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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-18 - Annual Audit.

Section 11-32-18
Annual audit.
Within 30 days following the close of each fiscal year the authority shall cause an audit of its books and records to be made for the fiscal year by an independent certified public accountant. Within 90 days following the close of each fiscal year the authority shall furnish a copy of the audit to the governing bodies of the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and each participating municipality.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-19 - Labor Unions.

Section 11-32-19
Labor unions.
Each employee of the authority may join or participate in a labor union. No employee of the authority shall be subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system or to the rules or regulations of any personnel board that might otherwise be applicable.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-20 - Dissolution of Transit Authority.

Section 11-32-20
Dissolution of transit authority.
The authority 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 as provided in this section. At any time when the authority has no bonds or outstanding obligations, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the authorizing county, the authority shall be dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to its properties shall pass to, and vest equally in, the principal municipality and the authorizing county, as tenants in common.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-22 - Applicability to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority.

Section 11-32-22
Applicability to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority.
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority and to any other authority organized pursuant to Act 993 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 1787), as amended.
(b)The certificate of incorporation filed for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority on or about April 3, 1972, as amended, is confirmed as a validly filed and amended certificate of incorporation for an authority organized under this chapter, except that any provisions of the certificate of incorporation are repealed or amended to the extent of a conflict with this chapter. In the event that the certificate of incorporation of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority is amended after May 24, 2013, it shall not be required that the amendment correct any conflicts with this chapter. As to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority, Jefferson County is the authorizing county, and the City of Birmingham is the authorizing municipality.
(c) All actions taken by the board of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority prior to May 24, 2013, are confirmed.
(d) The rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority prior to and as of May 24, 2013, are confirmed.
(e) The fact that this chapter is enacted and that Act 993 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 1787), Act 204 of the 1971 Third Special Session (Acts 1971, p. 4472), Act 329 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 459), Act 508 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 748), and Act 87-449 of the 1987 Regular Session (Acts 1987, p. 663) are repealed shall not result in any of the following:
(1) An underpayment or overpayment to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality, except as the same may be caused by a change in fiscal years or the change in payment procedures with the principal municipality.
(2) A disruption of the services provided by the transit system.
(3) A declaration that any outstanding contracts with the authority are void or invalid.
(4) A shortening in the current term of any director of the authority as of May 24, 2013.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-23 - Funding - Annual Payments.

Section 11-32-23
Funding - Annual payments.
The governing body of the authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall pay to the authority during each fiscal year a sum to be determined in accordance with Sections 11-32-24, 11-32-25, and 11-32-30.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-24 - Funding - Amount Paid by Authorizing County.

Section 11-32-24
Funding - Amount paid by authorizing county.
The annual amount to be paid to the authority by the authorizing county is to be ascertained by first determining the amount of ad valorem taxes collected for the county from within the city limits of each municipality served by the authority. The authorizing county shall pay to the authority each year out of its general funds an amount equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) of the first eighteen million, one hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred nineteen dollars ($18,181,819) of ad valorem taxes collected within the city limits of all municipalities served by the authority plus and two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the ad valorem tax collected within the city limits of all municipalities served by the authority in excess of eighteen million, one hundred eighty-one thousand, eight hundred nineteen dollars ($18,181,819). In addition, the governing body of the authorizing county shall, at its sole discretion, make a determination prior to the end of each fiscal year as to the number of residents of the county residing in the unincorporated area thereof having access to services by the authority within reasonable walking distances of their residences, but the number shall not be less than in any preceding year, unless there is a reduction of routes serving the unincorporated area or the annexation of a portion of the unincorporated area served by the authority by a municipality. Such residents shall be deemed to be served by the authority and there shall be paid annually out of the general funds of the authorizing county a sum equal to one dollar ($1.00) per capita of the residents thus deemed to be served.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-25 - Funding - Amount Paid by Principal Municipality.

Section 11-32-25
Funding - Amount paid by principal municipality.
The amount to be paid to the authority by the principal municipality during each fiscal year shall be ascertained by determining the amount of ad valorem tax collected for the authorizing county within the city limits of the principal municipality, in addition to the amount determined in Section 11-32-30. The principal municipality shall pay to the authority annually from its general funds an amount equal to 10 percent of the ad valorem tax collected by the authorizing county within the city limits of the principal municipality each year.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-26 - Request for Service.

