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AL Code § 23-1-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 9A - Alabama Scenic Byways Program.|Section 23-1-292 - Program Established.

Section 23-1-292Program established.  The Alabama Scenic Byways program is hereby established through a two-tiered system consisting of a Designating Committee and an Advisory Council. Appointments to the committee and the council shall be made within 30 days and 45 days, respectively, of August 1, 2000. Organizational meetings of the committee and the council shall be held within 60 days of August 1, 2000. The Advisory Council and the Designating Committee may adopt such organizational and administrative rules and procedures deemed necessary to conduct business. (Act 2000-589, p. 1076, §3.)
AL Code § 23-1-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 9A - Alabama Scenic Byways Program.|Section 23-1-293 - Designating Committee.

Section 23-1-293Designating Committee. (a) The Designating Committee shall consist of a state legislator to be appointed by the Governor, a state Senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the heads, or their official designees, of the following seven departments: (1) The Alabama State Department of Transportation. (2) The Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel. (3) The Alabama Historical Commission. (4) The Alabama Council on the Arts. (5) The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (6) The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (7) The Alabama Forestry Commission. (b) The Designating Committee shall perform the following duties: (1) Designate as scenic byways from the highways recommended to it by the Advisory Council, as provided in subsection (d) of Section 23-1-294. (2) Advise the Governor and the Legislature of each designation. (3) Adopt procedures for the administration of designating and managing scenic byways. (4) Remove the designation of a highway as a scenic byway where it deems appropriate. (Act 2000-589, p. 1076, §4.)
AL Code § 23-1-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 9A - Alabama Scenic Byways Program.|Section 23-1-295 - Nomination of Potential Scenic Byways.

Section 23-1-295Nomination of potential scenic byways.  The Advisory Council shall evaluate initial applications. Local governments in conjunction with the Advisory Council shall perform a field survey of the byway and score its qualities, with special attention paid to the scenic quality of the roadway. The following criteria and procedures shall be used for nominating potential scenic byways: (1) Any road corridor shall have at least one of the following six intrinsic qualities to be nominated: Scenic, natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, and recreational. (2) Each nomination shall be made and supported by a sponsor, including, but not limited to, any of the following: An historic preservation group, an environmental group, another nongovernmental organization, a local government, or an individual. (3) The sponsor or sponsors of a potential scenic byway shall complete an application form and submit it to the Advisory Council. (4) Special consideration or first priority shall be given the Alabama's 10 Environmental Natural Wonders, Civil War, Native American, and Civil Rights sites, and the Robert Trent Jones Trail, due to their particular importance to Alabama's scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational heritage. Special consideration or first priority shall also be given to counties with the highest unemployment rates and the slowest rates of economic growth. These sites shall go through the normal nomination procedure. (5) Nominations shall be accepted on an ongoing basis, but shall be evaluated and passed on to the Designating Committee on a semi-annual basis, beginning one year from August 1, 2000. (Act 2000-589, p. 1076, §6.)
AL Code § 23-1-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-300 - Purpose and Construction of Article.

Section 23-1-300Purpose and construction of article. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, and the Governor of Alabama for the purposes of establishing the program Roads and Bridges to Alabama's Future and of anticipating and providing for the federal share of the cost of constructing federal aid projects and thus to accelerate the construction of such federal aid projects in the state by the issuance of the obligations of such corporation, which shall not be bonds or debts of the state but shall be payable solely from federal aid highway funds and the tax proceeds and investment income provided therefor by this article. (b) This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said purpose. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-652, p. 1041, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-204, p. 495, §1; Act 2000-727, p. 1558, §1.)
AL Code § 23-1-302 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-302 - Incorporation - Authorization.

Section 23-1-302Incorporation - Authorization. The Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, and the Executive Secretary to the Governor may become a corporation with the powers and authorities provided in this article by proceeding according to the provisions of this article. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §3.)
AL Code § 23-1-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-303 - Incorporation - Application.

