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AL Code § 11-50-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-101 - Issuance, etc., of Bonds by Municipalities Having Less Than Six Thousand Inhabitants.

Section 11-50-101Issuance, etc., of bonds by municipalities having less than six thousand inhabitants. Any city or town having a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants may, notwithstanding the amount or character of any bonded or other indebtedness, issue such bonds, but the same shall be a lien or charge only against the property improved and drained and against the fund collected from the assessments levied against the property improved and drained and shall not be the general obligation of the city or town, nor shall such city or town be in any way liable to the holders of such bonds in case of failure to collect the same, but such bonds may be secured by mortgage on or deed of trust to said sewers or sewer system. Such last described bonds, when issued, shall convey and transfer to the owners thereof all right, title, and interest in and to the assessment and the lien upon the respective lots or parcels of ground provided for in this division, which liens and assessments shall stand as security for such bonds and coupons until they are paid, with full power in the holder of said bonds or coupons to enforce the collection thereof by foreclosure action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The first bond or coupon holder who institutes a foreclosure action in any court against any property assessed shall only be entitled to have the proceeds of said suit applied pro rata to the payment of his own bonds and the bonds held by others so that no more than one foreclosure action shall be brought against any one lot or parcel of land. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2113; Code 1940, T. 37, §638.)
AL Code § 11-50-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-102 - Liability of Municipal Officials to Bondholders for Diversion, Misappropriation, etc., of Funds for Payment of Bonds.

Section 11-50-102Liability of municipal officials to bondholders for diversion, misappropriation, etc., of funds for payment of bonds. The official charged with the duty of collecting assessments shall be liable on his official bond to any holder of the bonds authorized to be issued under this division for any loss or injury to such bondholder caused by the diversion by said officer of any funds or part thereof to the payment of any bonds or coupons or indebtedness of the city or town other than the bonds and interest coupons entitled and indebtedness authorized by this division to be paid out of said fund or by the use or misappropriation by said officer of any part of the funds out of which said bonds are required and contemplated in this division to be paid for any other purpose than provided for in this division or for the benefit of the city or town or others. All members of the governing body or bodies of the city or town who shall, by their vote or in any other manner, cause, aid, or encourage any such diversion, use or misappropriation of the funds out of which the bondholders are entitled to be paid for any other purpose than that authorized and required in this division whereby loss or injury to the bondholders or any of them is caused shall be jointly and severally liable to such bondholders injured to the extent of such loss or injury. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2116; Code 1940, T. 37, §641.)
AL Code § 11-50-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-103 - Maintenance of Account and Disbursement of Proceeds From Assessments Generally.

Section 11-50-103Maintenance of account and disbursement of proceeds from assessments generally. The city or town officials charged with the duty of collecting assessments shall keep a correct account of all funds arising from such assessments and shall carefully and correctly keep a separate account of the fund arising from the collecting of assessments under each particular purchase or improvement ordinance, and no proceeds arising from assessments levied for one improvement or improvements shall be directed to the payment of the bonds or coupons issued for any other purchase or improvement or to the payment of any other indebtedness of the city or town or for any other purpose whatsoever, except as expressly provided in this division. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2115; Code 1940, T. 37, §640.)
AL Code § 11-50-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-104 - Deposit of Assessment Proceeds in Bank; Manner of Withdrawal Thereof.

Section 11-50-104Deposit of assessment proceeds in bank; manner of withdrawal thereof. All proceeds arising from the collection of assessments levied under the provisions of this division shall, as soon as collected, be deposited and shall be kept by the city or town official charged with the duty of collecting assessments in some bank or banks paying interest on time deposits to be designated by the council. Said collections shall not be deposited with the general funds of the city or town but shall constitute a separate deposit to the account of "public bond sewerage fund" and shall be drawn out on check or order, and the council may pass the proper ordinances and regulations requiring countersignature of said check or order. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2117; Code 1940, T. 37, §642.)
AL Code § 11-50-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-105 - Use of Proceeds to Redeem Bonds and Coupons; Disposition of Excess.

