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AL Code § 11-73-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-5 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Crossing Part of State Highway System.

Section 11-73-5Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Crossing part of state highway system. A low-speed vehicle may cross a part of a state highway system only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The state highway intersects a municipal street that has been designated for use by low-speed vehicles. (2) The state Department of Transportation has reviewed and approved the location and design of the crossing and any traffic control devices needed for safety purposes. (Act 2017-150, §5.)
AL Code § 11-73-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-6 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Definitions.

Section 11-73-6Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, a low-speed vehicle is defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed not greater than 25 miles per hour, which has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, and is certified as complying with the safety standards of 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500. (Act 2017-150, §6.)
AL Code § 11-73-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets|Section 11-73-7 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Violations.

Section 11-73-7Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Violations. Any Class 2 municipality may impose appropriate penalties for any violation of this chapter or the local ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter. (Act 2017-150, §7.)
AL Code § 11-74-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 74|Section 11-74-1 - Applicability.

Section 11-74-1Applicability. This chapter shall apply only to a Class 2 municipality. (Act 2021-193, §1.)
AL Code § 11-74-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 74|Section 11-74-2 - Definitions.

Section 11-74-2Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, "Africatown Historic District" means all portions of that area designated as the Africatown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places lying within the corporate limits of a Class 2 municipality. (Act 2021-193, §2.)
AL Code § 11-74-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 74|Section 11-74-4 - Powers of Corporation.

Section 11-74-4Powers of corporation. The corporation may do the following, with or without public hearing, within the Africatown area: (1) Acquire by purchase, rent, lease agreement, or otherwise, necessary facilities and provide those facilities with necessary equipment, furnishings, landscaping, and related facilities, including parking areas and ramps, roadways, sewers, curbs, and gutters. (2) Finance, by loan, grant, lease, or otherwise, construct, erect, assemble, purchase, acquire, own, repair, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, modify, maintain, extend, improve, install, sell, equip, expand, add to, operate, or manage property, and pay the cost of any such project from the proceeds of bonds, or any other funds of the corporation, or from any contributions or loans by persons, corporations, partnerships, limited or general, or other entities, all of which the corporation may receive and accept and use. (3) Execute and deliver mortgages and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either. (4) Enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with and, directly or indirectly, borrow money or accept grants from the local, state, and federal governments, agencies of the governments, private individuals, corporations, associations, and other organizations as the corporation may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (5) Borrow money and issue bonds in evidence thereof, as necessary to perform its duties under this chapter. (6) Mortgage and pledge any or all of its property or any part or parts thereof, as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection therewith, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any thereof. (7) Accept public or private gifts, grants, and donations. (8) Acquire property by purchase, lease, or gift. (9) Sell, convey, transfer, lease, or donate any property, franchise, grant, easement, license, or lease or interest therein which it may own and transfer, assign, sell, convey, or donate any right, title, or interest which it may have in any lease, contract, agreement, license, or property. (10) Employ personnel as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The personnel employed by the corporation shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The board of directors shall fix the compensation of the personnel, and the compensation shall be paid from any funds of the corporation. The board of directors shall designate the duties of the personnel. (11) Perform other acts necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, and other acts, including, but not limited to, the employment of legal and accounting assistance, whether or not the acts are specifically authorized by this chapter, and provided that the acts are not otherwise prohibited by law. (Act 2021-193, §4.)
AL Code § 11-74-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 74|Section 11-74-5 - Agreements and Obligations; Exemptions From Taxation and Competitive Bid Requirements.

Section 11-74-5Agreements and obligations; exemptions from taxation and competitive bid requirements. (a) The state or any political subdivision shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the corporation or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the corporation, and none of the bonds of the corporation or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. (b) The corporation and the property and income of the corporation, whether used by it or leased to others; all bonds issued by the corporation, whether used by it or leased to others; all bonds issued by the corporation; the income from those bonds or from any other sources; the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received by the holders thereof; conveyances by and to the corporation; and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by and to the corporation shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. (c) The corporation shall be exempt from all laws of the state requiring competitive bids for contracts to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations. (Act 2021-193, §5.)
AL Code § 11-80-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-2 - Relocation Assistance for Persons Displaced by Acquisition of Real Property Under Local Land Acquisition Programs.

