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AL Code § 11-46-143 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-143 - Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed.

Section 11-46-143Procedure where election not held on day appointed. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §53.)
AL Code § 11-46-144 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-144 - Provisions of Article as to Offenses Cumulative.

Section 11-46-144Provisions of article as to offenses cumulative. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §55.)
AL Code § 11-46-145 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-145 - Use of Election Dates Established by Classification Act or Local Act.

Section 11-46-145Use of election dates established by classification act or local act. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §9.)
AL Code § 11-47-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-1 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Twelve-Month Renewable Loans.

Section 11-47-1Borrowing of money authorized - Twelve-month renewable loans. Cities and towns shall have the right to borrow money for any purpose or purposes not in excess of any limitation imposed by the Constitution and, in case of loans for temporary use, the same may be evidenced either by negotiable notes or by nonnegotiable warrants or certificates of indebtedness which shall not bear exceeding the legal rate of interest, and no obligation of the municipality for money borrowed shall be issued unless signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk, with the seal of the municipality impressed thereon, and a record kept thereof. Any such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness shall be payable not later than 12 months after the date of its issuance but may be renewed from time to time until the indebtedness evidenced thereby shall have been paid. License taxes, ad valorem taxes, rents or revenues from water or any other taxes or revenues due or to become due to a city or town within 12 months from the date of such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness may be pledged to secure the payment of any such note, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness. (Code 1907, §1181; Code 1923, §1897; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 213, p. 215, §1; Acts 1935, No. 68, p. 155, §1; Code 1940, T. 37, §465.)
AL Code § 11-47-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-2 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Thirty-Year Loans.

Section 11-47-2Borrowing of money authorized - Thirty-year loans. Any incorporated city or town in this state may borrow money for temporary or any other lawful purpose or use to the extent of its constitutional debt limit and pay all costs, fees, and commissions agreed upon in connection with any such loans, and the governing body thereof may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness in the form of interest-bearing warrants, notes, or bills payable, maturing at such times as such governing body may determine, not exceeding 30 years from the date of issue, and any such city or town may as security for any such evidences of indebtedness and, as a part of the contract whereunder any money is borrowed, pledge to the payment thereof so much as may be necessary therefor of any tax or license or revenues that such city or town may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 8, p. 6; Code 1923, §2011; Acts 1927, No. 472, p. 515; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 188, p. 203; Code 1940, T. 37, §466; Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-712, p. 126.)
AL Code § 11-47-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-3 - Contracts and Indebtedness for Municipal Buildings and Public Utility Systems; Consolidation of Systems; Ancillary Service Contracts.

Section 11-47-3Contracts and indebtedness for municipal buildings and public utility systems; consolidation of systems; ancillary service contracts. (a) The governing body of any city or town may contract for the construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair of any municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system or may on credit employ labor and purchase on credit all materials and supplies needed in such construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair and may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness in the forms and of the maturities described in Section 11-47-2 to the extent of any indebtedness incurred in such contract or purchase or construction, reconstruction or extension and may secure such evidences of indebtedness by mortgage or deed of trust (in such form and with such provisions as such governing body may determine) on such municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system. (b) The governing body may consolidate or combine their waterworks systems or plants with their lighting or power plants and systems and use any part of the one system or plant for the operation of the other plant or system, and may use the net proceeds, receipts and revenues from the lighting or power plant for the payment or security of any debt incurred in the construction, maintenance, extension, or operation of the waterworks system. (c) The governing body may enter into agreements with companies duly registered as service contract providers under Chapter 32 of Title 8 to make available ancillary service contracts to residential utility customers of the city or town's utilities system, including residential water, sewer, gas, and electric utility services customers, with the endorsement of the city or town if deemed appropriate, and the governing body may apply any fees it receives pursuant to the agreements to its general revenue fund. No city or town shall require utility customers to purchase an ancillary service contract. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 8, p. 6; Code 1923, §2011; Acts 1927, No. 472, p. 515; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 188, p. 203; Code 1940, T. 37, §466; Act 2013-117, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-4 - Authority for Issuance of Bonds After Reorganization.

Section 11-47-4Authority for issuance of bonds after reorganization. Bonds authorized to be issued by cities and towns of the state by act of the legislature before the adoption of the constitution or by laws adopted since the adoption of said constitution may be issued by such municipality, the same after becoming reorganized under the applicable provisions of this title as before. (Code 1907, §1181; Code 1923, §1897; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 213, p. 215; Acts 1935, No. 68, p. 155; Code 1940, T. 37, §465.)
AL Code § 11-47-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-5 - Execution of Contracts.

