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AL Code § 11-81-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-182 - Payment of Expenses of Operation or Maintenance of System Out of General Funds.

Section 11-81-182Payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of system out of general funds. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the borrower from appropriating and using any part of its available income or revenues derived from any source other than from the operation of such system or combined system in paying any immediate expenses of operation or maintenance of any such system or combined system, but nothing in this article shall be construed to require the borrower to do so. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §328.)
AL Code § 11-81-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-183 - Designation of Depository; Disposition and Disbursement of Gross Revenue Account and Special Funds by Depository.

Section 11-81-183Designation of depository; disposition and disbursement of gross revenue account and special funds by depository. The governing body of the borrower shall designate as depository for the "gross revenue account" and each of the special funds provided for in Section 11-81-181 a bank or trust company duly qualified and doing business within the State of Alabama. The moneys in said account and in each of the said funds shall be received and held by the respective depositories therefor in separate and special accounts as trust funds for the benefit of the borrower and the holders of the bonds and coupons as their respective interests may appear and shall be applied only for the respective purposes specified in the authorizing proceedings or any trust indenture provided for in the authorizing proceedings; provided, that the authorizing proceedings or such trust indenture may provide that any depository for said account or for the said replacement and extension fund shall not be liable for the misapplication of moneys in said account or said fund, as the case may be, if disbursed pursuant to the written order of a duly authorized officer of the borrower and without knowledge or reason to believe that such disbursement constitutes a misapplication of funds. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 203, p. 236; Code 1940, T. 37, §329; Acts 1955, No. 494, p. 1127, §11.)
AL Code § 11-81-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-184 - Establishment, etc., of Rates for Services Furnished by System.

Section 11-81-184Establishment, etc., of rates for services furnished by system. Rates for services furnished by any such system or combined system shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds. Such rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of all such bonds as and when the same become due and payable, to create a bond and interest redemption fund therefor, to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration and operation and such expenses for maintenance of the system or combined system necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order, to build up a reserve for depreciation of the existing system or combined system and to build up a reserve for improvements, betterments and extensions to the existing system or combined system other than those necessary to maintain the same in good repair and working order as provided in this section. Such rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time so as to produce those amounts, and the governing body shall covenant and agree in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and on the face of each bond at all times to maintain such rates for services furnished by such system or combined system as shall be sufficient to provide for the foregoing. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §326.)
AL Code § 11-81-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-185 - Rates Not Subject to State Supervision or Regulation; Supervision, etc., of Operation, etc., of Sewer Systems by State Board of Health.

Section 11-81-185Rates not subject to state supervision or regulation; supervision, etc., of operation, etc., of sewer systems by State Board of Health. Rates charged for services furnished by any system or combined system purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired under the provisions of this article shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission or other like instrumentality or agency thereof, and it shall not be necessary for any borrower operating under the provisions of this article, except as otherwise provided in this section, to obtain any franchise or other permit from any state bureau, board, commission or other instrumentality thereof, except the State Board of Health, in order to construct, improve, enlarge, extend or repair any system or combined system named in this article; provided, however, that the functions, powers and duties of the State Board of Health shall remain unaffected by this article, except for the following additional cumulative and supplemental authority: No governing body under the provisions of this article shall construct, add to, modify, alter or operate any sewage collection system or sewage treatment plant or plants as set out in this article or incur any debt or issue any bonds in aid of such systems or works unless a permit shall first have been obtained from the State Board of Health. Such permit shall be based upon adequacy of financing of operation and the maintenance of effluent of such quality as will not constitute a menace or damage to the health or lives of human beings or endanger the public health, welfare or comfort. If any governing body fails or refuses after a period of 30 days after a notice and order is given it by the State Board of Health to perform any act or acts required of it by this section and by any such order or notice of the State Board of Health, such order of the State Board of Health may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Acts 1935, No. 154, p. 195; Code 1940, T. 37, §334; Acts 1951, No. 192, p. 455, §1.)
AL Code § 11-81-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-186 - Payment by Counties, Municipalities, etc., for Services Furnished by System.

