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AL Code § 45-37-170.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.22 - Board of Directors.

Section 45-37-170.22Board of directors. (a) The board of directors of the authority shall consist of 11 members residing in Jefferson County. Three members, two of whom shall reside in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County and one who shall reside in the Bessemer cutoff area, shall be chosen for six, eight, and 10-year terms, respectively, commencing with their appointment by the County Commission of Jefferson County; three members for six, eight, and 10-year terms commencing with their appointment by the governing body of the City of Birmingham; three members each for four-year terms commencing with their appointment by the Jefferson County Mayor’s Association, or its successor; one member for a two-year term commencing with the appointment by the Jefferson County Senate Delegation in the Legislature of Alabama; and one member for a two-year term commencing with the appointment by the Jefferson County House Delegation in the Legislature of Alabama. Upon completion of the initial staggered terms, all subsequent appointments of the members shall be made by the same method for terms of four years. Directors shall continue in office after the expiration of their terms until a successor is appointed and qualified by the filing of written evidence of appointment from the appropriate appointing authority. (b) Vacancies on the board during a term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner and by the same appointing authority as the member whose place is being filled. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.23 - Application of Board Members.

Section 45-37-170.23Application of board members. (a) The persons who are designated to become members of the initial board of directors of the authority shall present to the Secretary of State an application, accompanied by certified copies of the resolution of the appointing authorities appointing the directors, which shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name and official residence of each of the persons. (2) The term of office and appointing authority of each of the persons as such directors. (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Jefferson County Flood Control Authority. (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed public corporation, which shall be in the City of Birmingham. (5) Any other matter relating to the proposed public corporation which the applicants may insert which is not inconsistent with this subpart or the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) The application shall be subscribed by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgements to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this subpart as herein provided, he or she shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his or her office. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.24 - Public Corporation.

Section 45-37-170.24Public corporation. When the application has been made, filed, and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name submitted in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under the Great Seal of the State and shall record such certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any service rendered or work performed in connection with the authority thus formed, its incorporation, dissolution, or records. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.25 - Meetings; Officers; Compensation; Quorum.

Section 45-37-170.25Meetings; officers; compensation; quorum. (a) As soon as may be practicable after completion of the incorporation, the board of directors shall hold their first meeting, elect a chair, a vice chair, secretary, and treasurer of the board, set a regular time and place for meetings of the board, and attend to such other matters as may be appropriate. (b) Directors, unless otherwise authorized by resolution adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of Jefferson County and the City of Birmingham, shall serve without compensation, except reimbursement for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, such expenses to be reimbursed from such funds as may be available to the authority. No director shall be legally liable for actions taken by, or as a member of, the board, except to the authority. (c) The quorum necessary for the board of directors to hold valid meetings and to take valid action or transact business shall be six members. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.26 - Powers of Authority.

Section 45-37-170.26Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of the powers stated in this section: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit. (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions 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 its pleasure. (4) To receive and expend funds from federal, state, county, municipal, and private sources for the purposes hereof. (5) To dig channels, build dikes, dams, and lakes or ponds to contain flood waters as deemed useful by it to improve flood control, and whenever practical to build any and all facilities which can contribute to the use of such flood control channels for navigation. (6) To contract with municipalities and counties for the financing and joint construction and operation of such facilities. (7) To be responsible for regulating and facilitating traffic and transportation in and on the areas affected by any flood control project. (8) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of such employees, attorneys, architects, engineers, consultants, and agents as the board shall deem necessary for the conduct of the business of the authority. (9) To apply for and receive and expend in accordance with the terms thereof grants from the United States of America or any agency thereof, the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, and from any municipality or county situated within the State of Alabama. (10) To borrow money and to pledge as security therefor assets of the authority, without the right of lender to foreclose, and revenues of the authority or any portion thereof. (11) To issue its revenue bonds to finance any construction project authorized hereunder under the same terms as provided for industrial development boards created under the provisions of Sections 11-54-80 to 11-54-101, inclusive, as amended, secured by rentals, taxes, or other income of the authority. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but without limitation to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include, but shall not be limited to: a. The fiscal, engineering, legal, and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds. b. Except in the case of refunding bonds, interest to accrue on such bonds for a period ending not later than two years from their date. (12) To establish by resolution such procedures for the conduct of its affairs as it may deem necessary. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §7; Act 89-833, p. 1667, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.27 - Funding.

Section 45-37-170.27Funding. Any county or municipality contracting with the authority shall be authorized to appropriate public funds for land acquisition, construction of improvements, and the operation thereof, and to finance by its general obligation or revenue bonds any project contracted for by it. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §8.)
AL Code § 45-37-170.28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Flood Control.|Section 45-37-170.28 - Debts and Obligations of Authority.