Section 11-47-5Execution of contracts. Contracts entered into by a municipality shall be in writing, signed and executed in the name of the city or town by the officers authorized to make the same and by the party contracting. In cases not otherwise directed by law or ordinance, such contracts shall be entered into and executed by the mayor in the name of the city or town and all obligations for the payment of money by the municipality, except for bonds and interest coupons, shall be attested by the clerk. This section shall not be construed to cover purchases for the ordinary needs of the municipality. (Code 1907, §1183; Code 1923, §1899; Code 1940, T. 37, §467.)
AL Code § 11-47-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-6 - Contracts to Be Awarded to Lowest Responsible Bidder.

Section 11-47-6Contracts to be awarded to lowest responsible bidder. (a) The award of each contract for which bids have been submitted to a municipality shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder who may comply with such reasonable regulations as may be prescribed before the bids are called for. (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1907, §1195; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1911, 5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §468.)
AL Code § 11-47-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-7 - Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Jails, Morgues, Hospitals, Etc.

Section 11-47-7Erection, maintenance, etc., of jails, morgues, hospitals, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish, erect, maintain, and regulate jails, morgues, houses of refuge, stationhouses and prisons, public baths and bathhouses, and to own, establish, maintain, and regulate public hospitals, and to purchase and provide for any and all things which may be deemed advisable or necessary thereto and to receive donations and bequests of property or money in trust or otherwise for the exercise of all such powers, rights, and duties incident to the same. (Code 1907, §1287; Code 1923, §2045; Code 1940, T. 37, §469.)
AL Code § 11-47-7.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-7.1 - Additional Court Costs and Fees on Certain Municipal Cases; Disposition of Funds.

Section 11-47-7.1Additional court costs and fees on certain municipal cases; disposition of funds. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized, any municipal governing body, by majority vote of the municipal governing body, may individually or jointly with one or more municipalities in the county levy and assess additional court costs and fees up to an amount not to exceed the court costs and fees in the district court of the county for a similar case on each case hereafter filed in any municipal court of the municipality or municipalities. The cost or fee shall not be waived by any court unless all other costs, fees, assessments, fines, or charges associated with the case are waived. The costs and fees when collected by the clerks or other collection officers of the courts, shall be paid into a special municipal fund designated as the corrections fund. The affected governing body shall allocate the funds exclusively for the purchase of land for, and the construction, equipment, operation, and maintenance of, the municipal jail or jails, other correctional facilities, if any, any juvenile detention center, or any court complex. (b) The municipal governing body may appropriate other funds, space, and property sufficient to maintain and equip any municipal jail or court complex. The municipal governing body may also receive gifts, grants, and property for the use of the jail or court complex and may contract for services related to the construction, equipment, and maintenance of the jail or court complex. (c) The municipal governing body or municipal governing bodies may provide for the implementation of this section with another governmental entity by entering into a contract pursuant to a resolution or ordinance for the construction and operation of joint municipal correctional facilities or a court complex and may adopt joint rules and regulations applicable to the jurisdiction of each entity relative to the correctional or court facilities. (Acts 1994, No. 94-694, p. 1334, §§1-3; Acts 1995, No. 95-401, p. 835, §1; Act 2010-586, p. 1317, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-8 - Removal of Prisoners From Municipal Jail to Another Jail.

Section 11-47-8Removal of prisoners from municipal jail to another jail. If the jail of any municipality is destroyed or becomes overcrowded, insufficient or unsafe or any epidemic dangerous to life is prevalent in the vicinity, or there be danger of rescue or lawless violence to any prisoner, any circuit judge of the county, on application of the mayor or governing body of such municipality and proof of the fact, may direct the removal of any prisoner or prisoners, either before or after conviction, to the nearest sufficient jail in any other municipality or county, and it is the duty of such judge in such case to make an endorsement on the order or process of commitment stating the reason why such removal is ordered and to date and sign such endorsement. The maintenance and cost of removal of said prisoners shall be borne by the municipality requesting said removal. (Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 247, p. 344.)
AL Code § 11-47-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-9 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Authorized.

Section 11-47-9Advertisement of municipalities - Authorized. All municipalities in the State of Alabama shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts or agreements with any persons, firms, or corporations for the advertisement of such municipality or any function or undertaking of such municipality both within and without the limits of such municipality through the use of any recognized medium of advertising. (Acts 1953, No. 869, p. 1167, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-10 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Costs.

Section 11-47-10Advertisement of municipalities - Costs. The reasonable cost of or charge for such advertising shall be a legal charge against any available funds of the municipality engaged in such advertising. (Acts 1953, No. 869, p. 1167, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-11 - Appropriations, etc., for Promotion, etc., of Municipal Resources and for Promotion of Industry, etc., Within Municipality, Etc.

