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AL Code § 11-57-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-3 - Application for Authority to Form Corporation; Adoption of Resolution by Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation; Procedure for Incorporation Generally.

Section 11-57-3Application for authority to form corporation; adoption of resolution by governing body authorizing incorporation; procedure for incorporation generally. Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this chapter, if it shall be made to appear to the governing body that each of the said persons is a duly qualified elector of and property owner in the municipality; and, if the governing body shall duly adopt a resolution wherein it shall be declared that it will be wise, expedient, and necessary that such a public corporation be formed and that the persons filing such application shall be authorized to proceed to form such public corporation, then the said persons shall become the incorporators of and shall proceed to incorporate the authority in the manner provided in this chapter. No corporation shall be formed under this chapter unless the application provided for in this section shall be made and unless the resolution provided for in this section shall be adopted. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §3; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §3.)
AL Code § 11-57-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-4 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Execution and Acknowledgment; Approval by Governing Body.

Section 11-57-4Certificate of incorporation - Contents; execution and acknowledgment; approval by governing body. (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The name and address of each of the incorporators and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and property owner in the municipality; (2) The name of the corporation (which shall be "The Public Library Authority of the (City or Town) of _____" or some other name of a similar import); (3) The location of its principal office, which shall be in the municipality; (4) The number of directors (which shall be three or a multiple of three); and (5) Any other matter relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and which shall not be inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state. (b) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by each of the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments of deeds. (c) The form and contents of the certificate of incorporation must be submitted to the governing body for its approval, which shall be evidenced by a resolution duly entered upon the minutes of the governing body. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §4; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §4.)
AL Code § 11-57-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-5 - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing and Recordation.

Section 11-57-5Certificate of incorporation - Filing and recordation. The certificate of incorporation, having attached thereto a certified copy of the resolution provided for in Section 11-57-3 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical with that of any other corporation in the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of any county in which any portion of the municipality is located, who shall forthwith receive and record the same. When such certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the authority referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation and a political subdivision of the state under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation, whereupon the authority shall be vested with the rights and powers granted in this chapter. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §5; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §5.)
AL Code § 11-57-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-6 - Board of Directors; Record of Proceedings of Board.

Section 11-57-6Board of directors; record of proceedings of board. The authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall be residents of the municipality and shall be elected by the governing body for staggered terms of office as follows: The first term of one third of the directors shall be two years; the first term of the second one third of the directors shall be four years and the first term of the remaining one third of the directors shall be six years. Upon the expiration of the initial term of each director, each subsequent term shall be six years. If any director resigns, dies, becomes incapable of acting as a director, or ceases to reside in the municipality, the governing body shall elect a successor to serve for the unexpired portion of his term of office. Directors shall be eligible to succeed themselves in office. No director shall be an officer of the state or of the municipality. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and duties of the authority. The members of the board and the officers of the authority shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties. All resolutions adopted by the board shall constitute actions of the authority, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing and signed by the secretary of the authority and shall be recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §6; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §6.)
AL Code § 11-57-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-7 - Officers.

Section 11-57-7Officers. The officers of the authority shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The offices of secretary and treasurer may but need not be held by the same person. The president and vice-president of the authority shall be elected by the board from its membership. The secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority who may, but need not be, members of the board shall also be elected by the board. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §7; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §7.)
AL Code § 11-57-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-8 - Powers - Generally.

Section 11-57-8Powers - Generally. The authority shall have the following powers and capacities, among others specified in this chapter, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To sue others and to prosecute civil actions; (3) To be sued by others in any form of litigation other than an action ex delicto and to defend any litigation brought against it; (4) To have and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (6) To acquire, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, property of every description which the board may deem necessary or desirable to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, equipment, operation, or maintenance of a project and to hold title thereto; (7) To construct, enlarge, improve, equip, maintain, and operate one or more projects; (8) To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to sell and issue in evidence of such borrowing its interest-bearing revenue bonds as provided in this chapter; (9) To sell and issue refunding revenue bonds; (10) To secure any of its bonds by pledge and indenture as provided in this chapter; (11) To appoint, employ, and compensate such agents, architects, and legal counsel as the business of the authority may require; (12) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable; (13) To invest any of its funds pending need therefor as provided in this chapter; (14) To contract, lease, and make lease agreements respecting its properties or any thereof as provided in this chapter; and (15) To sell and convey any of its properties that may have become obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or useful in connection with or in the operation of any project; provided, that it shall not have the power to sell or convey any project substantially as a whole except as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §8; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §8.)
AL Code § 11-57-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-9 - Powers - Eminent Domain.

Section 11-57-9Powers - Eminent domain. The authority shall have the same power of eminent domain as is vested by law in the municipality, which power shall be exercised in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the municipality. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §9; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §9.)
AL Code § 11-57-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-10 - Leasing of Projects.

