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AL Code § 10A-20-9.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 9 - Single-Tax and Other Mutual Economic Associations.|Section 10A-20-9.02 - Officers; Constitution; Bylaws.

Section 10A-20-9.02Officers; constitution; bylaws. Any corporation organized pursuant to this article may elect the officers as it may deem necessary, in such manner and for the terms as it may provide, and remove the same at any time, and adopt a constitution and bylaws as it may see fit not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of this state. (Code 1907, §3573; Code 1923, §7046; Code 1940, T. 10, §168; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 445, p. 602, §1; Acts 1976, No. 584, p. 795; §10-4-191; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §340.)
AL Code § 10A-20-9.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 9 - Single-Tax and Other Mutual Economic Associations.|Section 10A-20-9.03 - Powers.

Section 10A-20-9.03Powers. A corporation formed pursuant to this article shall have the power to buy, sell, lease, and mortgage real estate, to build and operate wharves, boats, and other means of transportation and communication, to build, erect, and operate waterworks, electric lighting and power companies, libraries, schools, and parks, and to do any other lawful thing, incident to its purpose for the mutual benefit of its members and may admit other persons to participate in its benefits as it may see fit and upon conditions as it may impose. (Code 1907, §3573; Code 1923, §7046; Code 1940, T. 10, §168; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 445, p. 602, §1; Acts 1976, No. 584, p. 795; §10-4-192; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §340.)
AL Code § 10A-20-9.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 9 - Single-Tax and Other Mutual Economic Associations.|Section 10A-20-9.04 - Exemption of Certain Waterworks From Ad Valorem Taxes and State or County License Taxes on Gross Receipts.

Section 10A-20-9.04Exemption of certain waterworks from ad valorem taxes and state or county license taxes on gross receipts. All associations or corporations heretofore or hereafter organized pursuant to this article for the purpose of operating waterworks for unincorporated areas shall be exempt from the payment of all state, county, municipal, or other ad valorem taxes and shall be exempt from paying any state or county license tax on any gross receipts of the association or corporation. (Code 1907, §3573; Code 1923, §7046; Code 1940, T. 10, §168; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 445, p. 602, §1; Acts 1976, No. 584, p. 795; §10-4-193; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §340.)
AL Code § 10A-20-10.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 10 - Private Foundations.|Section 10A-20-10.01 - Restrictions; Powers of Courts and Attorney General Not Impaired.

Section 10A-20-10.01Restrictions; powers of courts and Attorney General not impaired. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the certificate of formation, other governing instrument, or under any other law of this state, and except as otherwise provided by court order, or by a provision in the certificate of formation or other governing instrument, which in either case is entered or made after August 11, 1971, and expressly limits the applicability of this section, a corporation which is, or is treated as, a private foundation, as defined in Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, during the period it is, or is treated as, a private foundation: (1) Shall not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined in Section 4941 (d) thereof; (2) Shall distribute, for the purposes specified in its certificate of formation, for each taxable year not less than the amounts at the time and in the manner as not to become subject to the tax on undistributed income imposed by Section 4942 thereof; (3) Shall not, if Section 4943 thereof is applicable, retain any excess business holdings as defined in subsection (c) of that section beyond the period permitted by that section; (4) Shall not make any investment in a manner as to subject it to tax under Section 4944 thereof; and (5) Shall not make any taxable expenditures as defined in Section 4945 (d) thereof. (b) Nothing in this section shall impair the rights and powers of the courts or the Attorney General of this state with respect to any corporation described in this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any corporation to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the application would be contrary to the terms of the certificate of formation or other instrument governing the corporation or governing the administration of charitable funds held by it and that the same may not properly be changed to conform to this section. (c) All references to sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall include future amendments to the sections and corresponding provisions of future internal revenue laws. (Acts 1971, No. 230, p. 533, §§1-3; Acts 1971, No. 2275, p. 3664, §§1-3; §10-4-210; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §342; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-11.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 11 - Alternation, Amendment, or Extension of Charter of Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical, or Similar Associations.|Section 10A-20-11.01 - Alteration, Amendment, or Extension of Charter by Incorporated Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical, etc., Association.

