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AL Code § 16-13A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-5 - Supervision, Fiduciary Responsibility of Chief School Financial Officer; Duties.

Section 16-13A-5Supervision, fiduciary responsibility of chief school financial officer; duties. (a) The chief school financial officer shall work under the direct supervision of the local superintendent of education but shall have a fiduciary responsibility to the local board of education. (b) The chief school financial officer shall perform each of the following duties: (1) Verify the receipt of all funds to which the local board of education may be entitled by law or which may come into its possession for public school purposes. (2) Verify the payment of such funds, such payments to occur only on written order of the local superintendent of education. (3) Keep an accurate record of all receipts and expenditures, and provide such information to the local superintendent and the local board. (4) Make reports as may be required by law, by the local board of education, or by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. (5) Personally notify, in writing, each board member and the local superintendent of education of any financial transaction of the local board of education which the chief school financial officer deems to be non-routine, unusual, without legal authorization, or not in compliance with the fiscal management policies of the board. The notification shall be recorded in the minutes of the board by the president of the local board of education. (6) Be bonded in an amount determined by the State Board of Education. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-6 - Required Reports.

Section 16-13A-6Required reports. (a) The State Board of Education shall by regulation provide for various financial and other information which local superintendents of education shall have prepared for the local boards of education, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) A monthly financial statement showing the financial status of the local board of education accounts with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (2) A monthly report showing all receipts and the sources thereof. (3) A monthly report showing all expenditures with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (4) An annual projected budget. (5) Monthly and/or quarterly reports showing expenditures relative to such projected budget. (6) A yearly report of the fixed assets inventory of the local board of education with itemized categories specified by the State Board of Education. (7) Financial and other information necessary to participate in national statistical studies on education. (b) The financial information required in subsection (a), as well as any other financial information which the State Board of Education shall require, shall be submitted in writing and/or electronically to the Chief Education Financial Officer by the 15th day of the month following its presentation to the local board of education. (c) All local boards of education shall be required to implement a standardized financial accounting program as determined by the State Department of Education to collect the information required by this chapter and to provide for ease of input by local boards of education and ease of monitoring by a local board of education, its chief school financial officer, and the State Department of Education. If a local school system's financial report is found to be in conflict with generally accepted accounting principles, the State Department of Education shall issue a notice to that school system informing it of such and request that proof of correction of conflict be forwarded to the State Department of Education and approved by the State Superintendent of Education within a reasonable time thereafter.  (d) All financial documents, in whatever source maintained, are public documents, and shall be open to inspection and accessible to the public. An annual budget and monthly financial statements with supporting spread sheets as submitted to the State Department of Education shall be made available to the general public at the local school system Internet site. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-8 - Authority to Expend Funds.

Section 16-13A-8Authority to expend funds.  Each local board of education shall adopt procedures relating to the expenditure of funds which do not require express board approval prior to the expenditure. A local superintendent of education, subject to these policies and board-approved budget limitations, may expend funds without prior approval of the board. All such expenditures shall be included in the monthly report to the board of expenditures required pursuant to this chapter. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-9 - Reserve Funds.

Section 16-13A-9Reserve funds. (a) A local board of education shall develop a plan to establish and maintain a minimum reserve fund equal to one month's operating expenses. Also, a local board of education shall develop a plan to replenish its reserve fund after any withdrawal is made pursuant to subsection (b).  (b) Local boards of education are authorized to expend such reserve funds if either of the following occur:  (1) The Governor declares proration in the Education Trust Fund. (2) Total state funds appropriated by the Legislature to the local boards of education are less than the same appropriation for the preceding fiscal year. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2; Act 2009-747, p. 2266, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-10 - Penalties for Failing to Comply With Chapter.

Section 16-13A-10Penalties for failing to comply with chapter.  If an employee or official of a local board of education deliberately, willfully, or wantonly fails to provide the local board of education, the State Department of Education, the State Superintendent of Education, or the Chief Education Financial Officer with accurate information required pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to regulations of the State Department of Education or the State Board of Education, or if the employee knowingly, willfully, or wantonly provides inaccurate information, the employee is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-11 - Liability.

Section 16-13A-11Liability.  No individual member of a local board of education shall be held financially liable for misappropriation of funds of the local board of education unless the individual acts willfully, maliciously, fraudulently, in bad faith beyond his or her authority, or pursuant to a mistaken interpretation of the law. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-12 - Bonding.

