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AL Code § 45-8A-20.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.17 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control.

Section 45-8A-20.17Freedom of authority from state supervision and control. This part is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the part by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this part, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority. The authority shall hold a public hearing before approving or obligating the expenditure of any tax revenues received by the authority from the city, any county, the state, or federal governments. Such notice shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in Calhoun County, Alabama, and the notice shall be published not less than seven days prior to the hearing. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §18.)
AL Code § 45-8A-20.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.18 - Earnings of the Authority.

Section 45-8A-20.18Earnings of the authority. The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of the authority, then any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing shall be paid to the city. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §19.)
AL Code § 45-8A-20.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.19 - Dissolution of the Corporation and Vesting of Title to Property in the City.

Section 45-8A-20.19Dissolution of the corporation and vesting of title to property in the city. At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun 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 the city. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §20.)
AL Code § 45-8A-20.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.20 - Existence of the Authority to Prevent Incorporation of Another by the City.

Section 45-8A-20.20Existence of the authority to prevent incorporation of another by the city. The existence of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this part shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by this part. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §21.)
AL Code § 45-8A-20.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.21 - Power of Eminent Domain.

Section 45-8A-20.21Power of eminent domain. The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power for the purpose of obtaining real property or any interest therein for any project it undertakes in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by municipalities. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §22.)
AL Code § 45-8A-20.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 1 - Downtown Development Authority.|Section 45-8A-20.22 - Loans, Sales, Grants, etc., of Money Property, Etc. to Authority by Counties, Municipalities, Etc.

Section 45-8A-20.22Loans, sales, grants, etc., of money property, etc. to authority by counties, municipalities, etc. For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the city, 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) 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, any interest therein and any franchise; and (3) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this article and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient in connection with aiding and cooperating with the authority in its efforts to revitalize and redevelop the central business district of the city. (Act 85-319, p. 239, §23.)
AL Code § 45-8A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 5 - Utilities, Water Works and Sewer Board.|Section 45-8A-24 - Membership; Appointments; Payments to City of Anniston.

Section 45-8A-24Membership; appointments; payments to City of Anniston. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that the majority of the members appointed to the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Anniston shall be appointed by the City Council of Anniston. (b) The governing body of the City of Anniston, which authorized the creation of a corporation for the purpose of operating a water system and a sewer system pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 50, Title 11, shall restructure the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Anniston and increase the membership of the board by two members for a total of seven board members. The appointment of the seven members of the board of directors shall be as follows: (1) Customers located within the corporate boundaries shall be represented by four board members appointed by the city council. (2) Customers located outside of the corporate boundaries shall be represented by three board members. Two of the three board members shall be appointed by the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation upon July 28, 1995. The third board member shall be appointed by the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation after the City Council of Anniston, pursuant to subdivision (1), has filled the next two vacancies which occur after July 28, 1995. (c) The three members appointed by the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation shall be appointed for a term of six years. Each year thereafter the term of each director shall be six years. (d) All payments that the City of Anniston is entitled to receive from the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Anniston, by statute or contract, shall be payable on a monthly basis. (Act 95-497, p. 1003; §§1-4.)
AL Code § 45-8A-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 6 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.|Section 45-8A-25 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.

Section 45-8A-25Sale of alcoholic beverages. (a) This section only applies to the City of Anniston and provides for the Anniston Ecotourism Beverage Bill. (b) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for on-premises consumption by licensed clubs and retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the City of Anniston if approved by a majority vote of the governing body. (c) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for off-premises consumption by licensed clubs and retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board within the City of Anniston if approved by a majority vote of the governing body. (d) The governing body of the City of Anniston, by resolution or ordinance passed by a simple majority, may regulate but may not prohibit the sale of both on-premises and off-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages each day of the week by licensed clubs and retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the general public. Licensed clubs and retail licensees granted a license may sell or dispense alcoholic beverages pursuant to the requirements of the license and applicable regulations of the board. (e) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the City of Anniston and are not intended to, nor shall it be interpreted so as to, repeal any existing power or authority of the governing body with this section that are now permitted under the general laws of the state or under any local or special act of the Legislature. (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to abrogate, nullify, or in any way encroach upon the functions, powers and duties of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under Chapter 3, Title 28. (Act 2013-166, p. 311, §§1-6.)
AL Code § 45-8-A-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 1 - Education.|Section 45-8-A-70 - Board of Education; Terms; Elections.

