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AL Code § 24-1A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-12 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 24-1A-12Exemption from taxation. The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the interest payable on and the income derived from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority and leases, mortgages and deeds of trust or trust indentures by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including, but without limitation, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any private person, firm or corporation from payment of any ad valorem, mortgage or deed taxes or recording fees notwithstanding the fact that the authority shall have acquired an interest in the property or instrument subject to such taxes or fees. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §14.)
AL Code § 24-1A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-13 - Liability of State.

Section 24-1A-13Liability of state. The state shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §15.)
AL Code § 24-1A-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-14 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 24-1A-14Exemption from usury and interest laws. All securities issued by the authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §16.)
AL Code § 24-1A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-15 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control; Authority Deemed Independent Instrumentality.

Section 24-1A-15Freedom of authority from state supervision and control; authority deemed independent instrumentality. This chapter is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the chapter by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority, the purchase of any mortgage loans or the making of any loan to a mortgage lender, the acquisition of any mortgage, the acquisition of, or any dealing with respect to, any mortgaged property, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §17.)
AL Code § 24-1A-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-16 - Earnings of Authority; Nonprofit; Excess Paid to State.

Section 24-1A-16Earnings of authority; nonprofit; excess paid to state. The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event its board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, then any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing shall be paid to the state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §18.)
AL Code § 24-1A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-17 - Dissolution of Authority; Vesting Title to Property in State.

Section 24-1A-17Dissolution of authority; vesting title to property in state. At any time when an authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board of directors may by the unanimous vote of all directors present adopt a resolution declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in the office of the Secretary of State, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it shall own any property at the time of its dissolution, the title of all its properties shall thereupon pass to the state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §19.)
AL Code § 24-1A-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-18 - Utilization of Services Provided by Department of Finance.

Section 24-1A-18Utilization of services provided by Department of Finance. The authority shall utilize all administrative services which may be provided by the Department of Finance. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §20.)
AL Code § 24-1A-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-19 - Conflict of Interest; Rules Governing.

Section 24-1A-19Conflict of interest; rules governing. The entire board of directors, the officers and employees of the authority are hereby subject to the provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 and to the rules and promulgations of the State Ethics Commission. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, P. 899, §21.)
AL Code § 24-1A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-20 - Chapter Not to Aid in Refinancing.

Section 24-1A-20Chapter not to aid in refinancing. This chapter shall not be used to assist any present owner for refinancing purposes. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §22.)
AL Code § 24-1A-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 1 - Housing Finance Authority.|Section 24-1A-21 - Liberal Construction.

Section 24-1A-21Liberal construction. This chapter being remedial in nature, the provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose. (Acts 1980, No. 80-585, p. 899, §23.)
AL Code § 24-1A-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 2 - Home Buyers Initiative Act.|Section 24-1A-40 - Short Title.

Section 24-1A-40Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Alabama Home Buyers Initiative Act." (Act 2009-284, p. 487, §1.)
AL Code § 24-1A-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 2 - Home Buyers Initiative Act.|Section 24-1A-41 - Legislative Findings.

