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AL Code § 11-50-270 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 2 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Gas Plants and Systems.|Section 11-50-270 - Completion of Sale Pursuant to Final Determination of Commission or Court; Effect of Failure of Seller to Tender Deed, etc., or of Board to Accept Deed, Pay Purchase Price, Etc.

Section 11-50-270Completion of sale pursuant to final determination of commission or court; effect of failure of seller to tender deed, etc., or of board to accept deed, pay purchase price, etc. The owner shall have 30 days after a final determination by the Public Service Commission or the courts to notify the waterworks board of its acceptance of such determination and shall have a further period of 30 days to tender a good and sufficient deed of conveyance to the waterworks board of the property required by the order of the commission or the court to be purchased by placing such deed in escrow with the commission or the court, as the case may be, and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment. The waterworks board shall have 60 days from the date of the deposit of the deed in escrow to accept or reject such deed and, if it accepts, the waterworks board shall have a further period of 60 days to pay to the owner the price determined as provided in this division and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment. For good cause shown the commission or the court may extend any period of time fixed in this section, such extension or extensions not to exceed a total of 60 days. If the owner fails to notify the waterworks board of his acceptance and make tender of a deed as provided in this section within the time so fixed or extended or to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment, the waterworks board may proceed as provided by law to construct or otherwise acquire a plant or system within the territory where the property of such owner or any part thereof is located. If the waterworks board shall reject the tender provided for in this section or shall fail to pay the purchase price of the property determined as provided in this division or to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment, the waterworks board shall not engage in the business of operating a plant or system for the manufacture or distribution of gas in the territory where the property involved is located until it shall again be authorized as provided by this division and the general law relating thereto to engage in such business, and such waterworks board shall not again institute proceedings under this division sooner than two years from the date of such rejection or the expiration of the time for the payment of such purchase price, as the case may be. (Acts 1947, No. 154, p. 48, §11.)
AL Code § 11-50-271 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 2 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Gas Plants and Systems.|Section 11-50-271 - Consolidation of Gas and Waterworks Plants and Systems.

Section 11-50-271Consolidation of gas and waterworks plants and systems. Any such waterworks board may, if it so elects, combine any waterworks plant and system owned by it with any gas plant and system owned by it and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair thereof as one combined and consolidated plant and system, the keeping of books and records for one combined plant and system, and the borrowing of money for any purpose authorized by law and the issuance of revenue bonds payable from the revenues of both the waterworks and the gas plants and systems, or such waterworks board may keep and operate such waterworks plant and system separate from its gas plant and system. (Acts 1947, No. 154, p. 48, §12.)
AL Code § 11-50-272 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 2 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Gas Plants and Systems.|Section 11-50-272 - Change of Name of Board Upon Acquisition of Gas Plant or System.

Section 11-50-272Change of name of board upon acquisition of gas plant or system. In the event any such waterworks board shall hereafter acquire any gas plant or system pursuant to the provisions of this division, the name of such waterworks board may thereupon or thereafter be changed to "The Waterworks and Gas Board of the _____ of _____" (the name of the applicable municipality together with its designation as a city or town to be filled in the blank spaces). Such change in name may be effected upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors of such board declaring it advisable that the name be so changed and the certificate of incorporation be amended to that effect and the filing of a copy of such resolution, certified to by the secretary of the said board, with the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation of the said board was filed for record. (Acts 1947, No. 154, p. 48, §13.)
AL Code § 11-50-273 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 2 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Gas Plants and Systems.|Section 11-50-273 - Construction of Division; Exemption From Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission.

Section 11-50-273Construction of division; exemption from jurisdiction and regulation of state Public Service Commission. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, neither this division nor anything contained in this division shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy which any waterworks board now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence thereof, but shall be construed as cumulative and independent of any such power, right, or remedy. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the acquisition of any property or the making of any loans or issuance or instruments in evidence thereof or as security therefor, except as prescribed in this division, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Any waterworks board organized under the provisions of this division shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of any regulation by the Alabama Public Service Commission. (Acts 1947, No. 154, p. 48, §5.)
AL Code § 11-50-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 3 - Management and Operation of Sanitary Sewer Systems as Agents of Municipalities.|Section 11-50-290 - Contracts Between Municipalities and Waterworks Board for Operation and Management of Sanitary Sewer Systems.

