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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development. › Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority. › Section 11-85-109 - Administrative and Recordkeeping Functions of Authority.

Section 11-85-109
Administrative and recordkeeping functions of authority.
(a) The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Planning and Economic Development Division shall perform the centralized administrative and recordkeeping functions for the authority. ADECA shall ensure that grantees utilize their allocations of grant monies efficiently and effectively as revolving loan funds, pursuant to Sections 41-23-50 and 41-23-51. The grantees shall provide to ADECA all information regarding the disbursements of revolving loan funds, terms and conditions of the revolving loans that are approved, jobs created, and other information deemed necessary by the authority to assess the respective revolving loan programs of the grantees. ADECA shall cause programmatic audits to be conducted on the utilization of revolving loan funds by grantees upon the request of the authority. ADECA shall recommend to the Regional Revolving Loan Policy Committee, defined in Section 41-23-51 a formula relative to the indirect cost of the Planning and Economic Development Division, to provide for the payment of the administrative and oversight requirements of ADECA pursuant hereto. The several regions shall contract with and pay ADECA an amount, at such times as necessary established by the formula agreed upon.
(b) ADECA shall not deduct from the net bond proceeds any administrative costs, service charges, salaries, or fees for the performance of these functions on behalf of the authority.
(c) ADECA shall make grants of equal amounts to the twelve regional planning and development commissions, grantees, from the net proceeds derived from the sale of the authority's bonds within 30 days following the sale of the bonds.
(Act 98-195, p. 338, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development. › Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority. › Section 11-85-110 - Duties of State Treasurer.

Section 11-85-110
Duties of State Treasurer.
Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 11-85-108, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued by the authority under this article, as the principal and interest shall respectively mature, and the State Treasurer is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Act 98-195, p. 338, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 85 - Regional Planning and Development. › Article 6 - Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority. › Section 11-85-111 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 11-85-111
Dissolution of authority.
At any time when no authority bonds or refunding bonds are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the directors of the authority and sworn to by each director before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of the application for dissolution, the authority shall cease to exist. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his or her office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the authority is dissolved, and shall record the certificate with the application for dissolution. Title to all property held in the name of the authority shall be vested in the state upon dissolution of the authority.
(Act 98-195, p. 338, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-1 - Creation.

Section 11-86-1
Creation.
The county commission of any county or the governing body of any municipality with a population of not more than 100,000 according to the most recent federal census may, by resolution or ordinance duly recorded in its minutes, create a recreation board.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-2 - Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, and Compensation of Members; Officers; Adoption of Rules and Regulations.

Section 11-86-2
Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, and compensation of members; officers; adoption of rules and regulations.
Each recreation board shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members selected by the county commission or municipal governing body from residents of the county or municipality who have recognized interest in recreational activities. Members of the recreation board first shall be appointed as follows: One for a term of one year; one for a term of two years; one for a term of three years; one for a term of four years; and one for a term of five years. Any members, in excess of five, shall initially be appointed as follows: The sixth member shall be appointed for a term of one year; the seventh member shall be appointed for a term of two years; the eighth member shall be appointed for a term of three years; and the ninth member shall be appointed for a term of four years. As the terms of members expire, their successors shall be selected for terms of five years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary to serve at its pleasure. The board shall adopt rules and regulations covering the procedures of the board and the use of lands, buildings, equipment, and other facilities under its jurisdiction. Members of the board shall serve without compensation.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-297, p. 369, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-3 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 11-86-3
Powers and duties generally.
The recreation board shall be responsible for the direction, supervision and promotion of such recreation programs as will contribute to the general welfare of the residents of the county or municipality. The board shall have control over all lands, buildings, equipment, and other facilities assigned for recreational purposes to the board by the county commission or municipal governing body or purchased or leased by it from funds provided by the county commission or municipal governing body. The board shall cooperate with other local agencies and state and federal agencies for the purpose of maintaining and improving recreational services and facilities for the county or municipality. The board shall have power to accept financial and other aid and grants from any public or private agency.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-4 - Director of Recreation and Staff.

Section 11-86-4
Director of recreation and staff.
The recreation board may employ a county or municipal director of recreation to be its executive officer. The director, with the approval of the board, shall employ such staff as may be necessary to effect the recreation program determined by the board. The salaries of the director and the staff shall be fixed by the board. The tenure of the director and the staff shall be at the pleasure of the board. Traveling and other expenses of the director and the staff while in performance of their duties shall be provided for by the board.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-5 - Appropriations; Designation, Acquisition, Improvement, etc., of Lands or Buildings for Recreational Purposes; Joint Actions by Counties and Municipalities.

