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AL Code § 11-97-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-20 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Laws.

Section 11-97-20Exemption from competitive bid laws. Any corporation and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by counties, municipalities, public corporations, or other instrumentalities authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. Further, all contracts, whether or not involving any corporation as a party thereto, which relate to the design, construction, acquisition, financing, or operation of any facilities that are financed, in whole or in part, by any corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter (including, without limitation, utility services agreements and contracts for the design, construction, and equipment of such facilities) shall be exempt from (1) such laws requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by counties, municipalities, public corporations, or other instrumentalities authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, and (2) the laws of the state limiting the duration of any contracts for the purchase of personal property or contractual services by counties, municipalities, public corporations, or other instrumentalities authorized by them, including, without limitation to, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §20.)
AL Code § 11-97-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-21 - Disposition of Net Earnings of Corporation.

Section 11-97-21Disposition of net earnings of corporation. Every corporation shall be a nonprofit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any private person, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of a corporation, then any net earnings of a corporation thereafter accruing shall be paid to its determining subdivision. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §21.)
AL Code § 11-97-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-22 - Bonds of Corporation as Legal Investments.

Section 11-97-22Bonds of corporation as legal investments. The bonds of any corporation shall be legal investments in which the state and its agencies and instrumentalities, all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and public corporations organized under the laws thereof, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, and investment companies of any kind, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds in their control or belonging to them. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §22.)
AL Code § 11-97-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-23 - Dissolution of Corporation; Vesting of Title to Corporation's Property in Determining Subdivision.

Section 11-97-23Dissolution of corporation; vesting of title to corporation's property in determining subdivision. At any time when any corporation has no bonds or other obligations outstanding and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by such corporation that are then outstanding, the board of such corporation may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the corporation shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in the office of the judge of probate with which the corporation's certificate of incorporation was filed, the corporation shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all such assets or property shall thereupon vest in the determining subdivision. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §23.)
AL Code § 11-97-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-24 - Incorporation of Another Corporation by Same Determining Subdivision.

Section 11-97-24Incorporation of another corporation by same determining subdivision. The formation or dissolution of one or more corporations incorporated under the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of other corporations pursuant to authorization by the same determining subdivision. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §24.)
AL Code § 11-97-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-25 - Notice of Bond Resolution; Contest to Validity of Bonds, Etc.

Section 11-97-25Notice of bond resolution; contest to validity of bonds, etc. (a) Upon the adoption by the board of any corporation of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such corporation may, in the discretion of its board, cause a notice respecting the issuance of such bonds to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in each county in which shall be located any facility financed or in any way assisted by the issuance of such bonds, such publication in each such county to be in a newspaper having general circulation therein. Such notice shall be 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 such corporation: "_______, a public corporation and instrumentality of the State of Alabama, on the ______ day of _____, authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of bonds (or notes or other obligations, as the case may be) of the said public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said public corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning or contesting the validity of the said bonds (or notes or other obligations), or the instruments securing the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced on or before _____ (here insert date determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section)." (b) The date stated in such notice as the date on or before which any action or proceeding questioning or contesting the validity of the bonds referred to therein must be commenced shall be a date at least 30 days after the date on which occurs the last publication of such notice necessary for it to have been published at least once in all counties in which it is required to be published. Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in such notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds, or the validity of any instruments securing the same, must be commenced on or before the date determined in accordance with the preceding sentence and stated in such notice as the date on or before which any such action or proceeding must be commenced. After such date no right of action or defense shall be asserted questioning or contesting the validity of such bonds, or the instruments securing the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, nor shall the validity of such bonds or such instruments or proceedings be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever, except in an action or proceeding commenced on or before such date. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §25.)
AL Code § 11-97-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-26 - Provisions Cumulative.

Section 11-97-26Provisions cumulative. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §26.)
AL Code § 11-97-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 97 - Construction and Improvement of Utility Services Facilities.|Section 11-97-27 - Liberal Construction.