Section 11-50-290Contracts between municipalities and waterworks board for operation and management of sanitary sewer systems. (a) The city or town council, city commission, or other governing body of any incorporated municipality in the State of Alabama in which a waterworks board organized pursuant to Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-237, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241 may be operating is hereby authorized, in behalf of such municipality, to enter into contracts with such board, and such board is authorized to enter into contracts with such municipality, whereunder such board shall act as agent of such municipality for the operation and management of any one or more sanitary sewer systems located in such municipality. (b) Such contracts may contain such provisions and terms as may be mutually agreed on by the parties thereto respecting the operation and management of the sanitary sewer systems covered thereby, including provisions respecting the furnishing by such board of water for such sanitary sewer systems, provisions respecting the collection and remittance by such board of service charges collected by it for services rendered by or from any such sanitary sewer system after deduction of the charges of such board in connection therewith, and also including provisions for the discontinuance of the furnishing of water by such board to any of its water customers if such customer fails to pay, within a reasonable time as shall be designated by such board, any service charge established by ordinance of such municipality for service rendered to such customer by or from such sanitary sewer system. As an aid to the efficient operation by such board of the sanitary sewer systems covered by any such contract, such board is authorized to establish regulations providing for such discontinuance of water service and to put such regulations into effect. (Acts 1943, No. 570, p. 574, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 3 - Management and Operation of Sanitary Sewer Systems as Agents of Municipalities.|Section 11-50-291 - Rights and Powers of Municipalities and State Board of Health as to Sanitary Sewers Not Impaired by Division.

Section 11-50-291Rights and powers of municipalities and State Board of Health as to sanitary sewers not impaired by division. Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to deprive any such municipality of its right to fix the charges for sanitary sewer service rendered by any such sanitary sewerage system or its title thereto or its police power thereover. Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to impair any power of the State Board of Health granted by law with respect to any such sanitary sewer system. (Acts 1943, No. 570, p. 574, §2.)
AL Code § 11-50-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.|Section 11-50-300 - Applicability.

Section 11-50-300Applicability.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this division shall apply to any municipal water works board authorized to be incorporated by a municipality which, on January 1, 2015, either served water customers or has assets in four or more counties other than the county where the authorizing municipality is principally located, or after January 1, 2015, either serves water customers or has assets in four or more counties other than the county where the authorizing municipality is located, and the organization and operation of the board, shall be subject to this division. (Act 2015-164, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-301 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.|Section 11-50-301 - Reorganization and Composition.

Section 11-50-301Reorganization and composition. (a) Effective January 1, 2017, the water works board shall be reorganized and composed of the following members: (1) Two of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the authorizing municipality and four of the members shall be appointed by the municipal governing body of the authorizing municipality. All of these members shall be residents of the authorizing municipality and water customers of the board. (2) One additional board member shall be appointed by the association of mayors in the county where the authorizing municipality is located if there is an organized incorporated countywide association of mayors or by the mayors of the county acting jointly if not. This member shall hereafter be referred to as the board member appointed by the association of mayors. The board member shall reside outside of the corporate limits of the authorizing municipality and shall be a resident of the county where the authorizing municipality is principally located and be a water customer of the board. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the person appointed as a board member by the association of mayors may only serve one full term on the board. (3) One additional board member shall be appointed by the county commission of each county other than the county where the authorizing municipality is principally located where more than 5,000 water customers are served by the board or where the board owns a major reservoir located entirely within the county. Each board member shall be a resident of the county making the appointment. (Act 2015-164, §2; Act 2016-276, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-302 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.|Section 11-50-302 - Terms of Board Members.

Section 11-50-302Terms of board members.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, after May 14, 2015, the term of members of the board shall be four years. (2) A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the board shall serve the remainder of the term of the vacant seat. (3) Except as provided herein, a member of the board may not be appointed to more than two full terms, including, as provided herein, any board member serving when this division becomes applicable to the board. A board member who has been appointed to two full terms on the board prior to this division becoming applicable to the board may not be appointed to an additional term and a board member who has been appointed to one full term prior to this division becoming applicable to the board may be appointed to one additional term on the board. All board members shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. (Act 2015-164, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.|Section 11-50-303 - Compensation; Ethics Requirements; Rate Increases; Open Meetings.

Section 11-50-303Compensation; ethics requirements; rate increases; open meetings. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 11-50-234.1, no member of the board may receive any compensation that exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month. In addition, the members shall be entitled to any additional personal expenses for the member only or expense allowance for personal travel or other personal expenses for the member related to the duties of their office upon approval by a roll call vote of a majority of the board members in an open meeting of the board. No member of the board may be reimbursed for any expenditure for alcoholic beverages or entertainment. Records relating to each expense voucher shall be itemized as to any expense and shall be a public record and placed on the website of the board. (b)(1) All members of the board and employees of the board shall be subject to the State Ethics Law, Chapter 25 of Title 36. No consultant or party contracting with or doing business with the board may expend any funds on entertainment of a board member. (2) No member of the board shall be an elected official. (c) No increase in rates for water may be adopted by the board unless notice of the meeting at which the rate increase is to be considered is given at least 30 days prior to the meeting in the same manner as provided in the Alabama Open Meeting Act and a public hearing is held at the meeting prior to any vote on the rate increase. Notice of the meeting shall also be given by posting a notice of the meeting on the website of the board at least 30 days in advance of the board meeting. (d) The board shall otherwise be subject to Chapter 25A of Title 36, the Alabama Open Meetings Act. (Act 2015-164, §4.)
AL Code § 11-50-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.|Section 11-50-304 - Exceptions.

