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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 62 - Municipal Special Health Care Facility Authorities. › Section 11-62-21 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-62-21
Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any authority might otherwise have under any laws of the state, and the provisions of this chapter are cumulative to any such powers.
This chapter does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws. However, the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations of any authority under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law of the state generally applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations by other public corporations organized under the laws of the state.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-332, p. 506, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 63 - Financial Assistance for Certain Public Corporations. › Section 11-63-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-63-1
Definitions.
The words and phrases hereinafter defined, wherever used in this chapter, shall be deemed to have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section.
(1) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama.
(2) RELATED PUBLIC CORPORATION. Such term, when used with respect to a municipality, means and includes each of the following:
a. A public corporation organized pursuant to an Alabama statute that requires all the directors of such corporation to be elected by the governing body of the municipality; or
b. A public corporation organized pursuant to an Alabama statute that requires that at least one-half of the directors of such corporation be elected by the governing body of the municipality and that any directors thereof other than those elected by the governing body of the municipality be appointed by the Governor of Alabama.
(3) SECURITIES. Bonds, warrants, notes, and certificates of indebtedness or any of them.
(4) MUNICIPAL SECURITIES. Securities issued by a municipality pursuant to authorization in this chapter.
(5) CORPORATION SECURITIES. Securities heretofore or hereafter issued by a related public corporation.
(6) MUNICIPAL REVENUES. Such term means and includes any one or more of the items of tax proceeds and other revenues that a municipality is authorized to pledge for its bonds under the provisions of Section 11-81-16.
(7) CODE. The Code of Alabama, 1975.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-757, p. 1348, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 63 - Financial Assistance for Certain Public Corporations. › Section 11-63-2 - Loans, Grants, etc., of Property, Payment of Principal or Interest on Outstanding Bonds and Securities, etc., by Municipalities for Assistance of Related Public Corporations Authorized Generally; Issuance of Bonds by Municipalities to Provide Moneys for Loans, Payments, etc., Generally; Creation of Irrevocable Trust Funds for Payment of Corporate Securities.

Section 11-63-2
Loans, grants, etc., of property, payment of principal or interest on outstanding bonds and securities, etc., by municipalities for assistance of related public corporations authorized generally; issuance of bonds by municipalities to provide moneys for loans, payments, etc., generally; creation of irrevocable trust funds for payment of corporate securities.
(a) In addition to all other powers that a municipality may have with respect to a related public corporation, any municipality may, with or without consideration and on such terms as its governing body may deem advisable:
(1) Lend or donate money to, or perform services for the benefit of, a related public corporation;
(2) Donate, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to a related public corporation any property of any kind;
(3) Pay, or provide for the payment of, the principal of or interest on any then outstanding bonds or other securities theretofore issued by a related public corporation, whether or not such principal and interest shall have then matured, and any premium that may be payable upon redemption of any such bonds or other securities that may be called for redemption prior to maturity; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to authorize any municipality to lend its credit or to grant public money or thing of value in aid of or to any individual, association, or corporation in violation of Section 94 of the Constitution of Alabama, as amended.
Any municipality shall have the power to issue securities of the municipality in order to provide moneys to make any loan, donation, or payment provided for in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection.
(b) The municipality shall have the power to provide for payment of such corporation securities by irrevocable trust fund created by agreement between the municipality and a bank or trust company.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-757, p. 1348, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 63 - Financial Assistance for Certain Public Corporations. › Section 11-63-3 - Form, Terms, Denominations, etc., of Securities Issued by Municipalities Generally; Sale, Execution, Delivery and Refunding Thereof; Security for Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-63-3
Form, terms, denominations, etc., of securities issued by municipalities generally; sale, execution, delivery and refunding thereof; security for payment of principal and interest.
(a) Any securities issued by a municipality pursuant to authorization in Section 11-63-2 may be either general obligations of the municipality or special obligations of the municipality payable solely from a specified source or sources, which source or sources may include any municipal revenues, or portions thereof, which the municipality may lawfully use for such purpose. Such municipality may pledge for payment of the principal of and interest on any such municipal securities that are general obligations any municipal revenues that may lawfully be used for such purpose and may pledge for the benefit of any such special obligations issued by it so much as may be necessary for said payment of the municipal revenues from which the said special obligations are made payable.
(b) Any such municipal securities shall be in such form or forms and denomination or denominations, may bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner and may have such maturities of principal all as may be provided by ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the issuing municipality; provided, that (1) any such municipal securities that are payable solely from municipal revenues of the character referred to in subdivision (4) of Section 11-81-16, shall not have a maturity date later than 50 years after their date and (2) any such municipal securities other than those described in clause (1) of this sentence shall not have a maturity date later than 30 years after their date. Any securities issued pursuant to this chapter shall be made subject to redemption prior to maturity to the extent required by the provisions of Chapter 82 of Title 11 and any such securities shall also be subject to, and shall be issued in accordance with, the applicable provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 81 of said title, except that the maturities of any securities issued hereunder, the sources of the payment thereof, and the pledges that may be made therefor shall be as herein specifically provided.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-757, p. 1348, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 63 - Financial Assistance for Certain Public Corporations. › Section 11-63-4 - Disposition of Proceeds From Municipal Securities; Limitation as to Aggregate Principal Amount of Securities to Be Issued.