Section 11-57-10Leasing of projects. The authority and the municipality are hereby respectively authorized to enter into one or more lease agreements with each other whereunder one or more projects or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to the municipality. No such lease agreement shall be for a term longer than the then current fiscal year in which it is made. Any such lease agreement made, however, may contain a grant to the municipality of successive options to renew such lease agreement, on the conditions specified therein, for additional terms, but no such additional term shall be for a period longer than the fiscal year in which such renewal shall be made. The lease agreement may contain provisions as to the method by which such renewal may be effected. The obligation on the part of the municipality to pay the rental required to be paid and to perform the agreements on the part of the municipality required to be performed during any fiscal year during which the lease agreement is in effect shall constitute a general obligation of the municipality, and the municipality is authorized to pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of such rental and the performance of such agreements; provided, that the rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by the municipality under the lease agreement during any fiscal year during which the lease agreement is in effect shall be payable solely out of the current revenues of the municipality for such fiscal year. Any lease agreement may contain such covenants as shall not be inconsistent with this chapter. The rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by the municipality under the provisions of the lease agreement shall never create an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of Section 225 of the Constitution of the state. If any space available for rent in any project which shall have been leased in whole or in part to the municipality should become vacant after acquisition or construction of the project by the authority, then until such time as all such vacant space shall have been filled or rented neither the municipality nor any officer, department or agency thereof shall thereafter enter into any rental agreement or renew any then existing rental agreement for other space in or about the municipality to be used for the same purposes for which such vacant space in the project is capable of being used. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §10; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §10.)
AL Code § 11-57-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-11 - Bonds - Authority for Issuance; Security for Payment of Principal and Interest Generally; Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Sale, Redemption, Etc.

Section 11-57-11Bonds - Authority for issuance; security for payment of principal and interest generally; form, terms, denominations, etc.; sale, redemption, etc. The authority is empowered at any time and from time to time to sell and issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, complete and equip one or more projects and for payment of obligations incurred for any such purpose. The principal of and interest on any such bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the project with respect to which such bonds were issued. Any bonds of the authority may be delivered by it at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption prior to maturity and may contain other provisions not inconsistent with this chapter as may be provided by the resolution of the board whereunder such bonds are authorized to be issued; provided, that no bond of the authority shall have a specified maturity date later than 30 years after its date. Each bond of the authority having a specified maturity date more than 10 years after its date shall be made subject to redemption at the option of the authority at the end of the tenth year after its date and on any interest payment date thereafter under such terms and conditions as may be provided in the resolution under which such bond is authorized to be issued. Bonds of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such time or times as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous to the authority. Bonds issued by the authority shall not be general obligations of the authority but shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the project with respect to which such bonds were issued. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §11; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §11.)
AL Code § 11-57-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-12 - Bonds - Recital as to Authority for Issuance; Notice of Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Bonds; Limitation Period for Actions, etc., as to Validity of Proceedings for Issuance of Bonds, Etc.

Section 11-57-12Bonds - Recital as to authority for issuance; notice of resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; limitation period for actions, etc., as to validity of proceedings for issuance of bonds, etc. (a) Any resolution authorizing any bonds under this chapter shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence that said bonds have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law now in force or hereafter enacted or amended. (b) Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper then published in the municipality or, if there is no newspaper then published in the municipality, then in a newspaper published or circulated in the county, a notice in substantially the following form (with any appropriate changes and with the blanks being properly filled in): "_____, a public corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, has authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of bonds of the said authority to be dated _____ for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said authority was organized, and has entered into a lease with the (city or town) of _____ respecting the project described therein and pledged said lease and the rentals payable thereunder as security for said bonds. Any civil action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and the indenture to secure the same, or the said lease, must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice. "_____ "By _____  "Its president" (c) Any civil action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the validity of the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds or the validity of the lease agreement pledged therefor or the validity of the indenture must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings or of the said bonds or the lease agreement or the indenture shall be asserted nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, bonds, lease agreement or indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in a civil action or proceeding commenced within said period. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §23; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §23.)
AL Code § 11-57-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-13 - Bonds - Execution and Delivery.

Section 11-57-13Bonds - Execution and delivery. The bonds of the authority shall be signed by either its president or its vice-president as shall be provided in the resolution under which the bonds shall be issued, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed to the bonds and attested by its secretary; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the bonds may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of his manually signing the same; provided further, that a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto. Any interest coupons applicable to the bonds shall be signed either manually by or with a facsimile of the signature of either the president or the vice-president of the authority as shall be provided in the resolution under which the bonds shall be issued. If, after any of the bonds or interest coupons thereunto appertaining shall be so signed, whether manually or by facsimile, any such officer shall for any reason vacate his office, the bonds and interest coupons so signed may nevertheless be delivered at any time thereafter as the act and deed of the authority. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §13; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §23.)
AL Code § 11-57-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-14 - Bonds - Negotiability.

Section 11-57-14Bonds - Negotiability. All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both principal and interest, shall likewise be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §19; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §19.)
AL Code § 11-57-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 57 - Public Library Authorities.|Section 11-57-15 - Bonds - Security for Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-57-15Bonds - Security for payment of principal and interest. The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which the bonds shall be made payable by an assignment or pledge of the lease agreement covering the project from which revenues so pledged shall be derived and by a pledge of the rental from such project and may be secured by a nonforeclosable indenture covering the project. The trustee under any indenture may be a trust company or bank having trust powers, whether located within or without the state. The indenture may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing evidences of indebtedness, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the collection, segregation and application of the rental from any project covered by such indenture, the terms to be incorporated in the lease agreement respecting the project, the maintenance and insurance of the project, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the rental of the project and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the holders of the bonds or the trustee under the indenture as the board shall deem advisable and shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter; provided, that in making any such agreements or provisions the authority shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom. The indenture may contain provisions regarding the rights of any trustee thereunder and the holders of the bonds and coupons and may contain provisions restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of the bonds and coupons. (Acts 1961, No. 895, p. 1407, §14; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 289, p. 2335, §14.)