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AL Code § 16-17A-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-18 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-17A-18Legislative findings. In support of and in furtherance of the powers granted in Section 16-17A-8, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Authorities organized under this chapter and its university affiliates are performing essential public functions on behalf of the state, the sponsoring university, and other governmental entities in the state. (2) The nature and scope of the powers conferred on authorities and their university affiliates by this chapter are such as may compel each authority and each university affiliate, in the course of exercising its powers or by virtue of such exercise of such powers, to engage in activities itself or in collaboration with public or private entities and individuals that may be characterized as anticompetitive or may result in the acquisition or maintenance of monopoly power within the meaning of state and federal antitrust laws or otherwise may have the effect of displacing competition in the provision of hospital, physician, or other health care-related services. (3) In carrying out its public health mission through the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter, including, without limitation, the collaborative activities expressly authorized by this chapter, an authority and its university affiliates, as well as the public or private entities and individuals with which they collaborate, shall be immunized from liability under the federal and state antitrust laws to the fullest extent allowed by law.  (4) As an expression of the public policy of the state with respect to the displacement of competition in the field of health care, each authority and each university affiliate, when exercising its powers under this chapter, acts as an agency or instrumentality of its university and as a political subdivision of the state, and as such, neither an authority nor its university affiliate shall be subject to what has come to be known in relevant antitrust jurisprudence as active supervision by the state in order to enjoy immunity from the application of state and federal antitrust laws. (Act 2016-201, §18.)
AL Code § 16-17A-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-19 - Sovereign Immunity; Damage Limitation.

Section 16-17A-19Sovereign immunity; damage limitation.  (a) This chapter is not intended to extend or grant sovereign immunity to any authority or university affiliate that is not entitled to sovereign immunity under applicable law. Nor is this chapter intended to limit or remove sovereign immunity for any authority or university affiliate that is entitled to sovereign immunity under applicable law. (b) An authority or university affiliate not entitled to sovereign immunity shall be entitled to the benefits of the damage limitation for tort actions provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, if the authority or university affiliate meets both of the following requirements: (1) An entity that is a governmental entity within the meaning of Section 11-93-1, participates in the organization of the authority or university affiliate. A governmental entity participates in the organization of an authority or university affiliate if the governmental entity enters into an affiliation agreement or similar agreement with a university providing for the organization of the authority or university affiliate. (2) The authority or university affiliate receives public support for its operations, including, without limitations, taxes allocated to the authority or university affiliate, or appropriations from the state or any other governmental entity that benefit the authority or university affiliate. (c) As further evidence of the intent expressed in this chapter, the Legislature declares that: (1) An authority or university affiliate described in subsection (b) constitutes a governmental entity within the meaning of Section 11-93-1. (2) Claims for money damages against an authority or university affiliate described in subsection (b) constitutes claims within the meaning of Section 11-93-1. (Act 2016-201, §19.)
AL Code § 16-17A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-20 - Applicability of Other Laws.

Section 16-17A-20Applicability of other laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary: (1) Each authority shall be exempt from all laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Title 8, Chapter 8. (2) Authorities, university affiliates, members of the governing bodies of authorities and university affiliates, and officers and employees of authorities and university affiliates shall not be subject to state ethics laws, including, without limitation, the provisions of Title 36, Chapter 25. (3) Meetings of the board of an authority and any committee thereof shall not be subject to public meeting or notice requirements, including, without limitation, the provisions of Title 36, Chapter 25A. (4) Deposits of authorities and university affiliates are entitled to the benefits of the Security for Alabama Funds Enhancement Act, Title 41, Chapter 14A, and therefore, authorities and university affiliates are each a covered public entity as such term is used in that act. (5) Authorities and university affiliates shall not be subject to the competitive bid laws of the state, including, without limitation, the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 16, Articles 2, 3, and 3A. (6) Authorities and university affiliates shall not be subject to examination by the state Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (7) Authorities, university affiliates, and the employees thereof shall not be required to participate in any retirement plan, public pension plan, or health insurance plan administered by the state, or any agency of the state, unless an authority or university affiliate elects to join the plan and is otherwise eligible under applicable law to join the plan. (8) No expenditure authorized or permitted by the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to be a lending of credit or a granting of public money or thing of value to or in aid of any individual, association, or corporation within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision. (9) For purposes of The Volunteer Service Act, an authority shall be considered a governmental entity, and a university affiliate shall be considered a nonprofit organization so as to provide volunteers with the protections of Section 6-5-336. Terms used in this subdivision shall have the meanings assigned in Section 6-5-336. (Act 2016-201, §20.)
AL Code § 16-17A-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-22 - Disposition of Excess Revenues.