Section 23-1-303Incorporation - Application. (a) To become a corporation, the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the Executive Secretary to the Governor shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which will set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted in the office and the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the proposed corporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by laws of the State of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. (c) The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §4.)
AL Code § 23-1-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-304 - Incorporation - Certificate.

Section 23-1-304Incorporation - Certificate. (a) When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 23-1-303, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this article under the Great Seal of the State and shall record the same with the application. (b) There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the corporation so organized. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §5.)
AL Code § 23-1-305 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-305 - Corporation - Generally.

Section 23-1-305Corporation - Generally. (a) The members of the corporation shall be the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer and their respective successors in office. (b) The Governor shall be the president of the corporation, the Director of Finance shall be the vice-president of the corporation, the Director of Transportation shall be the secretary of the corporation, and the State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the corporation and shall act as custodian of its funds. (c) The members of the corporation shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the corporation, and any three members of said board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (d) Should any of said officials of the state die or should his term of office as Director of Finance, Director of Transportation , Attorney General, State Treasurer, or Governor, as the case may be, expire or should he resign therefrom, his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer, and director of the corporation. (e) No member, officer, or director of the corporation shall draw any salary in addition to that now authorized by law for any service he may render or any duty he may perform in connection with the corporation. (f) All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a substantially bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §6; Act 2000-727, p. 1558, §3; Act 2014-105, p. 169, §1.)
AL Code § 23-1-306 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-306 - Corporation - Powers.

Section 23-1-306Corporation - Powers. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless sooner dissolved pursuant to Section 23-1-318. (2) To commence actions and have actions commenced against it, provided, however, that the corporation shall be considered a public agency performing state governmental functions and shall be immune from suit based on its acts or omissions or those of its agents, servants, or employees to the extent the State of Alabama is so immune, and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. Venue shall be in the appropriate court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To construct, reconstruct and relocate or to cause to be constructed, reconstructed and relocated federal aid projects, including work incidental or related thereto, in the State of Alabama. (5) To acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation or any other lawful means or any combination of such means and to convey or cause to be conveyed to the State of Alabama any real, personal, or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the construction of federal aid projects and approaches thereto in the State of Alabama or the reconstruction or relocation of federal aid projects in said state. (6) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner that, the State of Alabama is empowered to exercise such right. (7) To borrow money for its corporate purposes and in evidence of such borrowing to sell and issue its obligations and to refund such obligations. (8) To pledge the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges provided for in this article as security for payment of the principal of and the interest on its obligations. (9) To appoint and employ such officers, attorneys and agents as the business of the corporation may require. (10) To utilize all administrative services which may be provided by the State Department of Transportation . (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §7; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-652, p. 1041, §3; Acts 1992, No. 92-204, p. 495, §1; Act 2000-727, p. 1558, §4.)
AL Code § 23-1-307 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-307 - Bonds and Notes - Authorization for Issuance.

Section 23-1-307Bonds and notes - Authorization for issuance. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and issue its bonds in order to provide as soon as practicable the federal share of the cost of constructing federal aid projects in anticipation of the receipt by the state of such federal portions as they become available either during, upon or after completion of such construction. The authority shall have the power, in addition to any other powers granted in this article, to borrow money for temporary use for any of the purposes for which it is authorized by this article to issue bonds and, in evidence of such borrowing, to issue from time to time temporary bonds or notes. Any such temporary borrowing may be made in anticipation of the sale and issuance of bonds and in such event the principal proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall, to the extent necessary, be used for payment of the principal of and interest on the temporary bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the sale and issuance of such bonds. Subject to the provisions and limitations contained in this article, the authority may, from time to time, sell and issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured obligations of the authority issued under this article and then outstanding. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §8; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §4; Acts 1988, No. 88-652, p. 1041, §4; Acts 1992, No. 92-204, p. 495, §1; Act 2000-727, p. 1558, §5.)
AL Code § 23-1-308 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-308 - Bonds and Notes - Form, Denominations, Terms, Redemption, Etc.

