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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-11 - Failure to Collect or Remit Funds Due; Withholding of Funds.

Section 23-7-11
Failure to collect or remit funds due; withholding of funds.
(a) If a government unit fails to collect and remit in full all amounts due to the bank on the date these amounts are due under the terms of any note or other obligation of the government unit, the bank shall notify the State Finance Director who shall direct the withholding of all or a portion of the funds of the state and all funds administered by the state, its agencies, boards, and instrumentalities allotted or appropriated to the government unit and apply an amount necessary to the payment of the amount due.
(b) Nothing contained in this section mandates the withholding of funds allocated to a government unit the withholding of which would violate contracts to which the state is a party, the requirements of federal law imposed on the state, or judgments of a court binding on the state.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §11; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-12 - Liability Under Chapter.

Section 23-7-12
Liability under chapter.
Neither the board nor any officer, employee, or committee of the bank acting on behalf of it, while acting within the scope of authority granted by this chapter, is subject to any liability resulting from carrying out any of the powers given in this chapter, unless the officer or employee acted in an unreasonable or reckless manner.
(Act 2015-50, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-13 - Notice, Publication, etc., Referenda.

Section 23-7-13
Notice, publication, etc., referenda.
Notice, proceeding, or publication, except those required in this chapter, are not necessary to the performance of any power authorized in this chapter nor is any act of the bank subject to any referendum.
(Act 2015-50, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-14 - Investment of Funds.

Section 23-7-14
Investment of funds.
Money in funds or accounts of the bank may be invested in permitted investments; provided, the investment of any federal funds shall comply with any applicable federal requirements.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §14; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-15 - Annual Report; Audit.

Section 23-7-15
Annual report; audit.
Following the close of each state fiscal year, the bank shall submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and to the Legislature. The bank also shall submit an annual report to the appropriate federal agency in accordance with requirements of any federal program. An independent certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall perform an audit of the books and accounts of the bank at least once in each state fiscal year.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §15; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-16 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 23-7-16
Construction of chapter.
This chapter, being for the welfare of this state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes specified in this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting any proceeding, notice, or approval required by law for the issuance by a government unit of the loan obligations, instruments, or security for loan obligations.
(Act 2015-50, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-17 - Bonds Authorized.

Section 23-7-17
Bonds authorized.
(a) Whenever it shall become necessary that monies be raised for qualified projects, including monies to be used to refund any bonds then outstanding, the bank may issue bonds as provided in this chapter.
(b) The bank may pledge any of its revenue or funds to the payment of its bonds, subject to any prior pledges for other outstanding bonds or other financial assistance of the bank and, in the case of those revenues described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of Section 23-7-6, pledges by Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority and Alabama Highway Finance Corporation of the revenues for bonds issued by those entities. Bonds may be secured by a pledge of any loan obligation owned by the bank, any grant, contribution, or guaranty from the United States, the state, or any corporation, association, institution, or person, any other financial assistance provided by the bank, any bond insurance, guarantees, letters of credit, or other forms of credit enhancement purchased or otherwise obtained by the bank from any public or private entity, any other property or assets of the bank, or a pledge of any money, income, or revenue of the bank from any source.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §17; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-18 - Liability for Bonds.

Section 23-7-18
Liability for bonds.
Bonds, other financial assistance, and other obligations issued by the bank shall not constitute an obligation or debt of this state, or any of its political subdivisions, but shall be limited obligations of the bank payable solely from the revenue, money, or property of the bank pledged for such purpose as provided in this chapter. Any bonds, other financial assistance, or other obligations of the bank issued do not constitute an indebtedness of the state or any of its political subdivisions within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, and neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, is pledged to the payment thereof. No member of the bank or any person executing bonds, other financial assistance, or other obligations of the bank is liable personally thereon by reason of their issuance or execution. Each bond, other financial assistance, and other obligation issued under this chapter shall contain on its face a statement to the effect of the following:
(1) The instrument is not a general obligation of the bank, but is a limited obligation of the bank payable solely from the revenue, money, or property of the bank pledged.
(2) The instrument is not an obligation or debt of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, and neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, is pledged to the payment of the instrument.
(3) The bank does not have taxing power.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §18; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-19 - Requirements for Bonds.

