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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-4 - Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 16-18B-4
Certificate of incorporation.
When the application has been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name proposed in the application and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this article, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the same with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the corporation so organized (which, for convenience, is herein referred to as "the corporation").
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §;4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-5 - Members; Officers; Quorum; Vacancies; Salaries; Record of Proceedings.

Section 16-18B-5
Members; officers; quorum; vacancies; salaries; record of proceedings.
The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the corporation. The Governor shall be the president of the corporation and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary of the corporation. The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the corporation and shall act as custodian of its funds. The members of the corporation shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the corporation, and any three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any of said officials of the state die or should his term of office as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Director of Finance, or State Treasurer expire or should he resign therefrom, his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer and director of the corporation, as the case may be. No member, officer or director of the corporation shall draw any salary, in addition to that now authorized by law, for any service he may render or any duty he may perform in connection with the corporation. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a substantially bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-6 - Powers of Authority.

Section 16-18B-6
Powers of authority.
The corporation shall have the following powers:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;
(5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same;
(6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;
(7) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right;
(8) To sell and issue for the state bonds and refunding bonds as provided in this article;
(9) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require; and
(10) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, state agencies or institutions, or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-7 - Bonds - Issuance and Sale.

Section 16-18B-7
Bonds - Issuance and sale.
The bonds issued pursuant to this article shall not be obligations of said corporation but shall be general obligations of the state with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in the aforesaid constitutional amendment. The bonds may be sold and issued in one or more series at any time and from time to time, may have such series designations, may be in such forms, principal amounts, denominations and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state to be exercised by said corporation on such date or dates prior to their respective maturities and upon payment of such redemption price or prices, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the amendment and this article, all as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution or resolutions pursuant to which the bonds shall be authorized, sold, and issued.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-8 - Bonds - Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest; Records.

Section 16-18B-8
Bonds - Payment of principal, premium, and interest; records.
The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this article, as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-9 - Bonds - Redemption.

Section 16-18B-9
Bonds - Redemption.
The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this article may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the board of directors of said corporation shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. The bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the corporation pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to the amendment and as provided for in this article. The corporation may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to the amendment may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the corporation may prescribe.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-10 - Bonds - Execution; Facsimiles; Validity.

Section 16-18B-10
Bonds - Execution; facsimiles; validity.
The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this article shall be sold by said corporation at public sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the corporation, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on the bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed the bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on the bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of the bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such bonds or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-11 - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund.

Section 16-18B-11
Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund.
The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this article other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by said amendment. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in permitted investments, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this article.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-12 - Use of Proceeds From Bonds.

Section 16-18B-12
Use of proceeds from bonds.
Upon order of the board of directors of the corporation, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by the amendment shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from time to time on the order of said corporation upon the approval of the Director of Finance; provided however, such disbursements shall be used solely for the purpose of acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-14 - Exemption From Taxes; Use of Bonds as Security; Investment of Funds.

Section 16-18B-14
Exemption from taxes; use of bonds as security; investment of funds.
All bonds (including refunding bonds) issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom (including the interest income thereon) shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes. Any bonds issued by the corporation may be used by the holder thereof as security for any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust and other fiduciary funds in bonds of the corporation.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-15 - Contracts to Be in Writing.

Section 16-18B-15
Contracts to be in writing.
All contracts for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences shall be in writing.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-16 - Appropriation and Allocation of Funds.

Section 16-18B-16
Appropriation and allocation of funds.
There is hereby appropriated so much of the bond proceeds and interest income thereon as may be necessary for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping and maintenance of forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences. Moneys in the fund (whether original proceeds from the sale of the bonds or principal proceeds of matured permitted investments) shall be paid out from time to time in orders or warrants issued by or on the direction of the corporation for the purposes specified in this article that may be deemed by the corporation to be most advantageous to the state, and such moneys shall be allocated and expended by the corporation, subject to all the provisions of this article, in the amounts set out as follows:
(1) $10,000,000 to plan, design, inspect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, repair, renovate, and equip the core facility for education, training, scientific research, and highly specialized testing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham-Department of Justice to include the National Institute for Forensic Sciences.
(2) $7,500,000 to plan, design, inspect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, repair, renovate, and equip the core facility for education, training, scientific research, and highly specialized testing at Alabama State University.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-17 - Dissolution of Corporation.