Section 11-50-105Use of proceeds to redeem bonds and coupons; disposition of excess. At any time when the amount of any particular fund shall, with its accumulations, equal the amount of outstanding bonds and accrued interest entitled to payment out of such fund, the council shall have authority to redeem any and all such bonds that may be presented for redemption at such time thereafter as the holders thereof may desire to present the same for redemption. The excess, if any, when all bonds and coupons are redeemed and the interest thereon paid, and not in excess of the total cost and expense of the purchase of such sewer or sewers or sewer system, shall be converted into the general revenue fund of the city or town. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2118; Code 1940, T. 37, §643.)
AL Code § 11-50-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-106 - Refunding of Excess Assessments - Authority and Procedure Generally.

Section 11-50-106Refunding of excess assessments - Authority and procedure generally. In the event the amount collected from the assessment under any ordinance authorizing the purchase of a sewer, sewers, or sewer system shall exceed the total cost and expense of the same, there shall be refunded to each of the parties affected by said assessment a proportionate amount of the excess upon demand made thereafter by said parties within 12 months after maturity or payment of the bonds authorized by this division. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2119; Code 1940, T. 37, §644.)
AL Code § 11-50-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-107 - Refunding of Excess Assessments - Limitation Period for Presentation of Claims; Disposition of Amounts Not Refunded.

Section 11-50-107Refunding of excess assessments - Limitation period for presentation of claims; disposition of amounts not refunded. If such claims be not presented within 12 months from the date of the maturity or payment of the bonds, they shall be forever barred, and such amounts shall be converted into the general revenue fund of the city or town. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2120; Code 1940, T. 37, §645.)
AL Code § 11-50-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.|Section 11-50-108 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations for Operation and Maintenance of Sewers or Sewer System Purchased; Charges for Use of Sewers or Sewer System.

Section 11-50-108Adoption of rules and regulations for operation and maintenance of sewers or sewer system purchased; charges for use of sewers or sewer system. The council of any city or town purchasing any sewer or sewers or sewer system may make reasonable rules and regulations for the operation and maintenance of the same and may provide penalties for the violation thereof. No charge shall be made for the use of said sewers or sewer system against any property assessed under the provisions of this article for the cost of the sewer or against the owners or tenants thereof, but the council may prescribe a maximum volume of drainage for commercial or manufacturing business or plants and make charges for such excess or otherwise regulate the same. (Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2121; Code 1940, T. 37, §646.)
AL Code § 11-50-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 3 - Charges for Services of Sewer Systems.|Section 11-50-120 - Definitions.

Section 11-50-120Definitions. When used in this division, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation organized under the laws of this state. (2) SEWER SYSTEM. Any or all of the following: sanitary sewer mains, sanitary sewer laterals and branches, sanitary sewer service lines, sanitary outfall lines, a sewage disposal plant or plants, a sewage treatment plant or plants, and appurtenances to any thereof. (Acts 1953, No. 847, p. 1138, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 3 - Charges for Services of Sewer Systems.|Section 11-50-122 - Enforcement of Charges.

Section 11-50-122Enforcement of charges. Any municipality shall have the power to enforce collection of any such sanitary sewer service charges by discontinuance of sanitary sewer service to any premises with respect to which payment of such charges is delinquent and disconnection of such premises from the municipality's sewer system and shall further have the power to enforce collection of such sanitary sewer service charges by discontinuance of water service to such premises and disconnection of such premises from any water distribution system owned by the municipality, regardless of whether such water distribution system shall have been combined with the sewer system and regardless of whether payment of any charge for water may be delinquent. (Acts 1953, No. 847, p. 1138, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-230 - Definitions.

Section 11-50-230Definitions. When used in this division, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) WATER SYSTEM. A waterworks plant and distribution system, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used in connection therewith, including franchises. (2) SEWER SYSTEM. A sanitary sewer system, including mains, laterals, sewage disposal plants or sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenances to such system and all property used in connection therewith. (3) SYSTEM. A water system or a sewer system. (4) SYSTEMS. A water system and a sewer system. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 37, §394; Acts 1949, No. 686, p. 1057, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-231 - Application for Authority to Form Corporation for Operation of Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Systems; Adoption of Resolution by Municipal Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation.

