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AL Code § 39-7-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-13 - Purpose and Powers of Authority Generally; Sale, Transfer and Conveyance of Entire Water System to Public Corporation Authorized to Conduct Business of Water Distribution System.

Section 39-7-13Purpose and powers of authority generally; sale, transfer and conveyance of entire water system to public corporation authorized to conduct business of water distribution system. (a) An authority shall be incorporated for the purpose of conducting and developing the enterprise in which it may engage in such manner that the services afforded by such enterprise shall be available for public uses and to all inhabitants of the municipality and the surrounding area for domestic and industrial uses at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management. Every authority incorporated under this chapter is hereby vested with all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of such purpose for which such authority is incorporated capable of being delegated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama. The authority shall have the power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve and maintain and operate any plant, works, system, facilities or properties together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto used or useful for the generation, production, transmission and distribution of electric energy, natural or artificial gas or mixtures thereof, for obtaining a water supply and the storage and distribution of water, for the collection, disposal and treatment of sewage, telephone system and service and generally for the conduct and development of the enterprise. No enumeration of particular powers granted by this section shall be construed to impair any general grant of power contained in this section or to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those so enumerated. The authority is empowered to do all acts necessary, proper or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted under this chapter. (b) In addition to all other powers, the authority shall have and may exercise the power to sell, transfer and convey to any public corporation having authority to carry on the business of a water distribution system, including those organized under Division 1, Article 6, Chapter 50, Subtitle 2 of Title 11, its entire water system, including all of its property and assets, real, personal and mixed, for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by and between the authority and such purchaser; provided, that the consideration therefor shall include and require, among others, the assumption by such purchaser of the outstanding and unpaid bonded indebtedness, if any, of the authority and shall include an agreement by such purchaser to supply water to the authority's then existing water customers under the purchaser's rules and regulations applicable and which may thereafter be or become applicable to the purchaser's system as a whole. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §40; Acts 1965, No. 837, p. 1572.)
AL Code § 39-7-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-14 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Composition; Appointment, Removal and Terms of Office of Members; Vacancies.

Section 39-7-14Board of trustees of authority - Composition; appointment, removal and terms of office of members; vacancies. (a) Each improvement authority shall have a board of trustees consisting of not more than five members that are qualified electors residing in the area serviced by the authority. (b) When the authority is composed of an incorporated city or town, the trustees shall be appointed by the governing body of the city or town. When the authority is composed in whole or in part of the inhabitants of an unincorporated area, the governing body of the county in which the area is composed appoints the trustees. In the event the unincorporated area is composed of parts of different counties, the Governor of the state shall appoint the board. All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the proper authority designated in this section. The first appointment of the members of the board shall be made not later than 30 days after the improvement authority becomes an incorporation as provided for in this chapter. (c) The term of the office of the members of the board shall be one, two, and three years respectively dating from January 1 of the year in which the appointments are made. Thereafter the terms of office of the members are for three years. Members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. (d) The appointing authority may remove any member within the term for which he or she shall have been appointed, after giving a copy of the charges against the member and an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. The action of the appointing authority shall be final and nonreviewable. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §29; Acts 1992, No. 92-435, §1.)
AL Code § 39-7-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-15 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Members Not to Hold Public Office Under Municipality.

Section 39-7-15Board of trustees of authority - Members not to hold public office under municipality. The members of the board shall not hold any public office under the municipality. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §33.)
AL Code § 39-7-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-16 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Organization Meeting; Selection of Officers.

Section 39-7-16Board of trustees of authority - Organization meeting; selection of officers. Promptly after their appointment the members of the board shall meet to organize. At such meeting and at the first meeting in each year thereafter, the members of the board shall choose from their number a president and a secretary. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §30.)
AL Code § 39-7-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-17 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Compensation; Delegation of Powers and Duties to Employees, Etc.

Section 39-7-17Board of trustees of authority - Compensation; delegation of powers and duties to employees, etc. Each member of the board shall receive for his or her services compensation in an amount to be fixed by the board. The compensation to the members of the board shall be paid monthly from money received by the authority from its operations. The members of the board shall be entitled to reimbursement for all expenses incurred in connection with performance of their duties. The board may delegate to one or more of its members or to its agents and employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §32; Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 200, p. 268; Act 2002-501, p. 1298, §1.)
AL Code § 39-7-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-18 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Powers Generally.

