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AL Code § 16-18B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-6 - Powers of Authority.

Section 16-18B-6Powers of authority. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;  (4) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences; (5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same; (6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences; (7) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right;  (8) To sell and issue for the state bonds and refunding bonds as provided in this article;  (9) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require; and (10) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, state agencies or institutions, or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §6.)
AL Code § 16-18B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-7 - Bonds - Issuance and Sale.

Section 16-18B-7Bonds - Issuance and sale. The bonds issued pursuant to this article shall not be obligations of said corporation but shall be general obligations of the state with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in the aforesaid constitutional amendment. The bonds may be sold and issued in one or more series at any time and from time to time, may have such series designations, may be in such forms, principal amounts, denominations and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state to be exercised by said corporation on such date or dates prior to their respective maturities and upon payment of such redemption price or prices, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the amendment and this article, all as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution or resolutions pursuant to which the bonds shall be authorized, sold, and issued. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §7.)
AL Code § 16-18B-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-8 - Bonds - Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest; Records.

Section 16-18B-8Bonds - Payment of principal, premium, and interest; records. The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this article, as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §8.)
AL Code § 16-18B-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-9 - Bonds - Redemption.

Section 16-18B-9Bonds - Redemption. The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this article may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the board of directors of said corporation shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. The bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the corporation pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to the amendment and as provided for in this article. The corporation may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to the amendment may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the corporation may prescribe. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §9.)
AL Code § 16-18B-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-10 - Bonds - Execution; Facsimiles; Validity.

Section 16-18B-10Bonds - Execution; facsimiles; validity. The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this article shall be sold by said corporation at public sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the corporation, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on the bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed the bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on the bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of the bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such bonds or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §10.)
AL Code § 16-18B-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-11 - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund.

Section 16-18B-11Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund. The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this article other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by said amendment. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in permitted investments, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this article. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §11.)
AL Code § 16-18B-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-12 - Use of Proceeds From Bonds.

Section 16-18B-12Use of proceeds from bonds. Upon order of the board of directors of the corporation, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by the amendment shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from time to time on the order of said corporation upon the approval of the Director of Finance; provided however, such disbursements shall be used solely for the purpose of acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §12.)
AL Code § 16-18B-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-14 - Exemption From Taxes; Use of Bonds as Security; Investment of Funds.

Section 16-18B-14Exemption from taxes; use of bonds as security; investment of funds. All bonds (including refunding bonds) issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom (including the interest income thereon) shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes. Any bonds issued by the corporation may be used by the holder thereof as security for any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust and other fiduciary funds in bonds of the corporation. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §14.)
AL Code § 16-18B-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-15 - Contracts to Be in Writing.

Section 16-18B-15Contracts to be in writing. All contracts for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences shall be in writing. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §15.)
AL Code § 16-18B-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-16 - Appropriation and Allocation of Funds.

Section 16-18B-16Appropriation and allocation of funds. There is hereby appropriated so much of the bond proceeds and interest income thereon as may be necessary for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences. Moneys in the fund (whether original proceeds from the sale of the bonds or principal proceeds of matured permitted investments) shall be paid out from time to time in orders or warrants issued by or on the direction of the corporation for the purposes specified in this article that may be deemed by the corporation to be most advantageous to the state, and such moneys shall be allocated and expended by the corporation, subject to all the provisions of this article, in the amounts set out as follows: (1) $10,000,000 to plan, design, inspect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, repair, renovate, and equip the core facility for education, training, scientific research, and highly specialized testing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham-Department of Justice to include the National Institute for Forensic Sciences.  (2) $7,500,000 to plan, design, inspect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, repair, renovate, and equip the core facility for education, training, scientific research, and highly specialized testing at Alabama State University. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §16.)
AL Code § 16-18B-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-17 - Dissolution of Corporation.

Section 16-18B-17Dissolution of corporation. At any time when no bonds of the corporation are outstanding the corporation may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the corporation and which shall be sworn to by each such member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of said application for dissolution, the corporation shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the State of Alabama. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the corporation is dissolved, and shall record the certificate with the application for dissolution. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §17.)
AL Code § 16-18B-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-18 - Diversity of Corporation.

Section 16-18B-18Diversity of corporation. The Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority shall, to the extent possible and practical, utilize businesses and companies in all aspects of the bond and construction sections of this article that reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the state. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §18.)
AL Code § 16-18B-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.|Section 16-18B-19 - Exemption From Federal Income Taxation.