Section 23-7-19
Requirements for bonds.
(a) The bonds of the bank must be authorized by a resolution of the bank.
(b) The bonds shall bear the date and mature at the time which the resolution provides, except that no bond may mature more than 40 years from its date of issue.
(c) The bonds may be in the denominations, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at the place and at the time, and be subject to redemption or repurchase and contain other provisions determined by the bank prior to their issuance.
(d) The bonds may bear interest payable at a time and at a rate as determined by the bank, including the determination by agents designated by the bank under guidelines established by it.
(e) Bonds may be sold by the bank at public or private sale at the price it determines and approves.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §19; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-21 - Securing of Bonds - Pledge.

Section 23-7-21
Securing of bonds - Pledge.
(a) Any pledge made by the bank to secure its obligations with respect to bonds or other financial assistance is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenue, money, or property pledged and received by the bank is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act. The lien of any pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the bank, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the pledge.
(b) No recording or filing of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or other financial assistance, the trust indenture or other financing agreement securing the bonds or other financial assistance, or any other instrument including filings under the Uniform Commercial Code is necessary to create or perfect any pledge or security interest granted by the bank to secure any bonds or other financial assistance.
(Act 2015-50, p. 173, §21; Act 2018-290, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-22 - Purchase of Outstanding Bonds.

Section 23-7-22
Purchase of outstanding bonds.
The bank, subject to agreements with bondholders as may then exist, may purchase outstanding bonds of the bank with any available funds, at any reasonable price. If the bonds are then redeemable, the price shall not exceed the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date.
(Act 2015-50, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-23 - Form and Execution of Bonds.

Section 23-7-23
Form and execution of bonds.
Bonds of the bank shall be in a form and shall be executed in a manner prescribed by the bank.
(Act 2015-50, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-24 - Validity of Signatures on Bonds.

Section 23-7-24
Validity of signatures on bonds.
If any of the members or officers of the bank cease to be members before the delivery of any bonds signed by them, their signatures or authorized facsimile signatures are nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if they had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
(Act 2015-50, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-25 - Limitation on Amendments.

Section 23-7-25
Limitation on amendments.
Subsequent amendments to this chapter may not limit the rights vested in the bank with respect to any agreements made with, or remedies available to, the holders of bonds issued under this chapter before the enactment of the amendments until the bonds, with all premiums and interest on them, and all costs and expenses in connection with any proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged.
(Act 2015-50, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-26 - Taxation of Bonds and Income.

Section 23-7-26
Taxation of bonds and income.
Any bonds issued by the bank, the transfer of bonds, and the income from them, are free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the state and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the state.
(Act 2015-50, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-27 - Construction and Use of Bonds.

Section 23-7-27
Construction and use of bonds.
(a) The bonds issued by the bank are legal investments in which all public officers or public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking associations, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, including savings and loan association investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who are now or may be authorized in the future to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may invest funds in their control or belonging to them.
(b) The bonds of the bank are also securities which may be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may later be required by law.
(Act 2015-50, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-28 - Performance of Contracts by Legal Residents of Alabama.

Section 23-7-28
Performance of contracts by legal residents of Alabama.
Except as otherwise prohibited by Federal law, all contracts funded with the revenue or bond proceeds which are authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be performed by a workforce which consists of only legal residents of the State of Alabama.
(Act 2015-50, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-29 - Other Financial Assistance Authorized.

Section 23-7-29
Other financial assistance authorized.
(a) The granting of other financial assistance by the bank shall be authorized by a resolution of the bank.
(b) The bank may execute instruments and enter into financing agreements, including, without limitation, a trust indenture between the bank and a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer or any bank having trust powers or any trust company doing business in this state, containing the terms and conditions as the bank shall determine in connection with the provision of other financial assistance and securing its obligations with respect to other financial assistance.
(c) The bank may pledge any of its revenues or funds to the payment of other financial assistance provided by the bank, subject to any prior pledges for outstanding bonds or other financial assistance of the bank and, in the case of those revenues described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of Section 23-7-6, the pledges by Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority and Alabama Highway Finance Corporation of the revenues for bonds issued by the entities. Other financial assistance may be secured by a pledge of any loan obligation owned by the bank, any grant, contribution, or guaranty from the United States, the state, or any corporation, association, institution, or person, any other property or assets of the bank, or a pledge of any money, income, or revenue of the bank from any source.
(Act 2018-290, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-30 - Net Earnings of Bank Not to Inure to Benefit of Any Individual, Firm, or Corporation.

