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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-2 - Corporate Powers.

Section 16-53-2
Corporate powers.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell, or, in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining, of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university. The president with the approval of the board shall be authorized to execute any lease, deed, or other instrument of conveyance on behalf of the corporation, without additional approval.
The board of trustees shall have the exclusive authority over and jurisdiction of land, buildings, and other capital improvements now existing on or hereinafter provided for such campus. No contract for capital improvements, alterations, remodeling, and changing of capital improvements shall be made without the authorization and approval of the board of trustees, and which approval shall be granted by appropriate resolutions of the body. Any contract, agreement, or other act relating to capital improvements, except for maintenance, repairs, and maintaining existing facilities, shall be void and of no effect unless authorized by resolutions of the board.
All acts of The University of West Alabama lawfully done prior to July 1, 2006, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer, are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §3; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §3; Acts 1990, No. 90-523, p. 763; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-53-4
Board of trustees - Meetings.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-168 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the institution on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Thereafter, the board shall hold quarterly meetings on the first Monday of each third month after the annual meeting, unless the board shall in regular session determine to hold its quarterly meeting at some other time or place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings, the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any eight members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.
The executive committee of the board and other committees of the board shall hold meetings at such times and on such dates as the board of trustees may provide.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §6; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §5; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-53-5
Board of trustees - Quorum.
Seven members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §7; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-6 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-53-6
Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration.
The president shall be elected by the board of trustees and shall have the power and duty to appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require, to remove any instructors or officers, to fix their salaries or compensation, and to define the authority or duty of such instructors or officers. The president may regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to review and concurrence of the board. The president shall further have the duty and authority to prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. The president may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character upon the recommendation of the faculty.
The board may designate one or more depositories for school funds.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §4; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §4; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction; Additional Powers.

Section 16-53-7
Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction; additional powers.
After July 1, 2006, the board of trustees created by this chapter for The University of West Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of The University of West Alabama; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power, and authority with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in, or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management, and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The Board of Trustees of The University of West Alabama retains control of all supplies, funds, books, documents, records, and other property or effects of the university transferred to the board by the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §12; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-7.1 - Board of Trustees - Limitation of Powers.

Section 16-53-7.1
Board of trustees - Limitation of powers.
Repealed by Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
(Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §2)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy in Office.

Section 16-53-8
Board of trustees - Vacancy in office.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during the recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. Such appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-53-9
Board of trustees - Payment of expenses.
Repealed by Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §8; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-10 - Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-53-10
Board of trustees - Reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of their transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-11 - Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, etc., of Trustees Not to Work Forfeiture.

Section 16-53-11
Grant or gift not to fail for informality; default, etc., of trustees not to work forfeiture.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at; nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-53-12
Police officers.
(a) The President of The University of West Alabama may appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university or of any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant; and such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before any proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Livingston and Sumter County and their jurisdictions and authority shall be coextensive within the corporate limits of each municipality or county.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §11; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-1 - Name; Powers Generally.

Section 16-54-1
Name; powers generally.
The school heretofore established at Montevallo as the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, subsequently known as and called the Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, later known as and called the Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women and still later known as and called Alabama College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of University of Montevallo, and by that name may sue and contract, acquire and hold real and personal property and have and exercise all the powers of a corporation established to be a state educational institution of higher learning and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests and titles heretofore at any time vested in said institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority or functions of the corporation provided for in this chapter shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever such institution is referred to in the constitution and in the laws of Alabama by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to University of Montevallo.
(School Code 1927, §500; Code 1940, T. 52, §456; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 199, p. 262, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-2 - Board of Trustees.

Section 16-54-2
Board of trustees.
The University of Montevallo shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of the Governor, who shall be president, ex officio, the State Superintendent of Education, ex officio, and 11 other trustees (one from each congressional district, up to one at-large trustee who is not a resident of this state, and, until as otherwise herein provided, a number of trustees from the state-at-large sufficient to bring the number to or keep it at 11). Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Trustees shall be appointed for a term of 12 years. In case of the creation and establishment of an additional congressional district in the state, the state-at-large trustee most recently appointed shall cease automatically to be a trustee from the state-at-large and become for the remainder of the term trustee for the new district. Otherwise, all new appointees, except for a nonresident appointee and the state-at-large appointees, shall be at the time of their appointment, residents of the district for which they are appointed, respectively. All appointments of trustees shall be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in the office of trustee, the Governor shall appoint a successor, who shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature, when the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a trustee, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. A trustee shall be ineligible to be elected by the board of trustees to or otherwise hold any office of the institution where compensation is provided. The trustees are entitled to receive payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees.
(School Code 1927, §501; Code 1940, T. 52, §457; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Act 2021-382, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-3 - Purpose; Mission.

