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AL Code § 22-40A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 40A - Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.|Section 22-40A-20 - Applicability to Government Organizations.

Section 22-40A-20Applicability to government organizations.  All governmental organizations, whether federal, state, or other local governing bodies, shall be exempt from the payment of fees associated with all provisions of this chapter. These organizations shall comply with all statutory and regulatory provisions of this chapter regarding the storage, transport, processing, cleanup, and disposal of scrap tires. (Act 2003-332, p. 823, §20.)
AL Code § 22-40A-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 40A - Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.|Section 22-40A-22 - Scrap Tire Fund.

Section 22-40A-22Scrap Tire Fund. (a) A Scrap Tire Fund (STF), separate from the State General Fund, is created for carrying out this chapter.  (b) All monies within the STF shall be continuously appropriated. All monies remaining in the Department of Public Health, designated for the present STSC, after payment of all outstanding expenses, shall be transferred to the department for program implementation by September 1, 2003, and all monies collected by the Alabama Department of Public Health pursuant to the previous scrap tire program, including, but not limited to, license fees, which accrue after September 1, 2003, shall be transferred to the department on October 1, 2004.  (c) The STF is authorized to receive funds from other sources outside the scrap tire environmental fee, including interest generated from the STF, grants, allotments, and contributions, whether public or private. (Act 2003-332, p. 823, §22.)
AL Code § 22-40A-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 40A - Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.|Section 22-40A-23 - Implementation of Chapter.

Section 22-40A-23Implementation of chapter.  The department shall implement this chapter to the extent funds are provided by the STF. (Act 2003-332, p. 823, §23.)
AL Code § 22-40A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 40A - Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.|Section 22-40A-24 - Chapter Ineffective Upon Abolition of Scrap Tire Environmental Fee.

Section 22-40A-24Chapter ineffective upon abolition of scrap tire environmental fee. In the event the scrap tire environmental fee on replacement tires imposed by Section 22-40A-14 is abolished, as determined by the Department of Revenue, this chapter shall be null and void and of no other force or effect of law. (Act 2003-332, p. 823, §24.)
AL Code § 22-51-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-2 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Authorized.

Section 22-51-2Incorporation of public corporations - Authorized. By proceeding in the manner set forth in this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, may form a public corporation to contract with the State Board of Health or the Alabama Department of Mental Health in constructing and operating facilities and in carrying out programs in particular areas of the state. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §2.)
AL Code § 22-51-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-3 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Application - Contents.

Section 22-51-3Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Contents. The said natural persons, referred to in Section 22-51-2, shall file a written application with each governing body from which they desire authority to incorporate. Such applications shall: (1) Describe in general terms the area of the state which will be served by the proposed facilities, which description will be sufficient if stated with reference to counties, municipalities, unincorporated communities or any part or combination thereof; (2) State the location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; (3) Submit such documents or evidence which the incorporators may consider appropriate, which shall include documents from the Alabama Department of Mental Health and the State Board of Health showing that the facilities and programs, which the incorporators propose to establish will be in accordance with minimum standards and criteria established by such boards; (4) State which aspects of the programs, as defined in this chapter, the said incorporators propose to implement; (5) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of the area which will be served by such proposed facilities and programs; and (6) Request that each governing body, with which such application is filed, adopt a resolution approving the formation of the proposed corporation. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §3.)
AL Code § 22-51-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-4 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Application - Approval.

Section 22-51-4Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Approval. Upon the adoption by each governing body to which an application was sent of a resolution approving the formation of the said corporation, the incorporators, or not less than three of them, shall proceed to complete the incorporation in the manner provided in this chapter. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §4.)
AL Code § 22-51-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-5 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents.

Section 22-51-5Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Contents. The certificate of incorporation shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming it, together with their addresses, and that each is a resident of the area which will be served by the proposed corporation; (2) The name of the corporation; (3) The location of the principal office of the corporation; (4) The statement contained in the application which describes the area which will be served by the proposed corporation; (5) The name of each governing body with which an application was filed in accordance with Section 22-51-3; (6) A statement of which aspects of the programs the corporation will implement; and (7) Any other matters that the incorporators may choose to insert that are not inconsistent with this chapter or with other laws of the state. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §6.)
AL Code § 22-51-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-6 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Certificate of Incorporation - Execution and Recording.

