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AL Code § 22-34-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-3 - Revolving Fund Established; Use of Funds; Administration of Fund; Annual Report.

Section 22-34-3Revolving fund established; use of funds; administration of fund; annual report. (a) There is hereby established the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund, which shall be maintained in perpetuity and operated by the department as agent for the authority for the purposes stated herein. Grants from the federal government or its agencies allotted to the state for capitalization of the revolving loan fund, state matching funds where required, and loan principal, interest, and penalties shall be deposited as required by the terms of the federal grant directly in the revolving loan fund. Money in the revolving loan fund shall be expended in a manner consistent with terms and conditions of the federal capitalization grants and may be used to provide loans for the construction or rehabilitation of public wastewater treatment facilities; to secure principal and interest on bonds issued by the authority if the proceeds of such bonds are deposited in the revolving loan fund to the extent provided in the terms of the federal grant; to purchase debt incurred by public bodies for wastewater treatment projects; to fund other programs which the federal government may allow in the future through its grants; to fund the administrative expenses of the department relating to the responsibilities and requirements of this chapter; and to provide for any other expenditure consistent with the federal grant program and state law. Money not currently needed for the operation of the revolving loan fund or otherwise dedicated may be invested and all interest earned on such investments shall be credited to the revolving loan fund. (b) The revolving loan fund shall be administered by the department, as agent for the authority, which is authorized to establish procedures and adopt such regulations as may be required to administer the revolving loan fund program in accordance with the Federal Clean Water Act and state law and to enter into contracts and other agreements in connection with the operation of the revolving loan fund, including but not limited to, contracts and agreements with federal agencies, public bodies, the authority, and other parties to the extent necessary or convenient for the implementation of the revolving loan fund program. Acting as agent for the authority, the department shall maintain full authority for the operation of the revolving loan fund in accordance with applicable federal and state law and loan recipients will be on the state needs list or otherwise satisfy Clean Water Act requirements. The department shall provide an annual report on the revolving loan fund program to the United States Environmental Protection Agency as required by the Clean Water Act and to the Governor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §3.)
AL Code § 22-34-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-4 - Water Pollution Control Authority Established; Membership.

Section 22-34-4Water pollution control authority established; membership. The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Director of the Department of Environmental Management, and the Director of Finance may become a public corporation to be known as the Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §4.)
AL Code § 22-34-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-6 - General Powers.

Section 22-34-6General powers. (a) The authority shall have the following powers, among others specified by this chapter: (1) To have succession in its corporate name until the principal of an interest on all bonds issued by it shall have been fully paid; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law and in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal at pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To acquire in any manner and to hold title to or leasehold interests in real and personal property and to sell, convey or lease the same for purpose of carrying out its functions and duties hereunder; (6) To construct and operate or lease to or from any public body and project; (7) To execute agreements effectively obligating the authority to agree to pay and to pay such portion of the estimated reasonable cost of the project of each public body as may be required to meet the water quality goals of the Clean Water Act and the state; (8) To issue bonds or other obligations provided such proceeds are deposited in the revolving loan fund; (9) To enter into such agreements in connection with the sale of its bonds as the board shall determine, including arrangements for letters of credit, bond insurance or other credit enhancement devices, provided that no such arrangement shall obligate funds of the authority other than as provided in this chapter; and (10) To appoint and employ such attorneys, financial advisors, agents and employees as the business of the authority may require. (b) The authority shall use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures conforming to generally accepted government accounting standards. (c) The Governor shall deliver an annual report of the authority to the Legislature. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §6.)
AL Code § 22-34-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-7 - Authority Authorized to Issue Bonds.

Section 22-34-7Authority authorized to issue bonds. For the purpose of providing funds for the authority to make loans to public bodies for a project or projects, or for the payment of obligations incurred or temporary loans made for any of said purposes, the authority is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue and sell its bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. Such bonds may be issued in one or more series; shall be in such form and denominations and of such terms and maturities, not exceeding 25 years from the date of issue of each series; shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner; may contain such provisions for registration or for redemption prior to maturity; and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as may be provided by the authorizing resolution. As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, the authority is authorized to pledge, transfer and assign any obligations of each public body, payable to the authority and the security for such obligation. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §7.)
AL Code § 22-34-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-8 - Sale of Bonds.