Section 10A-20-11.01Alteration, amendment, or extension of charter by incorporated medical, dental, pharmaceutical, etc., association. (a) Any incorporated medical association of the State of Alabama, Alabama Dental Association, Alabama Pharmaceutical Association, or other corporations organized similarly to the corporation or of a similar kind may alter, amend, or extend its charter, or may do any two or all of these, in the manner following: (1) A written resolution setting out the name of the corporation and embodying the proposed alterations, amendments, or extensions shall be submitted to a lawful annual meeting of the corporation or other lawful meeting of the corporation and adopted by a two-thirds vote of those present at the meeting and lawfully entitled to vote on business matters coming before the meeting; (2) The president, or some other executive officer of the corporation, and the secretary thereof shall prepare, sign, and acknowledge as conveyances are acknowledged and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate containing a copy of the resolution and certifying that it was adopted in the manner above provided; and (3) Upon the filing of the certificate, together with payment of the filing fee prescribed by Chapter 1 for filing an amendment to a certificate of formation, the charter of the corporation shall stand altered, amended, or extended as therein shown. (b) Any such alteration, amendment, or extension under subsection (a), may be made by changing or adding to the language of the act, or acts, of incorporation, declaration of incorporation, or certificate of incorporation of the corporation, as the case may be, or by changing or adding to the language of both or all of them. When any such corporation is now or hereafter may be charged by law with public or quasi-public functions, alterations to, or amendments or extensions of its charter shall in no manner add to, detract from, or modify the functions or the rights and duties of the corporation in reference thereto, but no alteration, amendment, or extension of the charter of any corporation so charged by law shall be made which will interfere with the discharge of the functions. (Acts 1915, No. 155, p. 160; Code 1923, §§6983-6985; Code 1940, T. 10, §19; §10-1-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §344; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-13.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 13 - Retail Merchants' Associations.|Section 10A-20-13.01 - Retail Merchants; Authority to Form Corporation.

Section 10A-20-13.01Retail merchants; authority to form corporation. Whenever 10 or more retail merchants wish to form an association, cooperative society, or corporation for nonprofit purposes in the sense of not paying interest or dividends on stock, but for mutual benefit through the application of cooperation or other economic principles, they may become a body corporate in the manner provided in Chapter 4. (Acts 1915, No. 412, p. 368; Code 1923, §7162; Code 1940, T. 10, §151; Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §93; §10-4-260; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §348.)
AL Code § 10A-20-14.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 14 - Wholesale Merchants' Associations.|Section 10A-20-14.01 - Wholesale Merchants; Authority to Form Corporation.

Section 10A-20-14.01Wholesale merchants; authority to form corporation. Whenever 10 or more wholesale merchants wish to form an association, cooperative society, or corporation for nonprofit purposes in the sense of not paying interest or dividends on stock, but for mutual benefit through the application of cooperation or other economic principles, they may become a body corporate in the manner provided in Chapter 4. (Acts 1951, No. 288, p. 572, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §93; §10-4-280; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §350.)
AL Code § 10A-20-15.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 15 - Water Power Companies.|Section 10A-20-15.02 - Duty to Serve Public.

Section 10A-20-15.02Duty to serve public. Any corporation which exercises any of the rights conferred by this article shall, after the completion of its works and plants, be under the duty and obligation to the public to manufacture and sell to the public electric current produced at its plants; and any corporation manufacturing, selling, and supplying power, heat, light, or electricity produced by water as a motive force under this article must sell such power, heat, light, or electricity to any person or persons, municipal or other corporations, in order in which requests or demands are made for such light, heat, power, or electricity; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require any corporation to furnish light, heat, power, or electricity to any person or corporation, until satisfied of the financial responsibility of the person or corporation, except in conformity with its reasonable rules and regulations and reasonable prices for the same and except as far as the capacity of its plant will permit. (Code 1907, §3636; Code 1923, §7202; Code 1940, T. 10, §187; §10-4-321; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §352.)
AL Code § 10A-20-15.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 15 - Water Power Companies.|Section 10A-20-15.03 - Procedure for Condemnation.

Section 10A-20-15.03Procedure for condemnation. The procedure for condemnation under this article shall be in the manner provided for the condemnation of lands and rights-of-way for public use in Chapter 1A of Title 18; or, at the option of the condemning party, in the manner provided in any other statute conferring the power of eminent domain on public utility corporations. (Code 1907, §3637; Code 1923, §7203; Acts 1927, No. 610, p. 708; Code 1940, T. 10, §188; §10-4-322; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §352.)
AL Code § 10A-20-15.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 15 - Water Power Companies.|Section 10A-20-15.04 - Dams Considered as Authorized by Legislature.

