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AL Code § 11-40-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-20 - Operation of Hotel and Related Facilities by Class 1 Municipalities and Certain Public Corporations - Hotel Management Contracts.

Section 11-40-20Operation of hotel and related facilities by Class 1 municipalities and certain public corporations - Hotel management contracts. Any municipality or separate public corporation authorized to own and operate a hotel pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-40-19 and this section may operate such hotel through one or more management contracts with private companies experienced in the operation of hotels, and such management contract shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 41-16-50 through 41-16-63, inclusive, and shall be awarded for such term and in accordance with such conditions as shall be determined by the governing body of said municipality or separate public corporation, as the case may be. Nothing contained in Section 11-40-19 or this section shall be construed to limit any hotel owned and operated by any municipality or public corporation to providing services to persons attending conventions that use the civic center facilities owned by such municipality or public corporation, and any hotel owned and operated by a municipality or a public corporation pursuant to Section 11-40-19 and this section shall be entitled to serve the general public to the full extent permitted hotels under the laws of the state. (Acts 1989, No. 89-794, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-21 - Number of Members on Municipal Boards, Committees, etc., in Class 3 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-21Number of members on municipal boards, committees, etc., in Class 3 municipalities. In any Class 3 municipality, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the number of members who shall serve on any existing or future municipal board, committee, or like body, shall be the same as the number of members on the municipal governing body unless the municipal governing body by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the municipal governing body shall provide for a greater or lesser number of members. (Acts 1993, No. 93-704, p. 1349, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-22 - Mayor Authorized to Award Municipal Employees for Exemplary Performance, Etc.

Section 11-40-22Mayor authorized to award municipal employees for exemplary performance, etc. (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. (Acts 1997, No. 97-948, §§ 1, 2; Act 98-614, p. 1354, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-23 - License Tax for Collecting, etc., Waste Grease and Animal By-Products.

Section 11-40-23License tax for collecting, etc., waste grease and animal by-products. Each person engaged in the business of purchasing and receiving or collecting waste grease and animal by-products for rendering or recycling, from businesses, schools, and institutions located in various cities of the state, shall pay the following annual license tax in cities of: over 100,000 population$50.0025,000 to 100,000 population 25.0012,000 to 25,000 population 20.006,000 to 12,000 population 15.002,000 to 6,000 population 10.000 to 2,000 population 5.00 (Formerly §40-12-180; Acts 1991, No. 91-598, p. 1101, §1; transferred to this section by Act 99-526, p. 1152, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-24 - Employees of Separately Incorporated Public Corporation Not Deemed Employees of Municipality.

Section 11-40-24Employees of separately incorporated public corporation not deemed employees of municipality.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of any separately incorporated public corporation authorized to be created by a municipality pursuant to state law are employees of that separately incorporated entity and are not employees of the municipality authorizing the creation of the entity. (Act 2006-548, p. 1265, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-25 - Municipal Officers Removed by Operation of Law.

Section 11-40-25Municipal officers removed by operation of law. (a) For purposes of this section, the term elected municipal official means any mayor, council member, or commission member elected or appointed to municipal office whose presence at council or commission meetings is counted towards establishing a quorum. (b) Any elected municipal official who misses all regular and special called council or commission meetings for 90 consecutive days, beginning on the date of any absence, shall be removed from office by operation of law. (c) For the purpose of applying subsection (b), on the date and time of any regular or special called council or commission meeting of a municipality, the clerk shall make a record of all elected municipal officials present or absent regardless of whether or not a quorum is present. (d) At the next council or commission meeting following the date an elected municipal official has been removed from office pursuant to this section, the council or commission may vote to reinstate the elected municipal official removed from office as provided herein for any mitigating or extenuating circumstances as determined by a majority vote of the remaining voting members of the council or commission, including the mayor if the mayor is a voting member of the council as provided by law. (e) If the council or commission does not reinstate the removed elected municipal official pursuant to subsection (d), the council or commission shall fill the vacancy as provided by law. (f) This section shall not apply to any elected municipal official whose absence from any council or commission meeting is a result of military service. (Act 2010-611, p. 1567, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-30 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.

Section 11-40-30Demolition of unsafe structures. Any incorporated municipality of the state may, after notice as provided herein, move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when found by the governing body of the municipality to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, §1; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-31 - Notice From Appropriate Municipal Officer of Unsafe Condition.

Section 11-40-31Notice from appropriate municipal officer of unsafe condition. The term "appropriate municipal official" as used in this article shall mean any municipal building official or deputy and any other municipal official or municipal employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article. Whenever the appropriate municipal official of the municipality finds that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in the municipality is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgagees of record, by certified or registered mail to the address on file in the tax collector's or revenue commissioner's office, notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall not be less than 30 days or suffer the building or structure to be demolished by the municipality and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of the certified or registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. Notice of the order, or a copy thereof, shall, within three days of the date of mailing, also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure. If there is no entrance, the notice may be posted at any location on the building or structure. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, §2; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-32 - Hearing; Appeal.

