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AL Code § 11-50-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 7 - Transfer of Gas System Without Elections.|Section 11-50-210 - Definitions.

Section 11-50-210Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation in the State of Alabama. (2) PUBLIC GAS CORPORATION. A public corporation having corporate power to own and operate one or more gas systems and existing under the provisions of any of the following: Articles 8, 9, and 12 of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY. Each municipality which authorized the incorporation of a particular public gas corporation or the governing body of which consented to, or made determinations prerequisite to, the incorporation of a particular public gas corporation. (4) GAS SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture and distribution of gas or a system for the purchase, transportation, and distribution, or any of them, of manufactured or natural gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises. (5) COMMISSION. Alabama Public Service Commission. (6) REGULATED UTILITY. A corporation that is a utility within the meaning of Section 37-4-1 and that is subject to regulation by the commission. Each of the foregoing definitions shall be deemed applicable whether the word defined is herein used in the singular or plural. (Acts 1975, No. 1212, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 7 - Transfer of Gas System Without Elections.|Section 11-50-211 - Conveyance Authorized; Terms and Conditions; Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 11-50-211Conveyance authorized; terms and conditions; ordinances and resolutions. Every municipality shall have the power, without the necessity of an election of the qualified voters of such municipality, to transfer and convey to any regulated utility any gas system, or part thereof, owned by the said municipality; and any public gas corporation shall have the power, without the necessity of an election of the qualified voters of any authorizing municipality, to transfer and convey to any regulated utility any gas system, or part thereof, owned by the said public gas corporation; provided, that: (1) Prior to any such transfer or conveyance by a municipality, its governing body must have adopted an ordinance authorizing such transfer and conveyance; (2) Prior to any such transfer and conveyance by a public gas corporation, its board of directors must have adopted a resolution authorizing such transfer and conveyance, and each authorizing municipality with respect to that public gas corporation must have adopted an ordinance consenting to the said transfer and conveyance; and (3) Any such transfer and conveyance by either a municipality or a public gas corporation may be made only after prior approval thereof by the commission and must be made for a consideration not less than the fair market value of the property transferred and conveyed, as such fair market value may be determined by the commission, and on such other terms and conditions as may be provided in the aforesaid ordinance or resolution authorizing such transfer and conveyance and as may be approved by the commission. (Acts 1975, No. 1212, §2.)
AL Code § 11-50-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 7 - Transfer of Gas System Without Elections.|Section 11-50-212 - Implementation of Article.

Section 11-50-212Implementation of article. Each municipality and public gas corporation is hereby further authorized to enter into any agreements and to execute any instruments which their respective governing bodies may deem necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the transfer and conveyance of a gas system pursuant to the provisions of this article. (Acts 1975, No. 1212, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-213 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 7 - Transfer of Gas System Without Elections.|Section 11-50-213 - Article Supplemental.

Section 11-50-213Article supplemental. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any authority which any municipality or public gas corporation now existing or hereafter formed may have under the provisions of any other law, but this article shall be construed to be supplemental and additional to all authority otherwise conferred by law. No proceedings, notices, or approval shall be required, except as herein expressly prescribed, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. (Acts 1975, No. 1212, §4.)
AL Code § 11-50-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-310 - Definitions.

Section 11-50-310Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) WATER SYSTEM. A plant and system for the gathering, collecting, or impounding of water and the distribution thereof for domestic or industrial use or both or a plant or system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of water for domestic or industrial use or both, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises. (2) SEWER SYSTEM. A sanitary sewer system, including mains, laterals, sewage disposal plants, or sewage treatment plants and all appurtenances to such system and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises. (3) GAS SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture and distribution of gas or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of manufactured or natural gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises. (4) ELECTRIC SYSTEM. A plant and system for the generation, manufacture, and distribution of electricity or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of electricity, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises. (5) SYSTEM. A water system or a sewer system, or a gas system or an electric system. (6) SYSTEMS. More than one system. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-311 - Application for Authority to Incorporate; Adoption of Resolution by Municipal Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation.

