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AL Code § 16-54-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-10 - Records of Transactions Required.

Section 16-54-10Records of transactions required. The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the university who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the university shall keep accounts of their transactions in books to be furnished them by the trustees, which shall at all times be open to the inspection and examination of the president, the trustees or anyone appointed by the trustees thereto; and any person withholding such book or books belonging to the university from the inspection of any officer entitled to examine the same shall be immediately removed from his office or employment by the president or trustees. (School Code 1927, §509; Code 1940, T. 52, §465; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-11 - Who May Be Admitted.

Section 16-54-11Who may be admitted. Any person residing in Alabama, of good character, good health and of sufficient physical and mental development to support the assumption of success in his or her course of study, to be judged by the president or a designee, who shall comply with all the requirements prescribed by the trustees, may be admitted into the university and, upon completing the course of study prescribed at the time of his or her admission, to the satisfaction of the faculty, shall receive the certificate, diploma or degree he or she may have earned. Whenever the accommodations of the university are sufficient to admit more students than apply and are accepted from Alabama, then students from other states or countries may be received and instructed in the university upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the president or trustees. (School Code 1927, §510; Code 1940, T. 52, §466; Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, p. 52, §2; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-12 - Property Exempt From Taxes; Employees Exempt From Town License Taxes.

Section 16-54-12Property exempt from taxes; employees exempt from town license taxes. The property of the university, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state, and from all local assessments. All employees are exempt from the payment of town licenses for their labor while working for this institution. (School Code 1927, §511; Code 1940, T. 52, §467; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-13 - Student Assistants.

Section 16-54-13Student assistants. As far as may be practicable, students in the university may be employed in giving assistance in any department of work of the university to enable them to obtain instruction therein, but students shall be employed only in cases and to the extent that they may be able to render efficient service without injury to themselves or to the university. (School Code 1927, §512; Code 1940, T. 52, §468; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-13.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-13.1 - Employment, Powers, and Duties of University Police Officers.

Section 16-54-13.1Employment, powers, and duties of university police officers. (a) The President of the University of Montevallo, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to 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 for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest municipal or 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 on his warrant. Such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university who are charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer. (b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, may furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Montevallo and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality. (Acts 1991, No. 91-356, p. 689, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-54-13.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-13.2 - Enforcement of Fire Protection and Prevention Laws, etc., by Fire Marshal.

Section 16-54-13.2Enforcement of fire protection and prevention laws, etc., by Fire Marshal. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall have exclusive authority to enforce laws, regulations, and ordinances of the state as specified in Section 36-19-2, at the University of Montevallo. These responsibilities shall be performed by the State Fire Marshal or by deputies regularly employed pursuant to the state Merit System acting with the designation and under the direct supervision of the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal may appoint the Chief of Police and the Director of the Physical Plant of the University of Montevallo as deputies or assistants for the purpose of this section. (b) This section may not be construed to change the responsibility of the regularly established municipal fire authority to provide fire suppression services on the same basis to all institutions, businesses, and residences within the incorporated limits of the applicable municipality. (Act 2002-513, p. 1322, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-14 - Grants and Rights Preserved.

Section 16-54-14Grants and rights preserved. All rights of property and action which may have accrued to the university before October 1, 1927 are confirmed and preserved, including the right to permit alumni and friends to establish such corporate entities as an alumni association and a University of Montevallo Foundation, which may be staffed by and housed at the university, and no grant or gift of any valuable thing or right shall fail by reason of a mistake in the name of this corporation or college; provided, that the intention to grant or give to the institute may be derived from the words used in designating the beneficiary or grantee. All rights, powers and remedies granted in and by an act to create and establish an industrial school in the State of Alabama, approved February 21, 1893, and any act amendatory thereof, are confirmed and preserved for the University of Montevallo. (School Code 1927, §513; Code 1940, T. 52, §469; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-15 - Condemnation of Lands or Interests Therein.

