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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 10 - University of Alabama at Birmingham › Section 16-47-240 - Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center.

Section 16-47-240
Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center.
(a) The University of Alabama at Birmingham shall establish the Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center.
(b) The purpose of the resource center is to facilitate access to high quality care for rural Alabamians and improve their health by increasing the viability and capabilities of eligible hospitals at no or minimal cost to those hospitals.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ELIGIBLE HOSPITAL. A nonprofit or public rural hospital.
(2) RESOURCE CENTER. The Rural Hospital Resource Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
(3) RURAL. Located in one of the following:
a. An area designated as a shortage area as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 491.5(c) and (d); or
b. A rural area as defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
(d) The resource center shall do all of the following:
(1) Hire necessary staff that is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.
(2) Annually submit a report to the Legislature, State Finance Director, and Medicaid Commissioner regarding the effectiveness of the resource center. The report shall include all of the following:
a. The financial improvement of participating hospitals.
b. Satisfaction survey results from the management team and board of directors of each participating hospital.
c. Improvements in the quality of participating hospitals.
d. Improvements in access to care.
e. Improvements in health status.
(3) Establish a rural administrative residency program by working with the Graduate Program in Health Administration of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and pursuing funding for administrative residents who wish to work in rural health care.
(e) The resource center may provide support to participating eligible hospitals in all of the following areas:
(1) Compliance.
(2) Coding.
(3) Purchasing and supply chain.
(4) Quality.
(5) Strategic planning.
(6) Provider recruitment.
(7) Cost report.
(8) Insurance.
(9) Any other area that furthers the purpose of the resource center.
(f) The obligations imposed by this section shall not be implemented within the University of Alabama at Birmingham until formally approved by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and sufficient funds for the purposes set forth in this section are provided through the Governor or appropriated by the Legislature, and thereafter shall only be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated.
(Act 2018-394, §§1,2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-1 - Body Corporate; Rights, Duties, Property, Etc.

Section 16-47A-1
Body corporate; rights, duties, property, etc.
The school heretofore established in Athens, Alabama, and previously known as Athens State College and now known as Athens State University, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of Athens State University, and by that name, and under the direction of a board of trustees, may sue and contract, acquire, and hold real and personal property, and have and exercise all the powers of a corporation established to be a state educational institution of higher learning and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles heretofore at any time vested in the institution in its respective names; however, Athens State University is not authorized to acquire, be acquired, merge or consolidate with any university or college located more than 50 miles from its current campus. None of the powers, authority, or functions of the corporation provided for in this chapter shall be abated or impaired by this section, except as noted above. Whenever the institution is referred to in the laws of Alabama, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to Athens State University.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-2 - Jurisdiction, Supervision, and Control of University.

Section 16-47A-2
Jurisdiction, supervision, and control of university.
Commencing on October 1, 2012, the Athens State University Board of Trustees, as created in Section 16-47A-4, shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of Athens State University and the State Board of Education shall be divested of all jurisdiction, power, and authority with regard to the supervision, management, and control of the university, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority vested in the board by this section, the board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties conferred on, vested in, or required of the State Board of Education or the Department of Postsecondary Education before October 1, 2012, under the laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management, and control of the university. On or before October 1, 2012, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the board all supplies, funds, books, documents, records, and other property or effects of the university. After October 1, 2012, the university may continue to offer all current units or programs of instruction for academic credit without new or additional approval from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, so long as those units or programs of instruction for academic credit were offered by the university before October 1, 2012. The university shall continue to be under the jurisdiction of, and shall be subject to, the rules, regulations, and procedures of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-3 - Programs, Facilities, and Services; Mission and Objectives of the University.

