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AL Code § 11-54B-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-14 - Eminent Domain Utilization.

Section 11-54B-14Eminent domain utilization. No self-help business improvement district or district management corporation shall have eminent domain powers. All such procedures incidental to the development and maintenance of a self-help business improvement district pursuant to this chapter, including compensation for land acquisition and legal challenges and appeals not specifically prescribed hereunder, shall be taken in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 1A of Title 18. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §14.)
AL Code § 11-54B-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-15 - Furniture, Structure of Facility Not Deemed Nuisance.

Section 11-54B-15Furniture, structure of facility not deemed nuisance. Any movable furniture, structure, facility, or appurtenance or activity located or permitted in connection with a self-help business improvement district shall not, by reason of such location or use, be deemed a nuisance or unlawful obstruction or condition, notwithstanding any rule or regulation or principle of negligence law pertaining to the use of public streets and highways and neither the municipality nor any user acting under permit shall be liable for any injury to person or property, unless such furniture, structure, facility or use shall be negligently constructed, maintained, or operated. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §15.)
AL Code § 11-54B-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-16 - District Management Corporation Contracts.

Section 11-54B-16District management corporation contracts. The municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the district management corporation to contract work to be done on any street or streets, or on other municipal property, included in the self-help business improvement district. In the event that the municipality elects to contract with the district management corporation with respect to such work, the district management corporation shall, solely with respect to such contract, be subject to the statutory rules and regulations applicable to the letting of contracts by a municipality. Further, the plans and specifications of any construction work to be contracted shall be approved by the municipal engineer prior to initiation of any actions for the awarding of a contract under this article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §16.)
AL Code § 11-54B-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-17 - Operation in Other Designated Project Areas.

Section 11-54B-17Operation in other designated project areas. This article shall not prohibit a municipality from including a self-help business improvement district within the bounds of any area, district, or zone including enterprise zones established pursuant to law which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of properties located within those boundaries, or the inducement of private enterprises to locate within those boundaries, whether by tax credits, exemptions, or abatements, or by special public financing arrangements. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §17.)
AL Code § 11-54B-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-18 - Annual Reports and Audits.

Section 11-54B-18Annual reports and audits. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality. (b) Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall cause an annual audit of its books, accounts, and financial transactions to be made and filed with the governing body of the municipality and for that purpose the corporation shall employ a certified public accountant. The annual audit shall be completed and filed with the governing body within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified duplicate copy of the audit shall be filed with the mayor and the finance director or other financial control officer of the municipality. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §18.)
AL Code § 11-54B-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-19 - Continuation, Modification, or Termination of District.

Section 11-54B-19Continuation, modification, or termination of district. (a) Within 60 days after the adoption and approval of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the board of directors of the district management corporation shall set a hearing to determine whether the district should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least 20 days before the hearing, notice of the date, place, and time of such hearing shall be posted in at least three places within the district and mailed to each real property owner who paid assessments to the district during the previous year as certified by an officer of the district management corporation collecting such assessments. (b) Whenever a petition is presented to the board of directors of the district management corporation signed by real property owners in the district which paid 50 percent or more of the assessments paid in the district during the last fiscal year for which assessments were collected, the board of directors of the district management corporation shall set a public hearing as provided for in subsection (a). (c) After a hearing, the board of directors of the district management corporation shall adopt a resolution approving the continuation of the district, modifying the district or the services rendered thereby, or the assessments levied, or terminating the district as of the end of the fiscal year during which the hearing is held. (d) If it should be demonstrated at any hearing held under this section that the owners of real property which either (1) pay one-half or more of the assessments levied in the district during the last fiscal year for which assessments were collected, or (2) represent one-half or more (by number) of all parcels of real property located within the geographical area of the district object to the continuation of the district, the district shall be terminated as of the end of the fiscal year next following the hearing. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §19; Act 2021-213, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54B-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-20 - Tax Exemption.

Section 11-54B-20Tax exemption. A nonprofit corporation designated as a district management corporation under this article shall be exempt from the state corporate income tax, corporate franchise tax, and permit fee and from state, county, and municipal sales, use, license, gross receipts, and ad valorem taxes. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §20.)
AL Code § 11-54B-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-21 - Contracts for Operation and Management With Other District Management Corporations.

Section 11-54B-21Contracts for operation and management with other district management corporations. The board of directors of the district management corporation may contract with other district management corporations to provide for the operation and management of such other district management corporations. In addition, the board of directors of the district management corporation may contract to provide supplemental services outside of the geographical area of the district. (Act 2007-479, p. 1017, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-54B-22 - Merger of Business Improvement Districts.