Section 11-63-4
Disposition of proceeds from municipal securities; limitation as to aggregate principal amount of securities to be issued.
(a) The proceeds of any securities issued by a municipality for the purpose referred to in clause (3) of subsection (a) of Section 11-63-2 may be applied for payment of principal, interest, and redemption premium with respect to the corporation securities to be paid from such proceeds and the expenses of issuing such municipal securities.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of any such municipal securities may not exceed the total of (1) the then outstanding principal amount of the corporation securities for payment of which such municipal securities are to be issued, (2) the interest accrued or to accrue to the respective maturities of such corporation securities or, in the case of any of the corporation securities to be called for redemption, whether on the earliest date on which under their terms they may be redeemed or on some later date or dates, the interest, accrued or to accrue, on such corporation securities to the date or dates on which they are to be redeemed, (3) the amount of any redemption premium required, by the terms of any corporation securities to be so redeemed, to be paid as a condition to their redemption prior to their respective maturities and (4) the amount of the expenses of the issuance of such municipal securities.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-757, p. 1348, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-64-1
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(1) CONDITIONS OF A GRANT. The terms and conditions upon which a grant is made by a donor.
(2) DONOR. The United States, or the state, or any county in the state or any municipality or any department, division, board, bureau, institution, or agency of any of the foregoing, or any person, firm, or corporation, institution, foundation or other agency or any combination of any two or more such donors.
(3) GOVERNING BODY. The council, commission, board of directors, or other group or body which governs, controls, or makes decisions for a grantee.
(4) GRANT. Any gift, grant, appropriation, donation, or advance by any donor, whether absolute or conditional, for any purpose.
(5) GRANTEE. Any municipality, or any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of any municipality, whether incorporated or not, acting on behalf of the municipality, or any public corporation, to which a grant is to be made.
(6) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town incorporated under the laws of the state.
(7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any board, authority, or other municipal public corporation incorporated with the approval of, or more than one of the directors of which are elected or appointed by, the governing body of, a municipality. A city board of education shall be considered a public corporation within the meaning of this chapter.
(8) SECURITIES. One or more bonds, notes, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness of a municipality or public corporation.
(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-2 - Power and Authority of Grantees.

Section 11-64-2
Power and authority of grantees.
Each grantee shall have the power, and, when approved by its governing body, the authority, to do or perform any one or more of the following:
(1) To apply to any donor for a grant and to pay the expenses involved in making such application;
(2) To accept and receive grants from any donor;
(3) To expend or apply the proceeds of any grant for the purpose or purposes for which the same is made;
(4) To agree to comply with the conditions of the grant;
(5) To pay over or donate or loan to any board, authority or agency of the grantee, or to any municipality, or to any public corporation, or to any county or counties in the state or to the state, or to any board, bureau, authority, institution, or agency of the grantee, or of such public corporation, or of such county or counties, or of the state or to any person, firm, or corporation, any grant proceeds authorized or permitted to be so paid over, donated or loaned by the conditions of the grant.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-3 - Power and Authority of Municipalities and Public Corporations.

