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AL Code § 45-27A-30.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 1 - Courts.|Section 45-27A-30.07 - Costs and Fees.

Section 45-27A-30.07Costs and fees. (a) An applicant may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) when applying for admittance into the program. The amount of this application fee shall be set from time to time by the municipal court. The application fee shall be in addition to the program fee, court costs, and other allowable costs listed in subsection (b). (b) An offender may be assessed a fee when the offender is approved for admittance into the program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to all of the following: (1) The application fee set forth herein. (2) Any court costs and assessments for victims or drug, alcohol, or anger management treatment required by law, the municipal prosecutor, or the municipal court. (3) Any costs of supervision, treatment, and restitution for which the pretrial diversion admittee may be responsible. (c) Pretrial diversion program fees as established by this part may be waived or reduced due to indigency or reduced ability to payor for other just cause at the discretion of the municipal court. (d) The following program fees shall be paid by offenders accepted into the pretrial diversion program and shall be based on the criminal offense or violation committed. (1) Misdemeanor offenses excluding traffic: A fee up to six hundred fifty dollars ($650) as determined by the municipal court.  (2) Traffic offenses: A fee up to four hundred fifty dollars ($450) as determined by the municipal court. (3) Violations: A fee up to three hundred dollars ($300) as determined by the municipal court. (e) The collection of fees required by this part shall be under the supervision of the clerk of the municipal court. (f) The municipal prosecutor shall be allowed without further legislative action to assess fees equal to those prescribed by the Alabama Legislature in the event a state pretrial diversion program is enacted after April 22, 2010. Any state pretrial diversion program may supersede this part, but may be construed to require further and additional penalties. (Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §8.)
AL Code § 45-27A-30.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 1 - Courts.|Section 45-27A-30.08 - Treatment Programs; Drug Testing.

Section 45-27A-30.08Treatment programs; drug testing. (a) The municipal prosecutor and offender may enter into an agreement as a part of the pretrial diversion program that the offender be admitted to a drug, alcohol, violence, or other self-improvement or self-help program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives deemed by the municipal prosecutor to be in the best interest of the offender and society. (b) The municipal prosecutor may require the offender to submit to periodic or random drug or other testing as a part of the pretrial diversion program of the offender and require other terms and conditions related to substance abuse, domestic violence, or the offense charged as the municipal prosecutor may direct. (c) The offender shall pay the costs of all services unless otherwise approved by the municipal court after considering the offender's ability to pay. (Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §9.)
AL Code § 45-27A-30.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 1 - Courts.|Section 45-27A-30.10 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-27A-30.10Disposition of funds. All fees paid by offenders pursuant to Section 45-27A-30.07 shall be placed and maintained in a separate revenue account within the Court and Corrections Fund. The municipal court may use the fees collected by the pretrial diversion program for any of the following: (1) To fund the pretrial diversion program. (2) For educational programs which relate to the prosecution, detection, or prevention of crime in the City of Brewton. (3) To benefit the City of Brewton or any other law enforcement agency. (4) For any other lawful purpose. (Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §11.)
AL Code § 45-27A-30.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 1 - Courts.|Section 45-27A-30.11 - Violations; Waiver.

Section 45-27A-30.11Violations; waiver. (a) If the offender violates any condition of the pretrial diversion program agreed to in writing by the offender, the municipal prosecutor may terminate the participation of the offender in the pretrial diversion program and may actively pursue the prosecution of the offender for the offense or offenses or violation or violations charged. The offender shall be given written notice of the intent of the municipal prosecutor to terminate him or her from the pretrial diversion program, including the reason for termination. If removed from the program by the municipal prosecutor, the offender shall be deemed to forfeit, for pretrial diversion purposes provided for in this part, any fees paid in application for and admission into the pretrial diversion program. (b) At his or her discretion, the municipal prosecutor may waive a violation for good cause shown as to why the offender should be allowed to remain in the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2010-578, p. 1275, §12.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-27A-31Legislative intent. The revitalization and redevelopment of the City of Brewton and the economic development of the city develop and promote the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities and promote the general welfare of the city and state by creating a climate favorable to the location of new industry, trade, and commerce, and the development of existing industry, trade, and commerce. Revitalization and redevelopment and the economic development of the city by financing projects under this part will develop and promote for the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities and will promote the general welfare of the city and state. It is therefore in the public interest and is vital to the public welfare of the people of Brewton and of Alabama, and it is hereby declared to be the public purpose of this part to so revitalize and redevelop the city and provide for the economic development of the City of Brewton. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §1; Act 2017-455, §1.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-27A-31.01Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of the city in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-27A-31.03. (2) AUTHORITY. The Brewton Development Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this part. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of the city in accordance with Section 45-27A-31.03, that authorizes the incorporation of the authority. (4) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (5) BONDS. Includes bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (6) CITY. The City of Brewton, Alabama. (7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of the authority. (8) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to the city, its city council, board of commissioners, or other like governing body. (9) INCORPORATORS. The persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to this part. (10) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of the state, or of a county or municipality. (11) PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The place at which the certificate of incorporation and amendments thereto, the bylaws, and the minutes of the proceedings of the board of the authority are kept. (12) PROJECT. Interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements and any fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with any such land, interest in land, building, structure, facility, or other improvement, all for the essential public purpose of the development of trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities in the city. A project may be for any industrial, commercial, business, office, parking, utility, residential, including without limitation homes, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, hotels, and motels, or other use, provided that a majority of the members of the authority determine, by a resolution duly adopted, that the project and such use thereof would further the public purpose of this part. (13) STATE. The State of Alabama. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §2; Act 2017-455, §1.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.02 - Use of Phrases.