Section 11-32-26
Request for service.
On or prior to the beginning of the seventh month before the start of each fiscal year, the principal municipality and each municipality located in the authorizing county which desires to be served by the authority during the forthcoming fiscal year shall file a written request with the authority for the service, which request shall set forth the routes and frequency of service requested.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-27 - Budget Requirements.

Section 11-32-27
Budget requirements.
On or prior to the beginning of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, the authority shall prepare and submit to the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and each municipality which has requested to be served by the authority pursuant to Section 11-32-26, a written budget for the authority for the forthcoming fiscal year. The budget shall be prepared by the authority and shall set forth the number of hours of operation and the anticipated cost per hour of operation for the forthcoming fiscal year for the service requested by each municipality pursuant to Section 11-32-26, exclusive of anticipated fare box revenue, federal operating subsidies and funds received by the authority pursuant to Sections 11-32-24 and 11-32-25; if the cost per hour of operation shall include all costs for the provision of public transportation service, including, but not limited to, the costs of operation, maintenance, administration, and capital costs of the authority. If a municipality requests service which requires that vehicles travel through a municipality which is not served by the authority or on a limited access roadway where there is no pick-up or discharge of passengers, the municipality requesting the service shall assume and be responsible for the operating time of the vehicles from the point of their last scheduled pick-up of passengers until the vehicles reach the city limits of the requesting municipality. The principal municipality shall be authorized to review such budget, and by written notice to the authority given on or prior to the fifteenth day of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, reduce such budget in any area in which it deems the budget to be excessive. Neither the authorizing county, principal municipality, nor a participating municipality shall have any further power to approve or disapprove expenditures of the authority.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-28 - Certification of Routes.

Section 11-32-28
Certification of routes.
On or prior to the beginning of the fourth month before the start of each fiscal year, the principal municipality and each municipality in the authorizing county which elects to be served by the authority shall certify in writing to the authority the routes to be operated in the municipality during the forthcoming fiscal year and agree to make the payments to the authority provided in Section 11-32-29. The routes that are certified shall constitute the routes to be operated by the authority in the municipality during the forthcoming fiscal year, subject to equipment availability and to the adjustments as reasonably deemed necessary by the authority in order to provide for the efficient operation of transit service in the municipality and in the authorizing county as a whole. Any change in the routes during the fiscal year shall be undertaken only with the approval of the municipality, except the authority may suspend, reduce, or terminate the route, routes, or services within a municipality without the approval of the municipality if the municipality fails timely to pay for the services.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-29 - Costs of Operation.

Section 11-32-29
Costs of operation.
All of the municipalities served by any route operated by the authority may by written agreement filed with the authority agree to allocate the costs of operation of the route on a basis different from that otherwise provided by this chapter.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-30 - Certification of Amounts to Be Paid to Authority.

Section 11-32-30
Certification of amounts to be paid to authority.
Subject to any agreement filed with the authority pursuant to Section 11-32-29, the annual amount to be paid to the authority by the principal municipality and each municipality in the authorizing county which elects to be served by the authority is to be ascertained by multiplying the total projected hours of operation in the municipality for the forthcoming fiscal year based upon the routes certified by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-32-28, as adjusted by the authority as provided in Section 11-32-28, in order to provide for the efficient operation of transit service, times the cost per hour of operation set forth by the authority in the budget submitted by the authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-32-27. The amounts shall be certified to the authorizing county tax collector, revenue commissioner, or director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, by the authority on or prior to September 15 of each year.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-31 - Payment Schedule; Sufficiency of Funds.

