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AL Code § 11-50-408 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-408 - When Mortgages or Pledges of Property or Revenues and Liens Thereof Effective; Properties, Persons, etc., Subject Thereto.

Section 11-50-408When mortgages or pledges of property or revenues and liens thereof effective; properties, persons, etc., subject thereto. Any mortgage or conveyance of property and any pledge of revenues to secure the bonds of a district incorporated under this article shall be valid and binding from the time when such mortgage or conveyance is delivered or such pledge made, and the system, properties, revenue, income and moneys so mortgaged, conveyed or pledged and thereafter received by such district shall immediately be subject to the lien of such mortgage, conveyance or pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such mortgage, conveyance or pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the district, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof, from the time when a statement thereof is filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county or counties where the system or systems of the district are located. Such notice shall be sufficient if it states the date of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the date of the bonds, the principal amount thereof, the maturity dates thereof and whether the system is one or more gas transmission systems or one or more gas distribution systems or both. The judge of probate shall file and index such notice in the record of mortgages in his office. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §12.)
AL Code § 11-50-409 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-409 - Liability Upon Bonds, etc.; Payment of Bonds.

Section 11-50-409Liability upon bonds, etc.; payment of bonds. The bonds and other obligations of any district incorporated under this article shall not be a debt or obligation of the State of Alabama nor a debt or obligation of any municipality which is a member of the district; and neither the state nor any such municipality shall be liable in any way whatsoever thereon, nor may the holder of any such bonds or obligations compel the levy of any taxes for the payment thereof. Said bonds shall not be payable out of any funds other than the revenues of the gas system or systems of the district issuing the same, and each bond shall contain a recital to that effect. Neither the members of the board of directors nor any person executing said bonds shall be liable personally on said bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §10.)
AL Code § 11-50-410 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-410 - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees.

Section 11-50-410Rights and remedies of bondholders and trustees. In addition to all other rights and all other remedies, any holder or holders of any bond or bonds of any district incorporated under this article, including a trustee for a bondholder, shall have the right, subject to any contractual limitation binding upon such bondholder or holders or trustee and subject to the prior or superior rights of others: (1) To bring an action on the bonds; (2) To enforce its rights against the district and the board of directors, by mandamus or other civil action or proceeding, including the right to require the district and such board to fix and collect rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to or pledge of the revenues produced by such rates or charges and to require such district and such board to carry out the other covenants and agreements with such bondholder and to perform its and their duties under this article and under any mortgage, indenture of trust or contract; (3) To require such district by civil action to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for such bondholder; (4) To enjoin by civil action any act or things which may be unlawful or a violation of the rights of such bondholder; and (5) To obtain by civil action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction in the event of the default by the district in the payment when due of his or their bond or bonds or interest thereon, which default shall have continued for a period in excess of 60 days, or default in the performance of any other covenants or obligations of the district, which default shall have continued for a period of 60 days after notice to cure such default, the appointment of a receiver for the gas system or systems of the district, which receiver may enter and take possession of such system or systems or any part or parts thereof, including all property, land, property rights, easements, franchises, books, records, papers, accounts and other adjuncts of the system or systems of the district and may operate and maintain such gas system or systems, fix and collect all rates and charges and receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as such district itself might do and shall deposit all moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such district and as the court shall direct. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §13.)
AL Code § 11-50-412 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-412 - Taxation - Exemption of Property, Income, Bonds, etc., of District Generally.

