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AL Code § 11-47-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 8 - Liability for Negligence of Agents, Etc.|Section 11-47-191 - Institution of Actions, Entry, and Execution of Judgments Against Municipalities and Other Persons or Corporations Jointly Liable.

Section 11-47-191Institution of actions, entry, and execution of judgments against municipalities and other persons or corporations jointly liable. (a) The injured party, if he institutes a civil action against the municipality for damages suffered by him, shall also join such other person or persons or corporation so liable as defendant or defendants of the civil action, and no judgment shall be entered against the city or town unless judgment is entered against such other person or corporation so liable for such injury, except where a summons is returned not found as to a defendant or when judgment is entered in his favor on some personal defense, and if a civil action be brought against the city or town alone and it is made to appear that any person or corporation ought to be joined as a defendant in the action according to the provisions in Section 11-47-190, the action shall be dismissed, unless the plaintiff amends his complaint by making such party or corporation a defendant, if a resident of the state, but no person shall be sued jointly with the city or town who would not be liable separately, irrespective of this provision. (b) When a judgment shall be obtained against a municipality and the other party liable as provided in subsection (a) of this section, execution shall issue against the other defendant or defendants in the ordinary form and shall not be demandable of the city or town unless the other defendants are insolvent and the same cannot be made out of their property, and the city or town shall pay only so much of the said judgment as cannot be collected from the other defendants. (c) If the injured party shall, before bringing the civil action, demand of the mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality the name of such other person or persons or corporation as may be liable jointly with the said municipality to such injured party, and if such mayor or other chief executive officer fails to furnish, within 10 days from the making of such demand, the name of such person or persons or corporation so jointly liable, the said injured party shall not be required to join such other person as a party defendant with said municipality in any civil action brought to recover damages for such injuries. (Code 1907, §1274; Code 1923, §2030; Code 1940, T. 37, §503.)
AL Code § 11-47-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 8 - Liability for Negligence of Agents, Etc.|Section 11-47-192 - Filing of Statement as to Manner of Injury, Damages Claimed, Etc.

Section 11-47-192Filing of statement as to manner of injury, damages claimed, etc. No recovery shall be had against any city or town on a claim for personal injury received, unless a sworn statement be filed with the clerk by the party injured or his personal representative in case of his death stating substantially the manner in which the injury was received, the day and time and the place where the accident occurred and the damages claimed. (Code 1907, §1275; Code 1923, §2031; Code 1940, T. 37, §504.)
AL Code § 11-47-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-211 - Powers of Subdivisions as to Acquisition or Leasing of Lands, Buildings, etc., for Projects, Generally.

Section 11-47-211Powers of subdivisions as to acquisition or leasing of lands, buildings, etc., for projects, generally. Each subdivision in the State of Alabama may, in the manner as may be authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands, buildings, facilities, and improvements for public purposes, acquire or lease lands, buildings, facilities, and improvements situated in whole or in part inside or outside the limits of the subdivision for one or more projects; provided, however, that no project acquired by a municipality shall be located in whole or in part within the corporate limits or the police jurisdiction of another municipality or within a county other than the county where its primary site of government is located unless the governing body of the other municipality or county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location therein of the project; provided further, that no project acquired by a county shall be located in whole or in part in a different county unless the governing body of the other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location therein of the project. (Acts 1977, No. 209, p. 276, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-212 - Exercise by Subdivision With Respect to Projects Outside Corporate Limits or Boundaries of Powers Granted With Respect to Projects Within Corporate Limits or Boundaries.

