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AL Code § 11-54B-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-47 - Costs of Supplemental Services.

Section 11-54B-47Costs of supplemental services. (a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that all costs of the supplemental services provided in a self-help business improvement district shall be financed through the levy by the municipality of a special assessment on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district or, in the case of a district formed to increase tourism in the municipality, on businesses of the designated class within the geographical area of the district, and in either case shall designate the method set forth in the plan as the method used to determine the amount of the special assessment in a manner which fairly and equitably distributes the burden of financing the supplemental services among the nonexempt real property owners in the district. The ordinance shall list and describe, by lot and block numbers and by street addresses, all real properties or businesses against which the special assessment shall be made to fund the supplemental services. The ordinance shall also provide that property which is a single-family, owner-occupied residential property shall be exempt from the special assessment imposed by the district management corporation to finance the supplemental services provided in the business improvement district. Further, all property of utilities shall be deemed personal property exempt from the special assessment imposed by the district management corporation except for land and retail, storage, and office facilities owned by a utility within the business improvement district. (b) The nonprofit corporation designated as a district management corporation under this article shall be exempt from the state corporate income tax, corporate franchise tax, and permit fee, and from state, county, and municipal sales, use, license, gross receipts, and ad valorem taxes. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §8; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-48 - Collection of Special Assessment.

Section 11-54B-48Collection of special assessment. (a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that the special assessment levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district shall be collected by the district management corporation, by the offices of the municipal revenue department, or by the offices of the revenue commissioner, who may be compensated for the service. Except in the case of an assessment against a designated class of business, the ordinance shall also provide that the amount of any outstanding special assessment levied on a parcel of real property, together with any accrued interest and penalties, shall constitute a lien on the property. The lien shall take precedence over all other liens, whether created prior or subsequent to the date of the special assessment, except a lien for any of the following: (1) State, county, or municipal taxes. (2) A prior special assessment. (3) A prior recorded mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument. (b) Other than foreclosures for state, county, or municipal taxes, a prior special assessment, or a prior recorded mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument, the lien for the special assessment shall not be defeated or postponed by any private or judicial sale, or by any mortgage, deed of trust, or similar security instrument recorded subsequent to the date of final adoption by the municipality of the self-help business improvement district ordinance. No error in the proceeding of the governing body of the municipality or of the board of directors of the district management corporation shall exempt any real property from the lien or from payment thereof. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §9; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-51 - Annual Budget of the District Management Corporation.

Section 11-54B-51Annual budget of the district management corporation. (a) The officers of the district management corporation shall submit a detailed annual budget for approval by its board of directors including proposed expenditures and proposed sources of funding, which may include voluntary donations. The budget shall explain how it contributes to goals and objectives for the business improvement district. (b) The budget shall be introduced, approved, amended, and adopted by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership of the board of directors. The procedure for passing a budget shall be as follows: (1) Introduction and preliminary approval of the budget. (2) Public advertising of the budget. (3) Public hearing relating to the budget. (4) Amendments to the budget and public hearings relating to those amendments. (5) Adoption of the budget. (6) No budget shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held thereon and all persons having an interest therein have been given an opportunity to present objections. (c) The board of directors may amend the budget during or after the public hearing.  (d) No amendment to the budget by the board of directors shall be effective until taxpayers and all persons having an interest therein have been granted a public hearing thereon, if the amendment does or provides for any of the following: (1) Adds a new item in an amount in excess of 10 percent of the total amount as stated in the approved budget. (2) Increases or decreases any item within the budget by more than 10 percent of the amount stated in the approved budget for the item. (3) Increases the amount needed to be raised by special assessment by more than 10 percent of the total special assessment revenues stated in the approved budget. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §12.)
AL Code § 11-54B-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-52 - Retention of Municipal Police Powers.