Section 45-37-170.28Debts and obligations of authority. The debts and obligations of the authority created hereunder shall not be debts or obligations of the State of Alabama or any county or municipality thereof. (Act 87-793, p. 1553, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37-171 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 1 - Boarding Homes.|Section 45-37-171 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-37-171Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that there are approximately 75 boarding and rooming homes with over 800 beds in Jefferson County which serve persons who are not related by blood or marriage to the owner or operator thereof. It also finds that these boarding and rooming homes are currently inspected in accordance with the Jefferson County Board of Health regulations governing minimum standards for boarding and rooming homes adopted on February 9, 2000. These regulations do not provide for civil penalties with regard to violations of the minimum standards. There is public interest in providing reasonable civil penalties so as to prevent illegal operations, the existence of conditions harmful to residents’ health and safety, and habitual noncompliance with minimum standards.  (Act 2006-591, p. 1618, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 1 - Boarding Homes.|Section 45-37-171.01 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 45-37-171.01Rulemaking authority. (a) The Jefferson County Board of Health may adopt and establish, and amend, from time to time, reasonable rules and regulations with respect to facilities and service contracts as it, from time to time, deems necessary for the financial, health, and safety protection of persons served by boarding and rooming homes for periods of one week or more situated in the county where any of the people served are unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner or operator. The regulations may provide for the payment of an annual permit or license fee in accordance with Subpart 3; for background checks on owners, operators, and employees; and for civil fines not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation for any of the following violations by owners, operators, or employees: (1) Operating a boarding or rooming home without a valid permit. (2) Specific critical conditions as listed in the regulations and reflected on the inspection report that are a threat to the life and safety of a resident. (3) Recurrent or continuous noncompliance with the regulations after being given notice as defined in the regulations. (b) Regulations authorized in this section shall not extend to any facility regulated by the State Board of Health. (Act 2006-591, p. 1618, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 1 - Boarding Homes.|Section 45-37-171.02 - Enforcement.

Section 45-37-171.02Enforcement. The Jefferson County Department of Health, or its successor or designee, may enforce all rules and regulations adopted by the Jefferson County Board of Health pursuant to Section 45-37-171.01. The Jefferson County Department of Health, through the Jefferson County Health Officer, may institute any legal proceedings necessary to effect compliance with this subpart. (Act 2006-591, p. 1618, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 1 - Boarding Homes.|Section 45-37-171.03 - Construction of Subpart.

Section 45-37-171.03Construction of subpart. The provisions of this subpart are cumulative to all other grants of authority of the Jefferson County Board of Health and the Jefferson County Department of Health, whether by local or general law. (Act 2006-591, p. 1618, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 2 - Department of Health Retired Employee Compensation.|Section 45-37-171.20 - Cost-of-Living Increases for Certain Retirees.

Section 45-37-171.20Cost-of-living increases for certain retirees. (a)(1) Effective retroactively to October 1, 2000, each retiree of the Jefferson County Department of Health receiving monthly benefits from the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System, whose effective date of retirement was after the department elected to become a member in the Employees’ Retirement System and prior to October 1, 2000, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in his or her gross monthly benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (2) Beneficiaries of deceased retirees referenced in subdivision (1) shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month. (b) When future cost-of-living increases are provided to the Jefferson County Department of Health retirees and their beneficiaries who are receiving monthly benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System, the same cost-of-living increases shall be provided to the Jefferson County Department of Health retirees and their beneficiaries who are receiving monthly benefits from the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System and who retired after the Jefferson County Department of Health elected to become a member in the Employees’ Retirement System. (Act 2001-412, p. 524, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 2 - Department of Health Retired Employee Compensation.|Section 45-37-171.21 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments.

Section 45-37-171.21Cost-of-living adjustments. Whenever the retired employees of the state are granted a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) or other monetary increase by the Legislature, the retired employees and beneficiaries and pensioners and beneficiaries of the Jefferson County Department of Health shall be granted such COLA or other monetary increase. The cost of COLA or other monetary increase shall be funded out of any and all funds appropriated to the Jefferson County Department of Health. (Act 2008-406, p. 800, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-171.40 - Fees for Services - Authorized.

