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AL Code § 11-71-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-71-1Legislative findings.  The Legislature makes the following statements and findings: (1) Cities have hundreds of miles of roads and streets located in subdivisions that are in need of upgrades or additions. These upgrades or additions are behind schedule and at the current rate will take considerably more years to complete, if ever. These upgrades or additions include, but are not limited to, sanitary sewer, drainage, curb and gutter, sidewalk, underground power, and asphalt overlaying. (2) Homeowners and business owners would benefit from the voluntary formation of neighborhood infrastructure authorities to oversee and finance infrastructure projects through an assessment basis. (3) An effective neighborhood infrastructure program would have the following benefits: a. Jobs would be created. b. Property values would be stabilized and/or increased. c. Upgrade and additional work would be expedited. d. Savings would be created for the city. e. Revenues would be created for city, state, and federal governments. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §1.)
AL Code § 11-71-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-2 - Short Title; Definitions.

Section 11-71-2Short title; definitions. (a) This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as "The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011." (b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSESSMENTS. Voluntary assessments paid by property owners in an authority created pursuant to this chapter. (2) AUTHORITY. A Local Neighborhood Infrastructure Authority formed by homeowners or business owners pursuant to this chapter, exercising the powers granted in this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) MUNICIPALITY. The municipality within which homeowners or business owners form an authority, and which must give approval for the formation of an authority and appoint a board of trustees to administer the authority. (5) INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT or PROJECT. An infrastructure project that would allow homeowners and business owners located in an authority to make certain improvements, additions, and upgrades to streets and utilities in their local neighborhoods. Infrastructure projects shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Resurfacing existing streets. b. Sidewalks. c. Sewer installation. d. Fire protection (i.e., hydrants and mains). e. Domestic water service. f. Underground utilities. g. Concrete curb and gutter. h. Drainage improvements. i. Paving dirt roads. j. Engineering and consulting and associated costs for financing fees. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §2.)
AL Code § 11-71-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-5 - Liability; Civil Actions.

Section 11-71-5Liability; civil actions.  (a) Authorities, members of boards of directors, officers, and agents of the authority shall have the same immunity from liability as a municipality and its officers unless their actions are unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or the actions are wanton, willful, or intentional. Subject to the previous sentence, no civil action may be brought or maintained against the authority or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of an authority or director or its or his or her agents, servants, or employees in or about the construction, acquisition, installation, maintenance, operation, superintendence, or management of any facility or other improvement owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by the authority. (b) No civil action may be maintained against a municipality, its officers, servants, employees, or agents relating to any facility built by an authority or to any other project owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by an authority unless the individuals' actions were unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or such acts were wanton, willful, or intentional. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §5.)
AL Code § 11-71-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-6 - Terms of Office; Vacancies.

Section 11-71-6Terms of office; vacancies.  (a) Initial members of the board shall serve terms of office of four years, or until dissolution of the authority, whichever is sooner. Upon the expiration of the initial term of office of any member of the board, the person shall remain a member of the board until his or her successor has been duly elected at an election of a majority of the authority members. Successors' terms of office shall be four years or until dissolution of the authority, whichever is sooner. (b) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the vacating member was initially elected. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §6.)
AL Code § 11-71-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-7 - Contracts; Funding.

Section 11-71-7Contracts; funding.  (a) Upon the making of the preliminary assessments, the authority shall prepare contracts and shall contract on a competitively bid basis for the acquisition, construction, or installation of all projects as specified in the petition. (b) Because authority infrastructure projects are paid from assessments of members of the authority, no public funds may be utilized and projects shall be exempt from state bidding law, but projects should be competitively bid. (c) The authority may not contract for and commence the acquisition, construction, or installation of one or more projects or a portion of one or more projects in advance of a preliminary or final assessment being collected.  (Act 2011-689, §7.)
AL Code § 11-71-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-8 - Refunding of Excess Funds.

Section 11-71-8Refunding of excess funds.  Following the completion of the acquisition, construction, or installation of the projects, if there are excess funds from assessments, after fully funding all reserves and contingency funds, the excess funds shall be refunded in a manner determined to be equitable by the board, or as otherwise provided in the board's proceedings with respect to its bylaws. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §8.)
AL Code § 11-71-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-9 - Dedication of Facilities and Projects.

Section 11-71-9Dedication of facilities and projects.  Following completion of all projects of an authority and the dedication of the projects and related facilities, the municipality must formally accept the dedication of such facility and projects. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §9.)
AL Code § 11-71-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-10 - Dissolution and Liquidation of Authority.

