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AL Code § 45-30-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250 - Definitions.

Section 45-30-250Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) AUTHORITY. The Franklin County Water Service Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (2) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Franklin County Water Service Authority. (3) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (4) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description of a particular geographic area by metes and bounds, reference to government surveys, recorded maps or plats, municipal, county, or state boundary lines, well-defined landmarks, other monuments, or any combination of the foregoing. (5) COUNTY. Franklin County. (6) DIRECTOR. A member of the Board of Directors of the Franklin County Water Service Authority. (7) INCORPORATORS. The persons forming a public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (8) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of Franklin County. (9) NEW TERRITORY. Any territory added, by amendment to the certificate of incorporation of an authority, to the area or areas in which that authority may render water service. (10) PERSON. Any natural person, public or private corporation, municipality, or county, or any agency, department, or instrumentality of the state or of a county or municipality. (11) PROPERTY. Real and personal property and interests therein. (12) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A water system owned and operated by the United States of America, the state, a county, a municipality, a public corporation organized under the laws of the state, or any combination thereof; or any agency or instrumentality or combination thereof, or any of the foregoing that holds a reversionary or remainder interest in a public water system. (13) SERVICE AREA. The geographic area or areas in which the authority is authorized by its certificate of incorporation, or any amendment thereto, to render water service, including territory located within or without the boundaries of one or more municipalities. (14) STATE. The State of Alabama. (15) WATER SERVICE. The providing, furnishing, supplying, or distribution of water and the performing of all of the functions and activities reasonably incidental to the operation of a water system. (16) WATER SYSTEM. Land, plants, systems, facilities, buildings, and other property, or any combination thereof, that are used or useful or capable of future use in providing, furnishing, supplying, or distributing water, including, but not limited to, water supply systems, water distribution systems, reservoirs, wells, intakes, mains, laterals, aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purification plants, meters, valves, fire hydrants, all necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all properties, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary or desirable by the authority for use in rendering water service. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.01 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-30-250.01Legislative intent. This article is intended to aid the state and county in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state and of the county with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. It is the further legislative intent that the Franklin County Water Service Authority develop a master plan of operation for the authority in consultation with all existing water authorities in Franklin County and county and local governments for the purpose of bringing about industrial development and economic expansion in the county as well as ensuring the health and safety of all citizens. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any master plan or plans for water services previously developed by the Franklin County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be adopted by the Franklin County Water Service Authority. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §2.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.06 - Additional Powers and Rights.

Section 45-30-250.06Additional powers and rights. (a) The authority, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for consideration and on terms deemed advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county or the state. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person with or without interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems. (b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities on which the payment of the principal of and interest on is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America. (c) The authority shall be under no obligation to provide service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise for any system of the authority within a municipality without payment of any fee, charge, or cost other than the cost of publication of the ordinance granting the franchise. (d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4, commencing with Section 40-12-220, of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor. (e) Any water system leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county, whether the lease or sublease is by the authority or any private part, including, without limitation, corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes, including, without limitation, ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to the system or facility or any part thereof, or any remainder or reversionary interest therein. (f) Upon mutual consent of the parties, the county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system, from the authority or from any vendee, lessee, or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all respective rights of the authority. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §7.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.07 - Contracts of the Authority.

Section 45-30-250.07Contracts of the authority. (a) As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into any contract binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for any of the following purposes: (1) The continued operation and maintenance of any water system owned by it, or any part or parts thereof. (2) The imposition and collection of reasonable rates for, and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from any system or facility. (3) The disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof. (4) Any other act or series of acts necessary for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from the system or facility shall be sufficient to operate and maintain the system or facility, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from the revenues, and maintain sufficient reserves for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of the system or facility, and the making of replacements and capital improvements. (b) Any contract pursuant to this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage, deed of trust, or trust indenture made by the authority under this article. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §8.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.08 - Rates, Fees, and Charges.

Section 45-30-250.08Rates, fees, and charges. Rates, fees, and charges for water service rendered by the authority from any of its systems shall be fixed and periodically revised so as to provide at all times funds sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving the systems from which services are rendered. (2) Pay, upon becoming due and payable, the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities and revenues from any tax sources and fees. (3) Create and maintain reserves for the foregoing purposes as may be provided in any mortgage, deed of trust, or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the assumption of any obligation of the acquisition of any system. (4) Make annual payments, if any, that the authority has contracted to make, to the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, political subdivisions of the state, or any public corporation organized under the laws of the state. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §9.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.09 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Water Service Systems.

Section 45-30-250.09Planning, development, operation, etc., of water service systems. For the purpose of securing water service, or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of those systems any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Appropriate, 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, including, without limitation, any water system, or any interest thereof, or any franchise. (3) Do any and all things, not otherwise prohibited by law, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water systems. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §10.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.10 - Rights-of-Way.

Section 45-30-250.10Rights-of-way. The authority may use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state after securing the written approval of the state or its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county; and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4. The authority shall restore at its expense all roads, highways, or public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §11.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.11 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority.

