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AL Code § 11-19-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 19 - Comprehensive Land-Use Management in Flood-Prone Areas.|Section 11-19-23 - Conflict of Certain Regulations Under Chapter With Other Local Ordinances, Regulations, Etc.

Section 11-19-23Conflict of certain regulations under chapter with other local ordinances, regulations, etc. Wherever the regulations made under authority of this chapter require a greater width or size of yards or open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied. or impose other higher standards than are required in any other local statute or like ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under the authority of this chapter shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size of yards or other open space, or require a lower height of buildings, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied. or impose other higher standards than are required by regulations made under authority of this chapter, the provisions of such statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 4346, §22.)
AL Code § 11-19-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 19 - Comprehensive Land-Use Management in Flood-Prone Areas.|Section 11-19-24 - Construction of Chapter Not to Impair Right of Eminent Domain, etc., Granted to Utilities.

Section 11-19-24Construction of chapter not to impair right of eminent domain, etc., granted to utilities. This chapter shall not be construed to impair the right of eminent domain granted heretofore or hereafter by the laws of this state to utilities, whether public or private, or their right to design, locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, or maintain utility poles, towers, lines, conduits, pipes, or mains reasonably required in the public service or their right to exercise authority conferred by statute, franchise, certificate of convenience and necessity, license, or easement. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 4346, §24.)
AL Code § 11-21-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 21 - Acquisition of Waterworks Plants or Distribution Systems.|Section 11-21-1 - Power of Counties to Purchase.

Section 11-21-1Power of counties to purchase. Any county in the state shall have the power and authority to purchase or acquire, and to operate, and to assume any indebtedness connected with, any waterworks plant or water distribution system, or both, located in the county and owned by any municipality located within the county or by any public corporation organized under the laws of this state upon such consideration as shall be agreed upon. (Acts 1975, No. 1213, §1.)
AL Code § 11-21-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 21 - Acquisition of Waterworks Plants or Distribution Systems.|Section 11-21-2 - Power of Municipalities to Sell.

Section 11-21-2Power of municipalities to sell. Any municipality in the state shall have the power and authority to sell, convey, and transfer any waterworks plant or water distribution system, or both, owned by it to the county in which the municipality is located, upon such consideration as may be agreed upon, including the assumption of any indebtedness connected with any such system. (Acts 1975, No. 1213, §2.)
AL Code § 11-21-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 21 - Acquisition of Waterworks Plants or Distribution Systems.|Section 11-21-3 - Publication of Notice.

Section 11-21-3Publication of notice. At least 30 days prior to the consummation of any such sale, conveyance, or transfer, the municipality shall cause to be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality, a copy of the ordinance authorizing such sale, transfer, or conveyance. (Acts 1975, No. 1213, §3.)
AL Code § 11-21-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 21 - Acquisition of Waterworks Plants or Distribution Systems.|Section 11-21-4 - No Election Required.

Section 11-21-4No election required. No election of any nature shall be required for the exercise or implementation of any power or authority granted by this chapter. (Acts 1975, No. 1213, §4.)
AL Code § 11-22-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-22-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) CORPORATION. Any corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) COUNTY. Any county in this state with respect to which a corporation may be organized. (3) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission. (4) MORTGAGE. A mortgage or a mortgage and deed of trust. (5) PROJECT. Any land or any interest therein, including forests, rivers, streams, waterways, and lakes, and any buildings or other improvements thereon, and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for a public park, and all buildings, facilities, and improvements incident thereto or useful in connection therewith, including but without limitation, picnic areas, camp sites, trailer sites, cabins, lodges, roads and trails for hiking, bicycling, or horseback riding, nature trails, botanical gardens, zoos, museums, exhibition areas, comfort stations, athletic fields, golf courses, tennis and badminton courts, bowling alleys, skeet, trap, rifle and archery ranges, swimming pools, bathhouses, beaches, docks and marinas, club houses, boats, rides, amusement facilities, boating facilities, areas and facilities for fishing and hunting, areas and facilities for aquatic entertainment and sports, stadiums, coliseums, arenas, grandstands, auditoriums, meeting halls, pavilions, centers for cultural entertainment, music, drama, exhibitions and exhibits, amphitheatres, administrative or office buildings, and public accommodation facilities as hereinafter defined. (6) PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES. Buildings, facilities, and improvements for the accommodation of visitors to any such public park, including without limitation of the foregoing, motels, restaurants, coffee shops, stores to provide groceries, drugs and other items, sports, gift and souvenir shops, boat service and storage facilities, and launderettes; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter is intended to authorize any such corporation itself to operate as a commercial enterprise any such shops, boat service and storage facilities, stores, motels, or restaurants. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §2.)
AL Code § 11-22-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-2 - Intent of Legislature.