Section 16-18B-17
Dissolution of corporation.
At any time when no bonds of the corporation are outstanding the corporation may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the corporation and which shall be sworn to by each such member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of said application for dissolution, the corporation shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the State of Alabama. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the corporation is dissolved, and shall record the certificate with the application for dissolution.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-18 - Diversity of Corporation.

Section 16-18B-18
Diversity of corporation.
The Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority shall, to the extent possible and practical, utilize businesses and companies in all aspects of the bond and construction sections of this article that reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the state.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority. › Section 16-18B-19 - Exemption From Federal Income Taxation.

Section 16-18B-19
Exemption from federal income taxation.
The corporation on behalf of the state shall have the power to provide for such payments to the United States of America as the directors deem necessary to cause the interest on any bonds to be and remain exempt from federal income taxation. The corporation shall have the power to make agreements respecting the investment of the proceeds of the bonds or other funds of the corporation necessary in order that the interest income on bonds of the corporation be and remain exempt from federal income taxation.
(Act 98-391, p. 771, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-19-1
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings:
(1) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality in the State of Alabama.
(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Any institution of higher learning above the secondary school classification, whether under the control of a separate board of trustees or under the control of the State Board of Education.
(3) EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. Any educational building, educational center, or other structure designed for use by any state educational institution for any educational purpose.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §1; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-2 - Counties and Municipalities Authorized to Make Appropriations and Donations to State Educational Institutions.

Section 16-19-2
Counties and municipalities authorized to make appropriations and donations to state educational institutions.
Any local subdivision shall have the power to make, from time to time, appropriations from any of its funds not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose, to any state educational institution for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs of the acquisition, by construction or otherwise, of an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution; and any local subdivision shall have the power also to donate any of its properties that are not required by law to be used for some other purpose to any state educational institution for use as an educational facility to be owned and operated by such state educational institution, or as a part of such an educational facility.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-3 - Issuance of Warrants Authorized.

Section 16-19-3
Issuance of warrants authorized.
Each local subdivision shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest-bearing warrants of such local subdivision for the purpose of raising funds to pay all or any part of the costs of the acquisition by a state educational institution, by construction or otherwise, of any educational facility. Such warrants shall be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, may bear interest from their date at such rate or rates not exceeding eight percent per annum payable semiannually and evidenced in such manner, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may be sold at such time or times and in such manner, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms and provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, all as the governing body of such local subdivision may provide in the proceedings under which the warrants are authorized to be issued. Such warrants may be issued, at the option of the governing body of the local subdivision issuing such warrants, either:
(1) As general obligations of the local subdivision by which they are issued, in which event the full faith and credit of such local subdivision shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon; or
(2) As limited obligations of such local subdivision payable solely out of the proceeds of a special tax, in which event they shall not be general obligations of the local subdivision by which they are issued and its full faith and credit shall not be pledged therefor.
The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants shall be used solely for the purpose for which they are authorized in said proceedings to be issued.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §3; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-4 - Pledge of Revenues for Payment of Warrants.

Section 16-19-4
Pledge of revenues for payment of warrants.
As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter, the local subdivision issuing such warrants may, in the discretion of its governing body, specially pledge for payment of such principal and interest at their respective maturities the proceeds of any ad valorem, privilege, license, excise or other tax the proceeds of which are subject to the control of such local subdivision and are not required by law to be devoted to some other purpose.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-5 - County General Obligation Warrants to Constitute Preferred Claim; Issuance Deemed Audit and Allowance of Claim.

Section 16-19-5
County general obligation warrants to constitute preferred claim; issuance deemed audit and allowance of claim.
Any general obligation warrants and the interest coupons applicable thereto issued by a county under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute preferred claims against the issuing county, having the same priority, under Section 11-12-15, as interest on bonds. The issuance hereunder of any warrants and interest coupons by a county, pursuant to the authorization by the county commission, shall be deemed to constitute an audit and allowance by such county commission of claims, in the total amount of such warrants and coupons, against such county and against any tax proceeds pledged therefor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and no other audit or allowance of such claims and no proof of registration thereof shall be required.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §5; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 45, p. 2668, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-6 - Provisions of Chapter Control Over Inconsistent Legislation; Section 11-8-10 Inapplicable.

Section 16-19-6
Provisions of chapter control over inconsistent legislation; Section 11-8-10 inapplicable.
Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being hereby declared that the provisions of Section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to warrants issued by any county under the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-7 - Warrants Deemed Issued for Purpose of Constructing, etc., Schoolhouses.