Section 11-80-2Relocation assistance for persons displaced by acquisition of real property under local land acquisition programs. (a) The incorporated municipalities and counties of this state are hereby empowered to provide relocation assistance to persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by local land acquisition programs and to comply with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970, Public Law 91-646, Title 2, §§207 and 210, 84 Stat. 1898 and 1899, 42 USCA, §§4627 and 4630, and the requirements and regulations thereunder. Such incorporated municipalities and counties are empowered to appropriate public funds to provide such relocation assistance and to comply with the requirements of such act and the requirements and regulations thereunder in connection with projects financed in whole or in part by federal funds. The incorporated municipalities and counties of this state may exercise the authority granted hereunder by enactment of appropriate resolutions or ordinances to establish criteria for providing such relocation assistance. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of damages not in existence on March 10, 1975. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 77, p. 205.)
AL Code § 11-80-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-3 - Contracts Between Counties and Municipalities as to Use and Occupation, etc., of Public Buildings Located in Municipalities.

Section 11-80-3Contracts between counties and municipalities as to use and occupation, etc., of public buildings located in municipalities. Municipalities and counties may contract with each other for the ownership or use and occupation of parts of city halls, city jails, county courthouses, and county jails or other public buildings held and owned by such municipalities or counties located within such municipalities, and any such contract shall be binding upon both the municipality and county until revoked by the joint agreement and action of both parties to such contract. Any and all easements acquired under this section shall be in every respect binding between the parties. (Code 1923, §2317; Code 1940, T. 37, §471.)
AL Code § 11-80-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-4 - Appropriations for Municipal Bands, Etc.

Section 11-80-4Appropriations for municipal bands, etc. The counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama may appropriate moneys out of their general funds for the maintenance and support of municipal bands and other musical organizations for public entertainment. (Acts 1919, No. 751, p. 1113; Code 1923, §2056; Code 1940, T. 37, §473.)
AL Code § 11-80-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-4.1 - Appropriations and Contributions to Community Action Agencies.

Section 11-80-4.1Appropriations and contributions to community action agencies. (a) County and municipal governments in Alabama are hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county or municipality, or from federal revenue sharing funds of the county or municipality, funds to community action agencies authorized to administer grants and contracts in their areas. These funds may be used to match grant funds and contract funds from the federal government, state government, planning and development commissions, and other public and private organizations where local matching funds are required for the delivery of social services. (b) County and municipal governments in Alabama are authorized to contribute to community action agencies in-kind services such as space, equipment, personnel and other resources which can be fairly evaluated as matching funds for the same purposes as stated in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Community action agencies eligible to receive county and municipal funds may be organized as public agencies or public non-profit or private non-profit corporations as authorized by the local government jurisdictions. (Acts 1980, No. 80-767, p. 1597.)
AL Code § 11-80-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-5 - Planning, Establishment, Administration, etc., of Recreational, Social and Cultural Facilities, Services, etc., for Senior Citizens.

Section 11-80-5Planning, establishment, administration, etc., of recreational, social and cultural facilities, services, etc., for senior citizens. The counties and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to plan, establish, and furnish recreational, social and cultural facilities, services and programs, including transportation services and programs, especially for senior citizens within the state, and to make the availability of benefits through use of such facilities, services or programs depend upon uniform nondiscriminatory eligibility requirements. In availing itself of this authority any county or municipality within the state may agree to and abide by the conditions of any grant from any agency of the state or the United States government pertaining to such facilities, services, and programs. Such services may be administered by and through such instrumentality or instrumentalities as may be designated for that purpose by the governing body of such county or municipality and may also be furnished by each such entity or on a multijurisdictional basis through mutual agreements between two or more such entities and also by contract with such public or private agencies as may be determined by such governing bodies as necessary or desirable. (Acts 1976, No. 399, p. 503.)
AL Code § 11-80-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-7 - Authority of Municipalities, Counties, Public Corporations, Boards of Education, etc., With Respect to Letters of Credit as Security for Bonds, Notes, Etc.

Section 11-80-7Authority of municipalities, counties, public corporations, boards of education, etc., with respect to letters of credit as security for bonds, notes, etc. Any municipality, county, public corporation, city or county board of education, the State Board of Education, or any other entity organized pursuant to authorization, determination finding or other action by any municipality or municipalities, or county or counties, or the governing body of any one or more thereof, or any public officer or officers of the State of Alabama, is hereby authorized: (1) To acquire a letter or letters of credit as security for any bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities; (2) To pledge such letter or letters for the benefit of such bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities; (3) To pay the premium or premiums on such letter or letters from the proceeds of any such bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities; (4) To enter into such agreements, contracts, and indentures with respect to such letter or letters as the governing body of the purchaser of the letter or letters shall deem necessary or desirable; and (5) To grant security with respect to such letter or letters. (Acts 1982, No. 82-501, p. 831.)
AL Code § 11-80-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-8.1 - Enactment of Ordinances, Resolutions, etc., Controlling Rent Charged for Leasing Private Property Prohibited.

