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AL Code § 11-98-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-10 - Restrictions on 911 Use; Secondary Backup Emergency Number Authorized; Certain Automatic Alerting Devices Connected to Network Prohibited; Possible Penalties for Misuse.

Section 11-98-10Restrictions on 911 use; secondary backup emergency number authorized; certain automatic alerting devices connected to network prohibited; possible penalties for misuse. (a) The telephone number 911 is restricted to emergency calls that may result in dispatch of the appropriate response for: fire suppression and rescue, emergency medical services or ambulances, hazardous material, disaster, or major emergency occurrences, and law enforcement activities. (b) The digits 911 shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for non-emergency telephone calls. (c) No person shall connect to a service supplier's network or to a CMRS provider's network any automatic alarm, or other automatic alerting device that automatically dials, without human initiation, and provides a pre-recorded message in order to directly access the services that may be obtained through dialing 911. (d) The making of a false alarm, complaint, or knowingly reporting false information using the E-911 system, may subject the caller to penalties as provided by law. (Act 98-338, p. 584, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-11 - Methods of Response to Emergency Calls.

Section 11-98-11Methods of response to emergency calls. (a) The emergency telephone system shall be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one of the following four methods in response to emergency calls: (1) Direct dispatch method, which is a telephone service to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken. (2) Relay method, which is a telephone service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services, and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit. (3) Transfer method, which is a telephone service which receives telephone requests for emergency services and directly transfers such requests to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services. (4) Referral method, which is a telephone service which, upon the receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, provides the requesting party with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services. (b) The board of commissioners of the district shall select the method which it determines to be the most feasible for the county or municipality. (Act 98-338, p. 584, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-12 - Release of Audio Recording; Public Records; Transcript.

Section 11-98-12Release of audio recording; public records; transcript. (a) After April 21, 2010, an emergency communications district may not release the audio recording of a 911 telephone call except pursuant to a court order finding that the right of the public to the release of the recording outweighs the privacy interests of the individual who made the 911 call or any person involved in the facts or circumstances relating to the 911 call. This section shall not apply to law enforcement personnel conducting an investigation where the 911 telephone call is or may be relevant to the investigation. (b) An audio recording may be released without a court order to the caller whose voice is on the 911 audio recording or, in the event that the caller is deceased or incapacitated, to the legal representative of the caller or the caller's estate, provided the person seeking the 911 audio recording submits a sworn affidavit to include sufficient information so that the emergency communications district director may verify the statements which attest to the following facts: (1) That the person signing the affidavit is the caller or that the caller is deceased or incapacitated and the person signing the affidavit is the legal representative of the caller or the caller's estate. (2) That release of the 911 audio recording is pertinent to the investigation of a legal matter resulting from the events necessitating the making of the 911 call at issue. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any written or electronic record detailing the circumstances, response, or other events related to a 911 call which is kept by the emergency communications district in its regular course of business shall be deemed a public writing under Section 36-12-40, and subject to public inspection as otherwise provided by law. (d) Upon payment of a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual cost of transcription, an emergency communications district shall provide a transcript of any requested audio recording of a 911 telephone call which is retained by the emergency communications district. (Act 2010-502, p. 806, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-13 - Biennial Audit.

Section 11-98-13Biennial audit. On a biennial basis, if not more frequently, the 911 Board shall retain an independent, third-party auditor for the purposes of receiving, maintaining, and verifying the accuracy of any and all information, including all proprietary information, that is required to be collected, or that may have been submitted to the board by voice communication providers and districts, and the accuracy of the collection of the 911 service charge required to be collected. (Act 2012-293, p. 592, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-14 - Sunset Provision.

Section 11-98-14Sunset provision. The 911 Board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, Chapter 20, Title 41, as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2016, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act 2012-293, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 98 - Emergency Telephone Service.|Section 11-98-15 - Reimbursement for Unused Funds Retained for 911 Board Administrative Expenses; Annual Costs.

Section 11-98-15Reimbursement for unused funds retained for 911 Board administrative expenses; annual costs. The 911 Board shall reimburse the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to the extent of any unused funds retained for administrative expenses under this section or Section 11-98-5.2(b) for the amount of actual costs incurred in carrying out the requirements placed upon the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts by this chapter, as evidenced by invoice presented to the board. By January 1, 2013, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide the 911 Board with a projection of its annual costs in meeting the requirements of this chapter, which shall be treated and retained by the 911 Board as an administrative fee in addition to the administrative allowance specified in Section 11-98-5.2(b). The invoiced amount shall be due and payable within 30 days of presentment. (Act 2012-293, §2.)
AL Code § 11-99-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99 - Tax Increment Districts.|Section 11-99-3 - Powers of Municipalities and Counties.

