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AL Code § 11-50B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50B - Municipal Telecommunications Services.|Section 11-50B-5 - Maintenance of Records; Payment of Capital Costs, Etc.

Section 11-50B-5Maintenance of records; payment of capital costs, etc. Every public provider furnishing cable service or telecommunications service in the exercise of authority granted under the provisions of this chapter shall maintain books and records of its operations reflecting all costs, including direct costs and indirect costs, of providing the cable service or telecommunications service, as the case may be, in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles. Books and records maintained pursuant to the provisions of this section shall disclose the sources and amounts of capital, including working capital, employed in the provision of cable service or telecommunications service, as the case may be. No part of the capital costs incurred or capital expenditures made, or the operating expenses paid, by a public provider in the provision of cable service or telecommunications service, as the case may be, in the exercise of authority granted under this chapter shall be paid from revenues derived from state or local taxes or from appropriations of the state, a county, or a municipality. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this chapter shall preclude public providers furnishing cable service or telecommunications service, as the case may be, in the event of a disaster as declared by county, state, or federal officials or authorities, from using emergency relief funds obtained from any source in the repair or restoration of their cable systems, telecommunications equipment, and telecommunications systems, and nothing contained herein shall preclude a municipality, municipal department or agency, public corporation, board, or authority that is an agency, department, or instrumentality of a municipality, public school, or other governmental entity from paying a public provider for a service furnished by the public provider in the exercise of authority granted under this chapter from revenues derived from state or local taxes or from appropriations of the state, a county, or a municipality. (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §5.)
AL Code § 11-50B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50B - Municipal Telecommunications Services.|Section 11-50B-7 - Provision of Cable Channel to Public School System, Etc.

Section 11-50B-7Provision of cable channel to public school system, etc. Subsequent to August 1, 2000, each public provider that commences offering to the public cable service in the exercise of authority granted it hereunder shall reserve and make available for the use of the public school system in the municipality in the case of a municipality, or in the municipality which authorized the organization of the municipal instrumentality in the case of a municipal instrumentality, without fee, charge, or other compensation from the public school system, one cable channel; provided, however, that if the provision thereof without fee, charge, or other compensation pursuant hereto would constitute a breach of or event of default under the provisions of any resolution, indenture, mortgage, or other instrument pursuant to which any debt obligations of the public provider are then outstanding, the public provider shall not be required to provide a cable channel without fee, charge, or other compensation until the time doing so would no longer constitute a breach or event of default. (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §7.)
AL Code § 11-50B-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50B - Municipal Telecommunications Services.|Section 11-50B-10 - Power of Eminent Domain.

Section 11-50B-10Power of eminent domain. In addition to all other power, rights, privileges, and authority heretofore granted by law, in the exercise of the authority and power granted hereunder, public providers may exercise all powers of eminent domain now or hereafter conferred on municipalities in this state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no public provider may acquire any other person's or entity's cable system, telecommunications equipment, or telecommunications system, or any part or equipment of any other person's or entity's system, including, but not limited to, poles, wires, conduits, transmitters, receivers, towers, appliances, or rights-of-way, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §10.)
AL Code § 11-50B-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50B - Municipal Telecommunications Services.|Section 11-50B-11 - Limitation on Debts.

Section 11-50B-11Limitation on debts. No action taken pursuant to this chapter shall create or authorize the incurrence of a debt by any municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provisions or statutory limitation on debts. (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §11.)
AL Code § 11-50B-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50B - Municipal Telecommunications Services.|Section 11-50B-12 - Construction.

Section 11-50B-12Construction. This chapter shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing, including without limitation, powers previously conferred upon specific public providers by local acts which were enacted on or prior to May 25, 2000, and local acts amendatory thereto which may hereinafter be enacted. (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §12.)
AL Code § 11-53-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53 - Minimum Housing Standards and Regulation of Unsafe Buildings.|Section 11-53-1 - Legislative Declarations and Findings of Fact.