Section 11-81-186Payment by counties, municipalities, etc., for services furnished by system. The governing body may provide in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under the authority of this article that no free service shall be furnished by any such system or combined system to the county, city or incorporated town or to any agency, instrumentality, person, firm or corporation. The reasonable cost and value of any service rendered to any such borrower by any such system or combined system shall, in that event, be charged against the borrower and shall be paid for monthly as the service accrues from the current funds or from the proceeds of taxes which such borrower, within constitutional limitations, is hereby authorized and required to levy in an amount sufficient for that purpose, and such funds, when so paid, shall be accounted for in the same manner as other revenues of such system or combined system. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §323.)
AL Code § 11-81-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-187 - Determination as to Operation of System Upon Calendar, Operating or Fiscal Year Basis, Etc.

Section 11-81-187Determination as to operation of system upon calendar, operating or fiscal year basis, etc. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall definitely determine whether such system or combined system shall be operated upon a calendar, operating or fiscal year basis and the dates of the beginning and ending of the same. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §330.)
AL Code § 11-81-188 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-188 - Maintenance of Books of Record and Accounts, Balance Sheets, etc., as to Properties, Financial Condition, etc., of System; Inspection and Examination of Same.

Section 11-81-188Maintenance of books of record and accounts, balance sheets, etc., as to properties, financial condition, etc., of system; inspection and examination of same. (a) Any borrower issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this article shall install and maintain proper books of record and account, separate entirely from other records and accounts of such borrower, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the properties, business and affairs of the system or combined system. The governing body of such borrower, not later than three months after the close of any calendar, operating or fiscal year, shall cause to be prepared a balance sheet and an income and surplus account showing, respectively, in reasonable detail, the financial condition of the system or combined system at the close of each preceding calendar, operating or fiscal year and the financial operations thereof during such year. (b) Said balance sheets and income and surplus accounts shall at all reasonable times during usual business hours be open to examination and inspection by any taxpayer, user of the services furnished by the system or any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or anyone acting for or on behalf of such taxpayer, user of the services of the system or bondholder. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §335.)
AL Code § 11-81-189 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-189 - Impairment, etc., of Valid Liens or Contracts Not Authorized by Article.

Section 11-81-189Impairment, etc., of valid liens or contracts not authorized by article. Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any borrower to impair or commit a breach of the obligation of any valid lien or contract created or entered into by it, the intention of this article being to authorize the pledging, setting aside and segregation of gross revenues only where consistent with outstanding obligations of such borrower. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §337.)
AL Code § 11-81-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 5 - Revenue Bonds for Waterworks, Gas, Sewer or Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-190 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-81-190Construction of article. This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the counties, cities and incorporated towns of the State of Alabama, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §339.)
AL Code § 11-81-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-200 - Acquisition, Extension, Operation, etc., of Power Plants, Power Lines, Electric Systems, etc., by Counties or Municipalities Authorized; Acquisition of Rights-of-Way.

Section 11-81-200Acquisition, extension, operation, etc., of power plants, power lines, electric systems, etc., by counties or municipalities authorized; acquisition of rights-of-way. (a) Any county or municipal corporation within this state is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, construction, condemnation or otherwise and to maintain, extend, improve and operate electric light plants, power plants, power lines and electric distribution systems together with the extension and the appurtenances thereto and all the property, tangible and intangible and of like or different kind to be used or useful in connection therewith, either within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation or the boundaries of such county, under the provisions of this article for the purpose of producing, obtaining, distributing or furnishing an adequate supply of electricity for public, industrial, business, domestic, light, power or other consumption within or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation or the boundaries of such county. Franchises for the supply of such service to other municipalities or counties or to the inhabitants, industries or businesses therein shall be included within the properties which any municipal corporation or county may acquire under the provisions of this article, and such franchises may be acquired either from such municipalities or counties or from the owners of such franchises. All or any part of any existing power plant shall also be included in the properties which any municipal corporation or county may acquire under the provisions of this article. (b) Such municipal corporation or county may acquire necessary or convenient rights-of-way within the municipal corporation and without the municipal corporation and within the county and without the county in order to reach any necessary or accessible source of power at a United States government owned power plant or otherwise. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §353.)
AL Code § 11-81-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-201 - Election as to Proposed Undertaking.