Section 22-51-6Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Execution and recording. A certificate of incorporation, in the form provided in Section 22-51-5, shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of each of the resolutions provided for in Section 22-51-4 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The certificate of incorporation, together with the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county specified in the certificate of incorporation as the county in which the principal office of the corporation shall be located. The said judge of probate shall forthwith receive and record the same. When the certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation vested with the rights and powers granted in this chapter under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §5.)
AL Code § 22-51-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-7 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendments.

Section 22-51-7Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Amendments. The certificate of incorporation may be amended, from time to time, to provide for any objective that was not included in the original certificate of incorporation by proceeding as follows: (1) The board of directors of the corporation, subject to the approval of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, shall first adopt a resolution setting forth and approving the proposed amendment. (2) The proposed amendment shall then be submitted to each governing body which has appointed or is entitled to appoint a member of the said board as it is constituted at the time of the adoption of the said resolution setting forth and approving the proposed amendment. (3) If a governing body to which the proposed amendment is submitted shall find that the said amendment is in the public interest, and prima facie proof that it is in the public interest shall consist of proof that it has been approved by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, it shall adopt a resolution approving the said amendment; if any governing body to which the proposed amendment was submitted shall find that the said amendment is not in the public interest, it shall adopt a resolution disapproving the said amendment. (4) A proposed amendment shall become effective immediately upon its being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the said principal office is located, and if the amendment provides for a change in the location of the principal office, it shall become effective immediately upon the filing of the original certification of incorporation, together with the amendment thereto, in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the said principal office is to be relocated, as shown by the said amendment. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §11.)
AL Code § 22-51-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-8 - Board of Directors - Composition; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Compensation of Members; Vacancies; Executive Committee.

Section 22-51-8Board of directors - Composition; appointment, qualifications, terms and compensation of members; vacancies; executive committee. Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors of nine or more members, selected as provided in this section. Each governing body which authorized the formation of the corporation shall appoint three members of the said board of directors; provided, that if the area to be served by the corporation shall be located wholly within an area governed by a single governing body, the said governing body shall appoint nine members to the said board; provided further, that if the said area to be served shall be located wholly within an area governed by at least two, but not more than two, governing bodies, or if the formation of the board was authorized by only two governing bodies, each of the said governing bodies shall be entitled to appoint at least five members of the said board, or such other number as may be provided by the certificate of incorporation or any amendment thereto. If there are more than 16 directors, they shall appoint from among their number an executive committee consisting of nine members, which shall have and exercise the powers and authority of the board of directors, subject to the general supervision and control of the said board. Every member of the board of directors must be a resident of the area which he or she represents and which is to be served by the proposed facilities. The terms of the initial members of the board appointed by the governing bodies, as provided above, shall begin immediately upon their appointments and shall end at noon on April 1 of the succeeding odd-numbered calendar years following the appointments as designated by said governing body at the time of their said appointments. Thereafter, the term of office of each director shall be six years. The terms of office of the said directors shall be arranged so that the terms of office of approximately one third of all directors will end at noon on April 1, in each odd-numbered calendar year. A member of the board of directors shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified. The respective appointing authorities shall appoint or reappoint a qualified person as a member of the board of directors whenever a member's term expires or whenever a position becomes vacant for any other reason. A member of the board of directors shall receive no compensation for his or her services. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §7; Acts 1980, No. 80-794, p. 1626.)
AL Code § 22-51-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-9 - Board of Directors - Meetings; Quorum; Constitution and Bylaws.

Section 22-51-9Board of directors - Meetings; quorum; constitution and bylaws. The board of directors shall hold monthly meetings and such special meetings as may be called, from time to time, on at least two days' notice given by the chairman or by any three members thereof, said notice to be given to each member thereof; provided, that where the board of directors exceeds 16 members, the executive committee shall meet at least monthly and the complete board of directors shall meet at least every six months. The said board shall adopt a constitution and bylaws, to be subject to this chapter, the certificate of incorporation and laws of the State of Alabama. Three members of the said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A copy of the constitution and bylaws shall also be filed with the Alabama Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §8.)
AL Code § 22-51-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-10 - Professional Advisory Committee.

Section 22-51-10Professional advisory committee. The board of directors of the corporation shall appoint a professional advisory committee of three or more members, one of which must be a physician practicing in the area of the board's jurisdiction. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §9.)
AL Code § 22-51-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-11 - Powers of Corporation.

