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AL Code § 11-32-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-22 - Applicability to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority.

Section 11-32-22Applicability to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority and to any other authority organized pursuant to Act 993 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 1787), as amended. (b)The certificate of incorporation filed for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority on or about April 3, 1972, as amended, is confirmed as a validly filed and amended certificate of incorporation for an authority organized under this chapter, except that any provisions of the certificate of incorporation are repealed or amended to the extent of a conflict with this chapter. In the event that the certificate of incorporation of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority is amended after May 24, 2013, it shall not be required that the amendment correct any conflicts with this chapter. As to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority, Jefferson County is the authorizing county, and the City of Birmingham is the authorizing municipality. (c) All actions taken by the board of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority prior to May 24, 2013, are confirmed.  (d) The rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority prior to and as of May 24, 2013, are confirmed.  (e) The fact that this chapter is enacted and that Act 993 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 1787), Act 204 of the 1971 Third Special Session (Acts 1971, p. 4472), Act 329 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 459), Act 508 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 748), and Act 87-449 of the 1987 Regular Session (Acts 1987, p. 663) are repealed shall not result in any of the following: (1) An underpayment or overpayment to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality, except as the same may be caused by a change in fiscal years or the change in payment procedures with the principal municipality. (2) A disruption of the services provided by the transit system. (3) A declaration that any outstanding contracts with the authority are void or invalid.  (4) A shortening in the current term of any director of the authority as of May 24, 2013. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §22.)
AL Code § 11-32-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-23 - Funding - Annual Payments.

Section 11-32-23Funding - Annual payments.  The governing body of the authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall pay to the authority during each fiscal year a sum to be determined in accordance with Sections 11-32-24, 11-32-25, and 11-32-30. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §23.)
AL Code § 11-32-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-24 - Funding - Amount Paid by Authorizing County.

Section 11-32-24Funding - Amount paid by authorizing county.  The annual amount to be paid to the authority by the authorizing county is to be ascertained by first determining the amount of ad valorem taxes collected for the county from within the city limits of each municipality served by the authority. The authorizing county shall pay to the authority each year out of its general funds an amount equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) of the first eighteen million, one hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred nineteen dollars ($18,181,819) of ad valorem taxes collected within the city limits of all municipalities served by the authority plus and two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the ad valorem tax collected within the city limits of all municipalities served by the authority in excess of eighteen million, one hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred nineteen dollars ($18,181,819). In addition, the governing body of the authorizing county shall, at its sole discretion, make a determination prior to the end of each fiscal year as to the number of residents of the county residing in the unincorporated area thereof having access to services by the authority within reasonable walking distances of their residences, but the number shall not be less than in any preceding year, unless there is a reduction of routes serving the unincorporated area or the annexation of a portion of the unincorporated area served by the authority by a municipality. Such residents shall be deemed to be served by the authority and there shall be paid annually out of the general funds of the authorizing county a sum equal to one dollar ($1.00) per capita of the residents thus deemed to be served. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §24.)
AL Code § 11-32-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-25 - Funding - Amount Paid by Principal Municipality.

Section 11-32-25Funding - Amount paid by principal municipality.  The amount to be paid to the authority by the principal municipality during each fiscal year shall be ascertained by determining the amount of ad valorem tax collected for the authorizing county within the city limits of the principal municipality, in addition to the amount determined in Section 11-32-30. The principal municipality shall pay to the authority annually from its general funds an amount equal to 10 percent of the ad valorem tax collected by the authorizing county within the city limits of the principal municipality each year. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §25.)
AL Code § 11-32-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-26 - Request for Service.

Section 11-32-26Request for service.  On or prior to the beginning of the seventh month before the start of each fiscal year, the principal municipality and each municipality located in the authorizing county which desires to be served by the authority during the forthcoming fiscal year shall file a written request with the authority for the service, which request shall set forth the routes and frequency of service requested. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §26.)
AL Code § 11-32-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-27 - Budget Requirements.