Section 11-47-212Exercise by subdivision with respect to projects outside corporate limits or boundaries of powers granted with respect to projects within corporate limits or boundaries. All authority heretofore or hereafter granted to a subdivision to acquire, provide, establish, finance, including the issuance of bonds, warrants, or other obligations to pay the cost thereof, own, use, operate, manage, and control, including the fixing of fees and the charging for access to and the use and enjoyment thereof and the making of rules and regulations with respect thereto, projects situated within its corporate limits, in the case of a municipality, or within its boundaries, in the case of a county, shall be applicable to and may be exercised by the subdivision with respect to any project situated in whole or in part outside its corporate limits or its boundaries, as the case may be. (Acts 1977, No. 209, p. 276, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-213 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-213 - Cooperation by Subdivisions in Acquisition, Establishment, Operation, etc., of Projects; Powers of Cooperating Subdivisions.

Section 11-47-213Cooperation by subdivisions in acquisition, establishment, operation, etc., of projects; powers of cooperating subdivisions. A subdivision may join and cooperate with one or more other subdivisions in acquiring, providing, establishing, financing, refinancing, operating, managing, and controlling and conducting projects, making them common to the use of the subdivisions and the inhabitants thereof, and in fixing and charging fees and making rules and regulations for the conduct, management, and use thereof. All subdivisions so joining or cooperating shall jointly have the same powers and authority conferred on each by this article. (Acts 1977, No. 209, p. 276, §4; Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-219 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-219 - Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authorities; Vesting of Title, etc., to Properties Thereof Upon Dissolution.

Section 11-47-219Authority and procedure for dissolution of authorities; vesting of title, etc., to properties thereof upon dissolution. At any time when an authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate with which the authority's certificate of incorporation is filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibitions to the contrary, thereupon vest in one or more counties or municipalities in the manner and interests as may be provided in the certificate of incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the certificate of incorporation contains no provision respecting the vesting of title to the properties of the authority, title to all of the properties shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibitions to the contrary, thereupon vest in its authorizing subdivision, or if the authority has more than one authorizing subdivision, in its authorizing subdivisions as tenants in common. (Acts 1977, No. 209, p. 276, §10; Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-220 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-47-220Construction of article. Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a limitation or restriction upon any power which a municipality might otherwise have under the laws of the State of Alabama and this article shall be construed as cumulative of such powers. (Acts 1977, No. 209, p. 276, §11.)
AL Code § 11-47-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-221 - Bonds of an Authority - Execution and Delivery; Form and Denominations; Rate of Interest; Redemption; Issuance and Sale.

Section 11-47-221Bonds of an authority - Execution and delivery; form and denominations; rate of interest; redemption; issuance and sale. Bonds of an authority may be executed and delivered by it at any time, shall be in the form and denominations and of the tenor and maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, shall bear the rate or rates of interest, which may be fixed or which may float or vary based on some index or other standard deemed appropriate by the board or pursuant to periodic determinations made by an agent of the authority, shall be payable and evidenced in the manner, may contain provisions for redemption prior to maturity, and may contain other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, all as may be provided by the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds or by the indenture whereunder the bonds are authorized to be issued. A bond of any authority having a specified maturity date more than 10 years after its date shall be made subject to redemption at the option of the authority at the end of the tenth year after its date, and on any interest payment date thereafter, under such terms and conditions and at such premiums, if any, as may be provided in the resolution under which the bond is authorized to be issued. Any borrowing may be effected by the issuance and sale of bonds at either public or private sale in the manner, at the price or prices, at the time or times and on the other terms and conditions as may be determined by the board to be most advantageous to the authority. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §3.)
AL Code § 11-47-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-223 - Bonds of an Authority - Signature and Seal.

Section 11-47-223Bonds of an authority - Signature and seal. All bonds of an authority shall be signed in the name and behalf of the authority by its chair or vice-chair, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, facsimiles of the signatures of the officers may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of the officers manually signing the same so long as the related indenture or other authorizing proceedings provide for the manual authentication of the bonds by a trustee or paying agent, and provided further that a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be imprinted, or otherwise reproduced, on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto. If, after any of the bonds are so signed, whether manually or by facsimile, any officer shall, for any reason, vacate his or her office, the bonds so signed may nevertheless be delivered at any time thereafter as the act and deed of the authority. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §5.)
AL Code § 11-47-227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-227 - Construction of Bonds as Negotiable Instruments.

