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AL Code § 16-52-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University.|Section 16-52-15 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-52-15Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients. Each scholarship provided for by this chapter shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University. (Acts 1971, No. 2288, p. 3688, §3.)
AL Code § 16-52-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University.|Section 16-52-16 - Right, Title and Interest in Property Conveyed to University.

Section 16-52-16Right, title and interest in property conveyed to university. All of the right, title and interest of the State of Alabama in and to the real property acquired by and in the name of the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of the state educational institution formerly known as Jacksonville State College at Jacksonville, Alabama, is hereby conveyed to and vested in Jacksonville State University, the body corporate created by Act No. 239, Regular Session 1967, approved August 16, 1967. (Acts 1979, No. 79-613, p. 1084, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-53-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-53-1Body corporate. The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed pursuant to Section 16-53-3 and their successors in office are hereby constituted and shall be a body corporate under the name of The University of West Alabama, as successor to Livingston University. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §2; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §2; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-2 - Corporate Powers.

Section 16-53-2Corporate powers. Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. 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 any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university. The president with the approval of the board shall be authorized to execute any lease, deed, or other instrument of conveyance on behalf of the corporation, without additional approval. The board of trustees shall have the exclusive authority over and jurisdiction of land, buildings, and other capital improvements now existing on or hereinafter provided for such campus. No contract for capital improvements, alterations, remodeling, and changing of capital improvements shall be made without the authorization and approval of the board of trustees, and which approval shall be granted by appropriate resolutions of the body. Any contract, agreement, or other act relating to capital improvements, except for maintenance, repairs, and maintaining existing facilities, shall be void and of no effect unless authorized by resolutions of the board.  All acts of The University of West Alabama lawfully done prior to July 1, 2006, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer, are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §3; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §3; Acts 1990, No. 90-523, p. 763; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-53-4Board of trustees - Meetings. The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the institution on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Thereafter, the board shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Monday of each third month after the annual meeting, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its quarterly meeting at some other time or place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: (1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings. (2) Upon the application in writing of any eight members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor. The executive committee of the board and other committees of the board shall hold meetings at such times and on such dates as the board of trustees may provide. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §6; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §5; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-53-5Board of trustees - Quorum. Seven members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §7; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §6.)
AL Code § 16-53-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-6 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-53-6Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration.  The president shall be elected by the board of trustees and shall have the power and duty to appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require, to remove any instructors or officers, to fix their salaries or compensation, and to define the authority or duty of such instructors or officers. The president may regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to review and concurrence of the board. The president shall further have the duty and authority to prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. The president may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character upon the recommendation of the faculty. The board may designate one or more depositories for school funds. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §4; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §4; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction; Additional Powers.

Section 16-53-7Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction; additional powers. After July 1, 2006, the board of trustees created by this chapter for The University of West Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of The University of West Alabama; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power, and authority with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in, or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama retains control of all supplies, funds, books, documents, records, and other property or effects of the university transferred to the board by the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967.  (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §12; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-7.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-7.1 - Board of Trustees - Limitation of Powers.

Section 16-53-7.1Board of trustees - Limitation of powers.  Repealed by Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §2, effective July 1, 2006. (Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §2)
AL Code § 16-53-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy in Office.

Section 16-53-8Board of trustees - Vacancy in office. Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during the recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. Such appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §5.)
AL Code § 16-53-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-53-9Board of trustees - Payment of expenses. Repealed by Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §2, effective July 1, 2006. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §8; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1.)
AL Code § 16-53-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-10 - Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-53-10Board of trustees - Reports to Legislature. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of their transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §10.)
AL Code § 16-53-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-11 - Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, etc., of Trustees Not to Work Forfeiture.

Section 16-53-11Grant or gift not to fail for informality; default, etc., of trustees not to work forfeiture. No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at; nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §9.)
AL Code § 16-53-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama.|Section 16-53-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-53-12Police officers. (a) The President of The University of West Alabama may appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university or of any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant; and such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before any proper officer. (b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Livingston and Sumter County and their jurisdictions and authority shall be coextensive within the corporate limits of each municipality or county. (Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §11; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-1 - Name; Powers Generally.

Section 16-54-1Name; powers generally. The school heretofore established at Montevallo as the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, subsequently known as and called the Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, later known as and called the Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women and still later known as and called Alabama College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of University of Montevallo, and by that name may sue and contract, acquire and hold real and personal property and have and exercise all the powers of a corporation established to be a state educational institution of higher learning and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests and titles heretofore at any time vested in said institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority or functions of the corporation provided for in this chapter shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever such institution is referred to in the constitution and in the laws of Alabama by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to University of Montevallo. (School Code 1927, §500; Code 1940, T. 52, §456; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 199, p. 262, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-2 - Board of Trustees.

