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AL Code § 45-37A-54.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.01 - Use of Property for Parks, Playgrounds, etc.; Fees.

Section 45-37A-54.01Use of property for parks, playgrounds, etc.; fees. Any such city in the State of Alabama may use for parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, and other recreational purposes and activities, any public parks or park areas of such city, or any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by such city; and any such city, by and through its park and recreation board, in such manner as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law by the acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by such city, may acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within or beyond the corporate limits of such city for parks, park areas, park boulevards, playgrounds, recreational centers, and other recreational purposes and activities, and when acquired for any such purposes such city shall have full police jurisdiction thereover, whether within or beyond the corporate limits of such city, and such police jurisdiction shall also extend over any highway or highways connecting any such lands or places with such city, except as to such parts thereof as may lie within the corporate limits of some other municipality. Any such city, by and through its park and recreation board, may establish, provide, conduct, develop, equip, improve, and maintain parks, park areas, park boulevards, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational activities and facilities, and for any or all such purposes or in connection therewith, by and through its park and recreation board, may employ engineers, architects, landscape artists, playground directors, play leaders, supervisors, recreation superintendents, or such other officers or employees as may be deemed necessary. Reasonable fees or charges for access to or use or enjoyment of any playgrounds, recreation centers, recreational activities, or other places of recreation so established, maintained, or conducted by any such city may be charged and collected, all funds received from such sources to be paid into and become a part of the park and recreation fund of such city. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.02 - Gifts, Bequests, Donations, Etc.

Section 45-37A-54.02Gifts, bequests, donations, etc. Any such city, by and through its park and recreation board, may accept any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest of money or other property, or loan of personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for either temporary or permanent use for parks, playgrounds, or other recreational purposes, and if any such gift, bequest, devise, or donation or loan be conditional, the proper authorities of such city shall have authority to accept the same upon the conditions attached, and to comply with such conditions, if in the judgment of such authorities such condition or conditions be reasonable, and to the best interests of such city. Money received in any such manner unless otherwise provided by the terms of the gift or bequest, shall accrue to and become a part of the park and recreation fund of such city. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.03 - Purchase or Acquisition of Real Property.

Section 45-37A-54.03Purchase or acquisition of real property. For any or all of the purposes mentioned in this subpart, any such city upon the recommendation of the park and recreation board may purchase on time or partly for cash with balance on time or deferred payments, or otherwise acquire any real property or interest in real property, within or without the limits of such city, securing the note or notes, claim or claims for deferred payments and interest thereon, with mortgages or deed of trust on the land purchased, or with or by means of an instrument in writing retaining title thereto in the vendor, or enter into any other contractual arrangement whereby provision is made that such note or notes, claim or claims, or other instruments for deferred payments and interest thereon, and all lawful charges, shall not be a charge or charges against the general credit of the city or be a general liability thereof, but that the liability shall only extend to and be a charge against the land so purchased or acquired. Such method of acquisition provided for in this section shall not be considered or deemed exclusive, but cumulative and in addition to all other methods of acquisition of lands or interests therein for public purposes heretofore, hereafter, or by other provisions in this subpart provided. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.04 - Cooperation With Other Municipalities.

Section 45-37A-54.04Cooperation with other municipalities. Any such city, by and through its park and recreation board, may join or cooperate with one or more other municipalities having like powers, or with boards of education, in providing, establishing, and conducting parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreation facilities and activities. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.07 - Petition for Election in Issuance of Bonds.

Section 45-37A-54.07Petition for election in issuance of bonds. If, in the opinion of the park and recreation board of any such city, the funds available for such purposes be inadequate to provide ample, appropriate, and suitable grounds, buildings, and equipment for all the needed parks, park areas, park boulevards, playgrounds, park and playground systems, recreation centers, and other recreational facilities and activities of such city, the park and recreation board may petition the governing body of such city to call an election for the issuance of bonds on the credit of the city in an amount sufficient to provide the necessities of such city in these respects, subject to the limitations set out in the constitution of the state, and the governing body of such city shall call or cause to be called the election at the time requested in the petition. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.08 - Park and Recreation Fund.

