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AL Code § 11-54-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-185 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 11-54-185Exemption from usury and interest laws. Each authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §16.)
AL Code § 11-54-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-186 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Laws.

Section 11-54-186Exemption from competitive bid laws. Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §17.)
AL Code § 11-54-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-187 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control.

Section 11-54-187Freedom of authority from state supervision and control. 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. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §18.)
AL Code § 11-54-188 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-188 - Earnings of an Authority.

Section 11-54-188Earnings of an authority. An authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of an authority, then any net earnings of an authority thereafter accruing shall be paid to its authorizing municipality. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §19.)
AL Code § 11-54-189 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-189 - Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Title to Property in Authorizing Municipality.

Section 11-54-189Dissolution of authority and vesting of title to property in authorizing municipality. At any time when an 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 with which the authority's certificate of incorporation is filed, 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 authorizing municipality. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §20.)
AL Code § 11-54-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-190 - Incorporation of Another Authority by Same Municipality.

Section 11-54-190Incorporation of another authority by same municipality. The existence of an authority incorporated under the provisions of this article shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by the same municipality. Notwithstanding this section, an authority whose membership solely includes county or municipal governments, county or municipal boards of education, or any of their respective boards, agencies, departments, corporations, or instrumentalities, including other commercial development authorities, may be incorporated at any time, regardless of whether another authority exists within the jurisdiction at issue. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §21; Act 2012-538, p. 1599, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-191 - Continued Existence of Authority Notwithstanding Reclassification of Municipalities.

Section 11-54-191Continued existence of authority notwithstanding reclassification of municipalities. Any authority created hereunder shall continue in existence and shall have all powers conferred upon an authority organized pursuant to this article notwithstanding the fact that due to a reclassification of municipalities by the Legislature, the municipality which authorized the creation of such authority is no longer classified as a Class 1 municipality. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §22.)
AL Code § 11-54-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 6 - Commercial Development Authorities.|Section 11-54-192 - Provisions of Article Cumulative.

Section 11-54-192Provisions of article cumulative. 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. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, §23.)
AL Code § 11-54-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 7 - Donation of Property to United States for Defense Purposes.|Section 11-54-210 - Legislative Findings and Declarations.

Section 11-54-210Legislative findings and declarations. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) The location of defense facilities of the United States of America within the State of Alabama provides a substantial benefit to the economy of the State of Alabama; (2) The Legislature deems it necessary and desirable that each municipality in this state have the powers with respect to donation of land to the United States of America that are set forth herein. (Acts 1987, No. 87-555, p. 860, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 7 - Donation of Property to United States for Defense Purposes.|Section 11-54-211 - Authority of Municipalities to Acquire Real Property for Donation to United States for Defense Purposes; Issuance of Bonds, etc., to Fund Purchase; Conveyance to "Related Public corporation."

Section 11-54-211Authority of municipalities to acquire real property for donation to United States for defense purposes; issuance of bonds, etc., to fund purchase; conveyance to "related public corporation." Each municipality in this state is hereby authorized (a) to acquire any real property located within the corporate limits of any such municipality or within 25 miles thereof, and (b) to donate said real property so acquired or any real property heretofore acquired by any such municipality to the United States of America for use by the said United States for national defense and related purposes. Each such municipality is hereby authorized to issue its bonds, warrants, or other securities for the purpose of providing funds to purchase said real property for donation to the United States of America. Each such municipality is hereby further authorized to convey any such real property to a "related public corporation" pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 63 of Title 11 for the purpose of enabling such corporation to donate the land to the United States of America. (Acts 1987, No. 87-555, p. 860, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-54B-1Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds: (1) That patterns of urban development have had a substantial adverse impact upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economies of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That district management corporations representing real property owners within self-help business improvement districts can assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth and employment within business districts. (4) That Class 1 municipalities should be authorized to create self-help business improvement districts and designate district management corporations to execute self-help programs to improve the local business climates. (b) The Legislature further finds that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama to permit the governing bodies of Class 1 municipalities to protect the public welfare and the interests of the public in the safe and effective movement of persons, encourage healthy economic development, promote jobs, and preserve and enhance the function and appearance of business districts located within a Class 1 municipality through the adoption of an ordinance of the type authorized in this article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, p. 1295, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-2 - Definitions.

Section 11-54B-2Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any Class 1 municipality located in the State of Alabama. (2) DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. An entity created by incorporation under The Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act (Chapter 3A of Title 10), and designated by ordinance to manage a self-help business improvement district. (3) SELF-HELP BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. A geographical area, whether or not contiguous, within a municipality designated by ordinance as an area in which a special assessment may be levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district for the purposes of providing supplemental services within the district and promoting the economic and general welfare of the district. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, p. 1295, §2; Act 2007-479, p. 1017, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-3 - Development and Maintenance of Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.