Section 16-54-15Condemnation of lands or interests therein. Whenever the University of Montevallo needs any land or interest therein near the university for its purposes, and the owner thereof is a minor or an insane person, or refuses to sell the land to the state for the use of the university, or will not agree with the board of trustees or the president on a price therefor, the trustees shall have authority to institute in the probate court of Shelby County proceedings in the name of the State of Alabama, to condemn such land, which proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be possible in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 18. It shall be the duty of the trustees to pay out of the funds of the university all costs of every condemnation proceeding instituted by them under the power hereby conferred. (School Code 1927, §514; Code 1940, T. 52, §470; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-16 - Lease or Disposal of Lands, Including Lands Received by Federal Grant; Proceeds to Be Paid Into Restricted Endowment.

Section 16-54-16Lease or disposal of lands, including lands received by federal grant; proceeds to be paid into restricted endowment. The lands now owned by the University of Montevallo or granted by the United States or by the Congress of the United States to the State of Alabama for the use of this institution, shall be leased, sold, conveyed or disposed of only by the board of trustees; provided, that the board of trustees may delegate to its executive committee of three or more of its members the right and power to lease or sell any of said lands, and when any lease or sale shall have been made as herein provided, the Governor, upon request of the board of trustees, or its executive committee, as the case may be, shall execute contracts of lease or deeds of conveyance as may have been agreed on between the board or its executive committee and the lessee or purchaser. All the proceeds arising from the sale, rental or lease of federally granted lands, or any of the rights thereunto pertaining shall be paid into the University of Montevallo restricted endowment, it being the purpose and intent of the university to preserve the principal amount generated by these lands. Any income generated by the University of Montevallo restricted endowment shall be used for the support and maintenance of the university. (School Code 1927, §516; Code 1940, T. 52, §471; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-570, p. 882, §1.)
AL Code § 16-54-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo.|Section 16-54-17 - Disposition of Proceeds and Income From Sale or Lease of Nonfederally Granted Lands.

Section 16-54-17Disposition of proceeds and income from sale or lease of nonfederally granted lands. Unless otherwise restricted, the proceeds of all nonfederally granted lands sold or leased by the University of Montevallo, or income therefrom, shall be paid to the University of Montevallo and budgeted and expended by the board of trustees for the benefit of the university. The university, out of the money appropriated by the state Legislature for its maintenance, shall pay all the expenses of caring for, protecting, and selling the lands. (School Code 1927, §517; Code 1940, T. 52, §472; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-570, p. 882, §1; Act 2012-511, p. 1527, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-1 - Body Corporate; Rights, Duties, Property, Etc. of Troy University.

Section 16-56-1Body corporate; rights, duties, property, etc. of Troy University. (a)(1) The Governor, by virtue of the office and the trustees appointed from designated areas of the state, pursuant to Section 16-56-3, and their successors in office, shall constitute a body corporate under the name of Troy University, or by any name the board of trustees may from time to time designate as successor. The name Troy University shall refer to each campus. (2) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name of Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or in any other name by which the institution has been known, shall continue in the name of Troy University. Any reference to Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or any other name by which the institution has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to Troy University. All acts of Troy State University lawfully done prior to August 1, 1997, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed. All acts of the Troy State University System lawfully done prior to June 1, 2009, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed. (b) Troy University shall provide, maintain, and operate public higher education programs with facilities dedicated to the preparation of students in a variety of pre-professional and professional fields at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree levels. The university shall provide educational services for the greater community including adult education and advanced education for mature students, private citizens, and service men and women. Troy University shall provide an academic, cultural, and social environment that fosters individuality and develops productive members of society. The mission of Troy University shall be accomplished by providing services to students and the greater community through the utilization of its staff and facilities and through research, creative activities, superior teaching, scholarship, and public service. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §2; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §1; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-2 - Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, etc., of Corporation.

Section 16-56-2Rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc., of corporation. The corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, powers, and franchises necessary to the promotion of or the end of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. The headquarters of Troy University shall be in the City of Troy. The corporation may purchase, hold, lease, sell, convey, 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, or any interest in any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, from any source, at any time and upon any terms, as it may deem in the best interest of the university. The corporation may also borrow money and incur other obligations at any time and under any terms it may deem in the best interest of the university. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §3; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §2; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-3 - Board of Trustees - Membership; Appointment; Terms.