Section 45-37A-54.08Park and recreation fund. The governing body of each such city shall cause to be set aside and kept and maintained a park and recreation fund, and cause to be kept an account of all receipts for and disbursements of such fund. Each year during which there is not levied and collected for such city a special tax to be devoted to park purposes, the governing body of each such city shall appropriate and cause to be paid into and credited to the park and recreation fund, a minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), which appropriation shall be made at such time as appropriations are made for other departments of the city. The governing body of the city may from time to time make additional appropriations to the park and recreation fund and cause the same to be paid into or credited to the fund. The proceeds from sale of all bonds issued by any such city for park purposes shall be paid into and credited to the park and recreation fund. The park and recreation fund of each city shall be kept with the funds of the city in such depository to the credit of the city as the governing body of the city may direct, and all payments and disbursements from this fund as and when made shall be validated by the counter-signature of the officer or person designated by the governing body of the city to countersign or validate checks drawn for other municipal purposes. The park and recreation board of any such city shall have no power or authority in behalf of or in the name of the city to contract any debts or obligations in any year in excess of the amount paid into or appropriated for the park and recreation fund during such year, and no debts or obligations contracted by such board in violation of this provision shall be or shall be held to be a personal or general obligation of the city, nor shall the general credit of the city be pledged for the purchase or acquisition of lands or buildings unless the same be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such city. The limitations contained in this section shall be applicable to each and every power conferred by this subpart upon the park and recreation board of any such city. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54.09 - Public and Government Functions.

Section 45-37A-54.09Public and government functions. The establishment, conduct, equipment, and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, and recreational activities, by any such city shall each and all be public and governmental functions of such city. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.30 - Study Commission.

Section 45-37A-54.30Study commission. (a) There is created a study commission of nine members, to be appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County. (2) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. (3) One member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alabama. (4) One member appointed by the Governor of the State of Alabama. (b) The chair and vice chair of the commission shall be elected at the first meeting by the members of the commission. The commission shall study all facets concerning the feasibility of building a domed stadium in the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County. (c) Upon the request of the chair, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall provide the clerical assistance necessary for the work of the commission. The commission shall be ongoing and may report its initial findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature not later than the first legislative day of the 1996 Regular Session. Each legislative member of the commission shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the commission which shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the use of the Comptroller, upon requisitions signed by the chair of the commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member shall receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session or if a member is being paid any other payments on the same dates for attendance of other state business. The total expenditures of the commission shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.31 - Birmingham Stadium and Exposition District.

Section 45-37A-54.31Birmingham Stadium and Exposition District. There is created the Birmingham Stadium and Exposition District, hereinafter called the district, which shall be a body politic and corporate and political subdivision of the State of Alabama composed of all of the territory in the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County. (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.34 - Powers and Duties.

Section 45-37A-54.34Powers and duties. The district shall have the power to do any of the following: (1) Sue and be sued in its own name. (2) Plan, acquire, own, construct, operate, and maintain an enclosed and covered stadium for use as coliseums, sports arenas, sports pavilions, exposition sites, field houses, or other buildings or structures for holding sports events, athletic contests, contests of skill, exhibitions, spectacles, and other public meetings, and pertinent indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, recreation centers, playing fields, courts, gymnasiums, club houses, parking facilities and areas, other suitable concessions appertaining thereto, related buildings, and all facilities and properties incidental and necessary to a complex suitable for any or all types of sports and recreation, on, above, and below the ground, appurtenances, incidentals, and all types of property therefor, real or personal, or both real and personal, including servitudes and rights-of-way, or any combination. (3) Acquire by purchase or lease the land and any other property that may be necessary and appropriate to the execution of the purposes of the district. (4) Enter into contracts for the use of the facilities or any portion of the facilities pursuant to subdivision (2), with any person or corporation, public or private, with the State of Alabama or any of its various agencies, or with any political subdivision of the state or with any combination thereof, for events or programs or series of events or programs, including, but not by way of limitation, series of football or other athletic games, or events, extending over such term deemed appropriate by the district. (5) Execute leases to the state, its agencies, or subdivisions for a term not exceeding 40 years at a fixed rental, or for a term not exceeding 99 years provided the latter leases shall contain a clause or clauses for readjustment of the rentals upon the expiration of a primary term of 40 years. (6) Erect and construct improvements. (7) Collect admissions, tolls, rentals, and any and all other charges and fees. (8) Collect fees, rentals, and other charges for the use of the facilities of the district. (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.35 - Leases.

Section 45-37A-54.35Leases. (a) The authority may lease the facilities of the district or any portion thereof and provide for the payment of the consideration through the appropriation of funds or otherwise. (b) The obligations of the lessee or lessees under any lease shall constitute a charge against the revenues of the lessee or lessees to the extent and in the manner agreed upon by the parties. (c) In the event the State of Alabama or any of its various agencies or any political subdivision of the state or any combination of the foregoing shall lease all or any portion of the facilities of the district, then the entities shall have the right to sublease to any person or corporation, public or private, all or any portion of the facilities leased upon the terms and conditions as they may determine. (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.36 - Use of Revenues.