Section 45-37-171.40Fees for services - Authorized. (a) The Jefferson County Board of Health is hereby authorized to designate services rendered by the health department under its control for which fees may be charged and to establish the fees to be respectively charged for such services, subject to the disapproval of such fees by the Jefferson County Commission as provided in Section 45–37–171.42, which authority may be used or not used in accordance with this subpart as and to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the board of health. The services which may be designated pursuant to this subpart as services for which fees may be charged include, without limitation thereto all of the following: (1) Inspection and certification services performed in connection with the administration and enforcement of public health and environmental laws and regulations. (2) Health care services provided through outpatient clinics, home health care, or other service programs. (3) The administration of tests to determine the incidence of disease in the population as a whole or among particular groups. (4) The administration of vaccinations and inoculations against communicable diseases. (5) The reproduction and certification of documents needed or requested by the public. (b) Upon the designation of services and the establishment of fees therefor by the Jefferson County Board of Health in accordance with this subpart, the board of health is hereby authorized to charge and collect the fees so established for the services so designated. All fees established and collected pursuant to this subpart shall not replace, but shall supplement and be in addition to, any and all federal, state, and local funds otherwise provided to the Jefferson County Board of Health. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-171.41 - Fees for Services - Amounts; Hearing.

Section 45-37-171.41Fees for services - Amounts; hearing. All fees established by the Jefferson County Board of Health pursuant to this subpart shall be reasonable and proportional to the costs of providing the services for which such fees shall be respectively charged, and in no event shall the fee charged for any service exceed the total cost of providing such service, including a reasonable allocation of the general administrative expenses of the Jefferson County Health Department. No fees for any services shall be initially established or subsequently increased by the Jefferson County Board of Health without a public hearing, and notice of such public hearing shall be published at least one time in a newspaper having general circulation in Jefferson County not more than four nor less than two weeks prior to the date of such public hearing. The published notice of such public hearing shall state the intention of the Jefferson County Board of Health to establish or increase fees for the services in question, shall give the date, time, and place of the public hearing with respect thereto, and shall contain a description of such services together with a schedule of the fees to be charged therefor, including an identification of any increases to be made in fees theretofore established. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-172.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-172.42 - Fees for Services - Resolution.

Section 45-37-172.42Fees for services - Resolution. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Jefferson County Board of Health initially establishing or subsequently increasing any fees for any services, a certified copy of such resolution shall be promptly forwarded to the Jefferson County Commission. The Jefferson County Commission shall have 30 calendar days after the receipt thereof during which it may adopt a resolution disapproving the establishment or increase of such fees, and any fee or increase thereof so disapproved shall not take effect. If the Jefferson County Commission takes no action with respect to the establishment or increase of any fee within 30 days following receipt of the certified copy of the resolution of the Jefferson County Board of Health establishing or increasing such fee, then such fee or increase thereof shall take effect without the need for any action by the Jefferson County Commission and the Jefferson County Commission shall have no further power to disapprove such fee or to require its rescission or reduction. The disapproval of the establishment or increase of any fee by the Jefferson County Commission shall not preclude further action by the Jefferson County Board of Health under this subpart to reestablish and resubmit to the Jefferson County Commission such previously disapproved fee or any revision thereof, without limitation as to number of resubmissions and on such schedule as the Jefferson County Board of Health shall deem desirable. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-171.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 2 - Health.|Division 3 - Fees.|Section 45-37-171.44 - Ability to Pay Fees; Increase in Costs and Fees; Funding.

Section 45-37-171.44Ability to pay fees; increase in costs and fees; funding. No person shall be denied any service because that person, or if a minor, the parent or legal guardian of such person, is unable to pay the fee for such service established pursuant to this subpart. The determination of a person’s ability to pay shall be made in confidence and under circumstances that will protect the dignity of the person receiving the service. Using any appropriate standards of ability to pay for health care provided by the United States Government or any agency thereof, the Jefferson County Board of Health may establish a sliding fee scale based on a person’s ability to pay. Any provision of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, this subpart shall not be interpreted or applied to authorize any increase in the fees, if any, that any person may be required to pay for any examination, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, or other health care service of any kind that, as of September 29, 1988, is being provided by the Jefferson County Board of Health if the income of such person or the family to which such person belongs is below the poverty level for residents of the State of Alabama determined from time to time by the United States Government or any agency thereof, unless such increase is required by federal or state law to comply with, or to gain additional benefit from, Medicaid or other governmental health care assistance programs. If the Jefferson County Board of Health incurs increases in the cost of drugs or pharmaceuticals that it sells through its pharmacy operations, and if such cost increases are not defrayed by additional funding from governmental or private sources, then the Jefferson County Board of Health may increase the selling price of such drugs or pharmaceuticals to all persons, regardless of income level, to such extent as may be necessary to recover such cost increases. In the event that the Jefferson County Board of Health has an opportunity to obtain funding from private or governmental sources for new or expanded health care services not being provided as of September 29, 1988, nothing contained in this subpart shall be interpreted or applied to prevent the Jefferson County Board of Health from charging such fees for such health care services as shall be required by such private or governmental funding sources, provided that the aggregate fees charged for such health care services, together with the funding provided by such private or governmental sources, shall not exceed the cost of providing such health care services. (Act 88-895, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 450, §5.)