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AL Code § 11-20-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-45 - Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Corporations; Disposition of Funds and Properties Thereof Upon Dissolution.

Section 11-20-45Authority and procedure for dissolution of corporations; disposition of funds and properties thereof upon dissolution. Whenever the board of directors of the corporation shall by resolution determine that the purposes for which the corporation was formed have been substantially complied with and all bonds theretofore issued and all obligations theretofore incurred by the corporation have been fully paid, the then members of the board of directors of the corporation shall thereupon execute and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized a certificate of dissolution reciting such facts and declaring the corporation to be dissolved. Such certificate of dissolution shall be executed under the corporate seal of the corporation. Upon the filing of such certificate of dissolution, the corporation shall stand dissolved, the title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the county and possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such county. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §17.)
AL Code § 11-20-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-46 - Documents of Corporations May Be Filed for Record Without Payment of Taxes or Certain Fees.

Section 11-20-46Documents of corporations may be filed for record without payment of taxes or certain fees. The certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any amendment thereof, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are conveyed over to the corporation, any mortgages executed by the corporation, any leases made by the corporation and the certificate of dissolution of the corporation may all be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized without the payment of any tax or fees other than such fees as may be authorized by law for recording of such instruments. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §18.)
AL Code § 11-20-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-47 - Exemptions of Corporations - Taxation.

Section 11-20-47Exemptions of corporations - Taxation. The corporation, all properties at any time owned by it and income therefrom of the corporation, all bonds issued by the corporation and the income therefrom, conveyances by or to the corporation and leases and mortgages by or to the corporation shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. No license or excise tax may be imposed on any corporation in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this article. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §13.)
AL Code § 11-20-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-48 - Exemptions of Corporations - Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 11-20-48Exemptions of corporations - Usury and interest laws. Each corporation organized under the provisions of this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §14.)
AL Code § 11-20-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-49 - Exemptions of Corporations - Competitive Bid Laws.

Section 11-20-49Exemptions of corporations - Competitive bid laws. Each corporation organized under the provisions of this article, and all contracts made by such corporations, shall be exempt from the provisions and requirements of Sections 41-16-50 through 41-16-63. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §19.)
AL Code § 11-20-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.|Section 11-20-50 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-20-50Construction of article. Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the corporation might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative of any such powers. (Acts 1977, No. 762, p. 1310, §20.)
AL Code § 11-20-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-71 - Board of Directors; Officers; Proceedings; Qualifications of Directors.

Section 11-20-71Board of directors; officers; proceedings; qualifications of directors. (a) The board of directors of an agriculture authority shall be as specified in the articles and in accordance with Section 11-20-70. (b) Each agriculture authority shall have a chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer to be elected by the board of directors. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The officers and directors shall serve for the terms provided for in the articles. A director may not draw any salary for any service rendered or for any duty performed as director. The duties of the chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer shall be those as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time. (c) All directors shall serve until their successors are duly appointed or until they cease to be qualified. Vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided for in the articles, but any individual appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term. In the event any uncertainty arises as to the terms of office of the directors, the county commission or individual authorized to appoint the directors may clarify the term by adoption of an appropriate resolution or by execution of an appropriate certificate, and the term of office shall be as so clarified.  (d) All proceedings of the board of directors of an agriculture authority shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority and shall be signed by at least two directors present at the proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, when certified by the secretary under the seal of the agriculture authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (e) Directors of an agriculture authority must be residents and qualified electors of the county within the authorized operational area of the authority. If any director ceases to be a resident of the county, he or she shall cease to be a director, and the position shall remain vacant until a successor is appointed in accordance with the articles and this article. (f) A director of an agriculture authority may not have an interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract of work, material, or services, or the profits therefrom, to be furnished or performed for the authority under this article if the director has, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in any business, firm, or corporation, or profits thereof, furnishing or providing work, materials, or services. (Act 2017-246, §2.)
AL Code § 11-20-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-72 - Amending Articles of Authority.