Section 11-54B-52Retention of municipal police powers. Notwithstanding the improvement of any street or sidewalk incident to a self-help business improvement district, the municipality and its governing body shall retain its police powers and other rights and powers relating to any streets or parts thereof constituting or included in a self-help business improvement district, and no action shall be interpreted or construed to be a vacation, in whole or in part, of any municipal street or part thereof, it being intended that the establishment of a self-help business improvement district pursuant to this article is a matter of regulation only. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §13.)
AL Code § 11-54B-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-53 - Eminent Domain Utilization.

Section 11-54B-53Eminent domain utilization. No self-help business improvement district or district management corporation shall have the power of eminent domain. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §14.)
AL Code § 11-54B-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-54 - Furniture, Structure of Facility Not Deemed Nuisance.

Section 11-54B-54 Furniture, structure of facility not deemed nuisance. Any movable furniture, structure, facility, or appurtenance or activity located or permitted in connection with a self-help business improvement district shall not, by reason of location or use, be deemed a nuisance or unlawful obstruction or condition, notwithstanding any rule or regulation or principle of law pertaining to the use of public streets and highways and neither the municipality nor any user acting under permit shall be liable for any injury to person or property, unless the furniture, structure, facility, or use shall be negligently constructed, maintained, or operated. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §15.)
AL Code § 11-54B-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-55 - District Management Corporation Contracts.

Section 11-54B-55District management corporation contracts.  The municipalities, by ordinance, may authorize the district management corporation to contract construction and maintenance work to be done on any street or streets, or on other municipal property included in the self-help business improvement district. The plans and specifications of any construction work to be contracted shall be approved by the municipal engineer prior to initiation of any actions for the awarding of a contract under this article. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §16.)
AL Code § 11-54B-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-56 - Operation in Other Designated Project Areas.

Section 11-54B-56Operation in other designated project areas.  This article shall not prohibit a municipality from including a self-help business improvement district within the bounds of any area, district, or zone including any enterprise zone established pursuant to law which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of properties located within those boundaries, or the inducement of private enterprises to locate within those boundaries, whether by tax credits, exemptions, or abatements, or by special public financing arrangements. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §17.)
AL Code § 11-54B-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-57 - Annual Reports and Audits.

Section 11-54B-57Annual reports and audits. (a) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality. (1) Each annual report shall include, at a minimum: a. A financial statement for the preceding year, including a balance sheet, statement of income and loss, and such other information as is reasonably necessary to reflect the district management corporation's actual performance, certified by the treasurer of the corporation. b. The budget for the current fiscal year. c. In the case of a district funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, a list of the businesses of the designated class that are currently operating within the district. (2) A copy of each annual report shall be sent to the mayor, the city council, and to all property owners, or in the case of districts funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, business owners of the self-help business improvement district, in each case by first class mail or by personal delivery. (b) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall cause an annual audit of its books, accounts, and financial transactions to be made and filed with the municipality and for that purpose the corporation shall employ a certified public accountant. The annual audit shall be completed and filed with the governing body within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation and a certified duplicate copy of the audit shall be filed with the mayor and the finance director or other financial control officer of the municipality. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §18; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54B-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.|Article 2 - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts in Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-54B-58 - Sunset Provision.

Section 11-54B-58Sunset provision. (a) Within 90 days after the adoption and approval of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the municipality shall set a hearing to determine whether the district should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least 20 days before the hearing, notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing shall be posted in at least three places within the district and mailed, along with the new district management plan, which shall contain the items described in subdivision (4) of Section 11-54B-44, to each real property or business owner who paid assessments to the district during the previous year as certified by an officer of the district management corporation collecting such assessments, the officers of the municipal revenue department, or the offices of county tax assessor and county tax collector, if they are the billing and collecting agency. (b) At this hearing, if a petition presented to the municipality objecting to the continuation of the district is signed by non-exempt real property owners representing 60 percent of the total fair market value of all real property located within the district and the owners of at least 50 per cent of the parcels of real property located within the district; or, alternatively with respect to a district funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, signed by owners of businesses consistent with the signatures required under subdivision (2) of Section 11-54B-44, the district shall be terminated as of the end of the fiscal year next following the hearing. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §19; Act 2019-200, §2.)
AL Code § 11-67-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-20 - Applicability of Article.