Section 16-19-7
Warrants deemed issued for purpose of constructing, etc., schoolhouses.
Warrants issued by a municipality under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to constitute obligations issued for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing schoolhouses within the meaning of Section 225 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 19 - Local Aid to State Educational Institutions. › Section 16-19-8 - Powers Cumulative.

Section 16-19-8
Powers cumulative.
The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition to all powers conferred upon any local subdivision by any other law.
(Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 140, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-1 - "School Lands" Defined.

Section 16-20-1
"School lands" defined.
"School lands," within the meaning of this chapter, are sections numbered 16, in every township, granted by the United States for the use of schools in the township, and such other lands as may have been granted to any township or district for the use of schools; and all such lands are vested in the state in trust to execute the objects of the grant.
(School Code 1927, §629; Code 1940, T. 52, §560.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-2 - Timber on Reserved Lots Not to Be Injured.

Section 16-20-2
Timber on reserved lots not to be injured.
(a) The lots reserved for timber are for the common benefit of the lessees of the other lots; but no timber shall be cut down, injured or destroyed as long as there is sufficient on the other lots, which the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is to determine; but the lessees must in no case cut down, injure or destroy such timber without permission from said commissioner, which may be given on such terms as he may think proper, having due regard to the interest of the township or district.
(b) Any person who, without authority, cuts down, boxes, injures or destroys any tree on school lands shall forfeit and pay for every such tree the sum of $25.00, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction in the name of the county board of education for the school located in the township in which such lands are located, or the school district in which such lands are located.
(c) All fines and forfeitures under this section shall be paid into the Treasury and added to the credit of the permanent Sixteenth Section Fund of the township.
(School Code 1927, §§637-639; Code 1940, T. 52, §§561-563.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-3 - When Secretary of State Issues Patent.

Section 16-20-3
When Secretary of State issues patent.
The Secretary of State must issue patents, upon satisfactory evidence furnished him of full payment of purchase money to any person, agent or other officer legally authorized to receive such payment; and, upon proof of a mistake in the issue of any patent, he must correct the same or issue a new patent on the return of the original to his office.
(School Code 1927, §645; Code 1940, T. 52, §564.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-4 - Notes Placed With Attorney General for Collection.

Section 16-20-4
Notes placed with Attorney General for collection.
All notes for school lands held by or deposited with the State Superintendent of Education, if not paid within six months after maturity, must be placed with the Attorney General for collection; but this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the State Superintendent of Education from ordering an action on notes at any time after maturity, when so ordered by the sureties on the notes.
(School Code 1927, §647; Code 1940, T. 52, §565.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-5 - State Pledged to Pay Interest on School Land Funds.

Section 16-20-5
State pledged to pay interest on school land funds.
All funds now in the Treasury derived from the sale of sixteenth section or other school lands, or which may hereafter accrue from sale of such lands, together with the redemption money of other lands in which former accumulations have been invested under an act approved March 1, 1881, entitled "An act to authorize the compromise and settlement of claims for school lands in this state," are covered into the Treasury and made available for general purposes, and the faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest on such fund to the public schools of the state, at the rate of six percent per annum.
(School Code 1927, §650; Code 1940, T. 52, §566.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-6 - When Title Acquired by Adverse Possession.

Section 16-20-6
When title acquired by adverse possession.
When a person is in possession of any sixteenth section lands under color of title, and has been in such possession for more than 20 years prior to the first day of May, 1908, and neither the state, nor any department thereof, holds any note, bond, obligation or other contract of anyone for the purchase money of such land, and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance shall so certify, and the Attorney General shall certify that proof of adverse possession, by the person now in possession, or coupled with his predecessor in possession, for 20 years prior to May 1, 1908, under color of title, has been made, which proof is satisfactory to the Attorney General. The Governor must cause a patent to issue to said land under the seal of the state to the person entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if the Attorney General is satisfied with the proof of color of title for 20 years prior to 1908 by the person now in possession or coupled with his predecessors in said color of title, the Attorney General shall not require affidavits of adverse possession for the period prior to 1908, except in cases of boundary line disputes, to establish said adverse possession.
(School Code 1927, §652; Code 1940, T. 52, §567; Acts 1963, No. 421, p. 928, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-7 - Township Lines Abolished.

Section 16-20-7
Township lines abolished.
Township lines for school purposes are abolished; but the inhabitants of no township shall be deprived of the sixteenth section or any fund arising therefrom, or of selling and leasing such lands as provided by law.
(School Code 1927, §654; Code 1940, T. 52, §568.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-8 - Sale of Land Deeded to State for School Purposes - When Authorized; Deeds.

