AL Code § 11-99B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99B - Capital Improvement Cooperative Districts.|Section 11-99B-3 - Filing of Application for Incorporation of District; Adoption of Resolutions Approving or Denying Application by Governing Bodies.

Section 11-99B-3Filing of application for incorporation of district; adoption of resolutions approving or denying application by governing bodies. (a) In order to incorporate a district under this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file an identical written application with the governing body of each county, municipality, and public corporation proposed to be a member of the proposed district. Such application shall contain: (1) A statement of each project that the district proposes to acquire or construct. (2) A general description of the area or areas in which the district proposes to acquire or construct such project or projects, and the name of each county, municipality, and public corporation proposed to be a member of the district. (3) A proposed total number of directors, which shall be at least equal to the total number of counties and municipalities, and public corporations with the governing bodies of which such application is filed, but in no event less than three, and proposed provisions for the election of each director by one of such governing bodies and for the election of at least one director by each of said governing bodies; and any proposal to give the directors proportional voting power based upon the percentage of indebtedness and operating expenses of the district for which the entities electing the directors will be guarantors, or any other measure for establishing proportional voting power of directors. (4) The proposed location of the principal office of the district, which shall be within a county with the governing body of which such application is filed or within a county in which is located a municipality or a public corporation with the governing body of which such application is filed. (5) A statement that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county or one of the counties with the governing bodies of which such application is filed or a county in which is located a municipality or a public corporation with the governing body of which such application is filed. (6) A request that each of such governing bodies adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed district be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed district by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-4. Such application may also state a proposed plan for apportioning the properties of the district upon its dissolution among its members. Every such application shall be accompanied by such supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate. (b) As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) each governing body with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application, and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed district be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed district by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-99B-4. (Act 2000-781, p. 1825, §3.)