Section 24-1A-41Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the effects of the global and national recession are now affecting Alabama's housing industry and adversely affecting the state's economic development activity. The large number of homes on the market is causing a reduction in housing starts, resulting in fewer construction jobs and lower tax collections from the sale of building materials. In addition, the large number of existing homes on the market is adversely affecting the states economic recovery. The Legislature desires to provide a stimulus to provide a boost to the housing industry and to facilitate economic development and industrial recruitment by creating a guarantee fund that would encourage investments in new thirty-year, fixed-rate conventional mortgage loans through a program administered by the Alabama Housing Finance Authority. The guarantee fund will reduce the investor's potential for losses. (Act 2009-284, p. 487,§2.)
AL Code § 24-1A-41.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 1A - Alabama Housing Finance Authority.|Article 2 - Home Buyers Initiative Act.|Section 24-1A-41.1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 24-1A-41.1Legislative intent. (a) In order to offset the adverse effects of the global and national recession on Alabama's housing industry and its economic development activity and to provide a boost to the state's housing industry and its economic development and industrial recruitment, the Legislature adopted the Alabama Home Buyers Initiative Act, codified as Sections 24-1A-40 to 24-1A-43, inclusive, which established a mortgage guarantee fund to reimburse investors for a portion of any foreclosure losses suffered as a result of purchasing qualified mortgage loans on eligible properties located within the State of Alabama. (b) Pursuant to the act, six million dollars ($6,000,000) was appropriated and irrevocably deposited in the mortgage guarantee fund. The fund is held by the State Treasurer and administered by the Alabama Housing Finance Authority, a public corporation and instrumentality of the State of Alabama. (c) It is hereby found and determined that, due to dramatic changes in the mortgage industry during the recent economic crisis, no qualified mortgage loans have been purchased by investors under the act, and no such loans are reasonably expected to be purchased in the future, and as a result, none of the money appropriated by the act and deposited in the mortgage guarantee fund has been deployed for its initial purposes. (d) Therefore, in accordance with the original intent of Section 24-1A-43, the Legislature intends to make the funds on deposit in the mortgage guarantee fund available for alternative housing programs. (Act 2014-88, p. 141, §1.)
AL Code § 24-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-1 - Short Title.

Section 24-5-1Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Homes Act." (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §1; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-2 - Definitions.

Section 24-5-2Definitions. Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this article, for purposes of this article, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) ALABAMA MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMISSION FUND. The fund established to provide necessary revenue for the enforcement of this article. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission. (3) DEALER. Any person, other than a manufacturer, who is duly licensed to sell manufactured homes in this state. (4) LABEL. The approved form of certification by the manufacturer under the Uniform Standards Code that is permanently affixed to each manufactured home or transportable section thereof, and which serves as the certification by the manufacturer of conformance with the applicable federal manufactured home construction and safety standards in effect the date of manufacture. (5) MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which when erected on site measures eight body feet or more in width and 32 body feet or more in length, built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. A manufactured home can be new. A new manufactured home is a manufactured home which is still in the possession of the manufacturer, dealer, or first purchaser of the manufactured home. (6) MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION. All activities relating to the assembly and manufacture of a manufactured home including, but not limited to, those relating to durability, quality, and safety. (7) MANUFACTURER. Any person who manufactures manufactured homes and shall include the manufacturer, factory branch, or factory representative. (8) PERSON. A person, firm, partnership, company, corporation, or association engaged in manufacturing or selling manufactured homes. (9) UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE. The federal manufactured home construction or safety standards promulgated pursuant to Section 604 of the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, published in Public Law 93-383, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq., or the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, or both, as amended from time to time. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §2; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §1; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-3 - Establishment of Uniform Standards.

Section 24-5-3Establishment of uniform standards. All construction of manufactured homes manufactured after May 28, 1980, in this state shall meet the standards of the Uniform Standards Code. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §3; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §2; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-4 - Inspection or Approval; Certification of Manufacturer.

Section 24-5-4Inspection or approval; certification of manufacturer. No person may sell or offer to sell in the state any new manufactured home for use in this state manufactured after May 28, 1980, unless each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) A label of approval has been permanently affixed to the manufactured home. (2) The label bears a certification by the manufacturer that the new manufactured home to which the label is attached meets or exceeds the Uniform Standards Code. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §3; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-5 - Label and Certification Required for Manufactured Homes.

Section 24-5-5Label and certification required for manufactured homes. No person may manufacture in this state any manufactured home after May 28, 1980, unless it bears a label and certification, certifying that the manufactured home meets or exceeds the Uniform Standards Code. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §5; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §4; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-6 - Licenses for Sale of Manufactured Homes.