Section 10A-20-15.04Dams considered as authorized by Legislature. Any dam erected in accordance with this article shall be considered a dam authorized by the Legislature of this state at the particular site selected and of the specific height and dimensions determined upon. (Code 1907, §3634; Code 1923, §7200; Code 1940, T. 10, §185; §10-4-323; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §352.)
AL Code § 10A-20-16.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 16 - Liability of Officers of Nonprofit Organizations.|Section 10A-20-16.01 - Legislative Intent.

Section 10A-20-16.01Legislative intent. The Legislature finds and declares that the services of nonprofit corporations, organizations, associations, boards, authorities, and commissions are critical to the efficient conduct and management of the public, civic, and charitable affairs of the citizens of this state. Noncompensated officers, directors, trustees, partners, managers, members, and governing persons and other members of governing authorities of such nonprofit entities must be permitted to operate without undue concern for the possibility of litigation arising from the discharge of their duties as policymakers. (Acts 1987, No. 87-706, p. 1242, §1; §10-11-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §354; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-16.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 16 - Liability of Officers of Nonprofit Organizations.|Section 10A-20-16.02 - Definitions.

Section 10A-20-16.02Definitions. The following terms shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this chapter: (1) OFFICER. Any officer, director, trustee, partner, manager, member, and governing person and other member of the governing authority of a qualified entity who does not receive compensation for serving in such capacity. A per diem amount of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) per day and actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses shall not constitute compensation for the purposes of this article. Provided, however, that the immunity granted herein shall not extend to officers, directors, trustees, partners, managers, or members of any board, authority, or commission dealing with pari-mutuel betting, gambling, or games of chance. (2) QUALIFIED ENTITY. a. Any nonprofit corporation, association, or organization which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; b. Any nonprofit corporation, association, or organization which is organized pursuant to Section 10A-4-1.01, et seq.; c. Any organization organized under Sections 22-51-1, 22-51-2, 22-51-3, 22-51-4, 22-51-5, 22-51-6, 22-51-7, 22-51-8, 22-51-9, 22-51-10, 22-51-11, 22-51-12, 22-51-13, and 22-51-14; d. Any self-insured fund established pursuant to Section 11-26-1, 11-26-2, 11-30-2, or 25-5-9, provided, however, this chapter shall not apply to any self-insured employer operating under Section 25-5-8; and e. Any board, authority, or commission the members of which are appointed by the governing body or bodies of any county or municipality, or by the Governor or other constitutional officer or member of the Legislature pursuant to legislative or constitutional authorization, or the members of which are constitutionally or legislatively delegated. (Acts 1987, No. 87-706, p. 1242, §2; §10-11-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §354; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-20-16.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 16 - Liability of Officers of Nonprofit Organizations.|Section 10A-20-16.03 - Officer Immune From Suit; Exception for Willful Misconduct, Fraud, or Gross Negligence; For-Profit Subsidiary Not Immune.

Section 10A-20-16.03Officer immune from suit; exception for willful misconduct, fraud, or gross negligence; for-profit subsidiary not immune. Any noncompensated officer of a qualified entity shall be immune from suit and not subject to civil liability arising from the conduct of the affairs of the qualified entity except when the act or omission of the officer, which gives rise to a cause of action, amounts to willful or wanton misconduct or fraud, or gross negligence. Provided however, such immunity shall not, except to the extent as may otherwise be provided by law, extend to the qualified entity, to a for-profit subsidiary of the qualified entity, or to the officers of such for-profit subsidiary but only to the qualified entity's officers as defined in this article. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to immunize the corporate entity or qualified entity for the acts or omissions of noncompensated officers as defined in this article. (Acts 1987, No. 87-706, p. 1242, §3; §10-11-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §354.)
AL Code § 10A-20-16.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 16 - Liability of Officers of Nonprofit Organizations.|Section 10A-20-16.04 - Application.

Section 10A-20-16.04Application. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any civil action brought by any qualified entity against any officer of such qualified entity or to create any liability that did not exist prior to the article's passage or to diminish any immunity from suit or liability now enjoyed by a qualified entity or any officer thereof. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any claim, cause of action, action, or suit brought against an officer for any personal injury to or death of another person or property damage arising out of an accident inflicted by that officer while acting within the line and scope of the officer's duties. (Acts 1987, No. 87-706, p. 1242, §4; §10-11-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §354.)
AL Code § 10A-20-16.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 20 - Special Purpose Entities.|Article 16 - Liability of Officers of Nonprofit Organizations.|Section 10A-20-16.05 - Construction.