Section 45-27A-31.02Use of phrases. (a) The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: Herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. (b) The definitions set forth in Section 45-27A-31.01 shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §3.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.03 - Filing of Application; Authorization of Incorporation by Governing Body of City.

Section 45-27A-31.03Filing of application; authorization of incorporation by governing body of city. (a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city, which application shall do all of the following: (1) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate the authority pursuant to this part. (2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the city. (3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the city. (4) Request that the governing body of the city adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with Section 45-27A-31.04. (b) Every application shall be accompanied by 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 this section, the governing body of the city 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 authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with Section 45-27A-31.04. The 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 the application is taken. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §4.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.04 - Procedure to Incorporate; Contents and Execution of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 45-27A-31.04Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation. (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Escambia County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state all of the following: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the city. (2) The name of the authority, which shall be the Brewton Development Authority. (3) The period for the duration of the authority. If the duration is to be perpetual, subject to Section 45-27A-31.19, that fact shall be stated. (4) The name of the city together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted the authorizing resolution. (5) The location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the city. (6) That the authority is organized pursuant to this part. (7) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this part or with the laws of the state. (c) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds. When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there shall be attached to it a copy of the application as filed with the governing body of the city in accordance with Section 45-27A-31.03, and a certified copy of the authorizing resolution adopted by the governing body of the city. Upon the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation and the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, the authority shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation. The judge of probate shall thereupon send a notice to the Secretary of State that the certificate of incorporation of the authority has been filed for record. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §5.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.05 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 45-27A-31.05Amendments to certificate of incorporation. (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation. (b) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the city, requesting such governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the chair may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing body of the city pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section, that governing body shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Such governing body shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken. (c) Within 40 days following the adoption by the governing body of the city of a resolution approving the proposed amendment the chair of the board of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign, and file for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Escambia County a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority under its seal reciting the adoption of the respective resolutions by the board and by the governing body and setting forth the proposed amendment. The judge of probate for such county shall thereupon record such certificate in an appropriate book in his or her office. When such certificate has been so filed and recorded, such amendment shall become effective and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §6.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.06 - Board of Directors.

Section 45-27A-31.06Board of directors. Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of the city shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial terms of office of two directors shall be two years each. The initial terms of office of two directors shall be four years each. The initial term of office of three directors shall be six years. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor shall be so elected. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the city. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his or her tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director shall be a duly qualified elector of the city. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office 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 82-740, p. 196, §7.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.07 - Officers of the Authority.

Section 45-27A-31.07Officers of the authority. The officers of the authority shall consist of a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chair and vice chair of the authority shall be elected by the board from the membership thereof; the secretary, the treasurer, and any other officers of the authority may, but need not, be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board. The chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer of the authority shall also be the chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer of the board, respectively. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §8.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.10 - Proceeds From the Sale of Bonds.

Section 45-27A-31.10Proceeds from the sale of bonds. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but without limitation to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to (1) the fiscal, engineering, legal, and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds, and (2) except in the case of refunding bonds, interest to accrue on such bonds for a period ending not later than two years from their date. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §11.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.11 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 45-27A-31.11Refunding bonds. (a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with refunding; provided, that unless duly called for redemption pursuant to provisions contained therein, the holders of any such bonds then outstanding and proposed to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their outstanding bonds for such refunding. Any refunding bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by its board to be most advantageous, or may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. Any such refunding bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and have such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this part, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner, as may be provided by resolution of its board. (b) Any refunding bonds issued by the authority shall be issued and may be secured in accordance with Section 45-27A-31.09. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §12.)