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AL Code § 45-27A-31.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.12 - Notice of Bond Resolution.

Section 45-27A-31.12Notice of bond resolution. (a) Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the city, a notice 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 such authority: "The Brewton Development Authority, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, on the ___ day of _______, authorized the issuance of $____ principal amount of bonds 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 proceeding questioning the validity of the bonds, or the pledge and the mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture to secure the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, shall be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of this notice." A newspaper shall be deemed to be published in the city, within the meaning of this section, if its principal editorial office is located in the city. (b) 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 any such bonds, or the validity of any pledge and mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made therefor, shall be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the period no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the proceedings or of the bonds or the pledge or mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the proceedings, bonds, pledge, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §13.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.13 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 45-27A-31.13Exemption from taxation. The authority formed under this part, the property and income of the authority, whether used by it or leased to others, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or from any other sources, the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received by the holders thereof, conveyances by and to the authority and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by and to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. The authority shall not be obligated to pay any fees, taxes, or costs to the Judge of Probate of Escambia County in connection with its incorporation or with any amendment to its certificate of incorporation or otherwise or to any judge of probate of any county in connection with the recording by it of any document or otherwise, the authority being hereby exempted from the payment of any such fees, taxes, and costs. No license or excise tax may be imposed by any authority with respect to the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this part, provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to exempt the property of the authority from any ad valorem taxes levied by the State of Alabama or exempt the authority from sales and use taxes levied by the state but this proviso shall only apply to such taxes levied by the state and shall not apply to such taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §14.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.14 - Liability of City.

Section 45-27A-31.14Liability of city. The city 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 city within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §15.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.15 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 45-27A-31.15Exemption from usury and interest laws. The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8, as it may at any time be amended. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §16.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.16 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Laws.

Section 45-27A-31.16Exemption from competitive bid laws. The authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3, commencing with Section 41-16-50, of Chapter 16, Title 41, as it may at any time be amended. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §17.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.17 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control.

Section 45-27A-31.17Freedom of authority from state supervision and control. This part is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the part 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 part, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, 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. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §18.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.18 - Earnings of the Authority.

Section 45-27A-31.18Earnings of the authority. 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 a board 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 city. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §19.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.19 - Dissolution of the Corporation and Vesting of Title to Property in the City.

Section 45-27A-31.19Dissolution of the corporation and vesting of title to property in the city. At any time when the 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 for the Judge of Probate of Escambia County, 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 thereupon pass to the city. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §20.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.20 - Existence of the Authority to Prevent

Section 45-27A-31.20Existence of the authority to prevent  The existence of the authority incorporated under this part shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by this part. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §21.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.21 - Power of Eminent Domain.

Section 45-27A-31.21Power of eminent domain. The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power for the purpose of obtaining real property or any interest therein for any project it undertakes in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by municipalities. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §22.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.22 - Loans, Sales, Grants, etc., of Money, Property, etc., to Authority by Countries, Municipalities, Etc.

Section 45-27A-31.22Loans, sales, grants, etc., of money, property, etc., to authority by countries, municipalities, etc. For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the city, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, any interest therein, and any franchise. (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this part and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient in connection with aiding and cooperating with the authority in its efforts to revitalize and redevelop the central business district of the city. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §23.)
AL Code § 45-27A-31.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 3 - Brewton.|Part 2 - Economic and Industrial Development.|Section 45-27A-31.23 - Construction of Part.

Section 45-27A-31.23Construction of part. The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with this part. (Act 82-740, p. 196, §24.)
AL Code § 45-27A-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 27A - Escambia County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Pollard.|Part 2 - Railroad Crossings.|Section 45-27A-61 - Public Crossings.

Section 45-27A-61Public crossings. In the Town of Pollard in Escambia County, the following railroad crossings in the corporate limits of the town are designated as public crossings: (1) Louisville Street and Richmond Avenue, the southwesterly crossing in the corporate limits of the municipality. (2) Elizabeth Avenue. (3) Misella Avenue. (4) Canterbury Street. (5) Shiloh Street. (6) Boliva Street. (Act 96-622, p. 991, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-28-71 - Filling Vacancies.

Section 45-28-71Filling vacancies. (a) Whenever a vacancy occurs, for any reason whatsoever, in any Etowah County office more than one year before the expiration of the term of office, the Etowah County Commission shall forthwith order an election to be held by the qualified electors of the county to fill such vacancy. Such election shall otherwise be held and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for countywide or special elections. (b) In the event the unexpired term is for less than a year, the county commission shall, at their discretion, either make an appointment for the unexpired term or oversee the operation of the vacant office. Provided, however, that no person appointed nor any member of the county commission shall be eligible to immediately qualify to hold the same office subsequent to such special election without the elapse of one full term. Thereafter, such person shall be eligible to qualify for the office, as provided by law.  (Act 88-790, p. 227, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-28-71.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 2 - Duties.|Section 45-28-71.01 - Late Payment Penalty.