Section 23-7-30
Net earnings of bank not to inure to benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation.
The bank shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event its board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, other financial assistance, and other obligations of the bank, then any net earnings of the bank thereafter accruing shall be paid to the state.
(Act 2018-290, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. › Section 23-7-31 - Dissolution of Bank.

Section 23-7-31
Dissolution of bank.
At any time when no bonds, other financial assistance, or other obligations of the bank are outstanding, the bank may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the directors of the bank and which shall be sworn to by each director before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of the application for dissolution, the bank shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the state. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution, in an appropriate book of record in his or her office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the bank is dissolved and shall record the certificate with the application for dissolution.
(Act 2018-290, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act › Section 23-8-1 - Short Title.

Section 23-8-1
Short title.
This chapter and Article 12A, Chapter 17 of Title 40, and Sections 11-6-4, 11-6-23, 40-12-242, 40-17-331, as amended by Act 2019-2, shall be known and may be cited as the Rebuild Alabama Act.
(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act › Section 23-8-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 23-8-2
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds all of the following:
(a) That consistent with the constitutional mandate that navigable waterways are public highways, the Legislature hereby finds as a fact that a portion of the gasoline and diesel fuel sold in this state is used for marine purposes to propel vessels on coastal and inland waterways of this state.
(b) That it is the policy of this state to use a portion of the funds derived from the additional excise tax levied by the Rebuild Alabama Act on each net gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel for the programs and activities of the Alabama State Port Authority.
(c) That the development and growth of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure are considerations in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of a modern-day public road, highway, and bridge system in this state.
(d) That the State Department of Transportation is the appropriate agency to initiate the comprehensive planning and administrative duties associated with the development of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure as a part of its regular duties.
(e) That the development of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure is a cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of public roads, highways, and bridges in this state and that the moneys of the Rebuild Alabama Fund may be lawfully used for such purpose.
(f) It is the intention of the Legislature to authorize the creation of, and to hereby create, the Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program as a program of the State Department of Transportation for the purpose of providing grants, funds, and support for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of the public roads, highways, and bridges in this state through the procurement, installation, and implementation of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure.
(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act › Section 23-8-3 - Definitions.

Section 23-8-3
Definitions.
Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ALDOT. The Alabama State Department of Transportation provided for in Section 23-1-20.
(2) ATRIP-II COMMITTEE. The Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program Committee-II established pursuant to this chapter.
(3) ATRIP-II PROJECTS. Those road and bridge rehabilitation and improvement projects submitted to and received by the ATRIP-II Committee for funding in accordance with this chapter.
(4) COSTS. As applied to any road and bridge project, all costs of construction or acquisition of any part thereof, including, but without limitation to, the costs of supervising, inspecting, and constructing any such project and all costs and expenses incidental thereto, the costs of locating, surveying and mapping, development of engineering plans and specifications, resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation, acquisition of rights-of-way, utility relocation, and improvements which directly facilitate and control traffic flow, including grade separation of intersections, widening of lanes, channelization of traffic, and traffic-control systems.
(5) LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of Alabama.
(6) SPECIAL TAXES. a. The excise taxes levied under subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of those taxes levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline; and
b. The additional annual registration fees imposed pursuant to Section 40-12-274.
(7) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act › Section 23-8-4 - Rebuild Alabama Fund.

Section 23-8-4
Rebuild Alabama Fund.
There is hereby created the Rebuild Alabama Fund in the State Treasury. All proceeds from the revenues designated to the fund pursuant to the Rebuild Alabama Act less the cost of collection authorized by law shall be deposited into the fund to be expended only as provided in the Rebuild Alabama Act.
(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act › Section 23-8-6 - Approved Contractors and Suppliers; Bidding.