Section 16-54-3
Purpose; mission.
The University of Montevallo is established generally for the purpose of giving therein instructions in the liberal arts and sciences and in technical and professional subjects suitable for both men and women. To that end, departments or subjects of instruction may be established from time to time by the trustees upon the recommendation of the president in accord with the provisions of Section 16-5-6.
The overriding mission of the University of Montevallo, unique in Alabama higher education, is to provide to students from throughout the state an affordable, geographically accessible, "small college" public higher educational experience of high quality with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal studies and with professional programs supported by a broad base of arts and sciences, designed for their intellectual and personal growth in pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible, informed citizenship.
Growing out of that mission and inherent in it are a number of on-going goals which the trustees from time to time may affirm on the basis of recommendations of the president.
The annual objectives of the institution, determined by the president, shall be consistent with the on-going goals and mission of the institution.
(School Code 1927, §502; Code 1940, T. 52, §458; Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, p. 52, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-4 - Degrees and Diplomas.

Section 16-54-4
Degrees and diplomas.
On the advice of the faculty, and with the approval of the trustees, the president may grant and confer diplomas, certificates or degrees (including honorary degrees) upon such students or persons as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the trustees governing this subject.
(School Code 1927, §503; Code 1940, T. 52, §459; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-5 - President.

Section 16-54-5
President.
The trustees shall elect a president for a term to be fixed by them, who shall not be removed during the term for which he or she is elected, except for just cause, which shall be explicitly set forth in writing in the minutes of the proceedings of the trustees and approved by a majority of all the trustees. No person shall be eligible to the office of president unless he or she is a graduate of some college or university of well known high standing, an educator by profession, of good moral character and possessing good business and administrative qualifications. The trustees shall fix the compensation of the president, including such emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office.
(School Code 1927, §504; Code 1940, T. 52, §460; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-6 - Faculty and Staff.

Section 16-54-6
Faculty and staff.
The president, with the advice and consent of the trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all faculty, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors and other necessary teachers, and all staff, including professional and nonprofessional staff. The president, academic vice-president, professors, associate professors, assistant professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the institution. Policies and procedures governing the employment, dismissal, promotion and disciplining of university faculty and staff shall be determined by the trustees.
(School Code 1927, §505; Code 1940, T. 52, §461; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-7 - Secretary of Trustees and University.

Section 16-54-7
Secretary of trustees and university.
The trustees of the university shall elect a secretary, who shall hold office for the term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him or her. The president of the institution may serve in this position at the pleasure of the trustees.
(School Code 1927, §506; Code 1940, T. 52, §462; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-8 - Treasurer - Generally; Bond.

Section 16-54-8
Treasurer - Generally; bond.
The trustees shall elect a treasurer, who shall not be a trustee, who shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the university or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of students in the university or for their use and benefit, and the treasurer shall hold office for the term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees. Before entering upon the duties of the office, the treasurer must give bond in such penalty as the trustees may fix, payable to the University of Montevallo, with conditions that he or she will faithfully receive, safely keep and lawfully pay out, and promptly, fully and fairly account for all moneys or choses in action which may come to him or her by virtue of the office, and the trustees may require a new bond, or an additional bond, whenever they judge that the interest of the university requires it. The business manager or chief financial officer by whatever name appointed by the president may serve in this position at the pleasure of the trustees.
(School Code 1927, §507; Code 1940, T. 52, §463; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-9 - Treasurer - Removal.

Section 16-54-9
Treasurer - Removal.
Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by the office are in danger of being lost, the trustees or president may remove the treasurer from office and take all funds and choses in action belonging to the university or any student therein, and may, in that event, appoint a temporary custodian with bond or security to hold such funds.
(School Code 1927, §508; Code 1940, T. 52, §464; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-10 - Records of Transactions Required.

