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AL Code § 16-44A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-12 - Adoption of Plan of Educational Work Which Furthers Purposes of Compact; Plan Objectives; Programs and Activities Under Plan.

Section 16-44A-12Adoption of plan of educational work which furthers purposes of compact; plan objectives; programs and activities under plan. (a) The board of directors shall consider recommendations of advisory committees and may hold hearings, review, revise, and adopt a plan of educational work which furthers the purposes of the compact and the leadership goals of the Commission on the Future of the South and which are designed to complement or augment, but not duplicate, existing programs and services offered in service areas by individual compact members or other non-profit entities. (b) The plan shall focus on meeting three objectives: (1) Increasing leadership and citizenship programs for youth. (2) Extending community and other leadership programs to rural and under-served areas. (3) Serve as a network and resource to enhance communications and idea and information exchange among community and youth leadership programs and other interested parties. (c) Pursuant to the plan the compact shall provide programs itself and support for programs offered by others, all of which enhance leadership and citizenship education in Alabama. (d) Under the plan the compact may: Develop supplementary instructional materials and make them available to schools and non-profit educational entities; serve as a resource, reference, and referral center; provide a demonstration classroom, exhibition, and education facility/program; encourage and enter into voluntary cooperative agreements with and among agencies and institutions to encourage cooperation and collaboration in high quality leadership and citizenship programs and experiences; affiliate with entities engaged in similar purposes in other states which are in the Southern Growth Policies Board region in a voluntary compact, subject to adoption by joint legislative resolution, and to domicile and administer the same; and provide technical, educational, or other support and assistance and make available facilities, where available and practicable, to and where requested by compact entities, for the support of community and youth leadership educational programs. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §12.)
AL Code § 16-44A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-13 - Programs and Experiences Encouraged and Supported by Compact.

Section 16-44A-13Programs and experiences encouraged and supported by compact. The compact shall encourage, support, and provide high quality educational programs, learning, and service experiences related to the history and diverse cultures of the United States and the State of Alabama, and especially American citizenship, its origins and development, and the positive role models, attributes, and contributions of leaders in the progress of the nation, the American South, Alabama, and its communities; and the application of knowledge and skills important in leadership and citizenship in a free and self-governing society. Its program shall provide a resource of information to support existing leaders, and better equip a new generation of leaders with broad understanding and appreciation of our American system of government and ways in which to make positive differences in the quality of life in Alabama communities. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §13.)
AL Code § 16-44A-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-14 - Powers of Board of Directors.

Section 16-44A-14Powers of board of directors. In furtherance of the purposes of the compact, the board of directors may do the following: (1) Accept donations of funds or land, bequests, grants, appropriations, loans, membership fees, or other forms of financial assistance for educational and other purposes in furtherance of this article, from any federal entity, from the state, its agencies and subdivisions, or any local public entity which are hereby authorized to grant any of the foregoing forms of assistance, or from any private person, or other agency, and to comply with rules and regulations concerning grants by the federal government or other grantors, which are not in contravention of the constitution and laws of this state or the United States. (2) Enjoy and exercise any powers and duties, not inconsistent with this chapter, which are authorized to non-profit organizations under Title 10. (3) Engage the services, by employment or otherwise, of a full-time or part-time executive director, who shall be the chief administrative officer, and fix the term and make provisions for compensation and any allowances and benefits as the board may provide. The executive director shall perform the duties of secretary as enumerated in Section 16-44A-9 and shall execute all documents of the compact. The director shall employ or contract for any necessary personnel or other assistance and terminate, when necessary, any personnel or other assistance and shall supervise, designate the duties and titles, and fix the terms for assistance, within the overall budget adopted by the board. (4) Review and approve personnel policies recommended by the director. No employee shall be deemed an employee within the meaning of the Alabama Merit System or teacher tenure laws, but shall be entitled to public employee health insurance and state teacher retirement benefits on the same basis afforded public school employees. The board may provide for and authorize payment for other benefits. Employees of the compact shall be reimbursed for travel in the same manner provided by law for state employees, provided the travel is approved in advance by the executive director. (5) Delegate to the executive director any and all powers and duties necessary to aid in the efficient administration of the policies of the board. (6) File an annual report, including a financial report, with the Governor, Legislature of Alabama, and compact members. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §14.)
AL Code § 16-44A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-15 - Remuneration of Board of Directors Members.

Section 16-44A-15Remuneration of board of directors members. The members of the board shall not be compensated for their services, but shall be entitled to the same expense and per diem as authorized to state employees, for official board business as approved by the chair of the board. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §15.)
AL Code § 16-44A-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-16 - Establishment of Bank Accounts; Adoption of Annual Budget; Performance of Independent Annual Audit.