Section 23-8-6
Approved contractors and suppliers; bidding.
(a) All county and municipal projects let to contract shall utilize contractors and material suppliers listed on the ALDOT's list of approved contractors and suppliers. ALDOT's list of approved contractors and material suppliers shall include the ALDOT's Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise List. Beginning October 1, 2020, and October 1 of every other year, each county and municipality shall provide a list of all contractors who have been awarded projects under this section to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no bidding shall be required by the county for asphalt or other road construction or repair materials if the county has an annual contract for providing such materials.
(b) For all municipal projects, the appropriate plans and bid opening date shall be published in electronic form no later than the tenth day of the month preceding the bid opening on a website maintained for that purpose by the Alabama League of Municipalities.
(c) The bidding procedures approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, as authorized in Section 40-17-371(c)(2)d., may be used for any county road and bridge project otherwise subject to Chapter 2 of Title 39.
(d) Bids for county and municipal contracts awarded under this section shall only be awarded in accordance with Section 39-2-6 during a regularly-scheduled meeting of the governmental body of the county or municipality, as the case may be. Immediately after the completion of each project, the publication notifications required by subsection (f) of Section 39-1-1, shall be satisfied by posting on the same website utilized for the posting of specifications and notice of bid openings.
(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §9; Act 2021-146, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-1 - Payments to Cities, Counties, etc., for Maintenance of Low Rent Housing Projects, Etc.

Section 24-1-1
Payments to cities, counties, etc., for maintenance of low rent housing projects, etc.
Any housing authority created by or pursuant to this title may agree to make such payments to the city or county, the state or any political subdivision thereof, which payments such bodies are hereby authorized to accept, as such authority finds consistent with the maintenance of the low rent character of housing projects or the achievement of the purposes of this title.
(Acts 1949, No. 490, p. 711, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-2 - Housing Research and Studies.

Section 24-1-2
Housing research and studies.
In addition to all its other powers, any housing authority created by or pursuant to this title may, within its area of operation, undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs, and of the meeting of such needs, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sales prices, employment, wages and other factors affecting the local housing needs and the meeting thereof, and make the results of such studies and analyses available to the public and the building, housing, and supply industries. Any such housing authority may also engage in research and disseminate information on the subject of housing.
(Acts 1949, No. 490, p. 711, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-3 - Rural Housing Projects.

Section 24-1-3
Rural housing projects.
(a) Until a purchaser makes full payment for a dwelling which is constructed by a county or regional housing authority in a rural area, such dwellings shall continue to be the property of such authority, regardless of the title to the land on which it is constructed, and such dwelling shall be exempt from taxation in the same manner as other property of such authority. Any document making land available for use by such authority shall be admitted to record, and accordingly constitute notice, in the same manner as a deed or other instrument relating to real estate.
(b) When a county or regional housing authority provides a dwelling in a rural area under this title, the owner of the land living in the dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be entitled to receive the same homestead exemption as if he had title to the dwelling.
(c) No dwelling shall be provided on a farm by a county or regional housing authority unless it has determined that, by reason of the character of the farm with respect to which the dwelling is to be constructed and the manner of its operation, the farmer is likely successfully to carry out the undertakings required of him under his purchase agreement or lease.
(Acts 1949, No. 490, p. 711, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-4 - Agreements of Municipal, County, or Regional Housing Authorities to Secure Federal Contributions.

Section 24-1-4
Agreements of municipal, county, or regional housing authorities to secure federal contributions.
In addition to the powers conferred upon a housing authority created for a city or county or a regional housing authority by other provisions of law, such authority, in any contract for annual contributions with the federal government, may obligate itself, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws, to convey to the federal government the project to which such contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default with respect to the covenants or conditions to which such authority is subject. Such contract may further provide that in case of such conveyance, the federal government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of such contract. Any such contract shall require that, as soon as practicable after the federal government is satisfied that all defaults by reason of which it shall have acquired the project have been cured and that the project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to such authority the project as then constituted.
(Acts 1949, No. 490, p. 711, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-5 - Powers Conferred by Sections 24-1-1 Through 24-1-4 Supplemental.

Section 24-1-5
Powers conferred by Sections 24-1-1 through 24-1-4 supplemental.
The powers conferred by Sections 24-1-1 through 24-1-4 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained therein shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority.
(Acts 1949, No. 490, p. 711, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-7 - Creation, etc., of Certain Housing Authorities Validated.