Section 11-64-3
Power and authority of municipalities and public corporations.
Each municipality and each public corporation shall have the power and, when approved by its governing body, the authority, to do or perform any one or more of the following:
(1) To anticipate the receipt of any grant either by loan or by assignment or both; to issue securities to evidence such loan or assignment; to make such securities the general obligation indebtedness of the issuer or the obligation of the issuer limited or restricted as to source of payment and security to all or a portion of the proceeds of the grant or to any revenue, receipts, or income or any special tax or license of the issuer, or any one or more thereof.
(2) To pledge to the holders of any securities issued pursuant to this chapter the full faith and credit of the issuer and in addition to, or instead of such pledge, to pledge and grant a security interest in all or a portion of the proceeds of the grant or any revenue, receipts, or income or any special tax or license of the issuer, or any one or more thereof; or to mortgage or grant a security interest in any property of the issuer as security for any such securities, as the governing body of the issuer may determine.
(3) To pledge, assign, and grant a security interest in all or any part of the proceeds of any grant to the holders of any securities issued by the municipality or the public corporation for any lawful purpose under the authority of any law other than this chapter.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-4 - Securities; Maturity; Total Principal Amount; Denomination and Tenor; Execution; Coupons for Interest.

Section 11-64-4
Securities; maturity; total principal amount; denomination and tenor; execution; coupons for interest.
Securities issued under the authority of this chapter shall mature at such time or times as the governing body of the issuer shall determine, not later than the date on which the last installment of the grant is reasonably expected to be received. The total principal amount of securities which may be issued in respect of a grant shall not exceed the reasonably estimated proceeds of the grant. The determination of the governing body of the issuer of the date on which the last installment of the grant will be received and the amounts of the proceeds of any grant to be received shall be conclusive. Securities issued under the authority of this chapter shall be of such denomination and tenor, shall contain such covenants and restrictions and provisions and shall be payable at such place or places, within or without the state, as the governing body of the issuer shall determine. Such securities shall be executed in the name of the issuer by such officer as such governing body shall designate and attested by such other officer thereof as such governing body shall designate, with the seal of the issuer impressed thereon, but coupons for interest, if interest is evidenced by coupons, need be signed only by the officer who executes the securities. Execution by facsimile signature and seal in the manner authorized by law for bonds of a municipality may be authorized by the governing body.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-5 - Exemption of Securities From Taxation.

Section 11-64-5
Exemption of securities from taxation.
All securities issued by authority of this chapter and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation in the state.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-6 - Investment Status of Securities.

Section 11-64-6
Investment status of securities.
Securities issued under the authority of this chapter shall be securities in which the state, the grantee, all counties and political subdivisions of the state, their officers, boards, departments, or agencies and all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies and insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in securities issued by a municipality, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 64 - Securities Issued in Anticipation of Grants. › Section 11-64-7 - Additional Authority; Chapter Not to Repeal, Restrict, or Modify Any Law.

Section 11-64-7
Additional authority; chapter not to repeal, restrict or modify any law.
This chapter is intended to grant additional authority to grantees, municipalities and public corporations and shall not be considered to repeal, restrict or modify any law now in effect or hereafter enacted.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-798, p. 1403, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-8 - Officers of Commission.

Section 11-65-8
Officers of commission.
The officers of a commission shall consist of a chairman, vice-chairman, executive secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as the commission shall deem necessary or appropriate. The chairman and vice-chairman of a commission shall be elected by the commission from the membership thereof. The executive secretary shall be appointed as provided in Section 11-65-10. A commission may appoint the principal financial officer of the sponsoring municipality as the treasurer of such commission or it may appoint its executive secretary as treasurer and combine the duties of the two offices, or it may appoint and employ a treasurer as provided in Section 11-65-10.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §8; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-11 - Qualifications of Commission Employees.