Section 16-13A-12Bonding. (a) The following officers and employees of a local board of education shall be bonded in amounts fixed by the local board of education and approved by the State Superintendent of Education: (1) Local superintendents of education. (2) Chief school financial officers. (3) Any other employee of a local board handling local board of education funds as required by the board. (b) The Chief Education Financial Officer shall be bonded in an amount fixed by the State Superintendent of Education and approved by the State Board of Education. (c) A certified copy of the bond shall be filed with the State Superintendent of Education. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13A - School Fiscal Accountability.|Section 16-13A-13 - Publication of Budget and Financial Information.

Section 16-13A-13Publication of budget and financial information. Budget and financial information used for public hearings on local district budgets shall be published on a form provided by the State Superintendent of Education. Such information shall contain financial information at both the school and school district levels. (Act 2006-196, p. 275, §2.)
AL Code § 16-13B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-3 - Emergency Action.

Section 16-13B-3Emergency action. In case of emergency affecting public health, safety, or convenience, so declared in writing by the awarding authority, setting forth the nature of the danger to public health, safety, or convenience involved in delay, contracts may be let to the extent necessary to meet the emergency without public advertisement. Such action and the reasons therefor shall immediately be made public by the awarding authority. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-5 - Collusive Agreements.

Section 16-13B-5Collusive agreements. (a) Any agreement or collusion among bidders or prospective bidders in restraint of freedom of competition, by agreement, to bid at a fixed price or to refrain from bidding or otherwise shall render the bids of such bidders void and shall cause such bidders to be disqualified from submitting further bids to the awarding authority on future purchases. (b) Whoever knowingly participates in a collusive agreement in violation of this section involving a bid or bids of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and under shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (c) Whoever knowingly and intentionally participates in a collusive agreement in violation of this section involving a bid or bids of over fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) shall be guilty of a Class C felony, and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-6 - Advance Disclosure of Bid Terms.

Section 16-13B-6Advance disclosure of bid terms. Any disclosure in advance of the terms of a bid submitted in response to an advertisement for bids shall render the proceedings void and require advertisement and award anew. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-8 - Bond Requirement.

Section 16-13B-8Bond requirement. Bond in a responsible sum for faithful performance of the contract, with adequate surety, may be required in an amount specified in the advertisement for bids. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-9 - Assignment of Contract.

Section 16-13B-9Assignment of contract. No contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder shall be assignable by the successful bidder without written consent of the awarding authority, and in no event shall a contract be assigned to an unsuccessful bidder whose bid was rejected because he or she was not a responsible bidder. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-10 - Conflict of Interests; Violations.

Section 16-13B-10Conflict of interests; violations. (a) No member or officer of the city and county boards of education shall be financially interested or have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of or contract for any personal property or contractual service, nor shall any person willfully make any purchase or award any contract in violation of this chapter. (b) Any violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than 12 months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Upon conviction thereof, any person who willfully makes any purchase or awards any contract in violation of this chapter shall be removed from office. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-13B-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 13B - Competitive Bidding for Certain Contracts of County and City Boards of Education.|Section 16-13B-11 - Action to Enjoin Execution of Contract.

Section 16-13B-11Action to enjoin execution of contract. Any taxpayer of the area within the jurisdiction of the awarding authority and any bona fide unsuccessful bidder on a particular contract shall be empowered to bring a civil action in the appropriate court to enjoin execution of any contract entered into in violation of this chapter. (Act 2009-760, p. 2294, §1.)
AL Code § 16-15-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-15-1Definitions. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §2.)
AL Code § 16-15-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-2 - Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent.

Section 16-15-2Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §1.)
AL Code § 16-15-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-3 - Incorporation Authorized.

Section 16-15-3Incorporation authorized. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §3.)
AL Code § 16-15-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-4 - Application for Incorporation.

Section 16-15-4Application for incorporation. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §4.)
AL Code § 16-15-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-5 - Issuance and Recording of Certificate of Incorporation; No Fees to Be Paid.

Section 16-15-5Issuance and recording of certificate of incorporation; no fees to be paid. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §5.)
AL Code § 16-15-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-6 - Members, Officers and Directors; Record of Proceedings.