Section 11-32-31
Payment schedule; sufficiency of funds.
(a) The amounts required to be paid to the authority under this chapter shall be paid by the authorizing county tax collector for the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and participating municipalities upon the payment schedule established pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
(b) If the authorizing county tax collector does not have ad valorem taxes due the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality sufficient to pay the amounts due under the provisions of this chapter, then the balance due as to any payment under this chapter shall be paid to the authority by the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, from any tax monies in his or her possession for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality.
(c) If as to any payment due under this chapter, neither the authorizing county tax collector nor the revenue commissioner of the authorizing county, if any, shall have sufficient tax monies for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or a participating municipality in an amount sufficient to make the payment, then the balance of the payment shall be a priority claim subject, however, to any claims having a priority under or pursuant to any provision of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, or the Constitution of the United States, against any and all other funds of the authorizing county, or the participating municipality, and shall be paid directly by the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality to the authority.
(d) It is expressly provided that neither the authorizing county tax collector, revenue commissioner, nor the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, shall pay to the authority any monies, the payment of which would impair the obligation under any contract entered into by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality prior to May 24, 2013, or any tax monies from levies made for a specific purpose under the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-32 - Payments Made According to Schedule.

Section 11-32-32
Payments made according to schedule.
(a) The payments required hereby for the authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall be made on a monthly basis or upon other payment schedule of the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or such participating municipality shall agree to with the authority.
(b) If payments are made for the principal municipality and the authorizing county on a monthly basis, each payment shall be one-twelfth of the annual amount which would have been due based upon ad valorem tax collections for the preceding fiscal year with any deficit in the amount thus paid on such basis computed after ad valorem tax collections for the fiscal year in question are known, to be made up by the principal municipality and the authorizing county during the month of January next following the end of each fiscal year.
(c) If payments are made for participating municipalities on a monthly basis, each payment shall be one-twelfth of the annual amount due determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-32-29.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §32.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only. › Chapter 32 - Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More. › Section 11-32-33 - Examination and Audits of Books and Records.

Section 11-32-33
Examination and audits of books and records.
The authorizing county, principal municipality, and each participating municipality shall have the right to examine and audit, at their expense, the books and records of the authority at any time during its regular business hours.
(Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-1 - Municipalities Declared Bodies Politic and Corporate; Seal Generally; Name; Powers, Duties, and Authority Generally.

Section 11-40-1
Municipalities declared bodies politic and corporate; seal generally; name; powers, duties, and authority generally.
All municipal organizations now existing in the State of Alabama, whether incorporated under the general laws of the state or by special act of the legislative department of the state government, and now exercising corporate powers or functions and all towns and cities that may hereafter be incorporated under the provisions of this title shall be bodies politic and corporate, using a common seal, which may at any time be changed, and having perpetual succession under the name now used or hereafter assumed as provided in this title, and each under such name as the "City of _____" or "Town of _____," as the case may be, shall sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, or appropriation for any municipal purpose authorized in this title, and the same shall be held, managed, and controlled by the said municipal corporations under the applicable provisions of law contained in this title and all rules, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances that may be required to carry out any or all of the applicable provisions of this title shall be adopted by the several councils thereof. Such municipal corporations shall be invested with the full powers, duties, and authority granted in this title.
(Code 1907, §1046; Code 1923, §1739; Code 1940, T. 37, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-2 - Seal.

Section 11-40-2
Seal.
All cities and towns shall have a seal, in the center of which shall be the words, "city seal" or "town seal," as the case may be, and around the margin the name of the city or town, which shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders or certificates which it may be necessary or proper to authenticate.
(Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-3 - Acquisition of Rights, Power, and Authority Granted.

Section 11-40-3
Acquisition of rights, power, and authority granted.
Affirmative action shall not be necessary for cities and towns to acquire the rights, power, and authority granted in this title. Municipalities shall, however, hold such elections and pass such ordinances and resolutions as are required by this title.
(Code 1907, §1049; Code 1923, §1740; Code 1940, T. 37, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-3.1 - Incorporation and Actions of Certain Municipalities Ratified, Validated, and Confirmed.

Section 11-40-3.1
Incorporation and actions of certain municipalities ratified, validated, and confirmed.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, any municipal corporation that was organized pursuant to the Code of Alabama of 1896, Chapter 94, Article 1, commencing with §2937, prior to the adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that is currently functioning as an active municipality and has been continuously functioning as an active municipality, is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed as a municipality without regard to any possible irregularity in its incorporation and without regard to any attempt to abolish the municipality. Any action of the municipality since its incorporation is ratified, validated, and confirmed.
(Act 2018-247, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-4 - Property Rights, Rights of Action, etc., Preserved and Enforced Notwithstanding Change of Name or Organization.

