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AL Code § 11-50-439 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-439 - Powers and Duties of Board Generally.

Section 11-50-439Powers and duties of board generally. The board shall have complete control of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system of such municipality and shall have authority to employ, upon terms to be fixed by the board but in no event for a term exceeding one year, and to discharge with or without cause, managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, plumbers, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system; except, that in those municipalities where public employees are governed by a citywide civil service or merit system act all of such managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, plumbers, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such waterworks plant and waterworks system shall in all respects, both as to selection, employment, discharge, tenure of office, or employment and as to pay, promotion, demotion, and all other respects covered by said civil service or merit system act be governed and controlled by said civil service or merit system act, anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding. It shall have the power and authority and it shall be its duty to charge for and collect all accounts due for any service which the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system may furnish to its customers upon rates to be provided and approved by the governing body of such municipality. The board shall have the right to delegate to any manager which it may employ the authority to employ and discharge employees which may be needed, to direct their work and to manage, control, and operate the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system and to account to the board for his acts in so doing, but his authority shall be restricted as the authority of the board is restricted in this article. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §8.)
AL Code § 11-50-440 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-440 - Appointment of Accountant, etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts.

Section 11-50-440Appointment of accountant, etc., to make annual examination and report of books and accounts. The board shall at least once a year appoint an expert accountant or firm of accountants who shall make an examination in detail of all books and accounts of the board to cover the period since the preceding examination and make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of its findings at the board's first meeting after completion of such report, a copy of which shall also be furnished the governing body of the municipality, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The same person or firm shall not be appointed or authorized to make such examination twice in succession. For this service said accountants shall be paid such reasonable and proper sum as may be agreed upon. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §11.)
AL Code § 11-50-441 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-441 - Annual Report to Municipal Governing Body.

Section 11-50-441Annual report to municipal governing body. Said board shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality, showing in detail the receipts and expenditures for its preceding fiscal year, the physical condition of the property under the care of said board and any other matters of public interest connected with said board. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §12.)
AL Code § 11-50-442 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-442 - Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, etc., to Waterworks Plant and System, Etc.

Section 11-50-442Expenditures for new construction, additions, etc., to waterworks plant and system, etc. No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system or the equipment used by the same shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than $5,000.00 without the consent and approval of the governing body of the municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §13.)
AL Code § 11-50-443 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-443 - Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally.

Section 11-50-443Maintenance and disbursement of funds of board generally. All funds of said board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the municipality and in the municipal depositories, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon warrants signed by an employee of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system designated by the board and countersigned by a member of the board designated by the board and issued for claims that have been audited and ordered paid by said board and for salaries due board members and employees for work performed and services rendered. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §14.)
AL Code § 11-50-444 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-444 - Disposition of Moneys Received From Operation of Waterworks Plant and System.

Section 11-50-444Disposition of moneys received from operation of waterworks plant and system. All money collected from the sale of water or received in any way from the use of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system shall be deposited in the municipal depositories and shall be distributed by the board as required by the governing body of the municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §15.)
AL Code § 11-50-445 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-445 - Fixing of Bonds Required From Depositories.

Section 11-50-445Fixing of bonds required from depositories. Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1, 2001. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §16.)
AL Code § 11-50-460 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-460 - Creation; Composition.

Section 11-50-460Creation; composition. Any municipality in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized within its discretion to create and establish by ordinance a municipal gas utility board for such municipality, to be composed of three members. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-461 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-461 - Members of Board - Qualifications.

Section 11-50-461Members of board - Qualifications. No person shall be eligible for membership on said board who is not a qualified elector of such municipality or who is an officer of the municipality or an employee thereof or who is a member of the governing body or whose term on the governing body expired within six months prior to his election to the board. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-462 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-462 - Members of Board - Election and Terms of Office; Vacancies.

Section 11-50-462Members of board - Election and terms of office; vacancies. The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members of the board. Immediately upon the creation and establishment of the board, the governing body of such municipality shall proceed to elect one member to serve until July 1 of the next ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified, one member to serve until July 1 of the second ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified and one member to serve until July 1 of the third ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified. At the first regular meeting of the governing body of such municipality in the month of June of each year, the said governing body shall elect a successor of the member of the board whose term expires on July 1 following, and the person so elected shall become a member of the board on July 1 following and shall hold such position for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Should such governing body fail to elect a member at its first meeting in the month of June, it shall do so at any succeeding regular meeting of such governing body. A member of the board may succeed himself if the governing body of such municipality desires to reelect him. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board by resignation, death, or any other cause, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately fill said vacancy by electing another person to membership on the board, who shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member he succeeds and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §2.)
AL Code § 11-50-463 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-463 - Members of Board - Oath of Office.

Section 11-50-463Members of board - Oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and the Constitution of the United States, and that I will faithfully, zealously, and impartially discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, without fear or favor, for the public welfare, so help me God." The successors to the members of the board named in this article shall take and subscribe the same oath. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §4.)
AL Code § 11-50-464 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-464 - Members of Board - Impeachment and Removal.

Section 11-50-464Members of board — Impeachment and removal. Members of the board may be removed from office in the manner and on the same grounds provided by the general law of this state for the impeachment and removal of officers, as set out in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §10.)
AL Code § 11-50-465 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-465 - Members of Board - Compensation.

Section 11-50-465Members of board - Compensation. Each member of the board shall receive for his services such compensation as authorized by the governing body of such municipality. The compensation to the members of the board shall be paid in monthly installments from the money received from the operation of the municipal gas distribution system. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §6.)
AL Code § 11-50-466 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-466 - Officers.

