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AL Code § 11-6-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 6 - Engineer.|Article 2 - Engineer Trainees.|Section 11-6-23 - State Participation in Salary.

Section 11-6-23State participation in salary. (a) Upon application of the county commission or like governing body of the several counties of the state, the Department of Transportation shall participate in the salary of the engineer trainee in the county in an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual salary of the engineer trainee. The amount is to be paid to the county in equal monthly installments to reimburse the fund of the county from which the salary of the engineer trainee is paid. (b) The amount contributed or paid by the Department of Transportation to any county under this article shall not include retirement contributions, Social Security, unemployment compensation, or other employee benefits, nor shall the amount contributed or paid exceed 50 percent of the annual salary schedule of the Department of Transportation under the Professional Civil Engineer I classification, step 18, or the top step, whichever is greater, as established by the Department of Transportation for the year in which applied. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §4; Acts 1993, No. 93-371, p. 633, §1; Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §3.)
AL Code § 11-6-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 6 - Engineer.|Article 2 - Engineer Trainees.|Section 11-6-24 - Considered County Employee.

Section 11-6-24Considered county employee. Engineer trainees appointed under provisions of this article shall in all respects be considered as employees of the counties by which employed. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §5.)
AL Code § 11-6-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 6 - Engineer.|Article 2 - Engineer Trainees.|Section 11-6-25 - Provisions of Article Cumulative.

Section 11-6-25Provisions of article cumulative. The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to all other statutes providing for assistance to the several counties for the maintenance and betterment of public roads. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 98, §6.)
AL Code § 11-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 1 - Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness for Sanitary Sewer Systems.|Section 11-9-1 - "Special Sanitary Tax" Defined; Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-9-1"Special sanitary tax" defined; applicability of provisions of article. The term "special sanitary tax" wherever used in this article means any special annual ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in a county, the proceeds of which are or may be required to be used exclusively as a sanitary fund. The provisions of this article shall apply to each county in this state which is now levying or may hereafter levy a special sanitary tax. (Acts 1955, No. 263, p. 610, §1.)
AL Code § 11-9-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 1 - Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness for Sanitary Sewer Systems.|Section 11-9-2 - Authority for Issuance; Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Sale and Disposition of Proceeds; Pledge for Payment of Principal and Interest Generally.

Section 11-9-2Authority for issuance; form, terms, denominations, etc.; sale and disposition of proceeds; pledge for payment of principal and interest generally. Each county which is now levying or may hereafter levy a special sanitary tax shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue, in addition to all other securities which it may now or hereafter be authorized to issue, interest-bearing warrants or certificates of indebtedness of such county for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, enlarging or extending a sanitary sewer system or systems or any part or parts thereof, including sanitary sewers, outfall lines, a sewage disposal plant or plants and appurtenances to any thereof; provided, that the maximum principal amount of warrants and certificates of indebtedness that may be issued under the provisions of this article shall not exceed $1,500,000.00. Any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness may be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 20 years from their date, may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six percent per annum payable semiannually, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without this state, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms not in conflict with the provisions of this article, all as the county commission of the county may provide in the proceedings wherein the warrants or certificates of indebtedness are authorized to be issued. All such warrants and certificates of indebtedness shall be sold only at public sale at such time or times and in such manner and after such notice as the county commission of the county may direct. All such warrants and certificates of indebtedness shall evidence general obligation debts of the county by which they are issued and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness shall be used solely for the purposes for which they are authorized to be issued, including the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the issuance thereof. (Acts 1955, No. 263, p. 610, §2.)
AL Code § 11-9-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 1 - Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness for Sanitary Sewer Systems.|Section 11-9-3 - Pledges of Special Sanitary Tax for Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-9-3Pledges of special sanitary tax for payment of principal and interest. The county commission of the county issuing any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness shall have the power to pledge and to use or cause to be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants and certificates of indebtedness so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the proceeds from the special sanitary tax levied by said county. If more than one such pledge shall be made with respect to the proceeds from the special sanitary tax, then such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless the proceedings making any such pledge shall expressly provide that such pledge shall be on a parity with or subordinate to a subsequent pledge of the special sanitary tax. Any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness for which such pledge may be made shall constitute preferred claims against the proceeds of the special sanitary tax so pledged and shall have preference over claims against said proceeds for the maintenance, repair and operation of sanitary facilities and all other claims against said proceeds. (Acts 1955, No. 263, p. 610, §3.)
AL Code § 11-9-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 1 - Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness for Sanitary Sewer Systems.|Section 11-9-4 - Investment of Trust Funds in Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness.