Section 11-50-311Application for authority to incorporate; adoption of resolution by municipal governing body authorizing incorporation. Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body of any municipality of this state an application in writing for authority to incorporate a public corporation for the purpose of operating a water system, a sewer system, a gas system, and an electric system or any one or more of such systems, and if it shall be made to appear to such governing body that each of said persons is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in said municipality and if the governing body of said municipality shall adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon the minutes of such governing body, wherein it shall be declared that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that such a corporation be formed and that the persons filing said application shall be authorized to proceed to form such corporation, then said persons shall proceed to organize such a corporation by executing and filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county or one or more of the counties in which such municipality is located a certificate of incorporation as provided in Section 11-50-312. No corporation shall be formed hereunder unless the application provided for in this section shall be made and unless the resolution provided for in this section shall be adopted. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-315 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-315 - Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed.

Section 11-50-315Execution, etc., of contracts as security for repayment of moneys borrowed. To further secure the repayment of any money borrowed by it such corporation may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the money borrowed, for the continued operation and maintenance of any system or systems owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from its system or systems, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this article for the protection of the loan and the assurance that the revenues from its system or systems will be sufficient to operate such system or systems, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues, and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the loan and the efficient operation of such system or systems. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §5.)
AL Code § 11-50-317 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-317 - Pledge of Revenues From and Mortgaging of Systems for Payment of Bonds.

Section 11-50-317Pledge of revenues from and mortgaging of systems for payment of bonds. Any bonds issued by a corporation organized under this article for any purpose for which it is authorized by law to borrow money and issue its bonds, without regard to the system for the benefit of or with respect to which such bonds may be issued, may be made payable out of the revenues from all systems owned by the corporation or out of the revenues from any one or more systems owned by the corporation, and any such corporation may pledge for the payment of any of its bonds the revenues from which such bonds are payable and may mortgage, pledge, or otherwise convey as security for such bonds the system or systems the revenues from which are so pledged. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §9.)
AL Code § 11-50-318 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-318 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-50-318Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by any corporation organized under this article or the articles of incorporation of which are amended under this article shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including any engineering, legal, and other expenses incidental thereto and, in the case of bonds issued in whole or in part for construction of a system or any part thereof, interest on such bonds or, if a part only of the bonds are issued for the purpose of such construction, on the part of such bonds issued for that purpose, prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction and, in the case of bonds issued by such corporation for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of such corporation, any premium which it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds to be refunded. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §10.)
AL Code § 11-50-319 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-319 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Statutes.

Section 11-50-319Exemption from usury and interest statutes. Each waterworks board now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code. (Acts 1975, No. 1151, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-320 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-320 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Systems Located in Another Municipality; Execution of Contract for Conveyance of System in Other Municipality Thereto Upon Payment in Full of Indebtedness of Corporation as to Such Systems.

Section 11-50-320Acquisition, operation, etc., of systems located in another municipality; execution of contract for conveyance of system in other municipality thereto upon payment in full of indebtedness of corporation as to such systems. (a) Each corporation organized under this article or the articles of incorporation of which are amended under this article, in addition to all other powers conferred on it by this article and by law, is hereby further authorized and empowered to acquire, by purchase from the owner or owners thereof, or to construct, or to acquire and construct all or any part of a system or systems, and any rights incidental thereto, located within the limits of any incorporated municipality in this state other than the municipality within which such corporation was organized to operate, and thereafter to manage, operate, extend, enlarge, lease, mortgage, convey, and otherwise control the same as a part of its system or systems in the municipality within which such corporation was organized to operate, in all respects as if the properties so purchased were located in the municipality within which such corporation was organized to operate. (b) Any such corporation may and is hereby further authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with such other municipality providing that when such corporation shall have paid all indebtedness incurred by it for the system or systems acquired by it and located in such other municipality (other than for operating expenses), then it shall thereupon convey to such other municipality the entire system or systems and all rights incidental thereto which may be owned by it and which may be located within the limits of such other municipality and also any property located outside of such other municipality which may be owned by it and which may be necessary for the operation therein of such system, all as may be provided in such contract. If any such contract shall be so made, then upon payment in full by such corporation of all such indebtedness, such corporation shall thereupon convey to such other municipality the properties and rights so agreed to be conveyed under the provisions of such contract. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §7.)
AL Code § 11-50-321 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-321 - Consolidation of Systems.