Section 11-32-27Budget requirements.  On or prior to the beginning of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, the authority shall prepare and submit to the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and each municipality which has requested to be served by the authority pursuant to Section 11-32-26, a written budget for the authority for the forthcoming fiscal year. The budget shall be prepared by the authority and shall set forth the number of hours of operation and the anticipated cost per hour of operation for the forthcoming fiscal year for the service requested by each municipality pursuant to Section 11-32-26, exclusive of anticipated fare box revenue, federal operating subsidies and funds received by the authority pursuant to Sections 11-32-24 and 11-32-25; if the cost per hour of operation shall include all costs for the provision of public transportation service, including, but not limited to, the costs of operation, maintenance, administration, and capital costs of the authority. If a municipality requests service which requires that vehicles travel through a municipality which is not served by the authority or on a limited access roadway where there is no pick-up or discharge of passengers, the municipality requesting the service shall assume and be responsible for the operating time of the vehicles from the point of their last scheduled pick-up of passengers until the vehicles reach the city limits of the requesting municipality. The principal municipality shall be authorized to review such budget, and by written notice to the authority given on or prior to the fifteenth day of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, reduce such budget in any area in which it deems the budget to be excessive. Neither the authorizing county, principal municipality, nor a participating municipality shall have any further power to approve or disapprove expenditures of the authority. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §27.)
AL Code § 11-32-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-28 - Certification of Routes.

Section 11-32-28Certification of routes.  On or prior to the beginning of the fourth month before the start of each fiscal year, the principal municipality and each municipality in the authorizing county which elects to be served by the authority shall certify in writing to the authority the routes to be operated in the municipality during the forthcoming fiscal year and agree to make the payments to the authority provided in Section 11-32-29. The routes that are certified shall constitute the routes to be operated by the authority in the municipality during the forthcoming fiscal year, subject to equipment availability and to the adjustments as reasonably deemed necessary by the authority in order to provide for the efficient operation of transit service in the municipality and in the authorizing county as a whole. Any change in the routes during the fiscal year shall be undertaken only with the approval of the municipality, except the authority may suspend, reduce, or terminate the route, routes, or services within a municipality without the approval of the municipality if the municipality fails timely to pay for the services. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §28.)
AL Code § 11-32-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-29 - Costs of Operation.

Section 11-32-29Costs of operation.  All of the municipalities served by any route operated by the authority may by written agreement filed with the authority agree to allocate the costs of operation of the route on a basis different from that otherwise provided by this chapter. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §29.)
AL Code § 11-32-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-30 - Certification of Amounts to Be Paid to Authority.

Section 11-32-30Certification of amounts to be paid to authority.  Subject to any agreement filed with the authority pursuant to Section 11-32-29, the annual amount to be paid to the authority by the principal municipality and each municipality in the authorizing county which elects to be served by the authority is to be ascertained by multiplying the total projected hours of operation in the municipality for the forthcoming fiscal year based upon the routes certified by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-32-28, as adjusted by the authority as provided in Section 11-32-28, in order to provide for the efficient operation of transit service, times the cost per hour of operation set forth by the authority in the budget submitted by the authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-32-27. The amounts shall be certified to the authorizing county tax collector, revenue commissioner, or director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, by the authority on or prior to September 15 of each year. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §30.)
AL Code § 11-32-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-31 - Payment Schedule; Sufficiency of Funds.

Section 11-32-31Payment schedule; sufficiency of funds. (a) The amounts required to be paid to the authority under this chapter shall be paid by the authorizing county tax collector for the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and participating municipalities upon the payment schedule established pursuant to the terms of this chapter. (b) If the authorizing county tax collector does not have ad valorem taxes due the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality sufficient to pay the amounts due under the provisions of this chapter, then the balance due as to any payment under this chapter shall be paid to the authority by the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, from any tax monies in his or her possession for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality. (c) If as to any payment due under this chapter, neither the authorizing county tax collector nor the revenue commissioner of the authorizing county, if any, shall have sufficient tax monies for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or a participating municipality in an amount sufficient to make the payment, then the balance of the payment shall be a priority claim subject, however, to any claims having a priority under or pursuant to any provision of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, or the Constitution of the United States, against any and all other funds of the authorizing county, or the participating municipality, and shall be paid directly by the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality to the authority. (d) It is expressly provided that neither the authorizing county tax collector, revenue commissioner, nor the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, shall pay to the authority any monies, the payment of which would impair the obligation under any contract entered into by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality prior to May 24, 2013, or any tax monies from levies made for a specific purpose under the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §31.)
AL Code § 11-32-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-32 - Payments Made According to Schedule.