Section 11-9-4Investment of trust funds in warrants or certificates of indebtedness. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust funds in warrants and certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1955, No. 263, p. 610, §4.)
AL Code § 11-9-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 1 - Warrants or Certificates of Indebtedness for Sanitary Sewer Systems.|Section 11-9-5 - Issuance of Refunding Warrants and Certificates of Indebtedness.

Section 11-9-5Issuance of refunding warrants and certificates of indebtedness. Each such county may in like manner from time to time issue refunding warrants and refunding certificates of indebtedness, either by sale or by exchange, for the purpose of refunding a like or greater principal amount of warrants and certificates of indebtedness then outstanding which were issued under the provisions of this article. The provisions of this article applicable to the original issue of such warrants and certificates of indebtedness so refunded shall likewise be applicable to any refunding warrants and refunding certificates of indebtedness; except, that in the event such refunding warrants or refunding certificates of indebtedness are sold the proceeds from such sale shall be used only to retire the warrants and certificates of indebtedness refunded thereby; and except that said refunding warrants and refunding certificates of indebtedness shall not be charged against the limitation on the amount of warrants and certificates of indebtedness that may be issued under the provisions of this article as set out in section 11-9-2. (Acts 1955, No. 263, p. 610, §5.)
AL Code § 11-9-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-20 - Definitions.

Section 11-9-20Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the respective interpretations specified in this section: (1) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of a county. (3) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation in the state. (4) STATE. The State of Alabama. (5) WATERWORKS SYSTEM. Facilities for the gathering, collecting, impounding, treatment, transmission and distribution or any of them of water for domestic use or for industrial use or both, together with all appurtenances to any such facilities and all property used or useful in connection with such facilities, including franchises. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §2.)
AL Code § 11-9-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-21 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Article.

Section 11-9-21Legislative intent; construction of article. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize each county in the state to finance the acquisition by such county through purchase, construction or otherwise of one or more waterworks systems by the sale and issuance of interest-bearing warrants of such county for payment of costs of acquiring such system or systems. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §1.)
AL Code § 11-9-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-22 - Authority for Issuance; Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Sale and Disposition of Proceeds; Pledge for Payment of Principal and Interest Generally.

Section 11-9-22Authority for issuance; form, terms, denominations, etc.; sale and disposition of proceeds; pledge for payment of principal and interest generally. Each county shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest-bearing warrants of such county for the purpose of paying costs to that county of acquiring and providing one or more waterworks systems for the purpose of rendering water service in any part of the county; provided, that the county shall not render water service within any municipality except pursuant to franchise granted to the county by such municipality. Any warrants issued under the provisions of this article may be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, may bear interest from their date at such rate or rates payable at such times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may be sold at such time or times and in such manner, whether publicly or privately, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms not in conflict with the provisions of this article, all as the governing body of such county may provide in the proceedings wherein the warrants are authorized to be issued. All such warrants shall evidence general obligation indebtedness of the county by which they are issued and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants shall be used solely for the purpose for which they are authorized to be issued, including the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the issuance thereof. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §3.)
AL Code § 11-9-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-23 - Special Pledges for Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-9-23Special pledges for payment of principal and interest. The county commission of the county issuing any such warrants may, in its discretion, assign and specially pledge for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants so much as may be necessary for said payment of any one or more of the following (or any part thereof): (1) The proceeds from the general annual ad valorem tax of one half of one percent which the county is authorized to levy without reference to the purpose thereof under the provisions of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; (2) The proceeds from any other tax (including any ad valorem tax and any privilege, license or excise tax) that at the time of the issuance of the said warrants may lawfully be used by the county for payment of such principal and interest; and, (3) The revenues derived by the county from any waterworks system of the county. To the extent necessary and sufficient for making the payments in respect of which such pledge is made, any tax or revenues pledged pursuant to the provisions of this section shall constitute a trust fund or funds which shall be impressed with a lien in favor of the holders of the warrants to the payment of which such sums are pledged. In the event that more than one pledge should be made with respect to any tax or revenues the pledge of which is herein authorized in this section, then such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless the proceedings making such pledge shall expressly provide that such pledge shall be on a parity with or subordinate to a subsequent pledge thereof. All warrants for which the pledge authorized in this section may be made shall constitute preferred claims against that portion of the said tax or taxes or revenues so pledged (subject to any prior lawful pledges thereof in existence at the time of the issuance of the warrants, whether made under the provisions of this or any other statute) and shall have preference over claims incurred by the county for operation and maintenance of any waterworks system of the county and any other claims for any other purpose whatsoever. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §4.)
AL Code § 11-9-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-24 - Issuance of Refunding Warrants.

