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AL Code § 16-47A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-47A-12Police officers. (a) The president of the university may 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 of any public offense committed in their presence, and take them before the nearest 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 or her on his or her warrant. Such officers, with a warrant, may arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before any proper officer. (b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Athens and Limestone County and their jurisdictions and authority shall be coextensive within the corporate limits of each municipality or county. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §13.)
AL Code § 16-47A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47A - Athens State University.|Section 16-47A-13 - References to Athens State University.

Section 16-47A-13References to Athens State University. (a) Commencing on October 1, 2012, the terms junior college, trade school, community college, and technical college, or any combination of these terms, as used in the Code of Alabama 1975, may not be interpreted to include Athens State University or its predecessor, Athens State College. After October 1, 2012, the Code Commissioner may revise any reference to Athens State University that refers to or classifies the university as a junior college, trade school, community college, or technical college. (b) In addition to the duties of the Code Commissioner provided in subsection (a), whenever any section of the Code of Alabama 1975, refers to a "four-year public institution of higher education," the Code Commissioner is directed to make the appropriate changes in terminology to reflect the reconstituted status of Athens State University as a public institution of higher education under a separate board of trustees as provided by this chapter. (Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §14; Act 2014-326, p. 1212, §2.)
AL Code § 16-48-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-48-1Body corporate. The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed from the different congressional districts of the state, under the provisions of Section 266 of the Constitution of 1901, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of Auburn University, to carry into effect the purposes and intent of the Congress of the United States in the grant of lands by the act of July 2, 1862. (School Code 1927, §521; Code 1940, T. 52, §474.)
AL Code § 16-48-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-2 - Corporate Powers.

Section 16-48-2Corporate powers. Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to a promotion of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell 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, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of the original or any subsequent grant by Congress, or by this state, or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as to it may seem best for the purposes of its institution; and any and all sales of property, real or personal, heretofore made pursuant to and by authority of action of the board of trustees of said institute and written instruments of conveyance of title thereto purporting to have been made pursuant to such action are hereby ratified and confirmed as acts of the institute, and similar sales and instruments of conveyance made during the time when the name of the institute was the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama are likewise ratified and confirmed as acts of said Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. (School Code 1927, §522; Acts 1931, No. 519, p. 633; Acts 1939, No. 393, p. 516; Code 1940, T. 52, §475.)
AL Code § 16-48-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-3 - Interest on Federal Fund Paid by State.

Section 16-48-3Interest on federal fund paid by state. For the payment of the interest, at the rate of eight percent per annum, on the fund of $253,500.00 arising from the sale of the script for the land donated in trust to this state by the act of Congress of July 2, 1862, the faith and credit of the state are forever pledged. (School Code 1927, §523; Code 1940, T. 52, §476.)
AL Code § 16-48-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-4 - Organization and Conduct.

Section 16-48-4Organization and conduct. The board of trustees has the power to organize the institute by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require; and to remove any such instructors or other officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation, and increase or reduce the same at its discretion, to regulate, alter, or modify the government of the university as it may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else it may deem best for promoting the interest of the university. (School Code 1927, §524; Code 1940, T. 52, §477.)
AL Code § 16-48-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-5 - Trustees Divided Into Classes.

Section 16-48-5Trustees divided into classes. The trustees of the institute other than the Governor and State Superintendent of Education are divided into three classes, as follows: The trustees from the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts shall constitute the first class; those from the Second, Sixth and Eighth Districts shall constitute the second class; and those from the First, Third and Ninth Districts shall constitute the third class; and they shall hold office and their seats shall be vacated as prescribed by Section 266 of the constitution. (School Code 1927, §525; Code 1940, T. 52, §478.)
AL Code § 16-48-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-6 - Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

Section 16-48-6Vacancy in office of trustee. Any vacancy in the office of trustee, occurring during the recess of the Legislature, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, such appointee to hold office until the next session of the Legislature thereafter; such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate; and any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold during the unexpired term. (School Code 1927, §526; Code 1940, T. 52, §479.)
AL Code § 16-48-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-7 - Meetings of Board of Trustees.

Section 16-48-7Meetings of board of trustees. (a) The Board of Trustees of Auburn University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the institute on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: (1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings. (2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor 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. Such meeting shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor. (b) The members of the board of trustees may recess at any regular or special meeting from one date to another, and at such adjourned meeting they may transact any business relating to the affairs of the institution. (c) Members of the board of trustees, the executive committee of the board of trustees, or any other committee established by the board of trustees may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes, including the establishment of a quorum. Notice of such meetings must be given in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and such telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings. (School Code 1927, §527; Code 1940, T. 52, §480; Acts 1943, No. 309, p. 280, §§1, 2; Act 2010-690, p. 1677, §1.)
AL Code § 16-48-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-8 - Quorum of Trustees.