Section 11-65-11
Qualifications of commission employees.
Each appointed officer and each employee of a commission shall be of good moral character and shall never have been convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude. As a condition of employment by a commission, each employee shall make and submit to such commission an affidavit confirming his or her qualifications, as set forth in the preceding sentence, to be an employee of such commission, which affidavit shall constitute a part of the permanent personnel records of such commission. Any employee of a commission who in such affidavit intentionally makes a false statement of material fact or intentionally fails to disclose any information necessary to make any statement of material fact made therein not misleading shall be guilty of perjury and shall be subject to prosecution and punishment therefor in the same manner as if he had committed perjury as a witness in open court.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-12 - Review of Commission Action.

Section 11-65-12
Review of commission action.
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a commission to issue any license or permit, or the suspension or revocation of a license or permit, the imposition of a fine, the disapproval of a contract, or any other action or failure of action by the commission, may, within 60 days of such action or failure of action, appeal to the circuit court of the host county. If such court finds that the action of such commission, or its failure to take action, was arbitrary, unreasonable, or contrary to the provisions of this chapter, it shall order the issuance or reinstatement of such license or permit, the abatement of such fine, the approval of such contract, or such other remedial action as it deems appropriate in the circumstances. The decision of such court shall be subject to appeal as in other cases at law.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §12; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-13 - Request for Injunctions Authorized.

Section 11-65-13
Request for injunctions authorized.
Whenever it appears to a commission that any person has been violating or may violate any provision of this chapter or any reasonable rule or regulation or final decision of such commission, it may apply to the circuit court of the host county for an injunction against such person. The order granting or refusing such injunction shall be subject to appeal as in other cases in equity.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-21 - Suspension or Revocation of License.

Section 11-65-21
Suspension or revocation of license.
A commission may suspend or revoke any license or fine the holder thereof not to exceed $5,000.00 after hearing with 15 days' notice in any case where it has reason to believe that any regulation of the commission has not been complied with or has been violated. Annually, each commission shall review the performance of each licensee for compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of such commission. Deliberations of a commission under this section may be conducted in executive session, unless otherwise requested by the licensee. If any such license is suspended or revoked, the commission shall state its reason for doing so, which shall be entered of record. Such action shall be final unless appealed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-23 - Permits Required for Certain Individuals and Companies.

Section 11-65-23
Permits required for certain individuals and companies.
No person, firm, corporation, or partnership shall participate in any horse racing or greyhound racing subject to the jurisdiction of a commission or in the conduct of any racing event or pari-mutuel wagering thereon, whether as a horse owner, greyhound owner, trainer, jockey, exercise boy, groom, stable foreman, kennel foreman, valet, veterinarian, agent, pari-mutuel employee, concessionaire, or employee thereof, or as an employee of the operator, or enter the racetrack enclosure for either horse racing or greyhound racing in any capacity other than as a spectator, unless such person or the firm, corporation or partnership employing such person possesses a permit therefor from the commission and complies with the provisions of this chapter and all reasonable rules and regulations of such commission. No permit issued under this section shall be transferable.
The provisions of this section which require a concessionaire (other than the operator) to obtain a permit from the commission in order to operate a business selling food, beverages, souvenirs or other merchandise to persons attending racing events shall not be construed to permit the commission to charge a concessionaire any license or permit fees measured by its gross revenues or to derive any economic benefit from the operations of such concessionaires other than the permit fees authorized by Section 11-65-24, it being expressly provided that the horse racing facility licensee and the operators for each racing facility shall have the exclusive rights (as they may by contract allocate such rights among themselves) to determine the business conditions under which concessionaires shall operate at racing facilities under the jurisdiction of the commission and to retain all moneys (except for the commission's permit fee as aforesaid) which any concessionaire is willing to pay for the privilege of conducting business at such racing facilities.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §23; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-24 - Application for Permit.