Section 16-15-6Members, officers and directors; record of proceedings. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §6.)
AL Code § 16-15-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-7 - Powers Generally.

Section 16-15-7Powers generally. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §7.)
AL Code § 16-15-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-8 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds; Contracts; Purchases.

Section 16-15-8Issuance and sale of bonds; contracts; purchases. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §8.)
AL Code § 16-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-9 - Execution, Form, Terms and Conditions of Bonds; Sale; Refunding Bonds; Security for Payment; Bonds to Be Negotiable Instruments; Exemption From Taxation; Bonds Legal Investments.

Section 16-15-9Execution, form, terms and conditions of bonds; sale; refunding bonds; security for payment; bonds to be negotiable instruments; exemption from taxation; bonds legal investments. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §9; Acts 1969, No. 782, p. 1405, §1.)
AL Code § 16-15-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-10 - Disposition of Proceeds of Bonds.

Section 16-15-10Disposition of proceeds of bonds. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §10.)
AL Code § 16-15-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-11 - Pledge of Revenues for Payment of Bonds.

Section 16-15-11Pledge of revenues for payment of bonds. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §11.)
AL Code § 16-15-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-12 - Payment of Bonds.

Section 16-15-12Payment of bonds. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §12.)
AL Code § 16-15-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Education Authority.|Section 16-15-13 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 16-15-13Dissolution of authority. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 126, p. 369, §13.)
AL Code § 16-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 16 - Alabama Public School and College Authority.|Section 16-16-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-16-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings: (1) THE AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. (3) STATE. The State of Alabama. Pronouns when used in this chapter shall include all applicable genders. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 331, §2.)
AL Code § 16-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 16 - Alabama Public School and College Authority.|Section 16-16-2 - Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent; Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Section 16-16-2Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; liberal construction of chapter. The Legislature hereby makes the findings of fact and declaration of intent hereinafter set forth in this section. The great increase during recent years in the number of students enrolled in the public schools and in other educational institutions in the state that are supported wholly or in part by the state, the anticipated further increase in the enrollment of students in such schools and educational institutions resulting from the greatly increased birth rate and other factors, the increased enrollment in other public institutions in the state and the need to supply additional educational facilities at those other public institutions for the purpose of maintaining and further developing educational programs for the inmates of those institutions have made it imperative that buildings and other facilities for educational purposes be constructed and equipped in all parts of the state. The taxes and other revenues set aside and devoted by law to educational purposes are not sufficient to make the large capital outlays required for such construction and to carry on also the maintenance and operation of the said schools and institutions. The only feasible way in which the needed buildings can be provided is by anticipating the receipt of a portion of the revenues devoted by law to educational purposes by capitalizing those revenues to the end that they may be applied for retirement of the costs of said construction as such revenues are received during the useful life of said buildings. It is, therefore, necessary and desirable that those portions of the excise taxes known as the state sales tax and the state use tax that are required by law to be paid into the Education Trust Fund be anticipated in the manner hereinafter provided for the purpose of effecting the needed capital outlays. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to authorize the formation of a public corporation for the purpose of providing for the acquisition of such buildings, including sites and equipment therefor, and to authorize said corporation, in order to provide for such acquisition, to anticipate those portions of the two excise taxes hereinafter referred to that are now required by law to be paid into the Education Trust Fund by issuing the bonds of said corporation payable solely out of and secured by a pledge of the said portions of those excise taxes. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with said purpose. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 331, §1.)
AL Code § 16-16-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 16 - Alabama Public School and College Authority.|Section 16-16-3 - Incorporation Authorized.

Section 16-16-3Incorporation authorized. The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Finance may become a corporation with the power and authority hereinafter provided by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 331, §3.)
AL Code § 16-16-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 16 - Alabama Public School and College Authority.|Section 16-16-4 - Application for Incorporation.

Section 16-16-4Application for incorporation. (a) To become a corporation, the Governor, the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Public School and College Authority; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. (c) The Secretary of State shall examine the application; and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 331, §4.)
AL Code § 16-16-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 16 - Alabama Public School and College Authority.|Section 16-16-5 - Issuance and Recording of Certificate of Incorporation; No Fees to Be Paid.

Section 16-16-5Issuance and recording of certificate of incorporation; no fees to be paid. When the application has been made, filed and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the authority. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 243, p. 331, §5.)