Section 16-48-8Quorum of trustees. Six 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. (School Code 1927, §528; Code 1940, T. 52, §481.)
AL Code § 16-48-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-9 - Expenses of Trustees.

Section 16-48-9Expenses of trustees. The certificate of the president of the board or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trustees. (School Code 1927, §529; Code 1940, T. 52, §482.)
AL Code § 16-48-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-10 - Gifts Preserved.

Section 16-48-10Gifts preserved. No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at; nor shall any default, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonuser, on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation, work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises. (School Code 1927, §530; Code 1940, T. 52, §483.)
AL Code § 16-48-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-11 - Report Made to Legislature.

Section 16-48-11Report made to Legislature. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the institution by those charged with the administration of its finances. (School Code 1927, §531; Code 1940, T. 52, §484.)
AL Code § 16-48-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 48 - Auburn University.|Section 16-48-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-48-12Police officers. (a) The president of Auburn University, 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 district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, 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; and 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 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, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the municipality of Auburn; and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality. (Acts 1949, No. 305, p. 439, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 85-632, p. 963, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 85-727, p. 1178, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-51-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-1 - Governor and Trustees Constituted Body Corporate.

Section 16-51-1Governor and trustees constituted body corporate. The Governor, by virtue of the office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state, pursuant to Section 16-51-3, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of the University of North Alabama. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §2; Act 2019-24, §1.)
AL Code § 16-51-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-2 - Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, etc., of Corporation.

Section 16-51-2Rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc., of corporation. Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the end of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell 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, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §3.)
AL Code § 16-51-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-3 - Board of Trustees - Creation; Composition; Reappointments; Expenses.

Section 16-51-3Board of trustees - Creation; composition; reappointments; expenses. (a) There is created a Board of Trustees for the University of North Alabama, the state educational institution at Florence, Alabama. The board of trustees shall consist of all of the following: (1) Six members who are residents of the fourth and fifth congressional districts, as those districts were constituted on January 1, 2018, at least two of whom shall be residents of the county in which the institution is located. (2) Three members from the state at large. (3) Two at-large members from within or outside of the state. (4) The Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. (b) The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and, except for the first trustees appointed, shall hold office for a term of 12 years, until 2015, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The Governor shall coordinate his or her appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. Beginning in 2015, the board shall be divided into three groups, so that reappointments may be made each two years. In 2015, three members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of four years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of six years. The initial term of the at-large members appointed pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) shall be six years. Thereafter, all successor members shall be appointed for six-year terms. A trustee may be reappointed to additional terms. (c) No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as such. No employee of the university shall be eligible to serve on its board of trustees. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §1; Act 2015-210, p. 620, §1; Act 2018-144, §1; Act 2019-24, §1.)
AL Code § 16-51-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-51-4Board of trustees - Meetings. (a) The Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the university on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meetings at some other time and place. The board may establish a schedule of meetings at such intervals as it deems appropriate and may amend the schedule at any duly called meeting. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: (1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings. (2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor 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. Such meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor. (b) An emergency meeting of the board may be called when circumstances exist that are deemed by the Governor or by the president pro tempore or by three members of the board to present a risk to personal health, safety, or property or to the operation of the university. The three board members must communicate their request for an emergency meeting to the Governor or to the president pro tempore by the most expedient means available to them. Notice of an emergency meeting should be given at least 72 hours prior to the time it is to commence unless the circumstances of the emergency are such that the meeting must convene sooner. (c) Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama may participate in a meeting of the board or any committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Except for emergency meetings, notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §6; Act 2015-210, §1.)
AL Code § 16-51-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-51-5Board of trustees - Quorum. Six 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. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §7.)
AL Code § 16-51-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-6 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-51-6Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration. The board of trustees has the power to organize the university by appointing a president, whose salary shall be fixed by the board, and by employing a corps of instructors, who shall be nominated to the board in writing by the president and who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interests of the university may require; and to remove any instructors or other officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation and increase or reduce the same at their discretion; to delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board of trustees or to the president of the university the authority to establish and implement personnel rules, policies, and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, officers, and employees or to take any other action authorized by this section; to regulate, alter, or modify the government of the university, as they may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else they may deem best for promoting the interest of the university. In addition to other powers granted to the board of trustees, the board expressly may enter into and implement agreements with the governing board or boards of any other institution or institutions of higher education in Alabama for the purpose of merging those institutions into one successor institution without seeking or obtaining legislative or administrative approval. The merger provisions of this section shall not apply to Alabama A & M University or Alabama State University. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §4; Acts 1993, No. 93-260, p. 388, §1.)
AL Code § 16-51-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama.|Section 16-51-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction.

Section 16-51-7Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction. After September 9, 1967, the board of trustees created by this chapter for the University of North Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision and control of the University of North Alabama; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. Upon such date, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the board of trustees all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university. (Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §12.)