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AL Code § 45-36-252.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.05 - Additional Powers and Rights.

Section 45-36-252.05Additional powers and rights. (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this part, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county, of the State of Alabama. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person, at such, if any, interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any part of a system or systems or any part thereof. (b) The moneys held in any special fund established by the authority may be invested in any direct obligations of the United States of America, the obligations of any agency of the United States of America, interest-bearing bank deposits, or in any securities the payment of the principal of and interest on which is fully secured by direct obligations of the United States of America. (c) The authority shall be under no obligation to render service to the citizens of any municipality which shall not have granted the authority and those claiming under it a franchise. (d) Any transaction to which the authority or the county, is a party shall be exempt from any tax levied pursuant to Article 4, commencing with Section 40-12-220, of Chapter 12 of Title 40, or any tax levied in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof. (e) Any water system or any part thereof leased or subleased to, or operated or managed by, the authority or county, whether the lease or sublease be by the authority or any private party, including without limitation corporations or partnerships, shall be exempt from all state, county, and other taxes, including without limitation ad valorem taxes, regardless of the entity that shall hold the legal title to such system or facility or any part thereof or any remainder or reversionary interest therein. (f) The county may acquire by lease or sublease any property comprising all or any part of a water system from the authority or from any vendee or lessee or sublessee of the authority, or may manage or operate the same, having all rights of the authority with respect thereto, upon mutual consent of the parties. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §6.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.07 - Rates, Fees, and Charges.

Section 45-36-252.07Rates, fees, and charges. Rates, fees, and charges for water, sewer, or garbage service rendered by the authority from any of its systems shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to: (1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending, and improving the systems and facilities, or either, from which such services are rendered. (2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities together with revenues from any tax sources and fees as the principal and interest become due and payable. (3) Create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority under this part or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the assumption of any obligation or the acquisition of any such system or facility. (4) Make such annual payments if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §8.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.08 - Planning, Development, Operation, etc., of Water, Sewer, or Garbage System.

Section 45-36-252.08Planning, development, operation, etc., of water, sewer, or garbage system. For the purpose of securing water, sewer, or garbage service or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of water, sewer, or garbage systems, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Appropriate, lend, or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including, but without limitation, any water, sewer, or garbage system, any interest in any thereof and any franchise. (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of water, sewer, and garbage systems. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §9.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.09 - Rights-of-Way.

Section 45-36-252.09Rights-of-way. The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the county commission of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4; provided further, that the authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §10.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.10 - Governmental Functions; Liability of Authority.

Section 45-36-252.10Governmental functions; liability of authority. (a) The furnishing of sewer and garbage service in conjunction with the water services by the authority as well as the furnishing of water services are hereby declared to be a governmental function. (b) The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or willful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the furnishing of water service or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any water or sewer or garbage facilities. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §11.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.11 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc.

Section 45-36-252.11Exemption from taxes, fees, etc. (a) The authority, the property and income of the authority, the income from bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. (b) The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. (c) No license or excise tax may be imposed on the authority in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this part. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §12.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.12 - Exemption From Usury Statutes.

Section 45-36-252.12Exemption from usury statutes. The authority now or hereafter organized under this part is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury and prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §13.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.13 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 45-36-252.13Dissolution of authority. At any time when no bonds or obligations theretofore assumed by the authority are outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among Jackson County and any other county or counties in which any part of the service area may be located, all in such manner and to such extent as may be provided in the authority’s certificate of incorporation, as amended; provided, however, that in the absence of a contrary provision in the certificate of incorporation, as amended, title to real estate and tangible personal property, other than cash, shall vest in the county in which the real estate or tangible personal property is located and the title to cash on hand and in banks, accounts receivable, choses in action, and other intangible property, other than intangible interest in land, shall vest in all of the counties in which any part of the service area lies. Each such county shall have title to the cash and intangible items as a tenant in common thereof, the fractional interest of each such tenant in common in the items being represented by a fraction the numerator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during its then next preceding complete fiscal year from service rendered in that part of its service area within that county and the denominator of which is an amount equal to the gross revenues derived by the authority during the same period from services rendered or otherwise in its entire service area. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §14.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.14 - Validity of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 45-36-252.14Validity of certificate of incorporation. In all cases where there is an attempt to incorporate a public corporation under this part, and a certificate of incorporation with respect to such corporation has been filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such corporation was sought to be incorporated, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed, the attempted incorporation of such public corporation with respect to which such a certificate of incorporation has been filed shall be and hereby is validated ab initio, notwithstanding any irregularity in the procedure for incorporation of such corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (1) The failure of the judge of probate in whose office such certificate of incorporation was filed to examine such certificate of incorporation or to enter an appropriate order with respect thereto. (2) The inclusion in the certificate of incorporation of any matter not authorized to be included therein or contrary to the statutory requirements with respect to such corporation. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §15.)
AL Code § 45-36-252.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36 - Jackson County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Part 3 - Water Authority.|Section 45-36-252.16 - Auditing.