Section 11-53-1Legislative declarations and findings of fact. It is hereby declared that insanitary and unsafe buildings, dwellings, and structures of all types and descriptions used for human habitation exist in the incorporated municipalities of this state and that such insanitary and unsafe conditions arise from obsolescence, poor repair, maintenance, and the overcrowding and use of such buildings, dwellings, and structures used for human habitation and occupancy; that such conditions are often compounded by inadequate provisions for light and air, insufficient protection against fire hazards, lack of living space and overcrowding and lack of heating, plumbing, and other facilities; that such insanitary and unsafe buildings, dwellings, and structures used for human habitation and occupancy constitute a danger to the health, safety, morals, welfare, well-being, and comfort of the inhabitants and general public in such incorporated municipalities; and, that such conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and are damaging and injurious to the inhabitants and general public of such incorporated municipalities. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53 - Minimum Housing Standards and Regulation of Unsafe Buildings.|Section 11-53-2 - Enactment and Enforcement of Ordinances Regulating Use, Repair, Maintenance, etc., of Buildings, etc., Used for Human Habitation or Occupancy, etc., Authorized.

Section 11-53-2Enactment and enforcement of ordinances regulating use, repair, maintenance, etc., of buildings, etc., used for human habitation or occupancy, etc., authorized. The incorporated municipalities of this state are specifically authorized, in order to protect the health, safety, morals, welfare, well-being and comfort of their inhabitants and the public at large to enact, adopt, and enforce ordinances regulating the use, control, repair, and maintenance of buildings, dwellings, and structures of all types and descriptions used for human habitation or occupancy and, the number of occupants and the mode and manner of occupancy for the purpose of insuring the healthful, safe, and sanitary environment of the occupants of such structures and to compel the owners or persons in charge of such buildings to alter, reconstruct, or modify them or any room, compartment, or part thereof for the purpose of insuring the healthful, safe, and sanitary environment of the occupants thereof and to prohibit the use and occupancy of such buildings, dwellings and structures of all types and descriptions used for human habitation or occupancy until such rules, regulations, and provisions imposed by ordinance shall have been complied with. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 284, §2.)
AL Code § 11-53-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53 - Minimum Housing Standards and Regulation of Unsafe Buildings.|Section 11-53-3 - Power to Enjoin or Abate Public Nuisances Not Impaired by Chapter.

Section 11-53-3Power to enjoin or abate public nuisances not impaired by chapter. This chapter shall not be construed to impair or limit in any way the power of incorporated municipalities to enjoin or abate public nuisances within their corporate limits. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 284, §3.)
AL Code § 11-53-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53 - Minimum Housing Standards and Regulation of Unsafe Buildings.|Section 11-53-4 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-53-4Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be liberally construed as being additional authority of incorporated municipalities to adopt ordinances relating to the establishment and enforcement of minimum standards for buildings, dwellings and structures of all types and descriptions used for human habitation and occupancy and is cumulative to and in addition to existing legal authority. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 284, §4.)
AL Code § 11-53B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-53B-1Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) It is estimated that within the municipalities of the state, there exist several thousand parcels of real property that due to poor design, obsolescence, or neglect, have become unsafe to the extent of becoming public nuisances. Much of this property is vacant or in a state of disrepair and is causing or may cause a blight or blighting influence on the city and the neighborhoods in which the property is located. Such property constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare to the citizens of the state and is an impediment to economic development within the municipality. This threat can be minimized if an incorporated municipality is authorized to repair the affected structures and is able to recover the cost of the repairs. In addition, where the municipality has undertaken the demolition of the structures and has taken a lien on the real property for the cost of the demolition, there has not been an effective method for recovering this assessment. These obligations owed to municipalities have largely been under-performing assets that could be converted to cash, providing the municipalities with much needed revenues. (2) It is the intent of this chapter to authorize a municipality of the state to proceed with the demolition or repair of a structure based on its own findings, and to set out a method for collecting the assessment liens so imposed. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-2 - Demolition or Repair Upon Finding of Necessity and Notice Given.

Section 11-53B-2Demolition or repair upon finding of necessity and notice given. Upon a finding of necessity by the governing body of any incorporated municipality in the state, after giving notice as provided herein the municipality may demolish or repair a building or structure or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations which are found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. The cost of any action taken by the municipality shall be assessed against the property as provided in this chapter. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §2.)
AL Code § 11-53B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-4 - Hearing; Appeal.

