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AL Code § 11-88-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-18 - Authorization and Procedure for Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Properties of Authority and Apportionment Thereof Upon Dissolution of Authority.

Section 11-88-18Authorization and procedure for dissolution of authority; vesting of title to properties of authority and apportionment thereof upon dissolution of authority. At any time when no bonds theretofore issued by the authority or obligations theretofore 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 said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the determining 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 thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among the determining county and any other county or counties in which any part of the service area may be located, all in such manner and to such extent as may be provided in the authority's certificate of incorporation, as amended; provided, however, that in the absence of a contrary provision in the said certificate of incorporation, as amended, title to real estate and tangible personal property, other than cash, shall vest in the county in which the said real estate or tangible personal property is located and the title to cash on hand and in banks, accounts receivable, choses in action, and other intangible property, other than intangible interest in land, shall vest in all of the counties in which any part of the service area lies. Each such county shall have title to said cash and intangible items as a tenant in common thereof, the fractional interest of each such tenant in common in said items being represented by a fraction the numerator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during its then next preceding complete fiscal year from service rendered in that part of its service area within that county and the denominator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during the same period from services rendered in its entire service area. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §18.)
AL Code § 11-88-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-19 - Existence of Authority Not to Prevent Subsequent Incorporation, etc., of Another Authority.

Section 11-88-19Existence of authority not to prevent subsequent incorporation, etc., of another authority. The existence of one or more authorities incorporated under the provisions of this article shall not prevent the subsequent incorporation under this article of another authority or the amendment of the certificate of incorporation of another authority pursuant to determinations made by the same county or counties, even though the service area described in the certificate of incorporation, as originally filed or as amended, of any existing authority may include territory that lies within the proposed service area of an authority that is proposed to be incorporated under this article or that proposes to amend its certificate of incorporation under this article; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to eliminate the requirements that the statements of fact referred to in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 11-88-3 and in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of Section 11-88-5 be determined to be true. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §19; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §12.)
AL Code § 11-88-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-20 - Validation of Prior Defective Incorporations Under Provisions of Article.

Section 11-88-20Validation of prior defective incorporations under provisions of article. In all cases where there has heretofore been an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this article, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorporated, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed, the attempted incorporation of such public corporation with respect to which such a certificate of incorporation has been filed shall be and hereby is validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity in the procedure for incorporation of such corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (1) The failure of the judge of probate in whose office such certificate of incorporation was filed to examine such certificate of incorporation or to enter an appropriate order with respect thereto; (2) The failure of the governing body of the county to whom application was made for the incorporation of such corporation to adopt the resolution required by Section 11-88-3, as amended, or to include in such resolution the appropriate findings; (3) The failure of the persons making such application to the county governing body to sign the certificate of incorporation so filed in the office of the judge of probate; (4) The fact that the certificate of incorporation so filed was not signed by not less than three of the persons making such application to the county governing body; (5) The failure to file the certificate of incorporation within the time specified by statute after adoption by the county governing body of the appropriate resolution; (6) The failure to attach to the certificate of incorporation any one or more of the documents required to be attached thereto at the time of such incorporation; or (7) The inclusion in the certificate of incorporation of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to such corporation. (Acts 1971, No. 610, p. 1326.)
AL Code § 11-88-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-88-21 - When Proceedings, Notice, etc., for Incorporation of Authority, Acquisition of Property, Issuance of Bonds, etc., Required; Exemption of Authority, etc., From Jurisdiction and Regulation of Public Service Commission, Etc.

Section 11-88-21When proceedings, notice, etc., for incorporation of authority, acquisition of property, issuance of bonds, etc., required; exemption of authority, etc., from jurisdiction and regulation of Public Service Commission, etc. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article or Article 2 of this chapter no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture. The authority, every water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility owned by the authority or leased or subleased to a determining county and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission and neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority or any transaction between the authority and the determining county or between the determining county and any vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee to or from the authority. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §16; Acts 1965, No. 805, p. 1507; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §11; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-761, p. 232, §4.)
AL Code § 11-88-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-40 - Definitions.