Section 16-47A-3
Programs, facilities, and services; mission and objectives of the university.
(a) Athens State University shall provide, maintain, and operate public higher education programs and facilities dedicated to the preparation of students. The university shall provide educational services for the greater community including advanced education for mature students, private citizens, and service men and women, in a manner that does not violate or cause a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the United States Constitution. The university shall provide an academic, cultural, and social environment that fosters individuality and develops productive members of society. The mission of the university shall be accomplished by providing services to students and the greater community through the utilization of university staff and facilities and through superior teaching, scholarship, creative activities, and public service.
(b) The overriding mission of the university, unique in Alabama higher education, is to be a university serving the upper division needs of transfer students.
(c) The university may provide onsite academic instruction on the campuses of those community colleges where the senior institution in whose service area or areas the community college is located is unable or unwilling to provide the onsite instruction.
(d) Resulting from and inherent in the mission of the university are a number of ongoing goals that the board, from time to time, may affirm on the basis of recommendations of the president of the university; however, the mission of the university, unique in Alabama higher education, shall remain limited to serving the upper division needs of transfer students. The university shall only offer strategic graduate programs approved by Alabama Commission on Higher Education with the intent to avoid duplication of programs by other state universities and colleges.
(e) The annual objectives of the university, as determined by the president of the university, shall be consistent with the ongoing goals and mission of the university.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-5 - Board of Trustees - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-47A-5
Board of Trustees - Powers and duties.
(a) The board shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. The board may hold and may lease, sell, or, in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining, of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as the board may deem best for the purposes of the university. The president of the university, with the approval of the board, may execute any lease, deed, or other instrument of conveyance on behalf of the corporation, without additional approval.
(b) The board shall have the exclusive authority over and jurisdiction of land, buildings, and other capital improvements now existing on or hereinafter provided for such campus. No contract for capital improvements, alterations, remodeling, and changing of capital improvements shall be made without the authorization and approval of the board, and which approval shall be granted by appropriate resolutions of the body. Any contract, agreement, or other act relating to capital improvements, except for maintenance, repairs, and maintaining existing facilities, shall be void and of no effect unless authorized by resolutions of the board.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-6 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-47A-6
Board of Trustees - Meetings.
(a) The board shall hold its regular annual meeting each year, on the first Monday in June, at the main campus of the university, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Thereafter, the board shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Monday of each third month after the annual meeting, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its quarterly meeting at some other time or place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either of the two following methods:
(1) A special meeting of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling a special meeting, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof, and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. The Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting.
(b) The executive committee, and any other committee or subcommittee of the board, shall hold meetings at such times and on such dates as the board may provide.
(c) All meetings of the board shall be subject to and comply with all applicable provisions of state law.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-7 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-47A-7
Board of Trustees - Quorum.
Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancies; Appointments.

Section 16-47A-8
Board of Trustees - Vacancies; appointments.
(a) Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during a recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, at which time the appointment shall be confirmed by the Senate. If not confirmed by the Senate, another appointment shall be made by the Governor in like manner until an appointment is confirmed by the Senate. A trustee appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term.
(b) After the initial appointments to the board, future members appointed to the board shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons nominated by a nominating committee. The nominating committee shall consist of all of the following members:
(1) One member of the board as elected by the membership of the board.
(2) The presiding officer of the Athens State University Faculty Senate.
(3) The presiding officer of the Athens State University Staff Senate.
(4) One member of the Limestone County Legislative Delegation, as selected by the delegation.
(5) The President of the Athens State University Alumni Association, or his or her designee.
(6) The President of the Athens State University Foundation, or his or her designee.
(7) The president of the university shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member and chair of the committee.
(c) Within 45 days of any vacancy on the board, the nominating committee shall select and forward to the Governor three names for consideration for appointment. If no recommendation is made by the nominating committee within 45 days after a vacancy, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a qualified candidate to fill the vacancy.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-9 - Depositories for School Funds; Report of Board Transactions.

Section 16-47A-9
Depositories for school funds; report of board transactions.
(a) The board may designate one or more depositories for school funds.
(b) The board shall make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at the beginning of each regular session thereof, a full report of board transactions and the condition of the university, including an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-10 - Validity of Grants or Gifts; Forfeiture of Rights, Privileges, Etc.

Section 16-47A-10
Validity of grants or gifts; forfeiture of rights, privileges, etc.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be determined; nor shall any default, malfeasance, or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers, or franchises.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-11 - President of the University; Rights of Full-Time Employees.