Section 39-7-18Board of trustees of authority - Powers generally. The board of trustees shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient in conducting and developing the enterprise, including but not limited to the following powers: (1) To adopt and amend bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs and the enterprise in which it is engaged; (2) To use, with the consent of the municipality, the agents, employees or facilities of such municipality and to provide for payment of the agreed proportion of the cost therefor; (3) To appoint officers, agents and employees and to fix their compensation; (4) To inquire into any matter relating to the affairs of the authority, to compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers material to any such inquiry, to administer oaths to witnesses and to examine witnesses and such books and papers; (5) To appoint an advisory board to assist in the formation of proper policies in respect of the enterprise; and, (6) To execute instruments. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §31.)
AL Code § 39-7-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-19 - Transfer of Supervision, Possession, Control, etc., of Property, Rights, Books, Papers, etc., of Plant or System Owned by Municipality to Authority Generally; Continuation in Effect of Provisions of Law as to Powers and Duties of Municipal Officers and Employees.

Section 39-7-19Transfer of supervision, possession, control, etc., of property, rights, books, papers, etc., of plant or system owned by municipality to authority generally; continuation in effect of provisions of law as to powers and duties of municipal officers and employees. Jurisdiction, supervision, possession and control of all property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, together with all easements, water rights and other rights therein and all other adjuncts, including books, papers and records, pertaining to any plant or system owned, managed, supervised, possessed and controlled by a municipality for the purpose of furnishing any services named in the petition pursuant to which an authority is incorporated shall devolve and are hereby conferred and imposed upon such authority. The provisions of any laws regulating the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of officers and employees of such municipality shall continue in full force and effect until the board of trustees of such authority by its bylaws confers such powers upon its officers, agents or employees or imposes such duties upon its officers, agents or employees. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §34.)
AL Code § 39-7-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-20 - Transfer of Municipal Officers and Employees to Authority.

Section 39-7-20Transfer of municipal officers and employees to authority. Officers and employees of any board, commission or department in or of the municipality may be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment without examination to offices and positions under such authority. The transfer and appointment of such officers and employees shall be made in accordance with the provisions of any agreement which may be entered into between the governing body of such municipality and the board of trustees of such authority. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §35.)
AL Code § 39-7-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-21 - Obligations of Contracts of Municipality Not to Be Impaired; Payment of Notes, Bonds or Other Obligations Issued by Municipality; Assumption of Municipal Contracts as to Plant or System by Authority.

Section 39-7-21Obligations of contracts of municipality not to be impaired; payment of notes, bonds or other obligations issued by municipality; assumption of municipal contracts as to plant or system by authority. The obligations of contracts of the municipality shall not be impaired by this chapter. Moneys to provide for the payment of notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the municipality in relation to any plant or system, the management, supervision, possession and control of which shall devolve upon such authority, shall be raised, collected and paid for by such municipality as though this chapter had not been enacted; except, that in the event such notes, bonds or other obligations constitute a charge, lien or other encumbrance upon the revenue of such plant or system, the duty to raise, collect and apply such revenues to the payment of such notes, bonds or other obligations shall rest upon such authority rather than upon the municipality and such notes, bonds or other obligations shall remain a charge, lien or other encumbrance upon such revenues. All contracts of such municipality in relation to any such plant or system shall be assumed by such authority and the terms and conditions to be performed on the part of such municipality shall be complied with and performed by the board of trustees of such authority and the benefits of such contracts shall inure to the benefit of such authority. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §36.)
AL Code § 39-7-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-23 - Authorization for Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Terms, Denominations, Sale, Redemption, etc., of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Receipts, Certificates, Etc.

Section 39-7-23Authorization for issuance of bonds by authority; terms, denominations, sale, redemption, etc., of bonds; issuance of interim receipts, certificates, etc. Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by resolution of the board of trustees of such authority and may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, payable semiannually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, and be subject to being declared or becoming due before the maturity date thereof as such resolution or resolutions may provide. Said bonds may be issued for money or property, either at public or private sale, and for such price or prices as such authority shall determine. Pending the preparation or execution of definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates or temporary bonds may be delivered to the purchaser or purchasers of said bonds. Said bonds may, with the consent of the holder thereof, be purchased by such authority out of any funds available for such purpose, and all bonds so purchased shall be cancelled. Said bonds shall be construed to constitute negotiable instruments even though payable from a specified source. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §44; Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 68, p. 359, §3; Acts 1971, No. 1299, p. 2246.)
AL Code § 39-7-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-24 - Liability on Bonds and Other Obligations of Authority.