Section 22-34-8Sale of bonds. The bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority may be sold at such time or times as the board of directors may deem advantageous. The bonds may be sold at private or public sale. Bonds sold at public sale shall be awarded to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the authority for the bonds being sold, computed to their respective absolute maturities; provided, that if no bid acceptable to the authority is received, it may reject all bids and readvertise. Notice of any public sale shall be given by such publication or by such distribution of notices of sale or both, as the board of directors may determine subject to state law. The authority may pay from the proceeds of the sale of its bonds all expenses, including publication and printing charges, attorney's fees, financial advisory fees, and other expenses which the board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, advertisement, sale, execution and issuance thereof. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §8.)
AL Code § 22-34-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-9 - Certificates or Notes in Anticipation of Bonds.

Section 22-34-9Certificates or notes in anticipation of bonds. In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the authority may borrow such sums as may be needed for any of the aforesaid purposes and to obligate itself by certificate or promissory note, bearing interest at a rate or rates to be specified by the authority, and maturing within 18 months from the date of such certificate or promissory note. Such certificates or promissory notes shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the bonds of the authority and from the funds from which such bonds are payable. In the event that authority funds are not available for a loan for a project when application is made, in order to accelerate the completion of any project, the public body may, with the approval of the authority, obligate such public body to provide local funds to pay that portion of the cost of the project which the authority will make available by loan, and the authority shall refund the amount expended on its behalf by such public body. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §9.)
AL Code § 22-34-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-10 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 22-34-10Refunding bonds. The authority may from time to time issue and sell its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority at the time outstanding and any premiums necessary to be paid to redeem any bonds so to be refunded. The holders of such refunding bonds shall be subrogated and entitled to all priorities, rights and pledges to which the bonds refunded thereby were entitled. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §10.)
AL Code § 22-34-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-11 - Dedicated Source of Revenue to Repay Moneys; Default; Accounting Standards.

Section 22-34-11Dedicated source of revenue to repay moneys; default; accounting standards. (a) In order to provide for the funding of the loan by the authority for a project to the public body, such public body shall establish a dedicated source of revenue to repay the moneys received from the authority and to provide for operation, maintenance and equipment replacement expenses. Such public body is hereby authorized and empowered, any existing statute to the contrary notwithstanding, to do and perform any one or more of the following: (1) To obligate itself to pay to the authority at periodic intervals a sum sufficient to provide bond debt service with respect to the bonds of the authority issued to fund the loan for such project and to pay over such debt service to the account of the project for deposit to the revolving loan fund; (2) To levy, collect and pay over to the authority and to obligate itself to continue to levy, collect and pay over to the authority the proceeds of any one or more of the following: a. Any sewer or waste disposal service fee or charge; b. Any licenses, permits, taxes and fees; c. Any special assessment on the property drained, served or benefitted by the project; and d. Other revenue available to the public body. (3) To undertake and obligate itself to pay its contractual obligation the authority solely from the proceeds from any one or more of the sources specified in subdivision (2) above, or to impose upon itself a general obligation pledge to the authority additionally secured by a pledge of any one or more of such sources; (4) To obligate itself to continue to levy and collect such revenues, fees and charges as shall equal not less than 110 percent nor more than 125 percent, as determined by the authority of the maximum principal and interest maturing and coming due in any one year on the bonds issued by the authority to fund a loan for the project; and (5) To enter into such agreements, to perform such acts and to delegate such functions and duties as its governing body shall determine to be necessary or desirable to enable the authority to fund a loan to the public body to aid it in the construction or acquisition of a project. (b) In the event of default, the authority may utilize all available remedies under state law. (c) All loans made by the authority shall provide that repayment of such loans shall begin not later then one year after completion of construction of the project for which such loan was made and shall be repaid in full no later than 20 years after completion of such construction. (d) The recipients of loans shall maintain project accounts in accordance with generally accepted government accounting standards. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §11.)
AL Code § 22-34-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-12 - Investment in Authority Bonds.