Section 11-47-227Construction of bonds as negotiable instruments. Bonds issued by an authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified or limited source. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §9.)
AL Code § 11-47-228 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-228 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 11-47-228Exemption from taxation. The property and income of an authority, all bonds issued by an authority, the interest on the bonds, conveyances by or to an authority, and leases, deeds, or indentures by or to an authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All tangible personal property sold by an authority is expressly exempt from all state and local sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to law. An authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county or municipality which has consented to and approved the project, or other political subdivision of the state, including, without limitation, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which an authority may engage. An authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §10; Act 2000-716, p. 1538, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-229 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-229 - Exemption From State Laws Governing Usury or Prescribing or Limiting Interest Rates.

Section 11-47-229Exemption from state laws governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates. Each authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §11.)
AL Code § 11-47-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-230 - Compliance With State Laws Governing Competitive Bidding.

Section 11-47-230Compliance with state laws governing competitive bidding. An authority and all contracts made by it shall comply with the laws of the state requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations including, without limitation, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §12.)
AL Code § 11-47-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-231 - Bonds as Legal Investments.

Section 11-47-231Bonds as legal investments. The bonds of an authority shall be legal investments in which the state and its agencies and instrumentalities, all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and public corporations organized under the laws thereof, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, and investments companies of any kind, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whosoever are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds in their control or belonging to them. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §13.)
AL Code § 11-47-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-232 - Authority as Nonprofit Corporation.

Section 11-47-232Authority as nonprofit corporation. An 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 a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of an authority, then any portion, as determined by the board, of the net earnings of an authority thereafter accruing may, in the discretion of the board, be paid to one or more of its authorizing subdivisions. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §14.)
AL Code § 11-47-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-233 - Notice Respecting Issuance of Bonds; Limitation of Actions Contesting Validity of Bonds.

Section 11-47-233Notice respecting issuance of bonds; limitation of actions contesting validity of bonds. Upon the adoption by the board of an authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority shall cause a notice respecting the issuance of the bonds to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in each county in which shall be located any project financed or in any way assisted by the issuance of the bonds, the publication in each county to be in a newspaper having general circulation therein. The notice shall be in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed the name and title of either the chair or secretary of the authority: "________, a public corporation and instrumentality of the State of Alabama, on the _____ day of ________, authorized the issuance of $ _____ principal amount of bonds (or notes, as the case may be) of the public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the public corporation was organized. Any action or proceedings questioning or contesting the validity of the bonds, or the instruments securing the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced on or before ________ (insert date determined in accordance with the provision of the next paragraph of this section)." The date stated in the notice as the date on or before which any action or proceedings questioning or contesting the validity of the bonds referred to therein shall be commenced shall be a date at least 30 days after the date on which occurs the last publication of the notice necessary for it to have been published at least once in all counties in which it is required to be published. Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in the notice or to contest the validity of the bonds, or the validity of any instruments securing the same, shall be commenced on or before the date determined in accordance with the preceding sentence and stated in the notice as the date on or before which the action or proceeding shall be commenced. After the date no right of action or defense shall be asserted questioning or contesting the validity of the bonds, or the instruments securing the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, nor shall the validity of the bonds or the instruments or proceedings be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever, except in an action or proceeding commenced on or before the date. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §15.)
AL Code § 11-47-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-234 - Eminent Domain.

Section 11-47-234Eminent domain. Neither an authority nor a participating subdivision in an authority shall have the power of eminent domain for a project under this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §16.)
AL Code § 11-47-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-235 - Effect of Revenue Obligations on State of Alabama; Prohibition Against Use of State Funds to Retire Indebtedness.

Section 11-47-235Effect of revenue obligations on State of Alabama; prohibition against use of state funds to retire indebtedness. Revenue obligations issued by any public authority pursuant to this article shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama, and no state funds shall be used to retire the principal and interest of any indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §17.)