Section 11-67-20Applicability of article. This article shall only apply to Alabama Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 municipalities. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-21 - Weeds Which May Be Declared Public Nuisance and Abated.

Section 11-67-21Weeds which may be declared public nuisance and abated. All weeds growing upon the streets, sidewalks, or upon private property within Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipalities of this state, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature, which attain a large growth so as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality, and thereafter abated as provided in this article. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §2; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-22 - Resolution Declaring Weeds to Be Public Nuisance and Ordering Abatement.

Section 11-67-22Resolution declaring weeds to be public nuisance and ordering abatement. Whenever any weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property the governing body of any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known, describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description of the property and no other description of the property shall be required. Any number of streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private property, may be included in one resolution. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-24 - Hearing Procedure; Decision of Council; Jurisdiction to Remove Weeds; Finality of Decision.

Section 11-67-24Hearing procedure; decision of council; jurisdiction to remove weeds; finality of decision. If objections are filed, at the time stated in said notice, the City Council of _____ shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protest regarding the proposed removal of weeds. The council may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of said hearing, the council, by resolution, shall decide whether a public nuisance exists and, if so, shall order it to be removed or abated with respect to any property or part thereof described. The governing body, by passage of said resolution, shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and either to perform or have performed the work of removal or abatement with respect to such property or part thereof. The decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §5.)
AL Code § 11-67-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-25 - Entry of Municipal Employees and Agents on Property to Abate Nuisance; Abatement by Private Contractor; Right of Owner to Have Weeds Removed at Owner's Expense.

Section 11-67-25Entry of municipal employees and agents on property to abate nuisance; abatement by private contractor; right of owner to have weeds removed at owner's expense. After the council passes the resolution finding the conditions of the property to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement, all employees and duly authorized agents of a Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may enter upon private property for that purpose. The council may at its option authorize private contractors, companies, enterprises, or individuals to abate and remove the nuisance. The council, by resolution, shall designate the contractors, companies, enterprises, or individuals who may perform the work. Those persons so designated may enter upon private property for purposes of abating or removing the nuisance. For purposes of this article compliance with the competitive bid law is not required. Any property owner shall have the right to have any weeds removed at his or her own expense providing the removal is done prior to the commencing of the work by the employees or agents of the municipality to do the same. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §6; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-26 - Account of Cost of Abatement or Removal of Nuisance; Report to Governing Body; Posting of Report.

Section 11-67-26Account of cost of abatement or removal of nuisance; report to governing body; posting of report. Each Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing the nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by it or its employees, or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the governing body of the municipality showing the cost of removing the nuisance on each separate lot, or in front of the lot and before the report is submitted to the governing body, a copy of the report shall be posted for at least five days prior thereto on or near the chamber door of the governing body, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be submitted to the governing body for confirmation. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §7; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-27 - Hearing on Cost of Abatement or Removal of Nuisance; Costs to Constitute Weed Liens; Report to Tax Collector; Amounts to Be Included in Tax Bills; Collection.

Section 11-67-27Hearing on cost of abatement or removal of nuisance; costs to constitute weed liens; report to tax collector; amounts to be included in tax bills; collection. At the time fixed for receiving and considering said report, the governing body shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating said nuisance and thereupon make such modifications in the report as they deem necessary, after which by motion or resolution said report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating such nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land mentioned in said report shall hereinafter be referred to as "weed liens," and as thus made and confirmed shall constitute a weed lien on said property for the amount of such weed liens, respectively. After confirmation of said reports, a copy shall be turned over to the tax collector of the county who, under the "Optional Method of Taxation," is charged with the collection of the city's municipal taxes pursuant to Sections 11-51-40 through 11-51-74; whereupon it shall be the duty of said county tax collector to add the amounts of the respective weed liens to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the said respective lots and parcels of land, and thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §8.)