Section 11-54B-22Merger of business improvement districts.  (a) Without the approval of the governing body of the municipality or the owners of the real property located within the geographical areas of the districts, any two or more district management corporations located within the same municipality may merge into one of such district management corporations pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 3A of Title 10, as well as this section. (b) Each district management corporation shall adopt a plan of merger in compliance with subsection (b) of Section 10-3A-100, which plan of merger, in addition, shall designate the self-help business improvement district ordinance which shall be applicable to the surviving corporation, provided that such ordinance was applicable to at least one of the corporations prior to the merger. (c) A plan of merger shall be approved pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 10-3A-102. (d) The articles of merger provided in Section 10-3A-103, shall designate the self-help business improvement district ordinance which shall be applicable to the surviving corporation, provided that the ordinance was applicable to at least one of the corporations prior to the merger. (e) The self-help business improvement district ordinance which is designated as being applicable to the surviving corporation, upon the issuance of a certificate of merger by the Secretary of State, shall be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to allow the surviving corporation to serve the geographical area comprising both self-help business improvement districts. (Act 2007-479, p. 1035, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-40 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-54B-40Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature makes the following findings:  (1) That patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist any Class 2 municipality in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That the public interest would also be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business districts for the promotion of tourism that include businesses of a designated class and funding supplemental business services through the levy of assessments on businesses of the designated class that receive benefits from those supplemental business services. (4) That a district management corporation representing real property owners, or in certain cases, owners of a particular class of business, within self-help business improvement districts can assist any Class 2 municipality in promoting economic growth and employment within business districts. (5) That any Class 2 municipality should be authorized to create self-help business improvement districts and designate a district management corporation to execute self-help programs to improve the local business climate. (b) The Legislature further finds that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama to permit any Class 2 municipality to protect the public welfare and the interests of the public in the safe effective movement of persons, to encourage healthy economic development, to promote jobs, and to preserve and enhance the function and appearance of business districts located within any Class 2 municipality through the adoption of ordinances as authorized by this article. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §1; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-41 - Definitions.

Section 11-54B-41Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:  (1) DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. An entity created by incorporation under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and designated by ordinance by the incorporated municipality to manage a self-help business improvement district. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Those municipalities designated as Class 2 municipalities as defined in Section 11-40-12. (3) SELF-HELP BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. An area within the incorporated municipality designated by ordinance as an area in which a special assessment may be levied on the owners of real property located within the geographical area of the district for the purposes of providing supplemental services within the district and promoting the economic and general welfare of the district or, alternatively with respect to a district formed for the purpose of increasing tourism within the municipality, an area or areas within the municipality designated by ordinance as an area or areas in which a special assessment may be levied on businesses of a particular class located within the geographical area of the district for the purposes of providing supplemental services for the benefit of the businesses within the district, in which case the district shall include only those existing and future businesses of the designated class. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §2; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-42 - Development and Maintenance of Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.

Section 11-54B-42Development and maintenance of self-help business improvement districts. A Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended as the exclusive procedure by which a Class 2 municipality may create and maintain a self-help business improvement district. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §3.)
AL Code § 11-54B-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-43 - Findings Required for a Public Hearing on the Adoption of a Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance.

Section 11-54B-43Findings required for a public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business improvement district ordinance. A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a Class 2 municipality finds that: (1) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requirements of Section 11-54B-44 has been filed with the clerk of the municipality. (2) The area described in the self-help business improvement plan would benefit from being designated as a self-help business improvement district. (3) The self-help business improvement district plan required by Section 11-54B-44 includes a designated district management corporation to provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses, employees, residents, and consumers in the self-help business improvement district. (4) The self-help business improvement district plan includes a special assessment which will be levied by the municipality on the owners of the real property or, in certain cases, on businesses of a particular class, located within the geographical area of the district to finance the supplemental services described in the plan and that the special assessment is expected to produce revenue which is consistent with the annual budget adopted and approved as provided in this article. (5) The copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the district management corporation shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11-54B-48. (6) It is in the best interest of the Class 2 municipality and the public to designate the geographical area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district and to designate a district management corporation to provide administrative and other services to the district. (7) The existing level of publicly funded services provided by the municipality in the geographical area of the proposed district has been documented in writing and certified by the mayor of the municipality. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §4; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-45 - Mailing of Proposed Ordinance and Notice of Hearing.

Section 11-54B-45Mailing of proposed ordinance and notice of hearing. At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district plan, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, with a description of the geographical area proposed to be included in the district, the proposed ordinance, and the self-help business district plan shall be mailed to all known owners of nonexempt real property located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district by the municipality. The notice shall be mailed to all known owners of nonexempt real property at the address listed in the county property tax assessment records. In addition, a copy of the notice shall be posted in at least three places located within the geographical area proposed to be included in the district. A property owner's failure to receive a copy of the notice shall not constitute grounds to contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district established by ordinance. Alternatively, in the case of a district formed to increase tourism within the municipality, the notices required shall be mailed to the owners of the businesses of the designated class, but the failure of a business owner or business to receive a copy of the notice shall not constitute grounds to contest the validity of a self-help business improvement district established by ordinance. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §6; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-46 - Review of Self-Help Business Improvement District Plan and Adoption of Ordinance.

Section 11-54B-46Review of self-help business improvement district plan and adoption of ordinance. The governing body of the municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan and after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide for an effective date of 30 days from the date of adoption of the ordinance by the governing body of the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of nonexempt real property representing 60 percent of the total fair market value of all real property located within the district, or the owners of at least 50 percent of the parcels of property located within the district; or, alternatively with respect to a district funded by assessments against a particular class of businesses, if the owners of businesses, consistent with the signatures required under subdivision (2) of Section 11-54B-44, file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the municipality, the provisions of the ordinance shall be null and void and no district shall be created. The ordinance shall designate the district management corporation provided for in the plan as the district management corporation authorized to provide administrative and other services to the district and authorize the execution of a contract between the municipality and the district management corporation setting out the services to be provided by the district and the municipality. The contract shall provide that the municipality shall continue the same level of services in the district as provided prior to the creation thereof. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §7; Act 2019-200, §2.)