Section 11-47-11Appropriations, etc., for promotion, etc., of municipal resources and for promotion of industry, etc., within municipality, etc. In addition to all other powers which may be conferred on it by law, every incorporated city or town shall have the power to set aside, appropriate and use municipal funds or revenues for the purpose of developing, advertising and promoting the agricultural, mineral, timber, water, labor and all other resources of every kind within its police jurisdiction, and for the purpose of locating and promoting agricultural, industrial and manufacturing plants, factories and other industries within the municipality or elsewhere inside the county not more than 15 miles from the boundaries of the municipality. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 300, p. 2361.)
AL Code § 11-47-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-12 - Provision of Building for Storage of Gunpowder, Etc.

Section 11-47-12Provision of building for storage of gunpowder, etc. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1852, §1119; Code 1867, §1299; Code 1876, §1604; Code 1886, §1380; Code 1896, §2971; Code 1907, §1453; Code 1923, §2309; Code 1940, T. 37, §472.)
AL Code § 11-47-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-13 - Purchase of School Property and Erection of School Buildings; Levy of Tax Therefor.

Section 11-47-13Purchase of school property and erection of school buildings; levy of tax therefor. All municipal corporations may purchase school property or purchase lots and erect school buildings thereon for the use and benefit of the citizens of their respective towns or cities. For said purpose the town council or board of aldermen may levy a tax not exceeding one-fourth of one percent; provided, that the city or town tax shall not exceed the constitutional limitation. The town council or board of aldermen may purchase school property, from time to time, for the maintenance and improvement of such school property and the maintenance of public schools therein within the limits prescribed in this section. Any purchase of school property under the power granted in this section shall only be made by the majority vote of the town council or board of aldermen of such city or town and approved by the mayor. (Code 1907, §1458; Code 1923, §2314; Code 1940, T. 37, §474.)
AL Code § 11-47-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-14 - Provision of Wharves and Landings and Improvement of Waterfronts Generally.

Section 11-47-14Provision of wharves and landings and improvement of waterfronts generally. All municipal corporations which may have heretofore regularly issued bonds as provided by law for all or any of the purposes of constructing a wharf or wharves and a landing or landings and purchasing such real estate as may be necessary for such wharf or wharves and landing or landings and the equipping and furnishing of the same and improving of the waterfront for such municipalities may expend the proceeds of the sale of such bonds for all or any of the purposes of constructing a wharf or wharves and a landing or landings and acquiring such real estate as may be necessary for such wharf or wharves, landing or landings, either by purchase or condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by Title 18 of this Code, and of equipping and furnishing the same and improving the waterfront for such municipality, within its limits and outside its limits within five miles of the corporate limits of such municipality as such limits are now or may hereafter be established, and for the purpose of securing the complete use and enjoyment of all of said improvements for such municipality whether located within or without its limits. (Acts 1919, No. 141, p. 123; Code 1923, §2044; Code 1940, T. 37, §475.)
AL Code § 11-47-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-15 - Alteration of Channel of Watercourse; Construction, Maintenance, Leasing, etc., of Wharves and Buildings, etc., on and Near Wharves and Wharf Sites.

Section 11-47-15Alteration of channel of watercourse; construction, maintenance, leasing, etc., of wharves and buildings, etc., on and near wharves and wharf sites. The council or other governing body of any town or city may alter and change the channel of any watercourse in the police jurisdiction of the city or town and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites and may collect wharfage dues and other charges thereon and rentals with respect thereto. Said council or other governing body may lease to others all or any part of wharves or sites for wharves constructed, maintained, or owned by such town or city and any buildings and other improvements so constructed on or near any wharf or wharf site for public or private use for a period or periods not exceeding 40 years from the completion of such construction or for a period or periods not exceeding 40 years from the delivery of the lease if such construction shall have been completed before the date of delivery of the lease, and may authorize the lessees in such leases and their sublessees to construct or maintain buildings and other improvements upon the properties so leased and collect wharfage due thereon and to sublet all or any part of said wharves, buildings and other improvements. (Acts 1939, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1940, T. 37, §470; Acts 1961, No. 820, p. 1206.)
AL Code § 11-47-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-16 - Establishment, Acquisition, Administration, etc., of Public Cultural Facilities.

Section 11-47-16Establishment, acquisition, administration, etc., of public cultural facilities. Each county, city, and town in this state shall have power to establish, operate, maintain, or contract with others to operate and maintain public cultural facilities consisting of museums, art galleries, art centers, music halls, and related facilities, and, if necessary, to acquire sites for, construct, or otherwise acquire such facilities, all to the end of making cultural facilities available to the public, whether separately or grouped two or more in the same building. Whenever any such facilities shall have been so established they may be administered by and through such instrumentality or instrumentalities as may be designated for that purpose by the governing body of such county, city, or town. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 168; Code 1940, T. 37, §511; Acts 1963, No. 541, p. 1159; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-163, p. 333.)