Section 22-51-11Powers of corporation. Any corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the following powers in addition to others granted in this chapter: (1) To construct and maintain facilities as defined in Section 22-51-4; (2) To cooperate and contract with the State Board of Health for the construction of such facilities; (3) To cooperate and contract with the Alabama Department of Mental Health for the construction, operation and maintenance of such facilities and for the operation and execution of such programs as it has elected to implement; (4) To take over by purchase, lease or otherwise any hospital or other facilities to be used for carrying out such programs as it has elected to implement; (5) To arrange with any appropriate local or state agencies for the opening or closing of streets, roadways, alleys or other rights-of-way or easements and to exercise the power of eminent domain; (6) To purchase, lease or rent any land, building, structure or facilities needed in its operations; (7) To enter upon buildings or property in order to conduct investigations or to make surveys or soundings; (8) To obtain options upon, and to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, any property, or interest therein, from any person; (9) To sell, exchange, transfer, assign or pledge any property, or any interest therein, to any person; (10) To improve any such property; (11) To insure against such risks as it may deem advisable; (12) To borrow money upon its bonds, notes, warrants, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by pledges of its revenues; (13) To have perpetual succession; (14) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; (15) To determine reasonable fees for services which it makes available to the public and collect such fees, unless, on application and investigation, it is determined that the person receiving such services is unable to pay the established fee, and in such case, such amount as he or she is able to pay will be collected; (16) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter; (17) To carry into effect the powers and purposes conferred by this chapter; and (18) To do any and all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers given in this chapter. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §10.)
AL Code § 22-51-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-12 - Control of Facilities and Programs.

Section 22-51-12Control of facilities and programs. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the facilities and programs provided for in this chapter are to be under the direction or control of any person other than the board of directors appointed by the governing bodies, as provided in Section 22-51-8, as long as said board of directors complies with the minimum standards of construction, maintenance and operation adopted by the State Board of Health and the minimum standards and criteria established by the Alabama Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §13.)
AL Code § 22-51-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-13 - Taxation Exemption.

Section 22-51-13Taxation exemption. The corporations authorized in this chapter and their property, including bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and deeds, and all income from such property and the operation of programs shall be exempt from all taxation, and no excise tax may be imposed on any corporation for the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter; provided, that the corporation must adhere to minimum standards for licensure as provided by Chapter 50 of this title. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §14.)
AL Code § 22-51-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-14 - Appropriations by Local Governing Bodies.

Section 22-51-14Appropriations by local governing bodies. The governing bodies which are entitled to appoint a member of the board of directors are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the cost of construction of the facilities as determined upon by agreement between the board of directors and the respective governing bodies; and the said governing bodies are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the cost of operating such programs as the corporation shall have elected to implement, as determined by agreement between the Alabama Department of Mental Health, the board of directors and the respective governing bodies, notwithstanding the fact that the said facilities may be located in a county other than the county whose governing body makes the said appropriations. (Acts 1967, No. 310, p. 853, §12.)
AL Code § 22-51-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.|Section 22-51-15 - Limitations of Liability for Certain Regional Mental Health Entities, Directors, and Employees.

Section 22-51-15Limitations of liability for certain regional mental health entities, directors, and employees. (a) This section shall be construed to supersede any protections limiting damages described in Article 8 of Chapter 47 of Title 11, and Chapter 93 of Title 11, which may have been available to entities organized pursuant to this chapter. (b) When directors and employees of an entity organized pursuant to this chapter are engaged in the discharge of services or programs certified and contracted for by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, the directors and employees shall be entitled to immunity to the same extent and under the same circumstances afforded to state employees pursuant to Section 36-1-12. (c) An entity organized pursuant to this chapter shall not be liable for any conduct protected pursuant to subsection (b). (d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to subcontractors or independent contractors of an entity organized pursuant to this chapter. (e) This section only applies to claims that accrue on or after August 1, 2021. (Act 2021-437, §1.)
AL Code § 22-54-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 54 - Alabama Security Medical Facility.|Section 22-54-1 - Establishment Authorized; Facility to Be Under Jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health; Designation.

Section 22-54-1Establishment authorized; facility to be under jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health; designation. (a) The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish an institution for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and requiring diagnostic services and treatment in a security setting. (b) The institution shall be under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and shall be known as the Alabama Security Medical Facility. (Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §1.)