Section 16-18B-19Exemption from federal income taxation. The corporation on behalf of the state shall have the power to provide for such payments to the United States of America as the directors deem necessary to cause the interest on any bonds to be and remain exempt from federal income taxation. The corporation shall have the power to make agreements respecting the investment of the proceeds of the bonds or other funds of the corporation necessary in order that the interest income on bonds of the corporation be and remain exempt from federal income taxation. (Act 98-391, p. 771, §19.)
AL Code § 16-19-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-19-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings: (1) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality in the State of Alabama. (2) STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Any institution of higher learning above the secondary school classification, whether under the control of a separate board of trustees or under the control of the State Board of Education. (3) EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. Any educational building, educational center, or other structure designed for use by any state educational institution for any educational purpose. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §1; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §2.)
AL Code § 16-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-2 - Counties and Municipalities Authorized to Make Appropriations and Donations to State Educational Institutions.

Section 16-19-2Counties and municipalities authorized to make appropriations and donations to state educational institutions. Any local subdivision shall have the power to make, from time to time, appropriations from any of its funds not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose, to any state educational institution for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of the acquisition, by construction or otherwise, of an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution; and any local subdivision shall have the power also to donate any of its properties that are not required by law to be used for some other purpose to any state educational institution for use as an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution, or as a part of such an educational facility. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §2.)
AL Code § 16-19-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-3 - Issuance of Warrants Authorized.

Section 16-19-3Issuance of warrants authorized. Each local subdivision shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest-bearing warrants of such local subdivision for the purpose of raising funds to pay all or any part of the costs of the acquisition by a state educational institution, by construction or otherwise, of any educational facility. Such warrants shall be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, may bear interest from their date at such rate or rates not exceeding eight percent per annum payable semiannually and evidenced in such manner, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may be sold at such time or times and in such manner, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms and provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, all as the governing body of such local subdivision may provide in the proceedings under which the warrants are authorized to be issued. Such warrants may be issued, at the option of the governing body of the local subdivision issuing such warrants, either: (1) As general obligations of the local subdivision by which they are issued, in which event the full faith and credit of such local subdivision shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon; or (2) As limited obligations of such local subdivision payable solely out of the proceeds of a special tax, in which event they shall not be general obligations of the local subdivision by which they are issued and its full faith and credit shall not be pledged therefor. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants shall be used solely for the purpose for which they are authorized in said proceedings to be issued. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §3; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §3.)
AL Code § 16-19-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-4 - Pledge of Revenues for Payment of Warrants.

Section 16-19-4Pledge of revenues for payment of warrants. As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter, the local subdivision issuing such warrants may, in the discretion of its governing body, specially pledge for payment of such principal and interest at their respective maturities the proceeds of any ad valorem, privilege, license, excise or other tax the proceeds of which are subject to the control of such local subdivision and are not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §4.)
AL Code § 16-19-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-5 - County General Obligation Warrants to Constitute Preferred Claim; Issuance Deemed Audit and Allowance of Claim.

Section 16-19-5County general obligation warrants to constitute preferred claim; issuance deemed audit and allowance of claim. Any general obligation warrants and the interest coupons applicable thereto issued by a county under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute preferred claims against the issuing county, having the same priority, under Section 11-12-15, as interest on bonds. The issuance hereunder of any warrants and interest coupons by a county, pursuant to the authorization by the county commission, shall be deemed to constitute an audit and allowance by such county commission of claims, in the total amount of such warrants and coupons, against such county and against any tax proceeds pledged therefor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and no other audit or allowance of such claims and no proof of registration thereof shall be required. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §5; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §4.)
AL Code § 16-19-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-6 - Provisions of Chapter Control Over Inconsistent Legislation; Section 11-8-10 Inapplicable.

Section 16-19-6Provisions of chapter control over inconsistent legislation; Section 11-8-10 inapplicable. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being hereby declared that the provisions of Section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to warrants issued by any county under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §6.)
AL Code § 16-19-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-7 - Warrants Deemed Issued for Purpose of Constructing, etc., Schoolhouses.

Section 16-19-7Warrants deemed issued for purpose of constructing, etc., schoolhouses. Warrants issued by a municipality under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to constitute obligations issued for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing schoolhouses within the meaning of Section 225 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §7.)
AL Code § 16-19-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions.|Section 16-19-8 - Powers Cumulative.

Section 16-19-8Powers cumulative. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition to all powers conferred upon any local subdivision by any other law. (Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §8.)