Section 11-97-27Liberal construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any corporation might otherwise have under any laws of the state, and the provisions of this chapter are cumulative to any such powers. This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws. However, the issuance of bonds of any corporation under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law of the state generally applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations by other public corporations organized under the laws of the state. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §27.)
AL Code § 11-98-2 (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 11-98-2 - Districts; Creation; Composition; Powers and Duties.

Section 11-98-2 Districts; creation; composition; powers and duties. The creating authority may by ordinance or resolution, as may be appropriate, create within its respective jurisdiction districts composed of the territory lying wholly within the municipality or of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the county. The districts shall be political and legal subdivisions of the state, with power to sue and be sued in their corporate names and to incur debt and issue bonds. The bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the district and not the State of Alabama. The bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The bonds shall be payable out of the income, revenues, and receipts of the district. The bonds shall be authorized and issued by resolution or ordinance of the creating authority of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not to exceed 30 years from issuance, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, without coupon or fully registered without coupon, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to the priorities on the income, revenues, and receipts of the district as the resolution or ordinance may provide. All bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recitals shall be conclusive that they have been duly authorized pursuant to this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-562, p. 1165, §1; Act 2000-693, p. 1411, §1; Act 2012-293, p. 592, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-3 (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 11-98-3 - The Digits 911 Established as Primary Emergency Telephone Number.

Section 11-98-3The digits 911 established as primary emergency telephone number. It has been shown to be in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. The provision of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained will provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by simplifying the notification of public service personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of life, a reduction in the destruction of property, quicker apprehension of criminals, and ultimately the saving of moneys. Establishment of a uniform emergency number is a matter of concern and interest to all citizens. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the number 911 as the primary emergency telephone number for use in communications districts created in municipalities or counties as herein provided. (Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-4.2 (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 11-98-4.2 - Annual Report.

Section 11-98-4.2Annual report. The Executive Director of the statewide 911 Board shall prepare an annual report detailing the training provided and administered by the 911 Board for 911 dispatchers. The report shall be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1, 2020, and by February 1 each year thereafter. (Act 2019-70, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-5.1 (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 11-98-5.1 - (Repealed Effective October 1, 2013) Maximum Tariff Rates.

Section 11-98-5.1(Repealed effective October 1, 2013) Maximum tariff rates. Repealed by Act 2012-293, §3, effective October 1, 2012. (Act 2005-111, p. 177, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-6 (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 11-98-6 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 11-98-6Disposition of funds. (a) Funds received by a district pursuant to Section 11-98-5.2 shall be used to establish, operate, maintain, and replace an emergency communication system that, without limitation, may consist of the following: (1) Telephone communications equipment to be used in answering, transferring, and dispatching public emergency telephone calls originated by persons within the service area who dial 911. (2) Emergency radio communications equipment and facilities necessary to transmit and receive dispatch calls. (3) The engineering, installation, and recurring costs necessary to implement, operate, and maintain an emergency communication system. (4) Facilities to house E-911 operators and related services as defined in this chapter, with the approval of the creating authority, and for necessary emergency and uninterruptable power supplies for the systems. (5) Administrative and other costs related to subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive. (b) A district or county or municipal governing body may receive federal, state, county, or municipal real or personal property and funds, as well as real or personal property and funds from private sources, and may expend the funds or use the property for the purposes of this chapter. (c) Subject to the remaining provisions of this chapter and the approval of the 911 Board and the creating authority, two or more districts, cities, or counties, or a city and a county in another district may agree to cooperate, to the extent practicable, to provide funding and service to their respective areas, and a single board of commissioners of not more than seven members may be appointed to conduct the affairs of the entities involved. In the event that two or more districts are consolidated for purposes of this chapter, the base distribution amount as defined in Section 11-98-5.2 (b)(3) shall include the combined base distribution amounts that would have been calculated for the individual districts. (d) Subject to rules that may be adopted by the 911 Board, a district may expend available funds to establish a common address and location identification program and to establish the emergency service number data base to facilitate efficient operation of the system. The governing body and the E-911 Board of each county or city affected shall be jointly responsible for purchasing and installing the necessary signs to properly identify all roads and streets in the district. (e) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit each district on a biennial basis to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter regarding both revenues and expenditures. (Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §5; Acts 1992, No. 92-562, p. 1165, §1; Act 98-338, p. 584, §1; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1; Act 2012-293, p. 592, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-7 (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 11-98-7 - Reimbursement of Cmrs Providers From 911 Fund.