Section 16-20-8
Sale of land deeded to state for school purposes - When authorized; deeds.
Whenever the county board of education of any county shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education that it is to the benefit of the public school interest of such county, or a public school district thereof, for any lands situated in such county or district which have been conveyed to the State of Alabama for school purposes to be sold, particularly describing the same, the Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of such certificate, with approval of the Governor, shall negotiate the sale of such land, either at public or private sale. A deed to the purchaser of such land shall be executed and shall be issued as provided by law.
(School Code 1927, §387; Code 1940, T. 52, §373.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 20 - Lease and Sale of School Lands. › Section 16-20-9 - Sale of Land Deeded to State for School Purposes - Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 16-20-9
Sale of land deeded to state for school purposes - Disposition of proceeds.
The proceeds of any sale of lands made under Section 16-20-8 shall be paid by the State Superintendent of Education to the county custodian of school funds where such land is situated.
(School Code 1927, §388; Code 1940, T. 52, §374.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-21-1 - County May Appropriate Funds for School Libraries.

Section 16-21-1
County may appropriate funds for school libraries.
The county commission or board of education in any county is hereby authorized to appropriate funds to any public school under the control of the county board of education and to any county high school for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, enlarging or improving public libraries in such schools.
(School Code 1927, §391; Code 1940, T. 52, §376.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-21-2 - Library Books and Equipment.

Section 16-21-2
Library books and equipment.
The State Superintendent of Education, with the advice of the Director of the Department of Archives and History, shall compile and publish a carefully selected and annotated list of books from which the libraries herein provided shall be chosen, and he shall also adopt and publish rules and regulations for the choice of books, their use, preservation and circulation, the erection of bookshelves or bookcases, the equipment of library rooms or buildings and the training of librarians or custodians for the libraries. The selection shall be as nearly as possible representative of the whole field of literature, and maximum prices for purchase shall be indicated.
(School Code 1927, §394; Code 1940, T. 52, §377.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-21-3 - Circulating Libraries.

Section 16-21-3
Circulating libraries.
Any county board of education may in lieu of granting separate libraries for each school establish a system of circulating libraries, said libraries to be purchased under the same conditions and in keeping with the plan set out in the previous sections of this chapter by the county superintendent of education. Such circulating libraries shall be available for use in the public schools of the county under rules and regulations prescribed by the county board of education with the approval of the State Board of Education.
(School Code 1927, §397; Code 1940, T. 52, §380.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 2 - Virtual Library. › Section 16-21-31 - Definitions.

Section 16-21-31
Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) AVL. The Alabama Virtual Library. An educational entity that provides a collection of online electronic resources for research, instruction, and general information.
(2) COUNCIL. The Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council.
(Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 2 - Virtual Library. › Section 16-21-33 - Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council.

Section 16-21-33
Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council.
(a) There is created the Alabama Virtual Library Executive Council whose purpose shall be to manage and govern the AVL. The council shall be the collective decision making body for the AVL. The council, representing the five partner agencies, shall determine the vision for future expansion and development of the AVL through strategic planning and implementation that best supports the AVL mission of economy, equity, and excellence to benefit teachers, students, and all Alabama citizens in lifelong learning pursuits.
(b) The council shall be composed of 15 members with each of the following persons having three appointments each:
(1) The Chancellor of Postsecondary Education.
(2) The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
(3) The State Superintendent of the Alabama Department of Education.
(4) The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service.
(5) The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama Supercomputer Authority.
(c) The members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority for a term not to exceed three years. A council member may be reappointed for subsequent three-year terms at the discretion of the appointing agency.
(d) The membership year shall correspond with the fiscal year beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the subsequent year.
(Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 2 - Virtual Library. › Section 16-21-34 - Adoption of Rules; Membership of Council.

Section 16-21-34
Adoption of rules; membership of council.
(a) The council may adopt rules to govern its proceedings according to the Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) The council membership shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of this state.
(Act 2009-575, p. 1687, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 21 - Libraries. › Article 2 - Virtual Library. › Section 16-21-35 - Educational Entity; Funding.

Section 16-21-35
Educational entity; funding.
The Alabama Virtual Library as currently administered is recognized and established as an educational entity for public school students. The Alabama Virtual Library may receive allocations from the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account pursuant to Amendment 709 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
(Act 2004-386, p. 642, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally. › Section 16-22-1 - Police Officers at State Colleges and Universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Employment; Powers and Duties; Nonlethal Weaponry; Certification.