Section 16-47A-11
President of the university; rights of full-time employees.
(a) The president of the university shall be appointed by the board and shall do all of the following:
(1) Appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty of the university.
(2) Appoint such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require.
(3) Remove any instructors or officers.
(4) Fix the salaries or compensation of the instructors or officers.
(5) Define the authority or duty of the instructors or officers.
(6) Regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to the review and concurrence of the board.
(7) Prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board.
(b) Full-time employees, whether tenured, nontenured, nonprobationary, or probationary, who are employed on October 1, 2012, by the university, shall retain any and all rights and privileges as provided in Chapter 24C of this title.
(c) The president of the university, upon the recommendation of the faculty, may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-47A-12
Police officers.
(a) The president of the university may appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university or of any public offense committed in their presence, and take them before the nearest district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant. Such officers, with a warrant, may arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before any proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Athens and Limestone County and their jurisdictions and authority shall be coextensive within the corporate limits of each municipality or county.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47A - Athens State University. › Section 16-47A-13 - References to Athens State University.

Section 16-47A-13
References to Athens State University.
(a) Commencing on October 1, 2012, the terms junior college, trade school, community college, and technical college, or any combination of these terms, as used in the Code of Alabama 1975, may not be interpreted to include Athens State University or its predecessor, Athens State College. After October 1, 2012, the Code Commissioner may revise any reference to Athens State University that refers to or classifies the university as a junior college, trade school, community college, or technical college.
(b) In addition to the duties of the Code Commissioner provided in subsection (a), whenever any section of the Code of Alabama 1975, refers to a "four-year public institution of higher education," the Code Commissioner is directed to make the appropriate changes in terminology to reflect the reconstituted status of Athens State University as a public institution of higher education under a separate board of trustees as provided by this chapter.
(Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §14; Act 2014-326, p. 1212, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-48-1
Body corporate.
The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed from the different congressional districts of the state, under the provisions of Section 266 of the Constitution of 1901, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of Auburn University, to carry into effect the purposes and intent of the Congress of the United States in the grant of lands by the act of July 2, 1862.
(School Code 1927, §521; Code 1940, T. 52, §474.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-2 - Corporate Powers.

Section 16-48-2
Corporate powers.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to a promotion of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of the original or any subsequent grant by Congress, or by this state, or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as to it may seem best for the purposes of its institution; and any and all sales of property, real or personal, heretofore made pursuant to and by authority of action of the board of trustees of said institute and written instruments of conveyance of title thereto purporting to have been made pursuant to such action are hereby ratified and confirmed as acts of the institute, and similar sales and instruments of conveyance made during the time when the name of the institute was the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama are likewise ratified and confirmed as acts of said Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama.
(School Code 1927, §522; Acts 1931, No. 519, p. 633; Acts 1939, No. 393, p. 516; Code 1940, T. 52, §475.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-3 - Interest on Federal Fund Paid by State.

Section 16-48-3
Interest on federal fund paid by state.
For the payment of the interest, at the rate of eight percent per annum, on the fund of $253,500.00 arising from the sale of the script for the land donated in trust to this state by the act of Congress of July 2, 1862, the faith and credit of the state are forever pledged.
(School Code 1927, §523; Code 1940, T. 52, §476.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-4 - Organization and Conduct.

Section 16-48-4
Organization and conduct.
The board of trustees has the power to organize the institute by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require; and to remove any such instructors or other officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation, and increase or reduce the same at its discretion, to regulate, alter, or modify the government of the university as it may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else it may deem best for promoting the interest of the university.
(School Code 1927, §524; Code 1940, T. 52, §477.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-5 - Trustees Divided Into Classes.

Section 16-48-5
Trustees divided into classes.
The trustees of the institute other than the Governor and State Superintendent of Education are divided into three classes, as follows: The trustees from the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts shall constitute the first class; those from the Second, Sixth and Eighth Districts shall constitute the second class; and those from the First, Third and Ninth Districts shall constitute the third class; and they shall hold office and their seats shall be vacated as prescribed by Section 266 of the constitution.
(School Code 1927, §525; Code 1940, T. 52, §478.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-6 - Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

Section 16-48-6
Vacancy in office of trustee.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee, occurring during the recess of the Legislature, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, such appointee to hold office until the next session of the Legislature thereafter; such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate; and any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold during the unexpired term.
(School Code 1927, §526; Code 1940, T. 52, §479.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-7 - Meetings of Board of Trustees.