Section 11-65-24
Application for permit.
Any person, firm, corporation, or partnership desiring to obtain a permit as required by this chapter shall make application therefor on a form prescribed by the appropriate commission. Each individual applicant and each principal of any firm, chief executive officer of any corporation, and managing partner of any partnership applying for a permit for such firm, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, shall be photographed and fingerprinted and shall supply such information as such commission may require. All information contained in, or submitted in support of, any application for a permit shall be confirmed by an affidavit of the person or persons making such application, whether such application shall be made on behalf of such person or persons or on behalf of a firm, corporation, or partnership. Any application for a permit made by an individual who seeks to work at a racing facility under the jurisdiction of a commission and any application for a permit made by a firm, corporation, or partnership that seeks to provide services or sell merchandise at such racing facility, as the case may be, shall include a statement as to whether such individual, or any owner, principal, officer, director, or partner of such firm, corporation, or partnership, or any employee of such firm, corporation, or partnership who will actually work at such racing facility, has ever been convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude. Any firm, corporation, or partnership which has previously received an effective permit from a commission to provide services or sell merchandise at a racing facility shall, as a condition of maintaining such permit, file with such commission supplemental information (including the statement described in the preceding sentence) concerning any new or additional owners, principals, officers, directors, or partners of such firm, corporation, or partnership, as the case may be, or any new or additional employees thereof who will actually work at such racing facility.
A commission shall be entitled to charge fees for permits according to such schedule as it shall adopt from time to time, and in addition to the fee that it may charge a firm, corporation, or partnership having employees at a racing facility under its jurisdiction, it may charge a separate fee for each individual employee of such firm, corporation, or partnership working at such racing facility; provided, however, that (1) the permit fee for any one firm, corporation, or partnership shall not exceed $1,000.00 in any period of one year and (2) the permit fee for any individual shall not exceed $50.00 in any period of one year, regardless of whether such individual is self-employed or is employed by a firm, corporation, or partnership also paying a permit fee.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-26 - Suspension or Revocation of Permit.

Section 11-65-26
Suspension or revocation of permit.
A commission may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter or fine the holder of such permit not to exceed $1,000.00, after hearing with 15 days' notice to such holder, in any case where it has reason to believe that any provision of this chapter, or any reasonable rule or regulation of the commission, has not been complied with or has been violated. The commission may revoke such permit, after such hearing, if it finds that facts not known by it at the time it considered the application for such permit indicate that such permit should not have been issued. Deliberations of a commission concerning the suspension or revocation of a permit may be conducted in executive session unless otherwise requested by the holder of such permit. If any permit is suspended or revoked, the commission shall state its reasons for so doing and shall enter the same in the permanent records of its proceedings. The suspension or revocation of a permit shall be final unless an appeal is taken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-27 - Licenses Required for Stewards and Judges of Races; Appointment of Stewards and Judges.

Section 11-65-27
Licenses required for stewards and judges of races; appointment of stewards and judges.
Any person desiring to act as a steward for any horse race conducted by a horse racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter must obtain a steward's license from such commission. Likewise, any person desiring to act as a judge for any greyhound race conducted by a greyhound racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter must obtain a judge's license from such commission. Each commission shall require each applicant for a steward's license or a judge's license, as the case may be, to pass one or more examinations on matters relating to the duties of stewards or judges. Such examinations shall be prepared and administered in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the commission. The commission may establish other requirements, in addition to successful completion of such examinations, which must be met by any applicant in order to obtain a steward's license or a judge's license, as the case may be, including, without limitation, payment of reasonable license fees. Any steward's license or judge's license issued by a commission pursuant to this chapter shall have a term not exceeding two years, provided that the term of any such license may be extended or renewed at the option of the commission.
Three licensed stewards shall be appointed to supervise each program of horse racing conducted by a horse racing operator licensed pursuant to this chapter. Two of such stewards shall be appointed by the commission licensing such operator and one shall be appointed by such operator. Such stewards shall exercise such powers and perform such duties for each program of horse racing as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the licensing commission. The horse racing operator shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the steward whom it shall appoint, and the commission shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the two stewards whom it shall appoint.
Three licensed judges shall be appointed to supervise each program of greyhound racing conducted by a greyhound racing operator licensed pursuant to this chapter. Two of such judges shall be appointed by the commission licensing such operator and one shall be appointed by such operator. Such judges shall exercise such powers and perform such duties for each program of greyhound racing as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the licensing commission. The greyhound racing operator shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the judge whom it shall appoint, and the commission shall pay the wages and other employment costs of the two judges whom it shall appoint.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §27; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-28.1 - Modification of Takeout for All Racing Events.