Section 11-86-5
Appropriations; designation, acquisition, improvement, etc., of lands or buildings for recreational purposes; joint actions by counties and municipalities.
The county commission of a county or governing body of a municipality may make appropriations from county or municipal general funds to the recreation board for the support and maintenance of the board, a recreational program and recreational lands, buildings, equipment, and facilities. The county commission or municipal governing body may designate for use as parks, playgrounds and recreation centers and facilities any lands or buildings owned by, leased by, or loaned to the county or municipality. The county commission or municipal governing body may improve and equip or appropriate funds to the board for improving and equipping the lands and buildings for recreational purposes. The county commission or municipal governing body may acquire lands, buildings, and facilities for recreational purposes by means of purchase, lease, loan, gift, or condemnation procedure and shall have power to accept financial and other aid and grants for recreational purposes from any public or private agency. Any county or municipality may join with one or more counties or municipalities in acquiring property for recreational purposes and, through the recreation board, join similarly in the operating and maintaining of playgrounds, parks, and recreation centers and facilities.
Any county or municipality may cooperate with another county or municipality by establishment and maintenance of a joint recreation board.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86 - Recreation Boards. › Section 11-86-6 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-86-6
Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall be construed liberally.
(Acts 1945, No. 350, p. 565, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-86A-1
Definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ARTICLES. The articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation of an authority.
(2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation incorporated or reincorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of an authority.
(4) BOND or BONDS. A bond or bonds issued under this chapter.
(5) COUNTY OF INCORPORATION. The county in which an authority has been or is proposed to be incorporated or reincorporated.
(6) DIRECTORS. The members of the board of directors.
(7) INCORPORATORS. The natural persons filing a written application for the incorporation or reincorporation of an authority pursuant to this chapter.
(8) MUNICIPALITY. Any municipal corporation wholly or partially within the county of incorporation.
(9) PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITY. Any municipality named in the articles that elects to participate in the incorporation or reincorporation of the authority.
(10) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, any person, including, without limitation, a private firm, a private association, a corporation, and a public person.
(11) PROBATE JUDGE. The judge of probate of the county of incorporation of an authority.
(12) PROJECT. Any land and any buildings or other improvements thereon, and all real, personal, and mixed properties deemed by an authority to be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for park or recreation purposes. The determination of an authority that a proposed use is within this definition shall be conclusive.
(13) PUBLIC PERSON. The state and any county, municipal corporation, public corporation, agency, subdivision thereof, instrumentality thereof, or similar person.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-2 - Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent; Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-86A-2
Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of chapter.
(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows:
The Legislature acknowledges the key role of public corporations in the state in promoting public interest and participation in sports, athletics, and recreational activities through acquiring, enlarging, improving, expanding, owning, operating, leasing, and disposing of park and recreation related properties. It has come to the attention of the Legislature that questions have been raised as to the status of certain local park and recreational authorities and boards located in the state. It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the public health and general welfare by exercising its police power to authorize the formation or retroactive validation of independent public corporations created jointly by counties and municipalities, one of which is to be a Class 4 municipality, as defined by Section 11-40-12, having as their general purposes the promotion of park and recreation purposes, facilities, and activities and having the power to issue bonds.
(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in accordance with the foregoing findings of fact and declaration of intent.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-3 - Authorization and Procedure for Incorporation Generally.

Section 11-86A-3
Authorization and procedure for incorporation generally.
Any number of natural persons, not less than three, residing in the county of incorporation may incorporate an authority as provided in this chapter. The incorporators shall file a written application in accordance with Section 11-86A-4.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-4 - Filing of Application for Incorporation With Probate Judge; Contents Thereof; Recordation of Application by Probate Judge; Approval or Disapproval by Governing Body of County of Incorporation and Each Participating Municipality.

Section 11-86A-4
Filing of application for incorporation with probate judge; contents thereof; recordation of application by probate judge; approval or disapproval by governing body of county of incorporation and each participating municipality.
(a) The written application of the incorporators shall be filed with the probate judge, which application shall:
(1) Contain a statement that the incorporators propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to this chapter.
(2) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of the county of incorporation.
(3) Request that the governing body of the county of incorporation and each participating municipality adopt a resolution declaring that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the written application, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record articles in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The application shall include the form of articles of the proposed authority.
(c) The governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality shall review the contents of the application and the accompanying form of articles and shall adopt a resolution to deny the application or to declare that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the form of the articles, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 11-86A-5.
(d) It shall not be necessary that a resolution be published in any newspaper or posted or be offered for more than one reading.
(e) One of the participating municipalities shall be a Class 4 municipality, as defined by Section 11-40-12, which has within 90 days of March 9, 2000, opted by ordinance to be a participating municipality.
(f) No authority may be formed until the application and the resolution have been adopted, and until the requirement of subsection (e) is satisfied.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-5 - Contents, Signing, and Filing of Articles.

