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AL Code § 11-85-109 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development.|Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority.|Section 11-85-109 - Administrative and Recordkeeping Functions of Authority.

Section 11-85-109Administrative and recordkeeping functions of authority. (a) The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Planning and Economic Development Division shall perform the centralized administrative and recordkeeping functions for the authority. ADECA shall ensure that grantees utilize their allocations of grant monies efficiently and effectively as revolving loan funds, pursuant to Sections 41-23-50 and 41-23-51. The grantees shall provide to ADECA all information regarding the disbursements of revolving loan funds, terms and conditions of the revolving loans that are approved, jobs created, and other information deemed necessary by the authority to assess the respective revolving loan programs of the grantees. ADECA shall cause programmatic audits to be conducted on the utilization of revolving loan funds by grantees upon the request of the authority. ADECA shall recommend to the Regional Revolving Loan Policy Committee, defined in Section 41-23-51 a formula relative to the indirect cost of the Planning and Economic Development Division, to provide for the payment of the administrative and oversight requirements of ADECA pursuant hereto. The several regions shall contract with and pay ADECA an amount, at such times as necessary established by the formula agreed upon. (b) ADECA shall not deduct from the net bond proceeds any administrative costs, service charges, salaries, or fees for the performance of these functions on behalf of the authority.  (c) ADECA shall make grants of equal amounts to the twelve regional planning and development commissions, grantees, from the net proceeds derived from the sale of the authority's bonds within 30 days following the sale of the bonds. (Act 98-195, p. 338, §11.)
AL Code § 11-85-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development.|Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority.|Section 11-85-110 - Duties of State Treasurer.

Section 11-85-110Duties of State Treasurer. Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 11-85-108, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued by the authority under this article, as the principal and interest shall respectively mature, and the State Treasurer is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto. (Act 98-195, p. 338, §12.)
AL Code § 11-85-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development.|Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority.|Section 11-85-111 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 11-85-111Dissolution of authority. At any time when no authority bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the directors of the authority and sworn to by each director before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of the application for dissolution, the authority shall cease to exist. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his or her office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the authority is dissolved, and shall record the certificate with the application for dissolution. Title to all property held in the name of the authority shall be vested in the state upon dissolution of the authority. (Act 98-195, p. 338, §13.)
AL Code § 11-88-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-2 - Purpose of Article.

Section 11-88-2Purpose of article. This article is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §16; Acts 1965, No. 805, p. 1507; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §11.)
AL Code § 11-88-5.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-5.1 - Ratification of Amendment.

Section 11-88-5.1Ratification of amendment. Any action heretofore taken and approved by a majority vote of the board of directors of any water, sewer, or fire protection authority, and found and determined to be true by the governing body of each county in which any part of the said authority's then existing service area lies, providing for an amendment to the authority's certificate of incorporation increasing the number of members of said authority's board of directors, is hereby authorized, ratified, and confirmed regardless of any defects, mistakes, errors, or ambiguities in the authorization thereof or in the provisions of law respecting amendments to certificates of incorporation of water, sewer, and fire protection authorities. (Acts 1991, No. 91-599, p. 1102, §3.)
AL Code § 11-88-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-9 - Bonds of Authority - Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-88-9Bonds of authority - Contracts to secure payment of principal and interest. As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any water system, sewer system or fire protection facility owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from such system or facility, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such system or facility will be sufficient to operate such system or facility, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such system or facility and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority under this article. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §10; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §8.)
AL Code § 11-88-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-10 - Bonds of Authority - Statutory Mortgage Lien to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-88-10Bonds of authority - Statutory mortgage lien to secure payment of principal and interest. Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the water systems, sewer systems and fire protection facilities or any thereof (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such water systems, sewer systems and fire protection facilities or any thereof may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such systems and facilities or either, a brief description of such bonds and a declaration that said statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto upon such systems and facilities or either, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive, record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The recording of such notice, as provided in this section, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §11; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §9.)
AL Code § 11-88-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-11 - Bonds of Authority - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-88-11Bonds of authority - Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including the funding of all or part of any reserve funds which may be required for debt service, replacement and extension or capital improvements, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to: (1) The fiscal, engineering, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of and security for the bonds, including, without limitation, the charges, premiums or fees in connection with any debt service insurance or letter of credit or other additional security given with respect to its bonds, whether such amounts are to be paid in a lump sum or over a period of time; (2) Interest on bonds in the case of bonds issued to pay costs of construction or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay construction costs prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction; and (3) Any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded in the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §12; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-761, p. 232, §3.)
AL Code § 11-88-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-12 - Establishment and Revision of Rates, Fees, and Charges for Services Rendered by Authority; Applicability of Provisions of Section to Authority Organized to Construct and Operate Sewer System.