Section 16-54-2Board of trustees. The University of Montevallo shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of the Governor, who shall be president, ex officio, the State Superintendent of Education, ex officio, and 11 other trustees (one from each congressional district, up to one at-large trustee who is not a resident of this state, and, until as otherwise herein provided, a number of trustees from the state-at-large sufficient to bring the number to or keep it at 11). Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Trustees shall be appointed for a term of 12 years. In case of the creation and establishment of an additional congressional district in the state, the state-at-large trustee most recently appointed shall cease automatically to be a trustee from the state-at-large and become for the remainder of the term trustee for the new district. Otherwise, all new appointees, except for a nonresident appointee and the state-at-large appointees, shall be at the time of their appointment, residents of the district for which they are appointed, respectively. All appointments of trustees shall be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in the office of trustee, the Governor shall appoint a successor, who shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature, when the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a trustee, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. A trustee shall be ineligible to be elected by the board of trustees to or otherwise hold any office of the institution where compensation is provided. The trustees are entitled to receive payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees. (School Code 1927, §501; Code 1940, T. 52, §457; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Act 2021-382, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-3 - Purpose; Mission.

Section 16-54-3Purpose; mission. The University of Montevallo is established generally for the purpose of giving therein instructions in the liberal arts and sciences and in technical and professional subjects suitable for both men and women. To that end, departments or subjects of instruction may be established from time to time by the trustees upon the recommendation of the president in accord with the provisions of Section 16-5-6. The overriding mission of the University of Montevallo, unique in Alabama higher education, is to provide to students from throughout the state an affordable, geographically accessible, "small college" public higher educational experience of high quality with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal studies and with professional programs supported by a broad base of arts and sciences, designed for their intellectual and personal growth in pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible, informed citizenship. Growing out of that mission and inherent in it are a number of on-going goals which the trustees from time to time may affirm on the basis of recommendations of the president. The annual objectives of the institution, determined by the president, shall be consistent with the on-going goals and mission of the institution. (School Code 1927, §502; Code 1940, T. 52, §458; Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, p. 52, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-4 - Degrees and Diplomas.

Section 16-54-4Degrees and diplomas. On the advice of the faculty, and with the approval of the trustees, the president may grant and confer diplomas, certificates or degrees (including honorary degrees) upon such students or persons as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the trustees governing this subject. (School Code 1927, §503; Code 1940, T. 52, §459; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-5 - President.

Section 16-54-5President. The trustees shall elect a president for a term to be fixed by them, who shall not be removed during the term for which he or she is elected, except for just cause, which shall be explicitly set forth in writing in the minutes of the proceedings of the trustees and approved by a majority of all the trustees. No person shall be eligible to the office of president unless he or she is a graduate of some college or university of well known high standing, an educator by profession, of good moral character and possessing good business and administrative qualifications. The trustees shall fix the compensation of the president, including such emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office. (School Code 1927, §504; Code 1940, T. 52, §460; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-6 - Faculty and Staff.

Section 16-54-6Faculty and staff. The president, with the advice and consent of the trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all faculty, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors and other necessary teachers, and all staff, including professional and nonprofessional staff. The president, academic vice-president, professors, associate professors, assistant professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the institution. Policies and procedures governing the employment, dismissal, promotion and disciplining of university faculty and staff shall be determined by the trustees. (School Code 1927, §505; Code 1940, T. 52, §461; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-7 - Secretary of Trustees and University.

Section 16-54-7Secretary of trustees and university. The trustees of the university shall elect a secretary, who shall hold office for the term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him or her. The president of the institution may serve in this position at the pleasure of the trustees. (School Code 1927, §506; Code 1940, T. 52, §462; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-8 - Treasurer - Generally; Bond.

Section 16-54-8Treasurer - Generally; bond. The trustees shall elect a treasurer, who shall not be a trustee, who shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the university or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of students in the university or for their use and benefit, and the treasurer shall hold office for the term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees. Before entering upon the duties of the office, the treasurer must give bond in such penalty as the trustees may fix, payable to the University of Montevallo, with conditions that he or she will faithfully receive, safely keep and lawfully pay out, and promptly, fully and fairly account for all moneys or choses in action which may come to him or her by virtue of the office, and the trustees may require a new bond, or an additional bond, whenever they judge that the interest of the university requires it. The business manager or chief financial officer by whatever name appointed by the president may serve in this position at the pleasure of the trustees. (School Code 1927, §507; Code 1940, T. 52, §463; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-9 - Treasurer - Removal.

Section 16-54-9Treasurer - Removal. Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by the office are in danger of being lost, the trustees or president may remove the treasurer from office and take all funds and choses in action belonging to the university or any student therein, and may, in that event, appoint a temporary custodian with bond or security to hold such funds. (School Code 1927, §508; Code 1940, T. 52, §464; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)