Section 11-50-466Officers. At the first meeting of the board, the members shall elect one of their number as chairman and one of their number as secretary. Thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chairman and a secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chairman and secretary shall be filled by the board if and when the same may occur. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §5.)
AL Code § 11-50-467 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-467 - Meetings.

Section 11-50-467Meetings. The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and other meetings at such times and places as its members may elect, and the chairman of the board or any two members may call a meeting at any time he or they consider that the business demands that a meeting be held. The chairman and one member or any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A true record of all the proceedings of all meetings of the board shall be kept by the secretary. At the call of any member the vote on any pending question shall be taken by ayes and nayes, and the same shall be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to any member of the governing body and to the public at all times, and a copy from said record, certified by the secretary, shall be competent evidence in all courts. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §7.)
AL Code § 11-50-468 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-468 - Official Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees.

Section 11-50-468Official bonds of certain officers and employees. All officers or employees of the board handling money or exercising authority over property of the municipality shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond with some surety company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama, as surety, and payable to the municipality, to be approved by the board, in such penalty as the board may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices or employment and faithfully to account for all moneys received or property coming into their possession in the capacity of their employment. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §9.)
AL Code § 11-50-469 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-469 - Powers and Duties of Board Generally.

Section 11-50-469Powers and duties of board generally. The board shall have complete control of the municipal gas distribution system of such municipality and shall have authority to employ, upon terms to be fixed by the board, but in no event for a term exceeding one year, and to discharge, with or without cause, managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, plumbers, gas fitters, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such municipal gas distribution system, except that in those municipalities where public employees are governed by a citywide civil service or merit system act all of such managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, plumbers, gas fitters, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such system shall in all respects, both as to selection, employment, discharge, tenure of office, or employment and as to pay, promotion, demotion, and all other respects covered by said civil service or merit system act, be governed and controlled by said civil service or merit system act, anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding. It shall have the power and authority and it shall be its duty to charge for and collect all accounts due for any service which the municipal gas distribution system may furnish to its customers upon rates to be provided and approved by the governing body of such municipality. The board shall have the right to delegate to any manager which it may employ the authority to employ and discharge employees which may be needed, to direct their work and to manage, control, and operate the municipal gas distribution system, and to account to the board for his acts in so doing, but his authority shall be restricted as the authority of the board is restricted in this article. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §8.)
AL Code § 11-50-470 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-470 - Appointment of Accountant, etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts.

Section 11-50-470Appointment of accountant, etc., to make annual examination and report of books and accounts. The board shall at least once a year appoint an expert accountant or firm of accountants who shall make an examination in detail of all books and accounts of the board to cover the period since the preceding examination and make a full report in writing, under oath, to the board of its findings at the board's first meeting after completion of such report, a copy of which shall also be furnished the governing body of the municipality, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The same person or firm shall not be appointed or authorized to make such examination twice in succession. For this service said accountant shall be paid such reasonable and proper sum as may be agreed upon. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §11.)
AL Code § 11-50-471 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-471 - Annual Report to Municipal Governing Body.

Section 11-50-471Annual report to municipal governing body. Said board shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality, showing in detail the receipts and expenditures for its preceding fiscal year, the physical condition of the property under the care of said board, and any other matters of public interest connected with said board. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §12.)
AL Code § 11-50-472 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-472 - Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, etc., to Gas Distribution System, Etc.

Section 11-50-472Expenditures for new construction, additions, etc., to gas distribution system, etc. No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to the municipal gas distribution system or the equipment used by the same shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than $5,000.00 without the consent and approval of the governing body of the municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §13.)
AL Code § 11-50-473 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-473 - Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally.

Section 11-50-473Maintenance and disbursement of funds of board generally. All funds of said board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the municipality and in the municipal depositories, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon warrants signed by an employee of the municipal gas system designated by the board and countersigned by a member of the board designated by the board and issued for claims that have been audited and ordered paid by said board and for salaries due board members and employees for work performed and services rendered. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §14.)
AL Code § 11-50-474 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-474 - Disposition of Moneys Received From Operation of Gas Distribution System.

Section 11-50-474Disposition of moneys received from operation of gas distribution system. All money collected from the sale of gas or received in any way from the use of municipal gas or received in any way from the use of the municipal gas distribution system shall be deposited in the municipal depositories and shall be distributed by the board as required by the governing body of the municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §15.)
AL Code § 11-50-475 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-475 - Fixing of Bonds Required From Depositories.

Section 11-50-475Fixing of bonds required from depositories. Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1, 2001. (Acts 1953, No. 861, p. 1157, §16.)
AL Code § 11-50-490 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 15 - Electric Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-490 - Creation.

Section 11-50-490Creation. Any municipality in the State of Alabama is authorized within its discretion to create and establish, by ordinance, a municipal electric utility board for such municipality, to be composed of three members. (Acts 1939, No. 463, p. 675; Code 1940, T. 18, §60.)
AL Code § 11-50-491 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 15 - Electric Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-491 - Qualifications of Members.

Section 11-50-491Qualifications of members. No person shall be eligible for membership on said board who is not a qualified elector of such municipality, or who is an officer of the municipality or an employee thereof, or who is a member of the governing body or whose term on the governing body expired within six months prior to his election on the board. (Acts 1939, No. 463, p. 675; Code 1940, T. 18, §62.)