Section 23-1-308Bonds and notes - Form, denominations, terms, redemption, etc. Any obligations authorized by this article shall be in such forms and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner and may contain other provisions not inconsistent with this article as may be provided in the resolution or resolutions of the board of directors in which such obligations are authorized to be issued; provided, that none of the bonds shall have a maturity date later than 20 years after its date and none of the temporary bonds or notes shall have a maturity date later than three years after its date. The authority may at its election retain in the resolution or resolutions under which any obligation is issued an option to redeem all or any thereof at such redemption price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the said resolution or resolutions and as may be briefly recited in the face of such obligation with respect to which such option of redemption is retained. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §9; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §5; Act 2000-727, p. 1558, §6.)
AL Code § 23-1-309 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-309 - Bonds and Notes - Execution.

Section 23-1-309Bonds and notes - Execution. The obligations authorized by this article shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the authority, as the board of directors shall designate, and attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary, as the board of directors shall designate; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one but not of both of the said officers may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any of the obligations authorized by this article in lieu of their being manually signed. The seal of the authority shall be impressed on the bonds and temporary bonds authorized by this article; provided, that a facsimile of the said seal may be printed or otherwise reproduced in lieu of being manually impressed thereon. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §10; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §6; Act 2014-105, p. 169, §1.)
AL Code § 23-1-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-310 - Bonds and Notes - Issuance and Sale Generally.

Section 23-1-310Bonds and notes - Issuance and sale generally. Obligations of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such price or prices and at such time or times as may be determined by the board of directors to be most advantageous; provided, that none of the obligations may be sold for a price less than 97 percent of par or face value. Approval by the Governor of Alabama of the terms and conditions under which any of the obligations authorized by this article may be issued shall be requisite to their validity, which approval, signed by the Governor, shall be entered on the minutes of the respective meetings of the board of directors at which such obligations proposed to be issued are authorized. Neither a public hearing or consent by the state Department of Finance nor any other department or agency shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any of the obligations. All obligations issued by the authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this code, as it now exists and as it may at any time be amended. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §11; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §7.)
AL Code § 23-1-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-311 - Bonds and Notes - Source of Funds; Pledge of Funds for Payment of Principal and Interest Thereon; Negotiability.

Section 23-1-311Bonds and notes - Source of funds; pledge of funds for payment of principal and interest thereon; negotiability. (a) The obligations authorized by this article shall not be general obligations of the authority, but shall be payable solely out of the funds appropriated and pledged in or permitted to be pledged pursuant to Sections 23-1-314 and 23-1-315. (b) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations issued by it under this article, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to pledge for payment of the principal and interest the funds that are appropriated and pledged in or permitted to be pledged pursuant to Sections 23-1-314 and 23-1-315 for payment of principal and interest, and to pledge all of such funds or only certain of such funds for payment of principal and interest, all within the discretion of the authority. (c) Any notes or temporary bonds issued under this article shall also be payable from the proceeds of any bonds in the anticipation of which such notes or temporary bonds are issued. (d) All contracts made and all obligations issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be solely and exclusively the obligation of the authority and shall not be an obligation or debt of the state. (e) Any obligation issued under this article, except bonds or temporary bonds registered as to principal or as to both principal and interest, and any interest coupons applicable thereto, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified source as provided in this article. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §12; Acts 1981, No. 81-387, p. 574, §8; Act 2014-105, p. 169, §1.)
AL Code § 23-1-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways.|Article 10 - Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority.|Section 23-1-312 - Bonds and Notes - Exemption From Taxation; Use as Security for Deposits; Eligibility as Investment for Fiduciary Funds.

Section 23-1-312Bonds and notes - Exemption from taxation; use as security for deposits; eligibility as investment for fiduciary funds. (a) Any obligations authorized by this article and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. (b) Any of the obligations authorized by this article may be used by the holder thereof as security for the deposit of any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law. (c) Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or by the document that is the source of power, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest fiduciary funds in any of the obligations authorized by this article. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §13.)