Section 11-88-12Establishment and revision of rates, fees, and charges for services rendered by authority; applicability of provisions of section to authority organized to construct and operate sewer system. (a) Rates, fees, and charges for water service, sewer service, and fire protection service rendered by the authority from any of its water systems, sewer systems, or fire protection facilities shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending and improving the systems and facilities, or either, from which such services are rendered; (2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities as the said principal and interest become due and payable; (3) Create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds, the assumption of any obligation, or the acquisition of any such system or facility; and (4) Make such annual payments, if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any authority organized under this article for the purpose of constructing and operating a sewer system, either separately or in combination with a water system or fire protection facility or both. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §8; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §6.)
AL Code § 11-88-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-13 - Loans, Sales, Grants, etc., of Money, Property, etc., to Authority by Counties, Municipalities, Public Corporations, Etc.

Section 11-88-13Loans, sales, grants, etc., of money, property, etc., to authority by counties, municipalities, public corporations, etc. For the purpose of securing water service, sewer service, or fire protection service or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water systems, sewer systems, and fire protection facilities, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including, but without limitation, any water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility, any interest in any thereof and any franchise; and (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water systems, sewer systems, and fire protection facilities. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §13; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §10.)
AL Code § 11-88-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-14 - Use by Authority of Public Roads Rights-of-Way.

Section 11-88-14Use by authority of public roads rights-of-way. Each authority is authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or the consent from the county governing body subject to uniform regulations applying to both counties and authorities authorized under this chapter established by resolution of the county governing body and delivered to each authority operating within the county or an adjoining county by registered mail within 10 days of adoption by the county governing body; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4 or Sections 37-15-1 to 37-15-11, inclusive; provided further, that the said authority shall have the duty to restore to pre-use condition and at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions and post a bond in the amount required to restore to said condition as determined by the county engineer. This section shall only apply to water, sewer, and fire protection authorities governed by this article. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §17; Act 2000-152, p. 215, §1.)
AL Code § 11-88-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-15 - Furnishing of Fire Protection Service by Authority Declared Governmental Function; Immunity From Tort Liability of Authority.

Section 11-88-15Furnishing of fire protection service by authority declared governmental function; immunity from tort liability of authority. The furnishing of fire protection service by an authority is hereby declared to be a governmental function. The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the furnishing of fire protection service or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any fire protection facility. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §14.)
AL Code § 11-88-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-15.1 - Soliciting Contributions for Local Volunteer Fire Departments; Monthly Usage Estimates.

Section 11-88-15.1Soliciting contributions for local volunteer fire departments; monthly usage estimates. (a) County water systems incorporated pursuant to this chapter or other portions of this title and municipal water systems incorporated pursuant to Chapter 50 or other portions of this title are expressly authorized to solicit their customers, through monthly or other periodic billings for water services, for voluntary contributions for local volunteer fire departments, provided the board of directors of the system has first adopted a resolution approving the participation in the solicitation authorized by this section, and have established a minimum amount for the checkoff. County and municipal water systems that are granted permission to participate may provide for one or more customer checkoffs on their billings as a method for soliciting such voluntary contributions. Participating county and municipal water systems shall distribute such contributions to the volunteer fire departments as indicated by the customers within 30 days of receipt of such contributions. (b) Each volunteer fire department receiving water from a water system for firefighting and training purposes shall provide monthly estimates of the amount of water used during the previous month to the system that provides the water. (Act 2006-203, p. 301, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-88-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-16 - Exemption From Taxation of Authority and Property, Leases, Bonds, etc., Thereof; Payment of Fees, Taxes, or Costs to Probate Judge for Incorporation, etc.; Imposition of License or Excise Tax Upon Authority.

Section 11-88-16Exemption from taxation of authority and property, leases, bonds, etc., thereof; payment of fees, taxes, or costs to probate judge for incorporation, etc.; imposition of license or excise tax upon authority. The authority, the property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. No license or excise tax may be imposed on any authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §15.)
AL Code § 11-88-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-17 - Exemption of Authority From Usury Laws, Etc.

Section 11-88-17Exemption of authority from usury laws, etc. Each authority now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 4419.)