Section 11-81-201Election as to proposed undertaking. Whenever any county or municipal corporation through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article, as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election the question of whether or not such county or municipality will enter upon the undertaking proposed by the governing body of the county or municipal corporation will be voted upon. If the majority of the voters shall vote in the affirmative, then the county or municipal governing body shall proceed with the proposed undertaking in conformity with the provisions of this article and the law of the state pertinent thereto; otherwise, it shall not. Such election shall be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or may be hereafter provided by the law applicable to the authorization of municipal or county bonds. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §354.)
AL Code § 11-81-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-202 - Borrowing of Money for Acquisition, Extension, etc., of Plants, etc., by Counties or Municipalities Authorized; Limitations.

Section 11-81-202Borrowing of money for acquisition, extension, etc., of plants, etc., by counties or municipalities authorized; limitations. For the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring such plants, or any one or more of them, or any part or parts thereof and making improvements and extensions thereto, either by purchase, construction, condemnation or otherwise, any municipal corporation or county may borrow money from any lender whomsoever, in such amount or amounts as the governing body of such municipal corporation or county may deem necessary or expedient, but no such municipal corporation or county that has reached or exceeded its constitutional debt limit which borrows money under the authority of this article shall bind its general credit or incur any personal liability or charge any general or special fund other than that authorized in this article or charge any property other than that authorized in this article for the repayment of such borrowed money or the payment of interest thereon. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §355.)
AL Code § 11-81-203 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-203 - Pledges, etc., of Plants, etc., as Security for Repayment of Money Borrowed With Interest.

Section 11-81-203Pledges, etc., of plants, etc., as security for repayment of money borrowed with interest. Any such county or municipal corporation which borrows money under the authority of this article may pledge, create a lien upon and mortgage any such plants, or any one or more of them or any part or parts thereof, together with the extensions, improvements and appurtenances thereto and all other property, tangible or intangible and of like or different kind, including franchises, acquired, constructed or installed by means of money borrowed under the authority of this article and also all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of such plants, or any one or more of them or any part or parts thereof, as security for the repayment of such borrowed money with interest. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §356.)
AL Code § 11-81-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-204 - Contracts for Security of Lender; Limitation as to Charges for Electric Energy and Service by Counties or Municipalities.

Section 11-81-204Contracts for security of lender; limitation as to charges for electric energy and service by counties or municipalities. (a) In addition and for the further security of the lender, any such county or municipal corporation which has borrowed money under the authority of this article may enter into a contract with the lender binding itself for the proper application of money borrowed from such lender and for the operation and maintenance of any such plants, or any one or more of them or any part or parts thereof, and for the imposition, collection, safeguarding, application, disposition and remittance of reasonable rates for energy supply and services, and for the promulgation of reasonable regulations relating to rates and services and for any other act, series of acts, duty or thing not inconsistent with the provisions of this article for the protection of the lender's loan and the assurance of a reasonable return upon the properties in which the proceeds of such loan are invested, out of which operating expenses and the principal and interest of such loan may be met. (b) No county or municipal corporation acquiring or constructing any electric light plant or electric distributing system under the provisions of this article nor receiver of any such electric light plant or distributing system shall charge any rate for electric energy and service that is higher than the rate for similar electric energy and service that has been authorized and approved by the Alabama Public Service Commission for public utility companies operating in counties or municipal corporations of approximately the same size in Alabama. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §357.)
AL Code § 11-81-205 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-205 - Form, Terms, etc., of Instrument Evidencing Loan.

Section 11-81-205Form, terms, etc., of instrument evidencing loan. Any such county or municipal corporation which borrows money under the authority of this article may evidence the loan by an instrument or instruments in such form and of such tenor and maturity as may be agreed upon between lender and borrower, but no such instrument shall purport or be effective to impose upon the borrower or the borrower's funds or property any liability in excess of or inconsistent with the liability, the assumption of which is authorized by this article. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §358.)
AL Code § 11-81-206 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 81 - Municipal and County Bonds.|Article 6 - Alternate Borrowing for Electric Systems.|Section 11-81-206 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-81-206Construction of article. Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power or right which any such city may have in the absence thereof. Nor shall any enumeration of subjects in this article be construed to exclude any subject which is embraced within any general language of this article. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37, §359.)