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AL Code § 11-86A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-7 - Further Authorization and Procedure for Reincorporation of Existing Park and Recreation Authorities and Boards.

Section 11-86A-7Further authorization and procedure for reincorporation of existing park and recreation authorities and boards.  A park and recreation authority or park and recreation board incorporated or created prior to or after March 9, 2000, may seek authority to reincorporate pursuant to the procedure established in Section 11-86A-6, if a majority of the board adopts a resolution determining that it would be expedient for the authority or board to reincorporate and at least three members of the authority or board files an application in accordance with Section 11-86A-6. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §7.)
AL Code § 11-86A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-8 - Recordation of Articles by Probate Judge; Probate Judge to Receive No Fees in Connection With Incorporation, Reincorporation, Dissolution, etc., of Authority.

Section 11-86A-8Recordation of articles by probate judge; probate judge to receive no fees in connection with incorporation, reincorporation, dissolution, etc., of authority.  (a) The articles shall be filed with the probate judge. The proposed authority shall constitute a de jure corporation upon acceptance of filing. The acceptance of the articles for filing by the probate judge shall be conclusive of the valid incorporation of a proposed authority or reincorporation of a park and recreation authority or a park and recreation board. (b) There shall be no fees or taxes paid to or collected by the probate judge for any service rendered or work performed in connection with an authority, its incorporation, reincorporation, amendment, dissolution, or records. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §8.)
AL Code § 11-86A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-10 - Members of the Board of Directors; Terms; Meetings; Removal From Office.

Section 11-86A-10Members of the board of directors; terms; meetings; removal from office. (a) Except as provided in Section 11-86A-6, the board of directors shall be composed of the number of directors provided for in the articles, appointed as provided in the articles for the terms designated therein. (b) All directors shall serve until their successors are appointed or until they cease to be qualified. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled as provided for in the articles, but any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term. In the event any uncertainty arises as to the terms of office of a director, the governing body or person authorized to appoint a director to the board of directors may clarify the term by adoption of an appropriate resolution or by execution of an appropriate certificate. (c) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but any meeting of the board of directors may be adjourned by a majority of the directors present, or may be adjourned by a single director if the director is the only director present at the meeting. A vacancy in the membership of the board of directors may not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority and may hold other meetings at any time upon notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority, or if the bylaws make no provision for notice as determined by the chair of the board of directors. The board of directors may hold a special meeting upon call of the chair or by a majority of the directors. Any matter on which the board of directors is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special, or called meeting. At the request of a director, the vote on any question before the board of directors may be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the record. All resolutions adopted by the board of directors shall constitute actions of the authority. (d) A director may be impeached and removed from office only in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175. (Act 2000-106; p. 129, §10.)
AL Code § 11-86A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-11 - Amendment of Articles.

Section 11-86A-11Amendment of articles. (a) The articles of an authority may be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of directors shall adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles. The amendment shall be fully set forth in the resolution and may include any matters that might have been included in the original articles. (b) After the adoption by the board of directors of a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file with the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality a written application in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, requesting the county and each participating municipality to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors proposing the amendment to the articles. The county and each participating municipality shall therein review the application and adopt a resolution either denying the application or approving and authorizing the proposed amendment. A resolution need not be published or posted or offered for more than one reading. (c) Following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by the county commission of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file in the office of the probate judge a certificate in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of resolutions by the board and by the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality and setting forth the proposed amendment. The probate judge shall record the certificate. The amendment shall become effective upon recordation. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §11.)
AL Code § 11-86A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-13 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-86A-13Issuance and sale of bonds. An authority may sell at public or private sale and issue bonds for the purposes authorized in Section 11-86A-12. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §13.)
AL Code § 11-86A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-17 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 11-86A-17Exemption from usury and interest laws.  An authority shall be exempt from all laws of the state now or hereafter governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including without limitation the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §17.)
AL Code § 11-86A-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-18 - Exemptions From Taxation.

Section 11-86A-18Exemptions from taxation. All properties of an authority, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all bonds and other securities issued by an authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to this chapter and all revenues derived from any such leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to an authority shall be exempt from any and all taxation by any public person, including without limitation license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which an authority may engage. An authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the probate judge in connection with the amendment of its articles or the recording of any document. The gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipping of any park and recreation facility for an authority, regardless of whether such a sale is to an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by a public person; and any property used in the construction and equipping of any park and recreation facility for an authority, regardless of whether the property has been purchased by an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to property by a public person. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §18.)
AL Code § 11-86A-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-19 - Limited Liability.

Section 11-86A-19Limited liability. The recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority or an officer, agent, or employee acting within the line and scope of his or her duties with the authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority shall be limited to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate where more than two persons have claims or judgments on account of bodily injury or death arising out of any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for damage or loss of property arising out of any single occurrence. No authority shall settle or compromise any claim for bodily injury, death, or property damage for an amount in excess of the amounts hereinabove set forth. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §19.)
AL Code § 11-86A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-20 - Transfer of Funds and Assets to Authority.

