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AL Code § 11-67-141 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-141 - Grass or Weeds May Be Declared Public Nuisance and Abated.

Section 11-67-141Grass or weeds may be declared public nuisance and abated. (a) An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the municipality which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury on a person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or a growth of grass or weeds, including plants of no value, undesirable, and usually of rank growth; or grass, shrubs, and undergrowth, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height, are declared to be a public nuisance and abated as provided in this article. (b) This article shall not apply to any of the following: (1) Heavily wooded areas in their natural state which are undeveloped. (2) Farm properties. (3) Properties under current construction. (Act 2021-138, §2.)
AL Code § 11-67-142 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-142 - Definitions.

Section 11-67-142Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL. A person designated by the city manager to hear appeals for the purposes of this article, but the person may not be the same person as the enforcing official. (2) ENFORCING OFFICIAL. The municipal official or an employee the city manager may designate from time to time. (3) TAX COLLECTING OFFICIAL. The county tax collector, county revenue commissioner, or other county ad valorem tax collecting official. (Act 2021-138, §3.)
AL Code § 11-67-143 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-143 - Notice.

Section 11-67-143Notice. (a) Whenever in the opinion of the city official or any other city employee designated by the city manager, a nuisance exists, the enforcing official shall order the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located to abate the condition. (b) The enforcing official shall give the owner written notice in person or by first class mail. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and require the condition be abated within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before an administrative official of the city designated by the city manager, to determine whether there has been a violation. (c) The notice shall be sent to that person shown by the records of the county to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. It shall be the responsibility of that person to promptly advise the enforcing official of a change of ownership or interest in the property. (d) The notice shall also be posted in a conspicuous place on the property. (e) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance within 10 days from the date of notice, provided the enforcing official may stipulate additional time, but in no case more than 28 days. (f) A property owner shall have five days in which to request a hearing before the administrative official to appeal the determination of the enforcing official. After the hearing, the enforcing official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first class mail of the determination of the administrative official. (g) At the hearing, any interested party shall have the right to present evidence and testimony. The hearing shall be open to the public, and a record of the proceedings shall be kept as a part of the public records of the municipality. (h) The administrative official shall render a written decision on the merits of the proposed abatement within five days of the conclusion of the hearing. The enforcing official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first class mail of the written determination of the administrative official. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance exists and should be abated, the written determination of the administrative official shall inform the owner that the owner must complete the abatement ordered by the enforcing official within 10 days of the date of the administrative official's decision, or upon such additional time, but in no case more than 28 days from the administrative official's determination. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance does not exist, then the enforcing official's notice to abate the nuisance will be null and void, but that determination shall not bar any subsequent notice concerning the same property. (Act 2021-138, §4.)
AL Code § 11-67-144 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-144 - Appeal and Review.

Section 11-67-144Appeal and review. (a) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the administrative official at the hearing, within 10 days, may appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the clerk of the municipality and the appeal shall be docketed in the court and shall be a preferred case therein. The clerk of the municipality, upon receiving the notice, shall file with the clerk of the court a copy of the record, findings and determination of the administrative official in its proceedings. Any trials shall be held without jury upon the determination of the administrative official that the weeds are a public nuisance. (b) The circuit court shall not itself hear or accept any further evidence with respect to those issues made the basis of the appeal. The review shall be conducted by the court without a jury and shall be confined to the record. The findings of the administrative official, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive on appeal. If upon appeal the court finds that the ruling appealed from is unlawful within the meaning of this article, it shall have the power to vacate or modify the same. (Act 2021-138, §5.)
AL Code § 11-67-146 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-146 - Weed Lien.

Section 11-67-146Weed lien. When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the municipality, but a redemptioner or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which a weed lien has been made, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the weed lien. (Act 2021-138, §7.)
AL Code § 11-67-147 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-147 - Satisfaction of Weed Lien; Notice.

Section 11-67-147Satisfaction of weed lien; notice. Upon payment of the weed lien, the city clerk shall notify the county tax collecting official and may file a notice of satisfaction of weed lien in the records of the probate court. (Act 2021-138, §8.)
AL Code § 11-67-148 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-148 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-67-148Construction of article. This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a municipality may have under any other law. (Act 2021-138, §9.)
AL Code § 11-81-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-1 - Execution of Mortgages to Secure Bonds and Indebtedness Incurred in Purchase, Construction, Extension, etc., of School Buildings or Waterworks, Gas, Light, etc., Plants.