Section 16-54-10
Records of transactions required.
The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the university who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the university shall keep accounts of their transactions in books to be furnished them by the trustees, which shall at all times be open to the inspection and examination of the president, the trustees or anyone appointed by the trustees thereto; and any person withholding such book or books belonging to the university from the inspection of any officer entitled to examine the same shall be immediately removed from his office or employment by the president or trustees.
(School Code 1927, §509; Code 1940, T. 52, §465; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-11 - Who May Be Admitted.

Section 16-54-11
Who may be admitted.
Any person residing in Alabama, of good character, good health and of sufficient physical and mental development to support the assumption of success in his or her course of study, to be judged by the president or a designee, who shall comply with all the requirements prescribed by the trustees, may be admitted into the university and, upon completing the course of study prescribed at the time of his or her admission, to the satisfaction of the faculty, shall receive the certificate, diploma or degree he or she may have earned. Whenever the accommodations of the university are sufficient to admit more students than apply and are accepted from Alabama, then students from other states or countries may be received and instructed in the university upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the president or trustees.
(School Code 1927, §510; Code 1940, T. 52, §466; Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, p. 52, §2; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-12 - Property Exempt From Taxes; Employees Exempt From Town License Taxes.

Section 16-54-12
Property exempt from taxes; employees exempt from town license taxes.
The property of the university, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state, and from all local assessments. All employees are exempt from the payment of town licenses for their labor while working for this institution.
(School Code 1927, §511; Code 1940, T. 52, §467; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-13 - Student Assistants.

Section 16-54-13
Student assistants.
As far as may be practicable, students in the university may be employed in giving assistance in any department of work of the university to enable them to obtain instruction therein, but students shall be employed only in cases and to the extent that they may be able to render efficient service without injury to themselves or to the university.
(School Code 1927, §512; Code 1940, T. 52, §468; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-13.1 - Employment, Powers, and Duties of University Police Officers.

Section 16-54-13.1
Employment, powers, and duties of university police officers.
(a) The President of the University of Montevallo, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest municipal or district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant. Such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university who are charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, may furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Montevallo and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-356, p. 689, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-13.2 - Enforcement of Fire Protection and Prevention Laws, etc., by Fire Marshal.

Section 16-54-13.2
Enforcement of fire protection and prevention laws, etc., by Fire Marshal.
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall have exclusive authority to enforce laws, regulations, and ordinances of the state as specified in Section 36-19-2, at the University of Montevallo. These responsibilities shall be performed by the State Fire Marshal or by deputies regularly employed pursuant to the state Merit System acting with the designation and under the direct supervision of the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal may appoint the Chief of Police and the Director of the Physical Plant of the University of Montevallo as deputies or assistants for the purpose of this section.
(b) This section may not be construed to change the responsibility of the regularly established municipal fire authority to provide fire suppression services on the same basis to all institutions, businesses, and residences within the incorporated limits of the applicable municipality.
(Act 2002-513, p. 1322, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-14 - Grants and Rights Preserved.

Section 16-54-14
Grants and rights preserved.
All rights of property and action which may have accrued to the university before October 1, 1927 are confirmed and preserved, including the right to permit alumni and friends to establish such corporate entities as an alumni association and a University of Montevallo Foundation, which may be staffed by and housed at the university, and no grant or gift of any valuable thing or right shall fail by reason of a mistake in the name of this corporation or college; provided, that the intention to grant or give to the institute may be derived from the words used in designating the beneficiary or grantee. All rights, powers and remedies granted in and by an act to create and establish an industrial school in the State of Alabama, approved February 21, 1893, and any act amendatory thereof, are confirmed and preserved for the University of Montevallo.
(School Code 1927, §513; Code 1940, T. 52, §469; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-15 - Condemnation of Lands or Interests Therein.