Section 11-32-32Payments made according to schedule. (a) The payments required hereby for the authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall be made on a monthly basis or upon other payment schedule of the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or such participating municipality shall agree to with the authority. (b) If payments are made for the principal municipality and the authorizing county on a monthly basis, each payment shall be one-twelfth of the annual amount which would have been due based upon ad valorem tax collections for the preceding fiscal year with any deficit in the amount thus paid on such basis computed after ad valorem tax collections for the fiscal year in question are known, to be made up by the principal municipality and the authorizing county during the month of January next following the end of each fiscal year. (c) If payments are made for participating municipalities on a monthly basis, each payment shall be one-twelfth of the annual amount due determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-32-29. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §32.)
AL Code § 11-32-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.|Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More.|Section 11-32-33 - Examination and Audits of Books and Records.

Section 11-32-33Examination and audits of books and records.  The authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall have the right to examine and audit, at their expense, the books and records of the authority at any time during its regular business hours. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §33.)
AL Code § 11-43B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-1 - Authority to Adopt Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-43B-1Authority to adopt mayor-council form of government. Within three months of the approval of this chapter the governing body of a Class 4 municipality by a majority vote of the members of that governing body may adopt an ordinance adopting the mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-2 - Election Date; When Mayor-Council Form of Government Deemed Adopted.

Section 11-43B-2Election date; when mayor-council form of government deemed adopted. An election for mayor and members of the city council shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1986, with a runoff, if necessary, on the third Tuesday next thereafter. Upon the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor on the first Monday in October, 1986, the municipality shall be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided. The municipality shall thereafter be governed by the form of government provided under this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-3 - Terms of Office.

Section 11-43B-3Terms of office. The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided in section 11-43B-2 and every four years thereafter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-4 - Conduct of Elections; Residency Requirements; Qualifying Fee; Statement of Campaign Expenses and Contributions.

Section 11-43B-4Conduct of elections; residency requirements; qualifying fee; statement of campaign expenses and contributions. The initial elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, the results declared, and those elected assume the duties of their offices in the same manner as provided by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise provided by state statute. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his or her election. Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, and shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must, at the time of filing a statement of candidacy, pay to the city clerk the qualifying fee to be set by ordinance. If any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member is financially unable to pay the filing fee, then that person shall be exempted from the fee upon filing with the city clerk verified statements from three city electors that said candidate is indigent and not financially capable of paying the fee. Within 30 days after the election, every candidate shall file with the city clerk a sworn statement of all election campaign expenses and of each person, firm, or corporation which has contributed funds, itemized for all expenditures and contributions of $100.00 or more. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-5 - Salary and Expenses of Mayor and Council Members; Participation in Hospitalization, Medical Care, and Insurance Programs.

Section 11-43B-5Salary and expenses of mayor and council members; participation in hospitalization, medical care, and insurance programs. In addition to any salary set by ordinance, the mayor and council members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses as approved by a majority of the council incurred in the performance of their duties, but they shall not receive a fixed expense allowance. The mayor and council members shall be entitled to participate in the municipality's hospitalization, medical care, and insurance programs to the same extent as other employees. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §5.)
AL Code § 11-43B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-6 - Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor.

Section 11-43B-6Holding of other public office during term as council member; holding of compensated appointive office by former council member or mayor. Except where clearly authorized by law, no council member shall hold any other public office or be employed by the city during the term for which the member was elected to the council. No former council member or mayor shall hold any compensated appointive city office or employment until one year after the expiration of the term for which the person was elected or appointed. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §6.)