Section 11-65-28.1
Modification of takeout for all racing events.
In order to provide a uniform takeout for pari-mutuel wagering on racing events that reflects the competitive pressure on pari-mutuel wagering from other forms of gambling in surrounding states, and to enable any racetrack in a Class 1 municipality (a "Class 1 racetrack") to maximize its participation in combined pools with other racetracks both inside and outside the State of Alabama, the Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and desirable to authorize the uniform takeout hereinafter provided for pari-mutuel pools wagered by bettors present at a Class 1 racetrack, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11-65-28 and 40-26A-2, which sections are hereby superseded to the extent that their provisions purport to govern the takeout at a Class 1 racetrack in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Subject to the continued effectiveness of the provisions of Section 11-65-32.1, including particularly those provisions related to adjustment of the takeout for combined pools, the total takeout allowed to the racing operator of a Class 1 racetrack for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on live horse or greyhound racing events conducted at such racetrack and for all pari-mutuel pools wagered at such racetrack on horse or greyhound racing events conducted elsewhere and received by television at such racetrack, before deducting any state or local wagering taxes or fees, shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount wagered in such pools by bettors present at the Class 1 racetrack, irrespective of the number or combination of racing contestants selected by the bettors.
(Act 98-128, p. 188, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-31 - Purses for Horse Races and Greyhound Races.

Section 11-65-31
Purses for horse races and greyhound races.
From the moneys deposited in pari-mutuel pools for horse races which constitute the "takeout" deducted by a horse racing operator pursuant to Section 11-65-28(b), each horse racing operator shall apply an amount equal to seven percent of its total horse racing handle to provide purse moneys for horse races conducted by such operator. Prior to the commencement of any race meeting, the horse racing operator conducting such meeting shall estimate the amount of its horse racing handle to be derived from such meeting. Based upon such estimate, the horse racing operator shall adopt a schedule providing for a reasonable allocation of purse moneys over the period of the anticipated race meeting. Any such schedule may be amended from time to time during the course of a race meeting if it becomes apparent that the operator's actual horse racing handle for such race meeting will not match its original estimate.
Each horse racing operator shall provide the commission licensing such operator with periodic reports respecting the amounts applied by such operator to provide purse moneys for horse races. If at the close of any race meeting it is determined that the operator conducting such meeting failed to apply an amount equal to seven percent of its horse racing handle for such meeting to provide purse moneys, then any excess shall be deducted from, and any deficiency shall be added to, the amount which such operator shall be required to provide as purse moneys for horse races conducted as part of its next succeeding race meeting.
The amount of purses to be paid with respect to greyhound races conducted by any greyhound racing operator shall be determined by such operator through negotiation with the kennel owners providing the greyhounds for such races. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require, or to permit the commission by regulation or order to require, any minimum level of purses for greyhound racing, whether based on a percentage of the greyhound racing handle or any other benchmark, or to limit, or to permit the commission by regulation or order to limit, the amount that a greyhound racing operator may agree to pay for such purposes.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §31; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-33 - Racetrack Admission Fee.