Section 16-48-7
Meetings of board of trustees.
(a) The Board of Trustees of Auburn University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the institute on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meeting shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.
(b) The members of the board of trustees may recess at any regular or special meeting from one date to another, and at such adjourned meeting they may transact any business relating to the affairs of the institution.
(c) Members of the board of trustees, the executive committee of the board of trustees, or any other committee established by the board of trustees may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes, including the establishment of a quorum. Notice of such meetings must be given in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and such telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
(School Code 1927, §527; Code 1940, T. 52, §480; Acts 1943, No. 309, p. 280, §§1, 2; Act 2010-690, p. 1677, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-8 - Quorum of Trustees.

Section 16-48-8
Quorum of trustees.
Six members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(School Code 1927, §528; Code 1940, T. 52, §481.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-9 - Expenses of Trustees.

Section 16-48-9
Expenses of trustees.
The certificate of the president of the board or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trustees.
(School Code 1927, §529; Code 1940, T. 52, §482.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-10 - Gifts Preserved.

Section 16-48-10
Gifts preserved.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at; nor shall any default, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonuser, on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation, work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(School Code 1927, §530; Code 1940, T. 52, §483.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-11 - Report Made to Legislature.

Section 16-48-11
Report made to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the institution by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(School Code 1927, §531; Code 1940, T. 52, §484.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 48 - Auburn University. › Section 16-48-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-48-12
Police officers.
(a) The president of Auburn University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant; and such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with, and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the municipality of Auburn; and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Acts 1949, No. 305, p. 439, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 85-632, p. 963, § 1; Acts 1985, No. 85-727, p. 1178, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-49-1 - Degree of Autonomy; Recommendation of Programs to State Agencies in Order to Qualify for Federal, etc., Funds.

Section 16-49-1
Degree of autonomy; recommendation of programs to state agencies in order to qualify for federal, etc., funds.
It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter that Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall enjoy no less and no more autonomy than any other public university in the State of Alabama and shall offer to all citizens of the state an equal opportunity for quality education.
The board of trustees is hereby authorized to recommend, at such time as it deems necessary and proper, any program of instruction or service or any other action necessary to qualify the university for funds and/or services provided by any individual, philanthropic organization or agency of the federal government, to any state agency that is charged with the responsibility for statewide planning, coordination or budgeting for programs of instruction, research or public service in the public universities of the state. Such state agency shall accept or reject such recommendation and is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such recommendations in regard to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-49-2 - Existing Policies, Procedures, etc., Relative to Faculty, Students, Etc.

Section 16-49-2
Existing policies, procedures, etc., relative to faculty, students, etc.
The personnel policies and procedures and statement of academic freedom and tenure for the faculty, other officers and professional and operating staff of the university, and the statement of rights and responsibilities of students of the university in force on September 5, 1975, shall be read, construed and have effect as if they were prescribed by the board of trustees created in this chapter; provided, that the board shall prescribe such amendments as it deems necessary and proper and that no person shall be deprived of any right or benefit earned prior to September 5, 1975.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-49-3 - Grants or Gifts Not to Fail Because of Misnomer, etc.; Default of Agents, Trustees, Etc.

Section 16-49-3
Grants or gifts not to fail because of misnomer, etc.; default of agents, trustees, etc.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at, nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-49-4 - Powers and Duties of University Police Officers.

Section 16-49-4
Powers and duties of university police officers.
(a) The President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and vested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without warrant, arrest any persons guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest court or any other officer charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant, and may with a warrant arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Huntsville, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-21 - Body Corporate; Name.

Section 16-49-21
Body corporate; name.
The Governor, by virtue of his or her office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state and the nation at large, pursuant to Section 16-49-20, and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §2; Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-22 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 16-49-22
Powers and duties generally.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-23 - Responsibilities of Board; Appointment and Duties of President.

Section 16-49-23
Responsibilities of board; appointment and duties of president.
The board shall not engage in activity that interferes with the day-to-day operation of the university. The primary responsibility of the board of trustees is to set policy for the university and prescribe rates of tuition and fees. The board also has the power to organize the university by appointing a president, whose salary shall be fixed by the board. The president shall appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require, remove any instructors or officers, fix their salaries or compensation, and define the authority or duty of such instructors or officers. The president may regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to review and concurrence of the board. The president shall prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. The president may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character upon the recommendation of the faculty.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §4; Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-24 - Exclusive Jurisdiction, Powers, Etc.