Section 11-54B-3Development and maintenance of self-help business improvement districts. A municipality may, through ordinance, provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended as the exclusive procedure through which a municipality may create and maintain a self-help business improvement district. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §3.)
AL Code § 11-54B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-4 - Findings Required for Public Hearing on Adoption of Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance.

Section 11-54B-4Findings required for public hearing on adoption of self-help business improvement district ordinance. 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. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §4.)
AL Code § 11-54B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-5 - Requirements of Request for Creation of Self-Help Business Improvement District.

Section 11-54B-5Requirements of request for creation of self-help business improvement district. (a) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district must contain the following: (1) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the proposed district. The group must include the signatures of the owners of real property which comprises at least one-half of the total fair market value of all real property located in the proposed district. Ownership of real property and the fair market value thereof shall be determined by the county property tax assessment records. When record title to real property is vested in a public corporation or authority under a bond financing plan provided for by statute, the beneficial user of the real property in which title may ultimately be vested by purchase shall be deemed the owner of such real property for purposes of this article. (2) An accurate description, whether by metes and bounds or by lot and block numbers or by street addresses, of the proposed district. (3) A self-help business improvement district plan that shall include: a. a description of the supplemental services which will be provided in the district; b. a budget outlining the annual cost of the supplemental services described in paragraph a.; c. a description of the method which will be used to determine the amount of the special assessment which will be levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district to finance the supplemental services described in paragraph a.; d. the number of years, not to exceed five years, in which the special assessments described in paragraph c. above will be levied; and e. copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the district management corporation designated by the plan to provide administrative and other services to the district. (b) Act 2021-213 shall not affect the creation of a self-help business improvement district prior to April 15, 2021, but any district in existence prior to April 15, 2021, shall be subject to the remaining provisions of Act 2021-213. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §5; Act 2021-213, §§1,2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-6 - Mailing of Proposed Ordinance and Notice of Hearing.

Section 11-54B-6Mailing of proposed ordinance and notice of hearing. At least twenty (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 improvement district plan shall be mailed to all known owners of real property located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district. Such notice shall be mailed to all known owners of such real property at the address listed in the county property tax assessment records. In addition, a copy of such notice shall be posted in at least three (3) places located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district. A property owner's failure to receive a copy of such notice shall not constitute grounds upon which such owner may contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district ordinance. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §6.)
AL Code § 11-54B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-7 - Review of Self-Help Business Improvement District Plan and Adoption of Ordinance.

Section 11-54B-7Review of self-help business improvement district plan and adoption of ordinance. The municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan submitted, after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide for an effective date which is 60 days from the date of adoption of the ordinance by the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of real property which represent one-half or more (by number) of all parcels of real property located within the geographical area of the district file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the municipality, the provisions of such ordinance shall be void and no district shall be created. The ordinance shall designate the district management corporation provided for in the plan as the district management corporation authorized to provide administrative and other services to the district and authorize the execution of a contract between the municipality and such district management corporation setting out the services to be provided by the district and the municipality. The contract shall provide that the municipality shall continue the same level of services in the district as provided prior to the creation thereof. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §7; Act 2021-213, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54B-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-12 - Annual Budget of District Management Corporation.

Section 11-54B-12Annual budget of district management corporation. (a) The officers of the district management corporation shall submit a detailed annual budget for approval by its board of directors including proposed expenditures and proposed sources of funding, including voluntary donations, and which explains how the budget contributes to goals and objectives for the business improvement district. (b) The budget shall be introduced, approved, amended, and adopted by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership of the board of directors. The procedure shall be as follows: (1) Introduction and preliminary approval; (2) Public advertising; (3) Public hearing; (4) Amendments and public hearings, if required; and (5) Adoption. (c) No budget shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held thereon and all persons having an interest therein shall have been given an opportunity to present objections. (d) The board of directors may amend the budget during or after the public hearing. No amendment by the board of directors shall be effective until taxpayers and all persons having an interest therein shall have been granted a public hearing thereon, if the amendment shall: (1) Add a new item in an amount in excess of 10% of the total amount as stated in the approved budget; or (2) Increase or decrease any item within such budget by more than 10% of the amount stated therein for such item, or (3) Increase the amount to be raised by special assessment by more than 10% of the total special assessment revenues stated in the approved budget. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §12.)
AL Code § 11-54B-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-13 - Retention of Municipal Police Powers.

Section 11-54B-13Retention of municipal police powers. Notwithstanding the improvement of any street or sidewalk incident to a self-help business improvement district, a municipality and its governing body shall retain its police powers and other rights and powers relating to the street or part thereof constituting or included in a self-help business improvement district, and no such action shall be interpreted or construed to be a vacation, in whole or in part, of any municipal street or part thereof, it being intended that the establishment of a self-help business improvement district pursuant to this article is a matter of a regulation only. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §13.)