Section 11-20-72Amending articles of authority. (a) The articles of an agriculture authority may at any time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of directors shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles, setting forth the full text of the amended language. An amendment may be made for the sole purpose of altering, in accordance with this article, the authorized operational area of the authority, provided the articles may not be amended to extend the operational area of the authority beyond the boundaries of the county in which the authority is incorporated. (b) After the adoption by the board of directors of an agriculture authority of a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles, the chair and the secretary shall sign and file with the county commission of the appropriate county a written application in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, requesting that the county commission adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors proposing the amendment to the articles. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application, the county commission shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or approving and authorizing the proposed amendment. A proposed amendment shall not take effect unless approved by the county commission. The resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading. (c) Following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by the county commission, the chair and the secretary shall sign and file for record in the office of the judge of probate a certificate in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of resolutions by the board and by the county commission and setting forth the proposed amendment. The judge of probate shall record the certificate in an appropriate book in his or her office. When the certificate has been so filed and recorded, the amendment shall become effective, and the articles shall be amended as provided in the amendment. (Act 2017-246, §3.)
AL Code § 11-20-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-75 - Advisory Council.

Section 11-20-75Advisory council. The board of directors of an authority may appoint an advisory council consisting of up to 10 members to advise the board. The advisory council members shall serve two-year terms, and are not required to be residents of the county of incorporation. Members may be appointed to additional terms by the board to serve on the advisory council. (Act 2017-246, §6.)
AL Code § 11-20-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-76 - Lease, Sale, Conveyance, etc., of Property.

Section 11-20-76Lease, sale, conveyance, etc., of property. The county of incorporation and each municipality in the county may lease, sell, donate, or otherwise convey to an agriculture authority real or personal property, including park properties, without authorization by election of the qualified voters of the county or of the municipality; and the county and each municipality thereof are authorized, but not required, to appropriate public funds of the county or of the municipality, as the case may be, to the authority to be used by the authority for purposes enumerated in this article. The county shall not lease, sell, donate, or convey any property to the authority, or appropriate any money to the authority, unless the county commission has determined that the lease, sale, donation, conveyance, or appropriation will benefit the people of the county or municipality to such an extent as to fully warrant and justify the lease, sale, donation, conveyance, or appropriation. (Act 2017-246, §7.)
AL Code § 11-20-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-77 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-20-77Construction of article. This article shall not be construed to limit the right, power, or authority of any municipality to operate facilities similar to the facilities provided for by this article. It is expressly provided that this article shall not in any way affect any auditorium, art museum, or other facility presently owned or hereafter acquired by any municipality, whether situated in the agriculture center or elsewhere. (Act 2017-246, §8.)
AL Code § 11-20-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-78 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 11-20-78Dissolution of authority. (a) An agriculture authority may be dissolved by the adoption by its board of directors of a resolution recommending its dissolution and the approval of such dissolution and the proposed articles of dissolution by the appropriate county commission. The resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading. Upon receiving necessary approval under this section, the chair and secretary of the dissolved authority shall execute articles of dissolution reciting that such resolutions have been adopted and that the authority has been dissolved. The articles of dissolution shall be filed with the judge of probate, who shall record them in an appropriate book. (b) Upon dissolution of an agriculture authority, all rights, property interests, assets, and obligations of the authority shall be transferred to the county. (Act 2017-246, §9.)
AL Code § 11-20-79 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-79 - Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Within Agriculture Center.

Section 11-20-79Consumption of alcoholic beverages within agriculture center. An agriculture authority may permit the consumption of alcoholic beverages any day of the week, purchased from licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, to be consumed by purchasers within the boundaries of the agriculture center. (Act 2017-246, §10.)
AL Code § 11-20-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-80 - Exemption From Certain Municipal Ordinances and Requirements.

Section 11-20-80Exemption from certain municipal ordinances and requirements. An agriculture authority is exempt from all municipal planning boards and municipal planning board requirements and all municipal zoning ordinances. (Act 2017-246, §11.)
AL Code § 11-20-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 20 - Promotion of Industry and Trade.|Article 3 - Agricultural Authorities for Advancement of Humanities|Section 11-20-81 - Exemption From Certain Taxes.

Section 11-20-81Exemption from certain taxes. (a) An agriculture authority is exempt from the payment of all state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. (b) Any county or municipal sales and use tax proceeds that are collected by an agriculture authority and remitted to a local taxing authority shall be rebated by that local taxing authority to the agriculture authority. (c) An agriculture authority is exempt from paying all state, county, and local ad valorem taxes. (Act 2017-246, §12.)
AL Code § 11-40-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-1 - Municipalities Declared Bodies Politic and Corporate; Seal Generally; Name; Powers, Duties, and Authority Generally.