Section 11-40-4
Property rights, rights of action, etc., preserved and enforced notwithstanding change of name or organization.
Rights of action and rights of property arising before or existing at the time of a change of corporate organization, as directed in this title, shall be enforced against or in favor of such city or town, and all civil actions then pending in favor of or against municipal corporations shall continue to judgment unaffected by this title and shall be enforced in favor of or against such city or town, as the case may be, notwithstanding a change of name or of organization.
(Code 1907, §1050; Code 1923, §1741; Code 1940, T. 37, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-5 - Corporate Limits Not Altered or Affected by Adoption of Code.

Section 11-40-5
Corporate limits not altered or affected by adoption of Code.
The corporate limits of any city or town shall not be altered or affected by the adoption of this Code.
(Code 1907, §1051; Code 1923, §1742; Code 1940, T. 37, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-6 - Municipal Corporations Classified as Cities or Towns; Holding of Election After Change in Government of Municipality.

Section 11-40-6
Municipal corporations classified as cities or towns; holding of election after change in government of municipality.
Municipal corporations now existing or hereafter organized under this title containing 2,000 or more inhabitants shall be called cities. All incorporated municipalities containing less than 2,000 inhabitants shall be called towns. The last census, whether federal or taken as authorized in this title, shall be used in determining the population of a city or town.
At the next election more than four months after the one hundred twentieth day after the first day of the first regular business session of the legislature held next after the publication by the federal government of the regular federal decennial population census for Alabama, if the municipality shows a population which authorizes a change in its government under this title, the proper officers for such a city shall be elected and perform the duties prescribed in this title.
(Code 1907, §1052; Code 1923, §1743; Code 1940, T. 37, §5; Acts 1955, No. 162, p. 408.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-7 - Change of Name.

Section 11-40-7
Change of name.
Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name of the city or town.
(Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-8 - Division of Municipalities Into Wards.

Section 11-40-8
Division of municipalities into wards.
The several councils of cities or towns shall divide such cities or towns into wards having as nearly as may be the same number of inhabitants, the lines thereof conforming to the center of the streets or alleys and being rectangular as far as practicable.
Ward lines, having once been fixed, shall not be changed by the council within three months previous to an election nor within 18 months of the time last established; except, that in the cases where a census showing a population authorizing a change in the form of government shall have been taken or where, within such time, additional territory shall have been annexed to such city or town, such councils shall have the right to create new wards or annex such territory to wards already established.
(Code 1907, §§1062, 1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §§1753, 1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-9 - Continuation of Present Organization.

Section 11-40-9
Continuation of present organization.
The organization of cities and towns existing at the adoption of this Code shall continue until changed in accordance with the provisions of this Code or some subsequent statute.
(Code 1923, §1755; Code 1940, T. 37, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-10.1 - Contracts for Certain Law Enforcement Services of Class 6 Municipality.

Section 11-40-10.1
Contracts for certain law enforcement services of Class 6 municipality.
(a) The governing body of a Class 6 municipality may enter into contracts which provide for the police department of the municipality to provide law enforcement services beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, but within the police jurisdiction of the municipality, and may prescribe the conditions under which the services may be rendered. The governing body of the municipality may enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county board, any property owner of a manufacturing or industrial concern, or any property owner within any residential or business area for its police department to render law enforcement services on the terms as may be agreed to by the governing body of a Class 6 municipality and the contracting party or parties.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the governing body of the municipality may not enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county board, any property owner of a manufacturing or industrial concern, or any property owner within any residential or business area for its police department to render law enforcement services to enforce traffic regulations, including speeding and enforcement of speed zones.
(c) When the police department of a Class 6 municipality is operating pursuant to a contract or contracts pursuant to this section on any call beyond the corporate limits, but within the police jurisdiction of the Class 6 municipality, the department shall be deemed to be operating in a governmental capacity and subject to the same liability for injuries as the department would be if the department was otherwise operating within the corporate limits of the Class 6 municipality.
(Act 2001-693, p. 1452, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-11 - When Change in Form of Government Takes Effect.