Section 11-81-1Execution of mortgages to secure bonds and indebtedness incurred in purchase, construction, extension, etc., of school buildings or waterworks, gas, light, etc., plants. Any city or town of the State of Alabama that may hereafter construct or purchase school buildings, a waterworks plant, gas plant, electric light plant, or other light and power plant or extend or enlarge a waterworks plant or light and power plant then owned by such city or town, may, through its mayor and aldermen or other governing body execute a mortgage on the school buildings, the waterworks plant or light and power plant purchased or constructed by such city or town to secure the bonds and indebtedness and interest on such bonds and indebtedness created in the purchase, construction, extension or enlargement of such school buildings, waterworks plant or light and power plant, such mortgage to be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk of said city or town or by such other person or persons as the mayor and aldermen or other governing body of such city or town may direct by appropriate resolution. If, in the judgment of said mayor and aldermen or other governing body of said city or town, it is desirable that such mortgage be executed before such school building or plant is constructed and if it is so executed for the purpose of providing money to construct such building or plant, the fact that such mortgage is executed before the construction of such building or plant shall not render such mortgage invalid. (Code 1907, §1459; Code 1923, §2315; Code 1940, T. 37, §251.)
AL Code § 11-81-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-2 - Execution of Mortgages or Deeds of Trust Upon Property Acquired, etc., With Proceeds of Bond Issues; Recordation of Same.

Section 11-81-2Execution of mortgages or deeds of trust upon property acquired, etc., with proceeds of bond issues; recordation of same. Any municipal corporation in this state shall have power and authority to execute a mortgage or deed of trust upon the property acquired or to be acquired with the proceeds of a bond issue authorized in this chapter, and such mortgage or deed of trust shall be admitted to record in the office of the probate judge of any county in this state without the payment of any tax upon the debts secured thereby or any other fee or charge, except the costs of recording the instrument at the rate fixed by law. (Acts 1909, No. 195, p. 188; Code 1923, §2268; Code 1940, T. 37, §252.)
AL Code § 11-81-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-3 - Issuance of Refunding or Funding Bonds as to Adjustment, etc., of Indebtedness.

Section 11-81-3Issuance of refunding or funding bonds as to adjustment, etc., of indebtedness. The governing body of any county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title which shall authorize the issuance of refunding or funding bonds may exercise all powers deemed necessary by the governing body for the execution and fulfillment of any plan or agreement for the settlement, adjustment, refunding, or funding of the indebtedness of the county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title not inconsistent with the provisions of law relating to the issuance of refunding or funding bonds. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing powers, it is expressly declared that the governing body shall have the power to take all steps and proceedings contemplated or permitted by any act of the Congress of the United States relating to the readjustment of municipal indebtedness, and the State of Alabama hereby gives its assent thereto and hereby authorizes each county, city or town, or municipal authority organized under Article 9, Chapter 47 of this title in the state to proceed under the provisions of the acts for the readjustment of its debts. (Acts 1935, No. 197, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 37, §253; Acts 1976, No. 107, p. 102; Act 2001-959, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 839, §1.)
AL Code § 11-81-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-4 - Issuance of Refunding Interest-Bearing Certificates of Indebtedness, Warrants or Notes by Municipalities; Pledge of Tax, Revenues, etc., for Payment of Principal and Interest on Same.

Section 11-81-4Issuance of refunding interest-bearing certificates of indebtedness, warrants or notes by municipalities; pledge of tax, revenues, etc., for payment of principal and interest on same. The governing body of any municipality in this state is hereby authorized to issue, without an election, refunding interest-bearing certificates of indebtedness or refunding interest-bearing warrants or refunding interest-bearing notes maturing at such time or times as the governing body may determine, not exceeding 30 years from their respective dates, for the purpose of funding or refunding outstanding certificates of indebtedness or warrants or notes of such municipality or any outstanding revenue bonds of such municipality issued under the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 81 of Title 11 as amended, or predecessor statute or any combination thereof, whether the same are due at the time of such funding or refunding or at a later date, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the sum of (1) the outstanding principal of such outstanding certificates, warrants, notes, or revenue bonds, (2) the interest accrued and unpaid thereon plus the interest to mature thereon until the date on which they are to be redeemed or paid and (3) the amount of any redemption premium to be paid as a condition to their redemption prior to their respective maturities, or for the purpose of refunding or discharging any judgment or judgments based upon such obligations, and the governing body of any such municipality may pledge to the payment of the principal of and interest on said refunding certificates of indebtedness or refunding warrants or refunding notes any tax or license or revenues which the municipality may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness. (Acts 1935, No. 197, p. 586; Code 1940, T. 37, §253; Acts 1976, No. 107, p. 102; Acts 1979, No. 79-183, p. 294.)
AL Code § 11-81-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-5 - Places of Payment.