Section 16-44A-16Establishment of bank accounts; adoption of annual budget; performance of independent annual audit. (a) The board shall establish its account(s) and deposit its funds therein with any bank qualified to serve as a state depositary. All funds shall be governed by the applicable laws of Alabama, including the state bid law and the ethics act. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require uncompensated compact delegates, compact members, and board members to file annual statements of economic interests. The board shall adopt an annual budget, provide for its administration, and require bonding of officers and employees as it deems necessary and pay premiums therefor. (b) There shall be an annual audit performed by a certified public accountant, appointed by the board, and a copy shall be furnished to the board, executive director, and to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. Nothing herein shall preclude the department from conducting an examination of the books or finances of the compact. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §16.)
AL Code § 16-44A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-17 - Distribution of Residual Assets in the Event of Dissolution of Compact.

Section 16-44A-17Distribution of residual assets in the event of dissolution of compact. In the event of dissolution of the compact, which may be accomplished only by legislative act, the residual assets shall be turned over to another public corporation or organization which is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §17.)
AL Code § 16-44A-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-18 - Organization of Compact as Voluntary Public-Private Partnership Constituted as Not-for-Profit Public Corporation; Affirmative Action Required in Initial Membership Invitations; Filing of Papers for Incorporation of Compact.

Section 16-44A-18Organization of compact as voluntary public-private partnership constituted as not-for-profit public corporation; affirmative action required in initial membership invitations; filing of papers for incorporation of compact. (a) The compact shall be organized as a voluntary public-private partnership and shall be constituted as a not-for-profit public corporation. The members of the Joint Legislative Committee on Southern Leadership Goals created under Act No. 94-55, SJR 12, 1994 Regular Session, shall effectuate the filing of papers for the incorporation of the compact as provided in subsection (b). Upon the filing of the documents with the Secretary of State, and until the election of the officers and board of directors at the annual membership meeting on September 17, 1994, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 16-44A-3 of the compact, the members of the committee shall then be officially constituted as an interim board of directors and specifically shall extend notices and invitations to the initial membership meeting of the compact to as many entities it can identify which are eligible to be member parties to the compact. It shall affirmatively include public, non-profit, and private sector organizations representative of the racial, geographic, demographic, and urban/rural diversity of the state. It shall also expedite the organization of the compact and exercise any of the duties of the board of directors to the end that the compact will be operational following the conclusion of the first annual membership meeting. (b) As provided in subsection (a), the above listed persons, together with the Governor, Presiding Officer of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, may present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an executed application for incorporation compatible with the purposes of this article. The Secretary of State shall immediately examine the application, and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this article, he or she shall receive it, file it, and record it in the appropriate books of record, and shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation as a not-for-profit public corporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees shall be required to be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the compact. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §18.)
AL Code § 16-44A-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-44A-19 - Exemption From State Taxes; Authority to Solicit Gifts and Donations; Tax Treatment of Gifts, Grants, Devises, and Bequests; Liberal Construction.

Section 16-44A-19Exemption from state taxes; authority to solicit gifts and donations; tax treatment of gifts, grants, devises, and bequests; liberal construction. (a) The compact shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions to the same extent as public schools and colleges. All receipts, from whatever source, are appropriated to the compact until expended and shall not lapse. The compact is authorized to solicit gifts and donations, and all gifts, grants, devises, and bequests shall be deductible from state income taxes in accordance with Section 40-18-15. (b) All of the acts provided for in the body of the compact agreement are hereby specifically authorized and provided for, it being the intent of this article to incorporate and enact the entirety of the provisions of the compact into this code. The provisions of the compact and this article shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §19.)
AL Code § 16-44A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust.|Section 16-44A-30 - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-44A-30Legislative findings. (a) Under Article 1 of this chapter, the Joint Legislative Committee on Southern Leadership Goals authorized and consented to the formation of a non-profit entity, subsequently organized as The Citizenship Trust and domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, for the purpose of, among other things, proposing to the Legislature a voluntary compact to promote citizenship education programs. (b) The Legislature now finds that the voluntary partnership, compact, or trust should be authorized and ratified whereby public and private entities which desire to work together may do so to enhance and expand citizenship education for students. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and character education of young people in the principles of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other great foundations of the American Republic are essential to the civic, political, economic, security, and social well-being of our society, and to the advancement and progress of the State of Alabama, this region, and our nation. (Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §1.)
AL Code § 16-44A-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust.|Section 16-44A-33 - Incorporation.

Section 16-44A-33Incorporation. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the Board of Directors of The Citizenship Trust, an unincorporated non-profit association domiciled in Shelby County, Alabama, may present to the Secretary of State an executed application for incorporation compatible with the purposes of this article, and setting forth the compact or trust agreement herein ratified. The application shall provide for a name of the corporation, which shall include the words "Citizenship Trust." The Secretary of State shall immediately examine the application, and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this article, the secretary shall receive it, file it, and record it in the appropriate books of record, and shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation as a not-for-profit public educational corporation, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees shall be required to be paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation of the trust. (Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §4.)
AL Code § 16-44A-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust.|Section 16-44A-34 - Exemption From State and Local Taxes; Acts in Agreement Authorized.