Section 11-50-412Taxation - Exemption of property, income, bonds, etc., of district generally. All property and all income of any district incorporated under this article and any such district itself shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama, including, without limitation, privilege and license taxation. All bonds of such district and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama. All deeds, mortgages, indentures of trust and other documents executed by or delivered to any such district shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal and other taxation in the State of Alabama; provided, that these exemptions shall not be retroactive in effect and shall not affect any taxes currently in existence nor any tax previously assessed whether collected or not; provided further, that as of September 1, 1965, the provisions of this section shall not affect or be applicable to any existing contracts, bonds, supporting taxes or existing exemptions, nor shall it affect or be applicable to the refunding of any gas district corporations incorporated of a debt existing on September 1, 1965, taxes or tax assessments and any municipality or county may continue in the future to levy and collect any tax now levied, the passage of this section notwithstanding. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §16; Acts 1965, No. 694, p. 1286, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-413 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-413 - Taxation - Levy and Collection of Privilege License Tax by Certain Municipalities.

Section 11-50-413Taxation - Levy and collection of privilege license tax by certain municipalities. (a) The term "taxpaying gas district" as used in this section means any gas district organized under the provisions of this article that has, during any one calendar year, paid to at least one half of its member municipalities license taxes, including interest and penalties, in an aggregate amount in the case of each such municipality at least equal to two percent of the gross receipts from business done by such district in such municipality during the eight calendar years next preceding the calendar year during which such taxes were paid. (b) Any provision of law including, without limitation, Section 11-50-412, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, any municipality in this state that is a member of a taxpaying gas district may levy and collect for the calendar year next succeeding that during which the aggregate taxes referred to in subsection (a) of this section were paid, a privilege license tax on such taxpaying gas district in an amount not to exceed the sum of: (1) The amount by which a. Two percent of the gross receipts of such taxpaying gas district from business done in such municipality during the eight calendar year period referred to in subsection (a) of this section exceeds b. The total amount of license taxes, including interest and penalties, theretofore collected by such municipality from such taxpaying gas district with respect to such eight calendar year period, plus (2) Ten percent of the amount obtained as a result of the application of subdivision (1) of this subsection. (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no municipality that is a member of a taxpaying gas district may levy or collect any such privilege license tax upon such district if it had theretofore collected from such district, during the aforesaid eight calendar year period, rentals aggregating as much as two percent of the gross receipts from business done by such district in such municipality during such eight calendar year period. (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 173, p. 222.)
AL Code § 11-50-414 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-414 - Validation of Proceedings to Incorporate Gas Districts.

Section 11-50-414Validation of proceedings to incorporate gas districts. All acts or proceedings heretofore done or taken for the purpose of incorporating any gas district under the provisions of this article are hereby validated and declared legal, notwithstanding that the resolution adopted by the governing body of any municipality which is a member of such gas district authorizing its mayor to proceed with the organization and incorporation of such gas district in purported compliance with Section 11-50-391 does not set forth a brief description of the gas system or systems to be owned and operated by such gas district or fails to comply in other respects with the provisions of said Section 11-50-391, notwithstanding failure to publish any resolution and notwithstanding that the objects for which such gas district is organized as stated in the certificate of incorporation of such gas district, filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of such gas district is located, include objects or purposes which are not authorized by said article; provided, that such gas district shall not have or exercise any power which is not conferred upon said district by said article or by any act amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto heretofore or hereafter adopted or by this section. (Acts 1955, No. 559, p. 1221.)
AL Code § 11-50-415 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-415 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Statutes.

Section 11-50-415Exemption from usury and interest statutes. Each gas district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this article is hereby exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code. (Acts 1975, No. 1128, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-416 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-416 - Purpose of Article; Proceedings, Notices, etc., Required by Article for Incorporation, etc., Exclusive; Exemption of Districts From Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission.

Section 11-50-416Purpose of article; proceedings, notices, etc., required by article for incorporation, etc., exclusive; exemption of districts from jurisdiction and regulation of state public service commission. (a) This article is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. (b) Except as in this article expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any gas district or the amendment of its articles of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or system or systems or the making of any loans or the issuance of any bonds or instruments in evidence thereof or as security therefor, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. (c) Every district incorporated under this article and every gas system of such district and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §18.)
AL Code § 11-50-417 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 12 - Gas Districts.|Section 11-50-417 - Provisions of Article Exclusive.