Section 16-56-3Board of trustees - Membership; appointment; terms. Troy University shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall have representation from seven geographic areas of the state. Area one shall consist of the following counties: Mobile, Baldwin, Washington, Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, and Sumter. Area two shall consist of the following counties: Escambia, Covington, Geneva, Houston, Conecuh, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Butler, Crenshaw, Pike, Wilcox, Monroe, and Barbour. Area three shall consist of the following counties: Bullock, Russell, Macon, Lee, Elmore, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Randolph. Area four shall consist of the following counties: Montgomery, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Autauga, Chilton, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene, and Bibb. Area five shall consist of the following counties: Talladega, Clay, St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne, and Shelby. Area six shall consist of the following county: Jefferson. Area seven shall consist of the following counties: Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Winston, Marion, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Colbert, Lauderdale, Pickens, Limestone, Madison, Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb, Blount, Etowah, and Cherokee. The board of trustees shall consist of two trustees from area two, two trustees from area four, and one trustee from each of the other five areas, two trustees at-large, who may or may not be residents of the state, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The board of trustees shall elect from its members, by a majority vote, a president pro tempore, who shall serve as chair of the board in the absence of the Governor. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office for terms of 12 years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The trustees serving on January 1, 2009, shall serve out the terms for which they had previously been appointed and confirmed. The State Superintendent of Education serving on January 1, 2009, shall continue to serve as a trustee on the board until the completion of his or her term of office as superintendent or until he or she vacates the position of State Superintendent of Education, whichever occurs first. No employee of Troy University shall be eligible to serve as a trustee. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §3; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-56-4Board of trustees - Meetings. The Board of Trustees of Troy University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year in the City of Troy on or about the date scheduled for spring term graduation unless the board shall, during a regular or special session, determine to hold its annual meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either of the following methods: (1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor or by the president pro tempore. In calling special meetings, the Governor or the president pro tempore shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting. (2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor or the president pro tempore 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. The meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor or the president pro tempore. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §6; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §4; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum; Meetings of Standing Committees.

Section 16-56-5Board of trustees - Quorum; meetings of standing committees. (a) A majority of the 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. A quorum may be assembled in person or through electronic communications that permit complete auditory access to the proceedings of the board. During each meeting of the board, no more than two members may participate through electronic communications. (b) Standing committees of the board, excluding the executive committee, may meet by means of telephone conference, video conference, or other electronic means by which all persons participating in the meeting, and members of the public, may hear each other simultaneously, if the committee has no authority other than to make recommendations to the full board. Meetings conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be properly noticed and shall comply with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §7; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §5; Act 2012-404, p. 1107, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-6 - Board of Trustees - Chancellor; Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-56-6Board of trustees - Chancellor; powers as to organization and administration. (a) The board of trustees shall appoint a chancellor who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the university and as secretary to the board and shall perform all services as may be required by the board. The compensation of the chancellor, including the emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office, shall be fixed by the board.  (b) The board of trustees may act as a body, or may delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board or to the chancellor, the authority to do any of the following: (1) Appoint the faculty of the university and other professional and operating personnel as the interest of the university may require. (2) Remove any instructors or other personnel. (3) Fix, increase, or decrease the salaries or compensation of individual instructors and other personnel. (4) Hire personnel, establish and implement personnel rules, and establish policies and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, other personnel, and employees, or for taking any other action consistent with this section. (c) The board of trustees, as a body of the whole, may do any of the following: (1) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the governance of the university, as the board may deem advisable. (2) Prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees. (3) Confer academic and honorary degrees. (4) Do whatever else the board may deem best for promoting the interest of the university. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §4; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §6; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction, etc., to Board of Trustees.

Section 16-56-7Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction, etc., to board of trustees. The Board of Trustees of Troy University shall have the exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of Troy University. The board may promulgate any rules of procedure as it deems necessary and appropriate. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority vested in the board of trustees, the board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties previously conferred on, vested in, or required of the Board of Trustees of Troy State University, as was transferred to the board from the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §12; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §7; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 16-56-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy in Office.

Section 16-56-8Board 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. The appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall hold office for and during the unexpired term. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §5; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §8.)
AL Code § 16-56-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 56 - Troy University.|Section 16-56-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-56-9Board of trustees - Payment of expenses. The certificate of the chancellor as secretary of the board shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees. A trustee may not receive any pay or emoluments other than for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of duties of the board. (Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §9.)