Section 16-49-24
Exclusive jurisdiction, powers, etc.
The board of trustees created by this chapter for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; and the State Board of Education is divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers and duties hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-25 - Vacancies in Office.

Section 16-49-25
Vacancies in office.
Repealed by Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §2, effective June 9, 2011.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-26 - Meetings.

Section 16-49-26
Meetings.
(a) The Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall hold three regular meetings at the university on the fourth Thursday in February, June, and October, unless the board or Governor as ex officio president, shall determine to hold its meetings at another time. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling special meetings, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee naming the time and place at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any four members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place and issuing notices in writing to the several members of the board. The meeting shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notices from the Governor. In the event of an emergency, the Governor, as ex officio president, may call an emergency meeting.
(b) The board of trustees may ask the Governor to replace a member who has been absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the board.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §6; Acts 1989, No. 89-881, p. 1778, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-749, p. 1747, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-27 - Quorum.

Section 16-49-27
Quorum.
Seven members, exclusive of the Governor, of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §7; Acts 1989, No. 89-881, p. 1778, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-28 - Certificate for Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-49-28
Certificate for payment of expenses.
The certificate of the president of the board or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees and ex officio members to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trustees, in conformity with regulations governing travel expenses of state officials.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §8; Acts 1989, No. 89-881, p. 1778, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-29 - Conflicts of Interest.

Section 16-49-29
Conflicts of interest.
It shall be unlawful for any member of the board to derive financial benefit in any form from a contract or transaction affecting the interest of the university; to procure, or to be a party in any way, to procuring the appointment of any relative to any position of financial trust or profit; or to influence the appointment or reappointment, retention, dismissal or compensation of any employee of the university except through the prescribed procedures for such purposes. The violation of this provision shall subject the member so offending to removal by the Governor or the board.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-49-30 - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-49-30
Reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-50 - Short Title.

Section 16-49-50
Short title.
This article shall be cited as the "State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum."
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess, No. 85-944, p. 283, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-51 - Definitions.

Section 16-49-51
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) REPOSITORY. A place or depository on the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University campus.
(2) SOURCE MATERIALS. Any written or printed matter, memorabilia and artifacts.
(3) AFRO-AMERICAN. Any American person of African descent and who is identified with the black race.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-944, p. 283, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-52 - Purpose.

Section 16-49-52
Purpose.
The general purposes of this article are to provide for the obtaining, preserving and holding for circulation in a repository at the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University source materials on Afro-American history and culture which shall be used for research and other educational and cultural purposes, and which shall thereby encourage the development of inspiration and positive self-concepts on the part of black Americans and provide a basis for whites to gain greater respect for the black race.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-944, p. 283, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-53 - Appointment of Curator; Authority and Duties.

Section 16-49-53
Appointment of curator; authority and duties.
The president of the university shall appoint a curator of the repository who shall be a recognized authority on Afro-American history and culture. The curator shall be empowered to seek out and secure source materials on or about Afro-Americans, to catalog and preserve such materials in keeping with the best available methods of preservation, and shall disseminate or make available to the public said materials in keeping with the designated functions of the repository.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess, No. 85-944, p. 283, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-54 - Duties and Services of Repository.

Section 16-49-54
Duties and services of repository.
The repository shall serve the state by collecting and preserving source materials on the contributions, achievements and general experiences of Afro-Americans, and shall endeavor to reproduce and secure copies of all materials on or about black Americans from the earliest beginnings to the present. It shall provide bibliographic and copy services, whenever practical, to state agencies, the university system, state officials, researchers and scholars of Afro-American history and culture, and encourage the use of Afro-American instructional materials in state educational services to all groups without regard to racial, religious, or ethnic membership.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-944, p. 283, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. › Article 3 - State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum. › Section 16-49-55 - University Has Authority to Accept Funds, Grants, Services, Etc.

Section 16-49-55
University has authority to accept funds, grants, services, etc.
For the purposes of this article the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University has the authority to accept and receive funds, grants and service from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government; or from private or civic sources.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-944, p. 283, §4.)