Section 11-50-304Exceptions.  This division shall not apply to a municipal utilities board which operates a water works system and an electric distribution system and does not apply to an entity which only serves wholesale water customers. (Act 2015-164, §5.)
AL Code § 11-51-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-1 - Levy and Assessment of Property Taxes; Notice of and Conduct of Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments.

Section 11-51-1Levy and assessment of property taxes; notice of and conduct of hearing upon objections to assessments. After October 1 of each year, cities and towns may levy taxes upon property and all subjects of taxation liable therefor at a rate not in excess of the constitutional limit upon assessments to be made by the city or town clerk or other person designated by the council or other governing body, such assessment to be made on the state assessment in the manner provided by the Constitution of the state or in the manner hereinafter authorized by law; provided, however, that any municipality may by ordinance provide that the tax year for such municipality shall commence on October 1 of each year and end on the next succeeding September 30, in which case cities and towns shall levy taxes as above set forth prior to August 1 of each year. After the assessment has been made, it shall be returned to the council or other governing body which shall thereupon give 10 days' notice by publication in a newspaper published in the city or town or, if no newspaper is published in such city or town, then by posting notices in three or more places in such city or town that the assessment has been completed and that the council or other governing body will hear and determine objections thereto upon a day not more than 30 days from the date on which said notice was directed to be made. The council or other governing body may, however, authorize such assessment to be made by a board of assessors who, when the assessment has been completed, shall give a similar notice that such board will hear and determine objections to the assessment at a time and place designated in such notice not more than 30 days thereafter. On the day set for the hearing of objections, the council, or other governing body or board, as the case may be, shall hear such objections and determine the assessment. (Code 1907, §1311; Code 1923, §2124; Code 1940, T. 37, §670; Acts 1945, No. 482, p. 719, §1.)
AL Code § 11-51-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-2 - When Taxes Due and Delinquent; Interest Rate on Delinquent Taxes.

Section 11-51-2When taxes due and delinquent; interest rate on delinquent taxes. After assessment, taxes shall become due on December 1 and delinquent on January 1 following, and, if assessment has been made during the month of May, taxes shall become due on October 1 and delinquent on January 1 following and in either case shall, after becoming delinquent, bear the legal rate of interest. (Code 1907, §1312; Code 1923, §2125; Code 1940, T. 37, §671; Acts 1945, No. 482, p. 719, §2.)
AL Code § 11-51-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-3 - Notice Required by Certain Municipal Tax Collectors as to Delinquent Taxes.

Section 11-51-3Notice required by certain municipal tax collectors as to delinquent taxes. Tax collectors of towns and cities of less than 7,000 inhabitants who do not have a known place of business with known hours of business during each day shall not be allowed to collect any fee from any delinquent taxpayer unless they give such taxpayer 30 days' written notice of the amount of his taxes and when they will become delinquent. (Code 1907, §1337; Code 1923, §2152; Code 1940, T. 37, §697.)
AL Code § 11-51-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-4 - Submission of Assessment Rolls of Certain Cities to County Commission; Acceptance and Adoption Thereof by County Commission.

Section 11-51-4Submission of assessment rolls of certain cities to county commission; acceptance and adoption thereof by county commission. In cities having over 15,000 inhabitants, if the council or other governing body shall assess taxes upon property liable under the Constitution and laws of this state for city taxes and furnish to the county commission an assessment roll showing property and assessed value thereof prior to April 1 of each year, then the county commission shall take such assessment and may adopt the same. (Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §2126; Acts 1931, No. 553, p. 650; Code 1940, T. 37, §672.)
AL Code § 11-51-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-5 - Notification of Property Owners Where Valuation by City Higher Than County Valuation; Right of Property Owners to Contest Valuation, Etc.

Section 11-51-5Notification of property owners where valuation by city higher than county valuation; right of property owners to contest valuation, etc. In the event the values of any property are higher than those made by the county assessor, the property owners shall be notified of the valuations placed and shall have the right to appear and contest the same and appeal from the judgment as provided by law. This section, however, shall not affect the right of the Department of Revenue of the state to raise or lower or fix valuations as now provided by law. (Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §2127; Code 1940, T. 37, §673.)
AL Code § 11-51-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 51 - Taxation.|Article 1 - Property Taxes.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-51-6 - Lien for Taxes.

Section 11-51-6Lien for taxes. Cities and towns shall have a lien for taxes upon all property assessed for taxation which shall be superior to all other liens, except liens for taxes held by the state and county. (Code 1907, §1314; Code 1923, §2129; Code 1940, T. 37, §675.)