Section 11-40-32Hearing; appeal. (a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 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 municipality, together with his or her objections to the finding by the municipal 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 municipal official until determination thereon is made by the governing body. Upon holding the hearing, which hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, the governing body, after the expiration of 30 days from the date the notice is given, shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance. If 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 demolished. The demolition may be accomplished by the municipality by the use of its own forces, or it may provide by contract for the demolition. The municipality may sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition. (b) 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 municipality and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein. The clerk of the municipality shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the clerk of the court a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body in its proceedings. Any 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. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, §3; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-33 - Costs of Demolition.

Section 11-40-33Costs of demolition. Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate municipal 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 and assessing the costs against the property. 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 demolition. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection to the fixing of the costs or the amounts thereof. The municipal 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 collector's or revenue commissioner's records on the property or is otherwise known to the clerk. The fixing of the costs by the governing body shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and thus made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes, and shall continue in force until paid. A certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is situated. Upon filing, the tax collector or revenue commissioner of the county shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax and remit the amount to the municipality. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, §4; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-34 - Assessment of Costs.

Section 11-40-34Assessment of costs. The municipality may 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 the 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 to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the municipality 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 to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. The assessment shall then be added to the tax bill of the property, collected as a tax, and remitted to the municipality. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, §5; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-35 - Payment of Assessments.

Section 11-40-35Payment of assessments. Payment of the assessment shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments in Section 11-48-48, as the same has heretofore or may hereafter be amended. Any Class 2 municipality may use the provisions of Section 11-48-48.1 as the same has heretofore or may hereafter be amended. Upon the property owner's failure to pay the assessment the officer designated by the municipality to collect the assessments shall proceed to collect the assessment as provided in Sections 11-48-49 to 11-48-60, inclusive. The municipality may, in the latter notice, elect to have the tax collector or revenue commissioner collect the assessment by adding the assessment to the tax bill. Upon the election, the tax collector or revenue commissioner shall collect the assessment using all methods available for collecting ad valorem taxes. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, § 6; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, § 1.)
AL Code § 11-40-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Demolition of Buildings and Structures.|Section 11-40-36 - Article Cumulative.

Section 11-40-36Article cumulative. This article is cumulative in nature and is in addition to any power and authority which any municipality may have under any other law. (Acts 1989, No. 89-376, § 7; Act 99-702, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 216, § 1.)
AL Code § 11-40-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-50 - Meaning of "Appropriate City official."

Section 11-40-50Meaning of "appropriate city official." Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017. (Acts 1992, No. 92-471, p. 939, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-51 - Authority of City to Prescribe Standards for Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings.

Section 11-40-51Authority of city to prescribe standards for continued use and occupancy of buildings. Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017. (Acts 1992, No. 92-471, p. 939, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-52 - Administrative Review; Petition; Hearing.

Section 11-40-52Administrative review; petition; hearing. Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017. (Acts 1992, No. 92-471, p. 939, §3.)
AL Code § 11-40-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-53 - Appeal From Order of Administrative Review Body to Circuit Court.

Section 11-40-53Appeal from order of administrative review body to circuit court. Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017. (Acts 1992, No. 92-471, p. 939, §4.)
AL Code § 11-40-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Continued Use and Occupancy of Buildings in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-54 - Failure of Owner to Comply With Notice of Non-Conformity, Certificate of Modified Approval, etc.; Civil Penalties; Collection and Enforcement of Penalties.

Section 11-40-54Failure of owner to comply with notice of non-conformity, certificate of modified approval, etc.; civil penalties; collection and enforcement of penalties. Repealed by Act 2017-304, §11, effective May 16, 2017. (Acts 1992, No. 92-471, p. 939, §5.)
AL Code § 11-40-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-60 - Applicability to Class 2 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-60Applicability to Class 2 municipalities.  This article applies only to Class 2 municipalities. (Act 2017-304, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-61 - Adoption of Article; Exception.

Section 11-40-61Adoption of article; exception. (a) The provisions of this article shall apply in any Class 2 municipality that adopts the provisions of this article to be applicable to the collection of municipal code liens as to real property, other than owner occupied property, in the municipality. (b) The provisions of this article shall not apply to owner occupied property. (Act 2017-304, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Use and Occupancy of Building in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-40-63 - Violations of Class 2 Municipality Housing and Building Code; Priority of Liens.

Section 11-40-63Violations of Class 2 municipality housing and building code; priority of liens. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any fees, penalties, and abatement costs imposed against property other than owner occupied real property for violations of a Class 2 municipality's housing and building codes adopted pursuant to the Code of Alabama 1975, may be enforced in rem as a lien in accordance with this article. (b) Every municipal code lien, as defined in this article, shall be superior to all other liens, except those liens for taxes described or referenced in Section 11-51-6. (Act 2017-304, §4.)