Section 11-88-40Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, as amended. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (3) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of a county. (4) IMPROVEMENT. Any sanitary sewage treatment or sewage disposal plant or any sanitary sewer, including mains, laterals, trunk lines, collector lines, outfall lines, force mains, and appurtenant facilities. (5) RESORT AREA. An area located outside the corporate limits of any municipality in which the primary use of the majority of the real property is for recreational pursuits or those associated with relaxation, avocation, or pleasure, including vacation homes and facilities and commercial amusement or recreational establishments providing such facilities or goods or services with respect thereto. (6) PROPERTY. Only land which has been subdivided and platted. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §1.)
AL Code § 11-88-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-41 - Legislative Findings and Declarations; Powers Granted Authorities by Article to Be Exercised Only in Resort Areas and With the Consent of County Governing Bodies.

Section 11-88-41Legislative findings and declarations; powers granted authorities by article to be exercised only in resort areas and with the consent of county governing bodies. (a) The Legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that it is necessary and desirable that authorities whose service area includes a resort area be authorized to exercise the powers granted by this article, after proper action by a governing body or bodies, since the predominant use of improvements in such resort areas is seasonal and service use charges may not provide an adequate and feasible basis for financing such improvements. (b) No authority shall exercise any of the powers granted in this article except in that part of its service area that is a resort area and then only if the governing body of each county in which any part of its service area is located has consented to the exercise of such powers, evidenced by the adoption of a resolution, spread upon its minutes, naming the authority, finding that its service area includes or constitutes a resort area (which shall be described in such resolution by a concise legal description), finding that no part of the resort area so described lies within the corporate limits of any municipality, and finding that it is necessary or desirable that the authority have and exercise such powers, and giving such consent. The findings so made by the governing body shall be conclusive for all purposes. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §2.)
AL Code § 11-88-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-42 - Powers of Authorities Generally.

Section 11-88-42Powers of authorities generally. Any authority authorized pursuant to this article may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed the construction or reconstruction of any improvement in its service area, and may cause the cost and expense of all or any part of any such improvement to be assessed against the property abutting on or drained, served, or benefited by such improvement to the extent of the increased value of the said property by reason of the special benefits derived from the said improvement. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §3.)
AL Code § 11-88-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-43 - Adoption of Resolution by Board Describing Improvement, Property Benefited, etc., and Directing Drawing, etc., of Details, Drawings, Plans, Etc.

Section 11-88-43Adoption of resolution by board describing improvement, property benefited, etc., and directing drawing, etc., of details, drawings, plans, etc. When the board shall determine to make an improvement, the cost of which or any part thereof it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on or drained, served, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by the said improvement, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect, describing the property to be drained, served, or benefited by such improvement and define the same by naming the streets, avenues, alleys, or other lines by which the same is bounded or shall describe the frontage of the property abutting on, or drained, served, or benefited by such improvement. The said resolution shall also describe the nature and extent of the work and the general character of the materials to be used and shall direct that full details, drawings, plans, specifications, and surveys of the said work and estimates be prepared by a registered engineer, or the board may in such resolution adopt plans for such work already prepared. Such resolution may set out and describe certain alternative types of materials and the board may require advertisements for proposals on the various types enumerated and the final selection by the board of the type or types of the said materials from among the alternatives so enumerated shall, in that event, be postponed until the bids shall have been received. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §4.)
AL Code § 11-88-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-44 - Filing of Details, Drawings, Plans, etc., for Examination by Property Owners; Appointment of Date for Hearing of Objections as to Improvement, Etc.

Section 11-88-44Filing of details, drawings, plans, etc., for examination by property owners; appointment of date for hearing of objections as to improvement, etc. Such details, drawings, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates shall, when completed, be placed on file not later than two weeks prior to the date of the meeting provided for in this article in the office of the board or some other place designated in such resolution where property owners who may be affected by such improvement may see and examine the same, and the said resolution shall appoint a time when the board will meet, which shall be not less than two weeks after the date of the first publication of the said resolution, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to the said improvement, the manner of making the same or the character of the material or materials to be used. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §5.)
AL Code § 11-88-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-45 - Publication of Resolution and Mailing of Copies Thereof to Persons Last Assessed for Taxation on Property Which May Be Assessed for Improvement.