Section 11-50-231Application for authority to form corporation for operation of waterworks and sanitary sewer systems; adoption of resolution by municipal governing body authorizing incorporation. Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body of any municipality in this state an application in writing for authority to incorporate a public corporation for the purpose of operating a waterworks plant and system and a sanitary sewer system or either of such systems, and if it shall be made to appear to such governing body that each of said persons is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in said municipality and if the governing body of said municipality shall adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon the minutes of such governing body, wherein it shall be declared that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that such a corporation be formed and that the persons filing said application shall be authorized to proceed to form such corporation, then said persons shall proceed to organize such a corporation by executing and filing for record a certificate of incorporation as provided in Sections 11-50-232 and 11-50-233. No corporation shall be formed under this division unless the application provided for in this section shall be made and unless the resolution provided for in this section shall be adopted. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 37, §394; Acts 1949, No. 686, p. 1057, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-232 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Amendment.

Section 11-50-232Certificate of incorporation - Contents; amendment. (a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under this article shall state: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall be a name indicating the system or systems for operation of which the corporation is organized (e.g., "The Waterworks and Sewer Board of the City (or Town) of _____"); (2) The location of its principal office and the post office address thereof; (3) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, this fact should be stated); and (4) The objects for which the corporation is organized. The certificate of incorporation may also contain any provisions not contrary to law which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation. (b) Any corporation organized under this article may at any time amend its certificate of incorporation so as to provide for the operation of a system in addition to the system for the operation of which the corporation was originally organized, and shall at the same time make any change in the name of the corporation which may be made appropriate by reason of any amendment respecting the objects for which the corporation is organized. Any such amendment may be effected in the following manner: The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment, which shall include any proposed change in the name of such corporation. If the governing body of the municipality which authorized the incorporation of the corporation shall, by resolution of its governing body, consent to such proposed amendment, the chairman of the board of directors, or other chief executive officer of the corporation, and the secretary of the corporation shall then file in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation of the corporation is filed a certificate, in the name of and in behalf of the corporation and under its seal, reciting the adoption of the said respective resolutions by the board of directors and by the said governing body and setting forth the said proposed amendment. The proposed amendment shall become effective upon the filing of such certificate in the said office. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 37, §395; Acts 1949, No. 686, p. 1057, §2.)
AL Code § 11-50-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-233 - Certificate of Incorporation - Acknowledgment, Filing, and Recordation.

Section 11-50-233Certificate of incorporation - Acknowledgment, filing, and recordation. The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgment of deeds. When so acknowledged, the certificate may be filed with the judge of probate of the county in which such city or town is located, who shall forthwith file such certificate and record the same. When application has been made as provided in Section 11-50-231 and a certificate of incorporation filed and recorded as provided in this section, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the certificate of incorporation. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 37, §396.)
AL Code § 11-50-234.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-234.1 - Meeting Expense Allowance for Board Members.

Section 11-50-234.1Meeting expense allowance for board members. The board of directors of any waterworks or sewer board heretofore or hereafter organized pursuant to the statute now codified as Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-241, may by resolution adopted by such board of directors, authorize the payment by such board of a reasonable meeting expense allowance, not exceeding the daily pay of the highest paid employee of the board, to each member of the board of directors for expenses in attendance at meetings of the board of directors and attending to and supervising the business of such board. (Acts 1984, No. 84-375, p. 880.)
AL Code § 11-50-236 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-236 - Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed.

Section 11-50-236Execution, etc., of contracts as security for repayment of moneys borrowed. To further secure the repayment of any money borrowed by it, such corporation may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the money borrowed, for the continued operation and maintenance of any system or systems owned by it, or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from its system or systems (including the furnishing of water, sewer service, and any other services), for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this division for the protection of the loan and the assurance that the revenues from its system or systems will be sufficient to operate such system or systems, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues, and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the loan and the efficient operation of such system or systems. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 228, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 37, §399; Acts 1949, No. 686, p. 1057, §4.)