-87 Collection of Special Assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The special assessment to be levied in order to fund supplemental services in the self-help business improvement district shall be collected by the district management corporation or the municipal revenue department.

(b) The ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality establishing the district shall include, in addition to the requirements of Section 11-54B-86, a notice that contains both of the following:

(1) A statement that the amount of any delinquent special assessment levied on a district member, together with any accrued interest and penalties, shall be a lien on the real property or business in a particular class with priority over all other liens, whether created before or after the date of the special assessment, except a lien for any of the following:

a. State, county, or municipal taxes.

b. A prior special assessment.

c. A prior recorded mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument.

(2) A statement that except for foreclosures for state, county, or municipal taxes, a prior special assessment, or a prior recorded mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument, the lien for the special assessment shall not be defeated or postponed by any private or judicial sale, or by any mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument recorded after the date of final adoption by the municipality of the self-help business improvement district ordinance.

(c) Any defect in the proceeding of the governing body of the municipality or of the board of directors of the district management corporation shall not exempt any owner of real property or business in the particular class from the lien or from payment thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-54-182 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-182
Section 11-54-182 Notice of Bond Resolution; Limitation on Proceedings Questioning or Attacking Bonds
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption by the board of any authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the authorizing municipality, 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:

“___________, 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 said public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said public corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said 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 authorizing municipality, within the meaning of this section, if its principal editorial office is located in the authorizing municipality.

Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said 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 such notice. After the expiration of the said period no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings or of the said bonds or the said pledge or mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said 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 such period.
Ala. Code § 11-49-104 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 49 / Section 11-49-104
Section 11-49-104 Portion of Street to Remain Open to Travel and Traffic
Status: in_force

A sufficiently ample portion of the highway or thoroughfare which such street in whole or in part constitutes shall remain open to accommodate the travel and traffic of the owners of abutting property and of the general public, and not more than one half of the width of such highway or thoroughfare shall be vacated for the purposes mentioned in Section 11-49-100.
Ala. Code § 11-54-175 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-175
Section 11-54-175 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation; Filing of Application; Approval or Denial by Governing Body; Filing and Recordation
Status: in_force

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

After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chairman of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the authorizing municipality, requesting such governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the said resolution adopted by the board proposing the said amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the said chairman may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the said application with the governing body of the authorizing municipality pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section, that governing body shall review the said application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the said application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Such governing body shall also cause a copy of the said application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of said governing body at which final action upon the said application is taken.

Within 40 days following the adoption by the governing body of the authorizing municipality of a resolution approving the proposed amendment the chairman of the board of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign, and file for record in the office of the judge of probate with which the certificate of incorporation of the authority was originally filed a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of said respective resolutions by the board and by the said governing body and setting forth the said proposed amendment. The judge of probate for such county shall thereupon record such certificate in an appropriate book in his office. When such certificate has been so filed and recorded, such amendment shall become effective, and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation of an authority shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-54-187 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54 / Section 11-54-187
Section 11-54-187 Freedom of Authority from State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This article is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the article by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as expressly provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, or the exercise of any other of its powers by an authority. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by an authority.
Ala. Code § 2-6-108 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-108
Section 2-6-108 Design, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Etc., of Coliseum
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation or the AACB may enter into management, operations, or other types of agreements with public or private entities for the design, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, management, promotion, or operation of the coliseum. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the corporation or the AACB, as the case may be, shall select a developer, manager, promoter, or operator through an open and competitive selection process through the solicitation of proposals from qualified entities that address the needs, requirements, and funding issues it identifies. The corporation or the AACB, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, shall select the entity or entities it determines to be the best qualified based upon the proposals submitted, presentations by proposers, its deliberations, and any other information it considers to be relevant to the selection of the best qualified proposer. No further or additional reviews or approvals by any official or entity shall be required.

(b) All receipts, revenues, and income derived by either the AACB or the corporation from the operation or leasing of the project shall be applied solely for the following purposes:

(1) To insure and maintain in good and operable condition the various properties and facilities that comprise the project.

(2) To pay the debt service on the bonds of the corporation.