Section 24-1-7
Creation, etc., of certain housing authorities validated.
(a) The creation, establishment and organization of housing authorities that have issued bonds under the provisions of this title, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken or done with reference thereto, prior to July 7, 1943, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.
(b) The creation and establishment of housing authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, the provisions of this title and laws amendatory thereto, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto (including the appointment of commissioners, officers, and employees), prior to September 9, 1955, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any want of statutory authority or defect or irregularity in such acts or proceedings. Said housing authorities are hereby declared to have been and to be legally constituted and to be bodies corporate and politic with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in the Housing Authorities Law.
(Acts 1943, No. 465, p. 428, §1; Acts 1955, No. 555, p. 1216, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-8 - Certain Agreements and Obligations of Housing Authorities Validated.

Section 24-1-8
Certain agreements and obligations of housing authorities validated.
(a) All agreements and undertakings of housing authorities created or established under this title prior to July 7, 1943, entered into relating to financing, or aiding in the development or operation of any housing projects, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) loan and annual contributions, contracts, agency contracts, leases, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies (including those which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by such housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contract with such holders of notes or bonds) relating to cooperation in aid of housing projects, payments to public bodies in the state, furnishing of municipal services and facilities and the elimination of unsafe and unsanitary dwellings, and contracts for the construction of housing projects, together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken or done with reference thereto prior to July 7, 1943, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.
(b) All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of housing authorities entered into relating to financing or aiding in the planning, surveying, development, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing or redevelopment project or projects or to obtaining aid therefor from the federal government, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) loan and annual contributions, contracts and leases with the federal government, agreements with municipalities or other public bodies (including agreements which are pledged or authorized to be pledged for the protection of the holders of any notes or bonds issued by housing authorities or which are otherwise made a part of the contracts with such holders of notes or bonds) relating to cooperation, contributions, grants, or other local participation in aid of housing or redevelopment projects, payments (if any) in lieu of taxes, furnishing of municipal services and facilities, the elimination of unsafe and unsanitary dwellings and contracts for the construction or operation of housing projects, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto, prior to September 9, 1955, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
(Acts 1943, No. 465, p. 428, §2; Acts 1955, No. 555, p. 1216, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-9 - Issuance, etc., of Notes and Bonds by Housing Authorities Validated.

Section 24-1-9
Issuance, etc., of notes and bonds by housing authorities validated.
(a) All proceedings, acts and things undertaken or done prior to July 7, 1943, in or for the authorization, issuance, execution, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the development or construction of a housing project or projects, and all notes and bonds issued by housing authorities prior to July 7, 1943, are hereby validated and declared legal in all respects.
(b) All proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed or done prior to September 9, 1955, in or for the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the undertaking of a housing or redevelopment project or projects, and all notes and bonds issued by housing authorities prior to September 9, 1955, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved, and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
(Acts 1943, No. 465, p. 428, §3; Acts 1955, No. 555, p. 1216, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 24-1-10 - Establishing Eligibility for Public Housing, Rent Subsidies, etc., by Fraudulent Means; Misdemeanor; Penalty; Notice Requirement.

Section 24-1-10
Establishing eligibility for public housing, rent subsidies, etc., by fraudulent means; misdemeanor; penalty; notice requirement.
(a) "Public housing" as used in this section shall mean housing which is constructed, operated, or maintained by the state, a county, a municipal corporation, a housing authority or by any other political subdivision or public corporation of the state or its subdivisions.
(b) Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, or who establishes or attempts to establish, eligibility for and any person who knowingly or intentionally aids or abets such person in obtaining or attempting to obtain, or in establishing or attempting to establish eligibility for, any public housing, or a reduction in public housing rental charges, or any rent subsidy, to which such person would not otherwise be entitled, by means of a false statement, failure to disclose information, impersonation or other fraudulent scheme or device shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 or be punished at hard labor for the county not to exceed 60 days, or may be both fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.
(c) Notice of this section shall be printed on the application form for public housing and shall be displayed in the office where such application is made.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-627, p. 1084.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-21 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

Section 24-1-21
Legislative findings and declaration of necessity.
It is hereby declared that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling and public school accommodations exist in various cities of the state and that such unsafe or unsanitary conditions arise from overcrowding and concentration of population, the obsolete and poor condition of the buildings, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, unsanitary design and arrangement, lack of proper facilities, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes; that in all such cities persons of low income are forced to reside in unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations; that in various cities of the state there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling and public school accommodations available to all the inhabitants thereof and that consequently persons of low income are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of the state and impair economic values; that the aforesaid conditions also exist in certain areas surrounding such cities; that these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises; that the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the provision of safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations at such rentals that persons who now live in unsafe or unsanitary or congested dwelling accommodations can afford to live in safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired; and that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be instituted as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which constitutes an emergency. The necessity in the public interest for this article is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-24 - Composition of Authority; Compensation of Commissioners; Quorum; Officers and Employees; Delegation of Powers and Duties.

