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AL Code § 16-55-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-2 - Board of Trustees - Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Compensation and Expenses.

Section 16-55-2Board of trustees - Appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses. The board of trustees shall consist of three members from Mobile County, five members from the state at large, two members from the United States at large, the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board, and one each from each of the following state senatorial districts, or combinations thereof, as those districts existed in 1963: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Districts comprising Monroe and Wilcox Counties and Butler, Conecuh, and Covington Counties, respectively; Nineteenth and Twentieth Districts comprising Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington Counties and Marengo and Sumter Counties, respectively; Twenty-first District comprising Baldwin and Escambia Counties; Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, and Thirtieth Districts comprising Dale and Geneva Counties, Coffee and Crenshaw Counties, and Dallas and Lowndes Counties, respectively; and the Thirty-fifth District comprising Henry and Houston Counties. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, and all appointees appointed on and after June 1, 2014, shall hold office for a term of six years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. Any trustee appointed to serve a 12-year term before June 1, 2014, shall continue to serve for the remainder of that term. As terms expire after that date, appointments to fill positions on the board shall be for six-year terms. The board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal as may be, so that one third may be chosen as provided in Section 16-55-5. Vacancies occurring in the office of trustee from death or resignation, and the vacancies regularly occurring by expiration of the term shall be filled by the Governor, and the appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature. Successors to those trustees whose terms expire during an interim shall hold office for the full term unless they are rejected by the Senate. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as a trustee. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §2; Acts 1965, No. 557, p. 1041, §1; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-3 - Board of Trustees - Rights, Privileges and Authority.

Section 16-55-3Board of trustees - Rights, privileges and authority. The Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama shall have all the rights, privileges and authority necessary to promote the purpose of its creation, which is to establish and provide for the maintenance and operation of a state university in Mobile County. The board may hold, lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, as to it may seem best for the purposes of the institution, and sales of property, real or personal, may be made at any time by the trustees. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §3.)
AL Code § 16-55-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-4 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-55-4Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration. The board of trustees shall have the power to organize the institution by appointment of instructors and faculty members and such executive and administrative officers and employees as may be necessary to operate the university; the trustees may remove any officers, faculty members or employees of the institution in their discretion and shall have the power and authority to fix salaries or compensation, increase or reduce the same at their discretion, to regulate, alter or modify the government of the institution as they may consider advisable. The trustees may prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees, confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of like character; and they may do whatever else they may consider in the best interest of the institution. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §4.)
AL Code § 16-55-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-5 - Board of Trustees - Trustees Divided Into Classes; Initial Terms.

Section 16-55-5Board of trustees - Trustees divided into classes; initial terms. The trustees of the University of South Alabama, other than the ex officio members of the board, shall be grouped into three classes as provided in Section 16-55-2. The members constituting the first class shall first be appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1965; the members of the second class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1969; and the members of the third class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1973. Their successors shall initially be appointed for terms of 12 years each. Commencing on June 1, 2014, successors shall be appointed for terms of six years each. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §5; Acts 1965, No. 557, p. 1041, §1; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-6 - Board of Trustees - Quorum; Meetings.

Section 16-55-6Board of trustees - Quorum; meetings. Seven members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. The board shall hold a regular annual meeting each year at the university on the first Monday in June, unless the board, in regular session, shall determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: Special meetings may be called by the chair pro tempore of the board or the Governor by written notice mailed to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting; and a special meeting shall be called by the chair pro tempore or the Governor upon application in writing of any three or more members of the board. No special meeting shall be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the date of the chair pro tempore's or the Governor's notice of the meeting, except in case of emergency, which the chair pro tempore or the Governor shall specify in his or her notice to the trustees. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §6; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-6.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-6.1 - Board of Trustees - Participation in Meetings by Electronic Communications.

Section 16-55-6.1Board of trustees - Participation in meetings by electronic communications.  Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act, and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings. (Act 2012-264, p. 510, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-7 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Distribution.

Section 16-55-7Scholarships to school of nursing - Distribution. There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state. (Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-8 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-55-8Scholarships to school of nursing - Who eligible. To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of South Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama. (Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §2.)
AL Code § 16-55-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-9 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-55-9Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients. Each scholarship provided for by this article shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. In the event of the scholarship recipient's death, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. In the event the scholarship recipient becomes mentally or physically impaired and is unable to complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing, or has graduated but is unable to complete one year of service as a nurse due to such disability, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama. (Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §3.)
AL Code § 16-55-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-55-10 - Police Officers.