Section 11-50-321Consolidation of systems. Each corporation organized under this article or the articles of incorporation of which are amended under this article may, if it so elects, combine and consolidate any of its systems (whether water, sewer, gas, or electric) with any one or more of its other systems (whether water, sewer, gas, or electric) and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the systems so consolidated as one combined and consolidated system, the keeping of books and records for one combined system and the borrowing of money for any purpose authorized by law and the issuance of revenue bonds payable from the revenues of the combined system, or such corporation may keep and operate any one or all of its systems separate from its other systems. One combination and consolidation of systems shall not prevent other combinations and consolidations of other systems or the combination and consolidation of another system or systems with said consolidated system. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §8.)
AL Code § 11-50-322 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-322 - Exemption From Taxation of Bonds, Property, and Income of Corporation; Other Exemptions.

Section 11-50-322Exemption from taxation of bonds, property, and income of corporation; other exemptions. The property and income of each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article and all bonds issued by each such corporation and the income from such bonds and conveyances by or to each such corporation and mortgages and indentures of trust by or to each such corporation shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. Each such corporation shall also be exempt from all sales and use taxes and gross receipts taxes levied by the state and any political subdivision thereof with respect to the purchase, sale, use, or consumption of property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to exempt any such corporation from the privilege or license tax levied by Section 40-21-82 or the excise tax levied by Section 40-21-102; and provided, further, that any such sales, use, or gross receipts taxes that may have been paid to the state or any political subdivision thereof by a corporation that was formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article shall not be subject to refund. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §12; Acts 1994, No. 94-711, p. 1380, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-323 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-323 - Construction of Article; Jurisdiction, etc., of State Board of Health and State Public Service Commission.

Section 11-50-323Construction of article; jurisdiction, etc., of State Board of Health and state Public Service Commission. Neither this article nor any provision contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy which any corporation organized under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, as amended, or organized or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under the provisions of this article may have in the absence thereof, but shall be construed as cumulative and independent of any such power, right, or remedy. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of such corporation or the amendment of its articles of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or systems or the making of any loans or the issuance of bonds or instruments in evidence thereof or as security therefor, except as prescribed in this article, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be construed to suspend the jurisdiction of the State Board of Health as may be otherwise provided by law. Every corporation organized under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, as amended, or organized or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under the provisions of this article shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and regulation by the Alabama Public Service Commission. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §11.)
AL Code § 11-50-324 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.|Section 11-50-324 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 11-50-230 Through 11-50-273 and Sections 37-4-60 Through 37-4-65.

Section 11-50-324Applicability of provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-273 and Sections 37-4-60 through 37-4-65. No corporation provided for in this article shall hereafter be organized or incorporated under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, as amended; but corporations already in existence and organized or incorporated under said sections or under said sections and Sections 11-50-260 through 11-50-273, as amended, shall continue in existence and shall continue to have and exercise all powers, authorities, rights, privileges, franchises, functions, and duties, subject to the restrictions and limitations provided for in said sections, as amended, except that such corporations by amending their certificates of incorporation as provided in this article may come under and be governed and controlled by all provisions of this article as fully as if originally incorporated under this article. Nothing in this article shall be construed as repealing any section or provision of Sections 37-4-60 through 37-4-65 or Sections 11-50-266 through 11-50-270; but said sections shall apply to the acquisition of competing electric systems and gas systems by any corporations organized or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under the provisions of this article as fully as to municipalities and other governmental agencies and to boards incorporated under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, as amended, and Sections 11-50-260 through 11-50-273. (Acts 1951, No. 175, p. 416, §13.)