Section 24-1-24
Composition of authority; compensation of commissioners; quorum; officers and employees; delegation of powers and duties by authority.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, who shall designate the first chair. None of the commissioners may be city officials. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by the mayor to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her services but he or she shall be entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. However, commissioners serving on the authority board located in any Class 7 municipality, as defined in Section 11-40-12, may receive such compensation as set by the council. This compensation is not mandatory and the amount and whether or not such compensation is to be paid is within the discretion of the council. The authority may, in its discretion, refuse to pay any compensation authorized by the council in such Class 7 municipalities. When the office of the first chair of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chair from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chair, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, attorneys and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such power or duties as it may deem proper.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a housing authority of a Class 5 municipality having the mayor/commission/city manager form of government organized under Chapter 44E of Title 11, shall consist of seven members appointed by the mayor. The terms of office of the two additional members shall be staggered with one member appointed for five years. Thereafter, the term of all members shall be five years. Four members shall constitute a quorum.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §8; Acts 1981, No. 81-807, p. 1433; Act 2018-557, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-24.1 - One Commissioner to Be a Public Housing Resident or Housing Assistance Recipient.

Section 24-1-24.1
One commissioner to be a public housing resident or housing assistance recipient.
To the extent required by federal law, one member of a municipal housing authority shall be a resident of public housing or a recipient of housing assistance in a Section 8 tenant-based program of the housing authority. If the commissioner ceases to reside in public housing or ceases to receive housing assistance as required by federal law, the commissioner shall be deemed to have resigned from the authority and the appointing authority shall appoint a new member meeting the requirements of this section for the remainder of the term of the former member.
(Act 2010-714, p. 1763, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-26 - Conflicts of Interest of Commissioners or Employees.

Section 24-1-26
Conflicts of interest of commissioners or employees.
No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any commissioner or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any housing project, he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure to so disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. However, no provision of this section shall be deemed to prohibit any bank, otherwise qualified, an officer, stockholder or employee of which is a commissioner of a local housing authority, from serving such housing authority as a depository bank or fiscal agent. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent commissioners of housing authorities of cities or towns of less than 2,500 population, according to the last or any subsequent decennial census of the United States, from entering into contracts to supply materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with said housing project, provided such contract is entered into as the result of a competitive bid submitted on an invitation advertised for not less than three days.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §10; Acts 1951, No. 776, p. 1372.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-28 - Acquisition of Property by Eminent Domain.

Section 24-1-28
Acquisition of property by eminent domain.
(a) The authority may acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of Title 18. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; provided, that no property belonging to any city within the boundaries of the authority, or to any government, may be acquired without its consent, and that no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the Public Service Commission or other body having regulatory power over such corporation.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a public housing authority in a Class 3 municipality, except a Class 3 municipality organized under Act 618 of the 1973 Regular Session, shall not exercise the power of eminent domain except with approval of the governing body of the municipality. The authority may purchase real property only after notice of intent to purchase the property is given to surrounding property owners as provided herein. Notice of the proposed purchase in the Class 3 municipalities, except a Class 3 municipality organized under Act 618 of the 1973 Regular Session, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality for a period of three consecutive weeks prior to execution of any binding agreement to purchase the property.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §15; Act 2012-411, p. 1121, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-29 - Acquisition, etc., of Property for Government Housing Projects.

Section 24-1-29
Acquisition, etc., of property for government housing projects.
The authority may acquire by purchase, or by the exercise of its power of eminent domain as provided in Section 24-1-28, any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary for any housing project being constructed or operated by a government. The authority upon such terms and conditions, and for such consideration as it shall determine, may convey title or deliver possession of such property, so acquired or purchased, to such government for use in connection with such housing project.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-30 - Authority Housing Projects Subject to Local Zoning, Building, etc., Laws.

Section 24-1-30
Authority housing projects subject to local zoning, building, etc., laws.
All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §17.)