Section 22-34-12Investment in authority bonds. The State Treasurer may invest any idle or surplus moneys of the state in bonds of the authority. The governing body of any county or municipality is authorized in its discretion to invest any idle or surplus money held in its treasury in bonds of the authority. Such bonds shall be legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fiduciary's authority, and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §12.)
AL Code § 22-34-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-13 - Tax Exempt.

Section 22-34-13Tax exempt. All bonds or other indebtedness of the authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom and all projects or parts thereof and all assets of the authority shall be forever exempt from any and all taxation in the state. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §15.)
AL Code § 22-34-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-14 - Exempt From Usury Laws.

Section 22-34-14Exempt from usury laws. All securities issued by the authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §16.)
AL Code § 22-34-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-15 - No Proceeding, Notice or Approval Required.

Section 22-34-15No proceeding, notice or approval required. This chapter is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of its purposes 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 chapter, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority, the purchase of any loans or the making of any loan to a public body, the issuance of any bonds, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §17.)
AL Code § 22-34-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-16 - Negotiable Instruments.

Section 22-34-16Negotiable instruments. All bonds issued by the authority, while registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are registered as to both principal and interest, shall likewise be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §18.)
AL Code § 22-34-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 34 - Water Pollution Control Authority.|Section 22-34-17 - Obligations Solely of Authority.

Section 22-34-17Obligations solely of authority. All bonds, notes and certificates issued by the authority shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the authority, payable solely from the revenues, income, fees or charges which may pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, be pledged to the payment thereof, and no such bonds, notes or certificates shall create an obligation or debt of the state. Provided, however, that an agreement by the authority to make a loan to a public body for a project shall impose an obligation on the state to make such loan from any funds which are then or may thereafter become available regardless of the funding of the loan by the public body and subject only to any terms and conditions set forth in such agreement. (Acts 1987, No. 87-226, p. 317, §19.)
AL Code § 22-35-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-1 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 22-35-1Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds and declares that certain lands of Alabama constitute unique and delicately balanced resources; that the protection of these resources is vital to the economy of this state; and that the preservation of waters is a matter of the highest urgency and priority as these waters provide a primary source of potable water in this state; that such use can only be served effectively by maintaining the quality of waters in as close to a comparable previous condition as possible, taking into account multiple use accommodations necessary to provide the broadest possible promotion of public and private interests. The Legislature further finds that where contamination of soils or waters has occurred, remedial measures have often been delayed for long periods while determinations as to liability and the extent of liability are made; that such delays result in the continuation and intensification of the threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, in greater damages to the environment, and in significantly higher costs to contain and remove the contamination; and that adequate financial resources must be readily available to provide for the expeditious supply of safe and reliable alternative sources of potable water to affected persons and to provide a means for investigation and clean-up at contamination sites without delay. The Legislature intends for this chapter to provide evidence of financial responsibility for owners and operators of underground and aboveground storage tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle I, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and other federal laws. Owners and operators of underground and aboveground storage tanks may choose to participate in the fund created by this chapter as one of several available alternatives to provide such evidence of financial responsibility as required under said federal laws. Participation in the fund is voluntary; however, in order to participate in the fund, owners and operators must comply with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §1; Act 2002-495, p. 1265, §1.)
AL Code § 22-35-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-2 - Short Title.

Section 22-35-2Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Act." (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §2; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §2.)
AL Code § 22-35-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 35 - Alabama Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.|Section 22-35-7 - Financial Responsibility Requirements for Taking Response Action.

Section 22-35-7Financial responsibility requirements for taking response action. (a) The financial responsibility requirements for taking response action by underground motor fuel storage tank owners or operators shall be set at five thousand dollars ($5,000) per occurrence, and for aboveground tank owners or operators the financial responsibility requirements shall be set at ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per occurrence. The financial responsibility for third-party claims is five thousand dollars ($5,000). The commission may increase the clean-up and third party damage liability per occurrence to owners or operators when recommended by the management board. (b) Financial responsibility may be established by any one or combination of the following: Insurance, guarantee, surety bond, letter of credit, or qualification as a self-insurer. A person may qualify as a self-insurer by showing tangible net worth in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §7; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §7; Act 2003-483, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1486, §1.)