(c) The AACB and the corporation are authorized to establish accounts and funds as they deem appropriate to provide for the custody and disbursement of such moneys. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall any of such receipts, revenues, or income:

(1) Be combined or commingled with moneys appropriated by the state.

(2) Revert to, or otherwise become a part of, the General Fund in the State Treasury.

(d) Any funds that are not needed to pay the costs of insuring and maintaining the project shall be transferred, as soon as practicable, to the special fund provided for in Section 2-6-118.
Ala. Code § 11-44E-164 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44E / Section 11-44E-164
Section 11-44E-164 Election Bribes; False Statement as to Qualification to Vote; Voting or Offering to Vote by Person Who Is Not Qualified
Status: in_force

Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any voter for the purpose of influencing his (her) vote at any election provided for in this chapter, or any voter entitled to vote at such election, receiving and accepting such bribe or other consideration, or any person making false answer to any of the provisions of this chapter relative to his (her) qualifications to vote at an election, or any person willfully voting or offering to vote at such election, who has not complied with the residency requirements provided for by general law, or who is not voting age, or is not a citizen of the United States, or knowing himself (herself) not to be a qualified voter of the precinct, where he (she) offers to vote, or any person knowingly procuring, aiding or abetting any violation hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 2-13-5 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 2-13-5
Section 2-13-5 Sanitation of Premises and Utensils
Status: in_force

All premises and utensils used in the handling of milk or cream and the by-products of the same and all premises and utensils used in the preparation, manufacture or sale of any food product for man from milk or cream or the by-products of the same which shall be kept in an unclean, filthy or noxious condition are hereby declared to be unsanitary.
Ala. Code § 11-54A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 54A / Section 11-54A-25
Section 11-54A-25 Continued Existence of Authorities Established Before August 1, 2004; Reincorporation
Status: in_force

Any downtown redevelopment authority established under this chapter prior to August 1, 2004, for the purpose of revitalizing or redeveloping the central business district of any city or town in Alabama may continue in existence under this chapter as it appeared prior to August 1, 2004, or may reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter as amended by the filing of a restated certificate of incorporation with the judge of probate of the county wherein the certificate of incorporation of the authority was originally filed for record, but the provisions of Section 11-54A-4 need not be complied with and, if the authority had previously received an authorizing resolution, no new authorizing resolution shall be required. The governing body of the city shall not be required to reappoint the directors of the authority and the directors then in office shall continue in office and their terms of office shall expire at the same time the terms would have expired prior to the passage of this section.
Ala. Code § 11-55-11 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 55 / Section 11-55-11
Section 11-55-11 Exemption from Taxation of Projects, Bonds, Etc
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this chapter and the income therefrom, all mortgages executed as security therefor, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and all projects and the revenues derived from any lease thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-42-211 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-211
Section 11-42-211 Map or Plat, Etc., Evidence of Municipal Boundaries
Status: in_force

Said map or plat, the record thereof or a certified copy therefrom, whether the same is adopted without objection or adopted after election as provided in this article, shall be evidence in any court of this state as to the proper boundaries of said city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-44-46 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44 / Section 11-44-46
Section 11-44-46 Officers or Employees Not to Be Interested in Contracts for Services, Etc., for Municipality or Railway, Gas Works, Etc., Therein
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 11-51-157 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-157
Section 11-51-157 Appeal from Judgment of Circuit Court
Status: in_force

The laws of Alabama governing appeals from money judgments entered by the circuit court shall govern and control appeals taken under this division, except the Supreme Court of Alabama shall have jurisdiction thereof and except that the appeal shall be perfected within 42 days from the entry of a final judgment. Any permanent injunction shall remain in full force and effect unless the respondent executes a supersedeas bond to stay the execution of the judgment.
Ala. Code § 2-31-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 31 / Section 2-31-6
Section 2-31-6 Fire and Extended Coverage Insurance Required; Certificate Filed with Commissioner; Cancellation
Status: in_force

Before a license shall be issued to the applicant, he shall file with the commissioner a certificate which shall indicate that he has a fire and extended coverage insurance policy in effect and in amount that shall cover the grain of all depositors while in his custody for the full insurance values against loss or damage by fire, lightning, tornado, cyclones, explosions, windstorms, and such other perils as may be required by statute or the commissioner.