Section 16-22-1
Police officers at state colleges and universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Employment; powers and duties; nonlethal weaponry; certification.
(a) The president or chief executive officer of any state college or university, the president or chief executive officer of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and the presidents or chief executive officers of Talladega College, Concordia College, Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College, Stillman College, Tuskegee University, Spring Hill College, Faulkner University, Selma University, Madison Academy, and Briarwood Presbyterian Church and its integrated auxiliary Briarwood Christian School may appoint and employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property of the college or university or of the institute. These persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers, including the power of arrest for unlawful acts committed on the property.
(b) Any person appointed to act as a police officer, pursuant to subsection (a), while on duty, shall carry and be trained in the proper use of a nonlethal weapon. For the purposes of this subsection, a nonlethal weapon is a weapon that is explicitly designed and primarily employed to immediately incapacitate the targeted person while minimizing fatalities and permanent injury. A nonlethal weapon is intended to have a reversible effect on the targeted person.
(c) A person appointed as a police officer pursuant to subsection (a) shall be certified through the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.
(d) This section is cumulative.
(Acts 1969, No. 1125, p. 2084, §1; Acts 1971, No. 960, p. 1718, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-587, p. 1083, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-430, p. 543, §1; Act 2005-296, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 555, §1; Act 2006-607, p. 1671, §1; Act 2013-191, p. 349, §1; Act 2014-156, p. 439, §1; Act 2015-409, p. 1241, §1; Act 2019-416, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally. › Section 16-22-2 - Police Officers at State Colleges and Universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Extension of Jurisdiction.

Section 16-22-2
Police officers at state colleges and universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Extension of jurisdiction.
(a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-47-10 or 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except:
(1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of said institution; or
(2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the boundaries of said property owned or leased.
(b) The provisions of this section granting authority to police officers at institutions of higher learning in the State of Alabama are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to said officers by law, and the provisions of this section are, therefore, to be considered cumulative.
(c) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any persons appointed under the provisions of this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations.
(Acts 1975, No. 924, p. 1836, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally. › Section 16-22-3 - Employment of Teachers, Janitors, Food Handlers or Bus Drivers With Tuberculosis.

Section 16-22-3
Employment of teachers, janitors, food handlers or bus drivers with tuberculosis.
It shall be unlawful for school authorities to employ teachers, janitors, food handlers or bus drivers who have tuberculosis in an infectious stage. Every board of education shall require a physical examination for tuberculosis, including adequate laboratory tests and X rays, of all such employees of the board at least once in three years. Such examinations, tests and X rays shall be made by the several county health departments; or an employee may be examined at his own expense by any other duly licensed doctor of medicine who is a specialist in the treatment of the disease of tuberculosis of his own choosing. If the result of such examination indicates the presence of tuberculosis in an infectious stage, the employee shall be ineligible for further service until satisfactory proof of recovery is furnished. It shall be unlawful for any school official to employ this section as a means of discharging any teacher or other employee for any reason other than failure to comply with the provisions of this section; and, upon proof thereof, the same shall constitute malfeasance in office and shall be grounds for his removal therefrom.
(Acts 1945, No. 289, p. 479, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally. › Section 16-22-4 - Surety Bonds.

Section 16-22-4
Surety bonds.
All bonds of officials and employees required under the provisions of this title shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in Alabama and, unless otherwise provided, approved by the State Superintendent of Education. The said bonds shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed in the office of the Department of Education in Montgomery, unless otherwise instructed by the State Board of Education. In all cases where bonds are not filed in the office of the Department of Education, certified copies thereof shall be filed in such department.
(School Code 1927, §587; Code 1940, T. 52, §535.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 22 - Officers and Employees Generally. › Section 16-22-5 - Authority of School Boards to Form Groups for Purpose of Obtaining Group Insurance; Payment of Insurance Premiums.

Section 16-22-5
Authority of school boards to form groups for purpose of obtaining group insurance; payment of insurance premiums.
Each local board of education may form its employees into a group or groups or recognize existing groups for the purpose of obtaining the advantages of group life, disability, medical and dental insurance or any group insurance plans to aid its employees, as long as the employees continue to be employed by the board of education. Any local board of education may pay all or part of the premium on the policies and/or may deduct from the salaries of the employees that part of the premium which is to be paid by them and may contract with the insurer to provide the above benefits.
(Acts 1973, No. 655, p. 984, §1.)