Section 45-36-252.16Auditing. The Jackson County Water Authority shall be audited similar to and in accordance with any audit required to be performed upon the Jackson County Commission and the operations of the County of Jackson. (Act 89-265, p. 389, §17.)
AL Code § 45-36A-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36A - Jackson County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Hollywood.|Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-36A-60 - Regulation of Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday.

Section 45-36A-60Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. The town council or other governing body of the Town of Hollywood in Jackson County, by resolution adopted by a majority of the council, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday as determined by the town council by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Town of Hollywood serving the general public in the town. (Act 2016-154, §1.)
AL Code § 45-36A-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36A - Jackson County Municipalities.|Article 10 - Scottsboro.|Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-36A-100 - Sale of Draft or Keg Beer or Malt Beverages.

Section 45-36A-100Sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages. (a) This section shall only apply to the City of Scottsboro in Jackson County. (b) Subject to subsection (c), the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the city. All resolutions and ordinances relating to the sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer shall apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages. (c) The city governing body may hold a referendum to determine if the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the city. If a majority of the voters voting thereon in the city vote in favor of the question, then the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized in the city. The referendum shall be held at a date determined by resolution of the city. Costs of the referendum shall be paid by the city. If a majority of the voters voting thereon do not vote in favor of the question, a subsequent referendum or referenda may be held. A second or subsequent referendum shall not be held within one year following a referendum which fails to be approved by the voters of the city. (d) All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this section are repealed. However, the provisions of this section are cumulative and supplementary and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws or parts of laws not directly inconsistent herewith. (Act 2009-380, p. 704, §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-36A-100.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 36A - Jackson County Municipalities.|Article 10 - Scottsboro.|Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-36A-100.01 - Regulation of Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on Sunday.

Section 45-36A-100.01Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday.  The city council or other governing body of the City of Scottsboro in Jackson County, by resolution adopted by a majority of the council, may regulate and permit the sale of alcoholic beverages during certain hours on Sunday as determined by the city council by properly licensed retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the City of Scottsboro serving the general public in the city. (Act 2015-21, §1; Act 2015-55, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 1 - Disclaimer.|Section 45-37-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-37-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Jefferson County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Jefferson County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-37-20.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Civic Center Licenses.|Section 45-37-20.01 - Temporary Permit to Civic Center Authority; Permits to Certain Licensed Retailers.

Section 45-37-20.01Temporary permit to civic center authority; permits to certain licensed retailers. (a) The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may grant to any civic center authority, to which the board may have theretofore issued or may simultaneously therewith issue a civic center liquor license under Section 45-37-20, a revocable temporary permit entitling such civic center authority to sell or dispense in any part of its civic center for consumption therein draft or keg beer or malt beverages. The board may revoke any such temporary permit so granted if, in the judgment of the board, such sale or dispensing of draft or keg beer or malt beverages is prejudicial to the welfare, health, peace, and safety of the people of the community wherein the civic center is located or of the state. (b) The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may grant permits to licensed retailers to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages anywhere within any county wherein the board is authorized to issue to a civic center authority a liquor license which includes the authority to sell or dispense draft or keg beer or malt beverages as set forth in subsection (a). (Acts 1973, No. 642, p. 952, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 2 - Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act.|Section 45-37-21 - Short Title.

Section 45-37-21Short title. This part shall be known as the Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act. (Act 2013-346, p. 1230, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-21.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 2 - Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act.|Section 45-37-21.01 - Applicability.

Section 45-37-21.01Applicability. This part shall be operative only in Jefferson County. (Act 2013-346, p. 1230, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-21.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 2 - Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act.|Section 45-37-21.02 - Purpose.

Section 45-37-21.02Purpose. The legislative intent and purpose of this part is to provide a structure for the business relations between a wholesaler and a supplier of wine in Jefferson County. Regulation in this area within the county is considered necessary for the following reasons: (1) To maintain stability and healthy competition in the wine industry in Jefferson County. (2) To provide and maintain a sound, stable, and viable 3-tier system of distribution of wine to the public in Jefferson County. (3) To promote the public health, safety, and welfare. (4) To preserve and expand jobs in Jefferson County in the wine industry. (Act 2013-346, p. 1230, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-21.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 2 - Jefferson County Wine Franchise Jobs Protection Act.|Section 45-37-21.04 - Wholesale Licensees; Exclusive Sales Territories.

Section 45-37-21.04Wholesale licensees; exclusive sales territories. Each supplier of wine licensed by the board authorizing such licensee to sell its wine within the State of Alabama shall sell its wine through wholesaler licensees of the board and shall grant in writing to each of its wholesalers an exclusive sales territory in accordance with Chapter 8, Title 28, as amended. (Act 2013-346, p. 1230, §5.)