Section 11-65-33
Racetrack admission fee.
The governing body of a sponsoring municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct either horse racing or greyhound racing in an amount equal to $.25 on each person paying for admission to any daily performance of horse racing or greyhound racing. The operator may collect the amount of such fee from the ticket purchaser in addition to the amount charged for the ticket of admission. Persons holding valid permits issued by a commission who are actually employed at a racing facility under the jurisdiction of such commission and spectators holding complimentary passes issued by an operator shall be exempt from the admission fee authorized by this section.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §33; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-35 - Concerning Certain Taxes.

Section 11-65-35
Concerning certain taxes.
The state horse wagering fee, the commission horse wagering fee, and any other fees or taxes imposed by this chapter shall constitute all license, privilege, and excise taxes that may be imposed on horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon conducted pursuant to this chapter, and no other license or excise tax may be imposed on such activities by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof. The state dog racing privilege tax, the commission greyhound wagering fee, and any other fees or taxes imposed by this chapter shall constitute all license, privilege, and excise taxes that may be imposed on greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon conducted pursuant to this chapter, and no other license, privilege, or excise tax may be imposed on such activities by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof. Nothing in this chapter, however, shall be construed to confer any exemption with respect to any uniform taxes levied generally on property, income, or business activity, including, without limitation, (1) income taxes levied by the state, (2) occupational taxes levied on wages by a sponsoring municipality or host county, (3) ad valorem taxes levied on any racing facility at the same rates as are applicable to other commercial property having comparable market value, and (4) state and local sales taxes on merchandise sold by operators or their concessionaires at racing events.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §35; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-37 - Conducting Race Without License Prohibited; Wagering on Certain Races Prohibited.

Section 11-65-37
Conducting race without license prohibited; wagering on certain races prohibited.
Any person who, directly or indirectly, holds any horse race or greyhound race without having procured an operator's license as prescribed in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person wagering upon the results of such a race, except in the case of pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an operator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of any of the above misdemeanors in a court of competent jurisdiction, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than $1,000.00, nor more than $10,000.00, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both, such fine and imprisonment to be in the discretion of the court.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §37; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-38 - Disqualification Due to Gambling Activities.

Section 11-65-38
Disqualification due to gambling activities.
No person who engages in the practice of professional gambling on horse races or greyhound races, or in the practice of making gambling or wagering books on such races, or who knowingly takes any part in such practice, shall be eligible as an applicant for any horse racing facility license or any operator's license to conduct horse racing or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon under the provisions of this chapter, or to be connected with such licensed activities in any capacity, and any corporation, partnership, or other entity which has an officer, director, stockholder, partner, or executive or who employs any person who engages in such practices shall likewise be ineligible as a licensee, and each commission is hereby empowered to inquire into such matters in entertaining any such application and otherwise in administering this chapter.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §38; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 65 - Horse Racing and Greyhound Racing in Class 1 Municipalities. › Section 11-65-39 - Tampering With Racing Animals Prohibited.

Section 11-65-39
Tampering with racing animals prohibited.
No person shall influence or have any understanding or connivance with (i) any owner, trainer, jockey, driver, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any stable, horse, or race in which any horse participates, or (ii) any owner, trainer, handler, groom, or other person associated with or interested in any kennel, greyhound or race in which any greyhound participates, to prearrange or predetermine the results of any horse race or greyhound race, nor shall any person stimulate or depress a horse or greyhound, for the purpose of affecting the results of a race, by use of any electrical device or any electrical equipment or by any mechanical or other device not generally accepted as regulation racing equipment, nor shall any person stimulate or depress a horse or greyhound through the administration of any drug or chemical, or knowingly enter any horse or greyhound in any race within a period of 24 hours after any drug or chemical has been administered to such horse or greyhound, for the purpose of increasing or retarding the speed of such horse or greyhound.
No person shall, except for medical purposes, administer any poison, drug, medicine, or other substance to any horse or greyhound entered or about to be entered in any race, or expose such substance to a horse or greyhound with the intent that it be taken, or cause any foreign substance to be taken by or placed upon or in the body of such horse or greyhound, with intent to impede or increase its speed, endurance, health or physical, or mental condition.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or fined not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00 or both, in the discretion of the court.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §39; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §35.)