Section 45-30-250.11Governmental functions; liability of authority. (a) The furnishing of water services by the authority is declared to be a governmental function. (b) The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or wilful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the furnishing of water services or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any water facility. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §12.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.12 - Exemptions From Taxes, Fees, Etc.

Section 45-30-250.12Exemptions from taxes, fees, etc. (a) The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from its bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority, shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. (b) The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. (c) No license or excise tax may be imposed on the authority for the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this article. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §13.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.13 - Exemption From Usury Statutes.

Section 45-30-250.13Exemption from usury statutes. The authority now or hereafter organized under this article is exempted from the laws of the state governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §14.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.14 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 45-30-250.14Dissolution of authority. At any time when no bonds or obligations previously assumed by the authority are outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the 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 pass to and be divided and apportioned on a pro rata basis among Franklin County and any other county or counties in which any part of the service area may be located, all in the manner and to the extent provided in the authority’s certificate of incorporation, as amended. In the absence of a contrary provision in the certificate of incorporation, as amended, title to real estate and tangible personal property, other than cash, shall vest in the county in which the real estate or tangible personal property is located and the title to cash on hand and in banks, accounts receivable, chooses in action, and other intangible property, other than intangible interest in land, shall vest on a pro rata basis of gross revenues in all of the counties in which any part of the service area lies. Each such county shall have title to the cash and intangible items as a tenant in common. The interest of each tenant in common in those items shall be a percentage equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during its complete preceding fiscal year from service rendered in that part of its service area within that county divided by the gross revenues derived by the authority during the same period from services rendered or otherwise in its entire service area. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §15.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.15 - Validity of Incorporation.

Section 45-30-250.15Validity of incorporation. In all cases in which there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this article, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed, the attempted incorporation is validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity in the procedure for incorporation of the corporation, including, but not limited to: (1) The failure of the judge of probate in whose office the certificate of incorporation was filed to examine the certificate or to enter an appropriate order with respect to the certificate. (2) The inclusion in the certificate of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to the corporation. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §16.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.16 - Proceedings, Notice, and Approval of Authority Actions.

Section 45-30-250.16Proceedings, notice, and approval of authority actions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or water system, or the issuance of any mortgage, deed of trust, or trust indenture. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §17.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.17 - Auditing.

Section 45-30-250.17Auditing. The authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Franklin County Commission and the operations of the county. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §18.)
AL Code § 45-30-250.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-30-250.18 - Transfer of Assets and Liabilities Upon Dissolution of Predecessor Entitites.

Section 45-30-250.18Transfer of assets and liabilities upon dissolution of predecessor entitites. Upon approval of this article by the Governor and the filing of the certificate of incorporation by the authority, the Franklin County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority created pursuant to Amendment 518 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and Act 88-914, 1988 1st Sp. Sess. (Acts 1982, p. 492) and the Franklin County Water and Fire Protection Authority, incorporated pursuant to Title 11, shall be dissolved. Also, at that time the assets and liabilities, including, but not limited to, outstanding bonded indebtedness, of the Franklin County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority and the Franklin County Water and Fire Protection Authority shall automatically be transferred to the Franklin County Water Service Authority created by this article. (Act 93-376, p. 638, §19.)
AL Code § 45-31-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-31-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-31-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Geneva County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Geneva County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-31-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-31-60 - Compensation.

Section 45-31-60Compensation. (a) This section shall apply only in Geneva County. (b)(1) Commencing on June 1, 2009, the Coroner of Geneva County shall receive an annual salary of nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,600) payable in equal monthly installments from the county treasury. The salary provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of any salary and expense allowance previously provided by law. (2) After June 1, 2009, the coroner shall receive uniform increases in compensation in the same manner as provided in Section 11-2A-4. Longevity increases of the coroner shall be based on the average of longevity increases of all county employees as shown on county pay scales, as determined by the county commission. Longevity increases for the coroner shall be based on the coroner’s most recent period of time of continuous, uninterrupted service as a coroner. The coroner shall be entitled to receive longevity increases for up to the same number of years a county employee is entitled to receive longevity increases. Past service as a county employee shall not be counted in determining the number of years the coroner may receive longevity increases. Compensation increases provided for in this section shall be calculated based on the compensation of the coroner being received at the time the increases become effective for county employees. The inclusion of funds in the county budget, at the time of its approval, to cover the costs for compensation increases, as provided in this section, shall be considered the granting of an increase for whatever type of compensation increase funds are included in the county budget when it is approved. Compensation increases, as provided for in this section, shall be due without being subject to the limitation contained in subsection (b) of Section 11-2A-4. (Act 2009-396, p. 721, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-31-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 31 - Geneva County.|Article 11 - Elections.|Section 45-31-110 - Applicability.

Section 45-31-110Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply in Geneva County. (Act 82-746, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 218, §1.)