Section 11-22-2Intent of Legislature. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to promote the public health and general welfare by authorizing the incorporation in the several counties in this state of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, expand, own, operate, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporations may be able to promote public interest and participation in sports, athletics, and recreational activities and to provide or improve public parks in this state, including all buildings, facilities, and improvements incident thereto or useful in connection therewith. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §1.)
AL Code § 11-22-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-3 - Application for Authority to Incorporate; Resolution of Approval; Incorporation of More Than One Corporation.

Section 11-22-3Application for authority to incorporate; resolution of approval; incorporation of more than one corporation. Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body of any county of this state an application in writing for authority to incorporate in such county a public corporation under the provisions of this chapter, and shall set forth in said application a brief description of the project to be acquired or improved by such corporation, and if it shall be made to appear to such governing body that each of said persons is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in said county and if the governing body of said county shall adopt a resolution which shall be duly entered upon the minutes of such governing body wherein it shall be found and determined that there is a public need for the proposed project, that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that such a corporation be formed and that the persons filing said application shall be authorized to proceed to form such corporation, then said persons shall proceed to organize such corporation by executing, acknowledging, and filing a certificate of incorporation as herein provided. No corporation shall be formed unless the application provided for herein shall be made and unless the resolution provided for herein shall be adopted; provided, that the inadequacy of the description of the proposed project in the application for incorporation shall not affect the validity of the incorporation of such corporation. The granting of authority for the incorporation of one public corporation under this chapter shall not preclude the granting of authority by the governing body of the same county for the incorporation of other public corporations hereunder; provided, that such other public corporations shall be required to adopt a name or designation sufficient to distinguish them from any public corporation theretofore incorporated by such county under this chapter. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §3.)
AL Code § 11-22-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-4 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Execution.

Section 11-22-4Certificate of incorporation - Contents; execution. (a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under this chapter shall set forth: (1) The names of the applicants, together with a recital that each of them is an elector of and taxpayer in the county; (2) The name of the corporation, which shall be "the public park and recreation board of _____ County" (the blank space to be filled in with the name of the county), if such name shall be available for use by the corporation and if not available, or if the incorporators desire some other name, then the incorporators shall designate some other similar name that is available; (3) A recital that permission to organize the corporation has been granted by a resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the county and the date of the adoption of such resolution; (4) The location of the principal office of the corporation (which shall be in the county); (5) The purposes for which the corporation is proposed to be organized, which purposes shall be those set forth in the application for authority to incorporate; (6) The number of directors of the corporation (which shall be not less than three); (7) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration is perpetual, the fact should be stated); and (8) Any other matter which the applicants may choose to insert therein which shall not be inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) The certificate of incorporation shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §4.)
AL Code § 11-22-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-5 - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing and Recording.

Section 11-22-5Certificate of incorporation - Filing and recording. When executed and acknowledged in conformity with Section 11-22-4, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county. The judge of probate shall thereupon examine the certificate of incorporation and, if he finds that the recitals contained therein are correct, that the requirements of Section 11-22-4 have been complied with and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another corporation already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book or record in his office. When such certificate has been so made, filed, and approved, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the certificate of incorporation. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §5.)
AL Code § 11-22-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-6 - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendments.