Section 45-8-A-70Board of education; terms; elections. (a)(1) The members of the Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County shall serve extended terms until the day before the first Monday in October of either the year 2000, the year 2002, or the year 2004, as provided below: Place 4 YEAR 2000Place 5YEAR 2000Place 1YEAR 2002Place 2YEAR 2002Place 3YEAR 2004  (2) Future members of the board shall take office on the first Monday in October following their election and shall serve four-year terms. (b) The election of the members of the Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville shall be held in even years to fill vacancies upon the expiration of the terms as provided in subsection (a) and shall be conducted in the same manner as elections for members of the city governing body. (Act 97-568, p. 1006, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71 - Applicability.

Section 45-8A-71Applicability. This part shall apply only in the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.01 - Definitions.

Section 45-8A-71.01Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor or city council, and in the case of a separate board or instrumentality, the governing body or individual designated by the governing body in writing to the board. (2) BOARD. The civil service board created by this part. (3) CITY. The City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any person, including firemen and policemen, not excepted by Section 45-8A-71.02, who is employed in the service of the City of Jacksonville. (5) GOVERNING BODY. The city council and, in the case of a separate board or instrumentality, the governing body of that board or instrumentality. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §2.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.02 - Exemptions.

Section 45-8A-71.02Exemptions. This part shall apply to all officers and employees in the service of the city or any board, agency, or instrumentality thereof except the following: (1) Elective officers. (2) Members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees. (3) All employees of the city board of education engaged in the profession of teaching or in supervising teaching in the public schools. (4) Attorneys, physicians, surgeons, nurses, and dentists employed in their professional capacities. (5) The judge of any court. (6) Independent contractors receiving their remuneration from public funds under contracts awarded by competitive bidding. (7) Any person whose employment is subject to the approval of the United States government or any of its agencies. (8) The secretary of the chief executive officer of the city. (9) Any employees at a hospital or nursing home, whether operated by the city or by any municipal authority or board of the city. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §3; Act 2013-341, p. 1201, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.03 - Government by Civil Service Rules and Regulations; Employment; Removal for Cause.

Section 45-8A-71.03Government by civil service rules and regulations; employment; removal for cause. All employees of the city shall be governed by civil service rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this part and administered by the civil service board created in Section 45-8A-71.04. Present employees shall remain in their respective employments during good behavior; but nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent or preclude the removal of an employee for cause as provided in this part. Except for appointed employees, present employees shall be subject fully to this part. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §4.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.05 - Civil Service Board - Compensation; Clerical Assistance and Legal Counsel.

Section 45-8A-71.05Civil service board - Compensation; clerical assistance and legal counsel. (a)(1) The chair of the board serving in that position before June 1, 2017, shall be paid one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month, the vice chair serving in that position before June 1, 2017, shall be paid one hundred ten dollars ($110) per month, and all other members of the board serving on the board before June 1, 2017, shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100) per month. (2) The monthly compensation of any member elected to the position of chair or vice chair on or after June 1, 2017, or appointed to serve on the board on or after June 1, 2017, shall be an amount mutually agreed upon by the board and the governing body. (b) Board members shall be paid by the City of Jacksonville. The board shall have power to appoint clerical assistance and engage the legal counsel of its choice. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §6; Act 2017-83, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.06 - Civil Service Board - Meetings.

Section 45-8A-71.06Civil service board - Meetings. The board shall fix the times for its regular meetings, and it shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. The board may also hold special, adjourned, or called meetings at any time. Members of the board serving before June 1, 2017, who are in attendance at special or called meetings shall receive twenty dollars ($20) for attendance. Members of the board appointed on and after June 1, 2017, shall receive additional compensation, in an amount mutually agreed upon by the board and the governing body, for attending special or called meetings of the board. Board members shall not be paid for more than two special or called meetings in any calendar month. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with all applicable open meeting requirements in a location provided by the city. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §7; Act 2017-83, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.07 - Civil Service Board - Minutes of Meetings; Records.

Section 45-8A-71.07Civil service board - Minutes of meetings; records. The board shall keep minutes of its meetings and a record of all business transacted by it. The records, except those the rules of the board required to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be open for inspection by any resident of the city at all reasonable times. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §8.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.08 - Civil Service Board - Rules and Regulations; Powers and Duties.