Section 11-88-45Publication of resolution and mailing of copies thereof to persons last assessed for taxation on property which may be assessed for improvement. The said resolution must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county in which any part of the improvements will be constructed and having general circulation therein. A copy of the said resolution shall also be sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the persons last assessed for county taxation on the property which may be assessed for the said improvement at their last known addresses, the said notices to be so mailed not less than 10 days before the meeting of the board provided for in Section 11-88-46. The failure of any official charged with the duty of sending such notice or the failure of any owners of property to receive such notice, if sent by registered or certified mail as provided in this section, shall not invalidate or in anywise affect any assessment made under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §6.)
AL Code § 11-88-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-46 - Hearing Upon Objections to Improvement, etc.; Confirmation, Amendment, Rescission, etc., of Resolution by Board; When Unanimous Vote of Board Required to Approve Resolution.

Section 11-88-46Hearing upon objections to improvement, etc.; confirmation, amendment, rescission, etc., of resolution by board; when unanimous vote of board required to approve resolution. At the said meeting or at a place and time to which the same may be adjourned, all persons whose property may be affected by the proposed improvement may appear in person or by attorney or by petition and object or protest against the said improvement, the materials to be used or the alternative types of materials or any of them from which selection is later to be made, if any, and the manner of making the same, and the board shall consider such objections and protests and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original resolution. If objections to the proposed improvement are made by a majority in frontage of the property owners to be affected thereby when the proposed improvement is to be assessed against the property fronting or abutting any street, avenue, or alley or by a majority in area of the property owners when the proposed improvement is to be assessed against the property within a defined area, the improvement shall not take place, unless ordered by a unanimous vote of those elected to the board. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §7.)
AL Code § 11-88-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-47 - Publication of Notice for Bids; Letting of Contract; Requirement of Bonds, etc., From Bidders, etc.; Construction of Improvement, Furnishing of Labor, etc., by Authority.

Section 11-88-47Publication of notice for bids; letting of contract; requirement of bonds, etc., from bidders, etc.; construction of improvement, furnishing of labor, etc., by authority. (a) If the board shall finally order the making of the proposed improvement, notice shall be given asking for bids for such work, which notice shall describe in a general way the character and approximate quantities of such work and the types of materials, including alternates, if any, to be employed and shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each county in which any part of the improvements will be constructed and having general circulation therein. The date for receiving bids as set out in the said notice shall be not earlier than two weeks after the date of first publication thereof. (b) The board must let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, that if the lowest responsible bidder has not bid a satisfactory price, the board may reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the same manner as provided in this section. (c) The board may, by order, impose further conditions upon bidders with regard to bonds and surety for the faithful completion of such work according to contract or for any other purpose mentioned in the specifications. Surety bond for the faithful completion of the said work shall be required where same or any part thereof is let out by contract in an amount not less than 50 percent of the estimated total of each contract. (d) The authority may elect to construct the improvement or furnish labor or material or both for the same without asking for bids for that part of the improvement. In the event that the authority makes any such election, then the provisions of this section requiring the authority to ask for bids from contractors and to publish a notice with respect thereto shall not be applicable to any work of construction to be performed by the authority or to any labor and material, or either to be furnished by the authority. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §9.)
AL Code § 11-88-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-48 - Supervision of Work.

Section 11-88-48Supervision of work. All work done or improvements made under the provisions of this article shall be done under the supervision of the engineer or other superintendent appointed for that purpose by the board; provided, that the engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be related by blood or by marriage to any contractor to whom work is awarded under the terms of Section 11-88-47, or, if the said contractor is a corporation, to any stockholder thereof and the said engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be interested in or have any share in the proceeds of any construction contract or any contract for the sale of materials to be employed in the said work, nor be a stockholder in the company selling the said materials, nor shall the said engineer or other superintendent so appointed be employed, directly or indirectly, by any parties having an interest in the proceeds of any such construction or sales contract. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §10.)
AL Code § 11-88-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.|Article 2 - Construction of Sewage Treatment or Disposal Plants, etc., in Resort Areas by Authorities.|Section 11-88-49 - Acceptance or Rejection of Work.

Section 11-88-49Acceptance or rejection of work. In case of any controversy of dispute, the board shall be invested with sole and exclusive power to determine whether any improvement has been completed in accordance with the terms of the contract therefor and to accept or reject such work on the part of the authority. (Acts 1973, No. 826, p. 1293, §11.)