Section 45-37A-54.36Use of revenues. (a) Any revenues of the district derived from any source remaining at the end of each fiscal year after payment of all expenses of maintaining and operating the facilities of the district, providing for the renewal or replacement thereof, the acquisition or construction of improvements and betterments to the facilities and the purchase of equipment and furnishing therefor, shall be considered as surplus. (b) Any revenues of the district may be used by the district for the payment of any expenses incurred in determining the feasibility of a facility or facilities and developing plans therefor, including engineering, architectural, legal, and administrative costs and incidental fees. (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.37 - Gifts, Grants, Donations, Etc.

Section 45-37A-54.37Gifts, grants, donations, etc. The district may receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, aid, or assistance from private sources, from the United States, the State of Alabama, or any political subdivision thereof. (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 2 - Stadium and Exposition.|Section 45-37A-54.38 - Relation to Other Programs.

Section 45-37A-54.38Relation to other programs. Nothing contained in this subpart shall be construed to deprive either the City of Birmingham or Jefferson County of its authority to conduct, under its own auspices, programs of recreation for its residents and to acquire, own, and operate facilities as are determined by their respective governing authorities, to be necessary to the continuation and improvement of recreation programs now or hereafter conducted under existing constitutional and statutory authority delegated to them.  (Act 95-736, p. 1571, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 3 - State Fair Authority.|Section 45-37A-54.60 - Incorporation of Authority.

Section 45-37A-54.60Incorporation of authority. Provision is hereby made for the incorporation of an authority in any city of the State of Alabama, having a population of 300,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census, which authority shall have the power to lease, or own, or otherwise acquire and provide, control and operate fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of such city. Whenever six qualified electors of the state, who shall be residents of the county in which such city is located, shall file an application in writing for a permit to apply for the incorporation of the authority in the manner hereinafter provided with the governing body of such city, if the governing body of such city shall pass a resolution which shall be entered upon the minutes of such city, which resolution shall provide that the governing body deems it wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the authority be formed and shall authorize the persons making application to proceed to form the authority and to serve as the first directors thereof for terms commencing from the date of incorporation and running for the respective period prescribed in Section 45-37A-54.63, then such persons making such application shall proceed to execute, file, and record a certificate as hereinafter provided for the purposes hereinafter set forth. The application shall set forth the name which is to be adopted and used by the authority; and no name shall be used unless the use thereof is approved by the governing body in such resolution. (Acts 1947, No. 215, p. 81, §1; Acts 1961, No. 1026, p. 1608, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 3 - State Fair Authority.|Section 45-37A-54.61 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents.

Section 45-37A-54.61Certificate of incorporation - Contents. A certificate of incorporation shall be entitled and endorsed Certificate of Incorporation of ________ Authority. (Blank space being filled in with the name of the authority) and shall state the name of the authority; the location of its principal office and post office address thereof; the names of six directors who shall be the managers and officers of the authority until their successors are chosen, and who shall serve from the date of incorporation without compensation; the period, if any, for the duration of the authority; if the duration of the authority is to be perpetual, this fact shall be stated; the certificate of incorporation of such authority may also contain any provision not contrary to law which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of business for the conduct of the affairs of the authority; and any provisions creating, defining, limiting, or regulating the powers of the authority, its directors, and members. (Acts 1947, No. 215, p. 81, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 3 - State Fair Authority.|Section 45-37A-54.62 - Certificate of Incorporation - Acknowledgement, Filing, Recording.

Section 45-37A-54.62Certificate of incorporation - Acknowledgement, filing, recording. The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgement of deeds. When so acknowledged, the certificate may be filed with the judge of probate of the county in which such city is located, who shall forthwith file such certificate and record the same. When application has been made, filed, and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name proposed in the application. (Acts 1947, No. 215, p. 81, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54.64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 3 - State Fair Authority.|Section 45-37A-54.64 - Lease, Sale, or Conveyance of Property.

Section 45-37A-54.64Lease, sale, or conveyance of property. The city is authorized, but not required, to lease or sell or convey to the authority real or personal property, including park property, without the necessity of authorization by election of qualified voters of the city, and the governing body of the city is hereby authorized to enter into any agreements which such authority may deem necessary in order to effectuate such lease, sale, or transfer. (Acts 1947, No. 215, p. 81, §5.)