Section 16-44A-34Exemption from state and local taxes; acts in agreement authorized. (a) The trust shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions. Provided that the trust's "unrelated business taxable income" as determined in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §512, as in effect from time to time, shall be subject to the tax levied by Section 40-18-31, as amended. All receipts, from whatever source, are appropriated to the trust until expended and shall not lapse. The trust is authorized to solicit gifts and donations, and all gifts, grants, devises, and bequests shall be deductible from state income taxes in accordance with Section 40-18-15. (b) All of the acts provided for in the body of the compact or trust agreement are hereby specifically authorized and provided for, it being the intent of this article to incorporate the entirety of the provisions of the compact into the Code of Alabama. This compact and this article shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of the article, and shall be severable. (Acts 1995, No. 95-376, p. 766, §5.)
AL Code § 16-44A-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust.|Section 16-44A-35 - Legislative Findings; Designation and Dedication as Veterans Living Legacy.

Section 16-44A-35Legislative findings; designation and dedication as Veterans Living Legacy.  (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares all of the following: (1) That pursuant to Section 16-44A-31, a statewide extended classroom for education in critical academic areas of citizenship, civics, American history, and government is now operational as "the American Village" under the auspices of the Citizenship Trust, a public education corporation. (2) The nationally pioneering educational program serves students statewide and also school groups from other states. The United States Congress has provided support of the American Village as a national model and as an innovative civic education initiative that provides students with a better understanding of the United States Constitution and the historical and civic foundation of American self-government. (3) Recent studies indicate that many students have only a superficial knowledge and lack deeper understanding of the foundations and principles of American self-government, that American history, civics, government, and related courses are critical academic areas for the preservation of individual liberty and for our constitutional system of self-government, and that increased academic attention needs to be directed to a better understanding of these vital foundations. (4) It is our desire for this state to provide leadership to the nation during the observance of the 225th anniversary of American independence, and that properly educating and inspiring new generations of young people in these critical academic areas shall constitute a Veterans Living Legacy that honors veterans and other patriots in all generations in the cause of liberty and self-government that they have served. (b) In commemoration of the 225th anniversary of American independence, the American Village is officially designated and dedicated as a Veterans Living Legacy in honor of veterans and patriots in all generations who have served the American cause of liberty and self-government. The American Village shall be expressly committed to the perpetuation of that legacy through civic education of young people. (Act 2001-970, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 868, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-44A-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.|Article 2 - The Citizenship Trust.|Section 16-44A-36 - Functions and Oversight.

Section 16-44A-36Functions and oversight. The trust shall continue to be designated as the entity to coordinate the voluntary Alabama student mock election in cooperation with the office of Secretary of State, the State Superintendent of Education, and local educational entities, and to coordinate a voluntary program involving legislators visiting school classrooms, both of which shall be subject to oversight of the Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Education pursuant to Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 29. (Act 2001-970, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 868, §3.)
AL Code § 16-47-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-47-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-47-1Body corporate. The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, the trustees heretofore appointed from the different congressional districts of the state under the provisions of Section 264 of the constitution and such other members as may be from time to time added to the board of trustees and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of "the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama," to carry into effect the purposes and intent of the Congress of the United States in the grant of lands by the act of April 20, 1818, and of the act of March 2, 1819, to this state, to be by it held and administered for the benefit of a seminary of learning. (School Code 1927, §543; Code 1940, T. 52, §486.)
AL Code § 16-47-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-47-2 - Corporate Powers Generally.

Section 16-47-2Corporate powers generally. Such corporation shall have all the rights, powers and franchises necessary to or promotive of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all the corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. (School Code 1927, §544; Code 1940, T. 52, §487.)
AL Code § 16-47-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-47-3 - Power to Hold and Dispose of Property.

Section 16-47-3Power to hold and dispose of property. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of the original or any subsequent grant by Congress, or by this state, or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, including also the proceeds of the University Fund, as to it may seem best for the purposes of its institution. (School Code 1927, §545; Code 1940, T. 52, §488.)
AL Code § 16-47-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-47-4 - University Fund.

Section 16-47-4University fund. The fund designated as the University Fund consists of the sum of $36,000.00 per annum as interest on the funds of the University of Alabama, heretofore covered into the Treasury, for the maintenance and support of said institution, which said sum of $36,000.00 shall be paid to the duly authorized agent of the university as hereinafter provided; and the further sum of $25,000.00, annually, is added to and made a part of the University Fund. (School Code 1927, §546; Code 1940, T. 52, §489.)
AL Code § 16-47-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-47-5 - Grants and Gifts Preserved.

Section 16-47-5Grants and gifts preserved. No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality, when the intention of the grantor or donor can be ascertained; nor shall any default or malfeasance on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, powers, privileges or franchises. (School Code 1927, §547; Code 1940, T. 52, §490.)