Section 16-55-10Police officers. (a) The President of the University of South Alabama may appoint and employ suitable persons to serve as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. An officer may eject trespassers from university buildings and grounds owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the university. An officer may arrest any person for any offense provided by law and shall transport the offender to the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offense. (b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the Municipalities of Mobile and Fairhope, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive within the police jurisdictions of those municipalities. (c) Any police officer appointed pursuant to this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state. The primary duty of the police officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the university. A police officer may not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except: (1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of the institution. (2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his or her presence or within the boundaries of property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the institution. (d) The provisions of this section or Section 16-22-1, granting authority to a police officer at this institution of higher education, are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to police officers by law, and this section is to be considered cumulative. (e) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any person appointed under this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations. (Act 2012-211, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy.|Section 16-55-20 - Declaration of Legislative Findings.

Section 16-55-20Declaration of legislative findings. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §1.)
AL Code § 16-55-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy.|Section 16-55-21 - Creation.

Section 16-55-21Creation. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §2.)
AL Code § 16-55-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy.|Section 16-55-22 - Selection of Participants.

Section 16-55-22Selection of participants. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §3.)
AL Code § 16-55-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy.|Section 16-55-23 - Eligibility Criteria.

Section 16-55-23Eligibility criteria. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §4.)
AL Code § 16-55-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama.|Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy.|Section 16-55-24 - Provision of Room and Board, Food, and Supplies; Transportation.

Section 16-55-24Provision of room and board, food, and supplies; transportation. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §5.)
AL Code § 16-60-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-1 - State Vocational Technical School at Mobile Designated Southwest State Technical Institute.

Section 16-60-1State Vocational Technical School at Mobile designated Southwest State Technical Institute. The school located at Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama and presently known as State Vocational Technical School shall hereafter be designated and known as Southwest State Technical Institute. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change the name of such school as herein prescribed and to cause appropriate markers to be placed so designating it. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 245, p. 367, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-60-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-2 - Shelton State Technical Trade School Designated Shelton State Technical Institute.

Section 16-60-2Shelton State Technical Trade School designated Shelton State Technical Institute. The school located in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and previously known as the Shelton State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as Shelton State Technical Institute. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change such name of the school as herein prescribed and to see that appropriate markers be displayed and designated as such. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 247, p. 369, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-60-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-3 - Wenonah State Technical Trade School Designated Wenonah State Technical School; Wenonah State Technical Junior College Designated Wenonah State Junior College.

Section 16-60-3Wenonah State Technical Trade School designated Wenonah State Technical School; Wenonah State Technical Junior College designated Wenonah State Junior College. The school located in Jefferson County, Alabama and presently known as Wenonah State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as Wenonah State Technical School, and the school located in Jefferson County, Alabama and presently known as Wenonah State Technical Junior College shall hereafter be designated and known as Wenonah State Junior College. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change the names of such schools as herein prescribed and to cause appropriate markers to be placed so designating them. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 271, p. 411, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-60-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-4 - Athens State University; Powers Generally.

Section 16-60-4Athens State University; powers generally. The school established at Athens, Alabama, known as and called Athens State College, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of Athens State University, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously enjoyed by Athens State College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, obligations, liabilities, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, obligations, liabilities, or functions of the institution shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution, laws, rules, or regulations of this state, or any instrumentality of this state, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to Athens State University.  (Act 98-640, p. 1412, §1.)
AL Code § 16-60-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-5 - J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College.

Section 16-60-5J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College. The school established at Huntsville, Alabama, known as and called J. F. Drake State Technical College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously enjoyed by J. F. Drake State Technical College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, obligations, liabilities, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, obligations, liabilities, or functions of the institution shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution, laws, rules, or regulations of this state, or any instrumentality of this state, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College. (Act 2013-93, p. 205, §1.)
AL Code § 16-60-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-60-6 - H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.

Section 16-60-6H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.  (a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as the H. Councill Trenholm State Community College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles heretofore at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, or functions of H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College by law shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution and in the laws of Alabama by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to H. Councill Trenholm State Community College. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System comply with this section. (Act 2015-236, §1.)
AL Code § 16-60-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges.|Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties.|Section 16-60-20 - Board of Trustees - Establishment; Composition; Appointment.

Section 16-60-20Board of trustees - Establishment; composition; appointment. The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district composed of Franklin and Marion Counties, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Winston County is a part, the members of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature from Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties, the chairmen of the county commissions of each of these counties, the county superintendent of education of each of these counties, the representative in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from the congressional district containing these counties and 10 members appointed by the Governor from among the mayors and other officers of the incorporated municipalities within these three counties are hereby constituted a board of trustees for a junior college to be established, maintained and operated in one of the above named counties. (Acts 1961, No. 888, p. 1397, §1.)