Section 16-54-15
Condemnation of lands or interests therein.
Whenever the University of Montevallo needs any land or interest therein near the university for its purposes, and the owner thereof is a minor or an insane person, or refuses to sell the land to the state for the use of the university, or will not agree with the board of trustees or the president on a price therefor, the trustees shall have authority to institute in the probate court of Shelby County proceedings in the name of the State of Alabama, to condemn such land, which proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be possible in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 18. It shall be the duty of the trustees to pay out of the funds of the university all costs of every condemnation proceeding instituted by them under the power hereby conferred.
(School Code 1927, §514; Code 1940, T. 52, §470; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-16 - Lease or Disposal of Lands, Including Lands Received by Federal Grant; Proceeds to Be Paid Into Restricted Endowment.

Section 16-54-16
Lease or disposal of lands, including lands received by federal grant; proceeds to be paid into restricted endowment.
The lands now owned by the University of Montevallo or granted by the United States or by the Congress of the United States to the State of Alabama for the use of this institution, shall be leased, sold, conveyed or disposed of only by the board of trustees; provided, that the board of trustees may delegate to its executive committee of three or more of its members the right and power to lease or sell any of said lands, and when any lease or sale shall have been made as herein provided, the Governor, upon request of the board of trustees, or its executive committee, as the case may be, shall execute contracts of lease or deeds of conveyance as may have been agreed on between the board or its executive committee and the lessee or purchaser. All the proceeds arising from the sale, rental or lease of federally granted lands, or any of the rights thereunto pertaining shall be paid into the University of Montevallo restricted endowment, it being the purpose and intent of the university to preserve the principal amount generated by these lands. Any income generated by the University of Montevallo restricted endowment shall be used for the support and maintenance of the university.
(School Code 1927, §516; Code 1940, T. 52, §471; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-570, p. 882, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo. › Section 16-54-17 - Disposition of Proceeds and Income From Sale or Lease of Nonfederally Granted Lands.

Section 16-54-17
Disposition of proceeds and income from sale or lease of nonfederally granted lands.
Unless otherwise restricted, the proceeds of all nonfederally granted lands sold or leased by the University of Montevallo, or income therefrom, shall be paid to the University of Montevallo and budgeted and expended by the board of trustees for the benefit of the university. The university, out of the money appropriated by the state Legislature for its maintenance, shall pay all the expenses of caring for, protecting, and selling the lands.
(School Code 1927, §517; Code 1940, T. 52, §472; Acts 1979, No. 79-225, p. 342, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-570, p. 882, §1; Act 2012-511, p. 1527, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-1 - Governor, State Superintendent of Education and Trustees Constituted Public Body Corporate.

Section 16-55-1
Governor, State Superintendent of Education and trustees constituted public body corporate.
The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed from the senatorial districts of the state enumerated in Section 16-55-2, are constituted a public body corporate under the name of University of South Alabama to carry into effect the purposes expressed in this article and to establish a state institution of higher learning.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-2 - Board of Trustees - Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Compensation and Expenses.

Section 16-55-2
Board of trustees - Appointment; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses.
The board of trustees shall consist of three members from Mobile County, five members from the state at large, two members from the United States at large, the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board, and one each from each of the following state senatorial districts, or combinations thereof, as those districts existed in 1963: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Districts comprising Monroe and Wilcox Counties and Butler, Conecuh, and Covington Counties, respectively; Nineteenth and Twentieth Districts comprising Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington Counties and Marengo and Sumter Counties, respectively; Twenty-first District comprising Baldwin and Escambia Counties; Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, and Thirtieth Districts comprising Dale and Geneva Counties, Coffee and Crenshaw Counties, and Dallas and Lowndes Counties, respectively; and the Thirty-fifth District comprising Henry and Houston Counties. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, and all appointees appointed on and after June 1, 2014, shall hold office for a term of six years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. Any trustee appointed to serve a 12-year term before June 1, 2014, shall continue to serve for the remainder of that term. As terms expire after that date, appointments to fill positions on the board shall be for six-year terms. The board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal as may be, so that one third may be chosen as provided in Section 16-55-5. Vacancies occurring in the office of trustee from death or resignation, and the vacancies regularly occurring by expiration of the term shall be filled by the Governor, and the appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature. Successors to those trustees whose terms expire during an interim shall hold office for the full term unless they are rejected by the Senate. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as a trustee.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §2; Acts 1965, No. 557, p. 1041, §1; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-3 - Board of Trustees - Rights, Privileges and Authority.