Section 11-81-5Places of payment. All bonds may be made payable at such place or places within or without the State of Alabama as the proper governing body may designate. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Acts 1935, No. 195, p. 575; Code 1940, T. 37, §254.)
AL Code § 11-81-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-6 - Maturity and Payment - Generally.

Section 11-81-6Maturity and payment - Generally. The principal of all bonds issued under this chapter, except bonds issued under Division 1 of Article 4 of this chapter, shall be payable as provided in this section. (1) The principal of all such bonds, other than revenue bonds as defined in subdivision (2) of this section, shall be payable on such date or dates as shall be specified in the ordinance or resolution providing for their issuance; provided, that a. The principal of each such bond shall be payable not later than 30 years after its date; and b. If such bonds shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring property or making improvements, then all the principal thereof shall be payable within the period of usefulness of the property or improvement for which the bonds are issued as such period shall be estimated under the provisions of Section 11-81-8; (2) The principal of all revenue bonds (which are hereby defined as bonds payable solely out of revenues to be derived from a specified system or systems or other property or improvements) issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be payable on such date or dates as shall be specified in the ordinance or resolution providing for their issuance; provided that a. The principal of each such revenue bond shall be payable on a date not later than 50 years after its date; and b. If such revenue bonds shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring property or making improvements, then all the principal thereof shall be payable within the period of usefulness of the property or improvement for which such revenue bonds are issued as such period shall be estimated under the provisions of Section 11-81-8. (3) Refunding bonds issued under this chapter that are revenue bonds as defined in subdivision (2) of this section shall be subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this section. All other refunding bonds issued under this chapter (except those issued under Division 1 of Article 4 of this chapter) shall be subject to the provisions of subdivision (1) of this section. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 172; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 70, p. 60; Acts 1935, No. 195, p. 575; Code 1940, T. 37, §255; Acts 1945, No. 398, p. 617; Acts 1953, No. 846, p. 1137; Acts 1959, No. 23, p. 427; Acts 1967, No. 745, p. 1598; Acts 1980, No. 80-464, p. 726.)
AL Code § 11-81-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-7 - Maturity and Payment - Bonds Issued and Sold in Series.

Section 11-81-7Maturity and payment - Bonds issued and sold in series. In any case where general obligation bonds of a county or a municipality have heretofore been or may hereafter be authorized at an election held pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 or 3 of this chapter, as amended, and are issued and sold in series rather than as an entirety, it shall not be necessary for each series of such bonds to mature or be payable in the manner required by the applicable provisions of Section 11-81-6, as amended, so long as all such bonds so authorized taken together mature or are payable in the manner provided by the applicable provisions of said Section 11-81-6. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby declared that in cases where any such bonds are so authorized at an election and are issued and sold in series and not as an entirety, it shall not be necessary for the bonds of each such series to be payable in annual installments or for the first installment of principal of the bonds of any such series to be payable not later than three years after the date of the bonds of such series, and the largest installment of principal coming due in any successive 12-month period on the bonds of any such series may be more than two times as great as the smallest installment of principal coming due in any prior successive 12-month period on the bonds of such series. (Acts 1957, No. 724, p. 1129.)
AL Code § 11-81-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-8 - Estimate as to Period of Usefulness of Improvement or Property for Which Bonds Issued.

Section 11-81-8Estimate as to period of usefulness of improvement or property for which bonds issued. The governing body shall estimate the period of usefulness of the improvement or property for which the bonds are issued, and such estimate of the governing body shall be conclusive. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 37, §256.)
AL Code § 11-81-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-9 - Form; Appointment of Registrar and Provision for Registration and Transfer.

Section 11-81-9Form; appointment of registrar and provision for registration and transfer. Bonds issued under this chapter may be issued either in registered or coupon form. If they are coupon bonds, they may be made registerable either as to principal or as to both principal and interest. The governing body may appoint a bank or trust company within or without the State of Alabama as registrar and provide for the registration of registerable bonds and the transfer of registered bonds by such registrar. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 37, §257.)
AL Code § 11-81-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-81-10 - Sale Price.

Section 11-81-10Sale price. All bonds, except revenue bonds, issued under this chapter shall be sold by the governing body at not less than 95 percent of their par value together with accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date upon which they are delivered and paid for; provided, however, that towns and cities having a population of less than 6,000 may sell such bonds at not less than 90 percent of their par value and accrued interest to date of delivery; provided further, that funding and refunding bonds may be exchanged for outstanding obligations as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-81-11. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 172; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 70, p. 60; Code 1940, T. 37, §258.)