Section 11-86A-5
Contents, signing, and filing of articles.
(a) The articles of an authority shall state all of the following:
(1) The names of the incorporators and that each is a resident of the county of incorporation. In addition, one of the incorporators shall also be a Class 4 municipality that has within 90 days of March 9, 2000, opted by ordinance to be a participating municipality.
(2) The name of the authority, which may be a name indicating in a general way the geographic area proposed to be served by the authority and include the words "Park and Recreation Authority" (e.g., "The ___________ Park and Recreation Authority" or "The Park and Recreation Authority of ___________," the blank space to be filled in with a geographically descriptive word or words, but the descriptive word or words shall not preclude the authority from exercising its powers in other geographic areas).
(3) The period of the authority which may be perpetual.
(4) The location of the principal office of the authority, located within the boundaries of the county of incorporation.
(5) That the authority is organized pursuant to this chapter.
(6) The prohibitions, limitations, or conditions of the authority.
(7) A minimum of three directors and the duration of their respective terms of office which may not be in excess of six years.
(8) The manner of appointing directors. The articles may specify that the directors are to be appointed by any of the following:
a. The governing body of the county of incorporation.
b. The governing bodies of the participating municipalities.
c. The individual members of the governing bodies, based upon districts, precincts, place numbers, or another method.
d. The legislative delegation of the county of incorporation.
e. A combination of a. to d., inclusive, as the articles prescribe.
(9) Any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter relating to the dissolution of the authority and the vesting of title to its assets and properties upon dissolution.
(10) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the state.
(b) The articles shall be signed by each of the incorporators.
(c) The authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in its articles upon the filing for record of the articles with the probate judge. The recording of the articles by the probate judge shall be conclusive evidence of the due, legal, and valid incorporation of the authority. The probate judge shall record the articles in an appropriate book in his or her office. There shall be no filing fees or recording taxes due or payable on account of the filing for record of the articles.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-7 - Further Authorization and Procedure for Reincorporation of Existing Park and Recreation Authorities and Boards.

Section 11-86A-7
Further authorization and procedure for reincorporation of existing park and recreation authorities and boards.
A park and recreation authority or park and recreation board incorporated or created prior to or after March 9, 2000, may seek authority to reincorporate pursuant to the procedure established in Section 11-86A-6, if a majority of the board adopts a resolution determining that it would be expedient for the authority or board to reincorporate and at least three members of the authority or board files an application in accordance with Section 11-86A-6.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-8 - Recordation of Articles by Probate Judge; Probate Judge to Receive No Fees in Connection With Incorporation, Reincorporation, Dissolution, etc., of Authority.

Section 11-86A-8
Recordation of articles by probate judge; probate judge to receive no fees in connection with incorporation, reincorporation, dissolution, etc., of authority.
(a) The articles shall be filed with the probate judge. The proposed authority shall constitute a de jure corporation upon acceptance of filing. The acceptance of the articles for filing by the probate judge shall be conclusive of the valid incorporation of a proposed authority or reincorporation of a park and recreation authority or a park and recreation board.
(b) There shall be no fees or taxes paid to or collected by the probate judge for any service rendered or work performed in connection with an authority, its incorporation, reincorporation, amendment, dissolution, or records.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-10 - Members of the Board of Directors; Terms; Meetings; Removal From Office.

Section 11-86A-10
Members of the board of directors; terms; meetings; removal from office.
(a) Except as provided in Section 11-86A-6, the board of directors shall be composed of the number of directors provided for in the articles, appointed as provided in the articles for the terms designated therein.
(b) All directors shall serve until their successors are appointed or until they cease to be qualified. Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled as provided for in the articles, but any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term. In the event any uncertainty arises as to the terms of office of a director, the governing body or person authorized to appoint a director to the board of directors may clarify the term by adoption of an appropriate resolution or by execution of an appropriate certificate.
(c) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but any meeting of the board of directors may be adjourned by a majority of the directors present, or may be adjourned by a single director if the director is the only director present at the meeting. A vacancy in the membership of the board of directors may not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority and may hold other meetings at any time upon notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority, or if the bylaws make no provision for notice as determined by the chair of the board of directors. The board of directors may hold a special meeting upon call of the chair or by a majority of the directors. Any matter on which the board of directors is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special, or called meeting. At the request of a director, the vote on any question before the board of directors may be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the record. All resolutions adopted by the board of directors shall constitute actions of the authority.
(d) A director may be impeached and removed from office only in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
(Act 2000-106; p. 129, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-11 - Amendment of Articles.