Section 11-40-1Municipalities declared bodies politic and corporate; seal generally; name; powers, duties, and authority generally. All municipal organizations now existing in the State of Alabama, whether incorporated under the general laws of the state or by special act of the legislative department of the state government, and now exercising corporate powers or functions and all towns and cities that may hereafter be incorporated under the provisions of this title shall be bodies politic and corporate, using a common seal, which may at any time be changed, and having perpetual succession under the name now used or hereafter assumed as provided in this title, and each under such name as the "City of _____" or "Town of _____," as the case may be, shall sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, or appropriation for any municipal purpose authorized in this title, and the same shall be held, managed, and controlled by the said municipal corporations under the applicable provisions of law contained in this title and all rules, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances that may be required to carry out any or all of the applicable provisions of this title shall be adopted by the several councils thereof. Such municipal corporations shall be invested with the full powers, duties, and authority granted in this title. (Code 1907, §1046; Code 1923, §1739; Code 1940, T. 37, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-2 - Seal.

Section 11-40-2Seal. All cities and towns shall have a seal, in the center of which shall be the words, "city seal" or "town seal," as the case may be, and around the margin the name of the city or town, which shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders or certificates which it may be necessary or proper to authenticate. (Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-40-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-3 - Acquisition of Rights, Power, and Authority Granted.

Section 11-40-3Acquisition of rights, power, and authority granted. Affirmative action shall not be necessary for cities and towns to acquire the rights, power, and authority granted in this title. Municipalities shall, however, hold such elections and pass such ordinances and resolutions as are required by this title. (Code 1907, §1049; Code 1923, §1740; Code 1940, T. 37, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-3.1 - Incorporation and Actions of Certain Municipalities Ratified, Validated, and Confirmed.

Section 11-40-3.1Incorporation and actions of certain municipalities ratified, validated, and confirmed. Notwithstanding any provision of law, any municipal corporation that was organized pursuant to the Code of Alabama of 1896, Chapter 94, Article 1, commencing with §2937, prior to the adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that is currently functioning as an active municipality and has been continuously functioning as an active municipality, is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed as a municipality without regard to any possible irregularity in its incorporation and without regard to any attempt to abolish the municipality. Any action of the municipality since its incorporation is ratified, validated, and confirmed. (Act 2018-247, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-4 - Property Rights, Rights of Action, etc., Preserved and Enforced Notwithstanding Change of Name or Organization.

Section 11-40-4Property rights, rights of action, etc., preserved and enforced notwithstanding change of name or organization. Rights of action and rights of property arising before or existing at the time of a change of corporate organization, as directed in this title, shall be enforced against or in favor of such city or town, and all civil actions then pending in favor of or against municipal corporations shall continue to judgment unaffected by this title and shall be enforced in favor of or against such city or town, as the case may be, notwithstanding a change of name or of organization. (Code 1907, §1050; Code 1923, §1741; Code 1940, T. 37, §3.)
AL Code § 11-40-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-5 - Corporate Limits Not Altered or Affected by Adoption of Code.

Section 11-40-5Corporate limits not altered or affected by adoption of Code. The corporate limits of any city or town shall not be altered or affected by the adoption of this Code. (Code 1907, §1051; Code 1923, §1742; Code 1940, T. 37, §4.)
AL Code § 11-40-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-6 - Municipal Corporations Classified as Cities or Towns; Holding of Election After Change in Government of Municipality.

Section 11-40-6Municipal corporations classified as cities or towns; holding of election after change in government of municipality. Municipal corporations now existing or hereafter organized under this title containing 2,000 or more inhabitants shall be called cities. All incorporated municipalities containing less than 2,000 inhabitants shall be called towns. The last census, whether federal or taken as authorized in this title, shall be used in determining the population of a city or town. At the next election more than four months after the one hundred twentieth day after the first day of the first regular business session of the legislature held next after the publication by the federal government of the regular federal decennial population census for Alabama, if the municipality shows a population which authorizes a change in its government under this title, the proper officers for such a city shall be elected and perform the duties prescribed in this title. (Code 1907, §1052; Code 1923, §1743; Code 1940, T. 37, §5; Acts 1955, No. 162, p. 408.)