The name and address of the operator and location of each person in the insurance policy shall correspond with the same in the application.

Every fire and extended coverage insurance policy so filed shall contain a provision that it may not be cancelled by the principal or insurance company, except on 90 days prior notice in writing, by certified mail, to the commissioner mailed on the same day to the principal. The cancellation shall not affect the liability accrued or which may accrue under such insurance policy before the expiration of the 90 days. The notice shall contain the termination date.

The grain dealer shall immediately notify all depositors of grain when there is a notice of cancellation of his fire and extended coverage insurance policy, and further, the commissioner shall be responsible to assure notice of insurance cancellation is given to all depositors of grain within 30 days from date of notice from the principal or insurance company.
Ala. Code § 11-42-121 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 42 / Section 11-42-121
Section 11-42-121 Appointment of Commissioners
Status: in_force

The mayor or other head of the governing body of any city or town shall appoint the commissioners provided for in Section 11-42-120 upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body calling for such appointment or upon the presentation of a petition to the governing body signed by one third of the qualified electors residing within such city or town.
Ala. Code § 11-51-66 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-66
Section 11-51-66 Proceedings for Sale of Land for Payment of Taxes - Duties of Tax Assessor as to Descriptive List
Status: in_force

The county tax assessor shall calculate and enter municipal taxes owing to such municipalities on the descriptive lists coming to him under and in accordance with the provisions of law in regard to state and county taxes in the same manner and way that he is required to do as to state and county taxes, and all provisions, proceedings, and requirements as to state and county taxes shall be applicable to such municipal taxes.
Ala. Code § 2-12-1 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 2-12-1
Section 2-12-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) DEALER. Any person who sells or offers eggs for sale in this state.

(2) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association.

(3) EGGS. The eggs of a domesticated chicken hen, which eggs are in the shell.

(4) ALABAMA EGGS. Eggs which are produced in the State of Alabama.

(5) GRADE. The quality of eggs to be determined by candling pursuant to standards or classifications for quality which are adopted and promulgated under Section 2-12-3.

(6) WEIGHT CLASS. The size of eggs to be determined by weighing pursuant to standards or classifications for size which are adopted and promulgated under Section 2-12-3.

(7) WHOLESALE. Such term shall include the sale of eggs by a dealer to a retailer or to another wholesaler.

(8) RETAIL. The sale of eggs to the user or consumer.

(9) PRODUCER. A person who sells eggs of his own hens’ production only.
Ala. Code § 11-62-2 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 62 / Section 11-62-2
Section 11-62-2 Legislative Findings and Declarations
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared as follows: There exists in the State of Alabama a serious shortage of adequate facilities for the housing, care, and treatment of persons requiring special care, including orphans and persons who are elderly, sick, physically disabled, or handicapped or mentally ill or retarded, as well as a shortage of investment funds needed to finance such facilities; in order to alleviate the shortage of such facilities, to encourage the continued operation of such facilities as now exist and to enable certain not-for-profit organizations to finance such facilities it is necessary and desirable to authorize the creation by municipalities in the state of authorities which will have the power to increase the supply of investment funds available for such facilities by selling and issuing bonds and notes and using the proceeds of such bonds and notes to (1) acquire facilities for lease or sale to such not-for-profit organizations, (2) make loans to such not-for-profit organizations in order to finance both capital and operating costs of such facilities and/or (3) purchase authorized purpose obligations, as hereinafter defined, created in connection with facilities operated by such not-for-profit organizations.
Ala. Code § 2-6-111 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 2-6-111
Section 2-6-111 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

The corporation may sell and issue its refunding bonds, without limit as to principal amount, for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the corporation at the time outstanding, paying the expenses of issuance, and paying any premiums necessary to be paid to redeem any bonds to be refunded.
Ala. Code § 2-22-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 22 / Section 2-22-22
Section 2-22-22 Violations of Chapter or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Deemed Misdemeanors; Injunctive Proceedings to Restrain Violations of Chapter or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this chapter or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated thereunder or who shall sell or offer for sale or distribute for sale any commercial fertilizer in violation of the requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such an offense.