Section 45-8A-71.08Civil service board - Rules and regulations; powers and duties. (a) The board may make rules and regulations governing examinations, eligible registers, appointments, transfers, minimum and maximum salaries, promotions, demotions, annual and sick leave, and merit raises. Any action taken by the board affecting a rule or regulation relating to transfers, minimum and maximum salaries, promotions, demotions, annual leave, sick leave, and other matters as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part, is subject to the consent of the governing body. If any merit raise has been denied or demotion has been recommended by the appointing authority, the employee has 10 working days to contest the denial or demotion to the board. After the review of all facts, the findings of the board shall stand unless the ruling of the board is appealed to the governing body for a final decision regarding the matter. A rule or regulation may be made only after a public hearing is held on the proposed rule or regulation and after a certified copy of the rule or regulation has been filed with the city clerk. All employees shall be appointed upon a nonpartisan merit basis without regard to race, color, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, sex, or religion. There shall not be appointed, and the board shall not examine, any person who is not a citizen of the United States. With the approval of the governing body, the board shall do all of the following: (1) Classify the different types of services to be performed in the service of the city. (2) Prescribe qualifications, including those of education, training, and experience, for the appointees and incumbents of each class. (3) Fix a maximum and minimum salary for each class. (4) Allocate each position in the service to its proper class based on a determination by the governing body, pursuant to its budgetary process, of the number of positions eligible for appointment in each class. (b) The appointing authority shall provide for the periodic rating of employees according to their merit to determine whether they are maintaining standards of service. With the consent of the governing body, the board shall establish rules and regulations governing dismissals, suspensions, layoffs, terminations, and leaves of absence. The severance of the relationship of any employee with the city shall be in accordance with board regulations. (c) The appointing authority shall maintain a personnel file on each employee. The personnel file of any employee may be reviewed by the board whenever determined necessary by the board. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §9; Act 2017-83, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.09 - Civil Service Board - Salaries for Employees.

Section 45-8A-71.09Civil service board - Salaries for employees. The salary to be paid each subordinate employee shall be determined by his or her appointing authority; and the salary to be paid each department head employee shall be determined by the city governing body. The salary paid to each department head and each subordinate employee shall be within the minimum and maximum salary range established by the governing body and the board for the applicable position. It shall be unlawful for any official or employee to draw or issue any warrant on the city treasury for the payment of salary to any employee covered by this part unless the warrant is in an amount within the minimum and maximum salary range authorized by the board and approved by the appointing authority to be paid the employee. A sum paid as salary contrary to this section may be recovered in an action brought by any resident of the city against the official or employee who draws or issues the warrant, or against the sureties on his or her bond. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §10; Act 2017-83, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-71.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 7 - Jacksonville.|Part 2 - Employees.|Section 45-8A-71.10 - Civil Service Board - Register of Persons Eligible; Examinations; Vacancies.

Section 45-8A-71.10Civil service board - Register of persons eligible; examinations; vacancies. The board shall make and keep a register of all persons eligible and available for appointment to each class of position in the service of the city. No examination shall be given and no register kept for positions to be filled by persons designated by the board as laborers. Layoffs available for re-employment shall be placed at the head of the proper present and subsequent eligible registers in the inverse order of their terminations. Employees who voluntarily terminate their services may be granted re-employment status upon proper eligible registers under the circumstances and in the manner as may be provided for in the rules and regulations of the board, subject to stipulations of this section concerning layoffs. Persons desiring appointment may file applications with the board, and the board, from time to time, may conduct examinations to test the ability of the applicants if requested by the governing body. All applicants shall be reviewed and determined by the board to be qualified or unqualified based on the applicable job description. Should the governing body request that the applicants for a particular position be examined, the examinations shall be public, competitive, and subject to the limitations specified by the board, and approved by the governing body, as to age, residence, health, height, weight, habits, moral character, and other factors pertinent to the ability to discharge the duties of the position. The board shall fill vacancies in the classified service, insofar as practicable, by promotions from among regular employees holding positions in the classified service. If the board decides to fill a vacancy within the classified service, the board shall determine the regular employees holding the classified positions in the department or departments eligible to take the examination. Examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate to those matters which test the ability of the person examined to discharge intelligently the duties of the position for which he or she applies. In no case shall an appointment be made from an eligible register which is more than one year old. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §11; Act 2017-83, §1.)