Section 11-99-3Powers of municipalities and counties. In addition to any other powers conferred by law, each municipality and county in the state shall have and may exercise any powers necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the power to: (1) Create tax increment districts and to define the boundaries thereof; (2) Cause project plans to be prepared, to approve plans, and to implement the provisions and effectuate the purposes of project plans; (3) Issue tax increment obligations; (4) Deposit moneys into the tax increment fund for any tax increment district; and (5) Enter into any covenants, contracts, or agreements, including conditions, restrictions, or covenants which either run with the land or otherwise regulate the use of the land and any covenants, contracts, and agreements with or for the benefit of holders of tax increment obligations, determined by the local governing body to be necessary or convenient to implement the provisions and effectuate the purposes of project plans. (Acts 1987, No. 87-824, p. 1660, §3.)
AL Code § 11-99-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99 - Tax Increment Districts.|Section 11-99-7 - Termination of Tax Increment Districts.

Section 11-99-7Termination of tax increment districts. The existence of a tax increment district shall terminate when: (1) Positive tax increments are no longer allocable to a district under Section 11-99-6(a) hereof; or (2) The local governing body, by resolution, dissolves the district. (Acts 1987, No. 87-824, p. 1660, §7.)
AL Code § 11-99-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99 - Tax Increment Districts.|Section 11-99-9 - Overlapping Tax Increment Districts.

Section 11-99-9Overlapping tax increment districts. (a) Subject to any agreement with security holders, a tax increment district may be created, the boundaries of which overlap one or more existing tax increment districts. Districts created on the same date, however, may not have overlapping boundaries. (b) If the boundaries of two or more tax increment districts overlap, in determining how positive tax increments generated by that area which is within two or more districts are allocated among the districts, but for no other purpose, the aggregate value of the taxable property in the area as equalized by the Department of Revenue in any year as to each earlier created district is deemed to be that portion of the tax increment base of the district next created which is attributable to such overlapped area. (Acts 1987, No. 87-824, p. 1660, §9.)
AL Code § 11-99-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99 - Tax Increment Districts.|Section 11-99-10 - Equalized Valuation for Apportionment of Property Taxes.

Section 11-99-10Equalized valuation for apportionment of property taxes. (a) With respect to any taxing authority other than the public entity which created the tax increment district, the calculation of the equalized valuation of taxable property in a tax increment district may not exceed the tax increment base of the district until the district is terminated, unless agreement has been made for other arrangements under subsection (b) of this section. (b) In such cases where it can be shown that losing tax increments would be harmful to any given taxing authority or cause such taxing authority not to honor a prior binding commitment, by contract executed with the public entity prior to the designation of the tax increment district, and if an agreement has been made for such allowances through a process of negotiation at the time of the creation of the tax increment district, a taxing authority may make payments into the tax increment fund, less the sum of: (1) Any property taxes produced from the tax increments which are required to be paid by the taxing authority to another political subdivision; and (2) A portion, not to exceed 20 percent or a one-time payment mutually agreed upon at the time of the creation of the tax increment district, of the tax increment produced in the district by the taxes levied on behalf of that taxing authority. (c) All tax increments which have accrued with respect to school districts under this chapter shall be determined and the amounts shall be paid on February 1 of each year out of the taxes of all school districts which have territory in a tax increment district. (d) The use of the increased valuations in the tax increment district before the completion of the project in calculating any general state school aid formula is prohibited. (e) A taxing authority is not required to pay a tax increment into the tax increment fund for a district beyond three years from the date the district was created unless one or more of the following conditions exist or have been met: (1) Tax increment obligations have been issued for the district; (2) The public entity has acquired property within the district pursuant to the project plan; or (3) Construction of improvements pursuant to the project plan has commenced in the district. (Acts 1987, No. 87-824, p. 1660, §10; Act 2010-184, p. 262, §3.)
AL Code § 11-99-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99 - Tax Increment Districts.|Section 11-99-11 - Construction.

Section 11-99-11Construction. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any municipality or county to lend its credit or to grant public money or things of value in aid of any individual, association, or corporation in violation of Section 94 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, except to the extent otherwise permitted by other provisions of or amendments to the Constitution. (Act 2013-51, p. 80, §5.)
AL Code § 11-99A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-1 - Name.

Section 11-99A-1Name. This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the "Alabama Improvement District Act." (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-3 - Conduct of Hearings.

Section 11-99A-3Conduct of hearings.  A hearing described in this chapter may be held only after giving public notice. However, public notice of regularly scheduled meetings of a council is not required. A hearing may be adjourned from time to time until the board or council makes findings by resolution as to the expedience of the matter being considered. Where this chapter requires written personal notice of a hearing, notice may be given by deposit in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, no later than the eighth day before the date of the hearing. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-5 - Validity of Petition to Form or Amend District.