Section 11-80-8.1Enactment of ordinances, resolutions, etc., controlling rent charged for leasing private property prohibited. (a) As used in this section, "local governmental unit" means any political subdivision of this state including, but not limited to, a county, city, town, or municipality, if the political subdivision provides local government services in a geographically limited area of this state as its primary purpose and it has the power to act primarily on behalf of that area. (b) A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or rule that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private property. This section does not impair the right of any local governmental unit to manage and control property in which the local governmental unit has a property interest. (Acts 1993, No. 93-421, p. 707, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-80-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-9 - Assistance to Governing Body of Municipality or County When Municipality or County Declared Disaster Area; Procedure; Mutual Aid Agreements.

Section 11-80-9Assistance to governing body of municipality or county when municipality or county declared disaster area; procedure; mutual aid agreements. (a) The governing body of each incorporated municipality and the county commission of each county of the state is hereby authorized to provide assistance, by means of gift or loan, to the governing body of any other municipality or county located within the state when such county or municipality has been declared a disaster area by the Governor of the State of Alabama or by the President of the United States. Such assistance may be in the form of funds not otherwise appropriated, services, or other aid as determined by the governing body of the municipality or county offering assistance. The terms upon which assistance is offered should be mutually agreed upon, reduced to writing, and approved by the governing bodies of both the assisting county or municipality and the recipient county or municipality. (b) Nothing herein shall restrict or affect in any manner mutual aid agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into by municipalities and/or counties for the purpose of disaster assistance. (Acts 1991, No. 91-209, p. 391, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-80-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-10 - Licensing of Junkyards Located Within and Outside Police Jurisdictions by Municipalities and Counties.

Section 11-80-10Licensing of junkyards located within and outside police jurisdictions by municipalities and counties. (a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) JUNKYARD. An establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper trash, rubber debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. (2) SCRAP PROCESSOR. Any person who is engaged, from a fixed location or otherwise, in the business of paying compensation for ferrous or nonferrous metals that have served their original economic purpose, who is engaged in the business of performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals, or other recyclable materials, are converted into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value. (b) Any incorporated municipality may license a junkyard located within its police jurisdiction to the same extent as if the junkyard was located within its corporate limits and any county may license junkyards located outside the police jurisdiction of any municipality in the county to the same extent. (c) Any incorporated municipality and any county shall have the authority, by adoption of local ordinance or regulation, to establish criteria to issue or revoke licenses as provided herein. (d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede or alter the authority of the State of Alabama, and any of its agencies and departments, to regulate junkyards or issue permits relating to junkyards. (Acts 1995, No. 95-558, p. 1167, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 11-80-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-11 - Authority Reserved to Attorney General to Bring or Settle Certain Lawsuits Concerning Firearms, Ammunition, Etc.

Section 11-80-11Authority reserved to Attorney General to bring or settle certain lawsuits concerning firearms, ammunition, etc.  The authority to bring or settle any lawsuit in which the state has an exclusive interest or right to recover against any firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer, and the authority to bring or settle any lawsuit on behalf of any governmental unit created by or pursuant to an act of the Legislature or the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any department, agency, or authority thereof, for damages, abatement, injunctive relief, or other equitable relief resulting from or relating to the design, manufacture, marketing, or lawful sale of firearms or ammunition, or both, shall be reserved exclusively to the Attorney General, by and with the consent of the Governor. This section shall not prohibit a county or municipal corporation from bringing an action against a firearms or ammunition manufacturer or dealer for breach of contract or warranty as to firearms or ammunition purchased by the political subdivision or local governmental authority. (Act 2000-762, p. 1744, §1; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §1.)
AL Code § 11-80-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Chapter 80 - General Provisions.|Section 11-80-12 - Retention of Judicially Prescribed Method of Election and Number of Serving Members for Boards of Education, County Commissions, or Municipal Governing Bodies.

Section 11-80-12Retention of judicially prescribed method of election and number of serving members for boards of education, county commissions, or municipal governing bodies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any board of education, county commission, or municipal governing body whose currently serving members have been elected by a method of election and a specific number of seats prescribed by a federal court shall retain that manner of election and composition until such time as the method of election or number of seats is changed in accordance with general or local law. This section shall not apply in any county where a federal court has overturned the previous order concerning the manner of election and the number of members of a county commission and shall not apply in any county where there is currently pending litigation, or appeals relating thereto, challenging previous court orders or consent orders concerning the manner of elections or the number of members or districts of a county commission. (Act 2006-252, p. 459, §1.)