Section 45-28-71.01Late payment penalty. (a)(1) In addition to any penalty imposed by law for the late payment of ad valorem taxes in Etowah County, the Etowah County Commission, by ordinance, may impose an additional administrative late payment penalty in an amount not to exceed two dollars ($2) per day and not to exceed a total of three hundred dollars ($300) on that portion of ad valorem taxes due to the county as prescribed on each bill of assessment distributed to property owners in the county.  (2) The additional administrative late payment penalty imposed for late payment of the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due shall be administered and collected in the same manner as now prescribed by law for any existing delinquent payment penalties on taxes including the placement of liens on properties on which payment of the taxes may be delinquent.  (3) It is the express intent of this section that the additional administrative late payment penalty shall apply only to the county portion of any ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law and that the additional administrative late payment penalty shall not be applicable to any state or other local ad valorem taxes due and payable as provided by law. (b) The proceeds of the additional administrative late payment penalty on the county ad valorem taxes imposed by this section shall be distributed as follows: (1) 12.5 percent to the Etowah County Revenue Commissioner's Special Fund for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the official duties of the office of the revenue commissioner.  (2) 40 percent to the Etowah County Commission to be used only for the advancement, development, and promotion of the Little Canoe Creek Megasite for a period of 12 years except as otherwise provided in this section. After a period of 12 years following May 7, 2021, or after the Little Canoe Creek Megasite is sold, leased, or is otherwise under a state project agreement, the Etowah County Commission, by majority vote, may use this revenue towards other projects related to industrial recruitment and economic development. (3) 47.5 percent to the Etowah County Commission to be used only for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of roads and bridges in the county. (Act 2021-395, §2.)
AL Code § 45-28-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-28-81 - Collection and Use of Additional Fee; Worthless Check Fee.

Section 45-28-81Collection and use of additional fee; worthless check fee. In Etowah County, all funds collected pursuant to Section 12-17-224, which are presently deposited in the Worthless Check Fund which is maintained by the Etowah County Commission, shall, upon the application by the District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to the Etowah County Commission, be transferred in such amounts as applied for to the District Attorney’s Fund for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Such funds, when transferred from the Worthless Check Fund to the District Attorney’s Fund, shall be spent by the District Attorney for the same purposes as other funds deposited in such District Attorney’s Fund. (Act 92-261, p. 618, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-28-81.01 - Incarceration in Etowah County Jail.

Section 45-28-81.01Incarceration in Etowah County Jail. (a) In Etowah County, additional court costs in the amount of five dollars ($5) per day shall be assessed and collected against each person incarcerated or booked in the Etowah County Jail. The court costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other court costs or other costs and charges imposed on persons incarcerated or booked in the Etowah County Jail. (b) The court costs imposed by this section shall be assessed against a defendant upon conviction by the appropriate court where the defendant is convicted. The sheriff shall be required to notify the appropriate court clerk on a regular basis of the exact amount of the assessment to be collected for entry on the docket sheet. (c) The revenues derived from the court costs shall be credited on a monthly basis to a law enforcement fund to be used by the Sheriff of Etowah County for equipment and professional development of the sheriff’s department in the public interest as the sheriff sees fit. (d) In any case where the court costs provided by this section are not paid, the district attorney of the county shall assist in the collection of the fees in the same manner as other court ordered monies and shall be entitled to the same fees. In addition, the sheriff may contract for the collection of the fees and may pay a portion of the fees as a cost of collection. The sheriff may apply funds held while a person is incarcerated in the county jail toward any assessment of court costs pursuant to this section after the assessments are entered by the court clerk.  (Act 96-506, p. 643, §§1-4; Act 97-496, p. 886, §1.)
AL Code § 45-28-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 28 - Etowah County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-28-81.02 - Solicitor's Fee.

Section 45-28-81.02Solicitor's fee. (a)(1) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in this state, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a solicitor’s fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly as follows: Three dollars ($3) of the fees assessed in each case shall be distributed to the Etowah County Law Library Fund, as prescribed by law, and the remainder to the Solicitor’s Fund or District Attorney’s Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the solicitor’s fee. The solicitor’s fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed upon an adjudication of guilt in a criminal case and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (2) In addition to the solicitor’s fee, an additional fee of seven dollars ($7) shall be assessed as court costs in each case to be distributed as follows: Two dollars ($2) to the office of Sheriff of Etowah County and five dollars ($5) to either the Circuit Clerk of Etowah County for cases originating in the District or Circuit Court of Etowah County or to the clerk of each municipality located within Etowah County for cases arising in their respective jurisdictions. (b) The fees prescribed in subsection (a) shall be collected in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. The fees shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The fees shall not be waived or remitted unless the defendant proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the sentencing judge that the defendant is not capable of paying the fee within the reasonable foreseeable future. (c)(1) The solicitor’s fee provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) may be expended by the district attorney for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the office or for any other legitimate law enforcement purpose. That portion of the solicitor’s fee earmarked for the Etowah County Law Library Fund may be expended, as prescribed by law, as directed by the presiding circuit judge. (2) The additional fee provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) shall be expended as follows: a. That portion of the fee allocated to the office of the Sheriff of Etowah County may be expended by the sheriff for the provision of courthouse security and for any other legitimate law enforcement purpose. b. That portion of the fee allocated to the circuit clerk or to the clerk of the municipal court, as the case may be, may be spent as prescribed by law for the operation of the office.) (Act 2010-547, p. 964, §§1-3; Act 2010-571, p. 1154, §§1-3.