Section 24-5-6Licenses for sale of manufactured homes. (a) Any manufacturer or dealer within or without this state shall apply for a license to sell manufactured homes in this state. (b) Applications shall be obtained from and submitted to the commission. Each applicant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government. (c) The original license fee and the renewal fee shall be established by the commission by rule pursuant to Section 24-6-4. Each sales or manufacturing location shall be required to be licensed at the same rate and basis as others. The license shall be valid from January 1 until December 31 of the year in which the license was issued or until revoked as provided in this section. (d) Any license may be revoked or suspended by the commission for violation of this article, or rules and regulations or standards or codes or specifications adopted pursuant to this article. The commission shall notify the licensee in writing of the reasons why the commission intends to revoke or suspend the license, and the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing before the commission within 10 days after receipt of the notice of intention to revoke or suspend. At the hearing the commission shall consider the circumstances and shall give the licensee reasonable time, but not less than 30 days, to correct the conditions or circumstances that caused the notice of intention to revoke or suspend the license to be given. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §6; Acts 1975, No. 1143, p. 2245; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §5; Act 2001-426, p. 543, §3; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-7 - Sale of New Manufactured Homes Without Labels.

Section 24-5-7Sale of new manufactured homes without labels. A new manufactured home which does not bear the label required by this article may not be offered for sale by any manufacturer or dealer anywhere within the geographical limits of this state. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §7; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §6; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-9 - Inspection of Establishments; Testing and Records.

Section 24-5-9Inspection of establishments; testing and records. (a) The commission shall cause to be inspected, at such times as it may deem proper, any place or establishment within this state where manufactured homes are manufactured, sold, or offered for sale, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of this article and the regulations of the commission have been met. (b) The commission, or its duly authorized representatives, may cause products or parts or portions thereof to be analyzed or tested by the state agent, or its duly authorized agency. Such analysis or test records may be preserved by the commission, and when sworn to by the state testing agent, or its duly authorized agency, shall be prima facie evidence of violations of this article or rules and regulations or standards or codes or specifications adopted pursuant to this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §8; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-10 - License Fees.

Section 24-5-10License fees. A license to sell to licensed dealers or to the public of this state shall be issued for a fee in an amount as established by the commission by rule pursuant to Section 24-6-4. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §9; Acts 1975, No. 1051, p. 2114; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §8; Act 2001-426, p. 543, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-11 - Statistics and Records as to Manufactured Homes.

Section 24-5-11Statistics and records as to manufactured homes. (a) The commission shall maintain a system by which accurate statistics regarding the disposition of all manufactured homes by licensees may be obtained. (b) The commission shall require that each licensee in this state maintain adequate records so as to ascertain all of the following information: (1) The total number of manufactured homes manufactured. (2) The total number of manufactured homes delivered to dealers within and without the state. (3) The total number of manufactured homes sold to individuals within and without the state, including name, address, and county. (4) Specific information about each manufactured home, including serial number, manufacturer's name, model name or number, or both, and size unit. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §10; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-12 - Administration of Article.

Section 24-5-12Administration of article. The commission is hereby charged with the administration of this article. It shall make and amend, alter or repeal general rules and regulations of procedure for carrying into effect all provisions of this article and prescribe means, methods, and practices to make effective such provisions. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §11.)
AL Code § 24-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-13 - Enforcement of Article; Local Ordinances Providing for Inspection of Manufactured Homes.

Section 24-5-13Enforcement of article; local ordinances providing for inspection of manufactured homes. (a) No person may interfere, obstruct, or hinder an authorized representative of the commission who displays proper commission credentials in the performance of his or her duties as set forth in this article. (b) In the performance of its duties, the commission, or any of its duly authorized representatives , may enter and inspect, at any reasonable time, any place or establishment where manufactured homes are manufactured, sold, or offered for sale, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of this article and the regulations of the commission have been met. (c) Nothing in this article shall prevent the governing authority of any county or municipal corporation from adopting ordinances or resolutions providing for the inspection of manufactured homes sold or placed within its limits and to provide penalties for violations thereof, but no such ordinance or resolution shall conflict with any power or authority of the commission, or its duly authorized representatives. Any manufactured home which has been inspected and approved in accordance with this article is not required to comply with any local ordinances in conflict with this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §12; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)
AL Code § 24-5-13.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 5 - Manufactured Homes.|Article 1 - Uniform Standards Code.|Section 24-5-13.1 - Commission Authorized to Enter Into Contracts With Agencies Dealing With Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; Purpose.

Section 24-5-13.1Commission authorized to enter into contracts with agencies dealing with federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; purpose. The commission shall be authorized to enter into contracts with any private or public agency which is under contract with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide services in the enforcement of the Uniform Standards Code. (Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §10.)