Section 11-53B-4Hearing; appeal. Within 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with that person's objections to the finding by the city official that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the city official until determination thereon is made by the governing body.  Upon holding the hearing, which shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, after the expiration of 30 days from the date the notice is given, the governing body of the municipality shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance. In the event that it is determined by the governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be repaired or demolished, as the case may be. The repairs or demolition may be accomplished by the municipality by contract for the repairs or demolition. The municipality shall have authority to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from any demolition hereunder. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 10 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the clerk of the city and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein. The clerk of the city shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the clerk of the court a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body in proceedings and trials shall be held without jury upon the determination of the governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §4.)
AL Code § 11-53B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-5 - Fixing of Costs.

Section 11-53B-5Fixing of costs. Upon demolition or repair of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report to the governing body of the cost thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition or repair and assessing the same against the property; provided, however, the proceeds of any moneys received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of the demolition; and provided further, that any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of such costs or the amounts thereof. The clerk of the municipality shall give notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs is to be considered by first-class mail to all entities having an interest in the property whose address and interest is determined from the tax assessor's records on the property or as otherwise known to the clerk. The fixing of the costs by the governing body shall constitute an assessment against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and as made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment ("the final assessment"). The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes, and except for mortgages recorded prior to the creation of the lien for the assessment, and shall continue in force until paid. A certified copy of the resolution fixing the final assessment shall also be recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is situated.  (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §5.)
AL Code § 11-53B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-6 - Assessment of Costs.

Section 11-53B-6Assessment of costs. The municipality shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where such an assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate or discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale by the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment.  (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §6.)
AL Code § 11-53B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-7 - Payment of Costs.

Section 11-53B-7Payment of costs. The municipality, in ordering any repair or demolition the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against any property in accordance with this chapter, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment; provided, however, that if the assessed amount is greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the property owner may, at his or her election, to be expressed by notifying the municipal official charged with the duty of collecting the assessments in writing within 30 days after the final assessment is determined, pay the final assessment in 10 equal annual installments, which shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 12 percent per annum. Interest shall begin to accrue upon the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the final assessment is set by the governing body and the interest shall be due and payable at the time and place the assessment is due and payable. Any person who elects to make installment payments may pay the outstanding balance of the final assessment together with all accrued interest thereon at any time during the installment payment schedule. The first installment shall be payable within 30 days after the final assessment is determined, and all installments thereof shall be payable at the office of the clerk, finance office, or treasurer of the city or town as may be prescribed. Upon full payment of the final assessments and accrued interest thereon, the municipality shall record a satisfaction of the lien in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §7.)
AL Code § 11-53B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-8 - Failure to Make Payment.

Section 11-53B-8Failure to make payment. If the property owner fails to pay the assessment lien within 30 days, or having elected to make installment payments, fails to make any installment payment when due, the whole assessment lien shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the municipality to collect the assessment lien shall proceed to sell the property against which the assessment lien is made to the highest bidder for cash, but in no event less than the amount of the lien plus interest through the date of default. Prior to the sale, notice shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality or of general circulation therein, setting forth the date and time of the sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold. If the officer shall fail to advertise and sell any property on which the payments are past due, any taxpayer of the issuing municipality shall have the right to apply for a writ of mandamus requiring the official to take such action to any court of competent jurisdiction, and the court shall, on proof, issue and enforce the writ. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §8.)
AL Code § 11-53B-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53B - Municipal Authority to Repair or Demolish Unsafe Structures.|Section 11-53B-9 - Sale of Property Upon Default.

Section 11-53B-9Sale of property upon default. (a) Any property owner, notwithstanding his or her default, may pay the assessment lien with interest and all costs if tendered before a sale of the property. (b) The cost of any notice and sale resulting from a default on paying an assessment shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale. (c) The officer making the sale shall execute a deed to the purchaser, which shall convey all the rights, title, and interest which the party against whose property the assessment was made had or held in the property at the date of making the assessment or on the date of making the sale. Any surplus arising from the sale shall be paid to the city or municipal treasurer to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer for the owner upon the responsibility of his or her official bond. The municipality may, by its agents, purchase real estate sold as provided under this chapter and, in the event of the purchase, the deed for the same shall be made to the municipality. (d) No mistake in the notice of sale in the description of the property or in the name of the owner shall vitiate the assessment or the lien and if for any reason, the sale made by the municipality is ineffectual to pass title, it shall operate as an assignment of the lien, and, upon the request of the purchaser, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as required in this chapter may be had to correct the errors in the proceedings for his or her benefit or the lien so assigned to him or her may be enforced by civil action. (Act 2002-522, p. 1355, §9.)