Section 11-71-10Dissolution and liquidation of authority.  If at any time an authority has no assessments outstanding, and has paid all its indebtedness, and distributed any excess funds, the board may adopt a resolution recommending to the municipality that the authority be dissolved and liquidated. Upon delivery of a copy of the resolution to the municipality, if it considers it expedient, the municipality may adopt a resolution declaring the authority dissolved. Upon declaring the authority dissolved, the authority shall dedicate the facilities and revitalization projects to the municipality. The municipality must formally accept such dedicated facilities and projects before it agrees to assume the legal obligation to maintain the facilities and projects. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §10.)
AL Code § 11-71-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-11 - Income Tax Credit.

Section 11-71-11Income tax credit.  Each homeowner and business assessed pursuant to this chapter, beginning in the 2012 tax year, shall be eligible for an income tax credit of 10 percent of the amount of assessment paid, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) credit in any tax year, for a period not exceeding 10 successive tax years. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §11.)
AL Code § 11-71-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011.|Section 11-71-12 - Expiration of Chapter.

Section 11-71-12Expiration of chapter.  This chapter shall automatically expire December 31, 2015, unless specifically extended by an act of the Legislature; however, all authorities in existence as of December 31, 2015, shall continue in existence until all existing projects of the authority are completed and the authority seeks dissolution. (Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §12.)
AL Code § 11-72-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-1 - Short Title; Legislative Findings.

Section 11-72-1Short title; legislative findings.  (a) This chapter shall apply only in a Class 2 municipality. (b) It is hereby declared that the trees on private property and in publicly owned areas within a Class 2 municipality, including particularly those in street rights-of-way, are both an economic and an aesthetic asset to the Class 2 municipality and the State of Alabama; that the existing trees so located are in need of protection and of active measures to support their health and growth, that it is desirable that additional trees be planted, and that those ends require a separate entity specifically charged with the responsibility and duty of fostering the planting, growth, and protection of trees on private property and publicly owned areas. (Act 2015-116, §§1, 2(1).)
AL Code § 11-72-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-2 - Creation; Composition.

Section 11-72-2Creation; composition. There is created a Tree Commission within each Class 2 municipality, to consist of the same number of members as the number of members of the city council each member to be appointed by the city council of the Class 2 municipality.  The city council of the Class 2 municipality shall make the appointments to the commission within a reasonable time after May 5, 2015. Each member of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. Members serving on the commission on May 5, 2015, shall be eligible for appointment by the city council of the Class 2 municipality. Commissioners shall serve until a successor takes office, and any vacancies shall be filled by appointment. (Act 2015-116, §2(2).)
AL Code § 11-72-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-3 - Compensation; Officers.

Section 11-72-3Compensation; officers. Members of the commission shall serve without salary or remuneration. They shall annually elect from among their number a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, and a treasurer. (Act 2015-116, §2(3).)
AL Code § 11-72-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-4 - Funding.

Section 11-72-4Funding.  The commission is authorized to accept contributions and to expend the same for the purposes of carrying out its duties and obligation imposed by this chapter. (Act 2015-116, §2(4).)
AL Code § 11-72-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-5 - Ownership and Maintenance of Trees.

Section 11-72-5Ownership and maintenance of trees. The Class 2 municipality and other governmental subdivisions and agencies of the state, shall continue to be the owners of and, subject to the provisions hereof, continue to be responsible for the maintenance of and care for all trees on publicly owned property, and the Tree Commission shall have no duties other than those specifically provided in the chapter. (Act 2015-116, §2(5).)
AL Code § 11-72-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-6 - Departmental Cooperation.

Section 11-72-6Departmental cooperation.  The Tree Commission shall cooperate with and coordinate its activities with the Public Works Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other departments of the Class 2 municipality. All departments of the Class 2 municipality shall cooperate with the Tree Commission. (Act 2015-116, §2(6).)
AL Code § 11-72-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-7 - Duties of the Commission.

Section 11-72-7Duties of the commission. The commission shall take active steps to do each of the following: (1) Educate the public as to the economic and aesthetic benefits of trees to the Class 2 municipality and its citizens, both on publicly owned property and privately owned property. (2) Promote the planting, health, and growth of trees in the Class 2 municipality, with the particular objective of establishing and protecting avenues of live oak trees and other trees deemed suitable by the commission. (3) Promote the care, feeding, fertilization, and other measures desirable for the health and growth of existing trees in street rights-of-way in the Class 2 municipality. (4) Protect trees located in street rights-of-way in the Class 2 municipality from damage, removal, lack of sustenance, or any other act or condition which might threaten the health and growth of such trees. (Act 2015-116, §2(7).)
AL Code § 11-72-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-8 - Powers of the Commission; Recordkeeping.