Section 11-99A-5Validity of petition to form or amend district. No petition for the formation of a district with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of defects. The council of the appointing government, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts or this chapter by correcting any errors in the description of the territory or in any other particular. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-7 - Immunity.

Section 11-99A-7Immunity. Districts, the members of the board, its officers, and agents shall have the same immunity from liability as a municipality and its officers. No civil action shall be brought or maintained against the district or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of a district or director or its or his or her agents, servants, or employees in or about the construction, acquisition, installation, maintenance, operation, superintendence, or management of any facility or other improvement owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by the district. No civil action may be maintained against an appointing government, its officers, servants, employees, or agents relating to any facility or other improvement owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by the district. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-8 - Internal Operations of a District.

Section 11-99A-8Internal operations of a district. (a) Each board shall have a chair, a secretary, and a treasurer or a secretary-treasurer, and may have a vice-chair and other officers as the board may determine from time to time. (b) All proceedings of a board and of all committees of the board shall be recorded in minutes, which shall be maintained and available for inspection by the appointing government. (c) All funds of a district shall be deposited or invested as directed by the board. However, funds received by the district from a public person and not from assessments shall be deposited or invested only in a manner as a public person may invest or deposit funds. (d) Any member of a board and any officer may call a special meeting of the board as may be permitted by the bylaws or resolutions of the board. Personal notice may be waived by any members of the board before, at, or after a meeting by waiver in writing signed by the person giving the waiver. The attendance of any member of the board at any meeting of the board shall constitute a waiver of notice unless attendance is made exclusively for the purpose of protesting the means of calling the meeting, and the person otherwise does not participate in the meeting. (e) Any meeting that is called at which a quorum is not present may be adjourned by announcement at the meeting of the date to which it is adjourned, and may be reconvened at a time as a quorum shall become available. (f) A quorum of a board shall consist of a majority of the members of the board. Actions of the board shall be taken by a majority of those present, if a quorum is present, unless a higher percentage is provided for in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-9 - Appointment of Board Members.

Section 11-99A-9Appointment of board members. (a) The district shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the district shall be vested and which shall consist of the number of members specified in the articles of incorporation, but not less than three nor more than 11. Members of the board shall be appointed by the appointing government. The articles of incorporation shall specify that the members of the board serve for staggered terms, with one-third, or as near to one-third as is practical, of the initial members serving for four years, with one-third, or as near to one-third as is practical, of the initial members to serve for five years, and with one-third, or as near to one-third as is practical, of the initial members to serve for six years. Thereafter, the successors to members of the board of directors shall serve for six-year terms. The proceedings of the appointing government by which members of the board are appointed shall specify the term for which the appointment is made. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member of the board, the person whose term shall have expired shall remain a member of the board until his or her successor shall have been duly appointed by the appointing government. Members of the board need not be owners, residents, electors, or taxpayers of the appointing government or the state. (b) No vacancy in the membership of the board of directors or the voluntary disqualification or abstention of any member thereof shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all of the powers and duties of the board. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1; Act 2013-373, p. 1364, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-10 - Annexation Incidental to Formation of District.

Section 11-99A-10Annexation incidental to formation of district. The petition for the formation of a district by a municipality may include land that is not within the corporate limits of the municipality provided that the land is, taken as a whole, contiguous with land within the corporate limits of the municipality. In such a case, upon the formation of the district, all land within the districts shall become automatically annexed into and a part of the municipality. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)
AL Code § 11-99A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 99A - Alabama Improvement Districts.|Section 11-99A-12 - Contracting for Improvements.

Section 11-99A-12Contracting for improvements.  Upon the making of the preliminary assessment, the board shall prepare contracts and bid specifications, and shall bid or otherwise contract for the acquisition, construction, or installation of all the improvements as specified in the petition. In general, all contracts shall be bid in accordance with applicable state law. However, if an improvement or a portion of an improvement is to be paid for exclusively with funds provided through assessments under this chapter or by the owners or on behalf of the owners, and not from any revenues, taxes, or funds of the appointing government, the contracting for the acquisition, construction, or installation of the improvement or portion thereof shall be exempt from all laws relating to the advertising and award of construction contracts and purchase contracts, including, without limitation, Title 39 and Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, and shall be performed in the sole discretion of the board. All contracts and bids shall be contingent upon the issuance of a final assessment by the appointing government as hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board may contract for and commence the acquisition, construction, or installation of one or more improvements or a portion of one or more improvements in advance of a preliminary or final assessment, provided that the contract for the acquisition, construction, or installation is exempt from laws relating to the advertising and award of construction contracts and purchase contracts under this section. (Act 99-446, p. 1013, §1.)