Section 16-55-3
Board of trustees - Rights, privileges and authority.
The Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama shall have all the rights, privileges and authority necessary to promote the purpose of its creation, which is to establish and provide for the maintenance and operation of a state university in Mobile County. The board may hold, lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, as to it may seem best for the purposes of the institution, and sales of property, real or personal, may be made at any time by the trustees.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-4 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-55-4
Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration.
The board of trustees shall have the power to organize the institution by appointment of instructors and faculty members and such executive and administrative officers and employees as may be necessary to operate the university; the trustees may remove any officers, faculty members or employees of the institution in their discretion and shall have the power and authority to fix salaries or compensation, increase or reduce the same at their discretion, to regulate, alter or modify the government of the institution as they may consider advisable. The trustees may prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees, confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of like character; and they may do whatever else they may consider in the best interest of the institution.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-5 - Board of Trustees - Trustees Divided Into Classes; Initial Terms.

Section 16-55-5
Board of trustees - Trustees divided into classes; initial terms.
The trustees of the University of South Alabama, other than the ex officio members of the board, shall be grouped into three classes as provided in Section 16-55-2. The members constituting the first class shall first be appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1965; the members of the second class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1969; and the members of the third class shall be first appointed for terms expiring September 30, 1973. Their successors shall initially be appointed for terms of 12 years each. Commencing on June 1, 2014, successors shall be appointed for terms of six years each.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §5; Acts 1965, No. 557, p. 1041, §1; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-6 - Board of Trustees - Quorum; Meetings.

Section 16-55-6
Board of trustees - Quorum; meetings.
Seven members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. The board shall hold a regular annual meeting each year at the university on the first Monday in June, unless the board, in regular session, shall determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: Special meetings may be called by the chair pro tempore of the board or the Governor by written notice mailed to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting; and a special meeting shall be called by the chair pro tempore or the Governor upon application in writing of any three or more members of the board. No special meeting shall be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the date of the chair pro tempore's or the Governor's notice of the meeting, except in case of emergency, which the chair pro tempore or the Governor shall specify in his or her notice to the trustees.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §6; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-6.1 - Board of Trustees - Participation in Meetings by Electronic Communications.

Section 16-55-6.1
Board of trustees - Participation in meetings by electronic communications.
Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Alabama may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act, and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
(Act 2012-264, p. 510, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-7 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Distribution.

Section 16-55-7
Scholarships to school of nursing - Distribution.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-8 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-55-8
Scholarships to school of nursing - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of South Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-9 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-55-9
Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this article shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. In the event of the scholarship recipient's death, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. In the event the scholarship recipient becomes mentally or physically impaired and is unable to complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing, or has graduated but is unable to complete one year of service as a nurse due to such disability, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the School of Nursing of the University of South Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 2302, p. 3714, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-55-10 - Police Officers.

Section 16-55-10
Police officers.
(a) The President of the University of South Alabama may appoint and employ suitable persons to serve as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. An officer may eject trespassers from university buildings and grounds owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the university. An officer may arrest any person for any offense provided by law and shall transport the offender to the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offense.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the Municipalities of Mobile and Fairhope, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive within the police jurisdictions of those municipalities.
(c) Any police officer appointed pursuant to this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state. The primary duty of the police officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the university. A police officer may not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except:
(1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of the institution.
(2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his or her presence or within the boundaries of property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the institution.
(d) The provisions of this section or Section 16-22-1, granting authority to a police officer at this institution of higher education, are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to police officers by law, and this section is to be considered cumulative.
(e) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any person appointed under this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations.
(Act 2012-211, p. 376, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy. › Section 16-55-20 - Declaration of Legislative Findings.

Section 16-55-20
Declaration of legislative findings.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy. › Section 16-55-21 - Creation.

Section 16-55-21
Creation.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy. › Section 16-55-22 - Selection of Participants.

Section 16-55-22
Selection of participants.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy. › Section 16-55-23 - Eligibility Criteria.

Section 16-55-23
Eligibility criteria.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 55 - University of South Alabama. › Article 2 - Alabama High School Legislative Leadership Academy. › Section 16-55-24 - Provision of Room and Board, Food, and Supplies; Transportation.

Section 16-55-24
Provision of room and board, food, and supplies; transportation.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-688, p. 1322, §5.)