Section 11-72-8Powers of the commission; recordkeeping. (a) The commission may do all of the following: (1) Adopt bylaws and rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter. (2) Meet at least once each month and specially as it deems necessary and as provided in the bylaws. (3) Provide printed forms to be used as shall be necessary to govern its proceedings and to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. (4) Cause studies to be made as it deems necessary. (5) Perform its functions directly through its own agents or employees, or may contract with others for specific or general services to carry out its purposes hereunder. (b) It shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications made to it and its action thereon, all of which shall be public records. (Act 2015-116, §2(8).)
AL Code § 11-72-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-9 - Application and Permission to Cut, Remove, Trim, etc.; Emergency Exceptions

Section 11-72-9Application and permission to cut, remove, trim, etc.; emergency exceptions (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall cut, remove, trim, or in any way damage any tree in any street right-of-way in the Class 2 municipality or create any condition injurious to any tree without having first made a written application so to do to the commission and having obtained advance written permission from the commission. Any governmental body or utility may, by filing an application accompanied by a certificate as hereinafter provided, obtain a continuing permission to trim, cut, or remove at any time any trees in any area described in its application for such permission. The form of application shall be as established by the commission, and the commission may delegate to one or more of its members or officers the power to grant such permission in accordance with standards set by it. The commission may in its discretion hold public hearings on any application and may approve part of an application or may approve an application upon terms and conditions as the commission may establish. In considering any application before it, the commission shall base its decision on whether the public and private benefit that will result from granting the application outweighs the public and private benefit that will result from denying it. In the event the mayor of the Class 2 municipality or public utility shall certify to the commissioners that it desires to trim, cut, or remove trees and that it is or may become reasonably necessary to do so to prevent a public hazard or to provide efficient or economical service to the public, then such certificate shall be conclusive evidence for the approval of the application, and the commission shall approve the same, and there shall be no appeal from such approval except as provided in Section 11-72-10. (b) During a declared emergency or to eliminate an imminent danger to life, health, property, or the environment, or as required for the repair or restoration of service, a utility or utility contractor may cut, remove, or trim trees in any street right-of-way in a Class 2 municipality without having obtained advance permission from the commission. (Act 2015-116, §2(9).)
AL Code § 11-72-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-10 - Appeals.

Section 11-72-10Appeals. Any person aggrieved by any decision of any officer or agent of the commission to whom its duties are delegated, or of any decision of the commission may appeal to the city council of the Class 2 municipality under any such rules and regulation as the city council may adopt. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the city council may, within 15 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the Class 2 municipality is located, by filing with the city council a written notice of appeal and making and filing with the clerk of the court a bond approved by the clerk conditioned to pay the costs of the appeal. The hearing and trial in the circuit court shall be de novo. No appeal shall authorize any person to take any action pending appeal, application for which has been denied by the Tree Commission or city council. (Act 2015-116, §2(10).)
AL Code § 11-72-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality.|Section 11-72-11 - Violations.

Section 11-72-11Violations. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2015-116, §2(11).)
AL Code § 11-73-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-1 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Applicability.

Section 11-73-1Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Applicability. This chapter shall only apply in Class 2 municipalities. (Act 2017-150, §1.)
AL Code § 11-73-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-2 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Authorized.

Section 11-73-2Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Authorized. The governing body of any Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles upon the roads and streets of the municipality under limited circumstances and conditions. (Act 2017-150, §2.)
AL Code § 11-73-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-3 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Determination of Appropriate Roads and Streets.

Section 11-73-3Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Determination of appropriate roads and streets. The municipality, by ordinance, may determine the appropriate municipal roads and streets upon which low-speed vehicles may be operated. (Act 2017-150, §3.)
AL Code § 11-73-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-4 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Conditions.

Section 11-73-4Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Conditions. A low-speed vehicle may only be operated on any public roads or streets under the following conditions: (1) The vehicle may not be operated on a public road or street by any person other than a licensed driver. (2) The vehicle may be operated only during the hours between sunrise and sunset, unless the municipality has determined that a low-speed vehicle may be operated between sunset and sunrise and the vehicle is equipped with headlights, brake lights, turn signals, and a windshield. (3) The vehicle is certified as meeting all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations governing safety, emissions, and antitheft standards, including the safety standards provided in 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500. (4) The vehicle has a 17-digit vehicle identification number which conforms to National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration standards, the manufacturer's statement of origin states that the vehicle complies with the safety standards for a low-speed vehicle or that the vehicle complies with 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500, and the vehicle has affixed thereto a decal certifying that the vehicle meets these safety standards. (5) The vehicle has a current license plate issued by the license plate issuing official. (Act 2017-150, §4.)