Section 11-22-6Certificate of incorporation - Amendments. If any corporation formed under this chapter has accidentally or inadvertently failed to comply with the requirements hereof in its organization, such omission or defect may be corrected by filing an amendment as provided in this section. The certificate of incorporation of any corporation formed under this chapter may also at any time and from time to time be amended so as to make any changes therein and add any provisions thereto which might have been included in the certificate of incorporation in the first instance. Any amendment shall be effected in the following manner: The members of the board of directors of the corporation shall file with the governing body of the county an application in writing seeking permission to amend the certificate of incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment proposed to be made. Such governing body shall consider such application and, if it shall by appropriate resolution duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary, and advisable that the proposed amendment be made, and if an additional project or projects are proposed, that there is a public need therefor, and shall approve the form of the proposed amendment and shall authorize the amendment to be made, then the persons making such application shall execute an instrument embodying the amendment specified in such application and shall file the same with the judge of probate of the county. The proposed amendment shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each member of the board of directors before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. Such judge of probate shall thereupon examine the proposed amendment and, if he finds that the requirements of this section have been complied with and the proposed amendment is within the scope of what might be included in an original certificate of incorporation, he shall approve the amendment and record it in an appropriate book in his office. When such amendment has been so made, filed and approved, it shall thereupon become effective, and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §6.)
AL Code § 11-22-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-7 - Board of Directors.

Section 11-22-7Board of directors. The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested and which shall consist of any number of directors, not less than three, all of whom shall be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the county. The directors shall serve as such without compensation; except, that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties hereunder. No director shall be an officer or employee of the county. The directors shall be elected by the governing body of the county, and they shall be so elected that they shall hold office for staggered terms. At the time of the election of the first board of directors, the governing body of the county shall divide the directors into three groups containing as nearly equal whole numbers as may be possible. The first term of the directors included in the first group shall be two years, the first term of the directors included in the second group shall be four years, the first term of the directors included in the third group shall be six years, and thereafter the terms of all directors shall be six years; provided, that if at the expiration of any term of office of any director a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected. Any meeting held by the board of directors for any purpose whatsoever shall be open to the public. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §7.)
AL Code § 11-22-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-10 - Bond Issues - Securing of Principal and Interest; Mortgages and Deeds of Trust; Default.

Section 11-22-10Bond issues - Securing of principal and interest; mortgages and deeds of trust; default. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the corporation shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may be secured by mortgage or deed of trust covering all or any part of the projects from which the revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of and additions to any such projects thereafter made. The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such mortgage or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of fees, rates, tolls and charges for the services, facilities and accommodations furnished by the corporation and of the rents for any portion thereof leased by the corporation to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board of directors shall deem advisable and which are not in conflict with the provisions hereof. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage or deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the corporation shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid. In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the corporation made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any mortgage or deed of trust executed as security therefor, such payment or agreement may be enforced by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver or by foreclosure of any such mortgage or deed of trust, or any one or more of said remedies. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §10.)
AL Code § 11-22-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-11 - Bond Issues - Notice of Authorization of Issuance; Contesting of Validity.

Section 11-22-11Bond issues - Notice of authorization of issuance; contesting of validity. Upon the adoption by the board of directors of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the corporation may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed the name and title of either the chairman or secretary of the corporation: "_____, a public corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, on the ____ day of _____, authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of revenue bonds of the said corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and mortgage or deed of trust to secure the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice." Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds or the validity of the pledge and mortgage or deed of trust made therefor must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings or of the said bonds, or the said pledge or mortgage or deed of trust shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said proceedings or of the said bonds or the said pledge or mortgage or deed of trust be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §11.)
AL Code § 11-22-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 22 - Public Park and Recreation Boards.|Section 11-22-12 - Temporary Borrowing.

Section 11-22-12Temporary borrowing. The corporation may, in addition to the other powers granted in this chapter, borrow money for temporary use for any of its corporate purposes and in evidence of such borrowing issue from time to time revenue bonds or notes maturing not later than 18 months from date of issuance. Any such temporary borrowing may be made in anticipation of the sale and issuance of long-term bonds, and in such event the principal proceeds from the sale of such long-term bonds shall, to the extent necessary, be used for payment of the principal of and the interest on the temporary bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the sale and issuance of such long-term bonds. Any such temporary borrowing may also be made with respect to a project simultaneously with or after the sale and issuance of long-term bonds issued with respect to such project if, under the terms of the proceedings under which such long-term bonds are issued, the proceeds therefrom or any part thereof may not be used or released until completion of the project with respect to which issued or other similar contingency. In such case, the principal proceeds from the long-term bonds shall, when released and to the extent necessary, be applied for payment of the principal of and the interest on such temporary bonds or notes. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §12.)