Section 10A-20-16.05Construction. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any action brought under Title 41, Chapter 5. (Acts 1987, No. 87-706, p. 1242, §5; §10-11-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §354.)
AL Code § 10A-21-1.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 1 - Corporate Political Contributions.|Section 10A-21-1.01 - Establishment of Segregated, Separate Political Funds; Voluntary Contributions; Filing of Disclosure Reports; Violations.

Section 10A-21-1.01Establishment of segregated, separate political funds; voluntary contributions; filing of disclosure reports; violations. Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1979, No. 79-705, p. 1253, §1; §10-1-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §356.)
AL Code § 10A-21-1.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 1 - Corporate Political Contributions.|Section 10A-21-1.02 - Giving Aid or Contribution to Political Party or Candidate, etc.; Penalty; Exception for Voluntary Separate Political Fund.

Section 10A-21-1.02Giving aid or contribution to political party or candidate, etc.; penalty; exception for voluntary separate political fund. Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1959, No. 414, p. 1055, §64; Acts 1979, No. 79-705, p. 1253, §3; Code 1975, §10-2-168; Acts 1981, No. 81-868, p. 1661, §1; §10-2A-70; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §356.)
AL Code § 10A-21-1.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 1 - Corporate Political Contributions.|Section 10A-21-1.03 - Limitation on Amount of Political Contribution; Provisions Supplemental.

Section 10A-21-1.03Limitation on amount of political contribution; provisions supplemental. Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1981, No. 81-543, p. 911, §§1, 3; Acts 1988, No. 88-107, p. 137, §1; §10-2A-70.01; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §356.)
AL Code § 10A-21-1.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 1 - Corporate Political Contributions.|Section 10A-21-1.04 - Corporation Contributions to Candidates, Parties, Etc.

Section 10A-21-1.04Corporation contributions to candidates, parties, etc. Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1981, No. 81-860, p. 1631, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-107, p. 137, §2; §10-2A-70.02; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §356.)
AL Code § 10A-21-2.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 2 - Corporate Powers of Eminent Domain.|Section 10A-21-2.01 - Power of Eminent Domain in Internal Improvement or Public Utility Corporations.

Section 10A-21-2.01Power of eminent domain in internal improvement or public utility corporations. Corporations formed for the purpose of constructing, operating, or maintaining railroads, street railroads, gas or electric works, water companies, power companies, canals, terminals, bridges, viaducts, wharves, piers, telegraph or telephone lines, pipelines, or any other work of internal improvement or public utility may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by law. (Code 1907, §3482; Code 1923, §7016; Code 1940, T. 10, §71; Acts 1973, No. 1063, p. 1777, §1; §10-5-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §358.)
AL Code § 10A-21-2.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 21 - Certain Powers, Rights, and Duties of Corporations.|Article 2 - Corporate Powers of Eminent Domain.|Section 10A-21-2.02 - Condemnation for Ways and Rights-of-Way, etc., by Railroad Companies.

Section 10A-21-2.02Condemnation for ways and rights-of-way, etc., by railroad companies. Railroad companies may, by condemnation, acquire real estate for ways and rights-of-way not exceeding 100 feet in width throughout the entire length of its lines, such other lands as may be necessary for ways and rights-of-way for switches, turnouts, sidetracks, extensions, and branch roads not exceeding 100 feet in width throughout the entire length of such switches, turnouts, sidetracks, extensions, and branch roads and such other lands as may be necessary in making heavy excavations or embankments, or for the purpose of wasting material from excavations, for borrowing earth or other material for the construction of embankments or for protecting, making, keeping safe, and perfecting its roadway, together with the rights to remove all such trees outside thereof as might by falling upon, or shading, the roadway, injure the same, and may relocate any portion of its line for purpose of straightening or otherwise improving the same and, for that purpose, may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation all necessary rights-of-way over lands and abandon its original or constructed line, but it shall not change its termini or make an entire departure from its original line between such termini. (Code 1907, §3484; Acts 1909, No. 52, p. 62; Code 1923, §7018; Code 1940, T. 10, §73; §10-5-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §358.)