Section 11-50-417Provisions of article exclusive. Any district incorporated under this article insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §20.)
AL Code § 11-50-430 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-430 - Creation; Composition.

Section 11-50-430Creation; composition. Any municipality in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized within its discretion to create and establish, by ordinance, a municipal waterworks utility board for such municipality to be composed of three members. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §1.)
AL Code § 11-50-431 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-431 - Members of Board - Qualifications.

Section 11-50-431Members of board - Qualifications. No person shall be eligible for membership on said board who is not a qualified elector of such municipality or who is an officer of the municipality or an employee thereof or who is a member of the governing body or whose term on the governing body expired within six months prior to his election to the board. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §3.)
AL Code § 11-50-432 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-432 - Members of Board - Election and Terms of Office; Vacancies.

Section 11-50-432Members of board — Election and terms of office; vacancies. The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members of the board. Immediately upon the creation and establishment of the board, the governing body of such municipality shall proceed to elect one member to serve until July 1 of the next ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified, one member to serve until July 1 of the second ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified and one member to serve until July 1 of the third ensuing year and until his successor is elected and qualified. At the first regular meeting of the governing body of such municipality in the month of June of each year, the said governing body shall elect a successor of the member of the board whose term expires on July 1 following, and the person so elected shall become a member of the board on July 1 following and shall hold such position for a period of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Should such governing body fail to elect a member at its first meeting in the month of June, it shall do so at any succeeding regular meeting of such governing body. A member of the board may succeed himself if the governing body of such municipality desires to reelect him. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board by resignation, death or any other cause, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately fill said vacancy by electing another person to membership on the board who shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member he succeeds and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §2.)
AL Code § 11-50-433 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-433 - Members of Board - Oath of Office.

Section 11-50-433Members of board - Oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and the Constitution of the United States, and that I will faithfully, zealously and impartially discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, without fear or favor, for the public welfare, so help me God." The successors to the members of the board named in this article shall take and subscribe the same oath. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §4.)
AL Code § 11-50-434 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-434 - Members of Board - Impeachment and Removal.

Section 11-50-434Members of board - Impeachment and removal. Members of the board may be removed from office in the manner and on the same grounds provided by the general law of this state for the impeachment and removal of officers as set out in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §10.)
AL Code § 11-50-435 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-435 - Members of Board - Compensation.

Section 11-50-435Members of board - Compensation. Each member of the board shall receive for his services such compensation as authorized by the governing body of such municipality. The compensation to the members of the board shall be paid in monthly installments from the money received from the operation of the municipal waterworks plant and waterworks system. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §6.)
AL Code § 11-50-436 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-436 - Officers.

Section 11-50-436Officers. At the first meeting of the board, the members shall elect one of their number as chairman and one of their number as secretary. Thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chairman and a secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chairman and secretary shall be filled by the board if and when the same may occur. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §5.)
AL Code § 11-50-437 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-437 - Meetings.

Section 11-50-437Meetings. The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and other meetings at such times and places as its members may elect, and the chairman of the board or any two members may call a meeting at any time he or they consider that the business demands that a meeting be held. The chairman and one member or any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A true record of all the proceedings of all meetings of the board shall be kept by the secretary. At the call of any member the vote on any pending question shall be taken by ayes and nayes and the same shall be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to any member of the governing body and to the public at all times and a copy from said record, certified by the secretary, shall be competent evidence in all courts. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §7.)
AL Code § 11-50-438 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.|Section 11-50-438 - Official Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees.

Section 11-50-438Official bonds of certain officers and employees. All officers or employees of the board handling money or exercising authority over property of the municipality shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond with some surety company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama, as surety, and payable to the municipality, to be approved by the board, in such penalty as the board may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices or employment and faithfully to account for all moneys received or property coming into their possession in the capacity of their employment. (Acts 1953, No. 860, p. 1152, §9.)