Section 11-98-7Reimbursement of CMRS providers from 911 Fund. (a) CMRS providers are eligible for reimbursement from the 911 Fund as set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 11-98-5.2. To obtain reimbursement, a CMRS provider shall comply with all of the following: (1) Invoices shall be sworn. (2) All costs and expenses must be commercially reasonable. (3) All invoices for reimbursement shall be directly related to compliance with the requirements of enhanced 911 service. (4) The board shall adopt rules providing for prior approval of any expenditures for which the CMRS provider intends to seek reimbursement in excess of a threshold amount. (5) All invoices shall be supported by such reasonable supporting documents as required by the board and shall be subject to audit. (b) If the total amount of invoices submitted to the 911 Board and approved for payment in a month exceeds the amount available from the 911 Fund for reimbursements to CMRS providers, the amount payable to each CMRS provider shall be reduced proportionately so that the amount paid does not exceed the amount available for payment. The balance of the payment is deferred to the following month. A deferred payment accrues interest at a rate equal to the rate earned by the 911 Fund until it is paid. (Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §6; Act 98-338, p. 584, §1; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1; Act 2008-146, p. 233, §3; Act 2012-293, p. 592, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-7.1 (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 11-98-7.1 - (Repealed Effective October 1, 2013) Phase Ii Enhanced 911 Implementation Fund; Reimbursement of Costs; Disposition of Funds.

Section 11-98-7.1(Repealed effective October 1, 2013) Phase II Enhanced 911 Implementation Fund; reimbursement of costs; disposition of funds.  Repealed by Act 2012-293, §3, effective October 1, 2012. (Act 2007-459, p. 950, §2.)
AL Code § 11-98-7.2 (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 11-98-7.2 - Alabama Emergency Communication District Long-Range Study Commission.

Section 11-98-7.2Alabama Emergency Communication District Long-Range Study Commission. Repealed by Act 2007-459, §3(g) effective June 1, 2008. (Act 2007-459, p. 950, §3.)
AL Code § 11-98-8 (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 11-98-8 - (Repealed Effective October 1, 2013) Commercial Mobile Radio Service - Duties of Providers; Service Charges.

Section 11-98-8(Repealed effective October 1, 2013) Commercial Mobile Radio Service - Duties of providers; service charges. Repealed by Act 2012-293, §3, effective October 1, 2012. (Act 98-338, p. 584, §2; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1.)
AL Code § 11-98-9 (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 11-98-9 - Technical Proprietary Information.

Section 11-98-9Technical proprietary information. All technical proprietary information submitted to the board or to the independent third-party auditor as provided by Section 11-98-13 shall be retained by the board and the auditor in confidence and shall be subject to review only by the Examiners of Public Accounts. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no technical proprietary information submitted shall be subject to subpoena or otherwise released to any person other than to the submitting voice communication provider, the board, and the independent third-party auditor without the express permission of the administrator and the submitting voice communication provider. General information collected by the independent third-party auditor shall only be released or published in aggregate amounts which do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual voice communication provider. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no district, political subdivision, voice communication provider, or its employees, directors, officers, or agents shall be liable for any damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution resulting from death, injury, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person in connection with establishing, developing, implementing, maintaining, operating, and otherwise providing 911 service in compliance with the requirements established by the FCC or other state or federal requirement, except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct. (Act 98-338, p. 584, §2; Act 2012-293, p. 592, §1.)