Section 39-7-24Liability on bonds and other obligations of authority. The bonds and other obligations of an authority incorporated under this chapter shall not be a debt of the State of Alabama nor a debt of the municipality and neither the state nor the municipality shall be liable in any way whatsoever thereon nor may the holder of any such bonds or obligations compel the levy of any taxes for its payment. Said bonds shall not be payable out of any funds other than those of the authority issuing the same and each bond shall contain a recital to that effect. Neither the members of the board of trustees nor any person executing said bonds shall be liable personally on said bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §45.)
AL Code § 39-7-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-25 - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders.

Section 39-7-25Rights and remedies of bondholders. In addition to all other rights and all other remedies any holder or holders of any bond or bonds of any authority incorporated under this chapter, including a trustee for bondholders, shall have, subject to any contractual limitations binding upon such bondholder or holders or trustee, and subject to the prior or superior rights of others the following rights: (1) To institute a civil action on the bonds; (2) To enforce his rights by mandamus or other civil action or proceeding against such authority and the board of trustees of such authority, including the right to require such authority and such board of trustees to fix and collect rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to or pledge of the revenues produced by such rates or charges and to require such authority and such board to carry out any other covenants and agreements with such bondholder and to perform its and their duties under this chapter; (3) To require such authority by civil action to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for such bondholder; (4) To enjoin by civil action any acts or things which may be unlawful or a violation of the rights of such bondholder; and (5) To obtain by civil action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction in the event of a default by the authority in the payment when due of his or their bond or bonds or interest thereon, which default shall have continued for a period in excess of 120 days, the appointment of a receiver of the enterprise in which the authority is engaged or any part or parts thereof, who may enter and take possession of such enterprise or any part or parts thereof, including all lands, property rights, easements and other adjuncts of the enterprise in which the authority shall have been engaged. Such receiver may engage in such enterprise, furnish the service or services thereof, operate and maintain the system and fix and collect and receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as such authority itself might do and shall deposit all such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such authority as the court shall direct. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §46.)
AL Code § 39-7-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-26 - Pledge as to Alteration, Impairment, etc., of Certain Rights and Powers of Authorities and Rights and Remedies of Bondholders by State.

Section 39-7-26Pledge as to alteration, impairment, etc., of certain rights and powers of authorities and rights and remedies of bondholders by state. The State of Alabama does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of bonds issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers hereby vested in an authority incorporated under this chapter to fix and collect such rates and charges as may be necessary or advisable in order to produce sufficient revenue to meet all the expenses of maintenance and operation and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of such bonds or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders of such bonds, until such bonds together with interest thereon and interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any civil actions or proceedings by or on behalf of such bondholders are fully paid and discharged. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §49.)
AL Code § 39-7-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-27 - Disposition of Moneys of Authority.

Section 39-7-27Disposition of moneys of authority. All moneys of an authority incorporated under this chapter from whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of such authority and deposited by said treasurer in a depository designated by the board of trustees of such authority. The treasurer shall not commingle said moneys with any other moneys. Said moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in said accounts shall be paid out on check or warrant of the treasurer of said authority on requisition of the board of trustees or of such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such requisitions. All deposits of such money shall, if required by such treasurer or by the board of trustees of the authority, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the State of Alabama of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. The treasurer of such authority shall be liable for a proper accounting of the moneys of the authority. This section shall not be construed as limiting the power of the authority to agree as to the custody and disposition of moneys or revenues for the security of its bonds; provided, that the moneys of the authority shall not be entrusted to any person, firm or corporation unless adequate security for its protection shall be given. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §42; Acts 1957, No. 449, p. 611.)
AL Code § 39-7-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 39 - Public Works.|Chapter 7 - Improvement Authorities.|Section 39-7-28 - Examinations of Accounts and Books of Authority; Copy of Examination to Be Furnished to Board of Trustees; Publication of Statement and Analysis of Financial Standing of Authority; Special Audit and Examination of Books and Accounts of Authority.

Section 39-7-28Examinations of accounts and books of authority; copy of examination to be furnished to board of trustees; publication of statement and analysis of financial standing of authority; special audit and examination of books and accounts of authority. The municipality or, in case of an unincorporated area in one county, the county governing body or, in an unincorporated area in two or more counties, the Governor of Alabama, are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of such authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and any other matters relating to its financial standing. Such examination shall be made at least once in every year and a copy of such examination shall be furnished the board of trustees of such authority, together with a copy of any recommendations made that the examiner may deem advisable. A condensed statement and analysis of the financial standing and condition of the said authority shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the territory of the authority. Upon request of a trustee or trustees of any bondholders, the Governor of Alabama shall have a special audit and examination of the accounts and the books of such authority made at the expense of the authority. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §43.)