Section 11-40-11
When change in form of government takes effect.
No change from the mayor-council form of municipal government to the commission form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted.
No change from the commission form of municipal government to the mayor-council form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted. The term of any commissioner which might expire before such date is hereby extended until such date when the form of government changes.
(Acts 1959, No. 71, p. 477.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-12 - Classification of Municipalities.

Section 11-40-12
Classification of municipalities.
(a) There are hereby established eight classes of municipalities based on the population as certified by the 1970 federal decennial census, as authorized by Amendment No. 375, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as follows:
Class 1: All cities with a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more;
Class 2: All cities with a population of not less than 175,000 and not more than 299,999 inhabitants;
Class 3: All cities with a population of not less than 100,000 and not more than 174,999 inhabitants;
Class 4: All cities with a population of not less than 50,000 and not more than 99,999 inhabitants;
Class 5: All cities with a population of not less than 25,000 and not more than 49,999 inhabitants;
Class 6: All cities with a population of not less than 12,000 and not more than 24,999 inhabitants;
Class 7: All cities with a population of not less than 6,000 and not more than 11,999 inhabitants;
Class 8: All cities and towns with a population of 5,999 inhabitants or less.
(b) The Legislature may refer, in the title thereof, to the class or classes of municipalities herein set out, in adopting general laws.
(c) Any municipality incorporated after June 28, 1979, shall be placed in one of the above classes according to the population of the municipality at the time of its incorporation.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-263, p. 402, §§1, 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-13 - Notice Required for Enactment of General Law Applying to Single Municipality.

Section 11-40-13
Notice required for enactment of general law applying to single municipality.
No general law which at the time of its enactment applies to only one municipality of the state shall be enacted unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been given and shown as provided in Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 for special, private, or local laws; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to constitute such law a local law.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-263, p. 402, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-14 - Expense Allowances for Members of Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities; Reimbursement for Expenses Incurred Beyond Corporate Limits.

Section 11-40-14
Expense allowances for members of governing body of Class 1 municipalities; reimbursement for expenses incurred beyond corporate limits.
(a) The council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body an amount of money for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum expense allowance shall be $300.00 per month for each member of the council, except the president or chairman of the council or other governing body who may be given an allowance not to exceed $350.00 per month.
(b) In addition to the authority granted by subsection (a) of this section, the council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census commencing November 15, 1983, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body who was elected for a term commencing in November, 1981, an amount of money in addition to that provided in subsection (a) of this section, for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum additional expense allowance shall be $200.00 per month for each such member of the council. No such additional expense allowance shall be paid to any council member after November 15, 1985.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent any such member of such council or other governing body from being reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by him on or in connection with a trip on municipal business beyond the corporate limits of such municipality, which amount shall not accrue against the monetary amounts provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-188, p. 217, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-15 - Exemption of Incorporated Municipalities and Municipal Boards From Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

Section 11-40-15
Exemption of incorporated municipalities and municipal boards from Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
The incorporated municipalities and incorporated municipal boards of this state shall be exempt from the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, which is codified in sections 35-12-20 through 35-12-48.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-483, p. 801.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-16 - Creation of Enterprise Zones Within Class 1 Cities; Purpose.