Section 11-86A-20Transfer of funds and assets to authority.  Any public person may transfer and convey to an authority, with or without consideration any properties, real, personal, or mixed, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, that may be owned by a public person or that may be jointly owned by any two or more thereof, and any funds owned or controlled by a public person or jointly by any two or more thereof, whether or not the property or funds are considered necessary for the conduct of the governmental or public functions, if any, of a public person. The transfer or conveyance shall be authorized by an ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the governing body of a public person. Any such ordinance or resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §20.)
AL Code § 11-86A-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities.|Section 11-86A-21 - Dissolution of Authority; Title to Property of Authority to Vest in County of Incorporation Upon Dissolution of Authority Unless Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-86A-21Dissolution of authority; title to property of authority to vest in county of incorporation upon dissolution of authority unless otherwise provided.  (a) At any time when no bonds of an authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors recommending dissolution and by the approval of the dissolution by the governing body of the county of incorporation and each participating municipality and the adoption of a resolution to the effect that the county and each participating municipality concur. The resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading. Upon the dissolution the chair and secretary of the dissolved authority shall execute articles of dissolution reciting that the resolutions have been adopted and that the authority has been dissolved. The articles of dissolution shall be filed with the probate judge, who shall record the dissolution. (b) Upon dissolution of an authority, title to all its property shall be vested in the public persons in its articles, or if no specification exists, in the county of incorporation. (Act 2000-106, p. 129, §21.)
AL Code § 11-87-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service.|Section 11-87-1 - Creation, Establishment, etc., Authorized; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Joint Operation.

Section 11-87-1Creation, establishment, etc., authorized; promulgation of rules and regulations; joint operation. The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality within such county is hereby authorized to create and establish, maintain and operate ambulance service within the county, or within the municipality, to promote the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the county and municipality and of citizens and others traveling within such county and may make all needful rules and regulations for the control and management of such service. The governing body of the county and the governing body of any municipality within the county may unite in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the county and of the municipality, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each. The governing body of any municipality may also unite with the governing body of any other municipality within such county, or together with the governing body of the county, in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the several governments, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each. (Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §1.)
AL Code § 11-87-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service.|Section 11-87-2 - Appropriations.

Section 11-87-2Appropriations. The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality may appropriate public funds to aid in or to pay for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of such ambulance service. (Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §2.)
AL Code § 11-87-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service.|Section 11-87-3 - Contracts for Services.

Section 11-87-3Contracts for services. The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality may enter into contracts to provide such ambulance service and may appropriate and pay public funds for such service provided under such contracts. (Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §3.)
AL Code § 11-87-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service.|Section 11-87-4 - Fees.

Section 11-87-4Fees. The governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality may fix and establish fees for such ambulance service; provided, that fees and charges for such service shall be limited to an amount necessary to fund the expenses of operating and maintaining such service, which shall not be operated for profit. (Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §4.)
AL Code § 11-87-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service.|Section 11-87-5 - Chapter Cumulative.

Section 11-87-5Chapter cumulative. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any authority heretofore granted or authorized to any county or any municipality or municipalities for the establishment, maintenance, or operation of ambulance service. (Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §5.)
AL Code § 11-89A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 89A - Solid Waste Disposal Authorities.|Section 11-89A-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-89A-1Legislative findings. It is hereby found and declared as follows: That the collection, disposal, and utilization of solid waste is a matter of grave concern to all citizens and is an activity thoroughly affected with the public interest; that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state require efficient solid waste collection and disposal service and efficient utilization of such waste; that the need exists to develop alternative energy sources for public and private consumption in order to reduce our dependence on such sources as petroleum products, natural gas, nuclear and hydroelectric generation; that solid waste represents a potential source of solid fuel, oil or gas that can be converted into energy; that technology exists to produce usable energy from solid waste; that there is a need for planning, research, development, and innovation in the design, management, and operation of facilities for solid waste management, in order to encourage continuing improvement and provide adequate incentives and processes for reducing operation and other costs in the management of solid waste; that a need exists for the demonstration of systems and techniques for materials recovery and reuse of solid waste; that long-term negotiated contracts with users of energy should be utilized as an incentive for the development of facilities for the recovery of energy from solid waste; that there is a shortage of funds available for the provision of solid waste disposal and resource recovery facilities; in order to provide for the collection and disposal of solid waste and to encourage planning of solid waste collection and disposal service and resource recovery through the development of systems for the recovery of material or energy from solid waste, it is necessary and desirable to authorize the creation by counties and municipalities (or any two or more thereof) in the state of authorities which will have the power to issue and sell bonds and notes and using the proceeds of such bonds and notes to acquire and construct such facilities. (Acts 1980, No. 80-278, p. 368, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-744, p. 1476, §1.)
AL Code § 11-89A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 89A - Solid Waste Disposal Authorities.|Section 11-89A-3 - Filing of Application for Incorporation of Authority; Denial or Authorization of Incorporation by Governing Body of County or Municipality.

Section 11-89A-3Filing of application for incorporation of authority; denial or authorization of incorporation by governing body of county or municipality. A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any county or municipality. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of a proposed determining subdivision shall first file a written application with the governing body of any county or municipality, or any two or more thereof, which application shall: (1) Recite the name of each county and municipality with the governing body of which such application is filed; (2) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (3) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority; (4) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the determining subdivision (or, if there is more than one, at least one thereof); and (5) Request that the governing body of such determining subdivision adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed, approving its certificate of incorporation and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-89A-4. Every such application shall be accompanied by the form of certificate of incorporation of the proposed authority and by such other supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with it in accordance with the provisions of this section, the governing body of the determining subdivision with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application, and the accompanying form of certificate of incorporation and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary and that the proposed authority be formed, approving the form of its certificate of incorporation and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of such a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-89A-4. While it shall not be necessary that any such resolution be published in a newspaper or posted, each governing body with which the application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of such governing body at which final action upon said application is taken. (Acts 1980, No. 80-278, p. 368, §4; Acts 1989, No. 89-744, p. 1476, §3.)