Section 16-17A-22Disposition of excess revenues.  No part of the net earnings of an authority remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any person other than a university, a governmental entity, a political corporation, or any nonprofit corporation that is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (Act 2016-201, §22.)
AL Code § 16-17A-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-23 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 16-17A-23Dissolution of authority.  (a) At any time when an authority does not have any indebtedness or other contractual or legal obligations outstanding, an authority may be dissolved by filing articles of dissolution with the Secretary of State, but only with the approval of both the board of the authority and the sponsoring university in the manner provided in this section. (b) In order to dissolve an authority, the following steps shall be completed: (1) The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing dissolution of the authority. (2) After the adoption by the board of a resolution approving articles of dissolution, the authority shall file with the sponsoring university a written request to the sponsoring university for adoption of a resolution approving dissolution of the authority. (3) As promptly as may be practicable after the receipt of the application from the authority, the sponsoring university shall review the application, and its governing body shall adopt a resolution either approving or denying dissolution of the authority. (c) Within 30 days following the approval of dissolution of an authority by the sponsoring university, the president or vice president of the authority shall sign and file for record in the office of Secretary of State the original articles of dissolution and a certified copy of each resolution approving the articles of dissolution. (d) Upon the filing for record of the articles of dissolution and the documents required by subsection (c), the articles of dissolution shall become effective. The Secretary of State shall thereupon record the articles of dissolution in an appropriate book in his or her office. (e) A sponsoring university may not dissolve an authority without the consent of the board. (f) Upon dissolution of the authority, title to all assets of the authority shall vest in the sponsoring university (Act 2016-201, §23.)
AL Code § 16-17A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 17A - University Authority Act of 2016.|Section 16-17A-24 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 16-17A-24Construction of chapter. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Act 2016-201, §24.)
AL Code § 16-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-18-2Legislative intent. It is the purpose of the Legislature by this chapter to authorize the incorporation of educational building authorities as public corporations and as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing ancillary improvements for use in connection with educational institutions in this state and to invest each authority organized hereunder with all power that may be necessary or appropriate to enable it to accomplish such purpose, including but without limitation to the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §2.)
AL Code § 16-18-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-5 - Board of Directors.

Section 16-18-5Board of directors. Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of three directors elected, as soon as may be practicable after the organization of the authority, by the governing body of the determining municipality for staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; the first term of another director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; and the first term of the remaining director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the third succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election. Thereafter, the term of office of each director shall be six years, commencing at noon on the second Monday of November when the term of the immediate predecessor director ended. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the determining municipality. Each election of a director subsequent to the selection of the initial directors, whether for a full six-year term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. No officer of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director must be a qualified elector and the owner of real property in the determining municipality. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall serve without compensation, except that he may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. A majority of the directors 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 of the powers and duties of the authority. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in said Section 175. All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority and 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 evidence of the matters therein certified. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §5.)
AL Code § 16-18-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-6 - Officers of Authority.

Section 16-18-6Officers of authority. The officers of an authority shall consist of a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may but need not be held by the same person. The chairman and vice-chairman of an authority shall be elected by the board from its membership; the secretary, the treasurer and any other officers of the authority may but need not be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board. The chairman and vice-chairman of the authority shall also be the chairman and vice-chairman of the board, respectively. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §6.)
AL Code § 16-18-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-8 - Location of Ancillary Improvements.

Section 16-18-8Location of ancillary improvements. Any ancillary improvements of the authority may be located within or without or partially within and partially without the determining municipality, subject to the following conditions: (1) No such ancillary improvements, or part thereof, shall be located more than 15 miles from the corporate limits of the determining municipality; (2) In no event shall any ancillary improvements or part thereof be located within the corporate limits or the police jurisdiction of a municipality in this state other than the determining municipality, unless the governing body of such other municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such ancillary improvements or part thereof in the corporate limits or in the police jurisdiction of such municipality; and (3) No such ancillary improvements or part thereof shall be located in a county other than that (or those) in which the determining municipality (or part thereof) is situated unless the county commission has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such ancillary improvements or part thereof in such county. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §8.)
AL Code § 16-18-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-10 - Remedies Under Lease Agreements.

Section 16-18-10Remedies under lease agreements. If there is any default in the payment of any rental required to be paid or in the performance of any covenant required to be performed by any educational institution under the provisions of any lease agreement between such educational institution and an authority, the authority and any pledgee of such lease agreement, or either, may by appropriate proceedings enforce and compel payment of such rental and performance of such covenant. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §10.)
AL Code § 16-18-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-12 - Contracts to Secure Bonds and Assumed Obligations.

Section 16-18-12Contracts to secure bonds and assumed obligations. As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation, maintenance and disposition (including lease) of any ancillary improvements or part thereof owned by it, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rentals from such ancillary improvements, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such ancillary improvements will be sufficient to operate such ancillary improvements, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such ancillary improvements, and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract made pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust, or trust indenture, made by the authority hereunder. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §12.)
AL Code § 16-18-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-13 - Statutory Mortgage Lien.

Section 16-18-13Statutory mortgage lien. Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto on the ancillary improvements or any part thereof (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such ancillary improvements may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such ancillary improvements and of the land relating thereto, a brief description of such bonds, and a declaration that the said statutory mortgage lien has been created upon such ancillary improvements (and upon such land as shall be made subject to the lien) for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive, record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The filing of such notice, as herein provided, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof. Such lien shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have actual notice thereof, from the time such notice is filed in the office of the judge of probate as herein provided. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §13.)
AL Code § 16-18-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-14 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 16-18-14Proceeds from sale of bonds. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to: (1) The engineering, legal, architectural, fiscal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds; (2) In the case of bonds issued to pay costs of construction, interest on such bonds (or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay construction costs) prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction; and (3) In the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority, any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §14.)
AL Code § 16-18-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-15 - Cooperation; Aid From Other Public Bodies.

Section 16-18-15Cooperation; aid from other public bodies. For the purpose of securing ancillary improvements in connection with educational institutions or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation or protection of ancillary improvements in connection with educational institutions, any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate money to, or perform services for the benefit of the authority; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including but without limitation, any ancillary improvements or part thereof, and any interest in any thereof; and (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of ancillary improvements in connection with educational institutions. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §15.)
AL Code § 16-18-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18 - Public Educational Building Authorities.|Section 16-18-16 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 16-18-16Exemption from taxation. The authority, 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 by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. No license or excise tax may be imposed on any authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 308, §16.)