(b) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may apply by petition to a circuit court, and such court or any judge thereof shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both restraining and enjoining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under authority of this chapter. Said temporary restraining order or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond.
Ala. Code § 11-44A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 44A / Section 11-44A-15
Section 11-44A-15 Applicability of Article
Status: in_force

For all purposes the provisions of Sections 11-44A-6 through 11-44A-14 shall become applicable to the municipality at the time when the first council elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies, otherwise, this article shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law.
Ala. Code § 11-40-22 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 40 / Section 11-40-22
Section 11-40-22 Mayor Authorized to Award Municipal Employees for Exemplary Performance, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any limitations of law pertaining to the municipality, the mayor of any municipality in Alabama is hereby authorized, subject to budget restraints approved by the governing body, to make cash or non-cash awards not to exceed $1,000 to employees of the municipality in recognition of exemplary performance or for innovations that significantly reduce costs or result in outstanding improvements in services to the public.

(b) Any employee selected to receive a cash or non-cash award for exemplary performance or for innovations that significantly reduce costs must first be recommended by his or her supervisor and approved by the governing body of the municipality.

(c) Nothing in this section shall affect any program in existence on September 22, 1997.
Ala. Code § 2-11-30 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 2-11-30
Section 2-11-30 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the Alabama Catfish Marketing and Consumer Act of 1975.
Ala. Code § 2-1-9 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 2-1-9
Section 2-1-9 Penalty for Violation
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this title, or the rules and regulations issued thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, unless otherwise provided in this title, shall be fined not more than $500.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for not more than six months.
Ala. Code § 11-50-4 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 50 / Section 11-50-4
Section 11-50-4 Condemnation of Sources of Water, Watersheds, Rights-of-Way, Etc., to Secure Water Supply
Status: in_force

For the purpose of securing and maintaining a water supply sufficient for its inhabitants and users within contiguous areas, any municipal corporation is vested with full authority to have condemned for its use sources of water and water supplies or necessary watersheds, rights-of-way for its pipelines, and lands for its water reservoir anywhere in the state. Condemnation under this section shall be governed by the provisions of Title 18 of this Code.
Ala. Code § 11-61A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 61A / Section 11-61A-6
Section 11-61A-6 Changes and Amendments
Status: in_force

(a) The board, by resolution, may change the name of the authority and may amend the certificate of incorporation if each of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The governing body adopts a resolution that is entered upon the minutes of the body approving the change of name or amendment of the certificate.

(2) If the board adopts a resolution changing the name of the authority, the board shall obtain from the Secretary of State a certificate stating that the change of name is not identical to that of any other corporation in the state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty.

(b) The board shall file in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of the authority is located each of the following:

(1) The resolution of the board changing the name of the authority or amending the certificate.

(2) A certified copy of the resolution of the governing body approving the action of the board.

(3) The required certificate prepared by the Secretary of State when the name of the authority is changed.

(c) The changes contained in the resolution of the board shall become effective at the time of filing.
Ala. Code § 11-51-188 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-188
Section 11-51-188 Due Dates for Licenses; Discounts
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), each municipal business license shall be due on January 1st of each year and shall be renewed annually on or before the 31st day of January, provided that a municipality that imposed a delinquency date as of January 1, 2006, that was later than January 31 may elect, by adoption of an ordinance, to impose a February 15 delinquency date.

(b) If the due date for payment of any business license hereunder falls on a weekend or a holiday recognized by the municipality from time to time, the due date shall automatically be extended until the next business day.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), insurance company licenses shall be renewed annually on or before March 1, in accordance with Section 11-51-122.

(d) Any municipality may, in its discretion, grant a discount for payment of the applicable business license tax prior to the due date prescribed above. The amount and terms of the discount shall be established by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality.
Ala. Code § 11-51-190 — Alabama Code / Title 2 / Chapter 51 / Section 11-51-190
Section 11-51-190 Recordkeeping
Status: in_force

Consistent with Section 40-2A-7(a), taxpayers under this chapter shall keep and maintain an accurate and complete set of records, books, and other information sufficient to allow the municipality or its designee to determine the correct amount of any business license tax levied by the municipality, or other records or information as may be necessary for the proper administration of any matters under the jurisdiction of the municipality.