Section 11-86A-11
Amendment of articles.
(a) The articles of an authority may be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of directors shall adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles. The amendment shall be fully set forth in the resolution and may include any matters that might have been included in the original articles.
(b) After the adoption by the board of directors of a resolution proposing an amendment to the articles, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file with the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality a written application in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, requesting the county and each participating municipality to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors proposing the amendment to the articles. The county and each participating municipality shall therein review the application and adopt a resolution either denying the application or approving and authorizing the proposed amendment. A resolution need not be published or posted or offered for more than one reading.
(c) Following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by the county commission of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality, the chair and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file in the office of the probate judge a certificate in the name and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of resolutions by the board and by the governing body of the county of incorporation and of each participating municipality and setting forth the proposed amendment. The probate judge shall record the certificate. The amendment shall become effective upon recordation.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-13 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-86A-13
Issuance and sale of bonds.
An authority may sell at public or private sale and issue bonds for the purposes authorized in Section 11-86A-12.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-17 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 11-86A-17
Exemption from usury and interest laws.
An authority shall be exempt from all laws of the state now or hereafter governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including without limitation the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-18 - Exemptions From Taxation.

Section 11-86A-18
Exemptions from taxation.
All properties of an authority, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all bonds and other securities issued by an authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to this chapter and all revenues derived from any such leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to an authority shall be exempt from any and all taxation by any public person, including without limitation license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which an authority may engage. An authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the probate judge in connection with the amendment of its articles or the recording of any document. The gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipping of any park and recreation facility for an authority, regardless of whether such a sale is to an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by a public person; and any property used in the construction and equipping of any park and recreation facility for an authority, regardless of whether the property has been purchased by an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to property by a public person.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-19 - Limited Liability.

Section 11-86A-19
Limited liability.
The recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority or an officer, agent, or employee acting within the line and scope of his or her duties with the authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority shall be limited to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate where more than two persons have claims or judgments on account of bodily injury or death arising out of any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment against an authority shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for damage or loss of property arising out of any single occurrence. No authority shall settle or compromise any claim for bodily injury, death, or property damage for an amount in excess of the amounts hereinabove set forth.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-20 - Transfer of Funds and Assets to Authority.

Section 11-86A-20
Transfer of funds and assets to authority.
Any public person may transfer and convey to an authority, with or without consideration any properties, real, personal, or mixed, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, that may be owned by a public person or that may be jointly owned by any two or more thereof, and any funds owned or controlled by a public person or jointly by any two or more thereof, whether or not the property or funds are considered necessary for the conduct of the governmental or public functions, if any, of a public person. The transfer or conveyance shall be authorized by an ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the governing body of a public person. Any such ordinance or resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 86A - Public Park and Recreation Authorities. › Section 11-86A-21 - Dissolution of Authority; Title to Property of Authority to Vest in County of Incorporation Upon Dissolution of Authority Unless Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-86A-21
Dissolution of authority; title to property of authority to vest in county of incorporation upon dissolution of authority unless otherwise provided.
(a) At any time when no bonds of an authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors recommending dissolution and by the approval of the dissolution by the governing body of the county of incorporation and each participating municipality and the adoption of a resolution to the effect that the county and each participating municipality concur. The resolution need not be published or posted and need not be offered for more than one reading. Upon the dissolution the chair and secretary of the dissolved authority shall execute articles of dissolution reciting that the resolutions have been adopted and that the authority has been dissolved. The articles of dissolution shall be filed with the probate judge, who shall record the dissolution.
(b) Upon dissolution of an authority, title to all its property shall be vested in the public persons in its articles, or if no specification exists, in the county of incorporation.
(Act 2000-106, p. 129, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service. › Section 11-87-1 - Creation, Establishment, etc., Authorized; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Joint Operation.

Section 11-87-1
Creation, establishment, etc., authorized; promulgation of rules and regulations; joint operation.
The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality within such county is hereby authorized to create and establish, maintain and operate ambulance service within the county, or within the municipality, to promote the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the county and municipality and of citizens and others traveling within such county and may make all needful rules and regulations for the control and management of such service.
The governing body of the county and the governing body of any municipality within the county may unite in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the county and of the municipality, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each.
The governing body of any municipality may also unite with the governing body of any other municipality within such county, or together with the governing body of the county, in the establishment of such ambulance service, if deemed expedient, making such service common for the use of the several governments, and may make rules and regulations for the control and management thereof, and shall jointly have the same powers and authority herein conferred upon each.
(Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service. › Section 11-87-2 - Appropriations.