Section 11-9-24Issuance of refunding warrants. Each such county may in like manner from time to time issue refunding warrants, either by sale or by exchange, for the purpose of refunding a like or greater principal amount of warrants then outstanding which were issued under the provisions of this article and the interest thereon and paying any premium necessary to be paid to retire the outstanding warrants refunded thereby. The provisions of this article applicable to the warrants so refunded shall likewise be applicable to such refunding warrants. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §5.)
AL Code § 11-9-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-25 - Investment of Trust Funds in Warrants.

Section 11-9-25Investment of trust funds in warrants. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers, invest trust funds in warrants issued under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §6.)
AL Code § 11-9-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-26 - Issuance of Warrants Deemed to Constitute Audit and Allowance of Claim.

Section 11-9-26Issuance of warrants deemed to constitute audit and allowance of claim. The issuance of warrants and any interest coupons applicable thereto pursuant to the provisions of this article and in accordance with the authorization of the county commission of the county issuing such warrants shall be deemed to constitute an audit and allowance by such county commission of a claim, in the aggregate principal amount of such warrants and interest coupons, against the county and against any tax proceeds and any revenues or either thereof pledged for payment of such warrants pursuant to the provisions of this article. No proof of registration or other audit or allowance of such claim shall be required and such warrants and interest coupons shall, from and after the date of their lawful issuance, be deemed to be allowed claims against the county by which they were issued and against any tax proceeds and revenues or either so pledged therefor. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §7.)
AL Code § 11-9-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-27 - Exemptions From Usury or Interest Rate Statutes.

Section 11-9-27Exemptions from usury or interest rate statutes. Any warrants issued by a county under the provisions of this article for the purpose of paying costs of acquiring and providing waterworks systems are hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code. (Acts 1975, No. 1131, §1.)
AL Code § 11-9-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 9 - Warrants for Utility Purposes.|Article 2 - Waterworks Systems Warrants.|Section 11-9-28 - Provisions of Article Controlling; Applicability of Provisions of Section 11-8-10.

Section 11-9-28Provisions of article controlling; applicability of provisions of section 11-8-10. Insofar as the provisions of this article may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall control, it being hereby specifically declared that the provisions of section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to the warrants issued under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §8.)
AL Code § 11-18-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 18 - Acquisition, etc., of Lands for Public Purposes, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-18-1 - Authorized.

Section 11-18-1Authorized. The several counties of the state and the county commissions thereof, jointly, separately, and severally, are authorized with the approval of the governor but not compelled to acquire lands by donation or purchase, one or both, and make improvements thereon for county, state, national, and public purposes. (Acts 1939, No. 382, p. 506; Code 1940, T. 12, §224; Acts 1967, No. 747, p. 1601.)
AL Code § 11-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 18 - Acquisition, etc., of Lands for Public Purposes, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-18-2 - Uses of Lands.

Section 11-18-2Uses of lands. Such lands may be used, among other things, for the following public purposes: (1) For the recreation, health, and betterment of the people within the county; (2) For the betterment and improvement of all useful and ornamental vegetable life, including agriculture, arborculture, horticulture, and experimentation with growth and seeds of ornamental shrubs, trees, and flowers; (3) For the betterment of all animal life, including domestic animals, wildlife, fish and for fish hatcheries; (4) For the collection and exhibit of minerals and all native products; (5) For the creation and maintenance of springs, streams, and lakes thereon; and (6) For other improvements thereon such as fair grounds, athletic fields, museums, art galleries, military grounds, state armories, hospitals, school buildings, and such other improvements and buildings thereon as may be deemed necessary for public purposes. (Acts 1939, No. 382, p. 506; Code 1940, T. 12, §225.)
AL Code § 11-18-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 18 - Acquisition, etc., of Lands for Public Purposes, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-18-3 - Board of Trustees; Trust Fund; Contributions by County, State, Etc.

Section 11-18-3Board of trustees; trust fund; contributions by county, state, etc. The county commission is authorized, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint a board of three trustees for the acquisition and maintenance of said lands and property. Said trustees shall be graduates of some high school or some reputable college, shall be men or women of public spirit, of means, and shall serve without compensation. Their terms and successors shall be fixed and determined by the county commission with the approval of the Governor. A trust fund may be created by public donations or otherwise for the acquisition and maintenance of such property and lands and it shall be lawful for the county, state, and national government to contribute to the acquisition and maintenance of said lands and property. The county commission is authorized under this section to make such contracts as may be deemed necessary. (Acts 1939, No. 382, p. 506; Code 1940, T. 12, §226.)