Section 11-40-16
Creation of enterprise zones within Class 1 cities; purpose.
(a) The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Class 1 cities are enhanced by the continual encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of private enterprise within this state. That there are certain economically depressed areas in such cities that need particular attention to create new jobs, stimulate economic activity, and attract private sector investment rather than government subsidy to improve the quality of life of their citizens. It is the purpose of this section to encourage new economic activity in these depressed areas of such Class 1 cities by means of reduced taxes and the removal of unnecessary governmental barriers to the production and earning of wages and profits and the creation of economic growth.
(b) In order to further the purposes of this section, Class 1 cities are hereby authorized to create by ordinance one or more specific areas as enterprise zones which the governing body finds are areas of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general economic distress, and, in order to encourage private investment, to promote the creation of jobs within such zones, such Class 1 cities are hereby authorized within such zones to initiate and carry out special programs which include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) A reduction of municipal tax rates, municipal license rates, and/or municipal fees for governmental services within such zones.
(2) An increase in the level or efficiency of public services within the zone including provision for the providing of such services by nongovernment entities.
(3) Reduction, removal, simplification, or other modification of regulatory requirements applying within such zones.
(4) Involvement of private entities, organizations, neighborhood associations, and community groups with such zones, including the provision by such entities of jobs, job training, and technical, financial, and other assistance to employers, employees, and residents of such zones.
(5) Other services or modification of requirements as may be necessary or desirable to qualify for financial assistance to such Class 1 cities or private entities within such zones under any act of the Congress of the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted.
(c) In carrying out any program established in an enterprise zone created hereunder, the governing body of the county in which such Class 1 city is situated, and all agencies of such Class 1 city and county agencies created thereby, and the State of Alabama and all agencies thereof, are hereby authorized to carry out programs which include, but are not limited to, those authorized for such Class 1 cities under the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) above.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-142, p. 150.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-17 - Minimum Monthly Retirement and Survivor's Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-17
Minimum monthly retirement and survivor's benefits in Class 1 municipalities.
In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, shall not be of an amount less than $400.00 per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable on a monthly basis shall not be of an amount less than $160.00 per month.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-227, p. 325, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-17.1 - Class 1 Municipalities Authorized to Grant Pension Benefit Increases to Participants in Former Municipal Pension Plans.

Section 11-40-17.1
Class 1 municipalities authorized to grant pension benefit increases to participants in former municipal pension plans.
The city council of any Class 1 municipality may grant pension plan benefit increases to retired employee participants, and their beneficiaries, in terminated or inactive former pension plans of any Class 1 municipality, provided the increases shall not exceed the increases granted to retired participants in the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System created under Act No. 929, 1951 Regular Session, as amended. The benefit increases may be retroactive but shall be granted only after the city council receives the opinion of a licensed actuary regarding the cost of any increase.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-562, p. 1174. §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-17.2 - Inclusion of Longevity Component in Monthly Salary Used to Calculate Extraordinary Disability Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-17.2
Inclusion of longevity component in monthly salary used to calculate extraordinary disability benefits in Class 1 municipalities.
(a) The Legislature finds that in all Class 1 municipalities some recipients of extraordinary disability benefits awarded prior to May 23, 1977, did not have a longevity component included in the monthly salary used to calculate their extraordinary disability benefit and hereby intends to remedy that omission.
(b) In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951, as amended, all recipients of extraordinary disability benefits whose longevity payment received during the year prior to their disability was not included in the amount of monthly salary used in the calculation of the extraordinary disability benefit shall receive an increase in the monthly benefit of 70 percent of one-twelfth of the total longevity payment received during the year immediately preceding the recipient's disability application. The increase shall apply to future benefits only and no retroactive increase shall be paid.
(Acts 1996, No. 96-549, p. 802, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-18 - Minimum Benefits Under Certain Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief Plans.

Section 11-40-18
Minimum benefits under certain policemen's and firemen's pension and relief plans.
In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen's Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended or codified; the Firemen's Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act No. 307 of the 1943 Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (General Acts of Alabama of 1943, p. 264); the Limited Policemen's Retirement and Relief System provided by Act No. 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts of Alabama of 1955, p. 1067); and Limited Firemen's Pension and Relief System provided by Act No. 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts of Alabama, Special Session 1966, p. 280) shall not be of an amount less than $400.00 per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable on a monthly basis shall not be of an amount less than $160.00 per month.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-642, p. 1028, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 40 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-40-18.1 - Minimum Benefits Under Certain Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief Plans.

Section 11-40-18.1
Minimum benefits under certain policemen's and firemen's pension and relief plans.
Notwithstanding any other laws, in Class 1 municipalities, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen's Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the Legislature, as amended, the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act No. 307 of the 1943 Session of the Legislature, as amended, the Separate Policemen's Retirement and Relief System provided by Act No. 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended, or the Separate Firemen's Pension and Relief System provided by Act No. 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the Legislature, as amended, shall be in an amount not less than five hundred fifty dollars ($550) per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable therefrom on a monthly basis shall be in an amount not less than three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per month.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-658, p. 1271, §1.)