Section 11-87-2
Appropriations.
The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality may appropriate public funds to aid in or to pay for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of such ambulance service.
(Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service. › Section 11-87-3 - Contracts for Services.

Section 11-87-3
Contracts for services.
The governing body of any county or the governing body of any municipality may enter into contracts to provide such ambulance service and may appropriate and pay public funds for such service provided under such contracts.
(Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service. › Section 11-87-4 - Fees.

Section 11-87-4
Fees.
The governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality may fix and establish fees for such ambulance service; provided, that fees and charges for such service shall be limited to an amount necessary to fund the expenses of operating and maintaining such service, which shall not be operated for profit.
(Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 87 - Ambulance Service. › Section 11-87-5 - Chapter Cumulative.

Section 11-87-5
Chapter cumulative.
The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any authority heretofore granted or authorized to any county or any municipality or municipalities for the establishment, maintenance, or operation of ambulance service.
(Acts 1975, No. 878, p. 1736, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-2 - Purpose of Article.

Section 11-88-2
Purpose of article.
This article is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §16; Acts 1965, No. 805, p. 1507; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-5.1 - Ratification of Amendment.

Section 11-88-5.1
Ratification of amendment.
Any action heretofore taken and approved by a majority vote of the board of directors of any water, sewer, or fire protection authority, and found and determined to be true by the governing body of each county in which any part of the said authority's then existing service area lies, providing for an amendment to the authority's certificate of incorporation increasing the number of members of said authority's board of directors, is hereby authorized, ratified, and confirmed regardless of any defects, mistakes, errors, or ambiguities in the authorization thereof or in the provisions of law respecting amendments to certificates of incorporation of water, sewer, and fire protection authorities.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-599, p. 1102, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-9 - Bonds of Authority - Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-88-9
Bonds of authority - Contracts to secure payment of principal and interest.
As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any water system, sewer system or fire protection facility owned by it or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from such system or facility, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this article for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such system or facility will be sufficient to operate such system or facility, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such system or facility and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto.
Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority under this article.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §10; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-10 - Bonds of Authority - Statutory Mortgage Lien to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.

Section 11-88-10
Bonds of authority - Statutory mortgage lien to secure payment of principal and interest.
Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the water systems, sewer systems and fire protection facilities or any thereof (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such water systems, sewer systems and fire protection facilities or any thereof may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such systems and facilities or either, a brief description of such bonds and a declaration that said statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto upon such systems and facilities or either, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive, record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The recording of such notice, as provided in this section, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §11; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-11 - Bonds of Authority - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 11-88-11
Bonds of authority - Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds.
All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including the funding of all or part of any reserve funds which may be required for debt service, replacement and extension or capital improvements, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to:
(1) The fiscal, engineering, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of and security for the bonds, including, without limitation, the charges, premiums or fees in connection with any debt service insurance or letter of credit or other additional security given with respect to its bonds, whether such amounts are to be paid in a lump sum or over a period of time;
(2) Interest on bonds in the case of bonds issued to pay costs of construction or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay construction costs prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction; and
(3) Any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded in the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §12; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-761, p. 232, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-88-12 - Establishment and Revision of Rates, Fees, and Charges for Services Rendered by Authority; Applicability of Provisions of Section to Authority Organized to Construct and Operate Sewer System.

Section 11-88-12
Establishment and revision of rates, fees, and charges for services rendered by authority; applicability of provisions of section to authority organized to construct and operate sewer system.
(a) Rates, fees, and charges for water service, sewer service, and fire protection service rendered by the authority from any of its water systems, sewer systems, or fire protection facilities shall be so fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds at least sufficient to:
(1) Pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, extending and improving the systems and facilities, or either, from which such services are rendered;
(2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued and obligations assumed by the authority that are payable out of the revenues derived from operation of those systems and facilities as the said principal and interest become due and payable;
(3) Create and maintain such reserves for the foregoing purposes or any of them as may be provided in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority under this article or in any resolutions of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds, the assumption of any obligation, or the acquisition of any such system or facility; and
(4) Make such annual payments, if any, to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, municipalities, counties, departments, authorities, agencies, and political subdivisions of the state and any public corporations organized under the laws of the state as the authority may have contracted to make.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any authority organized under this article for the purpose of constructing and operating a sewer system, either separately or in combination with a water system or fire protection facility or both.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 132, §8; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 436, p. 581; Acts 1967, No. 410, p. 1049, §6.)